"That wouldn't be appropriate."
"Why not ask Princess Chu Tinghan to take the seat?"
Lin Bai hurriedly declined and asked Chu Tinghan to sit instead.
"I did consider that..." Chu Tinghan laughed. "But do you think the prodigies of Chu would accept me if I took that seat?"
"If the people behind us were all well-trained soldiers, I naturally wouldn't hesitate to take it."
"But the people behind us now are all prodigies from the major sects and lineages of the Eastern Region. They naturally respect the strong."
"Wolf Marquis, you must understand that you're more suited to this chair than I am."
"Besides..."
Chu Tinghan paused and shifted her gaze to Qi Lingyu and Wang Zhengyang before saying to Lin Bai, "Besides, this is a gathering of the four great flourishing powers of the Eastern Region. If I took that chair, Qi Lingyu and Wang Zhengyang wouldn't accept it. They'd think I wasn't qualified to sit at the same table as them."
"If these two Holy Sons refuse to accept it, it will deal a severe blow to our plans going forward."
"If you take the seat, you can win over both the warriors of Chu and Qi Lingyu and Wang Zhengyang."
Chu Tinghan explained the implications to Lin Bai in detail.
After thinking it over carefully, Lin Bai felt that she had a point.
Chu Tinghan added, "If there's anyone to blame, it's that Chu still hasn't decided on the Crown Prince. Otherwise, we wouldn't be in such an awkward position today."
That made even more sense.
Lin Bai smiled bitterly inwardly. If Chu had a Crown Prince, then the fourth chair would naturally belong to him.
"All right. Consider it me temporarily taking the seat on behalf of Prince Chen."
Lin Bai agreed.
By the time Lin