"Good!" King Wu nodded, his eyes gleaming, seemingly lost in thought.

The couple then began to discuss what kind of thing could impress Zuan, and came up with many suggestions, but they were quickly rejected one by one.

Finally, only two or three options remained that were most likely to succeed.

The King of Wu asked with some concern, "Do you think Zu'an will accept these conditions?"

Yun Yuqing shook her head: "I don't know either. Judging from our interaction just now, this person is very strange. I can't figure out his way of thinking."

King Wu grumbled, "Hmph, if I hadn't had some reservations, I would have thrown this guy in jail and tortured him severely, and he would have confessed. But now I'm being led by the nose by him."

Yun Yuqing, standing to the side, also frowned, clearly sharing the same thought.

King Wu hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said, "Yuqing, what if he disagrees with all of these last options?"

Yun Yuqing fell into deep thought: "Then let's keep Liang Wang and the others for another day and talk to him a few more times. We'll eventually come up with a solution."

King Wu shook his head: "King Liang and his men are tasked with escorting the imperial criminals. I can only delay for one more day at most. There is absolutely no way I can keep them here for three days."

Yun Yuqing sighed deeply: "Then I'm afraid we can only give up. After all, trying to get our hands on the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra is risky as it risks offending the Emperor. Giving up might not be a bad thing."

"No!" King Wu refused decisively. "Absolutely not! Just because I wasn't born to the Empress, I was exiled to a remote vassal state, while my elder brother, who is clearly a good-for-nothing, became the Crown Prince because of the Empress. Why is that? So all these years I've been secretly plotting to get what I deserve!"

"Unfortunately, the resources I can use are very limited, and I have seen little hope all along. This time, the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra is an opportunity given to me by heaven, and I must not miss it!"

Yun Yuqing comforted her, "But we've already done our best. There are many things we can't force."

“No, we didn’t try our best,” King Wu stared at his wife’s beautiful face. “I mean, if those proposals just now couldn’t be accepted by Zu’an, then you should agree to his request.”

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The official WeChat account has finally been restored these past two days. From now on, please don't send me those kinds of very explicit pictures when submitting your work. Although I have tried my best to screen them, I still accidentally caused a stir.

Readers who haven't followed our official WeChat account yet can search for "六如和尚" (Liu Ru He Shang). It offers various perks, extra chapters, and character illustrations (currently, we only have illustrations of characters from "偷香" (Too Fragrant), but we'll draw illustrations of "地陆键仙" (Land-based Sword Immortals) once we find a suitable artist).