system?

For some reason, Yun Chaoxi understood what a system was.

She looked around at the people, and it seemed that only she could hear the sound.

What did that system mean by stealing her luck? It doesn't sound like a good thing!

Yun Chaoxi wanted to continue listening, so she closed her eyes without making a sound, but her ears quietly perked up.

Below, Lin Zhirou asked in her mind, "How much luck value do I have left?"

"10 o'clock."

"How come there are only 10 points left?! When I took Chu Yansheng away, didn't I already get 50 luck points?"

Lin Zhirou was just an ordinary daughter of a fifth-rank official, living a very mundane life. She had many siblings, and almost everything good in the world had to be snatched away. One morning, she woke up to find herself bound to something that called a luck system. It told her that if she could seize the luck of the world's most fortunate person, she could get anything she wanted, including but not limited to money, power, and wealth.

She was very interested and asked the system who the most fortunate person in this world was. The system told her there were three people: the current emperor, the future crown prince Chu Yansheng, and the future empress Yun Chaoxi.

The emperor was too far removed from her, and she wasn't confident in her ability to win, so she set her sights on Chu Yansheng and Yun Chaoxi.

She orchestrated a chance encounter with Chu Yansheng, making him fall for her and stealing Yun Chaoxi's destined husband. Sure enough, she gained half of Yun Chaoxi's luck points. With this newfound luck, her situation at home improved significantly, and she shone brightly in various settings, winning the favor of many. Lin Zhirou then began to wholeheartedly believe in the luck system's words.

Just as she had arranged everything for Chu Yansheng and was waiting for him to become the crown prince, Yun Chaoxi suddenly deviated from her plan. Not only did she break off her relationship with Chu Yansheng, but she also entered the palace to become a concubine!

Even more unexpectedly, Chu Yansheng died in the imperial prison not long after! Chu Yansheng was dead, and she didn't get any of his luck!

She later discovered she was pregnant and tried to abort the child secretly, but somehow she was discovered and the news spread like wildfire.

The system told her that if she wanted to regain her fortune, she had to find a way to enter the palace and get close to Yun Chaoxi or the emperor. That's why she tried to escape from the nunnery and enter the palace.

The system coldly told her, "After Yun Chaoxi entered the palace, the luck you stole has returned to her. Until you were sent to the nunnery, your luck value dropped from 50 to 16."

"The item you used to escape from the nunnery requires 2 points of luck, the item that will get you into the palace requires 3 points of luck, and the item you used to exchange for the clothes on the tray yesterday cost 1 point of luck, so you now have 10 points of luck left."

"A warning again: When your luck value is too low, it may lead to bad luck. If your luck value is 0, you will be eliminated!"

Lin Zhirou impatiently interrupted it in her mind, "Alright, alright, I know! Yun Chaoxi is right in front of me, what should I do now?"

"Please find an opportunity to stay by her side and seize what rightfully belongs to her. You will then regain your luck points."

Upon hearing this, Yun Chaoxi, who had been pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed, slowly curled her lips into a playful smile.

It turns out that in her past life, Lin Zhirou stole all her luck, which led to the execution of her entire family and her death by poison.

She still wants to take what belongs to her? She'll have to see if she deserves it!

She initially thought Lin Zhirou was an accomplice and planned to kill her outright, but she never expected Lin Zhirou to be the real culprit. Now she's changed her mind; she'll play with her and see what she can really take away!

Yun Chaoxi opened her eyes, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she scanned the clothes on the tray from left to right.

"Keep all the clothes except the second one from the right."

"Yes," the others responded in unison.

The second one from the right is Lin Zhirou. She doesn't care whether she keeps her clothes or not, but now is the perfect time for her to shine.

She stepped forward. “Your Majesty, this dress in my hand was made by me. I embroidered it for a whole day and night without sleep. The peonies embroidered on it are so lifelike. I used special silk thread to make it shimmer and glow in the sunlight, just like real flowers. I’m sure Your Majesty will look as beautiful and charming as a peony fairy when you wear it.”

"Why don't you give it a try, Your Highness?"

Immediately afterwards, she called out to the system, "Give me a favor item to increase Yun Chaoxi's favorability towards me."

"Successfully redeemed a favor item, consuming 1 Luck Point. You now have 9 Luck Points remaining. Use it now?"

"use!"

"The favor item has been used. Yun Chaoxi's current favorability towards you is -1000, which is extremely disgusting!"

Lin Zhirou, “?!!”

Lin Zhirou mentally questioned, "Wasn't this supposed to increase my favorability? Why does he still dislike me?!"

"Sorry, Yun Chaoxi's favorability towards you is too low. Before using the item, the favorability is -1020."

The implication is that she already dislikes you, and nothing can change that.

Sure enough, the next moment, Yun Chaoxi spoke, her beautiful face contorted with anger, "How dare you! The peony is the king of all flowers, only the empress may wear it. How dare you, a mere palace maid, incite me to make a mistake? Do you want to kill me?!"

Lin Zhirou immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, this servant was negligent for a moment!"

She deliberately chose the peony patterned dress, assuming that Yun Chaoxi, now the only concubine in the harem and a favored one, must think of herself as the empress, which is why she said that just now.

Unexpectedly, his attempt to flatter backfired.

Seeing Lin Zhirou kneel down in front of him, Yun Chaoxi felt a surge of secret pleasure.

“This woman is rude and malicious. Pearl, beat her mouth to a pulp for me.”

"Ah! No! Your Majesty, spare me! I was wrong!"

Lin Zhirou's pleas for mercy failed to win Yun Chaoxi's forgiveness.

This job was quite physically demanding, so Zhu'er found two old women who were used to doing rough work. The two of them used both hands to beat Lin Zhirou's face and mouth until they were swollen.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Zhirou's beautiful face was swollen like a pig's head, mixed with traces of blood. Tears flowed through the wounds, and her numb face caused waves of stinging pain, leaving her in a sorry state.

"Your luck value has decreased by 2 points, and you now have 7 points of luck remaining." The cold system voice sounded again.

Lin Zhirou closed her eyes, concealing the hatred within them. She thought she had been careless today, inadvertently crossing Yun Chaoxi's bottom line. She should have kept quiet.

Yun Chaoxi waved her hand, "Alright, you've finished your lecture, go downstairs and take this peony-patterned dress to burn."

The people below kept their eyes down and thought to themselves that the new palace maid deserved it; who told her to show off?

No one came to help her, so Lin Zhirou had to get up on her own and leave Zhaoyang Palace step by step. She secretly vowed to steal all of Yun Chaoxi's luck and make her suffer a terrible death!

After teaching the culprit who had delivered himself to his door a lesson, Yun Chaoxi felt refreshed and invigorated!