The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1156: mantis arm block
Chapter 1156: Mantis trying to stop a chariot
When the governor heard this, his eyes lit up and he turned back to look at his wife: “Madam! This is the way out for our whole family!”
Ye Yinglan clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves. This jade pendant was now the only thing she had to negotiate with Da Zhou, and she had to make good use of it.
“What about my husband’s official position? I want you to arrange for my husband to go to the capital to serve as the Minister of Revenue, and you must promise that you will never take away my husband’s official position!” Ye Yinglan said loudly.
The Minister of Revenue is a lucrative job.
Xiao Ruohai’s smile deepened: “Madam, the governor… this is really pushing the envelope.”
“I’m not asking for more, but if anyone takes the jade pendant, they won’t believe it. After all, this is a life-threatening matter. My daughter needs to take my jade pendant and take the risk to make this trip!” Li Yingnan’s eyes were firm. “I want a quota for my daughter to take the imperial examination. This should be given to my daughter. But what about me… and my husband? Shouldn’t they be arranged for everything?”
Ye Yinglan gritted her teeth and said, “I will take a step back. It doesn’t matter if the Emperor of the Great Zhou’s brother marries my daughter. I can change someone else! Or I can let the Emperor of the Great Zhou’s sister marry my son! Otherwise, I will never give up the jade pendant even if I smash it to pieces! I, Ye Yinglan… would rather die in glory than live in disgrace! I have never bowed my head to anyone in my life!”
The prefect opened his eyes wide and looked at Ye Yinglan, wondering if Ye Yinglan was crazy. The attitude of the Emperor of the Great Zhou was clear, but she was still unwilling to give in and give up her ambition.
“Are you going to kill your whole family?!” The governor had been humble in front of Ye Yinglan all his life, and this was the first time he was so tough with Ye Yinglan, “You have never bowed your head to anyone in your life, but don’t you think about who you are facing! They are all your relatives! This time… we are facing the Great Zhou! It was your father-in-law and I who spoiled you so much that you didn’t know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was. You will kill your whole family, don’t you know!”
“I don’t know!” Ye Yinglan shouted, “I have been planning for you all my life! For the children! What qualifications do you have to blame me!”
“Madam Taishou is really confused!” Xiao Ruohai said indifferently, “Even if the marriage is arranged, it doesn’t matter. If His Majesty is not happy with the marriage, it would be easy for your daughter or son to die early. Could it be that… our Great Zhou dare not kill the offspring of a traitor from an enemy country?”
Ye Yinglan’s back stiffened.
“As long as our Majesty is unhappy… doesn’t like it, there won’t even be any secret guards. If the slightest word gets out, people will come to kill your entire family!” Xiao Ruohai shook his head. “For the safety of the whole family, the marriage is still important. Madam, you should choose your own wife!”
Ye Yinglan suddenly fell to the ground, as if his soul had been sucked out of him.
The governor knelt and crawled to the governor’s wife, pulled off the jade pendant, and then knelt in front of Xiao Ruohai and held it high above his head: “Sir, please…you must say a few good words in front of His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to forgive my wife’s offense. All the blame will be borne by the sinner alone! Please let my wife and two children go! I am willing to die!”
Ye Yinglan’s pupils trembled and she looked at her husband, whom she had always looked down upon.
Xiao Ruohai took the jade pendant, helped the governor up, and asked Ye Yinglan, “Madam… besides this jade pendant, is there anything else you can say to gain the trust of General Ye Shouguan’s attendant?”
Ye Yinglan’s tears fell down, but she still held on to her last bit of stubbornness and refused to finish her words.
“Madam!” The prefect couldn’t help but called his wife again in a hurry.
Ye Yinglan tightened her grip, keeping a watchful eye, raised her head and looked at Xiao Ruohai, saying, “I need my daughter to go there in person with the jade pendant. My daughter looks very similar to me when I was young. If he sees my daughter taking the jade pendant to him… he will definitely be willing to do anything for me!”
The prefect moved his finger. He didn’t think his daughter looked like Ye Yinglan when she was young. He knew that his wife must be planning something, but it was not easy to expose it in front of Xiao Ruohai. He just kept winking at his wife, but Ye Yinglan seemed not to see her husband’s expression and just stared at Xiao Ruohai.
Xiao Ruohai glanced at Ye Yinglan and shouted outside, “Someone… take the governor and his wife down to rest!”
Ye Yinglan, who was being held up, saw Xiao Ruohai holding the jade pendant and examining it carefully. She said, “It’s not credible for you to go to him with the jade pendant. He will only believe it if my daughter pretends to have escaped from Suining City and finds him with the jade pendant!”
The corners of Xiao Ruohai’s lips curled up. If the governor’s wife hadn’t said so, Xiao Ruohai would still have doubts. Now that she said so… Xiao Ruohai could rest assured that this jade pendant would not bring any danger.
He smiled and said, “Thank you, Madam, for telling me. Please ask Madam to leave first. I still have something to say to the governor!”
After saying that, Ye Yinglan was carried away. Before leaving, she stared at her husband, signaling him not to talk nonsense.
After Ye Yinglan left, Xiao Ruohai smiled and looked at the governor: “Does the governor have anything to say? This concerns the lives of the whole family. If the governor’s wife has anything to say, the governor can add something. As long as we can capture Yecheng Pass this time, the governor’s family will have made a great contribution. Not only will their lives be safe, but there will also be wealth and glory waiting for them!”
The governor was very anxious and said honestly, “Wealth and honor don’t matter, as long as our family can be safe. I am not too timid. I just hope that after the Great Zhou takes over Yecheng Pass, you can let our family leave safely!”
Xiao Ruohai looked at the governor who was sincere and honest, and nodded: “I can promise you this!”
The governor bowed to Xiao Ruohai and said, “My daughter doesn’t look like my wife when she was young. Moreover, because Ye Shouguan didn’t allow my wife to set foot in Yechengguan, I haven’t been back for more than ten years. My daughter is beautiful and thoughtful… I think you shouldn’t let my daughter take the jade pendant to Yechengguan. Otherwise, my daughter will have other thoughts and it will affect the overall situation.”
Now that the Great Zhou Dynasty has become an inevitable trend, although the prefect is from Xiliang, he is unwilling to do something like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
He didn’t want his daughter to go to Yechengguan, and he was also worried… something might happen to her if she went there.
If the whole family really couldn’t survive, the prefect also hoped that the family could stay together.
“Okay! I understand…” Xiao Ruohai nodded to the governor, “Please rest well in the governor’s mansion these days. I will order people to take good care of your family of four. If you have any requests… as long as they are not excessive, they will agree! The governor still has injuries on his body, so he should rest and recover first. We in the Great Zhou never kill innocent people indiscriminately.”
Good night my little ancestors, I will catch bugs later! Love you…
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