Chapter 12 JOHANNA MADE SOME sort of excuse and went to her office. These men were going to destroy everything for the sake of their opinions. Just because they didn’t like the church, and didn’t like Li Han, and they were afraid that Li Han would put some of them out of business that they could have spent the past few months rebuilding, but hadn’t. Just because . . . Because they were nobles and it was their sole purpose in life to stop her ideas. Because she was a woman. Because she was not a noble. Because she had saved the crown prince’s life while they hoped he’d die, because she married him while their daughters thumbed their noses at him. Because the common citizens of Saardam would benefit from her plan. And though she didn’t know how, she wasn’t going to let them destroy her