Xue Xing's Scheme

"It's like this: Xue Ye is about to die."

"And afterward, Xue Qinghe will definitely ascend the throne. The two of us vaguely feel that there's something wrong with Xue Qinghe."

"So we came specifically to form an alliance with Principal Lu and overthrow Xue Qinghe."

"Once it's done, in Heaven Dou City, your word will be the king's word."

Feeling Lu Mingchuan's interested gaze, Prince Xue Xing gritted his teeth and laid out every word he had prepared before Lu Mingchuan.

"Oh? Aren't you afraid I've already formed an alliance with Xue Qinghe?"

"We believe that a genius like Principal Lu would certainly look down on someone like Xue Qinghe." Hearing that, cold sweat poured from Xue Xing's body.

Even his back had been soaked through. By now, he was at least fifty percent certain that Lu Mingchuan had allied himself with Xue Qinghe.

But he still wanted to try, because if he could not find a way to break the deadlock after today...

Then he would truly be doomed!

"Tsk, tsk. The terms you're offering."

"In Heaven Dou City, my word is the king's word."

"To ordinary people, that would be an exceedingly generous offer." Lu Mingchuan rested his hand on the table and propped up his chin.

"Then does that mean you agree?!" Xue Xing was somewhat delighted. That seemed to be what Lu Mingchuan meant.

He felt that they had been saved.

The look in Xue Beng's eyes behind him conveyed the same thought.

Lu Mingchuan saw the changes in their moods perfectly clearly from his seat, and the expression on his lips could no longer be suppressed.

"Ha ha ha—"

"Did I ever say I was one of those ordinary people?" he asked with a smile, watching their faces stiffen.

"What do you mean by