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nYue Lan knitted her brows even more as she asked, “What hidden danger?”

nMing Xin pointed at the chart that Yue Lan had pulled out before saying, “It’s not on that chart, but the second prince had a partnership with the Yong Family.”

n“Huh?” Lin Fan was the one that said this.

nHe had never heard of this before and he had searched all of the documents from the Yong Family when he had been in Brilliant Light City.

nMing Xin looked at Lin Fan and said with a bitter smile, “Even the Yong Family didn’t know this, but their research was actually backed by the second prince. The second prince gave them support in the form of technology and different resources that he sold them were under secret merchant groups under his control. It could even be said that he was the one that had entrusted them with this research in the first place so that he could take it for himself in the end.”

nEveryone couldn’t help revealing shocked looks after hearing this because they had never heard of this before.

nLin Fan had made sure to search through everything that the Yong Family had left behind and he didn’t even know this. Even the Flying Feather Group hadn’t known about this.

nSo how did Ming Xin know about this?

nThat was exactly what Yue Lan asked, “How do you know this?”

nMing Xin revealed an awkward look and it looked like she found it hard to speak about this, but in the end, she still told them.

n“Back when my big brother was working with the Yong Family, he did his own investigation into where the Yong Family got their technology. While he didn’t figure out where it was, he did bring the information for me to see and I was able to figure out a few things.”

nLin Fan couldn’t help being surprised by this, but thinking of all the things that Ming Xin had done, that surprise quickly disappeared.

nBut he also couldn’t help asking, “Why didn’t you tell me about this sooner?”

nThe second prince was related to the Yong Family incident and since he had been the one that had caused the fall of the Yong Family, it could be said that he was the one that had ruined the second prince’s plan.

nIf this was ever found out by the second prince, it was certain that he would be the target of vengeance for the second prince.

nThis was something that was better to know earlier than later since he could have started planning for this already.

nMing Xin just calmly said, “There was no need for me to tell you back then.”

nLin Fan was confused as he asked, “Why?”

nMing Xin explained in the same calm voice, “The matter in Brilliant Light City had already been settled, so there was no need to worry about this. Even if the second prince found out about this, there was a scapegoat prepared.”

nLin Fan said in a low voice, “The Flying Feather Organization?”

nMing Xin gave a nod before saying, “They are already related to one of the other princes, so the second prince won’t do anything to them.”

nLin Fan was once again shocked as he asked, “When did they fall under another prince?”

nMing Xin was the one surprised this time as she said, “Didn’t you all see the report from Brilliant Light City a few weeks ago?”

nAll of them shook their heads when they heard this.

nMing Xin then explained, “It said that the Roaring Wave Chamber of Commerce built a new branch in Brilliant Light City and their representatives were seen meeting with the Flying Feather Organization. It even said that the leader of the Flying Feather met the branch manager from the Roaring Wave Chamber of Commerce. Didn’t you guys know that the Roaring Wave Chamber of Commerce is the front for the eighth prince?”

nEveryone once again revealed shocked looks.

nYue Lan narrowed her eyes to look at Ming Xin before saying, “That doesn’t mean that they’ve jumped onto the eighth prince’s boat. It could just mean that the eighth prince wants to bring them to his side, but hasn’t yet. It could just mean that they’re just making first contact.”

nMing Xin nodded in agreement to this, but then she said in a cryptic voice, “If you look carefully at the description of the group from the Roaring Wave Chamber of Commerce, you’ll find someone very special among them.”

nYue Lan knitted her brows, but she didn’t waste any time as she took out the report that Ming Xin was referring to.

nAfter carefully reading it several times, she finally revealed a look of recognition as she found the information that she was looking for.

n“This description…isn’t this…” Yue Lan muttered to herself.

nThen she suddenly looked up at Ming Xin who just casually sat there in front of her with a completely different expression. It was almost as if she was meeting her for the first time.

nThe others all felt the same way even if they didn’t really understand what was happening.

nIt seemed that they had all underestimated Ming Xin’s intelligence…

nAfter a long period of silence, Yue Lan asked Ming Xin, “Why the fourth prince?”

nShe no longer questioned Ming Xin’s judgement because she had seen something that was impossible to deny in the report.

nOne of the people that came with the Roaring Waves Chamber of Commerce, even if it was just a description, she immediately recognized him.

nIt was the right hand man of the eighth prince.

nUnless it was for something important, this person would never be deployed to a place like Brilliant Light City where there were countless people watching.𝐎𝑣𝐞𝓵xt.𝓬𝗈𝐌

nSo the only explanation was that they had secured a deal with the Flying Feather Organization who basically controlled Brilliant Light City now.

nSo there was no way to deny Ming Xin’s guess.

nAfter Ming Xin heard this, she revealed a look of admiration at how decisive Yue Lan was.

nShe already admired her from working with her.

nThis was someone who had built up an empire like the Royal Style Store, so it was impossible for her not to admire her.

nShe even had the urge to call her big sister.

nMing Xin calmly said, “The fourth prince is related to the Mercenary Guild.”

nThis time, it was Tian Tian who had the most shocked look.

nShe looked at Ming Xin like she was a monster, but this also confirmed that the Mercenary Guild was indeed working with the fourth prince.

nThis was something that Tian Tian had only recently learned after headquarters had seen her success and decided to promote her.

nShe was now on the same level as her big sister Tian Xue, so she was able to learn the secrets of the headquarters.

nThis included the fact that the Mercenary Guild was supporting the fourth prince.

nSeeing this look on Tian Tian’s face, Yue Lan gave a nod before saying, “What else?”

nMing Xin gave a shrug and said, “There’s nothing other than that. It’s just that the fourth prince is considered a better person than the other princes and nothing else.”

nYue Lan narrowed her eyes to look at Ming Xin before saying, “Are you sure that’s it? Is there anything else that you’re hiding?”

nMing Xin revealed an awkward look like a child who had been caught with a hand in the cookie jar.

nAfter a moment of hesitation, she added, “I’ve heard that the fourth prince has a connection to some sects and he’s most likely the dark horse of this succession race.”

n“Sects?”

nMu Bao Bao was the one who raised her voice this time.

nMing Xin looked at her and immediately said, “These are all sects that don’t have any connection to the Love Sect, so you don’t need to worry. The fourth prince isn’t connected to the destruction of the Love Sect at all.”

nMu Bao Bao had a look that clearly made it seem like she thought differently, but she didn’t say anything else since she knew that this wasn’t the right time for her to say anything.

nYue Lan was in deep thought after hearing this, so there was another long silence that filled the room.

nFinally, Yue Lan said, “Alright, we’ll go with your plan.”

nShe looked back at everyone else and said, “We’ll accept this city promotion and then contact the fourth prince. I have some contacts that will allow us to make contact with the fourth prince, but…”

nShe left her words hanging as she turned to look at Tian Tian.

nTian Tian was able to understand what she was implying right away, but she didn’t promise anything right away.

nThere was a difficult look on her face as if she was having difficulty deciding whether to speak or not, but in the end, she took a deep look at Lin Fan before saying, “I can mediate with the Mercenary Guild. I’ll talk to my big sister about this.”

nYue Lan gave a nod in response before looking at Lin Fan.

nLin Fan had been looking at Tian Tian when she said this.

nHe knew how much of a risk she was taking by doing this, so of course he was moved by this.

nHe took her by the hand and looked into her eyes before saying, “You don’t have to do this if you don’t want to, we have other ways of doing this.”

nTian Tian looked back into his eyes before giving a determined nod and saying, “It’s fine, I want to do this.”

nLin Fan just looked into those eyes before saying, “Thank you.”

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