Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1142

Chapter 1142: Chapter 1136: Ambition

Bai Qingyan nodded, turned her head and signaled Wei Zhong to lead the people out.

Feng Yao, who hadn’t yet sat down properly, stood up as well. After bowing to Bai Qingyan once more, he followed Wei Zhong out.

Ah Nu, who was beside Empress Dowager Yan, also bowed and withdrew.

"If the Empress Dowager has anything to say, please speak freely," Bai Qingyan said with a smile.

Empress Dowager Yan sat upright, her gaze falling on Bai Qingyan’s abdomen, and said, "I am A Yan’s sister-in-law. Since I know that the child in the Zhou Emperor’s womb is A Yan’s flesh and blood, I dare assume the position of the Zhou Emperor’s sister-in-law. May I ask, Zhou Emperor... now that you and A Yan have a child, will A Yan fake his death after the Xiliang campaign to be with you and the child?"

Bai Qingyan quietly looked at Empress Dowager Yan...

Since Murong Yan and Murong Li did not tell Empress Dowager Yan about the future unification of the two countries, and Murong Li intended it to be proposed by Yan, Bai Qingyan saw no reason to disclose everything to Empress Dowager Yan now.

She shook her head and said, "The Empress Dowager is A Yan’s sister-in-law, apart from being the wife of the former Yan Emperor and the biological mother of the current Emperor of Yan. You should know... whether it was the former Yan Emperor, A Yan, or the current Emperor of Yan, all harbored the ambition to unify the realm! And I was born in the Bai family, whose long-standing aspiration is to witness a day of peace and prosperity throughout the land!"

Bai Qingyan fixed her gaze on the increasingly pale Empress Dowager Yan, then said, "A Yan and I each have our own ambitions and aspirations. We have said before that when it comes to major state affairs of the two countries, the interests of both countries must take precedence over personal feelings."

Empress Dowager Yan was so shocked that she stood up: "You mean that in the future... once Xiliang is settled, Yan wants to unite the world, and Zhou also wants to unite the world! A war may break out? But... but you are already married to A Yan! You are A Yan’s wife, and you are carrying A Yan’s child, so why... why can’t you make a concession for the unification of the world?"

Empress Dowager Yan realized her words were extremely inappropriate as soon as she spoke them.

Bai Qingyan was now the Emperor of Zhou. Why would she allow unification and make her son the emperor? It was impossible...

Everyone has personal desires, just like her. Even though she knew that A Yan had sacrificed more for Yan than Xiao Ali, and that A Yan might be more suitable as emperor than Xiao Ali, she still didn’t want her husband’s Yan kingdom to fall into someone else’s hands.

Bai Qingyan did not get angry, merely smiled and said to Empress Dowager Yan, "Then why can’t the Yan make a concession for unification of the world? Empress Dowager... don’t impose on others what you don’t desire yourself. There is indeed genuine affection between A Yan and me, and it is true that we have a child, but that is my personal feeling, not a reason for the entire Zhou to retreat."

"But you are married to A Yan!" Empress Dowager Yan said, devoid of confidence.

Bai Qingyan, her gaze calm and collected, said as if nothing could disturb her, "When the previous Emperor of Yan was alive, he also asked me this question. If in the future... only the two countries remain, how should I balance state affairs and my feelings for A Yan, to which the Empress Dowager has brought up again today. My answer remains: private affairs are private, state affairs are not subject to private considerations. On this point... Murong Yan has done very well. As for me, I am equally unburdened!"

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