Chapter 462: Half a Year to Annex the Remaining Half of Xiyu

The door of the tea room was pushed open with a creaky sound, and Hua Lan's figure moved out step by step.

The candlelight cast a long shadow behind her, reflecting on her paper-white face. Only the lingering blood and tears at the corners of her mouth and eyes were glaringly red.

The entire Hanyuan Hall was in deathly silence; even Tang Zhuo's crazy laughter came to an abrupt end.

All eyes were focused on the crumbling woman.

There was only emptiness in her eyes and a dead silence that was on the verge of exploding.

She looked up, her gaze piercing through the air, fixed on Tang Zhuo.

Hua Lan moved forward step by step, her heavy footsteps seeming to be stepping on the pool of blood that her loved ones had frozen that night.

She walked up to Tang Zhuo, close enough to see every trace of madness on his face, as well as the deep hatred and contempt that ran deep in his bones.

"mother……"

Hua Lan's voice was hoarse.

This title, which used to be the deepest admiration in her heart, now became a sharp knife, cutting into her heart.

She raised her bloodshot eyes, and tears finally burst out, mixing with the blood at the corners of her mouth, and fell to the ground, blooming into a small dark red flower.

"The child you gave birth to..."

She stared into Tang Zhuo's eyes, and every word seemed to be plucked out from her heart.

"Brother...sister...I..."

At this point, her voice suddenly rose, and she asked with tears in her eyes:

"Have you never had any feelings for us?!"

This cry almost exhausted all her strength, and completely tore off the hypocritical veil called "mother".

The madness and pride on Tang Zhuo's face froze instantly, replaced by extreme disgust of being offended.

She didn't even bother to hide it, and with a cruel arc on her lips, she said firmly: "No!"

Then she added, "Only shame."

"I am the most noble princess of Xiyu! How could I tolerate you, a lowly breed, tarnishing my identity?! If you weren't still of some use to me and Xiyu, how could I have allowed you to live to this day?!"

"Oh……"

A very light mocking sound came out of Hua Lan's throat.

Then, the laughter suddenly exploded like a lit fuse.

“Hahaha…ha ...

Hua Lan laughed wildly towards the sky, her whole body shaking violently, she laughed forward and backward, and tears and blood flowed out of her eyes.

There was no joy in that laughter, only the despair of being completely betrayed by loved ones and being manipulated by fate.

This crazy laughter reverberated in the solemn Hanyuan Hall, causing pain in people's eardrums and an inexplicable chill in their hearts.

She laughed so hard that she almost couldn't breathe. She staggered, turned around suddenly, and knelt down with a plop towards Yan Shixu who was sitting on the throne.

His forehead hit the ground hard, making a dull "dong dong dong" sound.

When she looked up again, her forehead was already bruised and purple, mixed with blood and tears, and she looked in a miserable state.

Only those eyes, burned red with hatred and determination, were surprisingly bright.

"Your Majesty! Hua Lan, the sinner, begs for mercy!"

She kowtowed again, her voice hoarse but every word clear:

"Your Majesty, please give me six months! Within six months, I will do everything in my power to ensure that the remaining half of Xiyu is completely incorporated into Dayan's territory! Not an inch of land will be left behind!"

This oath made everyone in the hall gasp.

Half a year? This woman...isn't she completely crazy?

It took them nearly four years to conquer half of Xiyu!

Hua Lan stood up straight, her face, stained with blood and tears, showed a calmness that was almost sacrificial, yet also revealed a hint of weirdness.

"When the mission is accomplished... I, the sinner, am willing to offer this broken body to Your Majesty! I will use this life to atone for the sins of my father! And also for my own sins..."

"Shut up! You evil creature! You are such a disaster!!"

"You've suspected me for a long time, right? Otherwise, with your ability, there's no way you could escape from the Pingnan Marquis Mansion!"

"You and your lowly father are both traitors! Damn you! Damn you all!!!"

The moment Hua Lan said "annex Xiyu in half a year", Tang Zhuo's pupils suddenly shrank and the blood drained from his face.

She knew her daughter too well.

Hua Lan inherited Hua Wuchang's genius, and her ability to make weapons is terrifying.

He also inherited her ruthlessness and wisdom!

The most terrifying thing is that Hua Lan can control the sound of metal and manipulate people's minds!

This witch said she could do it, and it was absolutely true!

Everything she had worked hard for for decades would be in vain!

"You can't! You can't betray Xiyu! You lowly bastard!!"

Tang Zhuo went completely crazy, like a female beast cornered, and suddenly broke free from the grip of the guards behind him!

There was only crazy murderous intent in her eyes, and she had only one goal - to kill Hua Lan!

She roared and pulled out the ebony hairpin from her hair with her right hand like lightning. The hairpin looked simple but was actually filled with poison.

The sharp tip of the hairpin pierced Hua Lan's heart!

Hua Lan looked at her coldly, without dodging or avoiding.

It seemed that the poisoned tip of the hairpin was about to pierce Hua Lan's heart!

A flash of cold light is even faster!

No exclamations, no unnecessary movements.

The sword at Su Muyang's waist had not even been fully unsheathed. He just shook his wrist and a flash of sword light suddenly appeared!

"laugh--!"

The sound of the sharp blade cutting through flesh and bones was slight but made one's scalp tingle.

Tang Zhuo's forward movement suddenly froze, and the ferocious murderous intent on his face froze in an instant.

The ebony hairpin in her hand was only an inch away from Hua Lan's heart, but it could not move forward any further.

A thin line of blood slowly appeared on her slender and fragile neck.

The next moment, the blood line suddenly collapsed.

"Well……"

Tang Zhuo let out a vague groan of pain from his throat, and the light in his eyes quickly dimmed.

Her body fell backward uncontrollably.

"thump!"

Xiyu, the legitimate princess who had been lurking in Dayan, scheming and cruel for half her life, fell heavily on the cold and hard gold bricks.

Blood gushed out from the fatal wound on her neck and quickly spread under her body.

Those crazy eyes stared blankly at the towering caisson in Hanyuan Hall, and eventually lost all their luster.

Until her death, her fingers were still tightly grasping the poisonous hairpin that had failed to pierce out.

You could hear a pin drop in the entire hall.

Princess Yuyao threw herself on her aunt's body and cried heart-wrenchingly.

Hua Lan looked at her mother's body coldly, but the tears in her eyes finally slid down silently.

Sitting on the throne, Yan Shixu watched all this with an expressionless face.

His gaze finally fell on Hua Lan.

"Half a year, to annex the remaining half of Xiyu?"

There was no emotion in Yan Shixu's voice, but it carried the majesty of an emperor.

"How can you make me believe that you have this ability?"

Upon hearing this, Hua Lan looked around at everyone and slowly raised one arm.

Suddenly, a strange golden bell sounded in the hall.

The ringing sound rises and falls, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, with a strange and changeable rhythm, like a bewitching song.