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Chapter 195
Chapter 195
Ye Mu snorted, “I didn’t sneak around to eavesdrop on you two, instead, I listened in on your conversation in the open. But explain this to me. Don’t tell me that you’re planning to sell yourself off to the enemy by acknowledging him as your father?’
She was merely joking around, but Mo Linyuan remained silent.
It can’t be! Did he actually plan to sell himself off?
After a long silence, Mo Linyuan took Ye Mu’s hand and they headed toward the Qin Palace. Neither of them brought along personal guards, so it was just the two of them as they slowly walked. Mo Linyuan finally spoke just when Ye Mu had given up on making him talk.
“There was a large power gap between the three great families and the Empress Dowager. As a result, it was difficult for them to trust each other completely in order to work together to topple me from my throne. However, we have recently discovered that they wanted to get rid of me and support Mo Die to become the new emperor. From this, we can see that they managed to form an alliance. It was through sheer luck that it was destroyed in a timely manner by us.”
Ye Mu vaguely understood Mo Linayuan’s worries now. “So, even though Mo Die is dead, you will fall into danger again if the Shi Family and the Empress Dowager joined forces again, right?”
Mo Linyuan nodded, “Even though I have secured the throne, they still pose a threat to me if they join forces. If we end up in a war for power, then both their forces and I will definitely receive a lot of damage. There are no heirs to the throne, but the Shi Family will continue to grow. I am in a very dangerous position right now.”
It was as if a light bulb had gone off in her head as Ye Mu’s eyes widened in surprise!
“So, you went to look for Wen because…”
“I went looking for him because I want to use him.” Mo Linyuan admitted his intention without hesitation. He narrowed his phoenix eyes and a hint of dangerous light flashed in his eyes, “I know that I could exploit him after I heard about the grudges, they had years ago from Mo Shiwen. The Wen Family is the head of the three great families. The other two families blindly follow the Wen Family. This will be the perfect opportunity to divide the three families.”
After he finished speaking, he smiled bitterly and stared at Ye Mu.
“Do you think I’m ruthless? Do you think that I’m ruthless to use my deceased mother to preserve my life?”
Ye Mu shook her head quickly, “You’re forced to do this because of your situation. I believe that if your mother is in heaven, then she will definitely hope that she will still be able to help you even after death.”
Ye Mu replied without hesitation. Her response calmed Mo Linyuan’s chaotic mind. He was really afraid that Ye Mu would hate him for being so scheming and ruthless.
“I didn’t want to do this either. But because of your appearance four years ago, I took the opportunity to split the Shi Family and the Empress Dowager apart. But after four years, they managed to nurse back their relationship and form an alliance. I’m their enemy; I’m the thorn in their eyes. However, if I manage to temporarily pull the Wen Family away from them, then their alliance will split apart once again.”
As Mo Linyuan explained everything, a mysterious smile formed on his face.
“I was planning to favor one of the family over the other in order to break off the alliance between the three great families before. I was afraid that the plan would fail because they won’t fall for it. But now, I have the Wen Family’s weakness in my hands.”
He slowly balled his hand into a fist. He stared at his hand as if he had caught something.
“If Wen believes that I’m his son, then he will not become suspicious if I start to favor him. It would’ve been too late for him when he finally realized that he had fallen for my plan. At that time, he either helps me pull the two other families and make them pledge their alliances to me, or he will become my trusted aide and help me take care of the other two families. This will be a very good breakthrough.”
Therefore, if it was truly necessary, then he did not mind acknowledging him as his father. He had not decided if he should follow through with the plan or not yet. But from his years of experience, his guts told him that this was the best plan.