Everyone Was Cheap Skinned, a Bold New Idea

Whether it was Great Yan's legitimate Crown Prince or the Imperial Grandson, as he was privately called in Great Yan, Qin Yang had gathered quite a bit of intelligence on both of them.

They were unlike Great Ying's Old Crown Prince. The Old Crown Prince did not resemble a crown prince at all, whereas these two possessed the pride and arrogance ingrained in those positions. Likewise, both had minds of their own.

But in Qin Yang's view, both of them were the cheap-skinned sort.

If he were to speak to them nicely—oh dear, Illusory Sea Old Thief harbored evil intentions, he was actually a traitor, Crown Prince brother, you had best kill him sooner rather than later. I was saying this for your own good, not because I had a grudge against Illusory Sea Old Thief, so do not go imagining things...

If he put it that way, whether it was the Great Yan Crown Prince or the Imperial Grandson, they would at most sneer.

But if he instead spat in their faces and told them, "I do not like the sight of you. I really want to kill you, but I dislike that traitor Illusory Sea Old Thief even more. I want to kill Illusory Sea Old Thief first. One look at your melon-peel face tells me that Illusory Sea Old Thief will surely fool you until you cannot tell north from south. Forget it—come at me together. I will kill you both at once."

Hearing such words, the other party would be so furious that they would want nothing more than to rush over and twist Qin Yang's head off on the spot to kick it like a ball. Yet they would still involuntarily think of Illusory Sea Old Thief's past deeds, and suspicion would naturally arise.

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