Poisonous Goddess: I'm just lazing around in the mortal realm.

Hao Jing's expression froze for a moment; he had indeed heard the Imperial Guards below mention it.

"I've heard people mention that it seems Prime Minister Pei wanted to marry his second daughter to the third prince, but considering that it might threaten the crown prince's position in the future, he requested to resign from his post."

"Marry the Third Prince? What does that mean?"

"You haven't been in the dungeon much these days and haven't been aware of what's happening outside. Consort An has asked for a favor and arranged for General Weiyuan's daughter to marry her son, the Third Prince."

Haojing met the gaze that Thirteen was casting, and quickly explained again.

"The Third Prince's principal wife has been chosen, so the only remaining option is the position of a concubine." He left it at that, after all, this wasn't their Imperial Guard's prison, and he had to be careful with his words.

Thirteen instinctively gripped the armrest, her brows furrowing slightly, barely suppressing her anger. This Pei Suisui was truly outrageous; how could she become someone's concubine?

Having spent so much time with Pei Suisui, she had long considered her a confidante, even a younger sister. She simply couldn't understand such self-deprecating behavior!

"So Pei Nanyue and Prime Minister Pei both agreed?"

"He agreed. I heard that it was the eldest daughter of the Pei family who persuaded Prime Minister Pei."

Haojing led her out of the dungeon. The long-unseen sunlight shone on Thirteen, but she felt no warmth whatsoever. Because right now, if her leg hadn't been still healing, she would definitely have gone to the Pei residence to give Pei Suisui a good beating.

"Is your master not involved in this matter right now?" Thirteen glanced at Haojing, feeling that her words were somewhat superfluous.

"I don't care. You know him." Hao Jing honestly shook his head. How could Shen Mu care about such things? He only had eyes for the Demon Lord Chongming.

Even if Nanyang were to fall, it would have nothing to do with him.

Thirteen couldn't help but laugh in anger, saying that she had asked unnecessary questions. Why would Shen Mu personally intervene to stop a marriage, especially one between the Pei family and the Third Prince?

"The An family and the Pei family have long been at odds. Pei Suisui is bound to suffer if she marries into them!"

"Yes, but she is the most precious person to the Pei family, so how could they not listen to her?"

Hao Jing shrugged. It wasn't that he was unwilling to help, but among the few gods in the mortal realm, only Thirteen had a good relationship with Pei Sui Sui.

The rest are just passersby.

How could they possibly care about such things?

Thirteen opened her mouth, but didn't know where to begin. After all, she was dressed as a man, and there was no suitable identity for her to step forward and stop this matter.

Moreover, the Emperor had just spared her; if she were to provoke him again now, she might not even get close enough to Chongming before she was killed.

She remained silent for a long time, until Haojing escorted her back to the gate of her own courtyard, before she finally spoke cautiously.

Has the Emperor agreed to this?

Haojing thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Unless it was something Shen Mu instructed him to do, he always adopted an attitude of not asking, not listening, and not looking, so how would he know whether the emperor had agreed to this absurd marriage?

Thirteen glared at him, saying that Haojing was really useless.

"Why don't we just kidnap the bride?"

It's the worst possible strategy, but the most effective one.

After all, things went smoothly on both sides, except for them being the bad guys.

Hao Jing frowned as he sized up Thirteen. He'd known Thirteen for so long, and she'd repeatedly challenged his limits; now, she was truly amused by her words.

"What? Mr. Thirteen, you're going to marry the second young lady of the Pei family?"

Although it wasn't impossible, he always felt that if he actually nodded in agreement, he was afraid that Shen Mu would come and kill him with a knife.

Thirteen didn't catch the sarcasm in Haojing's words. Instead, he seriously considered how feasible the matter was.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing. If I were to marry... no, how would I marry him!"

“Both of you are unmarried, and neither of you is married, so you might not be a no-go, unless…” Hao Jing glanced at her deliberately, then, remembering Shen Mu’s somewhat unusual behavior, slowly continued…

"Unless you're a woman."

Thirteen's body stiffened. It wasn't that she was deliberately hiding it, but the fact that Haojing's words were so abrupt and unrelated made her think that she had revealed her true form while she was unconscious.

She said awkwardly

"What are you talking about? How could I be a woman?" She glanced at Haojing, thinking of Shen Mu's cunning mind, and ultimately swallowed the truth.

The less trouble, the better.

Haojing touched his nose. He didn't care whether Thirteen was a boy or a girl; Shen Mu was probably the one who cared the most.

"So how do you plan to abduct the bride? If the Emperor doesn't agree to the marriage, then you won't have to go?"

"I wasn't planning on going; I was going to send you."

She was telling the truth, after all, her legs weren't fully healed yet, and she even had difficulty standing up. Kidnapping the bride? She was afraid her outstretched arm wouldn't even be as long as the groom's sword.

"..."

Hao Jing sighed, turned around and prepared to leave. He noticed that Thirteen's injury wasn't to his leg, but to his brain.

"Hey, why are you leaving?"

Thirteen saw that Haojing was walking faster and faster after hearing her voice, so she quickly called out.

"How about I provide the money, and you provide the labor?"

"..."

"How about twenty taels?"

"..."

"Fifty taels?"

"..."

"One hundred taels, if that's not enough, I'll find someone else."

Just as Thirteen was about to give up, she saw Haojing turn around and walk back towards her.

Haojing walked slowly to Thirteen, turning his head away from looking at him.

He cleared his throat casually and said, "Cash on delivery, no credit."

Thirteen hurriedly replied

"Yes, yes, yes, the money and goods are settled. There's a box of silver buried under the floor of my house, you can go and get it."

She came up with a brilliant idea that would both get Haojing to do things for her willingly and get rid of the Third Prince's troublesome chest of silver.

After all, no matter how crazy the Third Prince is, he wouldn't go looking for trouble with the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

She saw Haojing was about to go inside and quickly called out to him.

"First, go and check whether the Pei family has actually succeeded in this matter. Regardless of whether it has succeeded or not, what I promised you will stand."

"Okay!" Hao Jing knew that Thirteen was a straightforward person, so he nodded and agreed.

At this moment, the two of them, standing at the gate of the courtyard, came to their senses and looked inside.

Not only was the courtyard wall repaired, but it also seemed to have been raised a bit.

Thirteen sighed with some emotion.

"If you had even half the attitude of your master, you would never lose to that Xie Qiao."

Hao Jing was taken aback; he felt uncomfortable no matter how he listened to Thirteen's words.

What do you mean he won't lose to Xie Qiao?

"I don't like hearing that. I'm way better than him!" Hao Jing raised an eyebrow at her and turned to walk inside.

He thought to himself that Shen Mu always said things he shouldn't have said, and why did he always expose his secrets in front of others?

Coincidentally, just as Haojing put the silver away and walked out of the courtyard, he ran into Zhou Jinghuai, who was dressed unusually modestly.

Zhou Jinghuai smiled brightly at him.

"Long time no see, it's not as good as Lord Haojing of Xieqiao!"

Hao Jing's expression stiffened upon hearing this, and a hint of anger appeared on his face. So it was Zhou Jinghuai who was stirring up trouble here!