Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1485

Chapter 1485: Chapter 1480: Stability

He truly didn’t expect that the Emperor of Zhou would be so formidable... having already uncovered his identity, and even seen through the deep hatred in his heart and his desire for revenge. He thought that ever since following Bai Jinse, he had hidden it well.

Bai Jinse had done him a favor. At first, he didn’t know Bai Jinse’s identity. Thinking that his country was already gone, he decided to stay by Bai Jinse’s side to repay her.

Later, he learned about Bai Jinse’s identity, knew that she was the younger sister of Bai Qingyan, the Emperor of Zhou, and thought... if the Yan Kingdom were to ally with Zhou, staying by the Emperor’s sister would surely present an opportunity to meet the Emperor of Yan and the Regent Prince, allowing him to carry out his assassination plan.

Later still, he discovered that the Emperor of Zhou, because his brother the King of Zhen was betrayed by the Yan Kingdom, sent troops to Yan, and he couldn’t hide the excitement in his bones. Who would have thought... later, the two countries would set this matter aside and start betting on national strategies.

He understood that Yan’s proposal to gamble national strategies at that time was merely to seek survival in desperate circumstances, but he couldn’t understand why the Emperor of Zhou agreed.

Later, from Bai Jinse’s mouth, he discovered that the bet on national strategies was initially proposed by the Emperor of Zhou, as the Emperor had ambitions to unify the nations, yet couldn’t bear to see the people displaced by war nor see soldiers perish in vain. Yet at that time, Yan did not agree.

The shock in his heart was indescribable. He had never seen an emperor like Bai Qingyan, who, after ascending to the throne, didn’t construct an Imperial Mausoleum but rather directed the Ministry of Revenue to save money to build private schools. The new policies she implemented harmed aristocratic family interests while benefitting the common people, yet she had foresight, efficiently dealing with the Vassal Kings before implementing the new laws, paving the way for their enforcement with determination.

Furthermore, she suggested betting on national strategies without considering whose name would rule the land, proposing that whoever’s national policies could enrich the people, then that nation’s policies would govern the land.

He was moved by such magnanimity and admitted that if he couldn’t reach where the Emperor of Zhou had, and even... if he hadn’t been by Bai Jinse’s side, learning about so many things, he wouldn’t have believed that such a pure-hearted family like the Bai family really existed, much less an emperor genuinely working for the welfare of the people rather than to consolidate their own power.

After all, this was vastly different from the teachings they received since childhood. They learned how to maintain their ancestral state using imperial balancing techniques and governance methods from the people!

Later, observing Bai Qingyan use methods he had never heard or learned from the Imperial Master or the Grandmother Empress... to unite the court officials and gather the people’s hearts, he wondered how Bai Qingyan, being a woman, could have learned these ways to unite the hearts of the court and the people and to govern the nation and the world?

Until he had been by Bai Jinse’s side for a while, heard many things about the Bai family, knew the Bai family’s ancestral teachings... and their duty and commitment as legitimate heirs, learned about the Bai family’s generational assistance to monarchs in unifying the land, making it prosperous and peaceful, understood... Bai Qingyan wasn’t using balancing techniques and governance from the people, she simply remembered... the people are the foundation of the nation, everything started from the people.

Moved by the Bai family, he felt it was unworthy for the Bai family who once served Jin, and later... he genuinely admired the Bai family for having a rightful eldest daughter like Bai Qingyan.

No wonder the revered Min Qianqiu Lord of Wei wasn’t willing to write for the Wei Imperial Clan but was willing to pen a history for the Bai family; the Bai family certainly deserved it.

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