Tang Nian was not flustered at all; she believed that the Empress Dowager would not expose her identity.
She replied calmly, “Your Majesty, I am indeed not a Celestial Master. I am merely related to the famous Celestial Master Tang. It was she who instructed me to bring the elixir formula to the capital to present to Your Majesty.”
"Do you really think I'm stupid?!" The Chu Emperor slammed the memorial in his hand onto the table and said sternly.
Tang Nian chuckled inwardly.
People who truly believe in immortality are just fools.
However, she didn't expect to convince the Chu Emperor with just a few words. No one would believe that two people with the same name were related.
"Your Majesty is wise. Everything I have said is true. How could my broken body possibly be a Celestial Master?" Tang Nian appeared to be intimidated by the Emperor, but in reality, she was talking nonsense with a straight face. "Celestial Master Tang uses my name to travel around and owes me a favor. I beg her to give me the elixir formula in exchange for my lifelong companionship with Lord Lou."
"Are you trying to negotiate with me?"
The Chu Emperor sneered, but this reason reassured him quite a bit. His idea of making Lou Mu his son-in-law was known not only in the court but also among the common people.
It's understandable that Tang Nianhui would want to use this elixir formula to marry Lou Mu.
"Very well, give me the formula for the Longevity Pill, and I will grant Lou Mu my life, but neither of you shall ever set foot in the Imperial City again."
"I have one more request."
The Chu Emperor frowned slightly: "Speak."
"The ingredients for this elixir of immortality are extremely rare. Master Tang instructed me to give His Majesty the first half of the ingredients. Only if His Majesty can find the whole set can I give him the second half."
Seeing that the Chu Emperor was still hesitating, Tang Nian added, "Your Majesty need not worry. You can ask Master Wang whether this pill formula is genuine. If any problems arise, you can arrest me and Lord Lou at any time."
"Very well, bring it here." The Chu Emperor waved his hand.
Tang Nian walked out of the Imperial Study and Wang Tianshi went in. As they passed each other, Tang Nian couldn't resist provoking Wang Tianshi.
"Master Wang, be careful, your position might be in jeopardy!"
Master Wang clearly didn't take it seriously, and with a cold snort, he pushed open the door and entered the Imperial Study.
Before long, a heated argument broke out in the Imperial Study. Tang Nian shrugged, a hint of mischievousness flashing in her eyes.
Tang Nian did not stay in front of the Imperial Study for long before returning to Wang Tianshi's palace.
It wasn't until it got dark that she heard people talking outside.
Upon closer listening, it turned out that Master Wang had just returned and locked himself in the alchemy room as soon as he got back, let alone bother with her, this "prisoner".
Tang Nian raised an eyebrow and laughed.
She only wanted to annoy the ghost, but who knew it would actually make such a big fuss.
No wonder, given Wang Tianshi's demeanor, his respect for the Chu Emperor was all an act. He was foolish and didn't know how to pretend. Given the opportunity, the rift between the two would widen.
That way, no one can stop her.
Tang Nian clapped her hands and got right to work.
She didn't get back to her room until late at night. She stretched and fell back onto the rather hard bed.
Without Wang Tianshi and his puppets to stop her, she turned the entire palace upside down all day, even digging up the soil that had previously glowed blue, and finally found something useful.
It's strange, today is a sunny day, but there is no power fluctuation under the big locust tree. Could it be related to the rainy day?
No wonder Master Wang suddenly visited yesterday.
Whether it was as Tang Nian guessed, she had no way of knowing, but she did indeed dig out a tightly locked box from the ground.
She held the box and turned it around for a long time, but still couldn't figure out how to open it.
"What's wrong?"
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Tang Nian sat up abruptly.
"You weren't thrown into prison?"
"What, do you really want me to go to jail?" Lou Mu smiled indifferently and poured himself a cup of tea. "How can a mortal lock me up?"
Too.
Tang Nian couldn't help but rub her forehead.
After she lost her magic powers, she would subconsciously think of herself and the people around her as people with some abilities, completely forgetting that Lou Mu was a fox spirit.
However, the fox spirit in front of them was indeed in a rather disheveled state.
His white clothes were covered in dust and dirt, and his face was stained with several black marks. His previously meticulously styled hair was now tangled up on his head.
Even so, Lou Mu's aloof and cold temperament could not be concealed.
"Look, see how to open this box."
With a smart person around, Tang Nian was too lazy to think and casually tossed the box in her hand to Lou Mu.
Lou Mu shook his head helplessly, resignedly sat down at the table, and began to study the object by candlelight.
A short while later, with a "click," the box opened.
"You need my help with something this simple?"
Tang Nian had no time to pay attention to Lou Mu; she was focused on the contents of the box.
Inside the box was something Tang Nian was all too familiar with.
"A thousand-year-old relic?"
Her eyes widened. The contents of the box were exactly the same as the relics she had seen at the Golden Light Temple!
Didn't she ask Minghuan to deliver the relic to the High God? How did it end up here!
Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Lou Mu's eyes.
"But how could a relic emit a blue light?" Tang Nian couldn't understand.
She was a ferocious beast. Although she loathed the Buddha's light, she still knew some common sense: the Buddha's light was golden.
"Blue light?" Lou Mu pondered for a moment. "That should be the light emanating from the box. This box is quite a treasure; haven't you seen it before?"
Tang Nian leaned closer to take a closer look. The box was engraved with exquisite and intricate patterns, which seemed to be some kind of ancient runes.
She couldn't help but roll her eyes: "With a box of this quality, no one in our Xiangliu tribe would even want it if it were just placed on the ground."
Below the relic was a thick stack of yellowed paper.
Tang Nian carefully picked up the relic, placed it aside, and picked up the paper underneath.
Tang Nian couldn't understand any of the words on it, and she couldn't help but scratch her head.
"This is a script unique to the underworld, and only ghosts of extremely high status are qualified to use it," Lou Mu said in a deep voice, leaning closer to Tang Nian.
Tang Nian then realized that she hadn't told Lou Mu that this matter involved the underworld.
After thinking it over, she still didn't tell Lou Mu the contents of the previous letter.
Anyway, after this, they should go their separate ways.
For some reason, thinking about this made Tang Nian feel a little sad.
"What's wrong?"
Lou Mu keenly sensed that Tang Nian's emotions were off.
Tang Nian shook her head, only then realizing that she and Lou Mu were too close, and quickly moved to the side.
When do you plan to force the emperor to abdicate?
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