Quick-wear flirting system: being spoiled by gods in the plane

Chapter 125 The Cold Knight of the Western Noble Family (20)

The journey back to the Duke's mansion wasn't far. Soon, as the vehicle passed the mansion's gates, a notification sounded in my mind:

[V. Meet with your companions and complete the spy mission (ensure Tanasha's safe entry into the mansion) — √]

It was getting late, and Tanasha was taken away by the maid to be settled in. Yu Ci said goodnight to Lancelot and then followed Beya back to her room.

Inside the room, Yu Cijing, feeling drowsy, sat in front of the mirror, with Bei Ya behind her helping to remove her headdress.

When the vibrant roses were taken down, Beya frowned at them and then set them aside.

“Princess, you’re really foolish,” Beya sighed. “There are countless merchants who sell their daughters for personal gain, eagerly begging you to grant them their wish. How could you actually agree?”

Yu Ci mumbled, still half-asleep, "I don't want to either."

But it was something I had no choice but to do.

Putting the mission aside, given the male lead's ruthless indifference, if she dared not help him enter the mansion, he could crush her poison in the next second, and the female lead might also be treated as an abandoned pawn and suffer the same fate.

Her magic couldn't solve the problem of the supernatural condition of having a curse on one's body, let alone the female lead.

"..." Not knowing what to say, Beya frowned to herself.

Before she left, she still gave her a few words of advice, still worried:

“Stay away from that Tanasa. There are many spies these days. Although she was able to enter the manor safely, I don’t believe her identity is innocent.”

Yu Ci yawned and climbed into bed: "Okay."

"Shall I throw those flowers away for you?"

"No need, just leave it there."

A moment later, the door was closed, and Yu Ci slowly opened her eyes.

Her phoenix eyes were clear, showing no sign of drowsiness.

She got up and went to the table, picked up the flower branch and examined it closely under the moonlight. After a long while, she tucked it into the book beside her.

As he released his divine sense, a familiar figure rushed into the room.

Before Yu Ci could even speak after the person entered the room, the visitor couldn't help but speak first:
"So, what's the king's next plan?"

Even if she tried to hide it, Yu Ci could hardly miss the anxiety in her tone.

"No plans, just waiting," Yu Ci said calmly.

Ruien clearly didn't believe her. She paused for a moment, then changed the subject: "I just saw that spy, Tanasha. She's a beauty."

He paused, then asked, "How did you convince Lancelot?"

After all, letting a stranger stay at the Duke's mansion so easily was something Rui En had never encountered before.

Knowing that this was the question the woman really wanted to ask, Yu Ci lowered her eyes and looked out the window: "Beg him, and then he agreed."

It was a casual remark, yet it had a huge impact on Rui En, who smiled bitterly.

If Lancelot were someone who would easily give in to any request, he wouldn't be the Lancelot we know today.

“Rui En”.

Yu Ci said softly, "You don't want to hurt Lancelot, right?"

Rui En froze: "...I don't understand what you're saying."

Yu Ci: "We're on the same path. Believe it or not..."

Yu Ci looked at her and repeated earnestly, "We are kindred spirits."

"Don't you have anything you want to ask me, or anything you want to say to me?"

For example, ten years ago, Lancelot's parents were brutally murdered by spies. Were you a witness or a participant?

For example, your stance, your feelings, your concerns, and your physical health.

"..."

After a long silence, Rui En chuckled softly, took a step back, and said ambiguously, "I don't understand what you're saying. But..."

“He is truly special to you.” Silence returned to the room. Yu Ci lowered her eyes, the moonlight reflecting off her, casting lush shadows.

……

Lancelot became busy again, rarely seen, and his corruption level slowly increased.

Fortunately, Tanasha often came to visit her, and the two got along very well. They would go shopping one day and have tea parties the next, and within a few days they became inseparable and even slept together.

That evening, Tanasha dried her hair and, seeing the figure lying on the bed, happily went up and hugged him.

Like a cat encountering catnip, Tanasha hugged her soft body and took several deep breaths.

"Cici smells so good..." The woman's voice was clearly happy.

Yu Ci, who was being held tightly, was used to the woman petting her like a cat, so she put down the book in her hand and hugged her back.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep." Yu Ci closed her eyes.

Upon hearing this, Tanasa blinked, feeling a little sleepless, but she didn't say anything more while looking at the girl who had already closed her eyes.

She held the girl in her arms, gently patting her back as if soothing a child to sleep, humming a soft, foreign tune.

Yu Ci didn't actually fall asleep; she lay quietly in the woman's arms, pondering the events of the past few days.

Lancelot remained busy and stayed at the military camp; Tanasa often slept beside him; only Rean, ever since that night when she extended an olive branch to him, had been behaving strangely well.

It seems that trouble is brewing in the next few days.

“Nasha.” Yu Ci looked up.

Do you know what happened to the spies of the former Emperor of Ryukyu?

She's the female lead, after all; she should know more than she does.

Tanasha, still surprised that she wasn't asleep, paused for a moment, then glanced around before whispering in the girl's ear:

"Those who remained in the country were all secretly executed."

"Those sent abroad are dealt with by mixing antidotes with slow-acting poisons."

Yu Ci was surprised: "Can't Anvina directly kill other people who have been infected with the Gu in Liuguo with the main Gu?"

“We can,” Tanasa said without hesitation, “but the Emperor’s Gu is an old witchcraft that has been around for too long, and even the Emperor himself can no longer control it from a distance.”

"After Anvina realized this, she chose to play along and used an antidote mixed with a slow-acting poison to make the emperor's spy, who was sent to another country, die silently. It is said that he died as if he had died peacefully in his sleep, and no one could find out anything about him."

Yu Ci squinted: "Slow?"

“Yes.” Tanasa pursed her lips. “It usually takes five or six years to take effect.”

Five or six years have passed since Anvina seized power, and it has also been five or six years since Ruien took the antidote he distributed.

[A spy for the former emperor should have been dealt with from the beginning.]
[Previously, because she was the only one who had safely infiltrated the manor, we hesitated to take action.]
Anvina's smiling words from a few days ago still ring in my ears.

Yu Ci lowered her eyes.

She thought wrong.

It wasn't because Rui En was able to remain hidden for a long time that she was temporarily spared.

It was clear that Anvina herself was unable to control the Gu remotely and could only resort to delaying tactics.

Truth mixed with lies can only be a lie.

Anvina was extremely suspicious and had no intention of letting the emperor's spies live.

The girl suddenly fell silent. Tanasa pursed her lips, sensing the unpleasant mood, and whispered:

"Is this... Sister Rui'en?"

When admiring flowers in the backyard with the girl, she often saw Rui En's figure, but every time they made eye contact and she wanted to greet her, the latter would always look away.

She knew they were the emperor's old spies.

She also knew that the spy was nearing the end of his life.