When Su Mu reappeared in everyone’s sight, her legs were already weak, and it was only with Tang Nai’s support that she could maintain stability.
Her slender legs, faintly visible through her gauze skirt, were still trembling slightly, rarely showing such vulnerability.
Of course, if those Qing Tuo people dared to stare straight at her, Su Mu would not hesitate to let them know that her hands were still very strong.
“I’ve finished my private business. Let’s talk about the real matter.”
Seeing that Su Mu was about to enter work mode, Tang Nai couldn’t help teasing her.
“In such a hurry to talk about boring official business? Miss Flower Queen, you’re quite cold-hearted… What? You’ve been doing this ‘private business’ with me for so long, just to talk about this?”
“Who’s cold-hearted? I haven’t even mentioned how heavy-handed you are.”
Su Mu grabbed Tang Nai’s slender, fair fingers in a reproachful manner, her voice a little hoarse.
In contrast, Tang Nai was beaming, her skin glowing, as if she had been richly “rewarded.”
“Well, I think it was just right. Look at you, weren’t you enjoying it too?”
Hearing this, Su Mu’s pretty face flushed.
Because her body adapted slowly, many sensations had been pent up and delayed in the previous days, causing Su Mu to gradually slack off.
Just when she was thinking, ‘Ah, this Tang Nai is so lame…’ the next moment…
Su Mu didn’t want to recall.
That embarrassing commotion was too shameful.
“I am cold-hearted. I’m ruthless after getting what I want, okay? Let’s talk business!”
Tang Nai smiled faintly and stopped being mysterious.
“Fine, since you’re so curious, I’ll reluctantly serve as your guide.”
Speaking of Su Mu’s main quest in this dream, aside from the Flower Queen part, it was really cliché and boring.
It was nothing more than the struggle for the position of the martial world’s overlord.
Even in a dream, in a world where strength is everything, once the overlord’s seat is vacant, countless people will vie for it.
The method of selecting the overlord was also as simple and crude as always—either a sword tournament or a martial arts competition.
Everyone watched the experts fight to the death, using deadly moves and playing dirty tricks.
Whoever survived got applause and was respectfully called “Alliance Leader.”
That makeshift stage was thus set up.
But aside from the One Mansion, Two Towers, and Four Great Sects, there were many ambitious lone wolves, and the government had always been eyeing the situation eagerly.
So once the contest for overlord began, chaos would inevitably erupt.
To prevent continuous bloodshed and scheming, an unwritten rule had been established long ago: every twenty years, when the old Alliance Leader grew old, the great sects could again raise arms.
That was the official story, but in reality, few paid it any heed—at least they didn’t openly tear up the agreement.
This made Flower Full Tower’s reputation even worse.
During those twenty years, their “special” methods were completely unrestricted and even intensified.
In the past, a certain Flower Queen, in order to seize the overlord position, used her charm techniques to literally “seduce” the entire martial world into submission.
Every bed-compatible martial art was fully exploited by her.
Through pillow talk, the foundational techniques of other great sects were stolen and have since spread widely in all pleasure quarters.
As a result, Su Mu’s reputation also became particularly tarnished.
Flower Full Tower was no longer accepted by the righteous path, gradually leaning toward the evil sects, and was removed from the list of great sects.
But twenty years ago, the master of the Heavenly Origin Mansion from the “One Mansion” seized the Alliance Leader position with superb martial arts, and his wife was the previous Flower Queen of Flower Full Tower.
This allowed Flower Full Tower to escape its predicament and regain a seat at the table.
But the other great sects weren’t happy.
Even the traditionally neutral Heaven’s Secret Tower (some gray-haired person) announced that in the grand tournament twenty years later, it would specifically target Flower Full Tower.
The letter stated that if the new Flower Queen could win cleanly, then they would acknowledge Flower Full Tower as the rightful number-one tower in the world.
Now that the twenty-year deadline was approaching, the new Flower Queen, Little Su Mu, was up to her ears in trouble.
And she was being tormented daily by Tang Nai—a very hard life indeed.
“So I just need to fight my way through that martial arts tournament and become Alliance Leader?”
Hearing this, Tang Nai smiled and shook her head.
“No. Don’t forget the purpose for which I wove this dream for you. The so-called tournament is just a backdrop for you.”
Su Mu narrowed her eyes and said, “Anyway, I still have to participate. You say it’s a backdrop, but you described it in such detail—I don’t buy it…”
“Wrong. It will attract many important factors. What you need to do is seize the opportunity and gain the recognition of your two ‘moms’ powers. Of course, although it has no intrinsic meaning, it’s a good stage.”
Seeing Tang Nai’s smile widen, Su Mu’s mouth twitched, “Wait, why do I have a bad feeling about this…”
Tang Nai smiled at her.
“Don’t tell me one of my ‘moms’ is the previous Flower Queen.”
“Then guess the other one?”
“The other one?”
Su Mu’s pupils contracted slightly.
She suddenly understood what “surprise” Tang Nai had mentioned earlier.
“You can resurrect her?”
Tang Nai shook her head, “Of course not. Even if I can use my time authority to briefly bring her and other deceased people from the past back, existing in this form cannot be considered living. After all, no matter how realistic, it’s still a dream—unless you’re willing to treat it as reality and stay forever.”
Su Mu was silent for a moment, but she felt no significant waves inside.
If she were a child, she might have looked forward to meeting her “dad,” but now she no longer lacked love, especially not in this form.
She wasn’t really sad—just a bit annoyed.
“If that’s the case… couldn’t you have come up with a more meaningful reunion? Why such a clichéd, over-the-top background setting?”
Even without Tang Nai saying it, she could guess: due to some scheme, the Heavenly Origin Mansion was supporting a fake heiress… while the real heiress—her—had fallen into the martial world.
“Hey, I don’t have some keepsake or birthmark on me, do I?”
Hearing Tang Nai’s infuriating laughter, Su Mu wanted to kick her.
“Hehe.”
But her legs were too weak to kick, so she could only softly stomp on Tang Nai’s foot.
And instinct told her that with Tang Nai’s twisted sense of humor, she would definitely set up something that would make her blood pressure spike at the most critical moment.
“You know me so well. How could there be no such thing as a keepsake at a time like this…”
Tang Nai rubbed her hands together, her smile meaningful.
“Our cute little young miss of Heavenly Origin Mansion was born with a Yin-Yang Fish jade pendant in her mouth. This pendant can reverse Yin and Yang, turning a female into a male…”
Hearing this, Su Mu’s almond eyes flew wide open, her blue pupils trembling as she stared at Tang Nai.
With her vivid imagination, she immediately guessed the gist of the awful truth.
“This jade pendant… is it legitimate? And how exactly did I ‘hold’ it?”
“Then, seeing the opportunity was ripe, I orchestrated a flawless ‘swap of the imperial concubine’s child.'”
Su Mu had been wondering how her powerful, never-met mother could have allowed her biological daughter to be replaced.
Hearing Tang Nai say this, she suddenly understood.
“You actually have the nerve to admit that!”