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

Pei Suisui slowly lowered her eyes, her gentle brows and eyes inexplicably tinged with sadness.

"Sister, I didn't mean it."

Seeing her sister's expression, Pei Nanyue felt a sudden tenderness in her heart.

"This is not your fault. Blame your sister. It's your sister who failed to protect you."

Ultimately, she blamed herself. If she hadn't promised her sister to go to Fengya Zhai alone to meet Thirteen, this wouldn't have happened.

He was spotted by Consort An on the palace road.

Currently, the Pei family and the An family are at odds, so it's inevitable that Consort An will find a pretext to punish her own sister.

Pei Suisui caught a glimpse of her sister's softened expression and couldn't help but think of Thirteen's still unknown. Hesitantly, she asked her sister...

"Sister, Thirteen, she..."

"It's still unclear. After all, it's a matter within the palace, unlike outside the palace where it's so easy to find out." Pei Nanyue said as she draped another, thicker outer garment over her younger sister.

She looked up and saw her sister's face filled with self-reproach, and quickly comforted her.

"You don't need to worry. I've already sent people from the palace to keep a close eye on her. Thirteen is a lucky person, and besides, this is the palace. If it were an ordinary thief, they certainly wouldn't be able to harm her."

Although Pei Nanyue had never met the Taoist priest her sister had mentioned, she figured that this was the most heavily guarded palace in Nanyang, and if someone were to actually harm Thirteen, the Imperial Guards would surely have noticed.

For her, although her younger sister had been pushed off a cliff by the Fourth Princess and had been unconscious for several days because of Thirteen, Thirteen was still selfless and covered her sister's escape.

She naturally hoped that Thirteen could escape this calamity, out of gratitude for this favor.

Thinking of this, Pei Nanyue's expression turned slightly cold.

"So you should tell your sister whether it was actually Thirteen who accompanied you to the palace in place of Aru?" Her expression suddenly turned cold, which startled Pei Suisui.

She instinctively wanted to retort, but when she saw her sister's expression, it was as if she had caught her sister doing something wrong when they were children, as if she were asking her the answer.

Pei Suisui suppressed the panic in her heart and said

"Who does my sister think it is? Of course it is..."

"I found Aru in the carriage outside the palace before you did," Pei Nanyue said noncommittally, her tone even carrying a hint of helplessness.

She had long suspected that Thirteen's identity was questionable.

However, seeing how Thirteen treated her younger sister, she didn't want to argue too much.

The reason was that she had initially strongly opposed her younger sister's association with Thirteen. After all, Thirteen was still staying at the Third Prince's residence. At that time, the Pei family and the An family were naturally at odds.

However, later the emperor bestowed a courtyard in the south of the city upon the thirteenth prince, separating him from the third prince, so he stopped interfering with them too much.

However, when she first met Thirteen in the Dali Temple dungeon, she had a vague feeling that Thirteen's identity might not be so simple. Unfortunately, the secret guards kept by the Pei family hadn't uncovered anything.

Pei Suisui's heart tightened, and she wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with her sleeve. Her guilty look only confirmed Pei Nanyue's suspicions.

Seeing that her younger sister was still being stubborn, Pei Nanyue decided not to wait for her to admit it herself.

"That personal maid who came to the palace with you is her, isn't she? You told Aru to wait outside the palace and bring her in. Who exactly is she going to see in the palace?"

Seeing that she could no longer hide it, Pei Suisui instinctively leaned back and said with a fawning smile.

"Sister, she...she forbade me to tell anyone." She had promised Thirteen when they were at Fengya Zhai that she would not reveal her identity to anyone.

Even when Shen Mu asked her just now, she didn't admit it.

Pei Nanyue took a deep breath. Feeling somewhat tired, she slowly leaned against the soft cushion in the car, as if the weariness was lingering.

She slowly closed her eyes and whispered...

"So what was she looking for when she entered the palace using your identity? Or perhaps she couldn't tell anyone that she was going to enter the palace. Otherwise, she could have easily entered the palace under the pretext of taking Consort An's pulse as part of her daily routine."

Pei Nanyue had already figured out this relationship long before her sister regained consciousness.

After all, Thirteen's official identity was that of a physician who entered the palace on the first and fifteenth of each month to check Consort An's pulse. Logically speaking, if Thirteen wanted to enter the palace, he could use this identity to submit a token to enter.

Seeing that her sister had already guessed most of it, Pei Suisui pondered for a moment before finally admitting it.

“Sister guessed right, but I found the excuse for her to enter the palace. It wasn’t because she wanted to cover her tracks.” Pei Suisui slowly sat up, feeling guilty and not daring to look up at her sister.

Pei Nanyue raised her hand and gently rubbed her temples.

"So, her decision to enter the palace was accidental. Then how did you manage to run into that thief at Mingyue Palace?"

"When I entered the palace with her, I happened to see a dark figure flash by. We thought it was just a petty thief sneaking into the palace, so we gave chase. But unexpectedly, the person simply disappeared into Mingyue Palace..."

Pei Suisui's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, staring intently at her sister's face, afraid that her sister was about to get angry again.

Just as she expected, Pei Nanyue's voice betrayed her barely concealed anger.

"You mean you and Thirteen were originally going to catch the petty thief who infiltrated the palace?" She couldn't help but find it a little funny; she hadn't expected her sister to become so bold after falling off the cliff.

It seems she really hasn't been disciplining her younger sister properly lately.

Pei Suisui trembled slightly, frightened by her sister's tone.

"That's not what I meant. We just didn't expect that person to deliberately lead us to Mingyue Palace." Her explanation sounded weak and unconvincing.

Pei Nanyue slowly opened her eyes and glanced at her younger sister.

"Putting aside the fact that Thirteen does have some martial arts skills, what about you? Have you thought about your own safety and situation?"

“Sister is right!” Pei Suisui quickly changed her posture and knelt down in front of her sister.

"If Thirteen can't protect you today, or if that villain leaves both of you in the Bright Moon Palace, do you think you'll be able to see me alive?"

Pei Nanyue could not hide her anger; she felt that her sister was becoming increasingly absurd.

"Sister is right."

Pei Suisui dared not say anything more and could only bury her head even lower.

Indeed, she herself panicked for a moment. Even though there were Imperial Guards patrolling in the palace, she still fell into the trap with the Thirteenth Prince.

Although Pei Suisui was being scolded by her older sister, she was still uneasy thinking about how Thirteen's life was hanging in the balance.

Seeing her younger sister like this, Pei Nanyue sighed with some reluctance.

"I only hope that the thirteen can get through this calamity safely."

“Those Imperial Guards…” Pei Suisui recalled that before she fainted, only Shen Mu went to Mingyue Palace to look for Thirteen.

"It should be all arranged, so don't worry. You should focus on getting better first. You're still sick, and then you got caught in the rain. You'll have to cover for your father later!"