Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1440

Chapter 1440: Chapter 1435: Consideration

"Once at war with the Dongyi Kingdom, it will inevitably burden the entire nation. By then... it will be necessary to gather more provisions. As for the cities in the Yan Kingdom currently implementing the new laws of the Zhou Kingdom, Your Majesty, do you think... should we mobilize them?" Dong Qingping spread his hands. "If we don’t mobilize... the Yan court will be dissatisfied! If we do... the people of the Yan Kingdom have yet to see the benefits of the new laws of the Zhou and instead have to surrender provisions, they will harbor resentment towards the new policies. In the future, will they still cooperate with our Zhou officials? Your Majesty... it’s not worth the loss!"

Commandant Lu also nodded: "Your Majesty, a single move will affect the whole situation. This old minister agrees with Minister Dong’s words. I know that Your Majesty is not willing to swallow this. We can first send an envoy to the Dongyi to retrieve the body of the Hancheng King and demand an explanation from the Dongyi Kingdom... If the Seventh Prince is in our Zhou, we will definitely return him. We must warn the Dongyi Kingdom to be restrained and tell them outright... Our Zhou is currently unwilling to cause trouble, but should the Dongyi Kingdom remain unruly, our Zhou doesn’t mind extinguishing this tiny nation first. What do you say, Your Majesty?"

Commandant Lu pondered for a long time and finally proposed a compromise.

"Indeed!" Dong Qingping nodded repeatedly. "If they wish for peace, or to be obliterated, as long as the Monarch of the Dongyi isn’t insane, they will choose!"

"Elder Sister, I’ll go to destroy Dongyi..." Bai Qingyu spoke up.

"A Yu!" Dong Qingping widened his eyes, as if thinking that at such a critical moment, Bai Qingyu should be persuading Bai Qingyan, not fanning the flames by suggesting to destroy Dongyi.

Bai Qingyan looked steadily at his elder sister, understanding her anger... her grief, and her guilt.

If the Dongyi Kingdom isn’t destroyed, his sister’s anger and guilt will be hard to quell, especially... as Dongyi dared to stab the Zhou Kingdom, just as she said, they ought to face the wrath of the Zhou Kingdom.

Bai Qingyu raised his eyes to look at his uncle and spoke softly: "Uncle, Commandant Lu, now the Dongyi Kingdom is actively provoking. If our Zhou endures it, it’s equivalent to having Dongyi grip our weakness, thinking that our Zhou, currently engaged in a gamble with the Yan Kingdom, dares not wage war against them, hence their growing arrogance!"

Bai Qingqi also agreed with Bai Qingyu’s statement, nodding: "And having tasted the benefits, the Dongyi Kingdom will certainly push further!"

"In addition to pushing further, the Dongyi Kingdom will fear that once our Zhou wins this gamble, after annexing the Yan Kingdom, we’ll then seek trouble from them..." Bai Jinxiu spoke softly, half-drooping her eyes. "Naturally, the Dongyi Kingdom will become closer to the Yan Kingdom, doing everything in their power to prevent Zhou from winning this gamble!"

"Therefore, since in the end we’ll have to fight, why suffer... this time, why send an envoy to Dongyi to endure humiliation? We should send someone to demand the return of Minister Liu and all the treasures he brought!" Bai Jinzhi could no longer hold back. "Otherwise, who knows if the Dongyi Kingdom will use the treasures we sent as military funds, joining forces with the Tianfeng Kingdom and Yan Kingdom to deceive our Zhou!"

Both Commandant Lu and Dong Qingping understood that the princes made valid points, but they thought... the safest course was still to stabilize Dongyi and win the gamble first!

Otherwise, if this war destroys Dongyi and gives us satisfaction, losing the gamble would only dress up the Yan Kingdom for marriage!

At that time, Bai Qingyan would be recorded as the first emperor in history to gamble away the nation due to a bet!

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