Reached an agreement

  "Even so, I don't have what it takes to sit in that position like you do!"

  "Is that so? You just indirectly admitted to me your obsession with that chair. Think about it, if I secretly tell the Second Prince with a notable background, the Fifth Prince who is known for his schemes, or the Crown Prince who wants to protect his throne, what do you think will happen to you? All of you royals are very particular about that chair, but you all have one thing in common - sometimes you're unusually united. Now it's a stalemate between the three of them, if someone suddenly appears, what do you think they'll do?"

  Lian Le took a deep breath, and at this time if Song Lingyu went to tell anyone, it would be equivalent to telling all three of them. Later on, his own fate would only be limited to that awkward situation. "Aren't you afraid that after you threaten me like this, I'll make sure all of you die here? After all, the mouths of dead people are the most reliable."

  Song Lingyu's expression remained unchanged as she stared at Lian Le, her dark eyes seeming to swallow everyone whole. "Yet only the mouths of the dead are most reliable, but has anyone ever told you that even the dead can be very dangerous? Today I left the Prime Minister's estate, and it's something that everyone in the entire estate knows about! If today I didn't return, think about it, even if my father is afraid of the Emperor's power, he will definitely seek justice for me, his eldest daughter."

  Lian Le's eyes narrowed, and his eyes seemed to be flashing with sparks: "You woman, I really want to see what your heart looks like." Lian Le had always been somewhat disgusted with Song Lingyu, because of the words that Liu Gongzhu said to him on the day of the Empress Dowager's banquet, and later when Song Lingyu was looking for the jade pendant. According to Liu Gongzhu's words, he had always thought that Song Lingyu wanted to cling to the imperial family and win over Shao Guogong.

  But today he finally realized that all along, he had been overthinking things. Song Lingyu was not as ordinary as people thought. Her thinking was terrifyingly clear, her plans were frighteningly deep, and her goals were even more mysterious and unknown to others.

  "Has the Seventh Prince thought it through clearly?"

  Lian Le hesitated for a moment, weighing the pros and cons. If she didn't cooperate with Song Lingyu, once she told one of those three people, she would definitely be in deep trouble. If she cooperated with Song Lingyu, it was like taking a gamble, and later she would have to do things for her. After repeated consideration, Lian Le still chose the latter: "Alright, I agree."

  "Why didn't you agree earlier? I told you the solution, the rewards from the Emperor, the promotions and titles are yours, but those gold coins must be delivered to my courtyard without missing a single coin, and no one is allowed to find out!"

  Lian Leru furrowed her brow: "Don't let people find out, with so many people in the Xiangfu, those gold ingots will definitely not be a small number, aren't you making things difficult for me by saying this?"

  Song Lingyu smiled and said: "The Seventh Prince can still regret it now."

  She shot Song Lingyu a resentful glance. She clearly had everything under control, yet she was still asking him to choose. This was simply getting on a pirate ship - you couldn't get off once you were on, and going up would be met with darkness. "If I back out now, will I still have a way out?"

  "The Seventh Prince, whether it's a dead end or a way out, all of this is something he has walked into by himself."