Tang Xiu arrived at the prison and saw that Mu Tiantian was still asleep, so he couldn't bear to disturb her.

Seeing this, the jailer next to him asked, "Lord Tang, should I go and wake her up?"

"No." Tang Xiu said indifferently.

The jailer, hearing this, knew better than to say anything more.

After a while, Mu Tiantian turned over and sat up groggily.

She touched her stomach; she was hungry.

Then she saw the person standing outside the cell, "Guard Tang?"

"The Emperor wishes to see you," Tang Xiu said.

Mu Tiantian stretched and sat up, feeling more energetic after sleeping all day.

"Let's go." Mu Tiantian left the cell and closed the door behind her, just like she was at home.

It's a good habit to close the door behind you.

Tang Xiu asked, "Aren't you worried?"

"What are you worried about? Are you worried about your life?" Mu Tiantian joked nonchalantly. "I'm lucky, I won't die. It's a bit cold here, but the accommodation is alright."

Tang Xiu smiled at her calm demeanor. "Aren't you afraid of anything?"

"There's really nothing that can frighten me."

System: [I don't know who saw the human bones, they were so scared they jumped up.]

Mu Tiantian: [Go away, you're just teasing me.]

System: [Hehe.]

Mu Tiantian and Qi Tong exchanged a few words before following Tang Xiu to the palace.

On the way, she asked some questions about Feng Qianyan.

Tang Xiu told her everything he knew.

According to Tang Xiu, Feng Qianyan's main personality appears for three days every one to two months.

When the dominant personality emerges, there is a strong sense of murderous intent and violence about them, and they need to vent their resentment.

So every time he went there, he either went to the martial arts training ground to vent his anger through violence, or he went to the prison to torture those who wanted to assassinate him.

However, once he has vented his anger, he will give those assassins a quick death.

Hanging their bodies on the city gate was also a way to deter others with wicked intentions and to set an example for others.

Tang Xiu said, "There's one more thing. The Emperor gave Physician Quan your portrait and asked him to find you."

"Okay, I understand, thanks."

When Tang Xiu heard her thank you, he stopped and turned around to look at her seriously. "You don't need to thank me. I've said it before, doing these things for you is what I should do. I will do whatever you ask me to do, even if you want my life."

Upon hearing this, Mu Tiantian was startled, and her slightly pale eyes were filled with determination.

She was afraid of him doing that back then, which is why she didn't reveal her identity after saving him.

Tang Xiu was the kind of person who was very loyal and valued gratitude highly.

Even though the late emperor was incompetent and foolish, he remained loyal and vowed to protect him to the death.

Her saving him was purely accidental. He was on the verge of death at the time, and his eyes were severely injured, so he didn't recognize her, and she kept it a secret from him.

Mu Tiantian replied earnestly, "Guard Tang, your life is your own. You survived because you fought with all your might. You gave yourself the chance to live. You should live for yourself."

If he hadn't held onto her ankle so tightly back then, she might never have realized he was still alive.

Moreover, at the time, she wasn't entirely confident she could save him; it was his strong will to live that allowed him to survive.

Therefore, it can be said that he saved himself.

She didn't want him to take this favor too seriously.

After listening to her say this, Tang Xiu remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "I understand."

He simply didn't want to be so distant from her.

He didn't want her to give him distant thanks every time he helped her with something.

Mu Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he seemed to understand.

After arriving at the palace.

Mu Tiantian did not hear any noise like the one she had last night.

It's quite quiet today.

Quan Wufeng said the same thing when he saw her come in.

Tell her to leave before sunrise.

Mu Tiantian didn't say anything and just agreed.

Excitedly, Yan Yan pulled Mu Tian Tian aside and whispered, "Sister, let's sneak out later."

"Why did you sneak out?" Mu Tiantian asked curiously.

Yan Yan pouted, "Qian Yan won't let me go out."

Mu Tiantian recalled what he had said last night and asked, "Qian Yan?"

Yan Yan leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Sister, I'll tell you a secret. Besides myself, there are two other people living inside my body. One of them is Qian Yan. He's a germaphobe. If I get my clothes dirty, he won't let me out."

"Everyone else listens to him," Yan Yan said, somewhat unhappy. "But they don't listen to me."

"But yesterday, I noticed that Guard Tang was very obedient to you."

"That's because Qian Yan didn't give any other orders, otherwise Guard Tang would listen to him and not me." After saying that, Yan Yan secretly peeked through the crack in the door and came back to whisper to Mu Tiantian, "So, sister, you have to help me escape."

"this..."

Glug~

Mu Tiantian's stomach rumbled at just the right moment.

She chuckled and said, "I'm hungry."

"Oh, I see. Then I'll have them bring some food over. It's most important that my sister has enough to eat." He knew what it felt like to be hungry, so he didn't want his sister to go hungry.

He noticed that his sister's lips were still as pale as they had been yesterday, and he heard Wang Xi say that only sick people have pale lips.

If that's the case, then my sister must be sick.

Since his sister is sick, rest is the most important thing, so he shouldn't go anywhere.

"Sister, I'm not going anywhere. Let's eat and then rest together."

Before Mu Tiantian could process what he said, she heard him shout, "Tang Xiu!"

Tang Xiu was guarding outside the palace, intending to eat a glutinous rice ball to fill his stomach. Upon hearing the shout, he casually wrapped the glutinous rice ball up and put it in his bosom before entering the palace.

"Tang Xiu, go and ask the imperial kitchen to prepare some food."

"yes."

Just as Tang Xiu turned around, the glutinous rice ball he hadn't put away fell to the ground.

Upon hearing the sound, Yan Yan was about to check what had fallen when Mu Tian Tian quickly cupped his face and turned him around, smiling sweetly, "Yan Yan."

Yan Yan was drawn to her smile and grinned sheepishly as well, "What's wrong, sister?"

"You... have something on your face, let me wipe it off for you." Mu Tiantian said, casually touching his clean and flawless face a couple of times.

Tang Xiu picked up the glutinous rice ball.

His action was caught by Yan Yan out of the corner of her eye.

After Tang Xiu left the palace.

Yan Yan looked at her older sister wiping her face and asked with a smile, "Sister, I remember you made a lot of glutinous rice balls last night. Do you still have them?"

Mu Tiantian thought for a moment and said, "Sister ate them all."

"That's good. As long as my sister didn't give them to anyone else, that's fine. She said they're all mine, so she wouldn't lie to me, right?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Tiantian swallowed hard and slowly nodded.