Li Yueyue, as the first assassin, never expected to have a second chance at life after dying in a duel with her mortal enemy. Although she had to bind herself to a so-called Jinjiang system that clashed with her style but could reluctantly accommodate her, Li Yueyue felt that she had come out ahead.
Dressed as the daughter of a concubine, a position that did not even qualify her to show her face at a banquet, Li Yueyue's mission was to become a queen of the nation and achieve the feat of having the Emperor devote himself to her alone after dismissing his harem. Not in a hurry, Li Yueyue first healed the face that the legitimate daughter had intentionally damaged, and then used the moonstones obtained by signing in every day to exchange for information about this world.
After learning about the circumstances of this world, Li Yueyue found that the system was not lying when it said that the first world for a novice was not difficult. As long as she could get a chance to get close, anyone who underwent her hypnosis and poison art would do whatever she said.
Exchanging for a chance to get close to the crown prince with 300 Jinjiang coins - this was the reason why Li Mingming, who had originally planned to keep her distance from Huo Ling, was the first to nominate him at the court assembly, and why the others also thought it was a good idea. Li Yueyue was quietly waiting in Yanchi County for the chance to arrive.
Even if she couldn't appear at the banquet, she was confident that she could attract the male lead of this world.
The plan was perfect, but Li Yueyue hadn't expected that Huo Ling wasn't an ordinary male lead.
Looking at Huo Ling, who was full of curiosity leaning against the windowsill, Li Yueyue instinctively tightened the hidden weapon in her hand, and began arguing directly with the Jinjiang system in her mental world.
[System, didn't you say that the natives of this world cannot know about your existence? What's going on now?]
"Host, the system doesn't know either QAQ."
[Stop being cute! Speak properly!]
"Due to the host's violation of the first rule of the Jinjiang code - prohibiting others from knowing the existence of the Jinjiang system, it has now entered the stage of high-level review. Please wait for the final review outcome."
"I didn't ask you to say that!"
As a result, the system directly dropped the line.
Li Yuemy: ...
Watching the unchanging expression but the confused Li Yile, listening to the conversation between the other party and the system, Ho Ling's eyes became brighter.
He will definitely like to hand him over to Ye Xia.
Thinking like this, when the other party has hesitations and wants to run away, Ho Ling raised his voice to indicate, "You haven't told me what the system is yet," while lightly patting the "General" on the head.
The "General" got the signal and jumped out of the window, directly pouncing at Li Yuemy, who was all white except for her hair. A few embroidered guards also brought their embroidered spring swords toward Li Yuemy.
Due to her special attire tonight, Li Yuemy didn't bring many weapons or poison. Moreover, she was accustomed to hot weapons and the high-tech era. Faced with the well-trained and uncompassionate embroidered guards, Li Yuemy, who was at a loss, was struggling. Before she could release her hidden weapon, she was forced to hold the embroidered spring sword to her neck.
With a merciless kick to the kneecap, the reluctant Li Yuemy subconsciously knelt in the direction of Ho Ling while several things dropped from her body.
Looking at Li Yuemy, who struggled like a frog under the pressure of the "General," Ho Ling silently retracted the leg he had extended halfway out and pretended that nothing had happened, returning to his original seat.
Originally, Ho Ling wanted to get closer to Li Yuemy and find the so-called system. But after experiencing her charm just now, looking at all the unrecognizable things scattered on the ground, Ho Ling cherished his life and decisively made the embroidered guards blindfold Li Yuemy, gag her, and break her legs.
"Take her downstairs and wait for ... err, Ye Xia."
"Got it."
After someone took li Yuemy downstairs, Ho Ling simply put a big basin of meat and bones on the table and waved to the "General" below the window, "General, come and eat meat."
Without needing to call for the second time, "General" promptly abandoned the new toy it had just grabbed – the piece of cloth – and jumped over the window, landing on the table where the meat and bones were. It wagged its tail, and picked out the piece of meat and bone it considered the best, leaving it for Ho Ling. Then, "General" buried its head in the basin and enjoyed its meal.
Ho Ling patted the head of "General" and while it was distracted, he slyly threw the piece of meat and bone back into the basin. Lying back in his chair, he drank tea and watched "General" enjoy its meal with a smile.
When Ho Ling was watching "General" eat with gusto, Ye Xia and the others returned.
Ye Xia is not familiar with water management, but he roughly understood the situation at the dam. After leaving a few embroidered guards behind to stay and watch, he returned to the county yamen ahead of the others.
Walking expressionless, Ye Xia listened to the report of the guards on duty.
After hearing that Ho Ling just had a close call, Ye Xia frowned slightly on a step and glanced mildly at the subordinate who had instinctively kept silent. "The guards on duty, go and receive your punishment."
"Yes, sir."
The few guards on duty, who were prepared for this, immediately lined up, saluted to Ye Xia, and then left. According to Ye Xia's custom, he should have listened to the report of his subordinates before punishing those who hadn't fulfilled their duties. However, he chose to punish them first, and then listened to the report.
Realizing what was peculiar about Li Yuemy, and realizing that she could be dangerous, Ye Xia decided to change his plans. Instead of changing and then going to see Ho Ling, he directly went to the place where Li Yuemy was being held.
Li Yuemy was not simply locked in a room. The guards who had come into contact with Li Yuemy and recognized her danger used special chains to tie her to a pavilion's pillar and arranged for three guards to watch her.
The enclosed room was meant to induce fear and prevent the person from escaping. Sometimes, keeping the person in an open and visible place is the best option to prevent escape.
When Ye Xia arrived, even though Li Yuemy was blindfolded, gagged, and her legs broken, she had never given up trying to find a way to escape and quarreling with the Jinjiang system in her spiritual world.
Unfortunately, the Jinjiang system had never been online since it dropped the line.
Although Li Yuemy couldn't see Ye Xia, she heard his footsteps as he approached. Based on their similar senses, she also sensed his dangerousness.
Instinctively leaning against the pillar she was bound to, Li Yuemy turned her head in the direction of Ye Xia, her body tensing up.
Stepping nearer, Ye Xia removed the cloth covering her eyes, took the paper out of her mouth, and carefully examined Li Yuemy.
After this observation, Ye Xia understood the reason Ho Ling was alert.
It wasn't because his cousin was weak.
Even though Li Yuemy tried to use her charm on him, Ye Xia, who never thought of Ho Ling as weak, just gave her a faint smile.
Then, Li Yuemy, trained as a former top assassin, felt the wisdom of the ancients when facing Ye Xia, who was intimidating even to her.
Li Yuemy lacked the memories of this body, but based on the details she inadvertently revealed and the things found in her room, Ye Xia not only deduced the real identity of "Li Yulemon," which she herself was unaware of, but also speculated about her true origin.
When Ye Xia speculated about the existence of the system, the offline Jinjiang system finally came online.
"Host, the system didn't expect that Ho Ling was actually the male lead in our Jinjiang side's male-oriented romance novel. Due to mistaking him for the protagonist of the Dragon Proudly Heaven next door, it has caused trouble for the host, so the 2000 Jinjiang Coins you borrowed do not need to be repaid; consider it compensation for the host."
"In addition, because the host not only was discovered by the male lead Ho Ling and suspected by Ye Xia, who couldn't perceive our presence, it even led to repeated high-level situations. Guan Sannada said that he didn't want to be invited by 'Tian Dao' to have tea. So, this world will be the host's first and last world."
"We will part ways here. Good luck, host (#^.^#)"
The Jinjiang system said a lot of words as soon as it came online, completely disregarding Li Yuemy's chance to interject, and then directly left her body, as if there was someone from "Tian Dao" behind it. It quickly disappeared from this world.
Ye Xia did not notice the departure of the Jinjiang system but could tell that Li Yuemy suddenly slumped.
Raising his eyebrows lightly, Ye Xia simply handed her over to his subordinate to play with. "She's yours now. How much you can pry out from her, will depend on your ability."
Ye Xiaoben wanted to give Li Yuexue, who dared to make a move against Huo Ling, a good beating, but since the other party knew too much, after some consideration, he ultimately chose to spare Li Yuexue's life.
As for Li Yuexue's future, it would depend on his deputy's ability and whether Li Yuexue was smart enough.
After handing Li Yuexue over to his deputy, Ye Xiao went to change his clothes before meeting Huo Ling.
When Ye Xiao arrived, Huo Ling was dozing off against "General Da". After listening to what Ye Xiao had to say, instead of apologizing for not catching the so-called system matter, Huo Ling, rubbing his chin, thought of another issue.
"Aren't we here to control the water? Why does it seem like we're here to purge the officialdom like imperial commissioners?"