Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 148

Chapter 148: Chapter 147: Worthless Person_1

“Your Highness! Are you still going to protect him?! He wants to harm you like this?!” Tongji finished speaking, as if recalling something, hurriedly turned to kowtow to the Emperor. “Your Majesty! It must be Gao Sheng who harmed our Highness! He was previously…”

“Tongji, shut your mouth for me!”

The usually timid King Liang’s harsh voice was filled with overwhelming gloom and anger, causing great alarm. Even the emperor, who was sitting high, was startled.

Bai Qingyan looked at King Liang and coldly sneered in her heart. King Liang had always performed extreme timidity so flawlessly that it was more vivid than the actors in the Xiyuan Theater in the south of the city. He never imagined he would lose composure in such a way.

“Your Highness?!” Tongji was also frightened by King Liang’s rage, with tears frozen in her eyes.

In an instant, the violent aura on King Liang disappeared as if it had never existed. He kneeled and crawled towards the Emperor. “Father Emperor! Father Emperor, no one knows better than you how timid your son is! Even if I had a thousand guts, I wouldn’t dare to collude with an enemy nation! I was just trying to save my brother, King Xin! Please, Father Emperor, see the truth!”

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Bai Qingyan raised her eyebrows but wasn’t too surprised.

King Liang had always outwardly supported King Xin’s faction. Shifting all the blame to King Xin was not impossible after all… As both with Qin Dezhao and with Liu Huanzhang, he issued orders in King Xin’s name.

She bowed with respect to the Emperor and said, “Your Majesty, since King Liang has admitted to writing the letter, may I and my grandmother have a look at the contents of King Liang’s letter?”

The Emperor grew irritated as soon as he heard Bai Qingyan’s voice. He casually threw the letter over.

The white paper floated to the ground. She was not annoyed, picked it up, briefly scanned it, then presented it to the Eldest Princess, so that the Eldest Princess could see how King Liang plotted to destroy the Bai family.

The Emperor, who had been startled by his son’s aggressive aura, reconsidered Liang’s words. Thinking of the term “son” in his words, he considered the father-son bond. Though extremely angry, he merely slammed his palm on the table and shouted, “You wretch! What have you done? Speak the truth!”