Chapter 44 (1/2)

Translated by Mianbao

Edited by RED

After feeding her close to half the bowl of jujube congee, Zhu Minglang thought of a certain matter, and he thought it was better to tell Li Yunzi about it.

“I met your younger sister at the Academy,” Zhu Minglang said.

“Who?” Li Yunzi asked.

“Do you have many younger sisters?” Zhu Minglang asked back, puzzled.

“What did she talk to you about?” Li Yunzi asked.

“I met her the first time at the head of the bridge. She was buying peaches beside me, and I thought she was you, and so I talked to her. She didn’t say much, though. Afterwards, I met her at the library. She pretended to be you, and I fell for her disguise.” Zhu Minglang related the incident to Li Yunzi.

After that incident, Zhu Minglang did some asking around. Everyone in the Dragon Tamers Academy knew Nan Lingsha, but not many people have actually seen her before, just that the people said she was a great beauty.

As for the smithy and the market nearby, not many people there knew about Nan Lingsha, and no one had seen her appearance before. The exception, however, was when Zhu Minglang was testing Nan Ye. He seemed to understand the situation.

Naturally, Nan Ye was a descendent of the Nan Family, and his status shouldn’t be low. It appeared he was the only one to know Li Yunzi and Nan Lingsha’s relationship.

“You’ve seen them all,” Li Yunzi seemed to have understood something and nodded. After a short while, she continued, “They probably didn’t take part…”

After saying this, Li Yunzi seemed to be a little confused, hints of melancholy showing between her eyebrows.

-Take part?-

Zhu Minglang didn’t understand what Li Yunzi meant by that.

“You suspect your sister and the Nan Family were also involved in setting you up?” Zhu Minglang asked, surprised.

“I have many enemies,” Li Yunzi replied.

Even now, Zhu Minglang didn’t have a good understanding of the situation in Li Yunzi’s clan. Naturally he wasn’t able to help her analyze the situation. That foxy woman who addressed Li Yunzi as sister back in the dungeon, however…

She was apparently killed by Luo Xiao. So, what was her identity? Zhu Minglang could tell she used to be one of the people close to Li Yunzi, and was most likely only executing the plan. Who was the one behind everything?

She had many enemies; did that mean many people had taken part in her being overthrown in Wutu? Close family, old enemies, or distant enemies?

Thinking about it carefully, Li Yunzi originally had many subordinates, and her own military guards, not to mention her godly strength. How could an ordinary woman turn her into a captive? This matter was much more complicated than what he had seen so far…

“What can I help you with?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Protect yourself,” Li Yunzi said.

Zhu Minglang scratched his head awkwardly.

“Some of my enemies are still hidden in the dark. They’ll probably make a big deal out of you, and you’ll need to be even more careful going forward,” Li Yunzi told him seriously.

Zhu Minglang nodded.

Luo Xiao had obviously realized the identity of the man who slept with Li Yunzi in the dungeon. Luo Xiao was already a huge threat to Zhu Minglang. Those who didn’t want to see Li Yunzi make a comeback would spare no effort in making use of this matter for their cause!

Li Yunzi’s circumstances in her clan should have improved. On his side, however, he had probably become her weakness.

At this moment, Zhu Minglang recalled what Nan Lingsha said to him.

With regard to Li Yunzi, the best way of healing that wound was his transformation!

“You don’t need to worry about me; I’ll take care of myself. You, on the other hand, it’s better if you don’t do this kind of self-harm. It’s very dangerous if you don’t have someone as upright as me to take care of you after you faint,” Zhu Minglang reminded her about this point.

Li Yunzi chewed on the jujube in the congee carefully, her beautiful eyes looking elsewhere, probably because she felt a little bit of hypocrisy in his words.

At that moment, the sound of footsteps was heard from the courtyard.

It was Zheng Yu. In fact, he had come earlier. Believing the two needed some time alone, Zheng Yu purposely took a stroll around the streets and consoled the Glory Valley City citizens.

“Crown princess. Brother Zhu.” Zheng Yu maintained the etiquette expected of a scholar strictly every time.

“What’s the matter, Brother Zheng?” Zhu Minglang’s greeting in return was much more casual. In any case, he never considered himself an intellectual.

“The supplies the crown princess brought this time are abundant. Even though we haven’t finished distributing them to the people, according to my calculations, it’s enough for eight thousand more families to live on for a season. Chief Zhang Tuo is also someone with many ideas; he discussed things with me, expressing that the surplus of rations and clothing shouldn’t be given to the Wutu citizens. Rather than giving a man a fish to feed him a day, it is better to teach the man how to fish. Since they are currently organized, and are feeling a sense of crisis, we can employ some of them to help us mine the iron in the mountains to the north of East Dawn Stronghold and pay them wages by the day,” Zheng Yu proposed.