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The servant girl's fingers were white as she made tea. Her movements were smooth and pleasing. The two of them watched her, but their minds were not on the tea.
After the pot of tea was brewed, the servant girl left. Only two people remained in the private room, sitting opposite to each other. A room was filled with the fragrance of tea.
Jun Tianxia's eyes were deep, and without showing any expression, he raised his teacup and savored his tea.
However, Hua Ruge was not in the least bit interested. His smile had completely faded as he directly asked, "Monarch, can you tell me why you have chosen me now?"
Jun Tianxia put down the teacup, looked at the calm and composed her, and said, "Because, in the current continent, you are the only one with the Divine Empress' fate."
Hua Ruge felt that what he said was very vague and didn't understand what he meant. She frowned slightly, waiting for his explanation.
"It means that only you have the qualifications to become the empress of Da Yu." Jun Tianxia said without a doubt, his noble face showing a bit of determination to win.
Hearing that, Hua Ruge frowned, and asked: "What kind of labour is this, Heaven's Mandate? "How can you guys be so nosy these days?"
"Heavens?" Jun Tianxia's brows slightly rose, and his tone was even a little disdainful when he read out the word. Then, he raised his eyes, and denied: "This sovereign's decision is not yet in its hands."
The moment these words left his mouth, Hua Ruge revealed a look of astonishment.
Rumor has it that in the entire continent, when emperors were ordered by the heavens, they were always extremely respectful to the heavens. However, they never thought that Jun Tianxia would actually have the attitude of looking down on them.
Jun Tianxia's indifferent and calm eyes turned to look at her, waiting for her to reply.
Hua Ruge had always believed in victory, even if it was fated to, she would still dare to resist, let alone not succeed.
"If I don't, what will you do?" Hua Ruge said straightforwardly as his eyes met with those of his who were not warm at all.
When the enemy comes, the enemy will defend. When the enemy comes, the enemy will defend. Escaping would not solve the problem.
This sovereign knows that your heart belongs to someone, but Battle King's life is on the line. One year later, we will be able to obtain the Herba Flavescentis, and Battle King will not recover from his old illness. Jun Tianxia said indifferently.
Hua Ruge didn't know how he found out, but she didn't want to know either. She vaguely guessed what Jun Tianxia meant, and immediately asked with blazing eyes: "You have a way?"
Jun Tianxia nodded without denying anything and replied, "Yes."
When Hua Ruge heard this, her pupils shrunk. She did her best to calm her emotions down as she calmly asked: "So these are the conditions for me to marry you?"
"No." Jun Tianxia rejected her immediately, looked at her, and said: "From a certain point of view, my goal and Tuoba Rui's goal is the same, and to achieve it, requires you."
"I don't understand the inevitable connection between saving him and me as your empress." Hua Ruge asked.
"You don't need to know about this, but this is the only way for you and the Battle King to coexist." Jun Tianxia said in a secretive tone, and then said: "I hope that the next time I look for you, you can think it through."
With that, he got up and left.
The door opened and closed. Hua Ruge looked at the wisp of blue colored silk clothes disappearing before slowly turning his head around and drinking the cold tea on the table.
Her surprised expression from before gradually calmed down, becoming incomparably calm.
If she were to choose between marrying Jun Tianxia or sacrificing herself to refine medicine, she would undoubtedly choose the latter.
If she couldn't find it, it would be better to sacrifice herself to refine medicine, which was better than living but not being together.
Therefore, she did not feel conflicted. She drank a cup of cold tea, put down the teacup, and left.
Jun Tianxia stood by the window of another private room on the second floor of the Elisa Pavilion.
On the streets, Hua Ruge stood up straight, walking without any hesitation, obviously with a determined attitude.
One of the black-clothed men beside Jun Tianxia spoke: "Monarch, seeing how a woman acts, I'm afraid that she would rather be shattered than die."
"Tuoba Rui has good eyes, she's a very special girl." Jun Tianxia praised.
The black-clothed man was stunned. Did he hear it right? The Monarch was actually praising someone, and that person was a girl?
"Monarch, what do you plan to do?" The black clothed man became a little anxious and asked, "We don't have much time left."
"It's not a short period of time, let her think about it. If I used some underhanded methods, wouldn't I be lowering my status?" Jun Tianxia said as he watched Hua Ruge's retreating back.
His pair of deep eyes were still as unfathomable as ever, but there was a hint of pity in the corner of his eye.
It was already too difficult for a woman to carry all the burdens on her shoulders. He did not want to force her any further.
The black-clothed man looked at Jun Tianxia with a somewhat astonished gaze.
In his impression, Jun Tianxia had always been a stone-hearted person who threw caution to the wind for the sake of his own business.
"Let's go."
Hua Ruge's figure disappeared in front of him, and Jun Tianxia turned around and led the black-clothed man downstairs as well.
It wasn't that the conversation today had no effect on Hua Ruge, but it had a positive side to it. At least she now knew that there was still a way to save Tuoba Rui.
No matter what the method was, no matter how hard it was, she would try her best to know and do it.
She did not believe that a man could not triumph over the heavens.
When he returned to the inn, Su Nianxia was still cultivating on the bed. Her posture was exactly the same as when she left, and he actually hadn't moved an inch.
"I say, aren't you being too hardworking?" Hua Ruge could not resist asking.
Su Nianxia was younger than her by a year, so she could only blush when she saw him work so hard.
When she thought about the reason why Su Nianxia had worked so hard, she more or less felt a little awkward. That crazy Jun Tianxia actually came to find her and become some sort of empress, just because he was so willing to not look for her.
If Su Nianxia knew about this, who knows how sad he would be.
Su Nianxia did not plan to stop.
Hua Ruge could only call the waiter to bring the dishes over to the room. Smelling the fragrance, Su Nianxia finally moved.
"How fragrant."
Su Nianxia got down from the bed and ran over to the table, without saying a word, he started to eat.
She had only eaten a single meal since morning, so she was naturally extremely hungry.
"Slow down." Hua Ruge said.
Su Nianxia finally raised his head, and when he saw Hua Ruge, he was startled for a moment.
"If I don't come back, then where did the food come from?" Hua Ruge really wanted to roll his eyes, but taking into account that Su Nianxia was probably short on energy, he decided to just leave it at that.
"Hahaha ?" Su Nianxia laughed embarrassedly, while eating, he said indistinctly: "There are only seven days left to the competition, I must hurry, as long as I can endure this, I can stay in the academy. At that time, it will be much easier for me to meet Jun Tianxia."
Hua Ruge nodded, seeing Su Nianxia's longing look, he said: "Alright, eat more."
"Yes, yes." Su Nianxia replied as he ate at a considerable speed.
Hua Ruge also picked up his chopsticks.
After a while, Su Nianxia said: "That's not right, didn't we get four rounds of examinations? Why are you so sure that you can enter the academy in three rounds? "
"According to this difficulty, there won't be many people left in the fourth round. They should be here to recruit more students." Hua Ruge thought.
Su Nianxia shook his head and said, "I heard that there are outer court disciples, inner court disciples, and core disciples in Sky Mansion Academy. The ones who need it might be different."
"That makes sense." Hua Ruge said as he chewed.