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He said he believed in us. Though it was only a few brief words, their meaning was already perfectly clear. Meng Zhiqiu had definitely been assigned to the group of death, and the result could not be changed. 81 Chinese Web
"Ha, I knew it. After we returned from the Night Banquet, Grandfather invited the heads of the Six Ministries back to the main hall. He must have been trying to put your suggestion into practice and divide the qualified candidates into three groups. You know how it is—the Six Ministries would have to go through fierce debate and political bargaining to implement this proposal. It's already good enough that Grandfather managed to get it proposed. As for the matter of you helping Meng Zhiqiu, how could the Ministry of Personnel not know? So putting you in the group of death is meant to put you in a desperate situation and give you a chance to survive. Grandfather's trust in you was also the reason he compromised!" Zhu Daoqing sighed, then looked at me seriously. "If I didn't trust your strength so much, I wouldn't even be sure Meng Zhiqiu could qualify this time. You need to be careful. When the time comes, the ten qualified candidates may choose to cooperate and eliminate you first."
A chill ran down my spine. Fighting nine opponents of the same rank alone would be deadly enough.
But now that everything had been decided, there was no point in saying anything more. After comforting each other for a while, we went our separate ways.
The competition was held as scheduled the next day. The list had indeed been divided into three groups, with ten people in each. Just as we had discussed the night before, Han Shanshan and Gu Fanfei, along with the