To be honest, He Yunxiao was really tempted when he first saw the antidote for cross-dressing.
He was, after all, a womanizer, and the antidote happened to be incredibly beautiful; how could he not fall in love with her?
But after a brief moment of calm, He Yunxiao decisively abandoned his plan to "win over the antidote." Although the antidote girl's favorability had reached 65, seemingly only 15 points away from completing the conquest, it wasn't actually that simple.
Leaving aside the variable of whether reaching 75 affection points with the antidote will create a "heart knot," let's talk about what to do after completing the strategy.
Like Meng Qingqian, the antidote is a staunch royalist heroine. In other words, neither of them will allow the Meng family to fall.
If Meng doesn't step onto the throne, how can he become emperor? And if he doesn't become emperor, how can he deal with Fan Ziruo's "true love, the woodcutter's knife"?
Zi Ruo's wife is no ordinary person. The tricks used to fool Nan Zhu and Chu Chu are completely useless against her. Moreover, once the antidote is chosen, let's not even talk about whether it will compete with Zi Ruo and Nan Zhu for the "official wife." Just considering the antidote's personality, if she were to sleep in the same bed as Fan Zi Ruo, wouldn't they argue from dusk till dawn? www.cascoo.net
This is still not taking into account the biggest variable, Chu Chu, after Chu and Xiao separate.
Given Chu Chu's competitive nature, it's entirely possible she'd try to steal the wife's place and take her bed. And if the power struggle becomes too brutal, wouldn't that just repeat the original novel's ending where all the female leads except Chu Xiaoxiao are wiped out?
Either find a way to deal with Ziruo's wife's "true love, the woodcutter's knife," or find a way to become the emperor.
Only the emperor can bestow titles upon his concubines without establishing an empress, allowing the female protagonists to live in temporary palaces, thus reducing conflicts between them. If he were to marry the antidote, he certainly wouldn't be able to become the emperor of Qi, but fortunately, he could still become the emperor of Yan.
The Yan Emperor has committed countless evil deeds, so it's only reasonable for me, He Yunxiao, to act on behalf of Heaven to bring about justice, isn't it?
If I become the Emperor of Yan, it would be reasonable for Meng Qingqian to send the antidote to me for a marriage alliance, right?
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After the controversy surrounding the antidote and the clothes-changing incident, the two finally returned to talking about Sister Jiang.
How can we enable Jiang Wuyou to live a normal life in the State of Qi?
He Yunxiao first repeated Sister Jiang's original words to Jieyao, including "Emperor Yan definitely has other assassination plans" and "There are spies in the palace," etc. In order to allow Jieyao to think in peace, He Yunxiao specially opened his internal energy to create a small circular space, enveloping Jieyao and himself inside, reducing the already limited external noise.
Without Chu Chu's relentless training of He Yunxiao over the past two days, He Yunxiao would never have been able to perform such advanced techniques as maintaining a "small internal energy space." Moreover, most people wouldn't waste their internal energy just to reduce noise.
Meng Qingqian frowned, pondering a solution, occasionally taking a bite of candied fruit, completely unaware of the changes happening around her. He Yunxiao, quite tactfully, waited quietly to the side.
For Meng Qingqian, entering into deep thought in front of He Yunxiao, oblivious to everyone else, was already a sign of her utmost trust in him. However, it seemed that neither of them realized this.
As noon approached, He Yunxiao, having pondered for a long time without finding a solution, realized that this was easier said than done. The Yan Emperor was no pushover; he had invested considerable effort in constructing a deadly attack against the Qi Kingdom. How could it be so easily broken without any casualties?
“Miss Li, if there is really no solution to this matter, please find out where Jiang Wuyou’s parents are being held. As long as I rescue them, the threat that the Yan Emperor poses to Jiang Wuyou will be eliminated.”
Meng Qingqian shook her head and said, "Jiang Wuyou's parents are not famous people, and given the Emperor Yan's methods, plus the fact that there are only eleven or twelve days left until His Highness's coming-of-age ceremony, the time is too short and the difficulty is too great, so it is probably impossible to find out."
The atmosphere became tense for a moment. In an attempt to lighten the mood, He Yunxiao joked, "How about I capture the Yan Emperor and torture him before Xiaoyue's coming-of-age ceremony, and make him reveal the location of Jiang Wuyou's parents?"
He Yunxiao was just spouting nonsense, but his words received a positive evaluation from Meng Qingqian in a serious state: "Although your idea won't solve the problem, it has one advantage: it turns 'passive' into 'active.' Now that the Yan Emperor has been making preparations for a long time, it's easy for us to cut our losses and survive, but it's really too difficult to achieve a great victory."
As a staunch "I want it all" type, He Yunxiao couldn't accept not achieving a complete victory. If a scenario like the original novel's ending, where Chu Xiaoxiao kills all the other female leads, occurred, he would personally go and kill the author as a sacrifice.
What's the point of a romance slice-of-life novel if it doesn't have a happy ending?
He Yunxiao thought for a moment and said, "How about you ask Meng Qingqian to postpone her coming-of-age ceremony? Is that a feasible plan?"
Meng Qingqian said, "It's feasible. But are you sure the Yan Emperor hasn't noticed Jiang Wuyou's betrayal? If the coming-of-age ceremony is postponed, Jiang Wuyou will become a useless pawn. In that case, she will lose her value, and her parents will still not escape their fate."
He Yunxiao came up with another simple and crude "good idea".
"Since the Yan Emperor is determined to kill Meng Qingqian, then let Meng Qingqian die sooner. That way, Jiang Wuyou won't have to be killed."
Upon hearing this, Meng Qingqian wished she could get up and bite He Yunxiao, that heartless and wicked man, to death on the spot. But before she could get angry, she immediately realized that this plan seemed to be feasible.
After pondering for a moment, Meng Qingqian glared at He Yunxiao and questioned him, "Are you serious about killing 'Meng Qingqian'?"
Sensing something was wrong, He Yunxiao quickly explained, "It's fake death, it's fake death."
Meng Qingqian retorted angrily, "Of course I know it's a 'fake death,' but I'm not asking you that right now. What I'm asking is, are you serious about killing 'Meng Qingqian' for that Jiang Wuyou!"
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