Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1029

Chapter 1029: Chapter 1024: Submissive and Humble

Sun Wenyao was locked in an internal struggle, becoming increasingly silent.

It wasn’t until he heard Lu Ping and Wei Zhong talking, when Wei Zhong was requested to report to the Empress, that Sun Wenyao snapped back to reality. He lifted his head to look at the imposing, grandiose hall.

The twilight glow and sunset illumined the intricately carved red lacquer partitions of the hall.

Sun Wenyao’s heart, however, was heavy with gloom.

He followed Lu Ping into the hall with the utmost propriety, keeping his eyes lowered, afraid to glance around. He only stared at the highly polished floor, naturally catching sight of his own pallid face, thinking of Bai Jinzhi...

Today, if he were to kill the eldest sister of that flamboyant and bright girl here, who knows how heartbroken she would be, or if she would hate him for using her.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Sun Wenyao bowed in respect.

Bai Qingyan had been observing Sun Wenyao ever since he entered. She didn’t order him to rise: "I heard you saved Commandery Princess Gaoyi in Hancheng..."

"It’s what I ought to do," Sun Wenyao replied.

"You’ve lost that former pride. I remember when we first met at the Qin Mansion... you caught Xiaosi’s whip. I almost thought you were going to fight Xiaosi if I hadn’t come in time," Bai Qingyan accepted the jujube tea handed to her by Wei Zhong, holding the broad-mouthed porcelain cup in her hand, swirling the dates inside with the lid as she spoke in a cold, clear voice, "And now, for what purpose are you lowering yourself?"

Completely unexpected by Sun Wenyao, Bai Qingyan would ask such a question. He steadied his breath and answered calmly: "Sun Wenyao dares not show disrespect to Your Majesty."

Standing next to Bai Qingyan, Wei Zhong’s ears twitched. He covered his mouth with his hand and whispered in Bai Qingyan’s ear: "This servant observed that his breathing aligns with the method used by the Imperial Family’s Hidden Guards. The Jin Dynasty had a habit of placing Hidden Guards in the residences of officials."

But the Bai family, due to the Emperor of Jin’s wariness of Bai Weiting and the Bai family’s guards who retired from the Bai family army, left no gaps for the Emperor of Jin.

Bai Qingyan surveyed the honest Sun Wenyao kneeling on the ground, then said: "Now that the Jin Dynasty Crown Prince has been sent away, do you truly believe... that your frenetic activities could shake the Zhou?"

Bai Qingyan was testing Sun Wenyao, and his palms suddenly clenched, even his breath became erratic.

From him saving Xiaosi and using Xiaosi, to later meeting the second young lady of the Qin family, resulting in scandalous whispers... targeting the Bai family with a new law aimed at his mother’s and his aunts’ was too much for Bai Qingyan to dismiss as coincidental.

Endless remnants of the former dynasty were not uncommon at the beginning of a new dynasty, yet she was not afraid.

Seeing Sun Wenyao’s silence, she understood her speculation might be true...

"You are a Hidden Guard of the Imperial Family, loyal to the Jin Dynasty. I respect that, but you should not manipulate the emotions of Commandery Princess Gaoyi’s daughter. Such actions... are disgraceful."

Sun Wenyao’s spine slumped, feeling more guilt towards Bai Jinzhi, but it was impossible to defy his orders.

"Teaching the second young lady of the Qin family to attack the Bai family with the new law concerning remarried widows, was that your doing?" Bai Qingyan pressed on.

Strangely, this relieved Sun Wenyao. Bowing, he confessed to Bai Qingyan: "I am indeed a Hidden Guard of the former Imperial Family, stationed at the Marquis Mansion from early on. I also taught the second young lady of the Qin family this method to attack the Bai family. I admit everything. Having failed to die before my master, Sun Wenyao feels eternal guilt and now begs the Empress for death." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

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