"Yes! The novels you've been reading lately were all picked out by Rongxing. I thought they suited your tastes, so I gave them to you." Little Mirror was quite frank.

Fang Ruotang rubbed her forehead.

She said that the male protagonists in the novels she'd been reading recently all looked so much like Rong Xing.

Each one was like a flower on a high mountain fallen to earth, making her scream with excitement and exclaim how thrilling it was.

[Are you really that easy to talk to?]

Fang Ruotang was a little skeptical. After all, Xiao Jingzi was a sweet and caring daughter to her, but in front of Rong Xing and the other six, she was like a rebellious child.

Forget about helping Rong Xing win her over; it would be good enough if he didn't sabotage her from behind.

After all, things were different at this point compared to the beginning, and they no longer cared about the lives of the six former masters.

Hey! He agreed to be my inside man.

What is this?

Fang Ruotang was stunned. She looked at the six people who had walked up to her. When she met Rong Xing's gaze, Rong Xing's eyes flashed and he awkwardly looked away.

He said that if Gu Yanjin and the other four were going to throw me into the furnace, he would let me know in advance.

Fang Ruotang smiled and gave Rong Xing a thumbs up.

"Okay, you're really great."

So quiet and unassuming, you'd never guess they had so many little schemes up their sleeves!

Gu Nancheng was furious.

"Tell me, why are you all so cunning! Men should stand tall and upright, how come you're all so adept at scheming?"

Ye Wuxia was annoyed. He was the first person to learn about Fang Ruotang's hobbies, but he hadn't thought of using this trick.

But upon hearing Gu Nancheng's words, she still retorted irritably.

"So all the intrigue and backstabbing in the court is just child's play? Or are the methods used by the princes to seize the throne relatively mild, without any bloodshed?"

He is a dark person at heart.

Therefore, I never feel that men are less calculating; on the contrary, when men start scheming, women are basically left out.

His classmates from back then.

He passed the county-level imperial examination, married a merchant's daughter, and then became a provincial-level scholar. Immediately afterward, he divorced his wife and married another.

Even so, he still has a conscience.

Some heartless individuals even went so far as to kill the merchant's wife and steal her dowry; such despicable and shameful acts were commonplace.

“This is different. How can matters of the court be compared to those of the inner quarters? Rong Xing’s current behavior is utterly shameful. He has actually learned the methods of women in the inner quarters and is using them on Xiao Ruoruo. Xiao Ruoruo, tell me, how do you want to punish him?”

Fang Ruotang was stumped by the question.

Why would Rong Meiren punish her when she schemed and plotted to please him?

"..."

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

Ye Wuxia sneered and glared at the naive Gu Nancheng, thinking he was a complete fool.

"How about I punish you by making you find me some more storybooks... they're actually quite good." Fang Ruotang scratched her cheek, unwilling to admit it.

When she was caught up in the situation, except when she was in bed, seeing Rong Xing, who was always aloof and cold, stained with blood, gave her a strange sense of satisfaction.

At other times, she didn't feel anything, just as she had just thought.

The beauty did everything she could to please her.

But she had six such beauties, in addition to the six of them, there were also Jin Wuyou and the others.

But reading a storybook is different; by taking a detached, objective view of the whole situation, you can't help but want to scream.

In particular, she could see Rong Xing's shadow in some things in the book.

This is also why Rong Xing has been coming up to her lately and she can't help but stick close to him. Just like in the stories, he looks cold and aloof, but his earlobes turn red.

The stark contrast between cuteness and innocence makes it endlessly watchable.

"Are you punishing him? You're rewarding him!" Gu Nancheng shouted in dissatisfaction.

She said with great ambition, "Little Ruoruo, since you're like this, then I'll start vying for your favor too."

Gu Yanjin and the other four looked at him at the same time.

Didn't he argue?

He wasn't always arguing.

Did they just not win the argument?

This person knows how to save face.

Gu Nancheng gritted his teeth, tilted his head back, and completely ignored the disdainful looks from the other five men.

Fang Ruotang found Gu Nancheng very interesting.

"Alright, stop arguing. I believe in distributing favors equally. That's what the Emperor Emeritus told me, isn't it!"

"Yes! But now that we're in the Cloud Deep Continent, stop calling me the Retired Emperor and just call me Father!"

Fang Ruotang: ...

That's how she should be addressed according to seniority, but why does she feel like she's being taken advantage of by the retired emperor?

"No way! No way! I even gave you my favorite prince to be my concubine, and you don't even acknowledge his status or call me father."

Gu Yanjin asked the Emperor Emeritus with a dark expression.

"Father, can you please shut up?"

"Tsk, she doesn't acknowledge you, it's not like I don't. Why are you taking it out on me?"

The retired emperor continued to fan the flames.

Fang Ruotang was also speechless.

When Rong Xing's grandfather arrived, she immediately addressed him as "Grandpa" without saying a word. However, when it came to the Emperor Emeritus, she felt reluctant to speak. Gu Yanjin was simply being dragged into this by him.

"Father, Father, Father, that's enough! I'm really scared of you. Stop trying to drive a wedge between me and Brother Yan. He and I are the best of the best..."

“The six of us, including me, are the best in the world. You can step back now! We won’t fall for it.”

The retired emperor smiled and said to Jin Wuyou and the others, "From now on, you don't need to call me the retired emperor. Just call me Gu Tianjun."

Jin Wuyou and his group looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they had arrived in the world of cultivation, the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, which had been ingrained in their bones since childhood, was still at play, and none of them dared to speak first.

"Just call him Elder Gu!" Fang Shengtang wasn't used to calling the Emperor Emeritus by his full name.

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