Who Stole My Eggs?

Xie Zuo had been tempered into a semi-immortal body, and he was still young. It was the age when he was strong and vigorous, and he recovered after two days of rest. Once he recovered, he felt a little better about his essence and wanted to experience Huo Yao’s power again.

Thinking back to when he was in the abyss, seducing him like this, Huo Yao was unmoved, and Xie Zuo thought he was really cold-hearted. Who knew… Alas, men were all the same!

It was a pity that they were all mortals now; otherwise, he could still secretly tap into a lot of Huo Yao’s divine power, which would help increase his demonic power.

Unfortunately, Huo Yao was afraid of hurting him again, so he refused all his advances.

Imperial Teacher Wen seemed to have noticed some clues and would come over to check on the situation from time to time. Xie Zuo was a sinner but had no chance, so he simply ordered to go, speed up the convoy, and return to the city as soon as possible.

When they got home, the old man couldn’t wander around the palace casually. Xie Zuo’s residence was full of his own people. He wanted Huo Yao to stay and do whatever he wanted.

On the way, Imperial Teacher Wen often accompanied Xie Zuo, always reminding him to pay attention to this and that. Xie Zuo listened with one ear, and spent the rest of his energy either admiring Huo Yao’s vigorous and heroic posture on horseback, or playing with the little demon Lei Ya.

Lei Ya was really cute, chubby, and very good at acting coquettish, which made Xie Zuo very happy. This little thing was very good at watching people’s mood and would roll around and play tricks on Xie Zuo. Once Huo Yao called Lei Ya over to eat, the little demon would immediately become dignified and steady.

Lei Ya was in awe of Xie Zuo’s rice bowl. It couldn’t eat anything from the human world yet, so Huo Yao only needed to feed him a small mouthful of thunder balls every few days, which was enough for it to be full for a while. Every time it touched Huo Yao, the soft fur all over its body would be electrified, and it would expand to twice its size with a “pop”, and it would be so light that it seemed to float immediately.

Over the past few days, Xie Zuo had touched its whole body and found that its thick head hair had two small horns that had just emerged, two particularly prominent small fangs in its mouth, and there were golden scales on the tip of its tail. Oh, this little thing would definitely become a ferocious big guy when he grew up, which was the type of pet he liked!

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In the eyes of Imperial Teacher Wen, the wild cat that His Highness the Crown Prince played with all day long had a weird appearance and was so fat that it was out of shape. It was either eating, sleeping, or rubbing against His Highness back and forth to act coquettishly. Such a servile and mind-destroying thing should have been thrown out early.

The carriages and horses moved quickly and soon arrived outside the imperial city. According to the rules, everyone must verify their identity and undergo interrogation before entering the city. It would not be finished until two or three days. Therefore, everyone rested in the posthouse outside the city.

Having reached this point, Imperial Teacher Wen felt much more relaxed. Seeing that the moonlight was just right outside, he went out for a walk with his hands behind his back.

Now that autumn had arrived, the weather was becoming more and more comfortable. Imperial Teacher Wen strolled to the pavilion in the center of the lake, stood along the lake, facing the wind, half-squinting his eyes comfortably, thinking about the bright future of Yunzhao Kingdom.

Along the way, Huo Yao did not mistreat His Highness in any way. On the contrary, he always put His Highness first. His Highness did not suspect him at all. It seemed that he had been overly worried before. He was originally worried that if his only granddaughter married into the Huo family, if the Huo family was liquidated in the future, or if the Huo family tried to commit rebellion, he would inevitably have to kill her. Since he the royal family and Huo family were close, he was happy.

But His Highness was getting older and his temperament was still a little perverse and willful. When will he really grow up…

Imperial Teacher Wen was worrying about the country and the people when he suddenly heard a weak “meow” sound, which sounded like the one raised by His Highness.

Imperial Teacher Wen only felt that it was a terrible sound. He was in a state of emotion and was about to go to the lake to write a poem. His thoughts were interrupted by this sound. He was quite annoyed and said, “The prince of a country raises things that are out of tune all day long!”

“Meow, meow. Meow—!” The voice became louder and louder.

Imperial Teacher Wen wanted to walk away, took two steps, sighed heavily, and looked for the cat carefully.

“Meow~”

Imperial Teacher Wen followed the cry and came to a rockery landscape by the lake, and found Lei Ya stuck in a cave.

“Meow!” Lei Ya cried out in surprise when he saw Imperial Teacher Wen.

“Oh, you are as stupid as a pig!” Imperial Teacher Wen was panting from exhaustion, wiping his sweat while scolding Lei Ya.

Lei Ya flapped his hind legs, and his screams became more urgent.

“Here I come.” Imperial Teacher Wen grabbed Lei Ya’s fat butt and carefully pulled it out of the cave bit by bit.

“Meow~” Lei Ya looked at Imperial Teacher Wen gratefully, lying on his chest and licking his beard.

“Presumptuous!” Imperial Teacher Wen scolded, holding Lei Ya at arm’s length. “You were such an uneducated beast.”

“Meow?” Lei Ya tilted his head and looked at Imperial Teacher Wen, its watery blue eyes full of questions.

Being stared at by such a pair of clear and innocent eyes, even if he was Imperial Master, his hard old heart couldn’t help but tremble.

“Huh,” Imperial Teacher Wen held Lei Ya under his arm and staggered down the rockery. “I am older now and my heart is much kinder. In the past, I would have sunk you… into the lake.”

Lei Ya squeezed out its head and called “meow” twice.

“You don’t have to please me.” Imperial Teacher Wen took a rest and looked at the moon. “His Highness must not have been sleeping at this hour. How could he be willing to let you out?”

Lei Ya said nothing.

Imperial Teacher Wen took it slowly towards Xie Zuo’s bedroom.