"He won't refuse any request you make. As long as you ask, he'll do it."
Though Xie Wangqiu didn't understand love, he could see how Imperial Preceptor Zhang Lanhe granted Xie Huizhou's every request.
Even if Xie Huizhou told him to die, he reckoned Zhang Lanhe would kill himself with a broken heart.
Xie Wangqiu liked exploiting people's hearts. He wanted to coax that cunning White Snake, the Imperial Preceptor, into willingly entering their cage and serving them for all eternity.
"All you have to do is ask, and we brothers can enjoy wealth and glory forever. I'll remain emperor, and you'll be Great Xia's most honored prince. Sacrificing one person is a very good bargain."
Xie Wangqiu laid out his terms and all the advantages and disadvantages. He was confident that Xie Huizhou, a member of the same family, would come over to his side for money and power.
Who knew how much silver Xie Huizhou had secretly earned with his closest friends? He clearly loved money!
He certainly wouldn't refuse!
Once Xie Wangqiu made his proposal, the corridor, occupied by only the two of them, instantly fell deathly silent.
Beneath their increasingly cold expressions, their emotions erupted like volcanoes, each wanting the other to meet a violent end.
"Use him? You want me to use the Imperial Preceptor?"
Xie Huizhou froze for a moment at the thunderous suggestion. He had never thought of using Zhang Lanhe.
"No. I can't do it. Allow me to refuse."
He rejected Xie Wangqiu's proposal without hesitation.
He could never enter such a dangerous bargain with Xie Wangqiu, much less give up Zhang Lanhe for the wealth and glory before him.
The silver Xie Huizhou had saved in private was already enough for him and Zhang Lanhe to live carefree lives as wealthy