Many descendants

There is a defensive barrier on the outer layer of the Dayong Royal Palace.

Su Yan stood beneath the palace wall, hesitant to enter. "Xiao Mei, scan me."

[Yes, host. 】

Xiao Mei quickly replied: "It's escaped. This virus has been able to hide in the human world for so many years; it's clearly very vigilant."

[Let's trace back to this barrier. After 003 discovered the virus, everyone who left, not even a single insect, was trapped there.]

There were twenty-six people, three rats, two cats, and one dog. The people left through the palace gate. The rest escaped through a dog hole.

[...check them one by one.]

【003, this task is entrusted to you.】

Okay, Sister Xiaomei.

[...] Su Yan was speechless. "Give me a copy of the information for these twenty-six people as well."

[Shouldn't the host check the rats, dogs, and cats?]

You can investigate!

【Oh. 】

Finally, Su Yan chose one person: [An envoy from the Celestial Dynasty.]

The one who escorted the envoy from the Celestial Dynasty away was none other than His Highness the Prince—Xi Heng.

……

The Prime Minister's Residence, Huan Garden.

Yu Shenghuan swung the vase on the table and smashed it directly on Liu Mama's head.

Granny Liu covered her head, her face deathly pale, and knelt on the ground. "Second Miss, please calm down! This old servant did push her off Tanglu Mountain, and you witnessed it with your own eyes. There's definitely no chance of her surviving!"

"Is that one in the mansion a ghost?" Yu Shenghuan's face turned pale with anger. "Investigate it! I need to know how she survived!"

"Yes, Second Miss." Granny Liu immediately went out.

She said to Du Juan, the maid at the door, who was also her own daughter, "Go in and clean the vases, be careful."

"Yes," the maid replied, and went in to clean with trepidation.

Granny Liu took her hand off her head, looked at the bright red blood in her palm, and hurriedly went to treat the wound.

……

Su Yan returned to the Prime Minister's residence.

As soon as I entered the small gate of Qiuyuan, I saw an old woman with bandages wrapped around her head, rummaging through her room.

Su Yan knew who she was. It was exactly what she wanted. She was just thinking about how to find her to avenge Yu Beiqiu, and she delivered herself right to her doorstep.

"What are you looking for? The jade ruyi?" Su Yan asked Xiao Mei to restore the jade ruyi, making it exactly the same as the previous one.

"No, no, this old servant... this old servant just saw that the young lady's room was dusty, so I tidied it up. By the way, where is Lingyue, who has been serving the young lady in this courtyard?" Granny Liu was quite certain that the young lady could not possibly have survived such a high cliff.

But she's right here, and she looks alive, so something unexpected is bound to happen.

Ling Yue tricked her daughter, Du Juan, into revealing the location of Tang Lushan, and it's highly likely that the incident was related to him.

She had heard from Du Juan that Ling Yue had spiritual roots and that if she participated in the Spiritual Communication Examination, she would definitely be able to break free from her slave body and go to the Celestial Dynasty to become a superior being.

So she subtly suggested to Du Juan that she could try to get in touch with Ling Yue... It could be considered as planning ahead and making preparations in advance.

"Ling Yue? What do you want with him?" Su Yan asked, fiddling with the jade ruyi.

Looking at the jade ruyi, Granny Liu said somewhat embarrassedly, "Miss, you may not know this, but Lingyue and my daughter Dujuan are getting along very well."

"I see. I thought Granny Liu was here to kill me again." Su Yan glared at her coldly.

“Miss must be delirious. This old servant has been working in the manor the whole time. How could I possibly have gone to Tanglu Mountain? Besides, it’s a hundred miles away from the capital.” Granny Liu suddenly stopped talking, her face turning unnatural.

Su Yan curled one corner of her lips and smiled, "I didn't mention Tanglu Mountain."

Granny Liu looked flustered. "This servant... this servant heard it from the second young lady. The second young lady was wronged by the eldest young lady and is very sad and upset."

Su Yan suddenly raised the jade ruyi in her hand.

Granny Liu was so frightened that she ran away as fast as she could!

But as soon as he got outside, he tripped and fell, hitting his forehead on a stubborn rock by the roadside, and lost consciousness...

Su Yan placed the jade ruyi in Liu Mama's hand and shouted to the servants not far away, "Guards, catch the thief!"

Granny Liu was caught red-handed by the young lady while stealing the jade ruyi. In her hasty escape, she tripped and fell, hitting her head on a vital spot, and died on the spot!

Yu Chu stared at the jade ruyi! He had personally witnessed Su Yan crush it, but it reappeared intact. What was going on?

Upon learning of Granny Liu's death, Yu Shenghuan immediately secluded himself to cultivate his spiritual practice and refused to see any more guests.

Fang felt that Granny Liu was more trouble than she was worth, and since she didn't even offer any compensation, she swept Granny Liu's body, along with Dujuan, out of the mansion.

Du Juan was furious and cursed Fang Shi and Yu Shenghuan, calling them ungrateful, heartless, and worse than animals. She vowed that as long as she lived, she would avenge her mother.

Su Yan secretly instructed Xiao Mei to open up the spiritual meridians in Du Juan's body. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and if this enemy is talented and young, then it's something to look forward to.

As for the aftermath of this revenge plot, how Du Juan tortures the Fang mother and daughter, and how she is disgraced and dies... Su Yan can't see it for the time being, and doesn't care much about it.

For her, system tasks were the only goal.

The Queen summoned Su Yan to the palace.

Outside the Prime Minister's residence.

Yu Chu looked at Su Yan with the same eyes he would give a complete stranger, "Are you still my daughter or not?"

A person who can become prime minister must possess wisdom and cunning that are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Once he calmed down and carefully considered the matter, he discovered many differences between her and Yu Beiqiu.

One of them was silent all day long, with his head down, extremely withdrawn, and with withered spiritual roots, making cultivation impossible.

She exudes arrogance, and despite her small and thin frame, she gives off an air of superiority. Even if you're filled with resentment, you have to suppress it and dare not insult or offend her... Moreover, she can teleport, so her cultivation level is at least at the Spirit Awareness stage!

The two are completely different; to say they've changed is less accurate than saying they've become two different people, which would be more convincing.

Su Yan chuckled lightly, "Don't you, as your father, know whether I'm your daughter or not?"

After saying that, seeing Yu Chu's frustrated expression at not getting an answer, Su Yan rode her little jujube in a good mood towards the palace and rode off.

Yu Chu watched as Xiao Zao's ponytail disappeared into the distance before slapping his thigh, "Wait, your father needs to go to the palace too—"

……

Su Yan stood outside the palace gates, awaiting a summons.

Looking at Yu Chu, who was hurrying to the palace in a carriage, she said, "You should have said so earlier, we could have gone to the palace together."

“I called out, but you didn’t hear me.” Yu Chu sighed. “Whether you’re my daughter or not, you are my daughter now, do you agree?”

Su Yan remained silent, waiting for him to continue.

"..." She really is watertight! Yu Chu thought to himself, becoming even more certain that she was not Yu Beiqiu.

"If you have no intention of marrying into the royal family, I will help you return the jade ruyi to the Empress, how about that?" Yu Chu's expression was very solemn, showing that this was a decision he had made after careful consideration.

"Wouldn't it be good to marry into the royal family?" Su Yan asked, a little curious.

As a powerful minister, wouldn't he want even greater power? And marrying into the royal family would definitely be a wise move.