Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

Concubine Wang has been having a particularly torturous time these days. On the one hand, she is taking care of the only prince, fearing that he will not fall into her clutches, and on the other hand, she is trying to find out all the news about His Majesty and Concubine Xian.

When she learned that His Majesty stayed in Changqiu Palace every night, she was panicked. Only she knew that His Majesty's love for her was definitely not a whim. Except for her, His Majesty had never favored anyone else in the entire harem, and no one could enter His Majesty's heart. But now she was a little uncertain.

His Majesty the Emperor has obtained Tinghe's colored glass recipe and has asked the Ministry of Industry to work overtime to make colored glass products. They have always sold colored glass products from outside the Great Wall to the Great Xia Kingdom at high prices, and now they have to make better and more gorgeous colored glass products and export them to all countries to let them see the strength of the Great Xia Kingdom.

His Majesty was busy as hell, but Tinghe was enjoying peace and quiet. All day long she was either making trouble for the Queen Mother or having fun with Haitang in the Changqiu Palace.

Until one day, Tinghe was happily eating fresh lychees sent from Lingnan, one after another, when she suddenly started coughing. Haitang was so scared that she ran out immediately to find the imperial physician. Tinghe couldn't stop her, so she didn't care about her.

When Haitang ran out, one to find the emperor, one to find the empress dowager and one to find the imperial physician, Changqiu Palace was quiet. The eunuchs were all guarding the outer hall and did not dare to come in.

Ting He Haosheng coughed for a while, and when he stopped coughing, he spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wow" sound, staining his handkerchief.

Ting He was so frightened that she stood up in a panic and almost fell to the ground. The system looked at her and advised:

"The original owner's death is coming. She died of depression due to liver qi stagnation. Her body has long been tortured by that old witch and is in tatters. Even if you take more repair pills, you won't live for a few more days."

Ting He sat down on the ground in a trance after hearing that. No one knew what she was thinking. Perhaps she was reluctant to leave the Emperor, or the Empress Dowager, the majestic old lady, or Hai Tang, who was so thick-skinned and protective of her master, or her stepfather and his wife, who treated her like a treasure.

Ting He's eyes suddenly filled with tears, and she laughed out loud to comfort herself:

"It's okay. It's a good thing that the mission is completed. How about it? Has the mission of the favorite concubine been completed? I think His Majesty is quite fond of me. It should be completed perfectly."

The system sighed dejectedly and comforted him again:

"It's hard to avoid being emotional when you're on a mission for the first time, but you have to remember that you're just a tasker, using someone else's body. Only your soul is your own. All the love, friendship, and family affection you get are gained after you possess someone else. So, it can be said to be yours or someone else's. You're a tasker, so try not to be too emotional, otherwise you'll die miserably in the future."

Ting He curled her lips, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and asked softly:

"How many days do I have left to live?"

The system was silent for a while and then replied: "Three days."

Ting He sighed and said, "Give me a pill to see His Majesty's future plot."

The system was about to reject it on the grounds that it would not reveal the secret, but He Tinghe continued:

"Just put all my money in and deduct it yourself."

The system was silent for a while, collected some silver, and started to check the story of the characters that were not related to the mission.

After a while he said:

"Zhao Xuruo will continue to favor Concubine Wang and make the eldest prince the crown prince, and then..."

Then he paused again and said doubtfully:

"It's a bit unusual. The plot says that Zhao Xurao was poisoned to death by Concubine Wang, and the eldest prince became the emperor directly. Concubine Wang became the queen mother and assisted the emperor to succeed to the throne."

Ting He was confused and asked without knowing what was going on:

"What do you mean? After I died, His Majesty continued to favor Concubine Wang, so why did Concubine Wang poison His Majesty and let the eldest prince usurp the throne? Why don't I understand?"

The system shook its head and said:

"That's what the plot suggests. Perhaps the plot will still go the same direction as before you changed your wish. If you had remained in the position of Crown Prince's Consort, His Majesty would not have accepted you into the palace and would have still favored Consort Wang alone. In the end, you would have been poisoned to death by Consort Wang and His Majesty would have supported her son to succeed to the throne. But after you changed the plot, I'm afraid it won't be that simple anymore."

Ting He asked anxiously: "You can just look at the deductions yourself, help me check what's going on."

The system did not refuse and immediately looked up the background and plot of the story. Soon he said:

"There is still a problem. It seems that this Zhao Xurao is different from before. Before you came, he did not favor any concubines but Concubine Wang, and he only waited for the world to be pacified before he could make her the queen. According to the original plot, without you, Concubine Wang would be the only one in power and would never poison the emperor. I'm afraid you changed the plot, and Zhao Xurao changed. He no longer favored Concubine Wang, which made her feel a sense of crisis, so she poisoned Zhao Xurao and supported her son to succeed to the throne. It's just very strange that Zhao Xurao seems to be really different from before..."

Without waiting for the system to finish, Ting He asked anxiously:

"If I die, His Majesty will die too, right? Or will he be poisoned to death by Concubine Wang? Can the ending be changed? For example, should I kill Concubine Wang first?"

The system shook its head:

"Your Majesty has only one son, the eldest prince. If the imperial concubine dies, his son will definitely feel resentful. If he becomes the emperor, wouldn't the outcome be the same?"

Ting He suddenly collapsed to the ground, staring blankly ahead, not knowing what she was doing. Finally, she said:

"Can you use the pills in the system to extend my life?"

The system shook its head.

Ting He said relentlessly:

"It's because of me that the plot will change. If I die, His Majesty will die too. If I don't die, can I also protect His Majesty from death? At least, I can defeat Concubine Wang before I die."

The system disagreed and said earnestly:

"Every cause has its effect. Your intervention has caused Concubine Wang to fall in love with you instead of her. This has made Concubine Wang feel threatened and afraid that her position will be taken away. That's why she took the initiative and supported her son to be the emperor. What effect have you had? Can you still support your son to take the throne?"

As soon as the words came out, the system knew it had said the wrong thing and stopped talking.

Ting He seemed to be inspired by something and said:

"Okay, I want to give birth to a son, so that I can live another year, okay? I will die after I defeat the imperial concubine and ensure the safety of your majesty, okay?"

The system shook its head and refused.

"Then I'll top up your money, okay?"

The system shook its head.

Listen to He's tearful words:

"I will give up all my wealth in this world and give it all to you in exchange for me living one more year and giving birth to a child for Your Majesty, okay?"

The system was somewhat tempted, but still poured cold water on it:

"Don't forget, you are using a substitute puppet. Your soul body cannot give birth to a child. The original owner's body is still intact."