Seeing that several eunuchs were about to make a move on You Rong, Lin Qinghe quickly said, "Stop!"
The eunuchs froze, turning to look at Lin Qinghe with confusion.
Zhu Hong said, "Sister Qinghe, why do you want them to stop?"
Having received the original character's data, Lin Qinghe couldn't help but want to roll her eyes.
She finally understood why this auxiliary mission had such a high predicted danger coefficient.
Her current character, the original body, was an undeniable villainess, and one with a tragic ending!
Lin Qinghe, a palace maid under Consort Duan Gui of Xichu Kingdom, was sent to the East Palace by Consort Duan Gui to become the head palace maid. Consort Duan Gui, in exchange for her son, the Third Prince You Feng, becoming the Crown Prince, coaxed Lin Qinghe into poisoning the male lead, You Rong, with the promise of making her the Crown Princess.
After Empress Wang passed away, You Rong, who was not favored by the Emperor, was confined to the East Palace. Lin Qinghe, along with a group of palace maids and eunuchs, tormented him incessantly. Lin Qinghe even put a slow-acting poison in You Rong's meals, causing him to suffer from excruciating heart-wrenching pain for six months after the poison took effect.
Lin Qinghe's original plot trajectory: After You Rong ascended the throne, he acted ruthlessly, executing all members of Consort Duan Gui's faction who had caused Empress Wang's death. For Lin Qinghe and the other palace staff who had tormented him for three years, there was no exception; they were subjected to endless torture, their limbs broken, eyes gouged out, and tongues cut off. The torture lasted a full decade before they finally died, their bodies discarded in a mass grave to be exposed to the elements.
Lin Qinghe was speechless.
This meant that while she was assisting You Rong in completing his mission, she also had to change the original body's fate, or she would die at any moment.
Because in the system, the death of a character meant the death of the mission-taker's soul, and their body in reality would fall into an irreversible vegetative state.
Seeing that Lin Qinghe remained silent, Zhu Hong asked again, confused, "Sister Qinghe, why aren't you speaking? Did you get hurt when you fell just now?"
Lin Qinghe snapped back to attention, collected her thoughts, and under the puzzled gazes of Zhu Hong and the others, she coughed lightly, "Ahem... um, regarding His Highness the Crown Prince... I have my own way, you all can withdraw for now."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Hong became anxious, "Sister Qinghe, the Crown Prince was so unreasonable earlier and even pushed you down. How can you just let it go?!"
Lin Qinghe's mouth twitched violently.
What did she mean by him being unreasonable?
Could you stop lying with your eyes open!
Offering spoiled pig swill as plain congee and forcing You Rong to drink it, and when he resisted, that was called being unreasonable?
Lin Qinghe took a deep breath, telling herself that this was not the real world and there was no need to argue with them.
After all, she couldn't act like they were tired of living.
Lin Qinghe was about to sternly order them to leave when a eunuch named Xiao Yuzi tugged at Zhu Hong's clothes and whispered, "Sister Qinghe must have thought of a new way to torment the Crown Prince. We should leave first and not get in the way. Sister Qinghe will definitely make the Crown Prince suffer!"
Zhu Hong looked enlightened and quickly bowed to Lin Qinghe, "This servant understands. Sister Qinghe, we will withdraw first and wait outside the palace. Sister Qinghe can summon us if you need anything."
The palace staff then exited the Crown Prince's sleeping quarters.
With a creak, the chamber door was closed, leaving only Lin Qinghe and a grim-faced You Rong staring at each other.
Seeing You Rong's eyes fixed on her, as if he wanted to devour her alive, Lin Qinghe really wanted to give him a dismissive look and mock him. Aren't you the top mission-taker! Aren't you very capable! Why have you become like this, lost your own consciousness and needing her to come and save you!
But thinking that mockery would be futile, as the You Rong before her had no memory of the real world and would just think she was talking nonsense, she gave up.
Lin Qinghe hesitated whether to contact the company to report the situation. Before she could act, You Rong, who was standing, turned deathly pale and stumbled, falling straight to the ground.
Lin Qinghe glanced at You Rong, who lay motionless on the floor, without any change in expression.
Excellent, it was convenient for her to report.
Lin Qinghe closed her eyes and mentally connected to the company's sound wave, briefly reporting the current situation.
After the report, Lin Qinghe became somewhat troubled.
She needed to help You Rong clear all the worlds within the system, but as a villainess, how could she help him clear them while staying by his side?
She had to first change the adversarial relationship with You Rong, which would in turn change the original body's tragic fate and allow her to openly assist You Rong in clearing all the worlds.
As a romance system, the condition for You Rong to clear a world would surely be to change his own destiny, reach the pinnacle of his life, marry a beautiful and wealthy woman, and when the female lead appeared, she would facilitate their union.
As Lin Qinghe pondered, she suddenly heard the system's AI prompt, "Mission-taker, you can view You Rong's progress bar for this world. The current progress bar data is 0. When the progress bar reaches 100, this world will be cleared."
Lin Qinghe froze for a moment and suddenly remembered that when she entered the system, Vice Manager Wang Guangyun had said that to facilitate her auxiliary mission, she could open the system to view Rong Jing's progress in each world.
Lin Qinghe muttered, "So that's what Vice Manager Wang was talking about..."
After Lin Qinghe had considered everything, her attention returned to You Rong, who had been lying on the ground for a long time.
Lin Qinghe squatted down and nudged You Rong's shoulder, "Hey... wake up... hurry and wake up..."
After calling out a few times, You Rong on the ground showed no reaction. It seemed he had fainted.
Lin Qinghe's eyes flickered, and she placed the back of her hand on You Rong's forehead.
So hot!
He had a fever!