The reason he helped manage things that should have been handled by the prince himself, arranged for people to take care of his daily life, found him highly capable subordinates, and applied for huge research grants...
All of it had been to win him over, keep him from having too much contact with the outside world, seize his research achievements for himself, and smoothly inherit the throne in the end.
Chi Jingyue pressed his lips together and thought for a long while.
"So you're saying he'll be unhappy?"
That made sense, too. Even he found all the messy affairs within the empire irritating and had no desire to deal with them, so he had always left them to his second brother. It did indeed seem exhausting.
Perhaps his second brother also really didn't want to handle those affairs and had only been forced to do so for his sake.
Maybe... he should properly make it up to him?
Having made up his mind, Chi Jingyue nodded obediently toward Su Qiao on the other side of the video. "I know what to do now."
Seeing that he understood, Su Qiao breathed a small sigh of relief.
She had originally been worried that he would be deceived by Chi Zhengze's false, disguised face and wouldn't believe her.
"As long as you know what's going on. If there's anything you can't resolve, you can ask me anytime. I can help you."
Seeing how thin he was, with no capable subordinate at his side, she figured that if he really went up against Chi Zhengze, he definitely wouldn't be able to beat him.
She would still have to step in herself.
Chi Jingyue stared at the girl on the screen, who seemed to be glowing all over. A sudden impulse rose in his heart—the