The woman laughed. "You really do have nerve, joking around in a situation like this."
Wang Yang shook out his sleeves. "I'm an optimist. Can't help it."
"Lian San, give Young Master Wang something to enjoy."
"No need! I've enjoyed myself plenty!"
"Then keep talking. What else?"
"Why don't you just tell me what you want to hear?"
"You don't know what I want to hear?"
"No."
"Lian San-"
Lian San, Lian San. One day I'll turn you into a worthless little bum!
"I remember! The Prince of Badong also berated the document officer!"
"Go on."
Wang Yang guessed that this woman already knew what the Prince of Badong had said at the banquet. She was making him repeat it either to verify the account or to see whether he would tell the truth.
Surely she wasn't testing his memory?
With so many people at the banquet, the Prince of Badong's words could never have been kept secret anyway.
Besides, Wang Yang had no intention of keeping any secrets for the Prince of Badong.
So he repeated everything truthfully.
"You're going riding outside the city with the Prince of Badong tomorrow?" the woman asked.
"Yes."
"Once you're there, remember everything he says. When you return, repeat it to me without leaving out a single word."
"How do I find you?"
"Come to Ruyi Tower. Someone will bring you in."
The woman then had Lian San hand Wang Yang a slip of paper.
Wang Yang unfolded it and found details of the identity of a man named Wang Yi.
"This is..." Wang Yang said, puzzled.
"What? Don't recognize your own second uncle?" the woman teased.
Wang Yang froze.
"Didn't you tell people that your second uncle was a Cavalier Attendant? Someone is looking into that now."
Wang Yang had indeed invoked