"What are you going to do if Chu Liuyue didn't do it?" Si Ye asked solemnly.
The Empress was stunned, and she didn't have a reply. All she could do was mutter to herself. "It has to be her—it has to be! There's no one apart from her!"
Si Ye felt his head throb. "Jing'er, listen to me. I know you're worried about Rong Zhen—I am too! However, we cannot do this! We have to be careful right now. If not, we could lose everything!"
The Empress eventually calmed down. "Wh-what should we do then? Wait for our doom?"
Si Ye was silent for a moment. "I'll send someone to check on Chu Liuyue and see if anything seems out of the ordinary."
The Empress's eyes lit up. "Sure sure sure! Isn't Si Ting at Tian Lu Academy too? I heard that they're classmates and that they're close. He's the best candidate for this!"
But Si Ye was rather reluctant. He valued Si Ting and had been training Si Ting to be his successor.
