Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1552

Chapter 1552: Chapter 1547: Pressuring

Xiao Rongyan turned his head and saw the person who arrived was the general guarding Liyi City, and said to Bai Qingyan, "It is the general of the Liyi City garrison!"

"Let Liu Pinggao send the person over..." Bai Qingyan instructed Liu Pinggao.

Liu Pinggao responded promptly, calling out loudly, "Send the person over!"

The Liyi City general leaped off his horse, handing his sword to the Zhou soldiers who stopped him, and ran swiftly towards Xiao Rongyan and Bai Qingyan, falling to one knee urgently, saying, "The Regent Prince is in trouble, I beg you to quickly return to the city!"

"What happened?" Xiao Rongyan asked, not intending to drive Bai Qingyan away.

The Liyi City general glanced at Bai Qingyan, gritted his teeth, and bowed his head saying, "As soon as the Regent Prince left... the County Magistrate planned to break both of Doctor Zhu’s hands and cut out his tongue, saying... to prevent Doctor Zhu from speaking out of turn before the Regent Prince. General Yue Quanyong led his men to protect Doctor Zhu and sent me to request the Regent Prince to return quickly to preside over the situation!"

The Liyi City general, in front of the Emperor of Zhou, did not want to implicate the imperial clan, only mentioning the County Magistrate, as it was not suitable to air the family’s dirty laundry publicly. However, given the urgency of the situation, he had to clarify the matter temporarily placing the blame on the County Magistrate, intending to explain further to the Regent Prince on the way back.

Xiao Rongyan’s expression darkened. Even without the Liyi City general explicitly stating, he knew that the County Magistrate wouldn’t dare do such a thing, it must be a command from the imperial relatives. They probably thought that since he had left the city to meet the Zhou Emperor, he wouldn’t return any time soon.

By then, they could claim that Doctor Zhu’s hands were broken during an earlier interrogation before his arrival in Liyi City and even say that Doctor Zhu bit off his own tongue due to the unbearable torture.

"Saving lives is paramount! Doctor Zhu brought medicine to Anshun City in advance, preventing the epidemic there from taking more civilian lives! Such a person is a hero of Zhou, a hero of the people, he must not die!" Bai Qingyan said to Xiao Rongyan in the presence of the Yan Kingdom’s guard, "Regent Prince, this man is who I need! I request the Regent Prince to return to Liyi City quickly, I... will lead the army to follow and welcome our hero of Zhou, I want Doctor Zhu and his family unharmed!"

Since such a situation had occurred, Bai Qingyan intended to resolve it in the best way possible.

The distance to Liyi City was only five miles, and Liu Pinggao had already brought the army here, so she didn’t mind traveling the five miles to greet Doctor Zhu.

If Doctor Zhu were left in Liyi, once Xiao Rongyan left, who knew if he would be retaliated against. It would be better to take Doctor Zhu to a Zhou city, and also let the Yan citizens see that Zhou remembers its debts, if you have benefited the Zhou people, and if someone wants to harm you, the Emperor will lead an army to rescue you!

Bai Qingyan’s action was to force the Yan Kingdom to hand over Doctor Zhu, and also to win over the people’s heart... to win over the heart of the Yan people!

Once Doctor Zhu was brought to Anshun City, the people there would undoubtedly be happy to submit to Zhou!

By then, with the merging of the two countries, the resistance from the people would be lessened.

The Liyi City general looked at the Zhou Emperor standing before him, face covered, with determined eyes and a tone that brooked no disagreement, and felt a sudden swelling in his chest.

In the eyes of the Zhou Emperor, Doctor Zhu, who once sent medicinal supplies to Anshun City, was a hero...

The people in Anshun City were also the citizens of their Yan Kingdom! In Yan’s most difficult times, they too donated wealth and supplies to their own country, yet now those imperial relatives gambled with the country’s future, not treating the lives in Anshun City as lives!

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