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

As the light in the room gradually dimmed, Thirteen revealed her true form.

As a teenager, she already retained about 80% of her original appearance.

However, in her female form, her skin was much fairer, her long black hair cascaded down her back, and her almond-shaped eyes, clear and bright, stared intently at Pei Suisui. In her female form, she appeared even more charming and delicate.

She raised her lips and smiled lightly at Pei Suisui.

"What? Are you surprised?"

She blushed instinctively when she saw Pei Suisui's burning gaze.

"I...I'm so surprised!" Pei Suisui looked at the beauty in front of her, her eyes filled with uncontrollable joy.

She had a feeling that Thirteen was different from ordinary men, but she never expected that he was actually a girl!

Pei Suisui grabbed Thirteen's hand tightly in her arms and said excitedly.

"You're so beautiful, why would you dress up as a man?" She didn't understand why Thirteen would pretend to be a man.

Thirteen paused slightly, clearly not expecting Pei Suisui's reaction. She glanced at Pei Suisui and quickly replied...

"It was an accident. Isn't it forbidden for women to study medicine in Nanyang? You have to keep this a secret for me."

Thirteen's words were true; if it weren't for the guards watching the imperial edict at the Third Prince's residence, who had stopped her, a woman, from entering, she would have been in danger.

She would never choose to disguise herself as a man and obtain the imperial edict to cure the Third Prince's illness.

After all, when any deity descends to the mortal realm, most of their divine power is restricted to prevent their use, in order to ensure peace in the mortal world.

"Is that so..." Pei Sui Sui's expression seemed to have become somewhat dejected.

She was very familiar with the traditions of Nanyang, after all, her sister was considered the most talented woman in Nanyang. But even a woman of such talent could only hide in her father's study, where she could speak eloquently and offer him guidance.

There is an old saying that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent.

It's simply that men are afraid that women have more status, influence, and talent than them.

Seeing Pei Suisui's reaction, Thirteen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that he had managed to fool her.

"From now on, I will still present myself as Mr. Thirteen. If your sister is still worried about you and comes to me in private, I will tell her about this. However, I can only tell her."

"What about my father?"

Thirteen shook his head and said

"Prime Minister Pei must not know that by taking the initiative to annul the engagement, he has offended the An family. They will definitely take this opportunity to retaliate. Right now, I am also involved with the Third Prince's poisoning, so please try not to look for me. We can communicate by sending messages."

Upon hearing Thirteen's analysis of the pros and cons of the matter, Pei Suisui nodded somewhat obediently.

"Then you must be careful. The person who poisoned the Third Prince hasn't been caught yet. I'm afraid someone will still use this to harm you."

Pei Suisui naturally did not know that the poison for the Third Prince was administered by the Emperor of Nanyang.

Thirteen smiled at her and said, "Don't worry, the Fourth Princess is currently under house arrest and has no way to come and cause me any trouble."

"Don't be too careless. I heard from my father that the fourth princess is going to get married soon. I'm afraid she might try to harm you before she leaves."

"Marriage?"

Thirteen was slightly taken aback. She had only heard Shen Mu mention it casually, without him saying which unlucky guy the Fourth Princess would marry.

Seeing that Thirteen looked blank, Pei Suisui quickly explained...

"The Emperor intends to marry her to Helian Nash, the Khan of the Western Regions, but the Fourth Princess is so desperate that she doesn't want to marry him. She's probably making a scene at her princess residence right now."

"She doesn't want to marry into the Western Regions? Could it be that she wants to marry Shen Mu instead?"

Thirteen raised an eyebrow slightly, picked up the tea on the table and drank it down, but unexpectedly choked on the water because of Pei Suisui's words.

"Of course it's him. I heard that she's been sending messages to Consort An these days, still wanting to marry Shen Mu. When I went out, I heard my father mention that after the Emperor finished court today, he kept Shen Mu behind alone."

"puff--"

Thirteen choked on her tea and coughed instinctively. It was unclear whether the tea had cooled her throat or Pei Suisui's words had brought her to her senses.

Seeing this, Pei Suisui quickly took out a handkerchief from her bosom and handed it to her, scolding her.

"Why are you choking? I don't think this matter has anything to do with you. However, if Shen Mu really marries the princess, I'm afraid he will have to resign from his position as commander."

"what?"

Thirteen wiped the water from the corner of her mouth somewhat awkwardly, her almond-shaped eyes glaring at Pei Suisui. Even now, she had long since lost her composure.

"Don't you know?" Pei Suisui blinked innocently at Thirteen.

"Princess's husband cannot hold any position in the court, don't you know that?" She repeated what she had just said, thinking that Thirteen was concerned about this matter.

After all, she knew that Thirteen and Shen Mu had a good relationship.

"I meant the previous sentence, what do you mean by Shen Muzhen marrying the Fourth Princess?" Thirteen asked, unable to suppress his emotions.

She thought that her current panic was because Shen Mu had long forgotten their mission to capture the Demon Lord Chongming.

Why would they choose to marry a mortal princess instead of killing the Demon Lord? What kind of logic is that?

Even Zhou Jinghuai wouldn't be this absurd.

Pei Suisui found Thirteen's question quite strange, but she still answered it honestly.

"If the Emperor specifically kept Shen Mu behind, and if he really brought up this matter, why didn't Shen Mu agree? Isn't being the Emperor's son-in-law a much better job than constantly risking his life?"

The duties of the Embroidered Uniform Guard were to protect the emperor and inspect all officials.

She had also heard from her sister that every year, at least dozens of assassins, both big and small, would sneak into the palace to attempt assassination. Not only did she have to apprehend the assassins who infiltrated the palace, but she also had to complete the tasks assigned by the Emperor.

At best, it's a message; at worst, it's murder.

Even the Imperial Guards live on the edge of a knife; their lives are far from glamorous as they appear on the surface.

It's nothing more than licking blood from a knife's edge.

"He agrees, but I don't!" Thirteen didn't have time to think, slammed the cup heavily on the table, and stood up abruptly.

“Your leg…” Pei Suisui looked at Thirteen, who had stood up, with surprise.

How come he can walk freely after only a few days of injury?

However, she did not know that Thirteen had already taken Shen Mu's life-saving medicine and was able to walk on the ground when he came out of the Dali Temple dungeon.

However, it was all just Thirteen's psychological effect.

At the moment, Thirteen was only focused on Shen Mu's upcoming marriage and had not yet considered the possibility of him being able to walk.

"I'm going to find him and get to the bottom of this!" With that, Thirteen turned and walked out.

Suddenly, lightning flashed and thunder roared outside, startling Pei Suisui so much that she froze on the spot.

She looked out the window and saw that the sky was already covered with dark clouds, indicating that a heavy rain was coming!

She felt uneasy; Thirteen was about to enter the palace, something must have happened. Thinking of this, Pei Suisui didn't dare to linger and hurriedly ran outside, trying to catch up with Thirteen.

"Thirteen, it's going to rain outside! You ride in my carriage, I'm going to deliver a token to the palace!"