Qin Nan said, "Given your standing, Marquis, it shouldn't be difficult to request an audience with the Emperor, should it?"
The implication was clear: you could request an audience yourself. Why ask someone else?
Lu Yang said, "It wouldn't be difficult for me to enter the palace, but the treatment must be kept secret. If certain people notice, they'll interfere with the process. The initial stage especially cannot be disturbed by outside forces. So everything should be done in secret."
Qin Nan was no fool. He understood at once.
He was, after all, the son of a marquis and a princess. Though easygoing and carefree by nature, he knew a great deal about affairs at court and beyond.
Who had been coveting the Pillar State Princess all these years? Who had tried so hard to stop Lu Yang from entering the Imperial Capital before he arrived in the capital? A little thought was all it took for the truth to become obvious.
Qin Nan said, "In that case, it does sound troublesome."
Across all of Tianjun City, not a single move Lu Yang made escaped the Grand Commandant's notice.
Even within Shangyin Academy, the Prime Minister's stronghold, there might well be spies working for the Grand Commandant.
Perhaps, at that very moment, someone was watching Lu Yang and Qin Nan as they spoke.
If the Curse Master who had planted the nightmare in Ji Qingyi really was one of the Grand Commandant's people, then they would surely interfere when Lu Yang tried to break the curse. That could leave Ji Qingyi with consequences that could never be undone.
Though both were Curse Masters at Great Accomplishment Level, Lu Yang was confident he could dispel the nightmare completely only if he was left undisturbed.
At the very least, there could be