Press the attack while the enemy is still reeling from defeat

  "Didn't you ask me to do this?"

  "Yes, I told you to do that. Do you know what I want you to do next?" Song Lingyu raised an eyebrow and asked. Lian Le shook his head, how would he know what Song Lingyu's next plan was? Song Lingyu walked around Lian Le towards the lake, and Lian Le could only follow behind her and listen.

  "All I want you to do next is to make sure the brothel of the fifth prince can't operate. If the top courtesan falls, it doesn't matter, there are so many beautiful people in Tianyuan country, someone will soon replace Lan Yue's position. At that time, we must not let him turn over! Since Langyuelou is on the west side, I want you to open a brothel on the west side too, and within a short period of time, before Langyuelou has its top courtesan, so as to make the fifth prince lose again and again until he can only withdraw."

  Lian Le was somewhat taken aback, but had to admit that Song Lingyu was right. What they needed now was not to give the Moonlight Pavilion a chance to catch its breath, to crush them mercilessly before they could turn things around! But... "I'm also a prince, if people find out I went to open a brothel..."

  "Hmph, all I heard was a cold laugh, and then came Song Lingyu's voice: 'Why can the fifth prince do it, but you can't? You're just avoiding it. If you always do this, don't even mention the throne, you won't be able to surpass even a fifth prince. What qualifications do you have to sit in that position?'"

  After some deliberation, Lelouch still nodded in agreement.

  Song Lingyu picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the water. The stone skipped over the water a dozen times before slowly sinking down: "See? In the trap, if you want to go further, you can't just rely on brute force. Sometimes you need to use some technique to defeat others and get what you want."

  The originally calm lake surface rippled with wave after wave. Lian Le's heart was just like the lake surface. It was stirred up by Song Lingyu's words, and a ripple arose. What she said was right, relying solely on brute force would not work, what was needed was technique, was strategy!

  "Wow, Sister Lingyu is so amazing!" Lian Ping had been watching the two from the pavilion earlier. When she saw Song Lingyu playing with skipping stones, she couldn't help but exclaim and come out. She slowly walked over, picked up a stone and threw it forward, but it only skipped three times before sinking. Lian Ping felt a bit discouraged and looked at Song Lingyu, saying: "Sister Lingyu, how did you do that? It's so amazing!"

  It's not surprising at all, she used to play with water guns in ponds when she had nothing better to do. After playing for so many years, if you don't have some skills, wouldn't that make you an idiot? "Alright, if the princess wants to learn, I can teach you from now on."

  Lian Ping nodded and then followed Song Lingyu to learn how to skip stones. Halfway through, Lian Le found an excuse to leave, leaving behind only Song Lingyu and Lian Ping playing by the lake.

  That day, they played until very late before returning.

  Song Lingyu went back and paid her respects to the old lady, chatted with her for a while, and then headed towards her own courtyard. On her way back, she deliberately walked past Song Linglong's courtyard and saw that the osmanthus flowers were blooming, and a faint smile appeared on her face, a smile that was inexplicably strange.

  Song Lingyu continued walking forward, but in her heart she was thinking: Just wait and see, Song Lingluo. In a few more days, you'll be the one who's in trouble!

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