Qian Renxue Even Thought of a Name for the Child

After leaving the Auction House, Ye Kai continued wandering around Heaven Dou City. It was not until night fell that he returned to the Martial Soul Saint Hall in Heaven Dou City.

After completing Ah Yin's daily feeding, Ye Kai said to her, "Sister Ah Yin, I'll have to trouble you to stay inside the Soul Tool for the time being tonight."

Ah Yin knew Ye Kai had matters to attend to, and her identity was somewhat sensitive as well, so she replied gently, "It's alright, Xiao Kai. Go take care of your business first."

After hearing Ah Yin's response, Ye Kai stored her in the Soul Tool, then activated Qian Renxue's mark.

Once he received Qian Renxue's permission to teleport, Ye Kai teleported to her Secret Chamber.

Qian Renxue had already prepared dinner and was waiting for Ye Kai in the Secret Chamber.

Seeing that Ye Kai had arrived, Qian Renxue gestured for him to sit and eat, then asked, "What did you do today, Xiao Kai?"

"I took a stroll around Heaven Dou City, then ran into Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at the Auction House," Ye Kai replied.

"Oh? You met Ning Fengzhi? What did you think of him?" Upon hearing that Ye Kai had encountered Ning Fengzhi, Qian Renxue wanted to hear his assessment.

"He's a smart man. Sister Xue'er, you can try to win him over through Xue Qinghe's identity."

"Go into detail."

Qian Renxue was intrigued by Ye Kai's answer. His lesson that morning had amazed her, and now she wanted to know what else this boy had in that head of his.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has always had a good relationship with the Heaven Dou Empire. They even placed their Sect Residence near Heaven Dou City. That Sect Leader Ning is ambitious too—he likely wants the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to become the State Religion of the Heaven Dou Empire."

"Sister Xue'er, you can use the excuse of improving relations between the two sides and take Ning Fengzhi as your master."

"Given your talent, the Third Prince shouldn't be able to compete with you."

"However, while taking him as your master now would bring great benefits, it also carries serious drawbacks."

"Xue Ye is still in fairly good health. If you go to him directly, your reasoning may be perfectly sound, but it could easily arouse Xue Ye's suspicions."

"At the same time, going now would force the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to choose a side early. Given Ning Fengzhi's personality, he would also fear arousing Xue Ye's suspicion, so he probably wouldn't agree at this point."

"So my suggestion is to first carry out what I proposed before: find a Spirit Hall elder who isn't known to the public and have them become an Imperial Supporter of the Heaven Dou royal family. Actually, if the strength of His Excellencies Snake Lance and Pufferfish weren't slightly lacking, we could already begin preparing for this."

"Once your Crown Prince Position is secure, then consider the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Perhaps by then, for the sake of a stable succession, Xue Ye might even bring it up himself."

"Besides, Ning Fengzhi will likely come to your door himself by then. If he truly wants the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to become the State Religion of the Heaven Dou Empire, he must build a good relationship with the next ruler."

"Once the Crown Prince Position has been decided, unless he intends to start a civil war in Heaven Dou, supporting the Crown Prince is the best choice."

"Not to mention that you have a Titled Douluo backing you. That would be quite appealing to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as well."

"With that, the forces behind you would be stronger than those behind the other two princes by an unprecedented margin."

"And winning over one of the Upper Three Sects would also be extremely helpful for Spirit Hall's future war to unify the continent."

"Without the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, even if the Clear Sky Sect reopened its gates, it and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan together would be nothing to fear."

"If the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan still refuse to see reason by then, wipe out both families with thunderous force first. With only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect left, and only Jian and Bone Douluo, they won't be able to stir up much trouble."

The support abilities of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were simply too powerful. Fortunately, the world's rules not only prevented them from breaking through to Soul Douluo, but also allowed only one effect to take hold when multiple Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul users buffed the same person.

"Mm..." Qian Renxue weighed the pros and cons of Ye Kai's proposal and fell into deep thought.

"In that case, we'll deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect later. First, I'll secure my Crown Prince Position," Qian Renxue finally decided.

"But the Second and Third Princes are still threats. We need to find a way to get rid of them."

"The Third Prince is easy enough. Although Heaven Dou City has the Soul Hunting Forest, with his talent, the Soul Beasts there won't be able to meet his Soul Ring needs for long."

"He'll inevitably have to enter the Star Dou Great Forest. When that time comes, have the elders drive more high-level Soul Beasts toward him. So long as Dugu Bo isn't accompanying him, he'll basically be beyond saving. And the Third Prince probably doesn't have enough clout to have Dugu Bo obtain a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for him."

"As for the Second Prince, there's no particularly good method. We can only confront him openly and fairly. In that case, follow what I said before and secretly win over more officials."

"But don't have them openly declare for you. They can join the Second Prince's side as Spies, or remain neutral on the surface without taking sides."

"But Xiao Kai, the methods you mentioned for winning people over would only bring in corrupt officials and criminals. Won't that affect Spirit Hall in the future?"

Qian Renxue thought of the methods Ye Kai had mentioned earlier: secretly gathering officials' evidence of wrongdoing, threatening them by promising to spare their lives, or directly buying them off with benefits.

Yet the officials who could be won over through such methods were basically all heinous criminals.

"Ha, what does that have to do with anything? The Heaven Dou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe is the one who spared their lives. What does that have to do with you, the Martial Soul Empress Qian Renxue?" Ye Kai sneered.

(Zhu Di: I'm familiar with this maneuver.)

(Prince of Han: The Prince of Yan said it. The emperor never did.)

"Hm?" Qian Renxue's CPU burned out again.

"After you ascend the throne and Spirit Hall begins its war of unification, you can symbolically fight a few battles against Spirit Hall. Have the Second and Third Princes, along with those who oppose you, serve as the vanguard, and use Spirit Hall's hands to weaken their power."

"Once they've been weakened enough, His Majesty Xue Qinghe will be unwilling to increase the slaughter any further, and since the Heaven Dou Empire will truly lack the strength to continue opposing Spirit Hall, he will surrender the entire nation."

"Afterward, because His Majesty Xue Qinghe allowed his ancestors' legacy to perish in his hands, he will feel too ashamed to face the late emperors and his forebears, and thus slit his own throat in the palace."

"Wouldn't that remove you from this vortex?"

"The person who promised to spare their lives will already be dead. Who are they supposed to collect on that promise from?"

"And perhaps you can eliminate the remnants of the resistance at the same time."

"After all, the people who sided with you will certainly be promoted into the backbone of the empire after you take control of it."

"When it comes time to purge them, the power they hold will likely draw the resistance's attention. If they refuse to surrender and decide to make one last gamble, they'll inevitably join forces with the resistance. Then you can take the opportunity to wipe them all out in one stroke."

Ye Kai was exceptionally skilled at Fishing Law Enforcement.

"Xiao Kai, you really have one trick after another." Listening to Ye Kai's plan, Qian Renxue could not help feeling sorry for anyone daring to oppose him.

This was barely anything. Zhonghua Family had accumulated so many years of history; whether it was Court Intrigue or Military Command, there were countless classic cases to draw upon. You people of Douluo Star really had seen too little of the world.

"Wait, why is it Empress Qian Renxue? Why not His Majesty Ye Kai?" Qian Renxue suddenly noticed the way Ye Kai had addressed her.

"After all, Xue'er Jie, you're going to become the Angel God. And fundamentally speaking, Spirit Hall was founded by your family. It only ended up belonging to Teacher Bibi Dong because of her talent and her relationship with you."

"Grand Elder most likely won't agree to let the next Pope be anyone other than you, even if that person is me. Unless the two of us get married—then, as your man, I could barely count as part of the Qian family. Only then might Grand Elder agree to let me become the next Pope and the future emperor of the Spirit Hall Empire."

"Besides, if you become Empress, it'll be more convenient for you to gather Faith Power and strengthen your Divine Power. That's how we maximize our benefits."

Ye Kai explained.

Besides, why be some emperor when he could be the man behind the Empress?

Qian Renxue, however, was not thinking that far ahead. Her mind was now completely filled with the words, "the two of us get married."

Xiao Kai is proposing already? No, that's not right. You haven't even confessed yet, and I haven't agreed either.

But Xiao Kai is so handsome. Our children will definitely be good-looking too. What names should we give them?

If they take my surname, Qian, will Xiao Kai get angry?

How about this? If they have a Six-Winged Angel martial soul, they'll take my surname, Qian. If not, they'll take Xiao Kai's surname, Ye.