The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1155: measure others by oneself
Chapter 1155: Judge Others by Yourself
Xiao Ruohai’s smile grew wider, and he changed the subject, “It’s just that…if the governor’s wife doesn’t tell the truth, the hands, noses, and eyes of the young master and the young lady will never grow back if they are gone!”
“Madam! Madam!” Upon hearing this, the governor trembled like a sieve and begged his wife, “Madam, just tell me the truth! I told you not to be greedy. It would be good enough if you can keep your position as governor, but you insisted that your son marry the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s sister and your daughter marry into the royal family!”
Xiao Ruohai lowered his eyes and turned the ring on his thumb, his eyes were extremely cold…
“The governor’s wife is really generous! Once… the Emperor of Yan offered the title of Empress to marry our Majesty’s sister, but our Majesty refused. What kind of person is your son? How dare he covet our Majesty’s sister?” Xiao Ruohai still had a smiling face, but his words inexplicably sent a chill down the spines of the governor and his wife. “The young master of our Bai family can’t marry just any dirty and smelly girl. With your daughter’s status, it’s a compliment for her to be our young master’s foot-washing maid!”
Xiao Ruohai shook off the non-existent dust on his clothes, rested one hand on the armrest of the chair, and said, “This time you were greedy and rushed in, thinking that you could hold our Great Zhou with a siege method, but you actually have no bargaining chips to save your own lives. After all, your method is the best for us, but it is not impossible without it! Fighting… our Bai Family Army has never been afraid of anyone! The harder the bone, the more interested we are in it!”
Xiao Ruohai smiled and said, “Now that things have come to this… If the Governor’s wife can talk nicely and the city gates are really opened this time, and our Great Zhou wins, I can guarantee the safety of your family. But if there is even the slightest mistake…”
He tapped the table with his fingers, full of threat.
Ye Yinglan’s face was very ugly. After hearing what Xiao Ruohai said, she, who was too smart, realized that whether she greedily wanted her son to marry the Emperor of the Great Zhou’s sister or her daughter to marry the Emperor of the Great Zhou’s brother, she did not grasp the weakness of the Emperor of the Great Zhou!
As for the Emperor of the Great Zhou, if he didn’t help…she would just take it down.
She was just judging others by her own experience, thinking that the Emperor of the Great Zhou would think that using his brother or sister’s marriage in exchange for an easy capture of Yecheng Pass would be a very cost-effective deal. Then she could use the guise of the Great Zhou family to seek wealth and honor for her son and the entire clan. But she underestimated how much the Emperor of the Great Zhou valued his brother or sister’s marriage.
They completely forgot to leave themselves a way out so that the Emperor of the Great Zhou would not dare to kill their entire family.
She was too smart and overconfident, and ended up being outsmarted by her own cleverness.
He actually handed over the lives of his entire family so easily into the hands of the Emperor of Great Zhou!
But she refused to accept it!
Could it be that the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was so indifferent to her reputation and the fact that it would chill the hearts of the Great Zhou soldiers? Was she not afraid that the Great Zhou soldiers would know that she was willing to sacrifice her brother’s marriage and send those soldiers to their deaths? !
The governor was shaking uncontrollably, his face pale with fear, thinking that if anything went wrong, his whole family would go to hell, so he kowtowed immediately: “My wife will tell you everything! Please, sir, spare our lives!”
Ye Yinglan pretended to be calm and scolded the governor: “You useless bastard! What are you begging for? Am I the kind of person who doesn’t leave myself a way out?”
She acted as if she was not afraid of life or death, and even had a sure win: “Do you really think I’m a fool? Since I entered this governor’s mansion, I have naturally left people outside the city. If my family dies here, my people will spread the news to everyone, so that all the soldiers of your Great Zhou will know what your Great Zhou emperor has done!”
Xiao Ruohai chuckled, “I’m afraid the governor’s wife has forgotten that I followed you all the way and entered the city with you. You were accompanied by the governor, you, your son and daughter, plus guards, a total of 164 people, not one was missing… all of them were captured, where are you…?”
Ye Yinglan didn’t know Xiao Ruohai’s ability, and when she heard Xiao Ruohai give the exact number, her face turned green.
Xiao Ruohai sighed, “Our Majesty is right. We really shouldn’t waste time here with you! I’ll give you one stick of incense. If you don’t tell me… I won’t stay here with you! If you tell me… and it’s a lie, I’ll chop the four of you into pieces for every number of soldiers that died in our Great Zhou. Don’t worry… I won’t let you die until I’ve chopped you up completely!”
“Dad…Mom!” The prefect’s son was still young and his legs were shaking with fear.
“Father, mother…” The prefect’s daughter was also very nervous at this time, her little face was pale.
Hearing his son and daughter calling them timidly, the governor was immediately horrified. He knelt forward and kowtowed to Xiao Ruohai: “My lord, my lord! I will tell you everything! My wife said that General Ye Shouguan’s deputy once swore to the gods to protect my wife, no matter what the cost! Ye Shouguan’s attendant once loved my wife and has not married her yet. As long as you take the jade pendant he gave to my wife to see him, he will definitely steal the token for her! My lord, I am telling the truth! Please understand! Please spare our family of four!”
Ye Yinglan originally wanted to struggle desperately, but when he saw his daughter and son being dragged over, it seemed that he had no other choice but to cooperate. He could only kneel there with a pale face and said nothing.
“Very good!” Xiao Ruohai tapped his fingers on the small table beside him, indicating that the governor’s son and daughter should be taken away, and then said, “Thank you for your cooperation, Governor. I also troubled the Governor’s wife to give me the personal jade pendant. I will return it after I use it! Of course… Things went smoothly. Not only did the governor’s family save their lives, but they also received a proper resettlement for their meritorious service!”
“Will you arrange for our family to go to the capital? Will you arrange a house and an official position for us?” Ye Yinglan asked immediately.
“This is not a difficult task. As long as the wife of the governor stops dreaming of marrying her daughter to our young master, since you have made contributions… you will naturally be rewarded!” Xiao Ruohai said with a smile, “And… I’m sure the wife of the governor has also heard that in our Great Zhou, women are allowed to study and take the imperial examinations! I followed the governor’s family back all the way and saw the governor’s daughter on the way. She seemed to be well-educated. If this matter is successful, I can also ask His Majesty for a favor and let your daughter try to take the imperial examinations. Maybe there will be a chance for her to become an official in the court!”
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