The palace was too oppressive; it was much more enjoyable to travel around.

"I'm still locked up in jail, and you're asking this?" Lou Mu said half-jokingly, but he was also telling Tang Nian that their plan might have to be postponed.

"What if you could come out right away?"

Lou Mu stared intently into Tang Nian's eyes, his gaze unwavering, before finally frowning slightly: "What did you do?"

You'll find out soon enough.

Tang Nian blinked, afraid that Lou Mu would nag her like an old woman if he found out what she had done.

Lou Mu searched through the stack of papers and pulled one out.

"The information above might be helpful to you."

Tang Nian looked at the candlelight from left to right, but the words on it looked like scribbles, which gave her a headache.

"You can read these words?" she asked, puzzled.

Tang Nian was stunned when she saw Lou Mu nod.

"I only recognize part of it, but I can probably guess what it means if it's simple."

Lou Mu was modest, but that didn't diminish Tang Nian's admiration and shock for him.

"So, what does it mean when it's written here?"

Lou Mu wanted to teach Tang Nian how to see things, but Tang Nian refused.

"No, no, no, I don't want to learn. Just tell me directly."

After hearing Lou Mu's explanation, Tang Nian felt that all the knowledge of the Celestial Masters she had previously built up had been overturned.

"I'm leaving." Lou Mu stood up. "What do you plan to do with this box?"

Tang Nian glanced down at the papers on the table again, then put them back in the box and closed it. "I'm a little uneasy leaving them here, but... are you planning to go back to prison?"

"No, I'm going to find the Third Prince."

"You're going to see the Third Prince like this?" Tang Nian asked, somewhat surprised. "How do you explain that you were released from prison?"

Seeing that Lou Mu did not speak, Tang Nian did not press further: "Take the box out of the palace."

Tang Nian sighed after Lou Mu disappeared from her sight.

Everything points to the sorcerer and the god, but what reason would the god have to do such a thing?

Tang Nian shook her head, finding her own thoughts somewhat amusing.

If it were truly the work of a deity, how could there be such an obvious flaw?

Suddenly, a figure flashed into her mind.

Could it be her?

Tang Nian tossed and turned all night, unable to fall asleep.

In her dazed state, she heard a eunuch's voice from outside the door: "Miss Tang, His Majesty requests your presence."

Why did the Chu Emperor summon her so quickly?

Filled with doubts, Tang Nian returned to the Imperial Study once again.

The moment she entered, she saw Lou Mu standing there.

Startled, she glanced furtively at the aloof Emperor Chu, who was looking at the two of them with a serious expression.

Tang Nian sniffed, suppressing her excitement, and stepped forward to bow: "This commoner greets Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"

"Get up." The Chu Emperor waved his hand. "I have already declared Lou Mu innocent, and you should now fulfill your promise."

Tang Nian covered her mouth with both hands, looking at Lou Mu with a surprised expression.

Lou Mu gently ruffled Tang Nian's hair, just like a pair of lovers reunited after a long separation.

In reality, Lou Mu was secretly sending a telepathic message to Tang Nian.

"You caused such a huge commotion yesterday and didn't even tell me. If I hadn't reacted quickly enough, we would both be in jail!"

It seems that before Tang Nian arrived, the Chu Emperor had already interrogated Lou Mu, and Lou Mu, thanks to his understanding of Tang Nian, managed to escape unscathed.

Tang Nian lowered her head and stuck out her tongue where the Chu Emperor couldn't see.

How could she have known that the Chu Emperor would act so swiftly?

"Is the prescription you gave me really effective?"

Tang Nian gently shook her head.

That was just a formula she modified from that incomplete pill recipe; if you really asked her what kind of miraculous elixir it could produce, Tang Nian really didn't know.

However, as long as all the medicinal materials from the incomplete pill formula are put into the pill formula she creates, even Master Wang will not be able to detect the difference.

"Your Majesty, I have a request."

"Speak." Seeing the intimate interaction between the two of them, the Chu Emperor's last doubts were dispelled.

"Nian'er's health has been poor. I humbly beg Your Majesty to allow me to take Nian'er back." With that, Lou Mu knelt down again.

"What, does Minister Lou not trust the imperial physicians in my palace?"

The Chu Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he would overturn all his previous statements if Lou Mu gave him a positive answer at any moment.

"I dare not, but..."

Lou Mu looked up at Tang Nian, but Tang Nian gently shook her head at him.

He understood what Tang Nian meant; this was the only way now.

He sighed, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Alright, you can go now." Emperor Chu clearly didn't want to see Lou Mu anymore.

Lou Mu kept turning back to look at himself, perfectly portraying his devoted lover persona.

In reality, he was sending a telepathic message to Tang Nian.

"The operation will take place no later than tomorrow night. I will contact you again. Be careful and try to stall Master Wang if necessary."

Tang Nian glanced at the Chu Emperor and seemed to understand the reason why Lou Mu chose the date.

This might be the opportunity Lou Mu has been waiting for.

The Chu Emperor stood up and led Tang Nian to the back of the imperial study, where shelves were filled with medicinal herbs.

The fresh and plump medicinal herbs looked like they had just been delivered. Tang Nian followed the Chu Emperor's instructions and carefully inspected each herb.

This was also the case, which surprised Tang Niancai even more.

She never expected that the Chu Emperor would be able to find all those medicinal herbs, which should be extremely difficult for ordinary people to obtain, in just one day.

Who on earth is secretly helping him?

Without saying a word, she glanced down at the empty boxes piled to the side. There seemed to be a character engraved on the boxes, which looked like a familiar merchant guild logo. Just as she was about to see it clearly, she was interrupted by the Chu Emperor's voice.

"Miss Tang, it's time to keep your promise."

Tang Nian took out a crumpled piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it to Emperor Chu.

The Chu Emperor carefully examined the paper in front of him, which was covered with medicinal herbs, and revealed a crazy smile.

"Guards, take Tang Nian away."

There was no crying or fuss as expected; Tang Nian simply smiled at Emperor Chu.

She had already guessed the Emperor's thoughts from the moment he forbade Lou Mu from taking her out of the palace.

Such reckless behavior is beyond saving, even if a divine being were to come.

Greed knows no bounds; even a snake cannot swallow an elephant.

Tang Nian allowed the guards to escort her back to her room in the palace of Master Wang, where Master Wang had been waiting for a long time.

"Miss Tang, you don't really think you can save your life just because you gave me the prescription, do you?"

Master Wang held up two crumpled sheets of Xuan paper and waved them in front of Tang Nian.

"What a pity, what a pity, your wishful thinking has failed."

Tang Nian sat in the center of the magic circle, her hand supporting her chin, quietly watching Master Wang show off in front of her, and murmured, "Is that so?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a wisp of green smoke rose from behind the maids guarding her room, and then they all collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

Even the puppets that came with Master Wang were not spared.

"you……"