174: What did Your Majesty find out?

"Your Majesty! It's His Majesty summoning you!"

Gu Lvhai was dragged to the third floor by Tu Nan, still in a state of excitement.

"You're actually going to meet His Majesty."

Tu Nan quickly packed her luggage in the room, while Miss Gu excitedly paced around her room.

"I really envy you... I haven't been summoned by His Majesty yet."

"Shouldn't it be easier for you nobles to meet His Majesty?" Tu Nan asked, somewhat puzzled, as she packed.

"How could that be? His Majesty doesn't like to see people."

Gu Lvhai clutched her head, practically an Incarnation of a fangirl.

"Except for grand celebrations and imperial court assemblies, he only summons close retainers like Hain... I've never even stood below His Majesty's steps."

"Oh my god!"

Bang!

The small suitcase was quickly closed, and Tu Nan stood up.

She didn't have much of her own clothing to pack; she just needed to bring more clothes for the Children later.

"Alright, after I've met His Majesty, I'll tell you all about it if I get the chance."

Miss Gu's eyes instantly welled up with tears, filled with gratitude.

Tu Nan's heavy mood was lightened by her, making this trip feel as if she were really going to meet a celebrity.

Placing her hands on Gu Lvhai's shoulders, Tu Nan said.

"Lvhai! Good sister. I'm helping you with this, so you have to help me with something... right?"

Miss Gu nodded frantically, completely unaware of what she was about to face.

"Look, the company just got on track, products are selling out, and we're opening a new branch factory."

These were all things they had been frantically working overtime on recently, and Miss Gu nodded blankly.

"I don't know when I'll be back from the Capital City."

"From afar, I won't have time to make many decisions, and Lance... you know, she's better at research. So now..."

Tu Nan blinked.

"The company will have to be entrusted to you."

Gu Lvhai was dumbfounded.

"Me?"

"That's right, you."

Tu Nan ignored the other person's frantic head-shaking, forcefully assigned the task, and poured out encouraging words.

"Look, you're already completely clear on the company's financial situation, and your investments are well-managed."

Tu Nan told her with certainty: "You will definitely handle the company's affairs well."

"I can't do it..."

"You definitely can!"

Tu Nan dragged her luggage and twisted open the door. Just then, Red Spade and Black Spade, having chased the Young Miss upstairs, were standing at her door.

She pulled the dumbfounded person with a wide-open mouth from behind and pushed her in front of her two maids.

"Come, look! Under your guidance, Red Spade is meticulous, Black Spade is bold, and they're both excellent at handling company affairs now. Plus Lance and Amy, discuss things together, and I'll have nothing to worry about entrusting it to you all!"

The two maids also froze in shock!

What did they hear?

Tu Nan truly believed they could do it, if only pushed a little.

Anyone pushed to their limits will grow sufficiently... like her.

The three people opposite looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and finally, to Tu Nan's delight, nodded fiercely, agreeing to her request.

Tu Nan breathed a sigh of relief, pulled out her key, and planned to lock this room completely for a while... When would she return next?

Red Spade's gaze fixed on the room, only to see a waist seal casually draped over the armrest of the sofa. It was a dark blue men's style, with tiny decorative glitters shimmering on it.

The door was completely locked.

Red Spade smiled.

It seems Miss Tu Nan doesn't usually mention Colonel Kong, but she keeps his clothes in her room to play with... How shy.

Tu Nan carried her suitcase.

"Let's go! See me off~"

She was no longer flustered; in fact, she wanted to see His Majesty immediately to resolve everything in one go.

His Majesty the Emperor didn't obediently observe from the chessboard she had set, but instead directly entered the game.

But that's normal, Tu Nan thought.

She shouldn't be surprised.

He is, after all, the master of this Empire... Tu Nan seemed to see him sitting remotely opposite her, also holding a chess piece, casually making a move.

Although every step landed exactly where she wanted it to go...***

This was everything that happened that morning.

Captain Peng didn't have to wait long. Tu Nan, Hain, and the Two Children were "surrounded"... and arrived at the starport with no attempt at discretion, boarding this small royal starship bearing the Imperial Guard insignia.

Her friends, her career, the home she had painstakingly put together, gradually drifted further and further away from her, shrinking along with Xiuyin Star... until they vanished from sight.

"Lord Hain will use this room. Ladies and Children, this one."

Captain Peng assigned them their starship rooms and then gracefully disappeared.

"Mommy, Lance said we're going to the Capital City to see His Majesty!" Miao Miao twisted off the ground, curiously examining the starship room. "The room is so small, not as pretty as the last one!"

The two rooms Captain Peng assigned them were not large. Compared to them, the one given to Tu Nan might even be the largest.

"This is an Imperial Guard warship; space must be reserved for the Armory. The Hongtu Flight you took last time was a luxury flight, it's different."

Even if Hain was anxious inside, he still answered the Children's questions seriously.

"Then why are we on a warship?" Ao Ao always thought more than Miao Miao.

"Because His Majesty the Emperor sent someone to pick us up, and the Imperial Guard only has warships."

Hain answered them this way.

Tu Nan replayed their previous conversation a few times, then suddenly said to Hain, who had followed her back to the room.

"The name you told His Majesty... my name is...?"

Hain also felt something was off when she brought it up.

"It's Pearl." He instantly expanded on the question, asking Tu Nan: "Kong Jiamu?"

Tu Nan shook her head, "He doesn't know."

Hain pondered.

"Your Majesty..." he said, thinking aloud, "It seems he's investigated your background. The identity I created for you must have been found out by him."

Hain wasn't surprised; if His Majesty was interested, he would naturally find these things out.

"So you..."

He thought about how he had never asked Tu Nan whose daughter she was, and who she had been married to before.

But Tu Nan's bracelet rang; it was Kong Jiamu.

His intelligence network didn't seem slow; he already had news.

"Pearl!" Kong Jiamu couldn't use video communication; Captain Peng hadn't approved his video call request on the warship!

"Are you going to the Capital City already? Why is His Majesty in such a hurry? My investiture ceremony is still half a month away!"

His tone was quite happy; he seemed only to regret that he couldn't appear in the Capital City with Tu Nan.

"I just found a clue here; I won't be back so soon."

"Kong Jiamu."

Hain's steady voice cut into the communication.

"Hain, you're here too? You wouldn't be playing tricks, would you? Even if His Majesty relies on you, you can't be so reckless."

"It's not me," Hain replied.

The Two Children instinctively leaned closer when they heard Kong Jiamu's voice, as if they were very close to him.

Suppressing his discomfort, Hain chose to share information with his friend for Tu Nan's sake.

"I think something's not right," he said.

"Peng Tianyu is leading the team, they have a total of three A-ranks, a full Imperial Guard contingent of twelve people, just to bring Pearl to see His Majesty?"

Hain's gaze swept over Tu Nan, and he said to Kong Jiamu, word for word.

"His Majesty is taking this too seriously. It makes no sense."

Silence fell on the other end of the communication.

Tu Nan opened her mouth to speak, but Kong Jiamu's voice turned cold.

"You're right... that doesn't seem right. I'll find a way to ask His Majesty."

"Inappropriate," Hain disagreed.

"What's inappropriate? I'm not like you, a walking etiquette standard. His Majesty knows I'm unruly, it's fine."

"I'll go investigate." With that, he swiftly hung up the phone.

Tu Nan hugged the Two Children who had snuggled close... Kong Jiamu wouldn't find out anything.

She guessed as much.

Since Captain Peng was at ease letting them make and receive calls, it meant His Majesty didn't care if they exchanged messages.

What was His Majesty thinking?

And... what did he know?

Her blood seemed to start heating up, but she showed no emotion on her face.

Would she get the result she wanted?