Ning Shu bought it in the end. She needed this item.

  As she took the tranquility pill in her hand, she instantly felt a cooling sensation flow into her soul. It was very refreshing.

  Spending fifty merit points had been worth it. It was more useful than the calmness halo.

  Ning Shu returned to the system space. However, now that she had the tranquility pill, she had no more use for the calmness halo so it was kind of a waste.

  “You can sell those items back to the system marketplace,” said 2333.

  Ning Shu raised her eyebrows, feeling that 2333 was really considerate. He was considerate to the point that she felt a little creeped out. He was answering all her questions, this wasn’t like him.

  Those who were eagerly attentive for no reason were either traitors or thieves.

  She opened the system marketplace and sold the calmness halo. Of course, the listed price was extremely low.

  “Let’s start the task. Let’s see the entrustor.” Ning Shu said to 2333.

  “Alright.” 2333 said, “Let’s do a system task this time.”


  So that was what he was after. Ning Shu nodded, “Then let’s do the system task.”


  A woman gradually appeared in the space. She was wearing a gorgeous palace outfit that was embroidered with a soaring phoenix design. The phoenix was extremely lifelike and the golden threads on the outfit glimmered as she moved, making it seem as if the phoenix was about to take flight.

  She gave off such a graceful aura of luxury that it made people not dare to look directly at her.

  The moment Ning Shu saw this attire, one word popped into her head: empress!

  Finally, someone with a rather more noble status. Ning Shu straightened her back. “Hello.”


  “This empress needs a counterattack.” Fu Wanhui stood there, composed and elegant.

  Ning Shu nodded. “OK, what wishes do you have? “


  “My wish is to have Consort Xian die. To have her disappear.” Fu Wanhui’s voice was a little dark.

  “You are the empress, it should be easy to make a concubine disappear,” said Ning Shu with her brows lifted. She already had an idea of the situation. This Consort Xian probably had a favored concubine system.

  Fu Wanhui frowned. Her expression was very bitter as she said, “Aren’t I a useless empress? I couldn’t even deal with a consort.

  “Instead, the emperor even dispersed the entire harem to be loyal only to her for the rest of his life.”


  Ning Shu: …


  In reality, it was quite a touching love story.

  “Then what happened to the emperor’s consorts?” asked Ning Shu.

  “That Consort Xian said that she was a kind person and couldn’t bear to have us all stay in the inner palace with no one to rely on, so she sent us all back to our families,” Fu Wanhui said bitterly.

  Ning Shu: …


  The emperor divorced his legal wife along with all his concubines and sent them all home?

  How could the ministers ever agree to this!?

  “That’s why my wish is for Consort Xian to disappear.” As Fu Wanhui spoke, her entire soul trembled.

  Ning Shu nodded. She was definitely going to take this task. After all, 2333 had already been nagging her about this for a really long time.

  “Counterattacks require that you offer up your soul energy, are you certain?” asked Ning Shu.

  “I am willing to give 50% of my soul energy,” Fu Wanhui said.

  “I accept this task.”


  Fu Wanhui gradually disappeared from the system space.

  Ning Shu decided to receive the storyline first. It would be bad if she encountered an unexpected situation during the task and didn’t have time to receive the storyline.

  Fu Wanhui had a noble status. She was the empress of the Great Gan Dynasty, the daughter of the Grand Preceptor, and at the age of fifteen, had married Zhao Xu who was still a prince at that time.