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!"