Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 858

Chapter 858: Chapter 855: Hell on Earth

Bai Qingyan leaped off her horse, turning back to look at the two children and two women brought back by the cavalry. They were full of uncertainty and panic.

She spoke soothingly, "Don’t worry, with me here... no one can take a child away from Chunmu City! Go back!"

The young woman, hearing this, immediately burst into tears and hurriedly pulled the two children to kneel and kowtow to Bai Qingyan, "The compassion of the Princess of Zhen, this humble woman will definitely remember! I dare not forget! Hudaner, Niuniu, quickly... quickly kowtow to the Princess of Zhen!"

The old woman also followed suit, crying and kowtowing, "Thank you, Princess of Zhen!"

"Princess of Zhen!" Liu Hong did not agree with Bai Qingyan letting the children go. Since the Imperial Edict demanded these children, they must be sent to the Nine-Layered Terrace. He believed the Emperor would use the throne to exchange with King Liang, but he did not believe the Emperor would use the lives of a thousand children to refine that elusive Immortal Elixir.

Bai Qingyan ignored Liu Hong’s voice, helping the women and children up, "Get up! No need for this! Go back quickly!"

Seeing more government officials rushing over, each drawing their long knives intending to charge into the government office, Bai Qingyan’s eyes turned cold as she ordered, "Yang Wuce, surround the government office, do not let those officials get close to the people by even a step!"

"Yes!" Yang Wuce responded, leading half the cavalry to dismount and surround the front of the government office.

Those government officials who had rushed over saw fifty soldiers surrounding the gates of the government office, actually drawing their blades towards them, preventing their entry. The officials looked at each other, unsure of the situation.

Inside the government office, the people who had found their children saw their children locked in wooden cages. They cried and cursed as they broke the locks to rescue their children, holding them closely, kissing and caressing them.

The crippled veteran still cried out for everyone to quickly retreat, and only then did the people hurriedly pull their children and run out.

Just as they were about to rush out of the government office, they saw the gates surrounded by soldiers. Strangely, the soldiers did not draw their blades towards them but rather blocked the officials outside.

The crippled veteran protected the people and his own son behind him, warily looking at the Jin Army outside the gates.

"General, have you got it wrong?" An official there to apprehend the disruptive people was puzzled, "The people stealing children are inside!"

"I know!" Yang Wuce stood at the front, holding his sword, "The Princess of Zhen has ordered, you officials are not to get close to the people by even a step!"

The officials, knowing they couldn’t outfight these soldiers, turned to whisper to their subordinates, "Quickly! Notify the county magistrate... the Princess of Zhen is here!"

Bai Qingyan and Liu Hong, with the remaining fifty cavalry, walked towards the gates of the government office.

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Seeing the man who led them to rescue their children kneel, the people talked amongst themselves and followed suit, eagerly expressing to Bai Qingyan how their children’s uncles, fathers, or grandfathers died for the country.

"Princess of Zhen! Please, like the late General Bai, protect our children!" An elder who had received Bai Weiting’s kindness knelt heavily, crying out.

Bai Qingyan gripped her riding whip so tightly it almost shattered, her emotions surging.

In a solemn voice, she said loudly, "With me here, no one will take your children! Take your children and go home!"

Before the people could thank Bai Qingyan, Liu Hong could no longer hold back and shouted, "Princess of Zhen! Are you defying the Imperial Edict? These children... no matter what, were demanded by His Majesty! As subjects, how can we disregard the imperial authority? This is great disrespect to His Majesty!"

"Such an emperor, should I respect him... does he deserve it?!" Bai Qingyan gritted her teeth and turned to Liu Hong, raising her voice, "Whether it’s the two children outside Chunmu City or these here, their grandfathers, fathers, and uncles died in battle! To protect the land and its people, they gave their lives! The Emperor wants to use their only remaining bloodline to refine an Immortal Elixir, to seek some everlasting life! General Liu... does such an emperor deserve respect?!"

Liu Hong clenched his fists, "His Majesty is the ruler, we are subjects... if the ruler makes a mistake, we can advise him! But we cannot be disrespectful!"

"Advise?! Did Prime Minister Lu not advise? Did the Emperor listen? Accusing him of great disrespect, imprisoning him, and abolishing the prime minister’s position to establish a cabinet, for what reason?! Was it not because of Prime Minister Lu’s advice!" Bai Qingyan questioned Liu Hong loudly, "This is just Chunmu City! Throughout the Jin Kingdom, how many other cities are conscripting children, how many cities are like this living hell?"

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