Li Ji heard Hua Manman's thoughts.
He keenly picked up on a single term—
The original work.
'So that's why Hua Manman was able to predict the collapse of the Imperial Ancestral Temple. It was because she'd read a book.'
Li Ji's confusion deepened.
'What kind of book could possibly let someone know what was going to happen in the future?'
'And under what circumstances did Hua Manman see that book?'
'Was it because she read that book that her words and actions were being restricted?'
'If that's true, then all my previous speculations have to be thrown out.'
'Hua Manman's strangeness has nothing to do with a Gu Worm.'
'To help her break free from her shackles, I have to start with that book.'
Hua Manman walked out of the room with the empty bowl and saw Chen Wangbei, who had been waiting for a long time under the covered walkway.
Chen Wangbei cupped his hands in a salute.
"Greetings, Princess Consort."
