"The Monarch is unaware, but the tomb of the Commandery Princess is not in the Imperial Tomb at North Mountain; it lies at the foot of Lin Mountain in the Southern Suburb." As the group began heading south, Lord Lin noticed Nann Yu’s confusion and imdiately began to explain.
Nann Yu glanced at Lord Lin. Not even in the Imperial Tomb? Because she died young, she couldn’t be interred in the Imperial Tomb?
Lord Lin imdiately bowed his head in embarrassnt; he couldn’t understand why the Monarch of Nann State was so fixated on personally visiting Princess Chao Ren’s grave.
"Monarch of Nann State, I too know only bits of this affair. I heard that Prince Duan insisted on it because Nian Ru’s mother is also buried in the Southern Suburb Lin Mountain," Lord Lin explained further, trembling inside. Lord Ju had asked him to intervene, but he had never engaged in such deception, especially not with the Monarch of Nann State. If he were suspected, it would be a grave matter.
After all, the rightful heir is still in the palace.
Lord Lin was aware of the magnitude of the situation, as it related to whether Nanzheng State and Nann State could form good relations, and now, aligning with Nann State was the best choice for Nanzheng.
Upon hearing this, Nann Yu turned back, sowhat convinced. But even with this conviction, what could he do? He knew Nian Ru’s mother was from Nann State...
Prince Duan’s actions were not beyond explanation.
The group slowly exited through the South City Gate, where another procession, led by Lord Ju, was already waiting on the eastern official road.
"Monarch—" Lord Ju stepped forward, and Nann Yu, seeing that Prince Duan was by Lord Ju’s side, imdiately dismounted.
"Prince Duan, Lord Ju," Nann Yu’s expression beca much more respectful, putting aside his earlier suspicions and preoccupations, but his heart slowly sank. Prince Duan’s arrival dashed the last of his doubts, which were vanquished by the reality before him.
"Monarch, regarding the visit to the Commandery Princess’s grave, I naturally had to consult Prince Duan, and unexpectedly, he also ca; please forgive ," said Lord Ju.
Nann Yu gathered his thoughts and respectfully responded.
"Of course, it was impolite of , a younger generation. I give my regards to Prince Duan." By then, Nann Yu had beco the Monarch of Nann State, albeit a tributary state under Nanzheng State. Although Nanzheng’s power had weakened significantly over the years and no longer held its forr prestige, Nann Yu’s action was indeed giving full face to Prince Duan.
"Monarch of Nann State, please—" Prince Duan, expressionless, shook his head and walked on, and Lord Ju swiftly escorted him into a carriage.
Nann Yu noticed sothing off about Prince Duan and looked questioningly at Lord Ju, who had no intention of hiding anything but simply shook his head slightly.
"Ever since the Commandery Princess... Prince Duan’s illness has worsened..."
Seeing this, Nann Yu already understood the situation. Prince Duan greatly cherished Nian Ru, to the extent that he almost gave up a lifeti of vengeance for Nian Ru and her mother; a truly rare devotion.
Nann Yu caught up with the group, which slowly advanced. He felt suddenly that everything was transford, and his return took on an unexpected aspect.
"Snore—snore—" The sound of snoring emanated from the carriage; Prince Duan had fallen asleep as soon as they set off, his snores growing louder, much to the concern of the guard by his side, who rushed to the carriage and gently nudged Prince Duan, failing to wake him. Glancing at Lord Ju leading the way and the Monarch of Nann State, what would they do if they noticed any discrepancies?
The guard was very anxious, boldly stepping forward, while Lord Ju, accompanying Nann Yu and noticing his silent, gloomy mood, naturally had no words to offer.
Lord Ju, noticing the guard from the corner of his eye, deliberately lagged a few steps behind, prompting the guard to quickly step forward.
"What’s the matter?" Lord Ju asked in a low voice, both deep and gentle.
"My lord, he has fallen asleep—"
Lord Ju paused briefly, not understanding at first what the problem was with falling asleep. Then, faintly hearing the thunderous snores from the carriage, even from a distance, Lord Ju also faintly heard them.
Nann Yu had already turned back; Lord Ju thought for a mont, then stepped forward.
"Monarch of Nann State, I am worried about Prince Duan and wish to check on him. Please excuse for a mont."
Upon seeing this, Nann Yu nodded and didn’t mind. Lord Lin imdiately took Lord Ju’s place and led the way in front.
Knowing that Lord Ju was moving forward again, Nann Yu turned around.
"Prince Duan—"
"It’s nothing serious, just a bit sad." Seeing this, Nann Yu’s expression also turned lancholic.
...
"Why has he not returned yet?" Zheng Nianru, hearing that Prince Duan had also gone, felt uneasy and had gone to Prince Duan’s Mansion early in the morning.
"Your Highness, shouldn’t we go back? It’s not safe here," Nanny Yun, looking around uneasily, worried about what would happen if Nann Yu ca to the mansion with people.
"It’s necessary to co even if it’s not safe." Zheng Nianru didn’t think Nann Yu would co back to Prince Duan’s Mansion, she trusted what Ju Nanyi had done.
Moreover, aside from worrying about Prince Duan, she had another important matter today.
Zheng Nianru seed to faintly rember so details about that troop from her past life, she rembered that apart from this jade pendant, there was another token that could summon these people.
She had rembered this when she woke up in the morning and felt the jade pendant.
Originally, in his urgency, Prince Duan had taken both items out, but he had only given Zheng Nianru the jade plaque. If she rembered correctly, that item she vaguely rembered was inside the main hall.
"What is Your Highness looking for?" Nanny Yun felt puzzled, and the attendant from Prince Duan’s Mansion who followed was also very puzzled, looking at each other in confusion.
"Your Highness, why not let us servants help you look?" Lin Sheng rushed over, Housekeeper He had accompanied Prince Duan out, and Your Highness’s arrival was sudden, unprepared; he had just been called over by the attendant.
Seeing that it was Lin Sheng, Zheng Nianru turned around.
"Lin Sheng—" Zheng Nianru sat down, how could she forget, Lin Sheng was more familiar with Prince Duan’s Mansion than she was.
"Lin Sheng, have you ever seen an object with a very strange shape?" Zheng Nianru picked up a pen and drew a very vague shape, but it was enough to illustrate the problem.
Lin Sheng looked at it closely.
"Your Highness, this servant has never been inside the Prince’s storage..."
"It’s not in the storage, it’s in this main hall." Zheng Nianru shook her head, she rembered that Prince Duan had taken out that item in this very hall. That item was made of a multitude of black woods, sounding tallic when struck, surely a very peculiar wood.
"Then shall this servant help look for it?"
"Yes, you look for it." Not only Lin Sheng, but Nanny Yun and others also started searching, turning the entire hall upside down.
"Prince, it’s been a long ti since we last t, I have missed you greatly." Nann Yu dismounted.
"Monarch of the Nann State, no need to dismount, you’ve seen enough, I will be leaving first," Prince Duan was not interested in staying longer and stopped him as soon as he saw Nann Yu dismount.
"Prince, if you permit, I wish to visit your mansion, I hope the Prince..."
Zheng Boding was about to refuse, tired of making excuses, but then thought.
"All right, those issues are in the past now, returning those things you originally brought over would also be returning them to their rightful owner, they are of no use to anyway."
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