"You’ve offended Qu Gaoyang, the Crown Prince of Gendaya. Under what circumstances do you think Qu Gaoyang would let you off the hook?" Si Mingjing asked in return, not directly answering.
"Only if I were dead." Yang Wanling’s face was haggard, her voice even more defeated.
Because of this incident, Qu Gaoyang signed a zero-tariff contract. In Gendaya, the people all cursed him for it, calling it a national disgrace that surrendered sovereign rights! Qu Gaoyang will never let go in this lifeti. One day, he’ll crush like an ant! It’s just that the incident only just passed, so it’s not convenient for Qu Gaoyang to crush yet. That’s why he tornts psychologically every day, making wish I were dead!
"You’re wrong. There’s another possibility."
Si Mingjing leisurely sipped her tea.
Yang Wanling’s haggard eyes suddenly brightened. "How could that be possible? Unless I die, my brother will *never* let go! Just yesterday, I received a courier package. Inside was a bloody, fake severed head. It was particularly terrifying, and that fake head could even emit a heart-wrenching scream."
Yesterday, Yang Wanling had been frightened out of her wits again.
But now, hope was filling her heart because the look in Si Mingjing’s eyes was so certain. She saw a glimr of life in the depths of Si Mingjing’s gaze.
"Miss Si, please tell ."
Si Mingjing glanced at her, a flicker of amusent in her phoenix eyes. "Do you really want to know?"
Yang Wanling nodded vigorously. "I can’t think of any other possibility."
Si Mingjing said leisurely, "There’s a saying: ’It’s either your death or my survival.’"
Yang Wanling’s eyes widened. "Are you going to help kill him?"
She shook her head vigorously. "That’s impossible! He is the Crown Prince of a nation, surrounded by countless guards. Forget about killing him; even getting close to him is difficult. Compared to him, he’s an elephant and you’re an ant. How can an ant shake an elephant?"
DING. Si Mingjing set her teacup down on the table, her invisible aura commanding and intimidating.
Si Mingjing said, "Pull him down from the position of Crown Prince, strip him of his power and influence, make him a dog that’s lost its ho! Only then will you have a chance at survival. Otherwise, you will always be the ant, and he will always be the elephant. He could crush you anyti he wishes, while you’ll have to live every day in fear and tornt, a life worse than death. Which do you choose?"
Yang Wanling was stunned for a mont, then said, "Miss Si, that’s a fantasy! Even my other brother, Qu Liushang, can’t defeat Qu Gaoyang, let alone you, a girl from Prison Star. Even if you’re now relying on Mo Yinhe’s support, that’s still impossible! Mo Yinhe himself faces threats from all sides. The policies he implented in Atlantis have made him unwelco in the three other Undersea countries. Even if this quad-country summit allowed him to turn danger into safety, it doesn’t change the fact that the other three countries don’t welco him.
"Moreover, winning so brilliantly at the quad-country summit is not necessarily a good thing for Mo Yinhe. Given my brother Qu Gaoyang’s personality, after losing face so badly at the summit, he will definitely try everything to regain his dignity. Humiliated and enraged, he will only retaliate against Mo Yinhe more fiercely. And with the support of the other two nations, even if Mo Yinhe won this round, it doesn’t change his predicant of being targeted by the other three."
Si Mingjing looked at Yang Wanling, her gaze deepening.
I didn’t expect her to be so astute and sharp in her observations. Indeed, the more brilliantly Mo Yinhe triumphed at the quad-country summit, the more intense the hostility he would face from the other three nations in the future. Even if only to save face, the other three nations would suppress him fiercely. My near-death experience this ti was a clear example of Qu Gaoyang’s fierce retaliation. If Mo Yinhe, in a mont of imperial wrath, acts for my sake—for a ’beauty’—then he’ll fall right into their trap! Once Mo Yinhe truly declares war, the other two countries will definitely send troops to help Gendaya, forming a pincer attack to encircle and annihilate him. I don’t want Mo Yinhe to wage a major war because of . However, since Mo Yinhe has already laid down the gauntlet, I *must* make Qu Gaoyang sever his own arm! Mo Yinhe is standing up for , so I must uphold his dignity! Mo Yinhe has laid down the challenge. If Qu Gaoyang doesn’t end up severing an arm, wouldn’t Mo Yinhe lose a trendous amount of face? I don’t want Mo Yinhe to lose face! I must find a way to force Qu Gaoyang to sever his own arm, and for that, Yang Wanling is key.
Si Mingjing looked at Yang Wanling. "I’m not saying *I’m* going to pull Qu Gaoyang down from his position as Crown Prince. I’m saying *you* will."
"What?"
This Miss Si must be mad, Yang Wanling thought.
"How could I possibly have that ability?"
"With here, you do."
"Miss Si, you’re talking like a delusional drear. In my eyes, it’s delusional for *you* to even think about pulling my brother down from his position as Crown Prince, let alone ! I’m just an illegitimate daughter who isn’t even recognized as a Princess. How could I possibly overthrow my Crown Prince brother? If my Crown Prince brother is an elephant and you’re an ant, then I’m less than an ant—I’m a single-celled paracium! Even an ant can’t shake an elephant, so how could a single-celled paracium?"
Si Mingjing smiled. "Yang Wanling, you are now a princess of Gendaya Country."
"No, I’ve never been recognized."
Yang Wanling dread of becoming a princess of Gendaya Country, but sadly, her mother was a land-dweller.
"At the Four Nations Summit, Qu Gaoyang himself declared you a princess of Gendaya Country. He even said he would seek justice for you, as you had been unbearably humiliated. Everyone in the Undersea World now knows you are a princess of Gendaya Country—it’s been officially acknowledged! If you weren’t recognized, on what grounds would they use you to challenge Mo Yinhe?"
Yang Wanling thought about it, and it seed true.
"But," she said, "so what? Back then, they recognized only to use as a tool. Now that my Crown Prince brother has signed the zero-tariff contract because of , why would they continue to recognize ?"
"That’s a different matter. Since it’s been officially announced, from now on, you are a princess of Gendaya Country.
"But that’s just the first step.
"If you want to be formally accepted by them, you must possess a value that makes you irreplaceable to your Emperor father.
"And what I’m going to do is help you achieve that coback, making your father realize the unique value you possess, turning you into his most beloved daughter, his pearl in the palm."
For so reason, although Si Mingjing’s words sounded like fairy tales, the intelligence in her eyes, the arrogance in her tone, and that determined deanor sohow managed to infect Yang Wanling, stirring her heart and making her blood boil with excitent.
In her whole life, she never dared to imagine becoming her father’s pearl in the palm; she hadn’t even dared to dream it. Yet Si Mingjing dared to speak of it, and with such certainty!
Yang Wanling, who had been dejected, suddenly sat up straight.
"Miss Si, can you really help make that coback?"
"Otherwise, why would I ask you to co here? Do I look like I have nothing better to do?"
You’re sitting here so leisurely in the Sunlight Room, sipping floral tea and basking in the sun—isn’t that the very definition of idle? Yang Wanling thought.
She didn’t dare to voice her thoughts; she was already in a desperate situation and wanted to grasp at any sliver of hope.
Even if it ans fighting a losing battle! Because Qu Gaoyang has already backed into a corner with no way out!
"Miss Si, help ! As long as you help beco my father’s pearl in the palm, I will definitely cooperate with you to overthrow my ruthless Crown Prince brother!"
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