Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress
Chapter 907 - 904: Tears of the Old

Chapter 907 -904: Tears of the Old

The sharp pain shot into his spine like lightning, leaving Quan Yu with only one thought…

He might be poisoned.

“Princess of Zhen…” Quan Yu’s face turned pale as he looked towards Bai Qingyan.

Quan Yu dared not touch his knee, with the emerald green fragments clearly visible on it.

Seeing the fragments on Quan Yu’s knee, Gao Demao could tell something was wrong and exclaimed, “The shards of the poisoned wine glass pierced into his knee!”

Both Gao Demao and the Emperor suspected that Quan Yu was Bai Qingyan’s person, especially when Quan Yu recklessly hugged the Emperor, shouting for Bai Qingyan to escape, which confirmed Gao Demao’s suspicion.

Bai Qingyan suddenly stood up, taking three steps to be in two to reach Quan Yu’s side, squatting down to inspect Quan Yu’s injury.

“Princess of Zhen…” Quan Yu’s tears flowed like broken threads, faced with life or death, everyone desires life; he didn’t want to die. His words came out without thinking, instinctively seeking help from Bai Qingyan, as if she was omnipotent, “I don’t want to die, Princess of Zhen! I don’t want to die!”

Bai Qingyan’s eyes were calm and composed; she untied the hairband on her head, letting her long hair fall, and used the band to tightly bind Quan Yu’s leg at the thigh: “You won’t die!”

The Emperor looked at Bai Qingyan, who was just a short distance away, with hatred in his heart like a tsunami. He suddenly clenched the vase Gao Demao was about to take away, staring at Bai Qingyan’s head, fiercely raising the vase to strike her.

“Kid!” The Eldest Princess gasped, standing abruptly.

But the expected shattering of the vase, the head bleeding, never happened.

Bai Qingyan, who had just bound Quan Yu’s thigh, caught the vase steadily without even raising her head. Despite his full effort, the Emperor couldn’t take the vase back, as it remained stable in Bai Qingyan’s hands.

The Eldest Princess felt her heart drop as she sat back down, realizing that if the vase had struck Kid’s head, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Eyes met, the Emperor’s clouded eyes glaring at Bai Qingyan’s clear black and white pupils.

“Someone!” Bai Qingyan called loudly.

At the sound, Shen Tianzhi entered with his men, saluting Bai Qingyan, “By the Emperor’s command!”

The Emperor glared at Shen Tianzhi, his look wishing to tear him apart, seeing these filthy dogs… all are in cahoots! All are treacherous ministers and rebels, all scheming against him!

“Quickly take Eunuch Quan Yu to find an official! Eunuch Quan Yu’s wound has poison; make sure… to save his life!” Bai Qingyan said.

Shen Tianzhi looked at Quan Yu, whose knee was injured, face pale, eyes filled with horror, his whole body shaking uncontrollably, and nodded: “Yes!”

Shen Tianzhi turned to signal his subordinates to lift Quan Yu and find an official.

Quan Yu was relieved seeing that Shen Tianzhi was Bai Qingyan’s man, but couldn’t help worrying about the Crown Prince, wanting to plead with Bai Qingyan to spare the Crown Prince. However, before he could speak, the Emperor suddenly erupted in rage.

“You dogs! All are treacherous ministers and rebels!” The Emperor tried to snatch the vase and smash it against Shen Tianzhi, but the vase still couldn’t be moved from Bai Qingyan’s grip.

“Indeed! You are no weak person! Nor were you shielding the Crown Prince… repeatedly hovering on the brink of life and death! Feigning weakness… clearly a ruse!” The Emperor laughed furiously, his voice like claws scraping walls, piercing and raising Gao Demao’s hair, “You… you with the Eldest Princess, and this Shen Tianzhi… you’ve long conspired to rebel!”

Shen Tianzhi glanced at Bai Qingyan, who slowly stood, her long hair cascading down, her gaze steady. He then looked at the Emperor, who was tightly held by Gao Demao, his eyes bloodshot, nearly insane, confirming Bai Qingyan wouldn’t be in danger, then saluted and exited Luohong Tower, closing the door.

Bai Qingyan’s raven-like long hair draped over her shoulders; she looked at the Jin Emperor, her voice calm yet indifferent: “Yes, I’ve wanted to rebel for a long time… Ever since you deceived my grandfather, yet secretly fearing the Bai family, even planning to annihilate the entire Bai family, causing our Bai men to nearly perish in the southern frontier, and our widows and orphans of the Bai family to tread towards doom, I wanted to rebel!”

“Nearly all?!” The Eldest Princess shuddered, straightening her spine, eyes wide in shock, feeling her surging blood almost stagnating, “Kid, but… but are there still others…”

Bai Qingyan gazed at the Emperor whose face had drastically changed, a cold smile at the corner of her lips, saying, “Thanks to the Bai family’s ancestors’ protection, at least Ah Jue and A Yun survived!”

Upon hearing this, the Eldest Princess was stunned for a moment… then raised her hand, covering her mouth with a handkerchief and wailing loudly, tears flowing down.

Finally…

Finally, two survived!

The Eldest Princess had never been this joyful, nor had she ever felt such guilt. They were so filial, but as the grandmother of the Bai family’s children, she never took the effort to protect them, resulting in seventeen grandsons… seventeen grandsons, all tragically dying in the southern frontier!

The Eldest Princess didn’t even know how she should face her grandsons after she died!

How to tell them her whole life she prioritized the Lin family’s royal power over them, placing them as grandsons behind the Lin family’s reign.

“I have already proclaimed to the world… that during the Xuanjia period, the Bai family children and Bai army that survived the battle in the southern frontier, shall return to Dadu City and bear witness to the enthronement ceremony! Therefore… I am destined for this throne! I will never bow to the Lin family’s royal power, nor will I let the Bai family face near total extermination again!”

As Bai Qingyan finished, she snatched the vase from the Emperor’s hands, and calmly placed the exquisite vase back on the high table.

The flickering candlelight reflected Bai Qingyan’s imposing aura, which for a moment made the Emperor feel an inexplicable sense of trepidation, as if back when Bai Weiting was still in power, he was merely a Prince who was promoted to Crown Prince because of a word from the Eldest Princess, deeply fearing the invincible Duke of Zhen.

Perhaps Bai Qingyan’s silvery armor, having been through countless battles, stained with blood, shone with a chilling gleam that invoked an unexplainable coldness in one’s heart.

The Emperor instinctively took a step back; if not for Gao Demao holding his leg, he would have retreated several more steps from Bai Qingyan’s overwhelming aura.

He was the Emperor! The very skies of Jin! How could he feel fear towards a mere girl?

“You…” The Emperor raised his finger at Bai Qingyan, his face turning green with rage.

Bai Qingyan maintained her calm yet indifferent expression, coldly saying: “From today on, there will be no more Jin Kingdom! No more Jin Emperor!”

As Bai Qingyan finished speaking, the Emperor heard the increasingly near sounds of battle cries outside.

The game was over, the Jin Kingdom was extinct, all was predestined.

“I… I will kill you!” The Emperor roared furiously, unwilling to believe, “Someone! Someone! Kill her for me! Kill this treacherous minister and rebel!”