Bai Cuiwei had been forcing herself to hold on, but when she saw her mother crying and screaming as her father dragged her away, it was as if all her Essence, Energy, Spirit had been drained from her.
The fury that had burned in her eyes moments ago vanished completely.
She lay on the bed, tears streaming down like beads from a broken string, quickly soaking two small patches into the pillow.
Xia Chujian said, "Do you really want to die?"
Bai Cuiwei closed her eyes. She said nothing, nor was she able to say anything.
Xia Chujian said, "I never intended to kill you. I only wanted to have a talk with the Crown Princess."
"If you don't want to die, I have a way."
Bai Cuiwei had indeed planned to trade her own death for Crown Princess Tantai Jing's mercy toward her family.
But seeing the aura of the people the Crown Princess had brought outside, and how coldly they treated even her parents, she understood for the first time that she and Crown Princess Tantai Jing were not on the same level at all.
The "sacrifice" she had imagined meant nothing whatsoever to Crown Princess Tantai Jing.
Xia Chujian continued to stir the pot. "You saw it yourself. Once you die, your whole family will die too. Then no one will ever know about the disgraceful things Tantai Jing did outside using your identity."
"If you want to protect your family and keep Tantai Jing from silencing them, you have to stay alive."
"Only if you stay alive will your family have a chance to live."
"So, do you still want to die?"
Bai Cuiwei abruptly opened her eyes and shook her head desperately.
Xia Chujian nodded. "Good. I believe you. You don't want to die."
"I'll