The Secretary-General thought he must have heard wrong. "Crown Prince Yinhe, what you are saying is simply preposterous. Yang Wanling is already dead. How can she tell everyone? Could her ghost possibly be summoned here now to reveal the truth of her suicide?"
"Who said Yang Wanling is dead?" Mo Yinhe asked coldly.
His nonchalant remark landed, sending shockwaves through the assembly!
Si Lisao and Feng Chonghua both fixed their gazes on Qu Gaoyang. Didn’t you say Yang Wanling was dead?
If looks could communicate, Qu Gaoyang would have thought at this mont: Of course she’s dead! Haven’t you seen the photos? On land, the citizens of A Country are in an uproar. The internet is ablaze with accusations against Ye Shen, and he has even been taken into custody! If I can’t even handle such a trivial matter as killing soone, what right do I have to be the Crown Prince of Gendaya Country? Do I deserve it?
However, at that very mont, three won suddenly entered from the left side of the hall. They were Ye Siyuan, Si Mingjing, and Yang Wanling.
Pushed forward by Ye Siyuan, Yang Wanling trembled as she took in the solemn grandeur of the conference hall. She didn’t want to co; she didn’t want to be here at all!
But the mont she saw Qu Gaoyang, Yang Wanling’s fighting spirit surged.
Yang Wanling rushed over to Qu Gaoyang and demanded bitterly, "Why? Why did you send soone to kill ? I had already done everything you asked! I had already lured Ye Shen to the hotel room, so why did you still send soone to kill !"
Qu Gaoyang was stunned. "You... you... you’re not dead? How is that possible? This can’t be happening!"
Just a second ago, he had been smugly thinking, If he couldn’t even eliminate a re Yang Wanling, how could he be fit to be the Crown Prince of Gendaya Country?
The next second, reality delivered a harsh slap to his face, one that resounded loudly, telling him: That’s right, you don’t deserve it!
Yang Wanling wept bitterly, questioning through her tears, "Are you disappointed to see alive? You are my brother. Even though we are half-siblings, we still share our father’s blood! How could you actually order soone to kill , to leave for dead? Do you have no familial affection at all?"
Yang Wanling forcefully wiped her tears. "Brother, since you are heartless, then don’t bla for exposing the truth!"
At this very mont, the entire conference hall was in chaos. Everyone stood up, staring at the resurrected Yang Wanling, their jaws practically on the floor!
"What’s going on?"
"Wasn’t she dead already? How did she co back to life?"
The Secretary-General rapped his gavel over a dozen tis, but unfortunately, the entire hall had erupted into chaos.
"Let tell you what happened!"
Tears stread down Yang Wanling’s face as she recounted the entire ordeal. Finally, with righteous indignation, she pointed at Qu Gaoyang and declared, "It was him, my own half-brother, who made seduce Ye Shen! He even prepared Ye Shen’s DNA for in advance, telling to have a backup plan: seduce him if possible, fra him if not! But I never imagined that his true goal was to fake my suicide to fra Ye Shen! If not for Miss Si’s superb dical skills, I would now be a vengeful spirit. I hate you, brother, I hate you!"
Yang Wanling yelled furiously, her body trembling with emotion, unable to calm herself.
Everyone in the room understood. This was a preditated fra-up!
The delegation from Atlantis was incensed, boiling with rage!
"How dare Gendaya Country fra our Third Prince like this! We will not let this go!"
"This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"
"If your country does not provide a satisfactory explanation, the warships of the Atlantis Empire will surely flatten every major city in your country!"
The Atlantis delegation now retaliated with a fury that matched the Gendaya delegation’s earlier vehent accusations.
Journalists, photographers, and live news dia in the back rows recorded the entire process. The truth of this matter would undoubtedly spread throughout the Undersea World via their reports!
Qu Gaoyang had shot himself in the foot! He was unable to utter a word in his defense!
Si Mingjing followed Ye Siyuan to the delegation seats behind Mo Yinhe, where they found two empty spots and sat down.
Mo Yinhe looked back, his gaze deep as it t Si Mingjing’s, seeming to convey: Mingjing, I knew you’d co to my rescue. My dear Mingjing, you truly are worth more than an entire army.
She had effortlessly defused the crisis for him.
Si Mingjing felt a little flustered under Mo Yinhe’s intense gaze, but she never denied her own abilities. She t his gaze directly, her phoenix eyes seeming to reply: Mission accomplished.
The air seed to crackle with electricity...
Qu Gaoyang felt as if his body wasn’t his own. Had he actually lost? So utterly defeated? He had co to sha Mo Yinhe, but instead, he was the one who had been resoundingly shad, the situation now irreparable! What to do? What should he do now?
Qu Gaoyang looked beseechingly at Si Lisao. Crown Prince Lisao, save !
Si Lisao glanced coldly at Qu Gaoyang. Truly more of a liability than an asset! He then closed his eyes, feigning ditation, clearly intending to stay out of it.
At this point, it was clear: Qu Gaoyang had lost this round.
In life, one must be able to accept victory graciously and defeat with dignity. Everyone was just playing the ga. If your intellect wasn’t up to par and Mo Yinhe wiped the floor with you, then you had to concede and pay the price. These were the rules of the ga, and no one would break them.
Receiving no help from Si Lisao, Qu Gaoyang could only turn to Feng Chonghua, his eyes pleading. Prince Chonghua, save !
Feng Chonghua thought to himself, Even Si Lisao has closed his eyes and chosen to ignore this. Why should I, Feng Chonghua, stick my neck out?
So, Feng Chonghua also closed his eyes, feigning ditation.
The two Crown Princes both rested with their eyes closed for nearly an hour. During that hour, representatives from the Atlantis Empire and Gendaya Country negotiated the terms for resolving the incident.
The final outco, predictably, was Gendaya Country agreeing to cede territory and pay reparations. However, this ’ceding of territory’ didn’t involve the actual handover of cities. The two nations were geographically distant, and Mo Yinhe had no interest in occupying any of Gendaya’s cities or territories. The ocean was vast, and there was plenty of land; Mo Yinhe had no desire for Gendaya’s territory.
Instead, Qu Gaoyang was forced to sign a unilateral trade liberalization agreent.
What did this an? It stipulated that henceforth, goods exported by rchants from the Atlantis Empire to Gendaya Country would be subject to zero tariffs. However, goods exported from Gendaya Country to the Atlantis Empire would still be subject to the previously agreed-upon tariffs.
This agreent was for a term of ten years.
This was a predatory agreent, designed to bleed Gendaya dry! Qu Gaoyang would undoubtedly face the wrath and condemnation of his own people.
anwhile, Mo Yinhe once again ascended to godlike status in the eyes of the rchants of the Atlantis Empire. Zero tariffs! The sheer number of large, dium, and small enterprises in the Atlantis Empire that would benefit was staggering. The re thought was exhilarating!
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