Eula's feelings were extremely complicated. Although she had just decided to side with the Knights of Favonius, she had never considered what fate awaited the Lawrence Clan if their rebellion failed.
A thousand years ago, Vanessa had shown the Lawrence Clan leniency, executing only the ringleaders and merely driving the remaining members out of Mondstadt City. She had not even confiscated the clan's accumulated resources, allowing their descendants to retain their rich family education. Even after a thousand years, they still had not dropped their insufferable aristocratic airs.
But now, if the Lawrence Clan truly rebelled against Mondstadt again, Eula could not think of any reason the Knights of Favonius would show them mercy a second time. At best, their property would be confiscated; at worst, the entire clan would be wiped out. That was all but foreseeable.
These were all her relatives and elders. Blood was thicker than water-how could a single decision of hers sever those ties completely?
At that thought, Eula's body actually began trembling uncontrollably. She suddenly looked at Yucheng as though clutching at a lifeline.
Eula said, "L-Lord Regent, do... do you have a way out of this?"
Smiling, Yucheng tapped his empty wineglass. Eula hurriedly picked up the Dandelion Wine beside her and filled his glass to the brim. Without needing to be asked, she even blew a gust of icy wind over the glass to chill the wine before carefully handing it to him.
Yucheng took the glass and drank a large mouthful. "There is a way. I just don't know whether you have the courage to cut off the tail to save the body, Miss Eula."
Eula asked, "Cut off the tail to save the body? What do you mean?"
Yucheng said, "A night of clan slaughter is obviously not an option.