Long Xiaoyuan came to meet the teenager because he thought that the teenager might hail from the modern world.

Thus, he only took Ying Feng inside, leaving the rest of Shadow Guardians who he wasn’t sure of their loyalty outside.

Ying Feng was the only one who heard the obscure conversation.

He didn’t want to deliberately hide anything from Shi Qingzhou, but there was something that he couldn’t let Shi Qingzhou know.

Should Long Xiaoyuan tell Shi Qingzhou that he only existed in a book?

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This would be a huge blow and disrespect to Shi Qingzhou.

After all, Shi Qingzhou was a living person in this world.

In addition, as the emperor, Long Xiaoyuan couldn’t do everything he wanted.

Should Long Xiaoyuan tell Shi Qingzhou that it was a different person who treated him ill before? Should Long Xiaoyuan tell Shi Qingzhou that the real emperor died because he came to the world?

Should Long Xiaoyuan tell Shi Qingzhou that he knew the ending of the original emperor after reading that novel and thereby spared no efforts to develop a relationship with Shi Qingzhou?

Long Xiaoyuan would rather die than speak those things out.

Furthermore, deep down, Long Xiaoyuan believed that there were some hidden links between him and the original emperor. Unlock the whole chapter 54 - Taking Him Back to the Palace on Flying Lines.