After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

Chapter 685 This rule has long been a mere formality.

"I understand. Please continue."

"His main target was the power of the seventh and third concubines. However, the two of them were acting independently, so they were defeated separately."

Sheng Hanyu recalled the chaotic scene just now. She wouldn't say she was still shaken, but it was certainly very dangerous.

The Lu family is unique in that their internal rules are considered to be above the law.

After all, whoever holds power has the right to speak.

After entering the pass, great Confucian scholars will naturally come to debate the classics for me... that's the principle.

You can tell just by looking at their usual behavior...

"So, his choice was quite wise."

Sheng Hanyu only provided a simple overview, and Ye Sanqing immediately analyzed Lu Wangqian's plan.

While it's impossible to accurately predict every single one of his actions, it should be possible to guess his general direction.

"Then he probably won't attack Old Master Lu."

After a quick analysis, Ye Sanqing said.

“Yes, that’s what I think too,” Sheng Hanyu said. “Since he’s still taking the route of uniting the concubines to fight amongst themselves, rather than directly forcing the emperor to abdicate, then this is tantamount to him making a statement to the old master.”

“I’m quite familiar with this approach,” Ye Sanqing nodded. “What he might need is a legitimate reason? That is, to take the route of killing everyone else so that you have to pass it on to me even if you don’t want to.”

"You said it sounded familiar, could it be..."

"I'm not as cruel as him. I always unite all forces that can be united. However, it depends on the situation. I will do so if necessary." Ye Sanqing laughed.

“Besides the Lu family, he also targeted Lu Wangshen and Lu Mingye at the same time…” Sheng Hanyu said, “If you hadn’t interfered, he would have succeeded at least with Lu Mingye.”

“Underestimating his opponent is Lu Wangqian’s biggest weakness. And he underestimates me too much,” Ye Sanqing said. “He knows that my relationship with Lu Mingye is alright, at least in Lu Wangqian’s eyes. So do you think I would act like nothing happened if he made a move against Lu Mingye?”

"This method is indeed radical. Even if we don't talk about you, Fu Sizhou wouldn't stand idly by. What I mean is, his methods are understandable, but I feel like he's overlooked something?"

“If he were more thoughtful, he wouldn’t have married Ye Wanyin,” Ye Sanqing sneered.

“That’s true, but judging from Ye Wanyin’s complete lack of knowledge, he probably never included her in his calculations from the beginning,” Sheng Hanyu said.

“Wait a minute, you seem to have accidentally revealed a crucial piece of information,” Ye Sanqing said immediately. “Is it possible that he didn’t include me in his calculations?”

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, he probably has his own behavioral patterns. But these patterns don't take the player into account... How should I describe it?"

“I understand. He’ll do it whether you’re there or not. Well, I have an idea too,” Sheng Hanyu said immediately. “Since things have come to this point, can we stop worrying about the death of an important person?”

Ye Sanqing knew that Sheng Hanyu was right.

Now that the Lu family has embarked on a path of infighting, it's clear that this path has been paved, and in the end, only one of the Lu family members might survive.

Therefore, we can no longer use Lu Mingye as a shield!

What a pity.

No, it means they are now in mortal danger, but it shouldn't affect the main storyline ending of the game.

But isn't that wrong?

She thought so and asked so.

"I haven't even chosen any targets yet, and they're already dying? That doesn't make sense! You can't expect me to say that if we don't interfere today, Lu Mingye and Lu Wangshen won't be in any danger, can you? That would be a bit boring."

"Regarding this..." Sheng Hanyu also speculated slightly, "I have an idea, but it may not be correct. Is it because the game time has exceeded the limit?"

"Huh?" Ye Sanqing asked, puzzled.

"In other words, is it possible that there's a time limit, and if the player doesn't choose a route, the game automatically starts progressing with the story?" Sheng Hanyu explained. "Of course, I can't guarantee that the author's idea is exactly like that."

“That’s understandable, since a world that has undergone such dynamic calculations can’t possibly remain stagnant indefinitely,” Ye Sanqing said after thinking.

If you don't do anything in a normal game, you might be returned to the login screen, or an achievement pop up saying you've reached 99 hours of AFK time...

But this game isn't your average type, and she's not your average player.

In other words, it should be considered that the game is always running, and there is no way to save, pause, or quit.

Then there should indeed be a crash prevention preset or similar mechanism.

"Hehe, what high degree of freedom? I don't think the degree of freedom is that high!" Ye Sanqing mocked.

"In short, what the game world is planning right now isn't important; the most important thing is that the storyline has already started," Sheng Hanyu said. "So we still need to be careful in the future..."

“We should have checked yesterday to see if he was going to die. But never mind, better safe than sorry.” Ye Sanqing sighed. “What about these concubines?”

"Seventh concubine is dead, but Third concubine should still be alive..."

"You just die like that?"

“Eighth concubine is gone, and Ninth concubine is not present,” Sheng Hanyu said.

What's going on with these two?

"I don't know. It could be caused by mutual attacks, but it's hard to judge. It could also be someone else's plan, like the Third Concubine... The Ninth Concubine certainly couldn't have gone to this extent."

"Then the one who's always in the Buddhist hall?"

"That Buddhist temple was the old man's last stronghold."

"...It made me laugh."

"To be honest, it would be strange if they didn't create a mechanical Buddha to fight."

"Physical rituals for the deceased... never mind, is there some other key person who has run into trouble?"

"Oh, Lu Xuening is injured and in the hospital," Sheng Hanyu said.

"What's wrong with her? No wonder I said she had no voice. It seems that these past few days... perhaps the Lu family has turned on a signal jammer?"

"Yes, it was deactivated using Lu Wangshen's authority. As for Lu Xuening, it's said she was injured while protecting the Fifth Concubine. I think there's an element of her showing loyalty involved."

"Is Fifth Concubine alright?"

"They also had minor injuries. They were just trying to hold me back and waste my time, so I quickly had someone take them all to the hospital."

"Speechless, is Gu Qingchuan not here?"

“They weren’t here, otherwise the situation might have been…more than this number of casualties. You reminded me! I forgot something.”

The Lu family is so large that even just sending the injured to the hospital and counting the dead would take a lot of effort.

"Have you forgotten about him? Go and make the arrangements now. Contact me if you hear anything," Ye Sanqing said immediately.

"Yes, I need to make arrangements immediately. Gu Qingchuan might not follow the rule of not taking action outside the Lu family."

"In my opinion, this rule has long been a mere formality. Hurry up and go."