Chapter 981: Is It Because of Mrs. Ling?
He spoke casually and nonchalantly, as if he didn’t care at all.
He made it sound like the position of Vice President was as trivial as a street vendor, simply quitting if he didn’t want to do it.
This caught the officials gathered here for a conversation completely off guard.
What did he say?
Resign?
He wants to resign and no longer serve as Vice President?
Ah, they must be hallucinating!
The Vice President, not doing it anymore?
This is a position second only to one, above tens of thousands!
The officials were indeed extremely astonished.
In this world, men most desire three things: power, money, and women.
He had achieved such a position, having become Vice President at such a young age, his prospects were simply boundless.
He could absolutely serve three consecutive terms, and three terms are just nine years. After nine years, he would be just in his thirties, an enviable position indeed.
If he did well and wasn’t ousted, considering his age, he could definitely break the three-term rule and serve five or six terms. After all, he was still young.
Besides, the Di Family was a first-class household in the Empire, and by that time, he could entirely dominate the Empire.
But he was actually talking about resignation—what on earth was that about?
However, though they had their doubts internally, these people were all shrewd and quickly understood what was going on.
Di Mingzhe had always been the proud protégé that Dan Youguo mentioned, and he happened to have a daughter.
And this daughter was not unknown; at a young age, she was the chief interpreter and diplomat of the Golden Palace.
If they could form a marriage alliance, it would undoubtedly be perfect.
Moreover, Di Mingzhe was young and promising with limitless prospects. He was a piece of prime ’fat meat,’ and Dan Youguo certainly wouldn’t want to let go of such a delicacy.
But now that Di Mingzhe already had a wife, a marriage alliance with the President was no longer possible.
No wonder he wanted to resign; he was probably worried about the President making things difficult for him.
Truth be told, even though Dan Youguo was about to step down, he was still in office at the moment.
It would really be no trouble at all to deal with Di Mingzhe if he wanted to.
So was Di Mingzhe offering to resign in order to protect himself, his wife, and their love?
The President’s intention was nothing more than a marriage alliance, hoping that the next President would be his son-in-law.
Probably many men would be tempted by such a proposition and agree to the alliance.
But Di Mingzhe was an exception; he not only rejected the idea of marriage alliances, he even publicly announced that he already had a wife and proposed his resignation.
He truly was an oddity among oddities.
What man does not love power?
If he doesn’t, there’s only one possibility: he loves this woman more than he loves himself.
It must be so, no wonder he dared to publicly announce he had a wife in such a situation, and that she was his own sister.
The group of officials couldn’t help but sigh, recalling the old saying, "It is tough for heroes to overcome the enticement of a beautiful woman; even in death beneath peony flowers, one remains a happy ghost."
How many heroes willingly die over a beautiful woman—indeed, it is true.
And when Dan Youguo heard what Di Mingzhe said, he was not surprised either.
Because Di Mingzhe had expressed this sentiment before, and he always knew his student was a man of steel, not one to be easily swayed in conversation.
No amount of coercion or bribery would work.
It seems he only needed to teach him properly how to be an official and how to live his life.
Thinking this, Dan Youguo smiled kindly, "Why would you want to resign? The resignation of the Vice President would involve far too much."
"There’s nothing that involves too much," Di Mingzhe said with a smile curling his lips, "This is my personal decision and wish."
"Oh?" Dan Youguo raised an eyebrow, "But if it’s because Madam doesn’t want you to continue this job, that would not be good."