248 Advisor 6yr

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"Young Master, this way please." Eunuch Liao led Xie Cheng Dong into a room. At once both of them felt much warmer and more comfortable. The windows were made of glass and the shelves were large and wide. Picture books lined the shelves, there were chairs and tables which had teacups and pots atop them. King Lu was seated, he looked very focused and alert. It was just that he had faint traces of eyebags and his face was rather ashen. It seemed like he was worried. However, his voice retained the air of poise as he spoke, "Come in."

Both the eunuch and Xie Cheng Dong walked in. The three of them were in the same room as several guards stood outside.

Seeing that Xie Cheng Dong was being overtly formal, King Lu took a sip of tea and gave a strange expression. After some time, he sighed, "I have nowhere to go, and a dim future. I’ve even been demoted to Canton Prince, why are you still so courteous?"

There was a hint of gloominess within his tone, and yet his expression looked very normal. It was almost impossible to detect the extent of his despair on his face.

Hearing King Lu’s words, Xie Cheng Dong laughed, "Of course. I am a Daoist, and I know about fates and fortun