Sage Yi had always been one of their people—at least openly!
He had absolutely no reason to strongly recommend Feng Ji as the mistress of the Music Palace!
Yet he had done exactly that!
Sage Yi—was this his pledge of allegiance?
No!
A dignified Sage would not stoop to offering Lin Su a pledge of allegiance. He was merely voicing his own protest!
But even if he was protesting, those people still had to accept it. If the Sages disagreed, then raising the matter would have been futile. So why had they yielded under his protest?
Unless Sage Yi held some leverage over them...
This was truly valuable information!
Its value even far surpassed Luo Wuxin taking control of the White Pavilion!
If the grand plan to divide the Sages above the Third Heaven had milestones, this would be one of its most important milestones...
"Anything else?"
Ming Tianyan shook her head. "There is nothing of value yet regarding the matter you asked me to investigate. It has only been a month. These two are the only truly explosive developments."
"You've worked hard during this time. Come, let me reward you!" Lin Su reached out and caught Ming Tianyan's hand.
"Reward me? What do you mean?"
"This... you probably did not understand it before, but you've changed now. I think you should understand..." Lin Su gently stroked the jade-like hand in his palm. His movements were tender, yet they clearly carried a current that slipped thread by thread into the deepest recesses of Ming Tianyan's heart.
Ming Tianyan's heartbeat quickened...
She understood what he meant by reward...
He wanted to continue that absurdity from a month ago...
She had had a perfectly valid reason for putting that matter from a month ago on the table. Yuan Ji's pained expression had