Chapter 878 - 875: Grand Ambitions
Bai Qingyan finished speaking and solemnly bowed to the court officials gathered in the hall.
Li Mingrui, seeing this, knelt swiftly and shouted, "I swear to follow the Princess of Zhen to the death!"
"Yan has already been making strategic moves for the unification of the nation. I, Yang Wuce, have submitted to the Princess of Zhen to follow her in unifying the nation! As for those unwilling...they can stay at home quietly and watch others vie for dominance in this chaotic world!" After speaking, Yang Wuce knelt down before Bai Qingyan, "I, with the surrendered soldiers of the Liang Kingdom, swear to follow the Princess of Zhen to the death!"
"I swear to follow the Princess of Zhen to the death!" Yang Wei also knelt down.
Bai Jinxiu bit her lip hard, eyes reddening, and knelt down, "I, Bai Jinxiu, with the Yuanping army and the Bai family army...swear to follow the Princess of Zhen to the death!"
Bai Jinse wiped her tears with her sleeve and followed suit, kneeling down.
The officials in the grand hall were at a loss, uncertain of what to do, and could only look towards Prime Minister Lu, waiting for him to make a decision.
Dong Qingping saw that the officials were moved to tears and clearly persuaded. He thought to be the first to respond, to take the lead for those already loyal to Bai Qingyan. But, considering his nephew relationship with Bai Qingyan, he feared it wouldn’t be convincing enough.
Dong Qingping also looked towards Prime Minister Lu, hoping that if Lu took the lead in following Bai Qingyan, all doubts among the officials would vanish.