After returning to her room, Chu Xinxin quickly used some energy to improve her cooking skills.
"Luckily he didn't say anything. I was really scared and broke out in a cold sweat just now." Chu Xinxin patted her chest with lingering fear. "I was afraid he would hold up a skewer of barbecue and say that I'm not Xingyuan, and then cut me in half."
Don't worry, sister. He won't do anything to you because of your face.
The system seemed to be hinting at something, but Chu Xinxin pretended not to notice: "I'm not the one in charge, who knows? What if he has a relapse?"
No, he...
The system finally realized: "Sister, you tricked me."
"We've got it out of him, isn't he?"
You must discern for yourself; I won't tell you unless I provide the necessary energy.
"It's not impossible," Chu Xinxin asked. "How much do you want?"
Thirty, I guess.
"Why don't you just rob it!"
Chu Xinxin decided to rely on herself.
When Shenyao approached her again, Chu Xinxin asked directly, "Shenyao, do you have any birthmarks?"
"No."
To put it simply, Chu Xinxin suddenly became a little depressed.
Shenyao asked her, "What's wrong?"
"Lately I keep dreaming about someone with a six-pointed star on their body, which I find strange. I even thought it was you..."
Shenyao thought back for a moment and realized that there was no such person in his clan.
“Draw the picture down, and I’ll help you find it.”
Chu Xinxin readily agreed.
When Shenyao said he was going to search, he searched very seriously. He sent most of the people in the palace out to check on each tribe one by one.
After learning about this, Bi Yu stormed over to Chu Xinxin and pointed at her, cursing, "Imposter! You're a waste of time and money! Compared to Lord Xingyuan, you're not even worth a single hair on her head!"
"It's not what I wanted, but Wang insisted on spoiling me, and I had no choice..." Chu Xinxin huddled on the stool, feeling wronged.
Biyu was even angrier: "Where's the Forget-Me-Not Pill I told you to give to the King?"
"I haven't found my chance yet..."
"You must administer it to the king within three days!"
"What if Wang doesn't see me these next few days..."
Biyu said impatiently, "He will see him! The day after tomorrow is Lord Xingyuan's birthday..."
Chu Xinxin raised an eyebrow, realizing that's how it is.
......
Xingyuan loved parties, and on her birthday, Shenyao gathered everyone in the entire palace to celebrate with her.
Biyu followed behind Chu Xinxin, watching as she and Shenyao drew closer and closer, but Biyu showed no intention of taking out the Forget-Me-Not Pill.
The banquet was about to end, and Biyu was getting anxious.
She went directly to Shenyao and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Xingyuan has brewed a jar of wine and wishes to offer it to Your Majesty for a drink."
Shen Yao's faint smile seemed to freeze for a moment: "Brewed by yourself?"
Biyu: "Yes."
Shenyao remained silent.
Biyu stood in the center of the banquet, feeling somewhat awkward.
Staying there is not an option, nor is retreating.
She slightly raised her eyes and gave Chu Xinxin a wink. Chu Xinxin pretended to suddenly realize something and stood up: "Miss Biyu doesn't know where the wine is. I'll go get it with her right away."
Biyu lowered her head in satisfaction.
The two returned to the second palace, and Biyu handed a pot of wine to Chu Xinxin: "You must make the king finish this pot of wine later, otherwise, you know the consequences."
Chu Xinxin saw Shen Yao coming this way through the system interface, and she deliberately pretended to lose her balance and spilled the wine.
"How can you be so clumsy! You can't even do this right, you're useless!"
Biyu wanted to teach her a lesson, but there wasn't enough time, so she just made a note of it and brewed another pot of wine.
Then, in front of Chu Xinxin, he took out a packet of white powder from his pocket.
Shenyao had already entered. Chu Xinxin looked at Biyu and asked, "Sister Biyu, what is this white powder?"
"The powder of the Forget-Me-Not Pill".
"Sister Biyu, I don't want to give this to the King. He'll forget me if he drinks it..."
Bi Yu never expected that Chu Xinxin would want to back out when things came to a head.
"What do you mean?" Bi Yu swept her cold brows. "Let me tell you, you must make the King drink this wine today, no matter what. Don't think that just because everyone calls you Lord Xingyuan, you're something special."
"I......"
"Stop talking nonsense, or you'll lose your life!"
Biyu stirred the wine in the pot, handed it to Chu Xinxin, and then turned around to see Shenyao standing in the doorway, looking at her with an icy expression...
It's like looking at a dead person.
"Your Majesty!" Bi Yu's body went limp, and she immediately prostrated herself on the ground.
Shenyao slowly walked up to her, and three ice pillars burst from the ground, piercing Biyu's hand and tail respectively.
Biyu was in so much pain that her face turned deathly pale, but she didn't dare to utter a single sound.
"Forget-Me-Not Pill... Where did you get such a wonderful thing?"
Bi Yu was covered in sweat: "...It was given to me by Lord Xingyuan!"
"She doesn't even know what this is, and you still say she gave it to her?"
"It really was given by Lord Xingyuan. A long time ago, Lord Xingyuan said that if she disappeared, the king should take her place..."
Shenyao sneered: "You don't need to tell me, I'll come and see for myself."
Since mind-reading was ineffective against his own people, Shenyao directly used soul-searching magic.
His hand covered Biyu's head.
In an instant, Biyu let out a scream, as if she had been subjected to some kind of torture.
When Shenyao withdrew his hand, she had already fainted on the ground, unconscious.
Ice rapidly formed around Shenyao. Standing at the lowest point of temperature, he softly uttered, "The Shell Clan..."
......
“This was done by Biyu at the bei tribe’s behest.”
Because of her good relationship with Chu Xinxin, Nvwei was promoted to a female official in the second palace.
"The Bei people are..."
"After Lord Xingyuan disappeared, they've been trying to plant people around the King. They probably felt threatened after seeing you appear and want to solve this problem at its root..."
Chu Xinxin didn't understand. These palaces, if not a hundred, there were at least forty or fifty. Adding another one from the Bei tribe didn't seem to have any impact.
"The king only likes human women who look similar to Lord Xingyuan."
Okay, this aesthetic is really limited.
Nuwei touched the key to the second palace she had just received, but still felt dissatisfied: "Hurry up. Only when I become a lady-in-waiting to the king will I have more power to help you escape."
"Do you have a grudge against Ming Chang, the female official beside Shen Yao?" Chu Xinxin asked, half-jokingly, and to her surprise, the female official actually responded with a "yes".
The woman said, “She bullies the weak because she used to be Xingyuan’s personal maid. My Qingwei clan has been suppressed by her to the point that we are not even as good as those black sharks.”
"Does Shenyao not care?"
"In Wang's mind, finding the Star Source is the only important thing. As long as things don't get too ugly, he won't care about anything else."
Chu Xinxin shook her head after hearing this, thinking, "What a foolish ruler."
"By the way, Chu Zheng was looking for you just now." The woman didn't want to say too much, so she changed the subject.
"What does she want with me?"
"It seems she knows where the person you're looking for with the six-pointed star is..."
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