"Since you think I'm influencing your decision, then I'll give this seat to you."
"At this very moment, in these circumstances, who else can you ask?"
After hearing Chen Changsheng's words, Li Changsheng said with trembling lips, "The one who decides the fate of the aristocratic families is Sir—and myself."
"Asking Sir naturally means asking myself."
"No one can bear what I ought to bear in my place. The only choice I have is whether to do it or not."
"Fine. Then ask yourself properly."
"I hope Li Changsheng of the Pill Epoch won't be too much worse than Chen Changsheng of the Chang Sheng Epoch."
With that, Chen Changsheng ended the call directly.
Seeing this, Li Changsheng closed his eyes in pain, and a tear slowly slid from the corner of his eye.
"The infighting among the aristocratic families was a trap laid by Sir, and it was also the aristocratic families' counterattack of turning the scheme against him."
"No matter which side wins, the aristocratic families will survive to the end."
"If we follow the conventional choice, we are all just chess pieces of the aristocratic families."
Hearing Li Changsheng's answer, Meng De asked in confusion, "Why? Haven't the new clan rules already restricted the continuation of the aristocratic families?"
"The new clan rules have indeed restricted the continuation of the aristocratic families, but rules are dead while people are alive."
"As long as the aristocratic families do not fall, no matter how good the rules are, they will be useless."
"All the flaws of the aristocratic families you see now have existed since long ago."
"In such enormous aristocratic families, it was not as though no one had stepped forward to reform these flaws."
"The rules they formulated were even more comprehensive and refined than the current