NCCnovel Chapter 1262 Take Your Contract of Indenture Back
Chapter 1262 Take Your Contract of Indenture Back
"Are you done talking?"
Jiang Yubai was at a loss for words at the "Princess Qiyang's" reaction, standing in front of her like a naive child.
"If you have such a temper, why don't you work hard to pass the imperial examinations and then file a complaint against me before the Emperor?"
Every word Liang Chongyue uttered struck Jiang Yubai right to the heart.
Even the system felt that what the host said was a bit excessive.
I knew perfectly well that this person had ideas, but he was just born at the wrong time and wasted his time.
If he was born into a better family, we'd only look at his past academic performance...
The system looked up at Jiang Yubai while it was thinking.
He immediately interrupted his previous thought.
Unless you're born with a bright and cheerful face, you might be able to live a normal life in the countryside and barely survive.
Anyone with even a modicum of ambition will inevitably become a tool in someone else's hand without even realizing it.
They won't even know how they died.
Liang Chongyue was testing Jiang Yubai's limits and flexibility little by little. She had to test him thoroughly before sending him to the Empress Dowager.
"How do you know I don't want to? If I could take the imperial examinations and rise all the way to the Emperor's court, the first thing I would do is expose the corrupt practices throughout Qiyang!"
Jiang Yubai's words were hoarse and strained, no longer sounding like he was speaking only to Liang Chongyue.
It's more like a protest against the injustice of the world.
At this moment, Liang Chongyue was like an outsider, or to put it more bluntly, like an ordinary nobleman who had been high and mighty all his life and, even when he saw the suffering of the world, did not feel that it had anything to do with him.
Her gaze held no contempt, but rather an indifference to Jiang Yubai's pain, even though half of that pain was inflicted by her within the past half hour.
"You're living such a painful life that you have to run away? Is there someone at home waiting for you to come back?"
The cold words scattered in the wind, but also pierced Jiang Yubai's heart.
He dared not look up, lest the person in front of him see the fear in his eyes.
At this moment, reason returned, and Jiang Yubai's mind was filled with more than just the pain of those days.
And then there was that casual remark from the important person before him, including all the presumptuous things he had said before.
Almost every word he uttered was enough to kill his mother and sister.
How many people are left in your family?
After Liang Chongyue finished asking the question, Jiang Yubai was like a tattered balloon that had covered up all the holes in his body in that short time.
He mustered up the courage to vent the pain that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time.
But once that initial burst of energy dissipated, his courage did not cause the slightest harm to the person in front of him, and the person in front of him easily exposed the hole that he had painstakingly mended with a single sentence.
"Do you think I can't find out if you don't tell me? The whole of Qiyang is mine. If you don't tell me now, it won't matter if you kneel down and beg when I find out."
Liang Chongyue perfectly portrays a despicable person in a position of power.
The system was horrified by what it saw.
The host can be quite frightening when he turns bad.
"However, as I said before, as long as you can give me a satisfactory reward, I can help you destroy Lihua Fang. Now I'll add another condition."
Liang Chongyue's voice was incredibly seductive, like begging for candy from an innocent child, specifically asking for the last piece of candy the child had.
She'd saved up for half her life, always reluctant to eat it, and today she finally discovered it.
She not only wanted to eat the candy, but also wanted to snatch the candy from the child's hand.
Jiang Yubai finally reacted. Looking at his peach blossom eyes, which were almost identical to her own, Liang Chongyue didn't care that he was just deliberately giving a reaction to change the subject.
Liang Chongyue continued:
“I can help you support your family members who you can’t afford to support, give them the best life, let them live in the best house in Qiyang, and if they get sick they can go to the best clinic in Qiyang for treatment. You look young, do you have any brothers or sisters? I can support their education and help them take the imperial examinations.”
Liang Chongyue paused after speaking, waiting for Jiang Yubai's reaction.
Jiang Yubai wasn't stupid; although his face looked dirty, he shouldn't be very old.
If we calculate based on the year her scumbag father died, Jiang Yubai is at most in her early twenties now.
At such a prime age, it would be the perfect gift for my mother.
Liang Chongyue added another sentence at the end:
"I'll trade you yourself in exchange for your family never having to suffer in Qiyang again. With my protection, no one in Qiyang will dare to harm your family again. It's a very worthwhile deal."
Liang Chongyue felt no shame whatsoever for impersonating someone else.
If Liang Chongyue had known she would encounter Jiang Yubai here, she would have definitely chosen someone else to coerce and entice him.
He'll be with his mother in the future, and you might see him all the time. This kid is quick-witted.
They might whisper in the Empress Dowager's ear.
"Oh."
What Liang Chongyue received was Jiang Yubai's mockery, not the kind of contemptuous mockery, but a pitiful and resigned one.
"You're just trying to manipulate me. You're saying all sorts of nice things now, but once I actually believe your lies, that'll be the day my family dies, won't it?"
Jiang Yubai's tears flowed more and more, as if she had resigned herself to her fate, but was unwilling to accept it.
Do you really think I don't know who you are right now?
Jiang Yubai.
The last three words Liang Chongyue uttered were like a long sword; although they didn't actually hurt Jiang Yubai, they had already pierced Jiang Yubai's heart.
Liang Chongyue whispered a few words in Fei He's ear, and Fei He returned to the carriage to fetch a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Everything was laid out in front of Jiang Yubai, and Liang Chongyue quickly wrote down Jiang Yubai's indenture on the paper.
All that remained was Jiang Yubai's signature and seal. The official document from the He government read: "To tell you the truth, I am not some Princess Qiyang. You have entered Lihua Garden and are no longer a law-abiding citizen. I can buy you without your consent. I will not force you to sign this contract of servitude. I can have someone take you back to Qiyang and let you see Lihua Garden now. You escaped too early, otherwise you would have witnessed the moment when Lihua Garden was reduced to ashes."
Jiang Yubai was still in shock from the exposure of his identity and kept guessing about the identity of the person in front of him.
He had heard of few important people in his life, and none of them matched the person in front of him.
The person before him exuded an innate nobility, and her eyes held an imposing presence even without anger. Jiang Yubai could tell from her tone that she didn't take Princess Qiyang seriously at all.
When did Qiyang produce such a remarkable figure?
Could it be that he's been locked up in Lihua Garden for too long and things have really changed outside?
Once the indenture dried, Liang Chongyue rolled it up and stuffed it into Jiang Yubai's hand.
"My conditions remain unchanged, and my demands will not change. Think carefully about what you want, and come back to me with a signed and fingerprinted indenture."