In fact, Lin He’s plan is not complicated at all.
Ever since he learned that Qin He was the real culprit behind Mo Lin’s injury, he had been thinking about taking revenge and making Qin He pay the due price.
It just so happened that he was unable to make any progress in conquering Qin Yu, so he had a reason to seek help from Qin He. He asked Qin He to send someone to act as an assassin to perform a good show of a hero saving a beauty with him, so as to better attract the beauty.
In the original plan, the assassin would kill himself after completing the task, leaving no hidden dangers, but when it came to the subsequent planning, how could Lin He let the other party get his wish?
After completing part of his plan by blocking the assassin for Qin Yu, he immediately secretly stopped his suicide act before passing out peacefully.
In this way, Qin Yu has a good impression and has the means to get rid of Qin He.
He later deliberately mentioned soul searching just to identify Qin He as the assassin’s master. He originally thought that Qin Yu would be suspicious, but he didn’t expect that after the other party learned the result from him, he directly reported it to the Demon Emperor without asking a word.
What happened next was smoother than he imagined. All of Qin He’s crimes were exposed. He tortured his nephew, killed ordinary monsters, raised private soldiers with the intention of rebelling and was betrayed by his trusted aides. After all these crimes, even if he is lucky enough to escape the death penalty, the rest of his life will definitely be difficult and he will inevitably feel despair.
At this time, he took advantage of the situation and got rid of him with his own hands. He also disguised the scene. Most people would not think about it deeply. At most, they would think that he committed suicide out of fear of his crimes. It turned out that his guess was correct. Things really went according to his plan, and it was almost too smooth.
When people talk about Qin He in the future, people will only talk about his failure to rebel and how he committed suicide out of fear of the consequences of his crimes. Lin He will not be implicated at all. Moreover, no one else knows his purpose of approaching Qin Yu. After all, dead people cannot speak. He won’t be afraid that he will fight to the death or betray him.
However, because Qin He helped him before his death and allowed him to further conquer Qin Yu, he will miss him from time to time.
Looking at the incident from beginning to end, it can be seen that Lin He was trying to kill two birds with one stone, conquering Qin Yu and getting rid of Qin He.
However, were things really as smooth and simple as he imagined?
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Qin Yu touched the perfectly opened Qiu Ju with his fingertips, and slightly curled his lips, “As everyone knows, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind.”
Lin He felt that since Qin He had been eliminated, he’d have less worries, and he was a complete winner. But in Qin Yu’s eyes, Lin He and Qin He would both lose completely. They were both prey in his hands.
Qin Yu had been making plans a long time ago. He deliberately alienated Lin He’s relationship with Lu Meng and Jia Yi and took advantage of their greed to lead them into gambling. They were in deep trouble and could not ask Lin He for help, so they could only take risks and go to the Demon Realm to seek an opportunity to get the jasmine flower.
Then he asked Han Yan, who had long been his confidant, to arrange a scene, seemingly inadvertently allowing the two of them to hear the truth about Mo Lin’s injury and rush back to tell Lin He.
According to Qin Yu’s understanding of Lin He, after Lin He finds out, he would naturally not give up or spare Qin He easily.
When he received the news from Han Yan and learned that Lin He had gone to Qin He, combined with the information from his previous life, Qin Yu guessed that he was going to follow the same path of his previous life, he wanted to rescue the beauty as a hero, or in other words, hero saving the beauty. But this time, his purpose was definitely not limited to that. Qin Yu guessed that Lin He also wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Qin He.
Sure enough, what happened next was completely within his expectations.
He watched Lin He’s acting skills with cold eyes and used some tricks to make him suffer the consequences, and he was injured in the assassination incident.
Then he watched Lin He secretly promote the development of things, watched him identify Qin He, watched him sneak into Yueqing Palace to kill Qin He…
So, Qin Yu knew everything.
Sometimes he would even secretly help Lin He to make things go more smoothly, such as asking Han Yan to remove the guards from Yueqing Palace in advance, and step forward to identify Qin He…all just to make things go faster.
But, again, does the matter really stop here?
Qin He wanted to use Lin He to get rid of Qin Yu, but Lin He used him to counterattack and kill him. On the surface, he also improved Qin Yu’s favorability. And Lin He wants to use Qin Yu to save Mo Lin, what will be the result?
Of course, he’s going to treat him the same way and let him have a taste of being used!
In the study, Qin Yu flicked the paper in his hand, his face hidden in the shadows and his expression unclear.
With a creak, the door was suddenly pushed open, and someone stepped in, followed by the fresh fragrance of grass and trees mixed in the air, and a glimmer of light before dawn.
As soon as Jiao Yi entered the door, he asked, “Why didn’t His Highness light the candle?”
Qin Yu stretched out from his seat, rested his chin on his hands and said in a low voice, “It’s not like I can’t see clearly.”
He lit the candle and Jiao Yi said, “But with light, it is better than being in darkness.”
Looking at the burning candle and the tall man beside him, Qin Yu chuckled, “That’s true, but…” He leaned back with his head on the back of the chair, and asked in a low voice, “What did Jiao Yi want to say?”
When Jiao Yi heard this, his breath stagnated and his heart pounded. He quickly said, “Your Highness, you misunderstood. I…”
“Jiao Yi!”
Jiao Yi was stunned. He looked at Qin Yu who suddenly stood up from his seat, and heard the other party say to him, “I want to listen to the truth.”
Jiao Yi’s throat rolled and he hesitated several times. Finally, under Qin Yu’s increasingly cold eyes, he knelt down on one knee and gritted his teeth and said, “I want to ask, will His Highness agree to Immortal Lord Lin He’s confession?”
After saying that, Jiao Yi felt that the air was stagnant, and the atmosphere was very cool. Even the heart in his chest seemed to have gone cold.
What am I doing?
Jiao Yi lowered his gaze and thought, is it not that he agreed not to expect more and to always support all His Highness’s decisions, which of course also includes emotional matters. But what is he doing now?
“Just for this?” Unexpectedly, Qin Yu only said this in a serious tone after hearing this.
Jiao Yi felt relieved, but before he could put his high heart back to its original place, Qin Yu walked up to him.
Qin Yu looked down and asked, “For this? Are you not with me all day?”
After Lin He left, Jiao Yi also left him temporarily on the pretext of doing something and he stayed away for the whole day, from early morning to dawn.
For a moment, Jiao Yi felt as if someone had pinched his heart. Emotions called panic and shame spread through his limbs and body. His face was burning and his head hung lower. “This subordinate has neglected his duty.”
Qin Yu snorted coldly, “You are guilty of the dereliction of your duty.”
Jiao Yi’s eyes jumped.
Pulling him up, Qin Yu held Jiao Yi’s lapel, looked directly at him and said, “I told you that if you have something to tell me directly, you don’t have to hide it in your heart. Have you taken this sentence to heart? Did you do it?” At the end of his words, his tone was stern, like the wind blowing in the cold winter, which can make one’s bones ache and one’s heart tremble.
Jiao Yi was nailed to the spot by these words, completely at a loss. Qin Yu let go of him and asked, “Do you know you are wrong?”
“I know I am wrong.”
Adjusting his clothes, Qin Yu said, “Although I don’t know why you are entangled in this matter, obviously everything is wrong, You see it all in your eyes. I thought you saw my attitude towards him very clearly.”
Jiao Yi moved his fingers slightly and remained silent. He had thought so too, but once Qin Yu was involved, adding the emotion of love, one word makes him wrapped up in his own selfishness, how could he see clearly?
“Alas.” Qin Yu sighed, but his voice did not sound tired or helpless, but had a hint of indulgence, “I wanted to wait until Lin He asks next time before answering, but since you are interested, it doesn’t hurt to say it now.”
“Actually, Your Highness doesn’t need to…”
“Shh!” Qin Yu raised his ring finger in front of his lips and said, “Listen to me. You must listen carefully to what I say next.”
Jiao Yi looked at him, his eyes not blinking for a moment.
