Mu Yunyao and Da Huang both looked at Chen Changan in surprise. How had things suddenly become so complicated?
On the surface, the Duke Who Guards the Nation and the emperor had a deep friendship, a bond forged through life and death. In truth, each harbored his own schemes.
Meanwhile, Qin Xuan, Master of Control at the Provincial Governor's Office, had secretly helped the emperor, steadily eliminating the Duke Who Guards the Nation's forces. He was unmistakably on the emperor's side. But in reality, Qin Xuan and the emperor each had their own aims as well.
It looked as though the Duke Who Guards the Nation was trying to seize the throne and had raised troops in rebellion, while the emperor was using Qin Xuan to make them destroy each other and consolidate his power.
But in truth, the Duke Who Guards the Nation and the emperor had joined forces to eliminate Qin Xuan?
Mu Yunyao and Da Huang weren't stupid, but they truly hadn't considered this. The reason was simple: they thought differently.
Neither of them was accustomed to worldly schemes. To them, plots and intrigues, deception and betrayal, were utterly incomprehensible.
If someone was a problem, why not just kill them?
They were both used to the rules of the cultivation world: the strong ruled, so you simply took your enemy down.
Why go through so many twists and turns? Wasn't it a pain?
"Big brother, I really don't understand."
"If they both suspected Qin Xuan was up to something, and he really was, why put on an act?"
"Why not just team up and kill him? Why make things so complicated? Are they bored?" Da Huang asked, baffled.
"It's simple. They weren't absolutely certain they could handle Qin Xuan."
"There's another possibility: Qin Xuan may have someone