The Emperor God Wife Is Naughty
185. Birds In Gold Cages (1)

Xie Ruo arrived at a room. The room was gloomy and silent, there was only a beam of light coming in from the large window in the corner of the room.

This feeling made everything feel even more gloomy than before. Sheng Xian stood in front of the throne seat, turning his back to Xie Ruo with a long stick in his hand. His gaze was shady, with various mixed emotions.

"Teacher ...." Xie Ruo wanted to approach, but his steps came to a halt. He stopped right at the perimeter towards the steps of the throne, looking at Sheng Xian who was just sitting in his place.

This time, it was not because of Xie Ruo destroying the Holy Tower courtyard or Xie Ruo coming home late. But because of something else, something more serious.

"What do you think?" Sheng Xian suddenly asked after a long moment of silence.

"What?" Xie Ruo was somewhat chuckling. What was Sheng Xian talking about?

"Zhong Guofeng." Sheng Xian replied in a low tone. He did not turn around to look at Xie Ruo at all.

"He used to be my friend, but maybe now it will be different. He would be a friend of 'Xie Ran', but not 'Xie Ruo'."

"Why is that?"

Xie Ruo replied doubtfully. "Well, something made me uncomfortable. While fighting just now, I saw dark energy. I once faced the dark energy of the Demon Emperor, it was as powerful as the dark energy I had just discovered."

"What's wrong with you and the Demon Emperor?"

"That's .. just an old misunderstanding." Xie Ruo had no intention of telling it. After all, he did not hold a grudge against the Demon Emperor, or rather could not have a grudge, so forget about it.

"So the dark energy makes you restless?"

"Not that. I just thought, if there is dark energy equalizing the power of the Demon Emperor, I fear it will only be a problem. Other than that ...."

"In addition you already know the existence of the Demon God. You suspect? Right, right?"

Xie Ruo was silent for a while. "not necessarily. Other than the Demon God, there was still his companion. I don't think Zhong Guofeng is a Demon God."

"Why do you think that?"

"I'm just assuming myself." Xie Ruo lowered his head, feeling unable to think clearly. He felt that everything in his head was unreasonable. Nothing really makes sense in this world.

"What would you do if your assumptions were right or wrong? In the end, you can't escape a single problem."

Xie Ruo looked at Sheng Xian's back with a complicated look. "Teacher, who exactly are you afraid of?"

Sheng Xian was silent for a while. "I'm just taking precautions."

Xie Ruo did not want to understand Sheng Xian's intentions, but Sheng Xian's remark had clearly meant that he had to follow Zhong Guofeng's plan. If this was the case, Xie Ruo would not have refused. But now ....

Xie Ruo hoped his assumption was wrong. "I don't understand what you mean."

"You know very clearly. Otherwise, you wouldn't say that you don't understand." Sheng Xian had known Xie Ruo very well for 10 years educating him, it would certainly not be wrong to determine how Xie Ruo behaved in general.

Xie Ruo remained in disbelief Sheng Xian decided without a plan. There must be something.

"Are you threatened?" It's a little weird, but it could happen. Anyone can be scared and threatened.

"While not threatened, I will do the same. Xie Ruo, try not to reveal all your thoughts, too dangerous."

That meant that Xie Ruo had to keep quiet and follow through on all the plans without interfering. Being pawns? Of course Xie Ruo would not want to be made into a pawn of anyone.

"I won't." Xie Ruo finally decided. It was better that he go to the clan and clear his mind for a while.

"You know he's not an ordinary person, how do you deal with him? What if he was a Demon God or a Demon Emperor? Even when you guys are fighting, he hasn't revealed his strength yet. You've been stuck in a situation where you can't stand back or stand still, there's only a way forward."

Xie Ruo felt a headache now. Sheng Xian was right, there was no way back. But can't you take another path? Although he had to turn and turn, as long as he could reach his destination in time, he did not matter.

He does not believe there is only one way in the problem at hand. If he cannot do the first plan, then there will be the second plan, and so on. He would not just sit idly by like a weak and foolish woman who continued to depend on someone. It was an insult.

"Thank you for the enlightenment, I'm leaving." Xie Ruo turned around about to leave. He will prove that he is not weak.

But Sheng Xian's voice made his steps stop. "I have a friend. She is an orphan and has no home. One day, he was made into a sea monster sacrifice, then a god with a special task came. Unfortunately, only he survived, and it was wrong to think that the god had come to save him as in a fairy tale. He admired the god, and liked him, but he was aware that his lowly position had absolutely no qualifications. She went a long way to forget, get married and have two daughters. Although she did not love her husband, she loved her daughter. Unfortunately, one of his daughters betrayed him and killed his own father and brother. My poor friend didn't know where he was, and decided to make up for it with his own life."

Sheng Xian turned to look at Xie Ruo, his gaze remained shady. "Xie Ruo, I hope you understand. When you take a detour, the journey gets longer, the more danger, not necessarily will arrive at the right time. In the end, all that happened was regret."

After a long period of silence, Xie Ruo finally turned his head slightly and said, "I understand."

Then he continued to step out of the room. He cannot retreat, he must advance. Isn't there still Zhong Guofeng out there? He will face it himself. He would not make a mistake like 'a friend' his teacher said.

Sheng Xian looked at Xie Ruo's departure that was getting further and further away and disappeared. His gaze was sad, then sighed.

"Teacher, why don't you just tell him?"

Zhu Zhu emerged from behind the curtain. From the beginning, he had been with Sheng Xian since there were some things to say. Although the information he received was very heavy, he was able to digest it quickly. Merely, he did not understand why Sheng Xian was hiding some important things from Xie Ruo.

"While I don't know him best, I still know him very well. It didn't take long for him to know all this."

"He can take care of himself." Sheng Xian did not want to hear anything more.

He did all this and said cruel words so that Xie Ruo would not hesitate to face the opponent. If he told her everything he knew, he was afraid that Xie Ruo would hesitate. It was better for Xie Ruo to know for himself in order to know his limits.

He only hoped that Xie Ruo would quickly understand before something bad happened.

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In the end, Xie Ruo had no other choice but to race against the original plan. Previously he had wanted to sneak away from the Sacred Tower and go to the clan, but Zhong Guofeng found him just as he was about to escape.

As a result, Xie Ruo was in a horse carriage that the empire had specially prepared for him. If it is like this, want to fight again also free. His teacher was not supportive, the Sacred Tower was also not supportive, there were no friends, he could only act alone.

Long Huo and the other two were also 'jacked' the strange emperor into the same horse carriage as Xie Ruo. Actually, the three unfortunate dragons were only left to follow like guards, but Xie Ruo was against. For the sake of convenience, Zhong Guofeng was forced to abide by Xie Ruo's terms rather than use forced means.

The journey takes a few days. During that time, Xie Ruo simply stayed inside the horse carriage cultivating without being bothered. No one dared to bother him, let alone with Long Ying's fierce strict guard and the two cute dragons behind him.

Without notice, they had already reached the capital. The horse-drawn carriage stopped in front of the palace gate. Xie Ruo finally came out after a long time of confining himself in one place.

He stepped foot into the tower of the emperor's palace. This was not the first time it had come, but this was the first time it had come as Xie Ruo after 10 years. Nothing changed in the palace except for a few administrators and a slight change in the design of the palace which was more elegant and luxurious.

He noticed, the palace guard was now much tighter. It will likely be quite difficult to find a small path unless he is disguised. But with Zhong Guofeng's influence, it was likely that the man would put a lot of spies around him.

It's okay, after all he was a spy, smarter than even a professional spy. There's nothing to worry about.

All he had to worry about was his troublesome life.

In front of him, there was the figure of a white-bearded old man, saluting slowly as if afraid that his waist would encroach. There's no way Xie Ruo has been told to take care of an elderly person, right?

"He was the State Master, Ming Le, my teacher since childhood. Everything in the palace, he'll teach it to you during the waiting."

"You're telling me to take care of the elderly?" Xie Ruo glanced at Zhong Guofeng with a look of protest. It's good to be told to take care of his former teacher just like that.

The old man chuckled. "Your Majesty, everything is not seen from outside. Although I look old, when I taught the Emperor when I was still the Crown Prince, I was also this old."

So doesn't that mean the man in front of him is older than his grandfather? Xie Ruo saw, his strength should be weaker than his grandfather's. Why not send his grandfather alone who is clearly more convincing?

Seeing Xie Ruo's unfriendly gaze, Zhong Guofeng sighed. If there was a more qualified and trustworthy teacher, he would leave it to others knowing Xie Ruo's aura was inviting trouble. Fortunately the Ming State Master was extremely patient and loyal.

"The coronation ceremony will be held after several months of adaptation. During that time, His Majesty will explore the study of tatakrama and palace affairs. Because Her Majesty is a future empress candidate, it is not allowed to meet outsiders, especially men, to maintain the stability and purity of the future empress. Your Majesty, can stay in the tower in seclusion for some time."

Xie Ruo did not have many comments even though in his heart he could not secretly grumble. Maintaining stability and purity? Did he not hear wrong? As he remembered, he had already told this mad emperor that he was married, but the man did not want to hear. According to him, it is free to hold this adaptation period.

But since the other party had given a gap in the adaptation period, Xie Ruo couldn't help but withdraw the profits. Precisely this was the right time to get closer to the palace court and find out who Zhong Guofeng really was.

"Your Majesty, let me take you along." The Ming State Master directed Xie Ruo into the palace.

When he went inside, the figure of a beautiful woman came out from the palace. Her face was poker-looking and boring, but her beauty did not make her look bored so anyone would willingly look at her goddess-like face.

Xie Ruo happened to cross paths, the woman glanced at him with a cold look without making a greeting like everyone else did. Surprisingly, the woman gave a familiar feeling to Xie Ruo.

The Ming State Master was aware of the hostile aura of the two camps. Although Xie Ruo did not care, still the hostility was clearly felt so that the air temperature became cold.

"His name was Shu Xin, the recently replaced Emperor Advisor. His nature was bad and very difficult to approach, he only talked to the Emperor about political matters and left. His position in this palace can also be easily overlooked, but also very noticed."

"Why?" Xie Ruo felt he had to know who was around this palace to know more clearly.

"Prince Mingfeng had come to give Shu Xin a recommendation to be made an advisor to the emperor. It was controversial, but somehow the Emperor agreed and let him in and out of the palace."

There is most likely a conspiracy behind it. Xie Ruo remembered, Zhong Guofeng and Zhong Wenyue's relationship was not good. If Shu Xin was only a spy of Zhong Wenyue, Zhong Guofeng should have known about it from the start.

If so, it can only be concluded that there has been an agreement in secret. Letting a spy in and out of the palace freely, Zhong Guofeng must have planned something.

However, he also still needed a lot of information as to why Zhong Wenyue was insisting against Zhong Guofeng who was definitely not his opponent. For this matter, he needed Zhong Xiaorong's help.

"Tell Rongrong about my location." Xie Ruo ordered Sarah to send a message. At that moment, the message was sent without anyone knowing.

Arriving at the front door of the main tower, State Master Ming ordered several female servants to gather. They are introduced to Xie Ruo as a new employer and are trusted to serve Xie Ruo well without mistakes.

The servants saluted, then continued the work. The Ming State Master left one servant to personally serve Xie Ruo.

His name was Xu Ziyan, tasked with escorting Xie Ruo and explaining things while the Ming State Master was busy with other work. The two of them went around, some of the maids also went along trying to get along with Xie Ruo.

Merely, Xie Ruo was so cold that the party became silent. Don't blame Xie Ruo, he is indeed like that to a stranger. Except for spreading hostility, he would not say much.

The day passed quickly, the touring event was over. Xie Ruo rested in his new room. Although the room here was no bigger and nicer than his room in the Upper World, this place was extremely luxurious to Middle World standards.

One thing that can be described for this place, it's quiet. There was no one but the waiter working. After all the servants finished the work, no other activities caused the top of the tower to become so deserted. It was as if Xie Ruo was the only human living in the end times.

It really ... became a bird in a golden cage.