"Why shouldn't you want it? You have to take it whether you want it or not. At most, I'll help you manage it! Even a small kingdom is still a kingdom." Seventh Brother objected.
"Yes, that's great. We can develop here in the future. We were just missing our own territory, and Ye Lang won it for us." Ye Yi said. Actually, he still didn't want to go to the Vermilion Bird Empire. After all, the feeling of being dependent on others was not good.
Now, with this small kingdom, although it's not very big, at least he can be free and unrestrained, and for his future plans, this small kingdom is the best choice!
"Can I refuse and give it to you?" Ye Lang asked.
"No, your things are yours, but we'll take good care of them for you!" Ye Yi and the others said.
"Little brother, you should be your king. After all, you are a king, the supreme ruler of a country... Hmm, in that case, I'm just a princess too, haha, Little Seven, now we're the same. You can't use your princess status to pressure me anymore." Ye Lanyu said with a smile.
"Tch, I'm not like you. You're a princess, but I'm the Queen!" The Seventh Princess raised her head and said arrogantly.
"..." Ye Lanyu was speechless.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but smile knowingly. They hadn't laughed so happily in a while. Seeing the good relationship between Ye Lang and the other two made them happy too, and they hoped that this bond they had formed since childhood could continue forever.
"Oh, right, he also pawned his wife!" Ye Lang suddenly spurred the crowd on at this moment.
"What?!" Ye Lanyu and the others stared wide-eyed.
"What should we do with this? Can I just not have it?" Ye Lang asked weakly, looking at everyone.
"Of course not! At most, we can treat her as a maid, but absolutely not as a wife!" Ye Lanyu and the Seventh Princess said almost at the same time. Although their thoughts were different, their goals were the same.
"That's good. I was afraid you would force me to accept someone else's wife, and I would run away immediately."
"Don't worry, even if you were willing, I wouldn't be!" Ye Lanyu and the Seventh Princess said the same thing at the same time, and after they finished speaking, they glared at each other.
"Oh..." Ye Lang replied, seemingly lost in thought.
"What's wrong? Do you feel it's a pity? She is a Queen, after all. Do you want to take her in?" The Seventh Princess asked, staring at Ye Lang.
"No!" Ye Lang shook his head.
"So what are you thinking about?" the Seventh Princess asked.
"I'm thinking about how to bring down this kingdom!" Ye Lang said very seriously.
"..."
"Don't even think about it. You're just a figurehead king in this little kingdom. We'll make other arrangements for you. Anyway, with your personality, you won't care about these things. You don't even know how much wealth you have. By the way, hand over everything under your name this time and see if you can use it." Seventh Brother had been eyeing Ye Lang's assets for a long time. Keeping them in Ye Lang's hands was a complete waste; they had no value whatsoever.
"No, I'm going to squander money in the future. If I give it to you, how can I squander it?!" Ye Lang refused with an excuse that left everyone speechless.
"You have to pay this time, whether you like it or not. Don't you know? We're no longer the Soaring Sky Ye Family. We don't have much wealth left. We're starting a business now, and more capital means more chances of success." Seventh Brother was adamant about not letting go, determined not to make Ye Lang hand over what he had wasted.
"I don't believe you guys wouldn't have a backup plan. Grandpa already has a contingency plan in place," Ye Lang replied directly.
"... You're usually so absent-minded, but at times like this, you become so shrewd..." Seventh Brother was a little speechless; it seemed he couldn't fool anyone in this regard.
Ye Yi did indeed have a backup plan. Not only him, but Ye Chengtian and the others did too. They were not ordinary people; they lived in the center of power every day. How could they not understand that one day they might be replaced or framed?
This is actually a tradition of the Ye Clan. The Ye Clan has many hidden businesses, distributed in every corner of the continent. Unless the entire continent unites against them, they will not starve to death, or rather, they will not decline.
These hidden businesses are known only to the current head of the family. This is not only because they don't want more people to know, but also because the more people know, the harder it is to keep the secret.
However, perhaps more importantly, each generation of the Ye Clan patriarch was also guarding against anyone vying for power within the Ye Clan, wanting to keep a trump card for himself!
And this trump card is not only some hidden industries, but also a group of unknown Ye Clan elites!
Therefore, if one does not truly gain the approval of the previous generation's family head and become the new family head through conspiracy, then one will not truly possess the Ye Clan!
This can also be described as a division of the Ye Clan, and it's unclear who will get the largest share. It could be Ye Yi's faction, or it could be the current Soaring Sky Ye Family faction.
In terms of the true strength of the two sides, the Soaring Sky Ye Family is far superior to Ye Yi. However, Ye Yi's faction has unlimited potential, so it is still uncertain who will be the winner in the end.
After all, a person's strength isn't just about the present, but also about the future!
What makes Ye Yi feel gratified is not that he has any backup plans, but that he sees the talents of the third and seventh sons of the Ye Clan already being displayed. Given time, they will become the next generation, pushing the older generation to the beach.
This is also potential, this is the future, this is the Lineage's potential, the Lineage's future!
"Mind your own business!" Ye Lang replied directly.
"Thirteen, I beg you, brother." Seventh Brother spared no expense and used his trump card.
"You beg me, then I'll give it to you!" Ye Lang agreed readily, which made the group feel uncomfortable. It wasn't that they thought Ye Lang wouldn't agree; on the contrary, many people thought Ye Lang might agree.
The reason they felt uncomfortable was simply because Ye Lang had been so insistent before, so why had he suddenly changed his mind?
"Why did you suddenly agree?" Seventh Brother was also surprised and asked Ye Lang.
"Because you begged me!" Ye Lang replied.
"Just because of that?" That was even more surprising.
"Of course, is anything else needed?" Ye Lang said blankly. "You're my cousin. I'll do whatever you ask of me as long as I can. It's not a difficult thing. It just requires some unimportant things."
"..." Everyone fell silent. They now understood that Ye Lang starting to revert to his confused self, but this was also his truest self.
Humans are simple and genuine; they don't need too much complexity!
Ye Lang agreed simply because Seventh Brother asked him for help, because Seventh Brother was his cousin, and he knew that Seventh Brother would not harm him or covet his things, so what reason did he have to refuse?