You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

Chapter 234 234: 34, Situation_2

"Indeed..." Duke Heng appraised Lin Yue, "but Your Highness, how could you be so well informed?"

Unless he had known Elder for many years, or had incredibly thorough intelligence, how could he have concluded this point?

"This is not important."

Lin Yue naturally wouldn't say that he had obtained the secret through Innate Divine Power, but simply stated, "What is important is that today another choice has to be faced. Does Lord Qi really think that Elder will choose Qi Yinmo at the last moment?"

Duke Heng frowned slightly and said, "Could it be that Elder wants to choose at the last moment to see if Qi Yinmo can surpass the others?"

Lin Yue glanced at the three plum trees in the courtyard and spoke softly, "Tomorrow night, on the plum tree that belongs to Qi Yinmo, if the blossoms that bloom are not the most numerous, I'm afraid that Elder might not choose her."

"Indeed, that is a possibility."

Duke Heng furrowed his brows and said, "Since what Elder values most is stability, then... choosing the person that everyone hopes for makes more sense for his temperament."

"Lord Qi," Wu Nu from behind Duke Heng couldn't help but interject, "After all, Elder is the foremost Guest Elder, and he made a promise to Lord Qi last night. Surely he wouldn't break his word, right?"

Lin Yue didn't speak, and Duke Heng had already shaken his head, "Duke Heng's residence is not Qi's residence of the Qi Family. Though Elder sees me as the leader, it doesn't mean he will follow all I say or that breaking his word to me matters."

He sighed, "My end is near, at most I won't live beyond a year and a half. Once I pass away, the next Duke Heng will hardly be able to contend with him, and if he still had his support, his position in Duke Heng's residence would be even more unchallengeable. Why should he care about a dead man like me? Whether it's Qi Yinmo, Qi Tianxing, or Chongshan, as long as he chooses the one with the most support in the residence, the favored one, that would be the most stable."

Lin Yue nodded slightly. It seemed Duke Heng was still very lucid.

He had also deduced this point through the secrets from Elder, just hinting a few things to Duke Heng made him consider these subsequent issues.

"Elder, he... sigh..." Wu Nu sighed.

"Elder, here in Duke Heng's residence, is indeed the person with the deepest experience, the one who has lived the longest."

Duke Heng gently shook his head, "I am indeed senile. I should have realized that although Elder is loyal, he is loyal to Duke Heng's residence, not to me as Duke Heng. With his nature, not wanting to err, not wanting to become a sinner of Duke Heng's residence, naturally, everything must prioritize the stability of Duke Heng's residence."

Wu Nu frowned, "But didn't Seventeenth Prince say that the Twelfth Prince was secretly supporting the Third Young Master?"

Qi Tianxing was secretly supported by the Twelfth Prince, a fact Lin Yue had already clarified.

Of course, his reason at the time was that the Fifth Prince had told him.

Combining this with the fact that the Fifth Prince had specifically sent a piece of Dragon Essence to Qi Yinmo, Duke Heng couldn't help but believe it.

"What if the Twelfth Prince supports Tianxing?"

Duke Heng shook his head slightly, "Since Duke Heng's residence has already decided to take a side, it's a gamble anyway. What difference does it make if Elder chooses the Twelfth Prince or Your Highness?"

Lin Yue smiled and said, "Compared to me, a formerly rootless royal from the populace, who now only has a Main Hall Master as a master, the Twelfth Prince is indeed a better choice, isn't it? It would be more logical for Elder to choose Qi Tianxing."

He had never been complacent.

Because he knew that his performance in the Inner Hall assessment was outstanding, but it was only of royal standard.

His brilliance was in Martial Arts, among other princes, except for the Crown Prince, no one performed as well as him or as well as Prince An Qing.

Because no other prince, apart from the Crown Prince, focused on Martial Arts!

Comparing strengths and weaknesses, there was naturally no comparability.

But if talking about the main field of expertise, which prince wasn't historically the most miraculously talented?

The Fifth Prince's Blood Sea Path, the Twelfth Prince's Poison Skill, the Fourteenth Prince's Thunder...

Each one could be considered the foremost in ancient and modern times!

The fact that the princes generally became Great Cultivators within ten years of awakening and had passed through the Fourth Layer of the Tianxia Building in the Four Symbols Level showed this.

Each had their unique merit.

Though Lin Yue had a Main Hall Master as a master, such a transcendental person, the leader of the Ancestor Hall, was destined not to be involved in factional struggles; he could only provide fairness!

One was a yet-to-rise commoner prince.

The other was a prince who had been operating for hundreds of years, with Cultivation only one step away from Proving.

Under such circumstances, perhaps those choosing the Twelfth Prince would be more numerous!

The last prince might be special, but it was just conjecture after all.

Thus, Lin Yue felt nothing strange.

"Your Highness, you shouldn't underestimate yourself."

Duke Heng said, "Although Your Highness comes from a humble background, being esteemed by the Fifth Prince is already enough for an old man like me to take a gamble."

Lin Yue smiled, "But Elder surely has never liked to gamble."

Speaking, he shook his head slightly, "And this time, with Qi Tianxing being accepted as a disciple by the Hall Master of Myriad Swords Hall, displaying extremely high Martial Arts Talent during the Inner Hall assessment, plus the aid of the Twelfth Prince, probably, in Duke Heng's residence, those supporting him will be more than those supporting Qi Yinmo."

"Lord Qi," Wu Nu said, "Why don't you go and talk to Elder again?"

"There's no need."

Duke Heng shook his head slightly, "We've talked many times already. With his temperament, he naturally leans more towards the other princes, that's more stable. Since he said to choose at the last moment, it's already giving me, Duke Heng, face."

He sighed, "As long as the favored one is Qi Yinmo, he will definitely choose Qi Yinmo, which will also help stabilize Duke Heng's residence, ensuring it doesn't become distracted or even fragmented after I die."