Although Cui Yu was the cream of the crop among his generation in the Cui Clan, his seniority was still low, and there were others of his generation with even greater natural talent. Since joining Qingming, Cui Yu had essentially used all of his clan contributions and his monthly stipend for the intelligence Wei Yuan needed.

Wei Yuan was well aware of this, but for the time being, he had no good way to compensate his sect fellow.

Given Cui Yu’s current status within his clan, he was not yet in a position to obtain the core secrets of various royal families. However, Wei Yuan didn’t need to know that much. For the time being, just the information available in the open was enough.

Wei Yuan had originally no interest in the succession struggle within Western Jin, but since the First Consort had made her hints so blatantly clear during the end of their meeting, who knew what she might do if he refused to help her? If a certain word were to reach the King of Jin’s ears, wouldn’t Western Jin mobilize its entire army to crush Qingming?

How to help her was no easy...