Her voice was hoarse and difficult to articulate, and Lu Ziyuan was somewhat entranced as he listened, staring at her in a daze.
Xie Wanqing said, "I too was born into a prominent family, well-read from an early age, capable of thinking, capable of anger, knowing honor and disgrace, and with an independent personality. I'm not a wooden stake for you to manipulate at will."
If she were to be threatened by a few words and then compromise and submit to him, she would be disgracing the Xie family's upbringing since childhood.
In this world, people who fear death are numerous, but there is never a shortage of true backbone.
If she were to succumb to his coercion and remarry into the Lu Family, even if she could eventually become empress, she would rather die.
"Have you made up your mind?" Xie Wanqing smiled slightly, and said, "Do you want a corpse, or are you willing to show mercy and let me live?"
The room fell silent again, no one spoke.
