I'm competing with the male lead for a woman[GL]

Chapter 157: Don't kill me, please... I beg you...

Xiao Jin sat in the carriage, her heart not filled with relief after narrowly escaping danger. Instead, she furrowed her brow, sinking into greater doubts.

If she hadn't read the secret revealed by Prince Shen, she might have thought that the last few words Emperor Qi spoke were mere nonsense. But when she combined that secret with everything else, Xiao Jin found it highly intriguing.

"If I were to say that if you had truly killed me just now, would these black-clothed men will deliver the decree of inheriting the crown prince to you?"

Considering how much Emperor Qi detested Fengxuan, it was unlikely that the original owner would become the crown prince. However, it wasn't entirely impossible. If Emperor Qi knew that the Crown Prince wasn't his biological son, and with the Fifth Prince disabled and the Fourth Prince confined to the ancestral residence... with these thoughts, he might only have the option to hand over the throne to the original owner.

However, Xiao Jin still felt that something was amiss. If Emperor Qi initially didn't want the Crown Prince to become the emperor, why give him so much power, even to the extent of concealing the Crown Prince's shadow behind the Blood Rain Pavilion?

Lost in thought, Xiao Jin couldn't figure it out and decided to open a mental window and ask the system, "You have a god's perspective, so you must know, right?"

System: "Host, I observe the world through your eyes. How could I possibly know more than you?"

Xiao Jin sneered, "You're pretending. Keep pretending. Do you dare say that you don't know that Chu Shao has lived more than once?"

The system remained silent.

Silence was the best answer.

Xiao Jin knew long ago that the system was deeply flawed and had hidden countless things from her. She wasn't surprised at this point. "You already know that something is wrong with Chu Shao, but can't you see what's wrong with Emperor Qi?"

System: "Host, I am just a system. I cannot interfere too much in this world. Otherwise, the space-time would fall into chaos, resulting in unbearable consequences."

"For example?"

"Such as my potential disappearance." The mechanical voice sounded serious.

Xiao Jin nearly burst into laughter, thinking, "What does it have to do with me if you disappear? I'd actually welcome your disappearance."

The system apparently heard Xiao Jin's thoughts, but it still wanted to ask, "Host, why do you believe that Chu Shao has lived more than once?"

Xiao Jin smiled, "I may have a disability in my legs, but my eyesight is still intact."

"Firstly, on the night when Chu Shao and I drank the ceremony wine together, I didn't tell her where my room was. Yet, she could accurately find my room and push me back inside. Isn't that suspicious?"

"Secondly, in the fragments of your so-called memories, when Su Tan was treating Chu Shao's injuries, Chu Shao, under the backlash of the Gu poison, once attempted to snatch the knife from Su Tan's hand."

The system asked, "What's wrong with that?"

Xiao Jin: "There's nothing wrong, except that a weak person shouldn't have such great strength."

"It's also possible that it's due to the outbreak of the Gu poison, causing a disruption in bodily functions and triggering a reaction beyond the body's limits," the system explained.

Xiao Jin calmly said, "Is that so? But I saw it very clearly at that time. Chu Shao's hand was clearly grasping Su Tan's wrist, which means she could have easily turned Su Tan's hand and taken the knife from her."