Probation!
Yan Yuqing shook her head and said sternly, "As long as we're still here, we'll get our territory back sooner or later. Besides, use your head and think about it. Would the Crown Prince of Southern Chu be willing to let someone close to Yuwen Lin control a jianghu sect?"
Liu Zhen trembled slightly, then quickly understood. This was a clever ploy by the Alliance Leader.
The forces under the Jiang Zuo Alliance were a tempting prize. The Southern Chu court was bound to have its eye on them.
But the Jiang Zuo Alliance had already taken a step back and agreed to cooperate. If Southern Chu kept pushing them, it would inevitably stir up public resentment.
So Southern Chu had to take the bait the Jiang Zuo Alliance had tossed out. But how to do so was a very tricky matter.
If they really did as the Jiang Zuo Alliance wanted and let County Princess Xiandai control those forces, she would inevitably side with her father.
If a prince controlled the jianghu forces, that would be an unpredictable factor—an outcome the other princes would not want to see.
So, on the surface, the Jiang Zuo Alliance had given up some territory. In reality, though, it had made the Southern Chu court less stable.
Thinking this over, Liu Zhen felt a little more convinced by Wang Yue, the new Alliance Leader.
While Yan Yuqing was winning people over at the Hengshan branch, Wang Yue was busy dealing with King Yama Hall.
The question was what to do with Qiu Ze, the son of Earl Wenyuan.
He had come specially to Wonderful Sound Pavilion to see Thirteen Mister.
Thirteen Mister had not expected Wang Yue to drop by without warning, and asked nervously, "May I ask why the Sect