The Host is Clearly A Scumbag (Quick Travel)

The one who interrogated Jiang Meimei was her old friend, Shangguan Shi.

Ever since Jiang Meimei ran away from under his nose last time, Shangguan Shi wrote this name in his grudge notebook.

No prisoner who had passed through his hands had ever escaped… she was the first one.

For Shangguan Shi, this was nothing short of a humiliating disgrace!

Because Jiang Meimei's identity was special, as her ability to absorb others' luck couldn't be exposed to prevent misuse by malicious individuals, there was no way to issue a nationwide arrest warrant.

All these days, Shangguan Shi had been secretly sending people to track her down, determined to drag her back.

At the same time, to prevent Jiang Meimei from stealing someone else's luck and escaping again if she were caught, Shangguan Shi specially commissioned an iron-barred prison cart.

This time, even though Jiang Meimei's hands and feet had been crippled by the spies' silver needles, rendering her powerless, he still locked her inside the iron cart.

Once bitten, twice shy. No matter how powerful she was, Shangguan Shi refused to believe Jiang Meimei could drag the entire prison cart away!

When Jiang Meimei woke up and saw Shangguan Shi, she was so terrified she burst into tears.

'I had hidden myself in Prince of Lu's mansion… how could I still have been caught?'

Especially after knowing that the person who caused her to be caught was Mingting, Jiang Meimei flew into a rage and cursed him with every filthy word imaginable.

'Why was he always haunting me?! I had fled all the way to the capital, yet that bastard had followed me here?'

'Why did he insist on making my life miserable?!'

Jiang Meimei really couldn't understand it.

At the same time, she also felt resentment toward the Great Immortal, 'Since the Great Immortal knew everything, why hadn't it warned me in advance?'

In truth, the system was also aggrieved.

Who would've expected the Emperor of a nation to be so underhanded?

He had his spies blow knockout powder into the room, directly knocking Jiang Meimei unconscious. No matter how loudly the system screamed, it couldn't wake her.

By the time Jiang Meimei had cursed herself hoarse, a slightly plump yet imposing middle-aged man walked in.

He approached the prison cart, and Shangguan Shi silently stepped aside.

"So, you're Jiang Meimei?"

Emperor Li scrutinized the young girl inside the cart.

'The murderer chosen by an otherworldly entity, wielding wicked sorcery and harming others without restraint, turned out to be such a young girl.'

"I heard you can see people's luck. Then tell me, how is my luck?"

Emperor Li asked.

Jiang Meimei had already learned from the system that the man before her was the Emperor. His purple aura was vigorous and majestic, taking the form of a dragon.

The only bad thing was that there was a black line as thick as a finger within his luck, which was misfortune.

Jiang Meimei, who had always been troubled by her own unlucky constitution, couldn't help but burst into loud laughter when she saw that even the Emperor of a nation couldn't escape misfortune.

'So what if you have a vast country?'

'You still couldn't escape fate's grasp.'

While laughing, Jiang Meimei described everything she saw.

"How dare you! You're seeking death!" Shangguan Shi was furious.

"Since I've fallen into your hands, I never expected to survive. If I'm doomed either way, why not speak my mind freely and say whatever I want?"

Jiang Meimei had already accepted her fate and became unrestrained.

"I can only absorb good luck, I'm helpless against misfortune. And yours is as thick as a finger! Hehe --"

Emperor Li saw that Jiang Meimei didn't seem to be lying. Although he didn't show it on his face, he was a little worried in his heart.

What kind of misfortune could be as thick as a finger? For an Emperor to carry such ill fortune was no trivial matter.

"Then take a look at him."

Emperor Li had someone carry in a couch, and Li Sheng was lying on it while sleeping soundly.

After suffering from the fall into the water, Li Sheng had been forced to drink a large bowl of bitter medicinal brew by the imperial physicians upon his return, leaving him drowsy and sluggish.

Emperor Li had originally intended to keep Jiang Meimei's matter under wraps, and now that Li Sheng was sound asleep, it was just as well.

"Him? I saw him today."

Jiang Meimei recognized Li Sheng at a glance.

Then it dawned on her, 'Could it be that I was exposed when I was absorbing this guy's luck?'

It was rare to encounter someone with decent luck, so she couldn't resist drawing some to replenish her own depleted reserves.

Who would have thought that this tiny moment of greed would be her undoing?

After figuring this out, Jiang Meimei's eyes were filled with hatred.

She had thought that once she reached the capital and entered the Prince of Lu's mansion under the protection of the concubine, everything would be fine. Unexpectedly, she was still too careless!

Emperor Li had the couch carried out and asked Jiang Meimei about Li Sheng's luck.

She was about to give a perfunctory answer, but then she saw Shangguan Shi brought over two cages.

One contained a dozen lively little mice, and the other contained a spotted snake.

"If you lie, I'll throw the mice into your cage."

Shangguan Shi threatened.

"Besides mice and snakes, I've also had people gather scorpions, leeches, spiders, centipedes, cockroaches..."

Before Shangguan Shi could finish speaking, Jiang Meimei screamed, "I'll talk, I'll talk! Get them away!"

"His luck is average. Though it's purple, the little dragon is very faint, far weaker than yours. It's not even as strong as someone I saw before… yes, not as strong as the former heir of Prince of Lu!"

Jiang Meimei spilled everything she had seen in a panic.

"However, Prince of Lu's heir's luck was sucked out by me, so he's finished now."

'The heir of Prince of Lu?'

'Li Ren?'

'Purple dragon-shaped luck?'

Emperor Li's expression darkened, "And what about Prince Lu himself? How is his luck?"

"It's just an ordinary luck." Jiang Meimei was now thoroughly cowed.

Though she had grown up in the countryside, she detested insects and snakes the most, so she didn't dare hide anything.

Even though Jiang Meimei said that Prince of Lu's luck was average, Emperor Li still didn't dare to take it lightly.

The main issue was that the heir of Prince of Lu's luck had actually surpassed the Crown Prince's… this unsettled him deeply.

Even though Li Ren's luck had been drained by Jiang Meimei, he was still added to Emperor Li's list of people to watch closely.

"Don't let her die." Emperor Li instructed before leaving the dungeon.