Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1156

Chapter 1156 -1150: Judging Others by Oneself

Xiao Ruohai’s smile widened slightly, and with a change in tone, he said, “It’s just that… if Lady Governor doesn’t confess truthfully, if either the young master’s or the young lady’s hands or nose or eyes are gone, they won’t grow back!”

“Madam! Madam!” Upon hearing these words, the governor trembled like a leaf and quickly pleaded with his wife, “Madam, just tell the truth! I said we should not be greedy, just being able to keep the position of governor is good enough, but you insisted on our son marrying the Emperor of Zhou’s sister and our daughter marrying into the imperial family!”

Xiao Ruohai lowered his gaze, turning the ring on his thumb, his eyes intensely cold…

“Lady Governor, you really have quite the nerve! Once… the Emperor of Yan offered to marry our Emperor’s sister, and our Emperor didn’t even agree. Who is your son to dare covet our Emperor’s sister?” Xiao Ruohai still wore that smiling expression, yet his words sent a chill down the governor’s and his wife’s spines, “Our Bai family’s young master is not someone just any dirty or smelly person can want. With your daughter’s status, serving as a foot-washing maid for our Bai family’s young master would already be an honor!”

Xiao Ruohai brushed off nonexistent dust from his clothes, propping one hand on the chair’s armrest, and said, “This time, it’s your own greed that brought you here, thinking that with just a strategy to attack the city you could hold us Zhou in your grip. However, you have no bargaining chip to ensure your survival. After all, your methods may work best for us, but they’re not necessary! Fighting… our Bai family’s army has never feared anyone! The tougher the bone, the more interested our Bai family’s army is!”

Xiao Ruohai smiled, “So now… if Lady Governor tells the truth and this time the city gates do open, with our Zhou winning, I can guarantee your family’s safety. But if there’s even a slightest mistake in between…”

He tapped his fingers on the table, full of threatening implication.

Ye Yingnan’s expression was extremely unsightly. Only when Xiao Ruohai pointed it out did the self-assured she realize that whether she greedily wanted her son to marry the Emperor of Zhou’s sister or wanted her daughter to marry the Emperor of Zhou’s brother, she hadn’t grasped the soft spot of the Emperor of Zhou!

To the Emperor of Zhou, if she didn’t help… he’d just take it by force.

She simply judged the situation by her own thinking, assuming the Emperor of Zhou would consider using his own brother’s or sister’s marriage to exchange for an easy capture of Yecheng Pass as a very worthwhile deal. Then, she could use the imperial connection to seek wealth for her son and the entire clan, but she miscalculated how much the Emperor of Zhou valued his sibling’s marriage.

She completely forgot to leave herself a fallback, a reason for the Emperor of Zhou to hesitate to kill her whole family.

She was too clever for her own good, and in the end, her wit had been her downfall.

Thus she handed her entire family’s lives over to the Emperor of Zhou so easily!

But she was unwilling! 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

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