Qu Qingxi was shocked. What kind of sorcery was this? How could this system be so powerful? Despite such a deep wound and being poisoned, it healed instantly, as if nothing had happened.
"System, locate the thief. I'm going to kill him." Ren Nuanyun said fiercely. Someone had actually attacked her with a poisoned dart. She felt like she had almost died.
[Locking in progress...]
Upon hearing the mechanical voice again, coupled with Ren Nuanyun's words, Qu Qingxi became certain that she could actually hear the conversation between Ren Nuanyun and the system, which was simply terrifying.
A look of joy flashed across Qu Qingxi's face, but she quickly became wary. This system was too strange. If it discovered her location, she might not be able to escape unscathed. She should go back first and make other plans later.
Before Qu Qingxi had even left the Marquis of Dingguo's residence, she heard that voice again.
[Host, the location of this NPC cannot be located.]
"What do you mean by 'cannot lock onto'? Aren't you a system? Why can't you even lock onto the location of an NPC?" The pain from the dart piercing her body was still vivid in Ren Nuanyun's mind. She hated that person to the extreme. It was one thing to not be able to detect that person's information, but now she couldn't even lock onto that person's location. This system was too useless!
However, Ren Nuanyun only dared to think this way in her heart. She still needed to rely on the system and did not want to offend it now.
Ren Nuanyun searched her courtyard for a long time but found nothing. She stormed back to the pavilion and asked again, "Then check if Qu Qingxi is dead or not?"
Although she knew she had arranged for many experts tonight and that Qu Qingxi was doomed, Ren Nuanyun still wanted to hear the news of Qu Qingxi's death with her own ears.
[All the assassins have been detected as dead.] The system didn't know what was going on; no matter what it did, it couldn't detect the person named Qu Qingxi. Logically speaking, Qu Qingxi was also a character in this script, and like everyone else, she should be able to be detected if the system wanted to.
"All the assassins are dead? So you mean Qu Qingxi escaped again? Isn't Qingyun Pavilion the second-best assassin organization in the martial arts world? Why couldn't they even kill a weak woman?" Ren Nuanyun was almost furious at this news. She had spent so much money and hired so many experts, yet Qu Qingxi was still alive.
"Tomorrow, I need to find a way to meet this Qu Qingxi in person," Ren Nuanyun thought to herself. She wanted to see just what kind of person Qu Qingxi was, that she was so difficult to kill.
Ren Nuanyun wanted to kill Qu Qingxi not only because Qu Qingxi had taken the position of Princess Consort of Nanqing, but also because the system told her that as long as she killed Qu Qingxi, she could get 500 points. Since she transmigrated, she had already exchanged all the points she had accumulated. Having experienced the benefits brought by the system, Ren Nuanyun only wanted more points to exchange for things for herself.
I don't even know how many things I can redeem with 1,000 points.
Unable to pinpoint her location? Qu Qingxi raised an eyebrow slightly. Was it because she was just a minor NPC, or because she had transmigrated and didn't belong to this world?
Regardless, this is a good thing for me.
Qu Qingxi avoided the guards of the Prince's Mansion and returned to her own courtyard. She glanced at Qingdai's room, but seeing that it was dark, she didn't pay much attention to it.
Two months ago, on the night of Qu Qingxi's wedding to He Liufeng, He Liufeng was poisoned and she used silver needles to detoxify him. The poison was very difficult to treat and required multiple acupuncture treatments. So she took the opportunity to talk to He Liufeng, saying that she would take care of He Liufeng's treatment, and He Liufeng would take care of her food, lodging and transportation, and that she should not reveal that she knew medicine.
He Liufeng readily agreed and even sent Qingdai over. At the time, he only said that Qingdai knew some martial arts skills, but Qu Qingxi really didn't expect that Qingdai's skills were so amazing. In the past few days, Qingdai had dealt with almost all the assassination attempts she had encountered by those men in black on her own.
Qu Qingxi was also very skilled, and when she transmigrated, she inexplicably gained a spatial ability. Qu Qingxi never told anyone about these things, because it is necessary to hide one's abilities in a strange and unknown environment.
Qu Qingxi gained a lot tonight. She learned why Ren Nuanyun wanted to kill her, and that Ren Nuanyun was a transmigrated woman with a system. More importantly, she could hear Ren Nuanyun's conversation with the system. However, she also learned that Ren Nuanyun was practically immortal and didn't know how to kill her.
"We'll find it eventually. I refuse to believe that Ren Nuanyun has no weaknesses." Qu Qingxi narrowed her eyes slightly.
The next morning, Qingdai told Qu Qingxi that the mastermind behind these groups of assassins in black was Ren Nuanyun, the fourth young lady of the Marquis of Dingguo's mansion. Qu Qingxi nodded, indicating that she understood.
"Your Highness, Princess Yongchang just sent an invitation, saying that a lotus-viewing banquet will be held at the Princess's residence tomorrow afternoon. Would Your Highness like to attend?"
"A lotus appreciation banquet? Who else did Princess Yongchang send invitations to? Did the young lady of the Marquis of Dingguo's mansion receive one?" Qu Qingxi wasn't really keen on going, but if Ren Nuanyun was going, then she would go and meet her.
Now that it's confirmed that Ren Nuanyun is a time traveler, she should be able to attend tomorrow's banquet, and perhaps even showcase her talents and shine brightly.
"The young lady from the Marquis of Dingguo's mansion also received an invitation." Qingdai had just received Princess Yongchang's invitation when she immediately went to investigate, and sure enough, Princess Yongchang had also invited the noble lady from the Marquis of Dingguo's mansion.
“Okay, then we’ll go take a look tomorrow.” Qu Qingxi nodded.
After Qu Qingxi finished speaking, she remembered something, so she returned to her room, picked up her pen, and began to write.
The so-called lotus appreciation banquet was probably just a way for the young ladies of each family to showcase their talents, which were nothing more than playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs.
Qu Qingxi didn't know what kind of music Ren Nuanyun would perform, but as for poetry, Qu Qingxi thought that Ren Nuanyun would definitely plagiarize those timeless masterpieces.
Ren Nuanyun was going to kill him, so of course he wouldn't give her any face. If she had enough talent or ability, then what he did wouldn't have any impact.
What Qu Qingxi needs to do is to write down all the poems in her memory and then distribute them to the literati in the capital. If Ren Nuanyun dares to plagiarize, she will definitely lose face.
Qu Qingxi hardly stopped writing, continuously composing many poems and lyrics, then had Qingdai deliver them to Cuiwei Pavilion, and then had these things taken out.
Cuiwei Pavilion is an intelligence organization scattered throughout the capital. As long as you can afford the right price, you can get any information you want.
You can also do some things through Cuiwei Pavilion.
Qingdai delivered the items to Cuiwei Pavilion and then left.
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