Chapter 170: She understood its meaning too late Part III

“Marriage.”

Xu Peipei nodded. At this time, only the Xu family revealed their cards and openly chose sides. As for the Yue family, who had never shown bias, their thoughts were not too hard to guess. With one of the two options being Ouyang Feilong, they would surely choose him, whom they had practically raised.

But if the other military pillar, Ouyang Feilong, did not choose himself and instead supported Ouyang Mingxian, it would be a unanimous decision. However, the commander-general was silent.

The pressure then fell on the Bai family. If they chose Ouyang Mingxian, then he would have enough support to become emperor. And if that support was gained through the marriage to Bai Yu, Ouyang Mingxian would be able to pull the Yue family to his side as well…