Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress
Chapter 365 - 362: Arrogance_1

Chapter 365: Chapter 362: Arrogance_1

Lu Ping dragged Li Mingtang over just as Left Prime Minister Li Mao’s carriage was approaching.

"First Lady, Uncle Ping is here!" Shen Qingzhu said before stepping aside.

Lu Ping nodded to Shen Qingzhu, walked to the carriage, and whispered, "First Lady, Li Mingtang is still breathing. There are many onlookers."

"I know!" She responded coldly. "Wait for Li Mao’s carriage to stop and throw Li Mingtang in front of it."

"Yes!" Lu Ping cupped his fists in response. He stood by the carriage with Shen Qingzhu, gripping his sword tightly and staring intently at Li Mao’s carriage.

Inside the Li family’s carriage, Li Mao closed his eyes, contemplating how the emperor had mentioned the disaster in Yanwo during court today. The Crown Prince’s words in favor of King Liang seemed ill-intentioned.

The Crown Prince had praised King Liang, saying that King Liang was the emperor’s son and accompanied by the eldest son, who had been carefully taught by Left Prime Minister Li Mao. General Shi Panshan was assisting him. There was never such a grand mobilization for disaster relief. He advised the emperor not to underestimate King Liang’s abilities just because he did not show his talents daily. If King Liang put his mind to it, he would surely handle the disaster.

The Crown Prince’s proud demeanor of his brother satisfied the emperor.

But the implication was that if the disaster was not handled well, it would be King Liang’s fault.

Li Mao was deep in thought when the coachman said, "My lord, the road ahead is blocked. It looks like the carriage of the Princess of Zhen."

Li Mao’s palm tightened, and he opened his eyes. Bai Qingyan had indeed come!

So, Bai Qingyan must have those letters!

No, he couldn’t be sure yet. Maybe Bai Qingyan was bluffing to scare him. Today, he had to make things clear with Bai Qingyan. If Bai Qingyan didn’t produce the letters, he wouldn’t believe she had them.

Li Mao raised his chin slightly, adjusted his collar, and sat up straight, adopting the posture of the court’s Left Prime Minister.

If Bai Qingyan refused to hand them over, he would instruct his wife to demand the Empress Dowager to issue a favor, marrying the Lord of Gaoyi into their Li family after entering the palace.

In this way, if the letters were exposed... it would be the end of the family. The Lord of Gaoyi would not be spared.

If the letters were not with Bai Qingyan, she would help him find them to save her sister’s life!

If the letters were with Bai Qingyan, they would be like waste paper. Unless she could forsake her sister.

"Stop in front of the Princess of Zhen’s carriage!" Li Mao ordered coldly.

"Yes!"

Seeing Li Mao’s carriage slowly come to a stop, Lu Ping raised his hand and made a gesture to the guards behind him.

Two guards immediately dragged the blood-soaked Li Mingtang forward and threw him in front of Li Mao’s carriage.

The coachman was startled to see a bloodied man and exclaimed to Li Mao inside the carriage, "My lord... the Princess of Zhen has thrown a bloodied man in front of our carriage!"

Before Li Mao could react, Li Mingtang, who was barely alive and lying on the ground, weakly raised his hand, whispering, "Father..."

The coachman was shocked. "Sixth young master?! Sixth young master?"

The coachman quickly jumped down from the carriage, rushed over to support Li Mingtang, and saw it was indeed their sixth young master. He hurriedly called out, "My lord! It’s our sixth young master! It’s our sixth young master!"

Hearing it was his son, Li Mao stood up abruptly, nearly hitting his official hat on the carriage roof. He bent down, holding his hat, and stepped out of the carriage, almost fainting at the sight of his son, beaten and bloodied in his undergarments.

The guards behind Li Mao immediately stepped forward, hands on the hilts of their swords, glaring at Lu Ping and his group.

Shen Qingzhu stepped forward, dressed in black, with a sword in her arms. She glanced at the guards from the Li Mansion with cold, murderous eyes, as if she could handle them all alone.

"Tang’er! Tang’er!" Li Mao jumped down from the carriage, staggering a few steps, his official hat falling to the side. If not for the guard supporting him, he would have fallen too.

"Father..." Li Mingtang called weakly when he saw his father, his head drooping.

"Tang’er!" Li Mao was shocked. He knelt beside his son, seeing him covered in blood, and hesitated to touch him. His hands trembled uncontrollably.

He gritted his teeth and looked up at Bai Qingyan’s carriage, then at Shen Qingzhu standing in front, roaring, "What is the meaning of this?! Bai Qingyan, why did you hurt my son?!"

Chun Tao exited the carriage, lifted the curtain for Bai Qingyan, and Shen Qingzhu stepped aside.

Bai Qingyan, in a plain dark-pattern dress, bent down and got out of the carriage, standing on top of it. She looked down coldly at Li Mao, her eyes dark, and spoke slowly, "The Left Prime Minister ignored my warning."

Sima Ping squeezed to the front of the crowd blocked by Bai family’s guards. He could only see Bai Qingyan standing on the carriage, his eyes wide with disbelief. "Sister Bai family?!"

Bai Qingyan, surrounded by a chilling and murderous aura since returning from countless battles, spoke in a cold, penetrating tone, "I told the Left Prime Minister last time that our two families should coexist peacefully. I thought he understood and wouldn’t support King Liang to trouble me again. Who knew you dared to target my fourth sister!"

Li Mao’s eyes were bloodshot with malice, glaring at Bai Qingyan as if he wanted to tear her apart. But meeting her gaze, an inexplicable fear arose in his heart.

After killing tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers, her ruthlessness was evident!

"Bai Qingyan has always been uncompromising. When others respect me, I respect them tenfold. When others harm me, I repay them the same! If you insist on troubling me, I’ll make you suffer even more!"

Bai Qingyan’s eyes were cold, her commanding presence overwhelming. "Today’s matter is the consequence of the Left Prime Minister’s lack of judgment. How to explain to others... without damaging the Bai family’s reputation, that is for the Left Prime Minister to decide. If I don’t hear your explanation before sunset today, you and your entire family should prepare to explain to the emperor and Lord Yan about those letters!"

With that, Bai Qingyan flicked her sleeves, bent down, and sat back in the carriage, leaving swiftly.

Li Mao gritted his teeth, his fists clenched tightly in his sleeves, veins bulging on his hand and forehead, but he could only bite down and suppress his anger.

Li Mao never expected Bai Qingyan to be so resolute. He closed his eyes and shouted, "What are you standing there for! Lift the young master onto the carriage! Return to the mansion! Fetch the imperial physician!"

This time, Li Mao was truly afraid. The coldness rose from his feet to his spine, making his whole body tremble.

If Bai Qingyan didn’t have those letters, how dare she be so arrogant in front of him?! How dare she beat his son to this state?!

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