Yu Yao coldly smiled, a thought occurred to her heart, and she realized she had been targeted by Auntie Qiu.
She had not offended either Xiu Bai or the original owner, so it must have been someone else who deliberately targeted her. Who could it be?
She furrowed her brow, thinking deeply.
The previous host was reserved and spoke little, had been disfigured, and rarely interacted with others, much less offended anyone.
Except for the Empress Zhao, she couldn't think of anyone else.
The possibility of others cannot be ruled out, but the Empress Zhao's suspicion is the greatest.
She did not continue to argue with Aunt Qiu; she left quickly instead.
However, when she left, she secretly attacked Aunt Qiu with her spiritual consciousness.
Aunt Qiu felt a sharp pain in her head, her face turned pale instantly, and it seemed as if she was about to fall over again.
Fortunately, she managed to support the table in time, preventing her from falling over.
Yu Yao glanced at Auntie Qiu's pale face, and her heart finally felt a bit relieved.
This is a martial arts world where strength is the main focus, and few people know how to wield spiritual awareness.
In her previous life, she had reached the gold dao stage, and thus, her spiritual awareness was also a gold dao. Even if she were to be reborn into the original owner's body, her spiritual soul would remain unchanged.
Just then, when she had attacked her, Auntie Qiu would not be severely injured, but she would surely have a headache for several days.
Yu Yao quickly returned to her residence in the Laundry Bureau, and took advantage of the lack of attention to open up the system mall.
The items within were abundant and diverse, with all kinds of things available.
The first category is the childbirth series, such as: birth-dan, daughter-dan, dragon-and-phoenix-dan, twin-dan, fetus-protecting-dan, and painless birth-dan...
There are also beauty enhancement series, cultivation series, and various kinds of weapons, etc.
Of course, there are also food items available.
She spent a credit to buy two buns to fill her stomach, and then continued browsing with a clearer mind.
She checked and found that both the birth-dan and the daughter-dan were 100 credits each.
The fetus-protecting-dan and the painless-birth-dan are also 100 credits each.
The dragon-and-phoenix-dan is a bit more expensive at 300 credits.
Glancing at the initial 1000 credits in the upper left corner of the mall, she hesitated for a moment before spending 300 credits to buy a dragon-and-phoenix-dan, as well as a fetus-protecting-dan and a painless-birth-dan.
Her mission was to give birth, so it was necessary to have childbirth-related pills.
Thus, she had spent 500 credits.
Next, her gaze fell on the beauty series, with various beauty products that had various effects. Any one of them could make her appearance return to its original state.
But she did not rush to purchase them.
If she suddenly became beautiful, she feared it would raise suspicion among others.
She had already offended the Empress Zhao, and if her appearance improved, she might not be able to survive in this palace.
This can wait...
She flipped through the system mall and saw nothing she needed to buy, so she closed the page.
Having worked for a day, she was covered in sweat, so she wanted to take a bath.
It was so late that Auntie Qiu would surely not let her draw water. Fortunately, there was a pond in the southern part of the Laundry Bureau, which no one usually went to, with reeds by the bank that were tall and dense, providing excellent cover for hiding a person's figure.
Yu Yao arrived at the pond south of the Laundry Bureau under the cover of darkness. Standing by the shore, looking at the shimmering water surface, her troubled mood improved significantly.
Dressing only in a halter top, Yu Yao carefully immersed her body in the water, taking advantage of the moonlight to carefully clean herself.
She didn't dare to stay there for long, so she got out of the water and prepared to climb onto the bank.
Just then, a cold, deep male voice suddenly echoed.
"Who is there?"
The cold and hard question carried a tone of anger.
Due to a poison that she had been cursed with in her earlier years, every full moon night she would suffer from excruciating heartache. This matter was known to almost no one.
Ye Beichen didn't want others to see him act out of control, so every full moon night when the poison took effect, he would find a quiet place.
It was so that he could silently endure it without being discovered by anyone.
Today just happened to be the fifteenth, which coincided with the time when the poison in his body took effect.
He had often come here before, but he hadn't expected to encounter someone tonight.
Looking through the reeds, she saw a faint, graceful figure, and thought it was a concubine or a palace maid fooling around with guards here.
Out of rage, his sword was drawn.
The cold, sharp blade of air rushed towards her, and Yu Yao's face turned pale. She could feel that the other person's strength far surpassed her own. If this sword struck true, she was afraid she would be finished immediately.
Although she was a golden dao cultivator in her previous life, as the previous owner's cultivation was not high, she dared not to directly block it. With a head turn and lightning-fast speed, she dodged it.
Ye Beichen was surprised when he saw the other person had dodged his attack. He could sense that the other's strength was not high, yet they were able to evade his strike. It was quite interesting.
Yu Yao, unaware of the other's thoughts, took advantage of this moment to quickly put on her outer garment and climb onto the bank.
She feared that the other person might chase after her, so as soon as she climbed onto the bank, she almost ran away.
"Want to leave? It's not that easy."
Ye Beichen sneered coldly and was about to chase after her, but before he had taken two steps, a sharp pain suddenly surged through his chest.
He furrowed his brow, the intense pain causing him to emit a moan.
Damn it, the poison had just struck again at this moment. Due to the poison's outbreak, he stopped his pursuit.
Afterward, he pressed his hand to his chest, crouching on the ground in pain, his expression contorted and his face twisted.
Yu Yao heard the painful moans coming from behind her, though they were faint, she still managed to hear them.
Her heart filled with curiosity, and she stopped in her tracks.
Turning around, she saw in the moonlight, among the reeds, a man dressed in a luxurious black robe was hunched over, his hands covering his chest, and he was bowing his head in pain.
Although she could only see his profile and it was night, she recognized him as Yue Beichen, the current emperor.
"Why is it him? How could he come here?" Yu Yao was shocked in her heart.
Seeing that Ye Beichen was in such pain, and his appearance didn't seem fake, she couldn't help but twitch her lips.
In her heart, she thought: You were so powerful just now, how could you become a lifeless fish like this?
Yu Yao was hesitating whether to stay or leave.
But the next second, she heard the voice of the system in her ear.
"Host, don't rush to leave. Ye Beichen has been struck by poison. If you can save him and gain his favor, the task will be much easier."
"Poisoned?"
Yu Yao blinked her eyes, feeling extremely surprised in her heart.
But soon after, she gave a disdainful look and said, "I don't know how to cure the poison, how can I save him?"
"There is a poison antidote in the system mall that can cure any poison in the world, of course, including poison curses."
System 6688 timely reminder.
Hearing this, Yu Yao immediately opened the system mall. She directly searched for the antidote pill and found that there was indeed such a thing, costing 100 credits per pill, which was the same price as the childbirth pills.
Her credits were not many to begin with, and 100 credits was not cheap, so she was hesitating whether to buy one.
But at the next second, she heard a "thud" sound, and it was Yue Beichen who passed out in pain, falling heavily into the reed grass.
Yu Yao's lips twitched again, and she suddenly felt a desire to laugh. What was going on that she felt like laughing?
She glanced at it for a moment and then withdrew her gaze. Subsequently, she refocused her attention on the antidote pill displayed on the system mall page.
She hesitated for a moment at the spot, but ultimately decided to buy one.
She lowered her head and looked at the antidote pill in her hand, then glanced at Ye Beichen, who was unconscious in the reed grass, before walking over to him.
She crouched next to Ye Beichen, one hand pinching his chin, forcing him to open his mouth. Subsequently, the antidote pill in her hand was fed into his mouth.
She didn't know when Ye Beichen would wake up or how he would treat her upon waking. Regardless, she had done what she needed to do. If Ye Beichen wanted to kill her later, she could only accept her fate.
She had the thought of bringing Ye Beichen back to the Palace of Purity, but she wasn't sure if Ye Beichen was willing for others to see him like that.
So she decided to hide him in the reed grass. Since no one usually came here, she would go back when Ye Beichen woke up.
She didn't stay here for long either and left quickly.
After Yu Yao left, Ye Beichen woke up.
He blankly touched his chest, "Why doesn't it hurt anymore?"
Ye Beichen looked up at the sky. The moonlight was intense at the moment, with a full moon hanging high in the sky, indicating that it was still the night of the full moon.
But why doesn't he feel pain anymore?
Uncontrollably, he recalled the woman he saw before losing consciousness. Initially, he thought that the woman was here to have an affair with a guard.
But later, upon realizing that she was alone, he knew that he had misunderstood.
He passed out before he had a chance to clearly see her appearance.
He didn't have a good look at her appearance, so he couldn't remember much about her.
He only remembered that the woman was drenched, bare-legged with bare feet wrapped in an outer robe, and she hurriedly fled.
He wasn't sure if the strange symptoms on his body were related to the woman.
"This... is it left by that woman?"
Ye Beichen was about to get up when a glimpse of his peripheral vision caught a hairpin glittering in the reeds not far away. In the moonlight, it stood out particularly prominently.
He picked it up and found that it was a very ordinary peach blossom hairpin. He estimated that the woman must have dropped it.
For some reason, Ye Beichen put the peach blossom hairpin into his chest, and carefully tucked it away.
Since the pain had subsided, he naturally wouldn't linger here any longer. He left quickly.
