Chapter 3: Disfigured Palace Maid vs. Cold-blooded Emperor
Yu Yao sneered, becoming more and more certain that she was being targeted by Aunt Qiu.

She had never offended Qiu Bai, and neither had the original owner, so it must have been someone else who had instructed her to do so. Who could it be?
The original owner was taciturn and had a disfigured face. He rarely interacted with others and had never offended anyone.

Apart from Concubine Zhao, she really couldn't think of anyone else to blame.

She did not continue to argue with Aunt Qiu and walked away with a cold face.

When she left, she secretly stabbed Aunt Qiu with her spiritual sense.

Aunt Qiu just felt a headache and her face turned pale instantly.

It seemed as if he couldn't stand steadily and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, she grabbed the table in time and did not fall.

Yu Yao turned her head and glanced at Aunt Qiu’s pale face, and she felt a lot more relieved.

This is the world of martial arts, where strength is the main focus. Not many people know things like spiritual awareness.

She had cultivated to the Golden Elixir level in her previous life, so her consciousness was naturally also the Golden Elixir. Even if she traveled through time and space to the original owner, her soul would remain unchanged.

Aunt Qiu wouldn't be hurt by the stab she gave her just now, but she would definitely have a headache for a few days.

Although she didn't get dinner, at least someone arranged accommodation for her.

It was a large bunk bed with more than a dozen young palace maids from the laundry department crowded together. You can imagine the environment.

Yu Yao threw the bag onto the bed and opened the system mall while no one was paying attention.

There are a wide variety of items inside, including all kinds of things.

First is the childbearing series, such as: childbearing pills, girl-bearing pills, dragon-phoenix pills, twin-birth pills, pregnancy-protecting pills, and painless childbirth pills.
There are also beauty series, cultivation series, various weapons and so on.

Of course, there is food too.

She spent one point to buy two buns to fill her stomach, and then she felt like continuing browsing.

She took a look and found that both the elixir for conceiving a son and the elixir for conceiving a daughter were priced at 100 points each.

The pregnancy-preserving pill and painless delivery pill are also 100 points each.

The only thing is that the Dragon and Phoenix Pill is a bit more expensive, requiring 300 points.

She looked at the initial points of 1000 on the upper left corner of the mall, hesitated for a moment, and then spent 300 points to buy a Dragon and Phoenix Pill, a Fetal Preservation Pill, and a Painless Childbirth Pill.

Her mission is to give birth to a child, so she must have elixirs related to childbearing.

In this way, 500 points were spent.

Then, her eyes fell on the beauty series, which contained beauty products with various functions, any one of which could restore her appearance to its original state.

But she was in no hurry to buy it.

If she suddenly became beautiful, it would probably arouse suspicion from others.

She had already offended Concubine Zhao, and if her appearance were to be restored, she would probably not be able to stay in this palace.

There is no rush for this.
She browsed through the system mall again, and seeing that there was nothing she needed to buy, she closed the page.

After working all day, I was drenched in sweat and wanted to take a shower.

It was so late, Aunt Qiu would definitely not let her fetch water. Fortunately, there was a pond to the south of the laundry department, where no one usually went. There were reeds on the shore, which were tall and dense, very suitable for concealing people's figures.

Yu Yao quickly came to the pond south of the laundry department under the cover of night. She stood on the shore, looking at the sparkling water, and her depressed mood improved a lot.

After taking off her clothes and leaving only her bra, Yu Yao carefully immersed her body in the water and began to wash herself carefully under the moonlight.

She didn't dare to stay here any longer, so after washing she prepared to go ashore.

At this moment, a cold male voice was suddenly heard.

"Who is there?"

The voice was cold and filled with anger.

Because he was poisoned by a Gu in his early years, he would suffer unbearable heart pain every full moon night, but almost no one knew about this.

Ye Beichen didn't want others to see his misconduct, so every full-moon night when the poison took effect, he would find a quiet place.

The purpose is to get through it quietly without being discovered by anyone.

And today happened to be the fifteenth, which was the time when the poison in his body would break out.

He used to come here often, but he didn't expect that there would be someone here tonight.

Looking at the graceful shadowy figure through the reeds, I thought it was a palace maid, concubine or guard having an affair here.

In a rage, the sword was unsheathed.

The cold sword energy came towards her, and Yu Yao's face turned pale with fright. She could feel that the opponent's strength was far above hers. If this sword hit her, she would be finished immediately.

Although she was a Jindan cultivator in her previous life, her original owner's strength was not high, so she did not dare to take it head-on. She turned her head and dodged at an extremely fast speed.

Ye Beichen was surprised to see that the other party had dodged. He could feel that the man was not very strong, but he could actually dodge his attack. It was quite interesting.

Yu Yao had no idea what the other person was thinking, so she took this opportunity to quickly put on her coat and go ashore.

She was afraid that the other party would catch up with her, so she almost ran away after landing. "It's not that easy to leave."

Ye Beichen sneered and was about to chase after him, but after taking two steps, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.

He frowned, and the intense pain made him groan.

Damn it, the poison actually took effect at this time. Because of the poison, he stopped chasing.

Afterwards, he covered his chest and squatted on the ground in pain, his expression twitching and his face distorted.

Yu Yao heard a painful groan from behind her. Although it was subtle, she still heard it.

She was confused and stopped immediately.

Turning around, I saw a man in a luxurious black robe squatting on the ground in pain, holding his chest in the moonlight among the reeds.

Although she could only see the side profile and it was night, she vaguely recognized that it was Ye Beichen, the current emperor.

"Why is it him? Why is he here?" Yu Yao was shocked.

Seeing Ye Beichen's painful expression, which didn't seem fake, she couldn't help but twitch her lips.

I thought: Weren't you quite capable just now? How come you are a dead fish now?

Yu Yao was hesitating whether to stay or leave.

But the next second, the system's voice came to her ears.

"Host, don't leave in a hurry. Ye Beichen is suffering from the poison. If you can save him and gain his favor, the mission will be much easier."

"Poisoned?"

Yu Yao blinked, extremely surprised.

But then, he said with a look of disapproval: "I don't know how to remove the poison, how can I save you?"

"There is a kind of detoxification pill in the system mall, which can cure any poison in the world, of course, including Gu poison."

System 6688 gave a timely reminder.

Upon hearing this, Yu Yao immediately opened the system mall and searched directly for detoxification pills. As expected, there was such a thing, 100 points per pill, which was the same price as the fertility pill.

She didn't have many points, and 100 points were not cheap, so she was hesitating whether to buy one.

But the next second, he heard a "bang" sound, and it turned out that Ye Beichen fainted from the pain and fell heavily into the reeds.

Yu Yao couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth again. Why did she suddenly feel like laughing?

She took a quick look and then looked back at the detoxification pill displayed on the system mall page.

After hesitating for a while, I finally decided to buy one.

She looked down at the detoxification pill in her hand, glanced at Ye Beichen who was unconscious in the reeds, and walked over.

She leaned over and squatted beside Ye Beichen, pinched his jaw with one hand, forced him to open his mouth, and then fed him the detoxification pill in her hand.

She didn't know when Ye Beichen would wake up, and how he would treat her when he woke up. Anyway, she had done what she should do. If Ye Beichen still wanted to kill her by then, she would have no choice but to accept her fate.

She wanted to send Ye Beichen back to the Yangxin Palace, but she was not sure whether Ye Beichen would like others to see him like this.

So they simply hid him in the reeds. Anyway, basically no one came to this place, and when Ye Beichen woke up, he would go back by himself.

She didn't stay here long and left soon.

Not long after Yu Yao left, Ye Beichen woke up.

He touched his chest blankly, "It doesn't hurt anymore?"

Ye Beichen looked up at the sky. The moonlight was bright at this time, and a bright moon was hanging high in the sky, which meant that it was still a full moon night.

But why doesn't he feel any pain?

He couldn't help but think of the woman he saw before he fell into a coma. At first he thought she was having an affair here.

But later, when he saw that she was alone, he realized that he had misunderstood.

Before he could see the other person's face clearly, he fainted from the pain.

He didn't quite get a clear look at who the woman was or what she looked like.

All I remember is the other person's back, wet all over, with bare legs and feet, wrapped in a robe, as he hurriedly fled.

I don’t know if the abnormality in my body is related to the other person.

"Is this what that woman dropped?"

Ye Beichen was about to get up when he caught a glimpse of a hairpin in the reeds not far away. It was sparkling and particularly conspicuous under the moonlight.

He picked it up and found it was a very ordinary peach blossom hairpin. He guessed it was dropped by the woman.

For some unknown reason, Ye Beichen put the peach blossom hairpin into his arms and put it away very carefully.

Since the pain was gone, he naturally wouldn't stay here any longer and left quickly.

(End of this chapter)