The system instantly understood the meaning behind Ming Li's words and rushed forward in a panic, grabbing the hand holding the sword.
Host, please calm down! Don't be so impulsive!
Ming Li flicked her wrist, but since the system didn't let go, she frowned impatiently and said, "Move aside!"
The system's eyes were tightly shut, refusing to budge, stubbornly clinging to Ming Li's hand.
Seeing this, Ming Li conjured a flickering flame in her other hand and said again, "Move aside! If you don't, do you believe I'll roast you?"
System: ...Although I'm terrified, I absolutely will not move!
The system swallowed hard, watching the flame getting closer, and shouted, "Host, you can't cut him! He's the mission's protected target! If you cut him, the mission will be ruined!"
Ming Li paused at this, her eyebrows rising. She asked with a chilling tone, "Really?"
The system nodded frantically, "Really, really! It's truer than gold! Whoever lies to you is a pig!"
Ming Li's lips twitched. She said nothing, simply staring at the system with a blank expression.
The system felt a shiver down its spine under Ming Li's gaze, swallowed again, and quickly said, "Host, it's true! It's really true! If you don't believe me, just receive the mission plot first!"
Hearing this, Ming Li nodded, temporarily abandoning the dangerous thought.
Seeing this, the system breathed a heavy sigh of relief and began transmitting the mission plot.
Damn it! Is it easy for me to be a system?! I've encountered such a crazy host! Can't a system just do its job properly?!
This is an ancient world, with countries, emperors, and ministers.
The original host is the female lead of this world, the most talented and beautiful woman in the Lin Kingdom, and a woman Emperor Qin Zhanhan desperately wants.
The original host's name is Shangguan Ming Li, daughter of Prime Minister Shangguan Xing, and the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's mansion.
She possessed a beauty that could topple nations, unforgettable at first sight, a perfect match for a female lead.
So, during a secret outing, she was spotted by the Emperor, who was incognito. In short, it was love at first sight.
[Pfft! What love at first sight is nonsense! It was clearly lust at first sight! And the fleeting kind.]
The Emperor, in his prime, was captivated by the original host's unparalleled beauty. Upon learning she was the Prime Minister's daughter, he decided to take her into the palace as a concubine. This way, he could gain a beauty and control the powerful Prime Minister, a perfect plan, why not?
After all, the Emperor's harem should be a vibrant garden, filled with many beautiful women, truly a grand establishment.
But the original host was unwilling! Who would marry someone they'd never met? Especially as a concubine.
So, she argued with her Prime Minister father. The Prime Minister was also unwilling to send his daughter into the palace as a concubine, but the imperial decree had arrived. Fate was unavoidable, and he had no choice but to send her into the palace.
The original host refused and ended up smashing her head against a pillar, falling unconscious.
When the original host woke up, the first thing she saw was her father, the Prime Minister, sitting by her bed with a worried expression.
She learned two pieces of news from the Prime Minister: she had been unconscious for three days and three nights, and her half-sister, Shangguan Ling Xue, had entered the palace in her place.
The original host felt guilty towards her half-sister. Once one enters the palace gates, life becomes like a deep sea, especially the harem, where women scheme against each other, and one wrong step could cost a life. Thus, the original host, a naive and sweet girl, wanted to enter the palace to swap places with her.
However, when the original host finally entered the palace and met Shangguan Ling Xue, expressing her intentions, she was refused.
Shangguan Ling Xue stated she had no desire to leave the palace, claiming she had long admired Qin Zhanhan. She rambled on to the original host, but the main point was that she refused to leave the palace.
The original host tried to persuade her, but Shangguan Ling Xue simply had people escort her out of the palace.