Yao Guang might not have understood Xi Yue very well, but Qin Yi understood her all too well.
What grievance from receiving her comeuppance? She was clearly a little excited.
Look, Master stole my man too. I'm a victim too. Minghe, look, look—everyone's the same!
That was probably the kind of mood she was in?
So she had forcibly acknowledged a master for herself. No wonder—it had not really been necessary...
Yao Guang did not grasp Xi Yue's deeper intentions. Hearing this, however, she felt a little of that shared sense of "comeuppance" and sighed. "So the Will of Heaven is dim and vast, impossible to fathom. We thought the Taiching realm knew all, but perhaps that is not so... Oh, right, speaking of Minghe, why did only you come? Where is Minghe?"
"Minghe and I aren't together every moment. I had just gone to Cui Hua's place to play with snakes, and only came over when night fell. I don't know where Minghe went. Maybe she's at Yu Shang's, discussing the meaning of the Northern Abyss?" Xi Yue said. "Minghe has always hoped to find a solution to replace the Netherworld. She doesn't say it aloud, but she cares deeply about Meng Qingying. Besides, she feels this matter bears part of her karma."
"So that's how it is..." Yao Guang groaned inwardly. No wonder she had told the palace maids to notify them not to come, yet they had still come... They had not been in their own palaces, so the message had never reached them.
This was a tragedy. Minghe would clearly come over later too. Were they really going to drink here and discuss the Dao all night, while Qin Yi lay beneath the bed for the entire night?
She drank with an unruffled expression, frantically seeking