Without using the main entrance or alerting any demon soldiers, he went straight through a layer of restrictions, knocked on the window of Jie Beiying's house, and asked, "Is Sister Mei here?"
There was no response from inside for a long time. A strong wind approached, and the window and door opened with a sound. Geng Qi jumped inside.
"Your Excellency chose this place to visit, but I am blind and cannot serve you hot tea."
Geng Qi didn't respond. He went inside and looked around, but there was no one there except for the scorpion.
"Where is Qinghan?"
Jie Beiying said, "It's next door."
Geng Qi asked in surprise, "Don't you always sleep in the same room?"
"..."
As expected, there was silence. Xie Beiying still smiled faintly, her expression showing no fluctuation.
Geng Qi walked over to his table, took a piece of tea and snack, took a bite, and said, "I really want to see what you look like when you're not smiling!"
Jie Beiying said, "His Majesty would not want to see that time."
Geng Qi: "Just like when they slaughtered the entire Zhan Prince's Mansion a hundred years ago?"
The hand that was pouring tea paused: "You've been to Sangzhong City?"
“I just came back from Sangzhong.”
"...Is that so?" Xie Beiying paused for a moment, then carefully pushed the tea towards him: "Where did you go?"
"The tomb of Prince Zhan, formerly the residence of Prince Zhan."
"..."
The tea was cold, obviously having been sitting there for a long time. No one knew how long this person had been sitting there. Geng Qi held the teacup and warmed the tea, sipping it slowly while staring intently at those empty, lifeless eyes.
Jie Beiying asked, "Has Your Excellency found anything?"
Geng Qi said, "What do you think I can find out about the things you've gone to so much trouble to hide?"
"I am deeply proud to hear Your Excellency's words."
He suddenly propped his head up with one hand and looked out the window. Even though he couldn't see anything, he seemed to be looking at something interesting, so engrossed.
Geng Qi asked, "Did you kill those people?"
Jie Beiying said, "Oh, right."
How many people?
Who knows?
"..."
With such casual words and a lack of emotional fluctuation, trying to get information out of someone like that is virtually impossible.
Geng Qi suddenly sighed and asked softly, "Jie Mingxi, do you like Qinghan?"
"..."
Mingxi is Xie Beiying's courtesy name. Since he learned this name, Geng Qi has never called him that. No one in the entire Demon Palace has ever called him that!
He finally caught a glimpse of a crack in that unchanging expression, so tiny that it appeared for only a moment before disappearing.
“I came back to find you not to ask you for the truth. Since you want to hide it, I will not investigate anymore. I will not say a word to him either. If he remembers it on his own, that's fine. If he doesn't remember it, no one will ever know about this!”
Some truths, once revealed, are destined to cause harm.
Maintaining the status quo might not be a bad thing!
After a long silence, Jie Beiying asked, "Does Your Excellency know what a demon is?"
"..."
"To have a human heart but lack humanity is to be a demon."
Geng Qi said, "Demons also arise from the heart. The human heart is unpredictable, but not uncontrollable."
At least the demons he knew were far more humane than humans!
He didn't know why Xie Beiying suddenly asked such a question. Perhaps it was related to what they had been talking about, but he didn't want to bother thinking about it.
He wanted to clear up the misunderstanding about Rong Yu's identity. Now that Rong Yu didn't care about his identity as the Demon Lord and Qing Han was still alive, the opinions of the world were meaningless to him.
He told Rong Yu that he would be back soon, and he was indeed back very soon.
The Demon Palace remained as quiet as ever. No one noticed the master's coming and going. The windows and doors that had been pushed open closed again. Someone quietly followed him out of the next room and left. The blind man sat in place for a long time before finally lowering his head to take a sip of the now-cold tea.
Geng Qi stood at the palace gate, his vast divine sense spreading out, searching for someone somewhere within the palace.
"I'm back," he whispered to Rong Yu.
In just a moment, a silver light streaked across the sky above the palace, and the eldest prince, dressed in a moon-white palace gown, crossed the palace and landed outside the palace gate.
"How could it be so fast..."
The moment he landed, he was surrounded by a throng of people.
Geng Qi buried himself in his arms and said, "I will tell you everything from now on. You are not allowed to doubt me, and you are not allowed to abandon me."
Rong Yu was taken aback for a moment, then gently embraced him and calmly replied, "Okay."
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