The two walked down the street, their posture intimate, browsing ordinary little shops, talking only about food, seemingly without any guard up, and there was really nothing to be wary of.
Rong Yu's return to Sangzhong City as the eldest son of the royal family was bound to cause quite a stir. Just as the court was holding a meeting, news from the city gate reached the palace, and the first to pay attention to them were the people in the harem.
"Do they know your identity in the Tianzhi Sect?" Geng Qi asked telepathically as they walked out of a teahouse.
Rong Yu replied, "You'll find out soon enough."
"..."
Because of the Zhanwang Mansion incident, the three princes lived in seclusion in the palace, not involved in court affairs, and rarely interacted with others. Ordinary concubines were not allowed to meet with the princes. According to the news from Mushan, the second and third princes could still be seen in the palace, but Zongmo, as the eldest son of the legitimate wife, rarely went out. Even when he went out, he was always accompanied by a palanquin and was never seen.
The fact that the eldest prince's identity was kept in the palace, and that Rong Yu held the jade seal of the eldest son of the royal family, meant that Emperor Mingde was at least fully aware of Rong Yu's joining the Tianzhi Sect.
As for the others...
There are quite a few people planted by various sects in the palace, and they hold high positions in their respective sects. When communicating with their sects, they must have seen the young sect leader of Tianzhi Sect. After Rong Yu registered as the eldest prince, he did not disguise himself when he entered the city. Those who were secretly following him saw them and reported back that the eldest prince was the young sect leader of Tianzhi Sect. This would become common knowledge in the palace.
Geng Qi was utterly puzzled: "What do you want to do?"
Rong Yu said, "It's more convenient to act with this identity."
"..."
If they weren't being watched and communicating telepathically, Geng Qi would have stopped and stared at him in disbelief.
What is the identity of the young sect leader of Tianzhi Sect?
The future leader of the number one sect in the cultivation world, Ling Yuan Zhenren, who recently announced his title to the world, is a cultivation prodigy who has reached the Nascent Soul stage in a hundred years and can defeat three enemies with a single move!
Such a person is still the most legitimate heir to the royal family!
If the women in the harem who were vying for fame and fortune knew his identity, especially the birth mothers of the two princes, what would be the point of their struggle for the throne?
Why should the court officials take sides?
How about I give you the position of Crown Prince?
With the power of the Tianzhi Sect, the status of the eldest prince, and a cultivation level above the Nascent Soul stage, even if you wanted to usurp the throne, the people of the world would support you and send you to the throne!
This man stirred up a huge wave with a single boulder, yet he only casually remarked: "It's convenient to do things!"
Some people say that even if he believed it, no one would believe him, okay?
Seeing the suspicion in his eyes, Rong Yu said, "To investigate the affairs of the Zhan Prince's Mansion, one needs to have royal status."
Geng Qi: "..."
Did he say he was there to investigate matters concerning the Prince Zhan's residence?
Could his focus on eating and drinking have revealed anything?
Meeting someone's all-knowing gaze, his earlier surprise turned into guilt, and Geng Qi said, "I didn't say I wanted to investigate, it was you who wanted to investigate."
Rong Yu smiled faintly: "Mm."
"..."
Do you have to spoil me like this?
He wouldn't mind if you exposed his intentions!
I'll just feel awkward by myself for a while at most!
Even though I thought that way, I couldn't help but feel a little happy inside.
He couldn't help but smile, and took a step forward, moving away from the teahouse.
After browsing through a few more shops and filling a small storage bracelet with his purchases, Geng Qi stopped at a three-way intersection, let out a long yawn, and looked at the person behind him with watery eyes, saying, "I'm sleepy."
"..."
"Shall we find an inn to stay in?"
Rong Yu nodded: "Okay."
As he picked up the boy in his arms, the divine sense following them clearly fluctuated for a moment. Seeing the two disappear from the spot in an instant, he quickly focused his attention and followed them.
When he was picked up, Geng Qi didn't feel anything, but when he saw that the divine sense that had been focused on them had disappeared and that the person was taking the wrong route, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
When he stopped, he widened his eyes slightly.
Before him appeared a magnificent mansion, covering an extremely vast area, comparable in scale to a royal palace.
"This is...an inn?"
Rong Yu said, "A separate courtyard."
"..."
The inn he mentioned was really just an inn; he just wanted to sleep and didn't care about anything else!
Pointing to the vermilion gate opposite, Geng Qi asked, "Yours?"
"Um."
"You bought it?"
"Given to me by someone else."
"..."
Only members of the royal family dare to use a villa of this size. Only the current emperor can bestow a villa upon the royal family!
That's his own father, why say it's someone else?
Geng Qi rationally refrained from asking further questions, and swung his leg in his arms: "Then... shall we go in?"
"Um."
There was no need to enter through the main gate. Rong Yu lightly touched the ground with his toes and had already passed through the vermilion gate and entered the courtyard.
The white stone-paved path leads from the main gate to the inner courtyard. The scenery inside the house is excellent. The paths in the courtyard are winding and meandering. The corridors supported by red-lacquered pillars are interconnected. They seem ordinary, but upon closer inspection, some patterns are engraved on the connected red pillars. The pillars form a maze. If an ordinary person walks in, he would probably get lost in this maze.
"You've lived here before?"
He didn't believe that the emperor would send him a house and then specially set up a magic array for him.
Rong Yu knew what he was thinking and said, "I have lived here. The 'maze' was set up eighty years ago."
"..." Eighty years ago...
This person has only recently come of age!
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