True Core Aristocratic Families (Part 1)
Tang Xiao looked at the proud female patriarch before him and smiled faintly. "You know my terms, Madam Sanya."
"You want the Tagge family to betray the Galactic Empire. That is simply impossible. Compared with the Tagge family, my life is not worth mentioning." Sanya Tagge said sternly, "Even if I were to die like this and hand the family over to my eldest son, Orman Tagge, the losses he could cause would never exceed the losses incurred by having the family betray the Empire and support the Duchy of Dawn instead—because that would mean total destruction."
"You seem to have no faith in yourself, your family, or me..." Tang Xiao said calmly.
Her refusal was the normal outcome, entirely within his expectations. After all, the Tagge family was not like the Urlan family of Rendili StarDrive. The latter had already become an abandoned child of the Galactic Republic and had begun to be squeezed out of the Republic's core of power.
The Tagge family, however, was different. It was deeply rooted, with foundations even stronger than those of the Urlan family, and it had long been loyal to both the Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire. Moreover, it had no serious internal or external troubles. With its strength, it was practically certain to enter the Galactic Empire's core of power and take up the most crucial positions.
How could a family like that possibly betray the Galactic Empire?
So, he had merely thrown the suggestion out there. He had never expected the Tagge family to defect.
Sanya Tagge's expression carried a trace of pity. "Perhaps you believe that because the Duchy of Dawn repeatedly gained the upper hand in its war against the Galactic Republic, even driving back the massive fleet led by