Transmigrated into the Scum Female Consort - Chapter 32

After a moment of silence.

“Heavens, am I dreaming?” a Zhou family servant could not help but exclaim.

“Are we already dead? Is this the Underworld?” Xiao Gao also felt he was dreaming—a dream after death.

“I must have seen wrong; I must be hallucinating…”

The crowd burst into an uproar, some rubbing their eyes, some pinching their arms, and others twisting their own thighs. Even though they grimaced in pain, they still couldn’t believe it.

Shi Song’s hands, which were holding the bottle, began to tremble. This time, it wasn’t in her clothes, but it had materialized right before her eyes, appearing from her hand. Help! She didn’t know whether to be happy or terrified now.

In the midst of the chaos, Ye Xuejin silently held Yun Chi’s hand, her eyes asking for confirmation.

Yun Chi leaned close to her ear and whispered softly: “Actually, we don’t have to be so cautious, do we?” This was ancient times, and beliefs in ghosts and deities were not uncommon. She had been thinking incorrectly before. While it was dangerous to possess a treasure, what if they borrowed someone else’s hand? For instance, using Shi Song’s hand to help everyone naturally overcome their predicament.

Ye Xuejin smiled: “Fù Mǎ is right, but the necessary formalities cannot be neglected.”

Yun Chi was puzzled: “What formalities?”

Ye Xuejin asked instead of answering: “Fù Mǎ, do you plan to take out more?”

Yun Chi seemed to understand and quickly thought for a moment before replying: “I can take out twelve more bottles of water.”

The group originally had twenty prisoners and seven constables. One Old Man Ma and one Zeng Laosan had died, reducing the number by two, but Shi Niang’s group added six people. That meant there were thirty-one people remaining, or thirty adults excluding five-year-old Ying’er. After taking out three bottles earlier, there were fifteen bottles left in the storage space. One bottle per person was clearly not enough. If they split it into one bottle for every two people, three bottles would remain.

Hearing this, Ye Xuejin took Yun Chi’s hand and slowly walked forward. No one in the crowd noticed her, except for a few members of the Zhou family, who realized something the moment they saw the bottle of water. They had also once received such a bottle of water.

The instant Ye Xuejin moved, Old Imperial Censor Zhou suddenly grasped his beard. So, this was indeed the work of a celestial being, and the Princess Consort before him could communicate with them. He stared intently at Ye Xuejin, almost forgetting to breathe…

“Silence! We are all alive and well.” Yu Lu forced himself to regain composure, halting the crowd’s clamor. Just as he was about to ask someone to test if the water was potable, he saw Ye Xuejin and Yun Chi walking toward Shi Song. He was momentarily stunned, completely forgetting what he was about to say.

Shi Song was genuinely thrilled and frightened. Having personally experienced such a bizarre event, she was quite shaken. As she stood there at a loss, Ye Xuejin and Yun Chi approached her.

Ye Xuejin released Yun Chi’s hand and smiled faintly at Shi Song: “Let me hold this for you.” The beauty smiled, her eyes bright and moving, and she spoke those gentle words to her.

“Oh.” Shi Song dazedly let go.

To her surprise, the weight in her hands did not lessen. She suddenly looked at her hands and then at Ye Xuejin’s hands, nearly screaming aloud. The water had been taken away, but two more bottles of water had appeared in her hands! Help! There truly is a ghost!

“I…”

“Shh,” Ye Xuejin gently interrupted her, her eyes deep: “Do not disturb.”

Shi Song blinked. Disturb what?

Ye Xuejin said nothing more, passed the water in her hand to Yun Chi, and then reached for more. Shi Song cooperated numbly, the scene repeating itself until she completely lost the ability to think.

Everyone was mesmerized, watching Ye Xuejin take water from Shi Song’s hands, pass it to Yun Chi, who casually placed it on the ground, and then Ye Xuejin would take more from Shi Song… Especially Old Imperial Censor Zhou and the few others who knew some inside information, their eyes were glued to Ye Xuejin, as if their eyes weren’t their own.

Soon, twelve bottles of water were lined up neatly at Yun Chi’s feet.

Only then did Ye Xuejin drop her hand. Shi Song, however, was still mechanically holding out her hands, looking confused when Ye Xuejin did not reach out to take the water. Why did she stop?

Ye Xuejin shook her head: “That will be all for today.”

Shi Song’s pupils contracted. Did “that will be all” mean that these water bottles would no longer grow out of her hands? Thinking this, she immediately shoved the water into Ye Xuejin’s hands, then looked at her palms, flipping them back and forth. Sob, sob, that’s great! She was terrified, believing she had become a monster that sprouted water bottles.

Ye Xuejin passed the last two bottles of water to Yun Chi and then looked at Shi Song: “All this water is yours. You may distribute it yourself.”

Hearing this, Shi Song instinctively looked at Shi Niang.

Shi Niang, in turn, looked at Ye Xuejin and asked: “May Your Highness tell us what exactly is happening? You just said, ‘Do not disturb.’ Who or what were you referring to?” She asked this not only because of Ye Xuejin’s act of taking the water but also because of her final statement: “That will be all for today.” And indeed, it had stopped.

Shi Song instantly looked at Ye Xuejin. Yes, what is going on? What should they not disturb?

At this moment, everyone understood the implication of Shi Niang’s words and held their breath, staring fixedly at Ye Xuejin.

“I also do not know,” Ye Xuejin’s expression remained unchanged, still calm and composed. After a pause, before anyone could react, she looked up lightly at the clouds in the sky, then retracted her gaze, and said softly: “I only vaguely heard someone whisper in my ear, ‘You don’t have to be too cautious.'”

My Fù Mǎ said, ‘Actually, we don’t have to be so cautious.’

“You don’t have to be too cautious??” Everyone was confused. What did that mean?

Just as everyone was baffled, Ye Xuejin reached out and patted Shi Song’s shoulder, genuinely praising her: “That voice also said, ‘The one who took the initiative to slay the wicked thief, your courage is commendable. This water is your reward.'”

Shi Song was stunned. What? This is her reward? Who is rewarding her?

“It’s a celestial being! His Highness can communicate with celestial beings!” Zhou Qiyue clenched her fists and blurted out. After speaking, she let out an exaggerated, long breath. She had been holding it in for too long; she was about to burst.

While she felt relieved, everyone else gasped in shock.

A celestial being! What was that?

“We might really be dead,” Xiao Gao looked up at the sky. Otherwise, how could a celestial being be involved?

Yu Lu raised his hand and smacked him: “You are not dead!”

“Ouch!” Xiao Gao quickly covered his head. The bundle he was holding dropped, and Zeng Laosan’s head rolled out.

The crowd: “…” The scene suddenly became horrifying yet slightly comical.

Ye Xuejin did not deny it. She looked up at the sky again, saying nothing, yet conveying everything.

The crowd: !!! A profound realization seemed to dawn in their minds.

Almost simultaneously, except for Yun Chi and Ye Xuejin, everyone looked up at the sky. Expressions of inexplicable excitement appeared on their weary faces.

There is a celestial being! In the sky!

“Bless us, celestial being!” Xiao Gao couldn’t help but kneel, but the words were immediately muffled by Yu Lu covering his mouth.

“Don’t shout! Didn’t you hear? ‘Do not disturb.’ Celestial beings like quiet.”

Those with sharp hearing froze mid-crouch and quickly stood up. Thank goodness, they almost disturbed the celestial being.

Xiao Gao blinked, on the verge of tears. Could the celestial being pretend not to have heard? He didn’t mean to shout; he was sincere. No, wait…

Seeing that her objective was achieved, Ye Xuejin timely reminded them: “Divide the water, and let’s set off soon.”

Divide the water! Hearing this, everyone stopped looking at the sky. They were dying of thirst.

“Shi Niang,” Shi Song asked Shi Niang for help. She didn’t know how to distribute it.

Shi Niang nodded at her and looked at Yu Lu: “Please, Lord Yu, distribute the water for us.” She actually didn’t want to think, as her mind was preoccupied with the words, “His Highness can communicate with celestial beings.” Princess Consort can communicate with celestial beings! She suddenly felt like crying. Her young mistress’s insistence was not wrong; the Princess Consort was worth saving. Who else in this world could receive whispered words from a celestial being or communicate with them?

Yu Lu quickly arranged for Xiao Gao to count the water and distribute one bottle for every two people.

During the distribution, he couldn’t help but secretly glance at Ye Xuejin.

Another person secretly watching Ye Xuejin was Old Imperial Censor Zhou. As a veteran official of two dynasties and having a good reputation, he was certainly not a dull-witted man. Old Imperial Censor Zhou believed his only miscalculation in life was that day in the imperial court… The new Emperor, having ascended the throne for a few months, had rendered the Censorate virtually useless. He truly did not want to be a puppet in court, which was why he took that desperate gamble, intending to awaken the new Emperor and, at the same time, leave his name in history. Not only did he fail to awaken the Emperor, but he himself ended up imprisoned and exiled to the Southern Frontier. He blamed himself for overestimating the new Emperor and miscalculating.

Now, he was the first to guess that the Princess Consort had taken that decisive step, and he was the first to know that the Princess Consort could communicate with celestial beings. He had even held the opportunity in his hands, yet he did not dare to stake everything again. Old Imperial Censor Zhou sighed inwardly. He had miscalculated again. It was simply fate…

Meanwhile, Yu Lu, holding the water, handed a bottle to Ye Xuejin.

Just as Ye Xuejin raised her hand, her arm was intercepted.

Yun Chi smiled at her: “I will take it for you.” If Ye Xuejin accepted the water directly, she would lose an opportunity for a reward. Having taken out so many bottles of water at once, she couldn’t afford to miss a chance for a reward.

Seeing that Ye Xuejin remained compliant with Yun Chi, Yu Lu’s eyes flickered, and he continued distributing the water to everyone else.

Only then did Yun Chi hand the water to Ye Xuejin: “Drink quickly.” At the same time, she repeatedly chanted in her heart: I want water. Bring water. Water, come…

[Half a bottle of mineral water sent. Please select a reward: Two bottles of mineral water OR Two bottles of mineral water.]

Yun Chi was used to her insistent Golden Finger. After quickly claiming the reward, Ye Xuejin handed the empty bottle back to her.

Yun Chi drank the remaining half bottle, looking thoughtfully at the empty bottle. It was not a product of this era. Suddenly having over a dozen empty bottles was not only problematic with so many eyes around but also environmentally unfriendly. She focused her mind to sense the storage space, but there was no reaction.

Yun Chi understood. She could drop things remotely, but she couldn’t remotely retrieve them unless they were very close to her. She thought for a moment and took Ye Xuejin’s hand.

Ye Xuejin naturally held her hand back: “Fù Mǎ?”

Yun Chi leaned close to her ear and lowered her voice: “I think it would be best to collect all the bottles.”

“Understood.” Ye Xuejin nodded slightly, then looked up at the sky again.

Because of her ability to communicate with the celestial being, everyone was already paying close attention. Now, seeing her look up again, they all tensed up and followed suit. Is this her communicating with the celestial being now?