Besides, she hadn't heard of anyone dying in the Marquis of Dingguo's mansion recently, or that they needed to observe mourning.
Seeing this strange situation, Qu Qingxi immediately realized that the person in front of her was Ren Nuanyun, the concubine's daughter whose personality had changed drastically. Qu Qingxi felt that it was not that her personality had changed drastically, but that she was likely possessed by a ghost. Otherwise, why would a good person be wandering around the yard in white clothes at night?
The woman in white in the courtyard, Ren Nuanyun, looked up at the dark night sky, then turned to look at the void. "System, what's wrong with this Princess Consort of Nanqing? She's just an unfavored daughter of the Prime Minister's family. Even though she married the Prince of Nanqing, she's not loved. She's like an unkillable cockroach. I've sent people so many times, but I still haven't been able to kill her. I wonder if I'll succeed tonight?"
System? Xiao Qiang? Qu Qingxi raised an eyebrow slightly. Is this a modern person? So, this Ren Nuanyun is also a time-traveling woman, just like her?
Yes, Qu Qingxi also came from another time. She was originally the eldest daughter of a modern family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. After an accident, she woke up in a wedding sedan chair. At that time, the original Qu Qingxi was about to marry the Prince of Nanqing, but she was unwilling and took poison, dying in the wedding sedan chair. She then became Qu Qingxi.
Although Qu Qingxi was certain that the person in front of her was a time-traveling woman and her fellow villager, there was no tearful reunion of fellow villagers. Instead, this fellow villager was going to great lengths to kill her.
"Sigh, I hope so. Only when Qu Qingxi dies can I properly woo Nanqing King He Liufeng. I wonder what He Liufeng looks like. Let me tell you, if He Liufeng isn't handsome, I won't bother trying to woo him." Ren Nuanyun was completely unaware that someone was watching her from the shadows, and continued to mutter to herself, her tone tinged with dissatisfaction.
She's the female lead, so if the male supporting character is too ugly, she won't bother trying to win him over.
Strategy guide? The King of Nanqing?
Looking at the bizarre situation before her, Qu Qingxi suddenly remembered that back in modern times, there was a period when novels featuring female protagonists who traveled through time with a system and then conquered the male protagonist were very popular.
Looking at Ren Nuanyun's appearance, could she really be like that? Qu Qingxi was full of doubts and continued to observe the situation over there.
Meanwhile, Ren Nuanyun was in a similar situation. She was inexplicably selected by the system and brought here. The system told her that she needed to win over the male lead, He Qi'an, to complete the story here.
For some unknown reason, some unexpected things happened. When Ren Nuanyun arrived here, He Liufeng, who was the male supporting character, had already gotten married two months ago and had a princess of the Southern Qing Dynasty.
In order to better win over the male supporting character, Ren Nuanyun decided to kill the Princess Consort of Nanqing directly. After all, she was just an insignificant person, and her death would make things go more smoothly.
"Don't worry, although He Liufeng isn't the male lead, but just a supporting male character, he's very handsome, definitely the most handsome man in the Ling Dynasty." The system assured him confidently.
"The most handsome man? Then why isn't the male lead the most handsome man?" Upon hearing that the male supporting character was the most handsome man, Ren Nuanyun immediately felt unbalanced. She was the transmigrator chosen to change this place, so why wasn't the male lead the most handsome?
"Don't worry, host. No matter who the most handsome man is, as long as you successfully win him over, they will all be at your feet. Besides, the male lead's appearance is only slightly inferior to the male supporting character," the system reassured you.
"That's true. Whether it's the male lead or the male supporting character, they're all just objects in my grasp." Ren Nuanyun smiled confidently, feeling a little smug when she thought about it. So what if the male supporting character got married? As long as she successfully won him over, he'd still be begging her to even glance at him.
"But this Qu Qingxi is really ungrateful. Why doesn't she just die already? She's wasting so much of my money and I even had to hire an assassin to kill her." Thinking of this, Ren Nuanyun was a little annoyed. "She's just an NPC with almost no name, yet she's wasted so much of my time."
Ren Nuanyun refused to believe that Qu Qingxi was so difficult to kill. She had already spent so much money and sent even more people tonight, determined to ensure that Qu Qingxi would never return.
Qu Qingxi was so angry she almost laughed. Ren Nuanyun wanted to win over He Liufeng, so she was going to kill her to make way for her, and she even called herself an NPC? She was so outstanding, yet she was just a small NPC. Fine, since you don't take a nobody like me seriously, then I'll show you what an NPC is all about.
Qu Qingxi pulled out a dart from her spatial storage. The tip of the dart was coated with poison. Although the poison would not kill her immediately, it would definitely cause her unbearable pain. Qu Qingxi was not some saintly white lotus who could forgive someone who had tried to kill her time and time again.
Qu Qingxi found the right angle, flicked her wrist, and the dart flew towards Ren Nuanyun's shoulder. At the same time, Qu Qingxi quickly changed position to avoid being discovered by the person in front of her.
Ren Nuanyun was still fantasizing about her wonderful life surrounded by handsome men when suddenly a dart pierced her shoulder. The dart was almost completely embedded, leaving only a section of red tassel sticking out.
Ren Nuanyun collapsed to the ground instantly, black blood gushing from her shoulder.
"Who?" Ren Nuanyun cried out in pain, instinctively turning her head to look behind her. It was pitch black there, and she couldn't find anything.
"System, please help me find out who attacked me from behind?" Ren Nuanyun frowned, cold sweat pouring down her face. She was in so much pain that she could hardly breathe.
[Host, no information can be detected about the other party. They should just be an insignificant NPC.] The system searched in that direction but found no information.
At the same time, Qu Qingxi also heard a mechanical voice. Qu Qingxi immediately became alert and looked around, but found nothing.
Where did the mechanical sound come from? Qu Qingxi pulled out several more poisoned darts from her spatial storage, while tightly gripping a delicate dagger in her hand. However, after observing for a long time, Qu Qingxi still couldn't find out where the sound was coming from.
"What? It can't be detected?" Ren Nuanyun felt her body temperature starting to drop, and she became very cold. She struggled to speak, "Quick, quickly block my pain and heal me. I'm in so much pain."
When Qu Qingxi heard Ren Nuanyun's voice, she turned to look at her again. Just now, Ren Nuanyun was clearly talking to something called a system. That meant that the mechanical voice she had just heard was the voice of the so-called system.
Soon, Qu Qingxi saw that the person who had been lying on the ground in pain just moments before suddenly stood up straight as if nothing had happened. If it weren't for the darts still on her back, Qu Qingxi would have begun to doubt whether she had actually done anything.
Then, Qu Qingxi watched as the dart fell off Ren Nuanyun's shoulder, and the wound seemed to heal itself little by little as if by magic, as if it had never been injured. The black bloodstains on her clothes did not disappear, proving that something had indeed happened.
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