In the few days after Lin Qiao woke up, she was in a constant daze.
Just how dazed was she? People often say that a woman gets "stupid" for three years after giving birth. But Lin Qiao, who had never been pregnant, was acting just as foolish.
She was a perfect match for that description.
For example, in these days, Lin Qiao often called Mo Xiujie "Dong Peirong". And she often couldn't tell Chunhua and Qiuyue apart, which made the two girls extremely upset.
They thought to themselves, "Our mistress was away for just over a month. How could she have forgotten us completely? Sure enough, the emperor has evil intentions and schemes..."
Even more outrageous was that Lin Qiao would often point at the Yangxin Hall and ask Luo Nanchen, "Where is this? Why is the house so big?"
Her memory was still stuck before she entered the illusory realm. She still thought she was traveling in the south of the Yangtze River, and this was just a luxurious mansion she passed by.
Luo Nanchen answered her helplessly but patiently, "This is the Yangxin Hall, the emperor's bedroom. It has to look a bit more luxurious."
Thankfully, Lin Qiao still remembered her relationship with Luo Nanchen, which reassured him greatly.
Moreover, because of Lin Qiao's condition... Luo Nanchen was really worried about her. He even wished he could tie Lin Qiao to his side during the court sessions.
So Luo Nanchen simply moved all of Lin Qiao's belongings to the Yangxin Hall, keeping her in front of him at all times.
He even let Lin Qiao, who was still muddled,
attend court behind a screen.
He placed a chair and a curtain diagonally behind his dragon throne for Lin Qiao to sit on.
The curtain was carefully chosen. It was neither too transparent nor too thick, creating an effect where it was hard to see from afar but clear up close.
This way, Luo Nanchen could easily see what Lin Qiao was thinking at all times.
After several days, Lin Qiao finally recovered from the after - effects of the illusory realm and became less muddled. She slowly began to understand the current situation.
It turned out that the grand suppression of the rebellion described in the book actually only took three days. And the fierce rebel general in the book was tamed by Luo Nanchen in just three days.
Then, when Luo Nanchen returned to the place where he had left Lin Qiao, he found that Lin Qiao was gone, and only Zou Lurui was lying unconscious on the ground.
The mansion was also gone.
Luo Nanchen immediately went crazy. With red - eyed rage, he went searching for Lin Qiao. After finding her, he immediately aborted the travel plan and rushed back to the palace.
When Zou Lurui retold this part of the story to Lin Qiao, she was very expressive. Shaking her head and sighing, she said, "I underestimated Luo Nanchen's determination. I wrote him as a career - oriented domineering CEO in the book. Otherwise, he couldn't have been the male protagonist of a feel - good novel. But now, he's actually a love - struck fool. Shouldn't he be the male protagonist of a sweet female - oriented novel now?"
Lin Qiao: "..."
"But what exactly was that illusory realm? How many hidden plotlines did you write?"
Zou Lurui frowned and thought for a long time with a bitter look on her face. "There shouldn't be any hidden plotlines. I wrote a male - oriented novel with a powerful male protagonist. The main plot is about his adventures across the continent, not staying in Yunjin. So how could there be so many hidden plotlines here?"
Lin Qiao still couldn't put her mind at ease.
Who was the pervert who created the illusory realm? And what was the purpose of making her enter the illusory realm and see Luo Nanchen covered in blood?
Most importantly, this pervert had the power to create the illusory realm without Luo Nanchen noticing. But in the end, he only created the illusory realm and tortured her.
He didn't cause any trouble for anyone else.
Why was that?
... Also, she wasn't sure if it was right to connect these two things, but when she first entered the book, she was the only one with a system.
She had asked Zou Lurui. As the author, Zou Lurui didn't have a system. Meng Erliu was a reader, and when he went crazy later, he also said that he didn't have a system.
They were all people from the 21st century who had traveled into the book, but only she had a system.
At that time, the situation had reached a point where there were no more secrets to hide. She believed that Meng Erliu was telling the truth.
Because at that point, there was no need to hide anything. Meng Erliu had no reason to lie to her.
So she had a system following her. Not only that, but at the beginning, she also had to complete all kinds of perverted tasks.
Tasks like maintaining the male protagonist's mood, status, and all sorts of other strange indices.
What was going on?
What was so special about her?
Lin Qiao couldn't figure it out and didn't dare to think further. The more she thought, the worse her head hurt. She was afraid that she would get muddled again after finally regaining her clarity.
Lin Qiao covered her head. "Alright, alright. Stop talking. Let me think for a while."
Zou Lurui: "??? I didn't say anything..."
Zou Lurui thought to herself: Sure enough, her mind is not working properly. She's even having auditory hallucinations...