Ulanara was stunned. Lanqin's answer was clearly unexpected. She opened her mouth, stammering, unable to speak. Finally, she looked at Lanqin with her red eyes and asked cautiously, "Really? You never thought of taking my position as empress?"
"Although it is, you are now practically a deposed empress. What difference does it make?" Lanqin took another step forward, her previous coldness transforming into the ice and snow of a harsh winter. Her imposing aura frightened the empress, causing her to stumble backward. The empress flailed her arms, managing to grab the edge of the bed to avoid falling. She gasped for breath, like a dying fish. She stared at Lanqin, her eyes filled with hatred. If she weren't so weak, she would have already dragged Lanqin down with her.
"Ulanara clan, it's not that I want to destroy you, but that you've brought this upon yourself!" Lanqin stared at the Empress. "For your own selfish reasons, you actually instigated Fucha Argon to disrupt grain prices and affect the war in the Northwest! Do you still deserve to be Empress?"
Ulanara leaned against the bed, shaking her head helplessly. She held her head, her eyes unfocused, and kept muttering, "I didn't, I didn't, I didn't do it."
How could Lanqin let her pretend to be crazy? She grabbed Ulanara's hand and made her look at her. She asked Ulanara slowly and deliberately, "Do you know what would have happened to the soldiers fighting on the frontier if the Thirteenth Prince hadn't bought the grain in time?"
"Without that food, they will starve to death!" Lanqin couldn't understand how Ulanara could be so heartless. As the Empress of the Qing Dynasty, didn't she care at all about the soldiers in the Northwest? They were also subjects of the Qing Dynasty! They were soldiers who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the peace of the Qing Dynasty!
"I don't know, I didn't do it..." Ulanara pulled her hand back, slapped her face, and mumbled a few words incoherently. Suddenly, she burst into laughter. She spun around looking at Lanqin and the others, occasionally pointing at someone and cursing them. She acted like a madwoman, shouting, "I didn't do anything, I don't know anything!"
"It seems you're unwilling to admit it." Lanqin was extremely annoyed that she wouldn't admit it and was still pretending to be crazy. "Do you think you can escape? Let me tell you, I've already obtained Fucha Argon's confession. Even if you're crazy, you won't be able to clear your name!"
“Tomorrow, this confession will be sent to those ministers who still believe their Empress Ulanara is a virtuous and kind woman. What do you think they will think…” Before Lanqin could finish speaking, Empress Ulanara, who had been laughing maniacally, suddenly lunged at Lanqin.
Lanqin was absolutely certain this time that Ulanara was just acting; she saw a deep-seated hatred in her eyes.
Ulanara's eyes flashed with a fierce light a thousand times more venomous than a snake's. It turned out that she had been hiding a golden hairpin all along, waiting for this moment to strike with deadly precision.
Lanqin was terrified and took several steps back.
Just then, Cui Niang rushed in front of Lan Qin. Ulanara gritted her teeth and thrust a gold hairpin straight at Cui Niang's face.
"Cui Niang!" Lanqin called out.
Upon seeing this scene, the old woman standing nearby was so frightened that her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.
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