There are too many female protagonists with deceased husbands in the Qin Dynasty's Past Books.

Based on what he had experienced in the previous two instances, Jiang Mo made this deduction without hesitation, and immediately felt his hands, which had just stolen the memories, were itching to act again.

The rewards given for books in the past were so generous that they were hard to resist.

Otherwise, how could Jiang Mo have gone from being completely ignorant of martial arts to being able to wield the Reverse Scale Sword in such a short time? The feeling of his power expanding so rapidly is truly irresistible.

But should I get involved with the Tide Fairy...?

To be honest, Jiang Mo was a little nervous.

As a perfectly normal and well-behaved young man, he really had no experience with letters and such.

As she hesitated, she suddenly saw the Tide Demoness's light gray eyes blink lightly.

Oh no, time is running out!

Five seconds is still too short...

Jiang Mo subconsciously muttered a classic line and reached out to the Tide Demoness again before Ni Lin went on strike.

Jade thieves, strike!

Much easier than stealing memories, something so ethereal and intangible, a smooth, cold object appeared almost instantly in Jiang Mo's palm, accompanied by a notification popped up from the old book:

[The relic "Frosty Tears" has been detected, unlocking the dungeon "Wu'an He Fang".]

The crisis was far from over, and Jiang Mo certainly couldn't enter the instance at this time. He should have simply ignored the pop-up notification from the old book. However, Jiang Mo couldn't help but notice a certain detail:

There was no delay.

Is it because it is connected to one's own thoughts that this book of the past is unaffected by the Reverse Scale Sword?

Or……

Before Jiang Mo could come up with an answer, time, which had been frozen, began to flow again, and Jiang Mo had already led Nongyu back to the bottom of the bath and hid under Hu Meier.

Those who have not reached the Innate Realm find it difficult to perceive that the flow of time has been disturbed.

The tide maiden, whose gaze had been fixed on the water without ever shifting, only felt a blur in her vision, as if she saw a figure approaching. But when she looked more closely, there was nothing there.

What followed was confusion:

Why should I keep staring at the water's surface?

The trendy girl frowned and pondered, feeling as if she had forgotten something, but she couldn't remember it at all.

It's like waking up from a dream and feeling like you've forgotten something. You try hard to remember, but you can't even find the direction to recall it.

She felt dizzy from the sweltering heat in the bathroom.

Her newly changed clothes were soaked by the pervasive moisture, clinging stickily to her skin and making the succubus feel extremely uncomfortable. Clearly, despite having "succubus" in her title, it didn't mean she liked this damp feeling.

The various uncomfortable feelings made the trendy woman increasingly frustrated.

She instinctively reached out to touch the "Frosty Tears" she kept in her bosom with her fingertips, just as Nongyu always couldn't help but caress the Fire Rain Agate beside her when she was emotionally agitated, using the habitual action and familiar objects to calm herself down as quickly as possible.

But this time, she found nothing in her arms.

Have the frosty tears been lost?

The moment this thought crossed her mind, the wavering and panic on Chao Nu Yao's face were more noticeable than Hu Mei Er's beside her, but she quickly forced herself to calm down.

Don't panic, you probably just left in a hurry and didn't bring it with you.

Think back to the route you just took; it's possible that you ended up somewhere along the way.

With her internal energy circulating, the expression in her light gray eyes grew increasingly cold, as if frost and snow had solidified, freezing the turbulent emotions within her. But this was merely a temporary fix.

After quickly scanning her surroundings and confirming that the item wouldn't be left there, the Tide Demoness made an excuse and hurriedly left.

Not a moment's delay.

After confirming that the Tide Demoness had gone far away, Jiang Mo carried Nongyu out of the bath.

The nightgown that Nongyu had borrowed from Hu Meier was already relatively thin, and after soaking in the bath, it became completely soaked and clung to her jade-like, smooth skin.

There's absolutely nothing to hide; it's an irresistible, wet allure.

But at this moment, Nongyu did not shyly reach out to cover her budding body. Perhaps she had been soaking in the scalding hot bath for too long, or perhaps she was dizzy from lack of oxygen and suffocation. At this moment, her face was blank.

They looked like they'd been completely ruined.

Fearing that something else might go wrong, Jiang Mo didn't dare to stay in the palace for long. He hurriedly slipped out with Nongyu and went straight back to Zilan Pavilion.

While she was changing clothes inside, someone knocked on the door. From the voice, she knew it was Zi Nu.

Before Jiang Mo could respond, Yan Lingji opened the door without saying a word.

Preoccupied with her own thoughts, Zi Nu didn't think much of it. She stepped into the room and saw Jiang Mo, who hadn't even finished dressing. Her gaze was immediately drawn to his well-proportioned figure, captivated by the contours of his strong muscles, unable to look away for a moment.

"That's really great!"

With a sly smile, Yan Lingji leaned on Zi Nu's shoulder, her tone filled with admiration, as if recommending a popular tourist attraction to a close friend.

"I feel like Amo is getting more and more pleasing to the eye, doesn't he?"

Zi Nu's pretty face flushed slightly, but she didn't break free from Yan Ling Ji's arm around her shoulder. She awkwardly admired the scenery with her, until Jiang Mo finished dressing and belatedly realized why she had come.

"Did you and Nongyu encounter something in the palace?"

Having dropped her slightly infatuated demeanor, Zi Nu raised her eyebrows sharply and confronted Jiang Mo with a blaming tone.

Spending the night in the palace was already quite unusual.

As a result, after Nongyu returned to Zilanxuan, she locked herself in the room without saying a word and refused to meet with anyone, which was even more unusual.

Zi Nu would definitely not believe it if you said nothing special had happened.

The first person to suspect is naturally Jiang Mo, since he was the one who took the person out and brought her back. Moreover, this guy not only has a history of attracting women, but he has a long history of misdeeds.

Naturally, Zi Nu couldn't help but rush over to interrogate the other party.

"Oh? Sister Nongyu, tsk tsk tsk, I remember someone saying that they completely regarded her as a younger sister?"

With a slight raise of her eyebrows, Yan Lingji looked at Jiang Mo with a mocking gaze.

She stood behind Zi Nu, seemingly ready to support the latter, but the words she uttered only fueled Zi Nu's anger:

Well, that explains why you're so concerned about Nongyu.

I thought he was just trying to curry favor with Hu Meiren.

I never imagined they had other plans!

Thus, the pressure fell entirely on Jiang Mo alone. Having just escaped from the clutches of the Tide Demoness, he felt a sense of oppression, as if he had just escaped one wolf's den only to fall into another.

Chapter 24 Another Dungeon

"It was an accident, there was definitely something unexpected about it..."

Faced with the two women who were interrogating him, Jiang Mo had no choice but to rack his brains to explain as clearly as possible, otherwise he might be thrown out to sleep on the streets tonight.

In particular, we must not let Zi Nu misunderstand.

Otherwise, it might exacerbate his disagreement with Zi Nu regarding whether Nong Yu should enter the palace, making him appear as if he had always harbored ulterior motives. If this suspicion were to spread to Hu Meier, it would be an even bigger problem.

After all, Zi Nu and Nong Yu only had a sisterly relationship.

Hu Meier and Nongyu are genuinely related by blood, so their reactions will definitely be more intense.

Therefore, Zi Nu didn't need to resort to any harsh punishments or severe laws.

Jiang Mo readily raised his hands, adopting an attitude that his beauty was enough, and proactively recounted his experiences after entering the palace, including the thrilling moment when he was hiding in the bath and almost caught by the Tide Demoness.

As for what happened during the night and the emergency measures he took to protect Nongyu, he only mentioned it briefly.

I won't go into details.

At this moment, Zi Nu had no time to pay attention to these trivial details; her attention was completely drawn to the bombshell news Jiang Mo had revealed:

"Madam Mingzhu is the Tide Demoness?!"

"Is this really true?!"

As Jiang Mo had expected, Zi Nu, upon hearing this crucial information, disregarded all matters of personal feelings and devoted herself wholeheartedly to the affairs of her country as always.

After confirming the news with Jiang Mo several times, he could no longer sit still.

The hurried departure suggests that they were preparing to verify the information through other channels and make corresponding preparations.

"It really is..."

Watching Zi Nu leave the room, Jiang Mo breathed a sigh of relief at being spared torture and interrogation, but he couldn't help feeling a little annoyed and didn't know what to say.

"What, you feel lonely just because they've temporarily left you behind?"

Teasing voices rang out beside him, and Yan Lingji leaned in, her bright smile shimmering before Jiang Mo's eyes:

"Didn't you eat enough last night? Do you want to try something new?"

Zi Nu fell for Jiang Mo's diversionary tactic and failed to notice the parts Jiang Mo vaguely glossed over. However, Yan Ling Ji was not so easily fooled. Thanks to the Eternal Bond Gu, even when she wasn't by Jiang Mo's side, she could sense changes in his condition.

There's no way you can hide something like stealing food from her.

"Speaking of which, I haven't met Consort Hu yet. I'm curious, how did you manage to get entangled with a concubine like her?"

With her hands gripping Jiang Mo's shoulders tightly, Yan Lingji straddled him.

Regarding the matter concerning the Book of Past Events, Jiang Mo couldn't explain it clearly to anyone, and could only vaguely say:

"It's all just the past."

Since it's difficult to give the other party a satisfactory explanation verbally, the only way to appease them is through actions.

Humans, though complex beings, can also be incredibly pure.

No matter when, a full stomach always puts you in a good mood. And Jiang Mo is very experienced in feeding Yan Lingji.

Coincidentally, he was also harboring resentment because of the mischief caused by the Tide Fairy.

Yan Lingji felt jealous and wanted to erase the marks Hu Meier had left on Jiang Mo. Jiang Mo wanted to calm his restless blood and release his yang fire.

The two naturally hit it off immediately.

"Hmph, he pretends to be a gentleman all day long, but in the end, he throws all sense of propriety and shame aside and tricks two generations of people, an aunt and her nephew, into bed~"

Biting Jiang Mo's shoulder, Yan Lingji made indistinct whimpers.