The two birds stopped their riddling and each stroked their chins, only to find they weren't on the same wavelength at all.
Huang Xiao advised Taiyin not to be so full of himself and incidentally to get his lust under control, suggesting that one shouldn't act too much like the primordial Monster Emperor when behaving monstrously.
Lu Bei also realized he had overthought things, and threw his chief strategist, the scoundrel, into the dark room, blaming him for all the mistakes. Had it not been for the fact that he once served a prime minister, Taiyin wouldn't have been tainted with the residual influence of Wei Wu.
Upon first meeting, the two birds had no understanding of one another's temperaments. To avoid further embarrassment, they agreed to speak openly.
Coincidentally, they had the same objective.
