Damn the last emperor really had no shame, as he was already giving the sect soul gems, he was digging in the general's grave without the family's consent.
@esmee_n101 yeah, definitely making deals with money that wasn't his yet., although at the time, Lin family had no future. The head's getting old and both the remaining son and granddaughter were powerless, and they were originally going to be married into the royal family. Not sure why they changed that plan.
@icarushector the plan of wuxie marrying the second prince plan? The second prince didn't like how weak wuxie was and he liked the qinyun thot better as did the emperor. The emperor thought that having connections with the qinyun will be more useful for them than the lin clan since they were "weak and dying". They could've gotten the army anyways if the heads died.
@esmee_n101 I mean the emperor did kill his wife and poison his son and intentionally harm his generals so yea he wasnt exactly a a good person by any standard
@shiirosagi it's not like they didn't have connections, based on this deal, and they could have just done the poisoning song and dance they did with the emperor's first wife to make room for Qinyun girl. Basically, second prince would have never cut it anyway even if our girl hadn't transmigrated in.
... I take that last bit half back, he pushed her off a cliff because he's an impatient shit.