Gu Zhan remained silent for a long time before asking, "Two questions: first, what does the court need me to do? Second, what can the court offer me?"
Qin You chuckled lightly and said, "The court doesn't need you to provide anything, because if you can become a third party, it would already be the greatest benefit for Bian Ting. As for the future, when the court has its hands free, we can negotiate your choices at that time.
It's impossible to demand that you immediately submit when the court has its hands free; you wouldn't agree, and the court wouldn't trust such a promise. However, with the incense of past cooperation, negotiations will be much easier.
As for what the court can offer you, in truth, there isn't much. If the court had the power to make you a third party directly, we wouldn't need to cooperate at all — we could just support a puppet.
