"Why are you blushing again? Stop trying to seduce me, bro."
"..."
"Hey, I'm just joking. Why are you so tense? Relax."
Tang Yu laughed. "That said, people from several families have been asking me about you lately. After all, you're a Thousand-Household Commander now—famous, high-ranking, and without a dao companion or anything. Got any thoughts?"
"No."
Xiao Nanliang answered without hesitation.
"Ah, don't be so rigid. Becoming a live-in son-in-law for some great family isn't necessarily a bad thing..."
Before Tang Yu could finish, an elderly eunuch arrived outside the door. Smiling at Tang Yu, he said, "Lord Tang, His Majesty has asked me to invite you to the palace."
"Alright. Thank you for delivering the message, Eunuch Liu."
Tang Yu did not think much of it. If there were urgent matters, the palace would usually send word directly by flying sword. If they sent a eunuch to invite him instead, it generally was not bad news.
After bidding Xiao Nanliang farewell, Tang Yu left with the elderly eunuch. As they walked, he casually probed for information a few times.
The old eunuch, who had served the Emperor for many years, merely smiled without revealing anything. He only said that it was a tremendous piece of good news.
That left Tang Yu somewhat expectant. A tremendous piece of good news?
It was not until he met the Emperor, who asked what he thought of Princess Nianfu, that Tang Yu nearly slapped the old eunuch who had led him there to death.
You called this tremendous good news?
"Your subject gets along very well with Her Highness and regards her as half a younger sister."
Tang Yu opened with the good-sister line, trying to muddle through it.
"Mm, then that means you do like her, yes? She is rather fond