The next day, the main courtyard of prince Wu's mansion.
Su Liya watched Lu Yaozhu over the open collection of ancient folk tails she held up. She had picked up the romance novel as a cover when they had finished eating breakfast an hour and a half ago. All in an attempt to find out what Lu Yaozhu was up to, he has been very quiet and deep in thoughts since he got back from the palace yesterday. She had dismissed it as shock from the incident with Emperor Zhong but Lu Yaozhu's prolonged moodiness points to something more serious.
Since Lu Yaozhu intended to keep everything to himself, she was forced to result in a less than ideal method is shadowing him. Lu Yaozhu already notice her little trick but pretended otherwise, he didn't mind since Su Liya was very good company. He moved his chair sideways to an angle that offered him a direct view of Su Liya whenever he looked up from the reports submitted by his subordinates.
