462: Chapter 219: Three Men Make a Tiger, Many Voices Melt Gold_4 462: Chapter 219: Three Men Make a Tiger, Many Voices Melt Gold_4 If it hadn’t been for the Queen Mother of the West’s visit today, he would still have been kept in the dark.
What in the world was going on?
Who could tell him?
“It was Ziwei’s doing, he invited Tathagata to Ziwei Heavenly Court and appointed him as the Grand Sorcerer of Heavenly Court.
It was Tathagata who devised the plan that led to today’s situation.
I’m curious, why did no one inform you about the outside world?
Are all your subordinates fake?”
The tone of the Queen Mother of the West was somewhat ironic.
It wasn’t just the Queen Mother of the West, even the Jade Emperor was incensed.
Indeed, how could such a major incident have occurred without anyone telling him?
With a dark expression on his face, he said, “Why didn’t you tell me?”
The Queen Mother of the West narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly.
Staring at the Jade Emperor, she asked, “Are you questioning me?”
The Jade Emperor realized he had spoken too hastily, he took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, before saying, “That’s not what I meant; it’s just that, as allies, I found it strange that you didn’t tell me.”
The Queen Mother of the West knew that he had spoken out of haste, which was why he had said something so blatantly offensive; it was very unsophisticated.
Thus, the Queen Mother of the West did not take offense.
She spoke solemnly, “Now isn’t the time to talk about this.
You should be thinking about how to regain your lost prestige.
Half of your Immortals have already scattered.
Jade Emperor, I really find it hard to believe that you could make such an error.”
The Jade Emperor chuckled bitterly, he sighed deeply and gloomily said, “It was all because of Lady Houtu; she kept pressing me for my motives, so I’ve been avoiding her.”
The Queen Mother of the West looked at him with an odd expression, her eyes filled with surprise.
Everyone thought that the objective of the Jade Emperor was to allow the Ancient Gods from beyond to enter, aside from this, what other purpose could there be?
But the reason he let the Ancient Gods enter the Three Realms was that he wanted to annihilate them.
However, from the Jade Emperor’s tone, it was clear that Lady Houtu did not believe his words.
“I am also very curious, what exactly is your purpose, Jade Emperor?
If it’s solely to annihilate the Ancient Gods, although your methods are cruel, they are admirable.
I don’t know what kind of trump cards or confidence you have to dare proclaim the annihilation of the Ancient Gods.”
At this point, the Queen Mother of the West paused briefly, then, smiling, she said, “But now, I no longer believe that you aim merely to annihilate the Ancient Gods.
I feel you have another agenda, though I can’t see through it.
Besides killing them, what other use could there be for letting the Ancient Gods come in?”
“Heh heh.”
The Jade Emperor laughed a bit, but did not answer.
The Queen Mother of the West did not expect an answer from the Jade Emperor.
If he wouldn’t even tell his own wife, why would he tell her?
The Queen Mother of the West had come here to get to the bottom of what was going on with the Jade Emperor and why he had no reaction to the rumors outside.
And to give the Jade Emperor a heads-up, to get him to prepare early.
Originally, the Queen Mother of the West had thought the Jade Emperor was unaware due to some other reason, but to her surprise, it was because of Lady Houtu.
She couldn’t help but sigh.
Women must not conflict with men when they are running their careers; otherwise, they are just dragging the men down.
If the Jade Emperor wasn’t aiming to disrupt the Three Realms but was vying for the position of Great Heavenly Venerate,
This one incident alone would have doomed him, making it impossible for him to ever become the Supreme of the Three Realms.
However, fortunately, the Jade Emperor only intended to disrupt the Three Realms, not compete for the position of Great Heavenly Venerate.
With this in mind, the Queen Mother of the West said, “Anyway, I have told you everything.
You go solve it yourself, I am leaving.”
“I won’t see you off, my lady.”
The Jade Emperor replied.
The Queen Mother of the West left, vanishing from Ling Xiao Palace.
The Jade Emperor’s mind was filled with the events that had just transpired; he only then remembered that Martial Virtue Star Lord had once come to inform him about the rumors outside, but he did not take it seriously, even punishing Martial Virtue Star Lord to leave.
Later on, the occurrences with Lu Yue and others outside, the Jade Emperor actually knew about them.
From such proximity, it was almost impossible for anyone to conceal their actions from the perception of the Jade Emperor.
Truly a comedy of errors, he thought, unable to help but frown.
Was he really under some sort of bad luck recently?
He took a deep breath, feeling that he should have a good talk with Lady Houtu.
After all, they were husband and wife, a union of shared interests.
With this in mind, the Jade Emperor went back to his sleeping quarters.
Lady Houtu was sitting there; when she saw that the Jade Emperor had finally returned, she said indifferently, “You’ve finally decided to see me.”
The Jade Emperor did not respond to her, but instead had her use Divine Thought to probe the Three Realms.
Soon, Lady Houtu’s countenance changed.
She stood up, her face turning somewhat pale with anger.
“Who did this, how long has this been happening?”
“Ziwei invited Tathagata to Heavenly Court to be the Grand Sorcerer.
This strategy is Tathagata’s doing; it has been a month now.
I inadvertently overlooked this message.”
The Jade Emperor explained a little about that day’s events.
“Martial Virtue Star Lord, he deserves to die.”
Lady Houtu said coldly, her aura radiating with murderous intent.
Martial Virtue Star Lord, who was in his own estate, suddenly shivered.
He had a sudden premonition of a great disaster looming.
“What’s the matter?
Could it be that Great Emperor Ziwei wants to kill me?”
Martial Virtue Star Lord secretly wondered.
Little did he know that it was not Great Emperor Ziwei who wanted him dead, but Lady Houtu.
Lady Houtu already disliked him, and now she felt that Martial Virtue Star Lord was simply a plague god.
If it wasn’t for his rush to take credit, coming forward on his own, and thereby causing the Jade Emperor’s displeasure, which led to his being thrown out,
Then, in Lady Houtu’s eyes, none of this was the Jade Emperor’s fault, it was all Martial Virtue Star Lord’s.
Those in power can’t be wrong; someone else has to take the fall.
Thus, Lady Houtu wanted to kill Martial Virtue Star Lord.
The Jade Emperor stopped Lady Houtu and said sternly, “Let’s talk this over properly.
Dodging around is no solution.”
Lady Houtu’s eyes brightened as she stared at the Jade Emperor and smiled, saying, “You’re finally ready to be candid with me.”