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

The chess game was just like the predicament of the Pei family.

Pei Nanyue had a bet with her father earlier.

They were testing the emperor's attitude towards the Pei family by using the matter of securing a concubine for Pei Sui Sui from the Third Prince.

Unexpectedly, it turned out that Father had placed too high expectations on the Emperor, which led to his current loss of everything.

Before her father could speak, Pei Nanyue gently placed the old letter on the table and turned to walk out. However, just as she opened the door, she saw Pei Suisui with red eyes standing outside the study.

Pei Nanyue's usually aloof expression showed a rare hint of panic.

"Sui Sui? Why are you up? Your injury hasn't healed yet, go and rest!" Her tone was a little harsh, pretending to be angry in an attempt to hide the panic she had just shown.

Pei Suisui raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, disobeying her sister's wishes for the first time, and barged straight into the study.

Pei Zhiheng frowned upon seeing his daughter's thin dress.

"Aren't you going back? What kind of clothes are you wearing now!"

"I'm not going back. I've already heard everything outside."

Pei Suisui's voice still trembled with tears. She hadn't been able to sleep all night and wanted to go find her sister, but no one was in her sister's room. So she searched room by room until she finally saw the study with the light still on.

She had been eavesdropping outside since her sister mentioned going to the palace yesterday!

She turned her head and roared at her sister.

"Sister, if my marriage to the Third Prince comes at the cost of your entry into the palace, then I would rather not marry him!"

Her frail body trembled slightly, and her voice, though soft, startled the other two people in the room, leaving them frozen in place.

None of them expected that Pei Suisui would overhear all of this!

Pei Nanyue was the first to regain her senses and quickly closed the study door.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean by entering the palace? What did you hear?"

“Sister, the Pei family’s current predicament is because of me. It has nothing to do with you, so why should you go through this for me?” Pei Suisui had, of course, thought of it. On the Emperor’s birthday, she passed by the peach tree next to the main hall.

The emperor's lustful gaze clearly showed that he had his eye on her sister.

"Sui Sui, what nonsense are you talking about! Go back to your room right now. You're not fully recovered yet, how can you move around like this!" Pei Zhiheng put on his fatherly authority, trying to send Pei Sui Sui back to her room.

Pei Suisui suddenly forced an ugly smile and said...

"Father, you said you would resign from your official post so that I could marry the Third Prince, is that right?"

Pei Nanyue frowned slightly; she hadn't expected that someone would still leak the information to her.

Who told her?

Seeing that the two remained silent, Pei Suisui guessed that they had already tacitly agreed to the matter.

"Resign from your official post to marry your daughter to the man she loves. And then what? Will your father think that his daughter can live a peaceful life? Or is it that in his eyes, his daughter is a dull-witted person who doesn't care about family ties at all?"

She found it amusing; he was just a man, after all. How could she expect her father to risk his life for her! She turned her head and saw Pei Nanyue standing in the doorway, then slowly said...

"Sister, in order to prevent the Pei family's power from being envied by future generations, you decided to enter the palace! This move is brilliant! In the end, both you and Father are doing this to fulfill my wishes, to fulfill my wish as the only good-for-nothing in the Pei family."

"Sui Sui!" Pei Nan Yue stepped forward and grabbed her arm, her clear black and white eyes glaring at her to signal her to stop talking.

But Pei Suisui had already gotten to the point and wasn't about to listen. She broke free from her sister's grasp and continued speaking.

“Sister, you have always doted on me and loved me, and Father has always protected me. To ensure that neither of us sisters would suffer, you have never remarried. Now I want to marry the Third Prince, so Father can resign from his post and gamble with the future of the Pei family. Then you can enter the palace and save the Pei family from its precarious existence. But in the end, you are all acting out of selfishness for my sake!”

As Pei Suisui spoke, her eyes filled with tears, which fell to the ground, but seemed to hit the hearts of the other two people, making them feel inexplicably heartbroken.

"Sister, stop talking. This has nothing to do with you."

Upon hearing the sound, Pei Suisui looked up at her older sister.

Although Pei Nanyue was dressed in a plain dress today, her stunningly beautiful face was still unforgettable.

How could such a beautiful woman marry that scoundrel Emperor of Nanyang!

"Alright, Sui Sui, your sister and I will handle this matter. You don't need to worry about it." Pei Zhiheng knew that the die was cast, whether he resigned from his post or his eldest daughter entered the palace.

Ultimately, the Pei family only has these two paths to take.

Talking about these trivial things now will only add to the sadness.

"I am also a member of the Pei family, Father!" Pei Suisui looked stubbornly at Pei Zhiheng, her weak face even paler. She cried for a long time outside the house.

Once inside, she felt her tears had dried up and she could no longer cry.

He continued, his voice still a little hoarse.

“Father, if I have to step on you to fulfill my selfish desires if I marry the man I love, then I’d rather not have him.”

"Nonsense! This matter has already been reported to His Majesty, how can you go back on your word!" Pei Zhiheng finally couldn't suppress his anger and shouted at his daughter.

Even after decades in office, he had never lost his mind like this.

"I'm not being silly. The Pei family cannot fall, and my sister cannot enter the palace!" Pei Suisui looked at the two of them with unwavering determination.

It seems that this illness has made her understand many things.

Previously, she had always lived under the protection of her sister and father, thinking that her life was just about marrying the person she loved and living out her life.

But ever since she met Thirteen, it seems she has discovered that there are so many different ways to live life.

It turns out that she had always lived a life with only two colors: either black or white.

From the moment she first saved Thirteen in front of the Third Prince's residence, her life began to change. Was it when she pleaded for Thirteen at the Spring Banquet? Or was it when Thirteen risked his life to save her at Fengya Pavilion?

Or was it the first time she disobeyed the Fourth Princess and went to save the Thirteenth Princess?

Although the price was high, she almost died.

But it was only then that she discovered how wonderful this kind of life was, wasn't it?

Pei Suisui slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, noticing the doubts in the eyes of the two people looking at her.

“I didn’t do it on a whim, nor was I acting on impulse. It’s just that I’ve realized now that when I had to choose between the Third Prince and my family, I chose the latter without hesitation.”

She seemed to have finally calmed down, and the agitation she had just felt was gone.

Pei Nanyue looked at her father, perhaps with a hint of expectation in her eyes.

Pei Zhiheng slowly closed his eyes, as if he had finally made up his mind, and said...

"I understand. I just hope that you won't regret your choice today, Sui Sui. You only get one chance."

"Yes, my daughter understands very well. Family is always more important than a lover, isn't it?"