Holding the script, I want to give up.

"Your confinement has been lifted. If you wish to leave the manor, you may do so."

"However, it might be dangerous for you to go out during the hunt. It would be safer for you to stay at the Crown Prince's residence."

Huangfu Hongxi left without waiting for Shangguan Zitong's reaction after he finished speaking.

"Ah Li, didn't you say something too harsh?"

He seemed a little sad.

Xiao Zitong grabbed her hair bun and swayed along with it.

How can one person like two people at the same time? It's just insatiable greed.

Sadness is only temporary; acting rashly and hastily may only lead to more trouble in the end.

Seeing that Huangfu Hongxi had really left, Shangguan Zitong stopped swinging on the swing, went straight to the flower bed, picked up a watering can and began to water the seedlings.

......

A few days later, at the hunting grounds.

Huangfu Hongxi was dressed in a black, close-fitting outfit, while Song Yao was dressed in a red, close-fitting outfit. The two rode horses side by side, playing and frolicking. The tense hunting atmosphere was transformed into the sweet, cloying scent of romance.

"Oh dear, Your Highness, there seems to be a trap ahead."

Song Yao dismounted to inspect the situation.

"Go and investigate."

Huangfu Hongxi waited on horseback.

"Your Highness, let's take another route."

Song Yao mounted her horse.

"Well, let's go."

Huangfu Hongxi led her in the opposite direction.

"Your Highness, is this your concubine?"

Princess Huangfu Junwen asked when she saw that she had met them.

"Elder sister, this is my concubine, Song Yao."

Huangfu Hongxi nodded in acknowledgment.

"This humble servant greets Your Highness, the Eldest Princess."

Song Yao clasped her hands in a gesture of respect.

"No need for formalities. Your Highness, where is the Crown Princess?"

Huangfu Junwen asked with great interest.

"The Crown Princess is bedridden and unable to get out of bed. I will leave her at the palace to recuperate."

"Eldest sister, I've taken my concubine to hunt elsewhere, so I won't be joining you."

Seeing that further discussion was pointless, Huangfu Hongxi made up a random excuse and left with Song Yao.

The center of the hunting grounds.

"Your Highness, it wouldn't be right for us to just leave the Princess like this. Besides, this is the center of the hunting grounds, teeming with wild animals. Let's go back."

Song Yao's intuition was not good.

"If you are afraid, Consort, stay here and do not move. Wait for the Imperial Guards to come and take you out."

After Huangfu Hongxi finished speaking, he spurred his horse and left.

"Your Highness! Please wait for me!"

Seeing Huangfu Hongxi leave at full speed, Song Yao stood there anxiously.

She wanted to go, but was afraid of the danger. She hesitated.

......

Prince's Mansion.

"Ah Li, they've all gone hunting, it's so boring. Let's go out and play."

Xiao Zitong floated in Shangguan Zitong's ear and asked.

Stop thinking only about having fun all day; there are important things to do.

Shangguan Zitong made a hand seal and conjured up a substitute that looked exactly like her.

"You, act according to circumstances, understand?"

Shangguan Zitong took out a piece of her own soul and attached it to the substitute body.

"I understand, I understand."

"I'm just being playful," the stand-in said.

[Okay, let's go.]

Shangguan Zitong changed into a dark blue double-breasted dress and draped a black starry cloak over her shoulders. She put on the hood and stepped into the teleportation array.

Where are we going?

Xiao Zitong grabbed Shangguan Zitong's neck and said.

We've arrived at the former crown prince's temporary palace.

Shangguan Zitong stepped out of the magic circle and casually flicked her hand, causing the magic circle to disappear.

Wow, how did you do that special effect? ​​It's pretty good, I give you full marks for that!

Xiao Zitong's eyes sparkled brightly.

【Quiet. 】

『...』

Shangguan Zitong walked up to the former crown prince and stared at him as if he were a dead man.

"Wow, is this the former Crown Prince Huangfu Feng? How come he looks so disheveled, like a beggar?"

"He doesn't seem to see us, Ahri, why is that?"

Xiao Zitong floated above Huangfu Feng's head and stomped her feet angrily a few times, only to find that she felt as if she had kicked cotton, and he didn't feel anything at all.

The cloak has an invisibility function. No one can see you except me.

With a single hand gesture, Shangguan Zitong summoned a longbow of azure blue. Using her qi as a medium, she drew it horizontally into the air, and a blue feathered arrow appeared out of thin air.

"Oh, that's great!"

"Wait a minute, he seems to have gone mad."

After Xiao Zitong finished looking around, she stepped in front of the arrow and said.

"Shooting him through the heart is too easy. Let him go mad. I want to go to my sister's. Let's go."

Xiao Zitong said with a forlorn look in her eyes.

【it is good. 】

Shangguan Zitong scattered the arrows and made hand seals to summon the formation.

"Ah Li, why does the way you summon magical artifacts and create arrays look like you're cultivating immortality?"

Are you really a system?

Xiao Zitong felt a little strange.

Has anyone defined what a system should look like?

"Yes, that's me. I've done missions in so many worlds, including the cultivation world."

[I know a little bit, isn't that surprising?]

Shangguan Zitong walked out of the magic array and arrived at the imperial mausoleum.

"Hmm, that makes sense, not surprising."

Xiao Zitong thought for a moment and then said.

"Ah Li, I miss my family from the original world."

Xiao Zitong floated around in front of the tombstone, and Shangguan Zitong conjured a bouquet of flowers and placed it in front of the tomb.

Let's go to the hunting grounds. The longer you stay in this world, the deeper your bonds will become.

Shangguan Zitong took Xiao Zitong with both hands and instantly appeared at the hunting grounds. The white camellias that had not yet withered before the grave were a testament to the presence of the deceased.

......

"The Crown Prince's concubine? Why didn't you go with Fifth Brother?"

The Second Prince was passing by on his hunting trip when he saw Song Yao alone outside the center of the hunting grounds, as if she were waiting for someone.

"Your Highness, I saw that His Highness the Crown Prince had entered the central area of ​​the arena. Fearing that something might happen to him, I waited outside."

Song Yao clasped her hands in a gesture of respect.

"Then you may continue to wait here. I must continue my hunt."

After saying this, the Second Prince quickly rode away, not wanting to be implicated if something happened.

Song Yao watched the departing figure, scoffed, and felt a surge of contempt.

"Ah Li, there's a hornet's nest over there. Quickly poke it out and teach Song Yao a lesson."

Xiao Zitong's eyes sparkled as she spoke.

【it is good. 】

Shangguan Zitong used bubbles to pluck the hornet's nest from the tree and threw it in Song Yao's direction, not forgetting to add an arrow as a finishing blow. The arrow miraculously disappeared after piercing the hornet's nest.

The wasps swarmed out and attacked Song Yao instantly. Song Yao covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve and rode away at full speed.

Despite running very fast, she still got stung several times, including on her forehead.

"Haha, that feels much better. Thanks, Ahri! Let's go assassinate Huangfu Hongxi!"

Xiao Zitong happily spun around Shangguan Zitong.

There's no need for thanks between us.

Shangguan Zitong floated to a treetop not far from Huangfu Hongxi and observed the movements below.

A group of assassins were fiercely attacking Huangfu Hongxi.

"Who on earth sent you?"

Huangfu Hongxi had gone mad with killing intent, his eyes bloodshot.

"You don't need to know that today is your death day."

The assassin who approached him was killed with a single sword strike to the throat.

"Ha! You're still a bit short of having the chance to take my life."

Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of them, Huangfu Hongxi unleashed his full power, routing the assassins.

"As expected, those who talk too much die young."

"Damn, is it this easy for a crown prince to be assassinated? Taking on ten men single-handedly, that's some skill! Come on, Yi Bai's teaching wasn't bad after all."

Xiao Zitong felt a chill run down her spine looking at that group of people. If it were her, she probably would have been dead by now; she couldn't have lasted that long.

Wait patiently for the right opportunity.

Shangguan Zitong's arrows were already poised to fire. Huangfu Hongxi, having killed those who had planned to take his life for their own gain, was himself wounded in several places and knelt on the ground.

Shangguan Zitong shot the arrow towards his heart, and Huangfu Hongxi collapsed to the ground. He couldn't see what had pierced his heart; he only knew he was in excruciating pain and needed someone to come and save him...

"Aren't we being a little cruel to him?"

Xiao Zitong watched him kill so many people, and finally broke through the encirclement, only to be shot dead by Shangguan Zitong with an arrow.

[Mission requires it, let's go.]

Shangguan Zitong carried her away in his arms like a doll, returning to Tangxi Pavilion in the Crown Prince's residence.

"Is there anything unusual?"

As soon as Shangguan Zitong arrived, she asked about the stand-in.

"Nothing."

The stand-in replied happily upon seeing her return.

Shangguan Zitong took the soul fragment from the substitute body, checked her memories, and after confirming that everything was correct, put her back into the system space.

We can simply wait for news.

Shangguan Zitong paced back and forth inside the hall.

"Um."

Xiao Zitong lay sullenly on the soft couch.

Do you feel guilty because of him?

Shangguan Zitong walked up to her and squatted down.

"I don't know. Maybe it's because I've never killed anyone in my original world, and I'm a little out of place here."

"I know this world treats human life like dirt, but I still can't turn a blind eye."

"Ah Li, why don't you just make me lose all five senses? Maybe that way I can numb myself."

Xiao Zitong blinked her amber-colored almond-shaped eyes as she looked at her.

【you...】

Shangguan Zitong's silver-white vertical pupils and nine-tailed mark flashed simultaneously, startling Xiao Zitong.

......