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

"Lu Dongli? What does he have to do with this?" Lu Mingye asked curiously.

“I even suspect that President Sheng deliberately sent a bunch of useless teammates to my side to annoy me… So he’s actually been quite good to you, you should really thank him,” Lu Wangshen said expressionlessly.

"What do you mean? He's a human being with the right to choose. If he wants to side with you, do you think I can stop him?" Sheng Hanyu shrugged.

"Didn't we agree not to play innocent?!" Lu Wangshen shouted.

"Why did you suddenly break down?" Sheng Hanyu asked.

"I...I really got messed with by you guys, didn't I?" Lu Wangshen calmed his breathing, took a sip of water Lu Mingye handed him, and continued, "We really should have sent Lu Dongli in too. He's getting in the way!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingye glanced at his legs, and Lu Wangshen immediately warned, "No one but me can tell hellish jokes!"

“The problem is he didn’t do anything illegal, at least not a crime. We’ve already investigated his case, with so-and-so. Besides, if he really did something, you wouldn’t have waited until now to bring it up,” Sheng Hanyu said.

"Wait a minute, do you mean he's white?" Lu Mingye asked.

"Why wouldn't you know about this?" Sheng Hanyu asked in return.

“Because he’s not important.” Lu Mingye was quite sincere.

“Things are different now. You should know that Seventh Concubine is gone, so Lu Dongli still has some influence,” Sheng Hanyu said.

"Then leave the things behind, and the others can leave." Lu Wangshen said with disdain.

"What did he do to offend you?" Sheng Hanyu asked sincerely.

“His very existence offends me, so what? Is that not allowed?” Lu Wangshen said for a moment, then felt that dwelling on this matter was pointless. “Forget it, let him go. At least he didn’t take these things to Lu Wangqian, so he’s not as stupid as I thought.”

"Just how stupid do you think he is?" Lu Mingye asked, puzzled. "I actually think he's fairly normal."

"Then you might need to adjust your standards for what's normal," Lu Wangshen said impatiently. "You think I'm normal? How can you believe anything you say?"

"What do you mean by 'normal'?!"

"Stop, stop, stop! You two, don't flirt in front of me." Sheng Hanyu held back for a moment, then felt there was no need to hold back and interrupted them. "If you feel I'm taking up your time, then I'll disappear right now."

"Alright. Let's continue. How do you want us to cooperate now?" Lu Wangshen glared at Lu Mingye before continuing, "Shouldn't we be able to get our permissions back now?"

Lu Mingye seemed eager to argue, but he held back and simply nodded silently.

“Well, that’s not a problem. I’m not in the mood to deal with these things right now, especially since I’m injured,” Sheng Hanyu emphasized again. “Luckily, Ye Siqing wasn’t injured, otherwise President Ye probably wouldn’t be reasonable with you.”

"Oh, that's a real shame. If that's the case, I'll probably be the only one left in the Lu family," Lu Wangshen said sarcastically.

"So, are you coming or are we going over there? Can we step forward now?" Lu Mingye asked.

He simply ignored Lu Wangshen's belief that his good relationship with Ye Yifan would grant him exemption. In any case, Ye Siqing wasn't actually injured, so arguing about hypothetical situations was pointless.

“If you’re asking for my advice, I think we shouldn’t,” Sheng Hanyu said, offering a method he had already considered. “I even think we should declare that you two died together.”

"Why... Oh, I see." Lu Wangshen nodded.

“It sounds like I’m pretty unlucky,” Lu Mingye laughed, “but I understand that you think this will lull Lu Wangqian into a false sense of security and make him confront the issue.”

“Yes, and this is much more believable than the fact that you were actually successfully attacked by him.” Sheng Hanyu said seriously, “My involvement is very obvious, as is Sanqing’s. He must have received the news that he helped you two break through the encirclement.”

"Then, the result of our rescue was that we both perished. Lu Wangqian would definitely like this ironic ending," Lu Mingye continued.

"Then let's spread it like this," Lu Wangshen said decisively, and he immediately picked up his phone.

Less than five minutes later, they received a push notification with the headline: Shocking! The two young masters of the Lu family have lost their internal power struggle and their fates are unknown!

Who will become the heir to the Lu family?

"The title is quite fitting," Sheng Hanyu commented. "The part after that is the key point. Apart from Lu Wangqian, when the others see that the two of you... all three of you are gone and your fates are unknown, I think there's still a chance for another fight."

“They’re going to fight each other head-on…” Lu Wangshen was speechless. “Lu Wangqian’s side might not be able to make a difference, but we can take this opportunity to sort out these petty people.”

“Yes, you’ve already seen the results.” Sheng Hanyu said, looking at the new message notifications popping up on her phone. “It’s working for me too, the messages keep coming in. Guess if there are any messages from Ye Wanyin?”

“Her…” Lu Wang pondered.

“Since you’re playing dead for now, that trick shouldn’t work,” Lu Mingye reminded him. “Otherwise, wouldn’t it have been a waste of time?”

"Can't I just be thinking about what we'll do after we're done?" Lu Wangshen asked. "I won't contact her now. If she wants to contact you, it probably won't be because of this."

“Whatever it is that she wants to see me, all I can say is that I will definitely cut ties with her.” Sheng Hanyu recalled the disgusting hints from before, “Your grandfather even hinted that I could have a relationship with her.”

“That’s how he is…” the two said in unison.

“That’s fine, at least one thing about her is right, and that’s her gender. Your grandfather even asked me what I thought of you,” Sheng Hanyu said to Lu Mingye.

Lu Mingye: "..."

He was speechless for a moment.

"Why aren't you surprised at all that the old man would still choose him as his successor after knowing all this?" Lu Wangshen asked instead.

“Asking is not important. Your grandfather probably thinks it’s just a form of entertainment.” Sheng Hanyu shook her head. “If you don’t know this, then I can only assume you haven’t seen through it yet.”

“It’s not that I don’t know… I’m just worried that you don’t know,” Lu Wangshen said.

“Okay, what I mean is I won’t cooperate with this. Also, you guys need to be careful to control the situation and prevent any more deaths or injuries. At least, prevent any deaths,” Sheng Hanyu said. “We haven’t been able to issue announcements for the previous ones yet.”

"Are you just going to abandon it?" Lu Mingye asked.

“I will have some people around to maintain minimal control, but I think it’s best if I don’t have to manage it. What do you think?” Sheng Hanyu smiled.

“Okay, I understand. But pretending to be dead while maintaining control is a bit difficult,” Lu Wangshen said. “I understand you don’t want to continue because you’re injured, but what about Ye Sanqing?”

“She originally wanted to intervene… but I persuaded her to leave.” Sheng Hanyu continued to smile.

"...Okay, let's decide on that then."

After hanging up the call, Sheng Hanyu mentally reviewed the situation one last time before lying down.