Jin Fengluan looked at his tearful appearance with disgust in her eyes. She took a step back, shook her head, and said coldly:
"Jin Jiande, Jin Jiande, look at the state you've become!"
"What kind of behavior is it for a grown man to cry and whine in front of me!"
"You keep saying you'll pave the way back to Jinling for me, but if you were truly capable, I wouldn't be here today!"
"Stay in this dilapidated and cramped palace!" Jin Fengluan spread her arms wide, her phoenix eyes sweeping across the hall, her anger growing even stronger.
Jin Jiande crawled forward a few more steps, then grabbed Jin Fengluan's leg and cried:
"Your Majesty, I have never asked you for anything."
"Now I only beg you to spare Yongning's life. Just say the word, and as long as Yongning can live, I'm willing to go through fire and water for you..."
Enraged, Jin Fengluan pulled out one foot and then kicked Jin Jiande in the face, pointing at him and cursing:
"Get out of my way!"
"You are a useless person. Of all the things I asked you to do, which one have you accomplished?"
"You're a piece of trash! Utterly useless trash!"
"All you do is cry and whine in front of me. Ever since you lost this leg at Yanluo Mountain, I haven't acted like a man when I see you!"
"I find you disgusting!"
It was a warm spring day, but when these words reached his ears, Jin Jiande felt as if the temperature of the air had dropped by three degrees. The ground was so cold that his half-broken leg, which was pressed against the ground, was in even greater pain.
He no longer cared about the physical pain. He looked up at the face that was cursing incessantly, and at the undisguised disgust and hatred in those eyes.
Jin Jiande froze, even his crying stopped, and he stared blankly at Jin Fengluan's face.
How do these eyes resemble a mother's?
"I told you to let go! Did you hear me?!"
"You useless thing, you've accomplished nothing, you can't do anything right, and you still dare to plead for that beast!"
Jin Fengluan, seeing Jin Jiande remain silent, grew increasingly angry and slapped him across the face.
The gold-plated, beaded nail guards grazed Jin Jiande's face, leaving several bloody marks on his tear-streaked face. Blood beads oozed from the wounds, and Jin Jiande lowered his head in despair.
"This beast has committed such a heinous act; he deserves to be punished by both heaven and man!"
"If it were anyone else, I would have had her executed by slow slicing and torn into eight pieces!"
Jin Fengluan pulled out her other foot and then kicked Jin Jiande's drooping head again. This angry kick slammed his head to the ground with a loud "thud".
"She killed Jianzhong and almost killed Pingwu. This beast deserves a good death from me, which is an act of great mercy from me!"
"You actually dare to plead for her?! I think you're incredibly stupid!"
"You lost a leg, and you lost your brain too?!"
"Jianzhong brought me these foreign aids, and he was doing his best to share my burdens. Now that he's dead, I've lost another arm. Tell me, who can I use in the future?"
"Do you expect me to use a useless whine like you?!"
Jin Fengluan kicked Jin Jianzhong repeatedly. What happened last night had already made her furious, and Jin Jianzhong's behavior had disappointed her even more.
He acted on his own initiative, intending to let the assassins go, which was undoubtedly a betrayal!
If he had even a shred of self-interest, he wouldn't have come to plead for mercy today. Clearly, he is an incompetent and foolish good-for-nothing.
Jin Fengluan was furious and blurted out a curse:
"You are not even half as good as Jianren and Jianzhong!"
Jin Jiande, who had been kicked, lay on the ground, his bloodied face pressed tightly against the cold ground.
In the past, this would have been the most coveted enjoyment.
But now, each kick caused him immense pain, and these cold words made him clearly understand what kind of person he was in Jin Fengluan's heart.
Utterly useless, utterly incompetent.
"hiss--"
Jin Jiande took a deep breath and tried to lift his head to look at Jin Fengluan.
The beautiful face that had once been in his sight was gone; he only saw a hideous and ugly one.
It's as if the veil on this face has been removed, or the fog on the face has been blown away.
He had never seen that face so clearly before.
Beneath that face lies a self-righteous, short-sighted, ignorant fool!
All these years, I've been running around like a madwoman, doing all those stupid things for her.
Even so, this foolish woman belittled herself to the point of being worthless, as if she were not even as good as a dog!
Jin Jiande, with his hands supporting him on the ground, shook his head with a strange smile on his face.
How ridiculous! How could such a laughable thing exist in the world!
The next instant, he suddenly shouted:
"Shut up!"
Jin Fengluan, who was cursing loudly, trembled and looked at Jin Jiande with a look of shock.
What are you saying?
"You called me 'Close'..."
He hadn't finished speaking.
"Shut up!!" came another loud shout.
Jin Jiande gradually got up, sat on the ground, and pointed at Jin Fengluan:
"I told you to shut up! You're the incompetent one..."
The imperial guards waiting at the entrance had already sensed something was wrong. They rushed into the hall and swarmed forward, one covering Jin Jiande's mouth while another shouted:
"You must not be disrespectful to His Majesty!"
Jin Jiande struggled desperately, but there were too many guards, and he was pinned to the ground.
Jin Fengluan's chest heaved violently, her face contorted with rage.
After a long pause, she finally shouted angrily:
"Beat them! Give them a good beating!"
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