After being interrogated by Long Fantian, Ulana did not choose to leave, but waited for Mu Tiantian to return.
She gave the first volume of the Gu Collection to Mu Tiantian, hoping that Mu Tiantian would keep it safe if she assassinated Xin Liangmu and never returned, as it was the only thing left in their Wu family.
Mu Tiantian agreed, and seeing her resolute expression, she said, "I have a way for you to kill Xin Liangmu, but it's very dangerous. Are you willing?"
Ulana was willing, even if it meant mutual destruction.
"Okay, but you have to agree to one condition."
Ulana didn't even listen to the conditions; she agreed without a second thought.
During her two days at the Prince's residence, Mu Tiantian taught Wulana the art of disguise, a prescription for temporarily suppressing the Gu worms after being poisoned, and how to use her internal energy to force out the Gu worms so that she could protect herself in critical moments.
Because of the short time, she taught her mostly theoretical knowledge, and the rest depended on her own talent.
Ulana was extremely grateful.
As for Long Fantian.
According to Mu Tiantian's plan, the Regent Prince was made to pretend to be poisoned by Ulana and to escape, after which his body became increasingly weak.
Ulana's reason for harming him was that he stole her family's ancestral collection of Gu artifacts. Ulana fled with the collection, which would divert most of Xin Liangmu's attention from the Regent's Palace to the escaped Ulana.
For him, the most important thing was the first volume of the "Collection of Gu Objects".
When the Empress Dowager learns that Long Fantian is indeed seriously injured and extremely weak, she will most likely attempt to assassinate him again.
Then Long Fantian will be able to capture the person who assassinated him and interrogate them using Gu worms.
Mu Tiantian guessed, "I think the Empress Dowager is very likely to assassinate you on your wedding day, so you should be prepared."
Long Fantian stared intently at Mu Tiantian's cracked lips, which were rosy with a black spot and had scabbed over.
Mu Tiantian felt a little uncomfortable under his deep, unreadable black eyes, so she coughed lightly to cover it up. "These are my plans. See if you're willing to cooperate."
Instead of answering whether he was willing or not, Long Fantian asked curiously, "How did your mouth get sore?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Tiantian recalled the night he had a fever, blushed slightly, turned her head away, and muttered in embarrassment and indignation, "Biten by a dog."
"And your wrist..."
Mu Tiantian still had a ring of redness on her wrist. She rubbed it and muttered, "It was scratched by a dog."
At this moment, Long Fantian noticed the red teeth marks on her earlobe, and recalling the blurry images of his unconscious state, the corners of his lips curved slightly.
So, that wasn't a dream.
Mu Tiantian didn't want to continue this topic, so she asked again, "Are you going to cooperate with my plan or not?"
Long Fantian agreed, "Okay."
A cryptic smile played on his lips, and a hint of amusement lingered in his usually cold, dark eyes.
System: [Long Fantian's corruption value decreased by 15, currently at 45.]
Mu Tiantian didn't care about the notification that her "darkening value" had decreased; she just wanted to escape his sight. "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
She had just lifted her foot when her wrist was grabbed again, but not with the same force as before; instead, it was very gentle.
After a while, I felt a cool, refreshing sensation on my wrist.
Long Fantian bent down to apply ointment to her very gently, then held the ointment-covered area to her ear and lightly applied it to the teeth marks.
He stood very close, and the area around his earlobe, where he had applied ointment, gradually flushed red.
The next place to apply the ointment is the lips.
"I...I can do it myself." Mu Tiantian tried to snatch the medicine bottle and apply it herself.
However, Long Fantian did not let go, and his voice was low and hoarse, "Don't move."
He exuded an intense aura of battle experience, causing Mu Tiantian to instinctively stop moving, feeling a cool touch on her lips.
"Am I... a dog?" Long Fantian's sudden, magnetic voice made her heart skip a beat.
"I've said it before, as long as you complete the task I assign you, I will never go west if you tell me to go east, but the premise is..." Long Fantian placed the medicine bottle in her hand, then gently turned her head to look directly at her, "You are still here, by my side, otherwise, how can I listen to you?"
He had a bad feeling that she would leave once everything settled down.
He wanted her promise that she wouldn't leave.
"So you need to be sure that you won't leave the capital, and you won't leave me," Long Fantian said seriously. "As long as you agree, I will do whatever you ask of me without hesitation, including cooperating with your plans."
She should have agreed to his request without hesitation. As long as he was willing to cooperate and she could complete the mission, everything in this world would be irrelevant to her after she left.
But for some reason, I couldn't bring myself to say yes.
She wanted to ask him why he didn't want her to leave, but seeing his burning gaze, she couldn't bring herself to ask. She wasn't sure of the answer.
Qi Tong reminded everyone: [The mission is important.]
After a long while, Mu Tiantian calmed herself down and finally agreed, "Okay, I promise you, if you tell me to go east, I will never go west."
...
Everything proceeded according to Mu Tiantian's plan.
After brainwashing the palace maids and eunuchs who were monitoring her, Mu Tiantian forced out the Gu worms to prevent others from noticing.
Upon returning to the palace, the Empress Dowager, as before, had Xin Liangmu ring a bell to summon her to Yongshou Palace for questioning.
She informed the Empress Dowager and the Regent's Palace of the situation as planned, and the other palace maids and eunuchs said exactly the same thing.
Jing Huarong believed that the Regent was seriously injured, and as Mu Tiantian had predicted, she began to plan to assassinate Long Fantian. At the same time, she also had to find a way to clear herself of any wrongdoing.
Since Mu Tiantian returned to the palace, Jingxi has fallen ill and been bedridden, unable to see anyone.
He Siyue would occasionally come over to cause trouble, but after being warned by Long Xinghuang, she became much more well-behaved.
Until the day of their wedding.
Whether inside or outside the palace, everything was calm and peaceful, like the calm before a storm.
Mu Tiantian fell into a coma after drinking a sip of water fed to her by a palace maid.
During this time, she felt her face being manipulated and heard people talking next to her.
"Xin Liangmu, I'm still worried. What if we get discovered?" Xia asked, puzzled. "Why do you insist on taking her away without letting the Empress Dowager know?"
When Xin Liangmu asked her for help in prison, she thought it was to help him deal with Wulanna. She never expected that it was to smuggle the woman out of the palace and lie to the Empress Dowager that she was hiding her in Jingxi Palace so that no one would suspect anything.
Shea was familiar with the palace layout, so Shin Liangmu asked her to transport the people out of the palace.
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