"A different way?"
Yang Guang froze slightly, not quite understanding what Yu Huatian meant.
Not only would he spare me, but Great Sui would still be mine?
"Don't you want to unite the world? You don't want my Great Sui?"
Yang Guang asked with a frown.
Yu Huatian shook his head. "Don't misunderstand. The Divine Land will certainly be united. No one can stop that."
Yang Guang's expression darkened. "Then are you making a fool of me?"
"Don't be impatient."
Yu Huatian waved a hand and said calmly, "What I mean is that you would still be the king of Great Sui, but you would have to acknowledge Ming's supremacy. Do you understand?"
Yang Guang paused slightly. "You mean Great Sui would become a vassal state of Ming?"
Yu Huatian nodded. "There can only be one emperor, one master of this world, and that is our Ming. But there can be many kings."
As he spoke, Yu Huatian looked at Yang Guang and smiled. "Would you be willing to become the King of Sui?"
Yang Guang's brows knitted tightly. He understood what Yu Huatian meant.
He was the emperor of Great Sui. Making him the King of Sui would mean demoting him by one rank, leaving him no different from the kings of those small countries.
However, there was one advantage: Great Sui would still belong to him.
He would simply have to bow to Ming, declare himself its subject, and pay tribute.
For a time, Yang Guang sank into thought.
He had thought Great Sui had reached the end of the road, yet unexpectedly, Yu Huatian had offered him another choice.
After a moment of silence, Yang Guang said gravely, "I need to consider this."
Yu Huatian nodded. "There's no hurry. Take your time, but you must give me