Mu Tiantian: [Even the most delicious pastries can become tiresome. Three kinds of pastries might be enough for him to sell for a while, but there will always be a day when he can't sell them all. After all, the variety is too limited and they are too sweet. What do you think will happen if he can't sell enough then?]

System: [Will you come back to ask for the recipe again?]

Mu Tiantian: [When that time comes, I can sell him the other formulas and negotiate a collaboration. Then I can make money without even lifting a finger. Even if he doesn't come to me, I can go to him. Nobody turns down money; everyone wants to earn more.]

System: [You've actually done business before.]

Mu Tiantian: [You have to leave yourself a way out.]

Having some money is always better.

...

Qian Yan sat up in bed, rubbing his temples, when a face suddenly flashed through his mind.

He was the one who saved the woman's face.

He glanced down at the spot beside him; the sheets were a little wrinkled. He didn't have the habit of turning over or being a restless sleeper.

Someone has lain here.

There was also a very faint fragrance in the air.

He recognized that smell; it was the woman's scent.

He realized something was wrong, and as he was getting dressed, he felt the note inside his clothes.

Qianyan, you're not allowed to kick your sister out!

Otherwise, I'll wear your favorite white clothes and roll around in the mud, then sleep in bed all night!

Also, my sister is mine, you're not allowed to touch her!

Qian Yan rubbed his temples after seeing the note.

elder sister?

Is it that woman?

He recalled the people he had seen the night before and in his hazy state as he was about to regain consciousness today.

It's not a dream.

In other words, the woman stayed with Yan Yan for two nights.

But they always leave before sunrise.

Therefore, Quan Wufeng lied to him.

Qian Yan glanced at the note again and scoffed, "He didn't even know to ask his name, what an idiot."

After the court session.

Qian Yan left Quan Wufeng in the main hall and asked, "I wonder if the person I asked Brother Quan to find has been found?"

“We’re already looking,” Quan Wufeng replied.

Qian Yan nodded. "Brother Quan, you've gone to a lot of trouble. Brother Quan is very busy, so I won't stay any longer."

"Your subject takes his leave."

After Quan Wufeng left the main hall, Qian Yan suppressed his smile.

"Wang Xi".

Wang Xi bowed and said, "This servant is here."

"Has Imperial Physician Quan been searching for the person as I have ordered recently?"

"Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Quan has gone out to search for the person as ordered," Wang Xi replied respectfully, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Yesterday, the Emperor gave him a portrait of a woman and instructed him to give it to Physician Quan to help him find her.

And that woman was none other than the one that Physician Quan had found that night.

Physician Quan had said that, in order to prevent the Emperor's condition from worsening, the matter concerning this woman should be kept secret from the Emperor during the day.

However, Physician Quan did send people out to search, although he was just making a show of it.

"Was anyone brought to my bedchamber last night?"

Wang Xi hesitated for a long time, wondering how he should say it.

If the truth were told, and it were indeed as Physician Quan said, that the Emperor's condition had worsened, then he would be in big trouble.

If one does not tell the truth and is eventually discovered by the emperor, it would be considered a crime of deceiving the emperor.

Qian Yan reminded him, "Wang Xi, you cannot bear the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Upon hearing this, Wang Xi knelt down with a thud and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, this servant dares not conceal the truth. There was indeed a woman who spent the night in Your Majesty's palace last night."

Where is that woman now?

"This servant...doesn't know," Wang Xi hurriedly replied. "These past two days, it was Imperial Physician Quan who had Guard Tang find the person."

When Qian Yan asked him that question, he confessed everything.

He was just a eunuch; he couldn't bear the crime of deceiving the emperor.

"Rise and tell me in detail what happened these past two nights."

"Yes, sir." Wang Xi stood up and reported everything he knew to Qian Yan.

"Wang Xi, I like people who keep their mouths shut." Qian Yan had a very faint smile on his lips and spoke gently.

But what he said made Wang Xi tremble involuntarily.

"This servant understands."

Qian Yan nodded and walked out of the main hall.

Tang Xiu stood guard outside the main hall.

"Tang Xiu, go and keep an eye on Fang Hong. See if he makes any other moves during these three days of reflection."

"Yes." Tang Xiu immediately went to the Fang residence after hearing the order.

evening.

Qian Yan returned to his palace as usual.

He took out a dagger.

As the sun was about to set, he made a deep cut on his palm, and felt a sharp pain.

Fifteen minutes later, Qian Yan felt dizzy.

But as he clenched his fist, the stinging pain in his palm intensified.

After sunset, Qian Yan leaned against the wall, supporting his body, his eyes closed and his head throbbing with pain.

He was trying his best to suppress the personality shift.

After a long while, he opened his eyes weakly, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

Yan Yan is afraid of pain, and once he feels pain, his willpower will not be strong.

In addition, his personality is inherently unstable, so as long as Qian Yan uses some methods, he can completely suppress him.

Even Quan Wufeng was unaware of this matter.

Qian Yan recalled what Wang Xi had said.

Every evening, he would insist on seeing his sister.

Following Wang Xi's description, he imitated Yan Yan and began causing a ruckus in the palace...

...

Inside the prison, Mu Tiantian took out the prepared medicine from the small medicine furnace.

"So many medicinal herbs can only produce one pill," Mu Tiantian complained, putting the pill away carefully.

System: [You used a prescription from another world, and some of the ingredients differed. The success rate was already low; you're lucky you even managed to refine it at all.]

Mu Tiantian: [I know, you said that to me before. Anyway, just get it done.]

System: [So, how do you plan to use it?]

Mu Tiantian: [I have no choice but to... take a gamble.]

System: [How do I bet?]

She didn't answer.

Mu Tiantian: [Has the sun already set?]

System: [Yes.]

She stood up, tidied up the messy things in the medicine furnace, and then prepared to leave the prison.

About an incense stick's time later, Quan Wufeng arrived at the Heavenly Prison.

"Brother Quan?" Mu Tiantian was a little surprised.

For the past two days, Tang Xiu has been the one taking care of her.

I never expected it would be Quan Wufeng today.

Quan Wufeng nodded, glanced at her, and said calmly, "Tell him tonight that you won't have time to see him for the next few days."

"What's wrong?" Mu Tiantian asked, puzzled.

"In short, do as I say, and I will arrange accommodations for you tonight. You don't need to go back to the prison." After saying that, Quan Wufeng turned around and walked ahead, leading her out of the prison.

Mu Tiantian didn't know what Quan Wufeng was thinking; there must be some reason behind it.

Quan Wufeng recalled Yan Yan's appearance when they were in the palace earlier.

They were as boisterous as usual, but it seemed like they weren't boisterous enough.

He felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Tang Xiu was Feng Qianyan's personal bodyguard, but he was transferred by Qianyan to keep an eye on Fang Hong.

He could have sent someone else to do this, but he insisted on transferring Tang Xiu away.

It has been almost two months since Feng Qianyan's main personality last appeared.

Although the emergence of the dominant personality is unpredictable, the longest interval between occurrences has never exceeded two months.

Therefore, for safety reasons, Mu Tiantian cannot stay in the prison, and she must still have unhealed internal injuries from the past.

Several years ago, due to his momentary mistake, Feng Qianyan was poisoned.

He concocted an antidote to cure Feng Qianyan's poison.

But to make this medicine, someone needs to test it for poison.

Just as he was about to drink the poisoned wine, Mu Tiantian snatched it away and drank it all in one gulp.

"Tian Tian, ​​are you crazy?!"

Mu Tiantian smiled and said, "Brother Quan, I'm very lucky... Since you need someone to test the poison, I can do it."

"You...you're willing to go to such lengths for him..."

Quan Wufeng recalled her resolute decision when she tested the poison, and then recalled her explanation to him that day.

Perhaps what she said is true.

If she lies to him again this time, then it may be the end for her.

Now, whether she lied to him or not, her internal injuries are real.

He simply couldn't bring himself to be heartless towards her.

System: [Quan Wufeng's rage value decreased by 15, currently at 50.]

Upon hearing the prompt, Mu Tiantian looked up at Quan Wufeng's back.

Does this mean I'm starting to believe her?

After leaving the prison, the two headed towards the palace.

No one noticed that atop the palace wall not far away stood a figure, his sharp phoenix eyes fixed on the two figures' backs.