Do you think you're the only one with a system?
She had investigated Qu Qingxi's background, but all the information indicated that she was just an unfavored legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's mansion, whose life was worse than that of a maid.
How could someone like that have such amazing skills?
However, if Qu Qingxi, like her, also transmigrated with a system, then everything makes sense.
Ren Nuanyun suddenly realized that it was all because Qu Qingxi had hidden herself too well that she hadn't noticed her identity in time.
However, we don't know what Qu Qingxi's system is like, or how it compares to hers.
And what mission did her system bring her here to complete? Her system clearly said that the Crown Prince is the male lead, and all she needs to do is win over the Crown Prince.
But she had never seen Qu Qingxi do anything for the Crown Prince. Could it be that Qu Qingxi had some other mission here?
"System, you heard what Qu Qingxi said that day. Did you detect that Qu Qingxi has a system on her?" Ren Nuanyun thought for a long time and still felt that she needed to ask the system about this matter. Perhaps it knew something.
[Host, we cannot detect whether Qu Qingxi has a system on her.] The system also doesn't know why this is happening.
Hearing the system's reply, Ren Nuanyun was speechless. Why couldn't this broken system detect anything? If Qu Qingxi hadn't wanted to kill her, the system probably still wouldn't have been able to detect her identity.
However, Ren Nuanyun trusted her intuition more than the system. Qu Qingxi had said so, so there must be a system. Now, things were getting a little tricky.
And her body.
That day, she originally just wanted to go to Lingci Temple to relax. After all, this was still a feudal society with too many injustices against women. Usually, she could only go out to stroll around under the pretext of buying jewelry. It was a rare opportunity for her to go out for a stroll.
However, before they even reached Lingci Temple, a group of bandits suddenly rushed out from the road. They grabbed Ren Nuanyun, but did not harm her. Instead, when the others were not paying attention, they poured something into her mouth.
Because they didn't harm her, the system didn't react. At that time, Chunyi helped her fend off those bandits, and she placed all her hopes on Chunxin, but who knew that Chunxin had disappeared without a trace.
Later, the Crown Prince's men rescued her, but on the way back, Ren Nuanyun suddenly experienced severe abdominal pain. After returning to the Crown Prince's residence, she learned from the system that she had miscarried.
Later, Ren Nuanyun fainted, and when she woke up, she saw the Crown Prince throwing a tantrum.
Many people were kneeling on the ground: Chunxin, Chunyi, some servants, maids, and imperial physicians.
Upon seeing Ren Nuanyun wake up, the Crown Prince hurriedly went to her side. Looking at Ren Nuanyun's pale and haggard face, the Crown Prince felt extremely distressed. "Nuanyun, how are you feeling now?"
Although Ren Nuanyun already knew the child was gone, she pretended to be completely unaware. "Your Highness, the child, quickly let the imperial physician examine the child."
Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince's face contorted with even greater pain. He gripped Ren Nuanyun's hand tightly, saying, "Nuanyun, we can have more children."
Upon hearing this news, Ren Nuanyun fainted. Of course, she was faking it; the more pitiful she appeared, the more guilty the Crown Prince would feel.
Sure enough, as soon as Ren Nuanyun closed her eyes, the system's voice rang in her mind: [The male lead's favorability towards the host has reached 99%. Please continue your efforts.]
99%, 99%! Ren Nuanyun was so excited she almost couldn't contain herself. Just 1% more, and she would succeed.
However, Ren Nuanyun's feigned unconsciousness didn't last until the next morning, when the assassination occurred that very night.
He Liufeng returned in the evening, but instead of going to his study, he went directly to Qu Qingxi's room.
Qu Qingxi didn't rest either. She wanted to develop some ointments specifically for burns. Qingzhu and Yang Qianqian both had burns of varying degrees. According to the medical technology here, those scars couldn't be removed at all, so they would just stay with them for the rest of their lives.
They are all still young, and they don't know if they will meet someone they like in the future. Carrying scars will always make them feel inferior and uncomfortable, and there is a hurdle in their hearts.
Qu Qingxi had never made this kind of ointment before, so she could only try it, and it was hard to say whether she would succeed.
Seeing He Liufeng push the door open and come in, Qu Qingxi put down what she was holding and walked over to him. "Why are you back so late? How was your day?"
"His Majesty asked me some questions and also asked me to investigate the Crown Prince's residence and gather clues about the assassin there." He Liufeng took off his outer cloak and draped it aside. He saw Qu Qingxi fiddling with something over there and then walked towards him. A smile appeared on He Liufeng's face.
"Did you collect any evidence at the scene?" Qu Qingxi asked with a slight smile, her curiosity evident.
"The Emperor's men found a jade pendant in a corner, which was later confirmed to be the personal jade pendant of Xu Ding's eldest son, Xu Xingfeng. Apart from that, nothing else was found."
As He Liufeng spoke, he glanced at Qu Qingxi again. Last night, besides him and Qu Qingxi, the only other people who had been to the Crown Prince's residence were the people from the Jingzhao Yin. Who exactly left that jade pendant there?
Although he didn't see Qu Qingxi do anything yesterday, he inexplicably felt that the jade pendant was left by Qu Qingxi. However, no matter who left it there, now that the Emperor has turned his suspicious gaze to Xu Ding, he naturally added fuel to the fire.
"Xu Ding's eldest son's personal jade pendant? Then it's highly likely that he was the one who went into the Crown Prince's residence to kill people yesterday?" Qu Qingxi looked surprised.
In fact, Qu Qingxi deliberately placed the jade pendant there. The reason she had Xu Xingfeng's personal jade pendant was because when she went to the Xu residence to steal from the treasury last time, she saw that the jade pendant was of excellent quality, so she also took it. Now it came in handy.
"But aren't the Crown Prince and Xu Xingfeng cousins? Why would he do such a thing?"
Starting this morning, the two of them tacitly agreed not to mention what happened last night. They also had to forget about it to avoid anyone overhearing and causing them unnecessary trouble.
Right now, they are just innocent bystanders, and have nothing to do with what happened last night.
He Liufeng smiled faintly and answered seriously, "It's not certain whether he is the murderer right now. Xu Xingfeng certainly didn't have such a motive, but we can't rule out the possibility that he and the Crown Prince had some past conflict."
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