Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1352

Chapter 1352: Chapter 1347: The Blade

"Since this matter is already settled, I will not disturb you any longer. Madam Wang, take good care of yourself, the good days for the Wang family... are yet to come!"

After Wei Zhong finished speaking, he bowed to Madam Wang and left the main room, then went to the side room to bow to the Fourth Lady, Mrs. Wang, before taking his leave.

Wang Dingkun and Mrs. Wang Liu were ashen-faced, continually pleading with the Fourth Lady, Mrs. Wang. Nanny Guan shielded Mrs. Wang behind her. Seeing that Wei Zhong had left, she escorted Mrs. Wang into the main room to see Madam Wang.

Wang Dingkun and Mrs. Wang Liu tried to follow but were stopped by the guard. As soon as they called out "Auntie," the guard drew his sword, scaring them into hurriedly leaving Changsong Courtyard. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Mrs. Wang worried that Bai Qingyan, in her effort to protect Bai Qingjue’s marriage, might have said something about taking action against the Wang family, which her mother couldn’t bear. As soon as Mrs. Wang entered, Madam Wang grabbed her daughter’s hand and began to cry, startling Mrs. Wang. Nanny Qin’s eyelids twitched.

Madam Wang wiped her daughter’s hair with a trembling hand and choked, "I thought my daughter’s fate was bitter, marrying her ideal husband... yet the husband is often away at war. Now, my son-in-law is gone at such a young age, and even little Seventeen..."

Thinking of little Seventeen brought a stabbing pain to Madam Wang’s heart, her tears flowing, pulling out an awkward smile: "But I didn’t expect... even though my son-in-law is gone, there’s still someone to protect my daughter! His Majesty... holds true and deep affection for both you and Ah Jue, even when Ah Jue is not around, he has taken good care of you. I, as a mother, am truly ashamed!"

She is Mrs. Wang’s biological mother. Knowing full well that Mrs. Wang has a gentle disposition, she let Mrs. Wang be manipulated by that couple. Yet, it was her daughter’s niece from her in-laws who couldn’t stand it and stepped in to protect her.

"Luckily, you married into a family like the Bai family with such longstanding traditions! Your father can rest in peace!" Madam Wang patted her daughter’s hand.

"Mother, please don’t scare your daughter..." Mrs. Wang’s face was deathly pale, not understanding what happened, fearing her mother might have ill thoughts.

"Don’t be afraid!" Madam Wang wiped her daughter’s tears, "The good days for our Wang family are still ahead! This is what His Majesty said, so Mother... must take care of her health, still needing to watch Ah Jue get married!"

Hearing her mother say this, Mrs. Wang was immediately in tears, nodding repeatedly.

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Xiao Rongyan, to avoid suspicion, did not stay long in the palace. After spending some time playing with the two children, he returned to the posthouse.

In the posthouse, the Yan Kingdom envoy, who nearly had the negotiations with Zhou collapse today, waited anxiously for their Regent Prince to return.

Upon hearing that their Regent Prince had been kept in the palace by the Emperor of Zhou, the Yan envoy became even more worried.

Xiao Rongyan realized that the ministers of Yan were very frustrated this time.

"Letting the Second Prince be an envoy is fine, and General Xie can still be discussed..." The anger in the Minister of Revenue’s voice couldn’t be suppressed, "But which family ever sends a Regent Prince as an envoy? Now that the Emperor is young, and the Empress Dowager..."

Yan’s Minister of Revenue stopped short of uttering the word "confused," but swallowed it back, simply saying, "The Empress Dowager is frail, and everything in Yan relies on the Regent Prince for decisions. If the Regent Prince is held here, what else can our Yan wager, might as well just surrender!"

Earlier at Honglu Temple, Yan’s Minister of Revenue, in anger, said this, upon which Fan Yugan replied, "Alright... surrendering directly isn’t impossible, but given the natural disasters and misfortunes in Yan, who knows how much bad debt is on the Ministry of Revenue’s books? If you want to surrender directly, then please have Minister of Revenue tidy Yan’s national treasury accounts. If the treasury is empty... and even owes the provinces, then let Yan settle up before talking about surrendering and merging into Zhou. Zhou doesn’t take in rubbish!"

The Yan officials discussing this almost ended up in a fight with Fan Yugan, leading to half an hour of mutual insults with no real negotiation progress.

It was only when Wang Hanbing spoke up to calm the scene that both sides returned to the main topic.

These days, negotiating the wager with Zhou has truly been... Yan was in the wrong first, caught with no leverage and can only endure the humiliation daily.

"Regent Prince, we still need to take a firm stance on this matter. Zhou is now uncompromising, and no matter what, you cannot be sent as an envoy to Zhou. The Second Prince and General Xie are invaluable generals for Yan, and if we truly send them to Zhou, it would be tantamount to handing the blade to cut down the enemy to Zhou!" Wang Hanbing said heavily.