Meng Po, who only has theories but no practice, has heard countless touching and tear-jerking love stories on the Bridge of Helplessness, and she can analyze them in a very logical and eloquent way.
"But I don't know if he likes me too."
Even the confident and outgoing Tang Nian will one day be troubled by love and become less confident.
This is nothing like the mischievous little devil he used to be.
Meng Po couldn't bear to see Tang Nian like this, and was about to speak when she heard Tang Nian continue.
“I used to do this to him like this…”
Thinking back to how she used to follow Lou Mu around like a little shadow, Tang Nian couldn't help but facepalm.
"Niannian, are you talking about Lou Mu?" Meng Po asked before Tang Nian could finish speaking.
Tang Nian pursed her lips and nodded gently after a long while.
"That makes things easier. How could he not like you?"
"Really?" Tang Nian's eyes lit up, then she lowered her gaze again. "But he..."
Meng Po was taken aback, then leaned down and whispered, "What about him? Tell me about it."
That shouldn't be the case. Everyone knows that Lou Mu likes Tang Nian, so how could things go wrong with Tang Nian?
Meng Po stroked her chin, her curious gaze impossible to conceal.
Tang Nian knew that Meng Po loved gossip, but she did need such a "strategist".
After thinking it over, he decided to tell Meng Po everything that had happened before.
Meng Po looked at Tang Nian with a wry smile: "Niannian, he's just saying one thing and meaning another! He's afraid you have no feelings for him, so he wouldn't dare to be so direct."
"Yeah?"
Tang Nian's eyes lit up, and she instantly became full of energy.
"Hey, wait! Don't take the initiative. This kind of thing is for Lou Mu to do. Just wait patiently, understand?"
Having spent so many years with Tang Nian, Meng Po knew Tang Nian's personality very well.
She was afraid that if Tang Nian found out her feelings, that wicked fox Lou Mu would get his way.
They can't let Lou Mu take their little darling away so easily!
We have to get past them first.
Meng Po herself didn't realize that she had already accepted Lou Mu, but she was still secretly unhappy.
"I understand, Sister Meng."
Tang Nian nodded as if she understood, and patted her chest under Meng Po's worried gaze.
"Do you really know?" Meng Po asked again, still not entirely convinced.
"Sister Meng, I understand." Tang Nian smiled, her face full of "she understands" making Meng Po wonder if she had said something wrong.
I always felt that Tang Nian would mess things up.
Upon returning to the mortal realm, Tang Nian did not immediately go back to the inn. Instead, she easily made her way to the camp outside the city, bypassed the patrolling soldiers, and found Chu Roujia resting there.
Chu Roujia hadn't rested yet, and when she saw Tang Nian arrive, she quickly got up to greet her.
She was still somewhat weak and walked unsteadily.
Tang Nian quickly helped her sit up, and a blue light quietly flew into Chu Roujia's body from her fingertip.
"Are you not happy to have me here?"
Chu Roujia smiled, her face still showing some unhealthy pallor.
Tang Nian didn't say it outright, but simply reached out to take Chu Roujia's pulse.
"Your current health is not suitable for strenuous activity; it would be best for you to rest quietly in the palace."
"They've come to bully me like this, how can I possibly stay in the capital to recover in peace?"
Chu Roujia raised her head, revealing an arrogance that was not her own.
However, this expression didn't seem out of place on her face.
On the contrary, Tang Nian felt that this was the kind of personality Chu Roujia should have.
Planning and strategizing are too cruel for this young girl.
But Tang Nian also knew that she couldn't treat Chu Roujia as an ordinary girl.
This is an insult to Chu Roujia.
"Roujia, do you remember what happened that day?"
She was just asking as usual, but she didn't expect that Chu Roujia would actually remember a lot of things.
“That day, after you left, Song Shiyan found me and advised me to leave Nanyu City as soon as possible, and to leave before sunset.”
It's another inkstone from the Song Dynasty.
By the way, did Song Shiyan come to visit the other day?
Tang Nian secretly made a note of it, intending to ask Lou Mu about it when she got back.
"The more he tried to persuade me, the more I felt there was a problem. Since there was a problem, I couldn't leave."
Tang Nian didn't know whether she should praise her for being carefree.
He dared to stay here even though he didn't have anyone around to deal with demons and monsters.
"That night, I drifted off to sleep and vaguely felt someone lift me up. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in a room, and An Yi and the others were all drugged and leaning against the wall."
"There were two people talking behind my back. I could barely understand them, and their accents sounded more like those of people from Da Gan. I didn't dare to make any rash moves."
"I pretended to be unconscious. They didn't intend to kill me. It seemed like they wanted to use me to lure someone out. They stripped me of all my jewelry and threw me into a woodshed."
"Fortunately, someone brought me food along the way, which helped me get through so many days."
It seems that the person who delivered the food was Ji Shuhe.
It was precisely because of Tang Nian's assumptions that she missed an extremely important message.
"Unfortunately, we still haven't found An Yi and the others." Chu Roujia said with some regret.
They grew up with her and have been with her all along, but now their fate is unknown, which worries her greatly.
Tang Nian wanted to comfort her, but saw that she had already adjusted her mindset.
“I managed to find this in them.”
She took out a small piece of paper from her pocket; the pattern on it was quite intricate.
Tang Nian took it and looked at it. It seemed somewhat familiar. After a moment's thought, she took out the seal that Wang Shu had given her.
The engraving on the seal was clearly the same pattern as the paper in Chu Roujia's hand.
“As expected…” Tang Nian murmured, “Roujia, do you have any uncles or aunts who have been living away from home?”
Chu Roujia pondered for a moment: "Those uncles all have their own fiefdoms and will not leave easily. They only gathered in the capital after Father Emperor's death."
"Are there any who haven't reached the capital? Or who have gone missing?"
Although Chu Roujia left the capital with him early on, Chu Roujia's spies did not leave.
"Let me think..." Chu Roujia opened her notebook again and flipped through it for a while.
"There was an imperial uncle, who was the emperor's own brother. After the emperor ascended the throne, he was assassinated on his way to his fiefdom and disappeared without a trace. His fate is unknown."
He's the one!
Tang Nian's eyes lit up.
He was involved not only in the affairs of Nanyu and Jingning, but also in the affairs of Ming Huan.
But Tang Nian felt it was still necessary for her to test Chu Roujia.
"Roujia, what if your final enemy is your royal uncle?"
Chu Roujia's expression didn't seem very good.
She said softly but firmly, "I understand. I will send people to investigate my royal uncle's whereabouts and search in the direction of Daqian. If it really was my royal uncle who did it, I will kill him with my own hands."
She could not tolerate the destruction of the Great Chu by these parasites.
"Thanks a lot."
Tang Nian returned to the inn just as the sky was about to turn white.
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