Seeing that Tang Yu had finally fallen in line, Sui Wanhe's mood improved somewhat.
She shot Tang Yu a sidelong glance and said, "You're not always that awful, you know."
Tang Yu merely smiled without replying. The three of them continued exploring the Dragon Palace for a while before returning the way they had come.
After leaving the ancient secret realm, Sui Wanhe finally remembered why she had come. She looked at Tang Yu and said in a deliberately fierce tone, "Don't think a painting can buy me off. I'll be watching you. If I find out you were the one who got Little Liu killed, this won't be over!"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Tang Yu nodded repeatedly, thinking, If you can find anything, I'll ascend tomorrow and become an Immortal Emperor.
Luo Shuixin knew a little about the matter as well and could not help trying to persuade her.
"Your Highness, the poisoning had nothing to do with Tang Yu. Setting aside the fact that there's no evidence linking him to it, if Tang Yu truly hated Liu Yirui so much, why would he write a poem in his memory?"
Tang Yu's four-step poem from that day had already spread throughout Kyoto. Quite a few talented scholars in the capital lamented that it was a waste for someone with such talent to serve in the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
After Luo Shuixin's persuasion, Sui Wanhe began to waver somewhat.
She frowned. Unable to make sense of it, she waved a hand and said, "I have matters to attend to. I'm leaving first!"
Once Sui Wanhe had left, Tang Yu looked at Luo Shuixin with a smile. "The princess has her eye on me now."
Luo Shuixin opened her mouth, but ultimately decided to speak to him through voice transmission with a