The words that followed she almost didn't dare to say aloud, but in her heart she already understood what Yu Wenye wanted. He refused to toil only for others to reap the reward, especially now that the relationship between them and the Crown Prince was already like water and fire. If they truly conquered vast lands and glorious territory, only for the Crown Prince to sit back and enjoy the fruits and inherit the throne in the end, she feared they wouldn't even be allowed a peaceful death.
So he had to fight for it!
But the way he was acting now, wasn't he in fact blackmailing the Emperor?
Shang Ruyi said worriedly, "Is… this really okay?"
Yu Wenye glanced at her and said in a low voice, "Things have come to this point; I have no way to retreat. If Father Emperor only thinks of protecting him, then what will become of our future—you should be able to imagine that."
"..."
"The only one who can protect you, forever, is yourself."
"..."
