Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress-Chapter 913 - 910: A Way Out

Fan Yuhuai bowed humbly: "Fan Yuhuai begs the Princess of Zhen... for the sake of our past comradeship on the battlefield! Please spare my wife and children!"

The surrounding flames devoured the grasses and trees, and the air was filled with the crackling and popping of fire. The flames highlighted Fan Yuhuai’s features, making them glow a fiery red. He had never knelt with such piety before anyone, only hoping that Bai Qingyan could spare his wife and children.

Rebellion or murder, it was all done by him, and had nothing to do with his wife and children.

Before Bai Qingyan could reply, a hysterical and mournful voice shouted from below the stairs: "Father..."

Upon hearing the voice, Fan Yuhuai, who was holding the blade, suddenly turned his head. He saw beneath the high steps, dressed in wrinkled clothes, with a dirty face and hair like a bird’s nest full of straw, was Fan Yugan, shouting at him.

"A-Gan..." Fan Yuhuai’s heart leapt into his throat.

After King Liang ascended the throne, the city gates were breached by Bai Jinxiu. Even in his hasty departure, Fan Yuhuai took with him his son and wife, who had been kept at home. Fan Yugan was his only son; he could die a hundred times but could not let Fan Yugan come to harm.

Fan Yuhuai quickly turned back and widened his remaining eye, staring at Bai Qingyan with terror, repeatedly kowtowing in plea: "Princess of Zhen! I beg you to spare my son! My son is still young... When he found out I was following King Liang in rebellion, he even threatened to commit suicide if I didn’t stop! He is a good child..."

"Father!" Fan Yugan cried, tears streaming down, as he saw the knives of those men at his father’s throat. He quickly looked to Bai Qingyan and shouted loudly, "Sister of Bai family! Sister of Bai family... please spare my father’s life! I am willing to die in his stead! Sister of Bai family... I beg you!"

"Don’t talk nonsense!" Fan Yuhuai turned and roared, tears flowing instantly, "You brat! How old are you?! Die for whom?! You think your useless playboy life is worth more than your father’s?! Get lost! You are good for nothing... why interrupt!"

"Father!" Fan Yugan cried, "I know I’m useless, you always say I’m useless, but no matter how useless I am, I’m still your son, I can’t just watch you die... Sister of Bai family! I beg you!"

Fan Yuhuai felt indescribable sadness in his heart. He had only this one son in his lifetime... though always seen as a playboy by others, Fan Yugan had a pure heart and was a filial son.

He knew it, he always knew it...

Even though he was always angry that Fan Yugan was a failure, could accomplish nothing, and was only exceptional at eating, drinking, and being merry, his son did have shining qualities. But faced with death, he realized he had never praised his son.

Bai Qingyan looked at the tearful Fan Yugan, then said to Bai Jinxiu, "Detain Fan Yuhuai for now, and deal with him later..."

"Detain Fan Yuhuai!" Bai Jinxiu’s gaze fell on Fan Yugan as well, "And lock him up with his son!"

"Princess of Zhen, please show leniency to my son, who is just a useless idler and poses no threat to you. I beg the Princess of Zhen to spare this foolish boy! Please give him a way out!" For a man of seven-foot stature, Fan Yuhuai actually started to cry.

"Sister of Bai family, I beg you to spare my father!" Fan Yugan pleaded desperately, lying on the high steps.

Bai Qingyan looked at the father-son pair of Fan Yugan and Fan Yuhuai for a while, then softly instructed Bai Jinxiu, "Take them back to Dadu City, remind... don’t be too hard on them."

Originally, Bai Qingyan didn’t intend to spare Fan Yuhuai’s life.

But although she had no deep connection with Fan Yugan, she knew him to be a kind-hearted child. Before, Fan Yugan was friendly with A Yun, and A Yun had spoken about Lu Yuanpeng and the others as libertines... though libertine, Fan Yugan was clever and honest.

She considered that if such a person channeled his ingenuity into something more meaningful than eating and drinking, it would surely not be too disappointing.

In light of Fan Yugan, Bai Qingyan was willing to spare Fan Yuhuai’s life, albeit... Bai Qingyan dared not employ someone like Fan Yuhuai again.

Even if she still wished to use Fan Yuhuai, those subordinates in Dadu, whom Fan Yuhuai abandoned, who would be willing to follow again?

Bai Jinxiu gave orders to have the crying Fan Yugan and Fan Yuhuai dragged away, and to lock them up in the same cell together.

As soon as Bai Jinxiu finished speaking, she saw Shen Tianzhi’s subordinate, who had just left with Quan Yu, rushing over, cupping his fists towards Bai Qingyan: "Your Majesty, the official says that the eunuch named Quan Yu cannot keep his leg! The eunuch is already spitting blood, it can’t be delayed, but the eunuch..."

She dismounted, her brow furrowed: "Unwilling to lose the leg?"

The person nodded: "Precisely!"

Upon hearing the name Quan Yu, although Bai Jinxiu didn’t know what happened, she understood that the little eunuch Quan Yu likely got injured protecting grandmother or Eldest Young Lady: "Eldest Young Lady, you should go see, I’ll handle things here! Make sure grandmother doesn’t see any blood on her way out!"

This place needed to be cleaned quickly, and Eldest Young Lady and grandmother needed to leave as soon as possible. The fire was spreading fast, and it wouldn’t be long before it reached them.

"Have the soldiers evacuate the people, to prevent the fire from harming the civilians!" Bai Qingyan said and then hurriedly left with Shen Tianzhi’s subordinate.

Bai Jinxiu watched her Eldest Young Lady leave, then focused on Fan Yugan, who despite being restrained, kept struggling and shouting "Sister of Bai family" begging her to spare his father.

Bai Jinxiu sighed. In the past, Fan Yugan was on good terms with A Yun, which was enough for the Bai family to spare him, not to mention that after the fall of all the men of the Bai family in the southern frontier, when the Bai family went to receive the souls of their heroes, Fan Yugan went along with Lu Yuanpeng and Sima Ping.

For this reason alone, even without Eldest Young Lady’s instruction, Bai Jinxiu would tell the soldiers to treat Fan Yugan with kindness.

Bai Jinxiu stepped towards Fan Yugan, and as she passed the wide-eyed corpse of King Liang, she only gave it a glance and moved on.

In Bai Jinxiu’s view, King Liang was just a grasshopper jumping around, skilled in manipulation, who she never took seriously.

It was repulsive. She was truly deceived by King Liang back then... thinking he had genuine feelings for the Eldest Young Lady. Such a person... even mentioning him in the same breath as Eldest Young Lady was an insult. freewebnσvel.cøm

Fan Yugan saw and looked up, shouting: "Mrs. Qin! Mrs. Qin... I have always been on good terms with Qin Lang, I beg you, for Qin Lang’s sake, spare my father, okay? A father’s debt should be repaid by the son... I am willing to die in my father’s place!"

Fan Yuhuai, already held in custody, shouted angrily at his son, words filled with disdain for him.