Is that Zhongli Zhengzhen... or Li Hua?
Her vision went completely black, and excruciating pain exploded in her brain. She couldn't see Li Hua's eyes clearly in the end, and fainted as Li Hua rushed over to catch her.
Gan Qiongying had a very long dream, or rather, she experienced the entire life of another person, from birth to death.
In this dream that lasted a lifetime, Gan Qiongying seemed to have completely become her.
From the time she was old enough to understand, her mother died, and she lived with a child in the palace, eventually falling in love and then painfully letting go. She lived her life to the fullest from beginning to end.
She discovered that her husband was involved with Jin Chuan, so she tortured him to death without mercy. However, she ultimately fell victim to the sins she had committed.
She didn't know how that cowardly man who died suddenly had taken the place of the Jin Chuan hostage and returned with a bloodthirsty nature, ultimately leading her to fall into his hands.
There was no affection between them, only endless resentment. Their former engagement was a disgrace to each other, and they wished they could kill each other.
Unfortunately, she was the one who lost. For the first time in her life, she begged him not to let her go, but to let Gan Lin go.
In her dream, Gan Qiongying watched his horse's hooves rise and fall, and watched him look at her with a gaze as cold as a knife, as if he were looking at a dead object.
He dismounted and limped, just as she had ridiculed him countless times before, and walked up to her.
He was so tall; it was the first time she had ever realized how tall he was.
His height gave her the illusion of being oppressed, so oppressive that she could hardly breathe.
They looked at each other, and their eyes held only endless coldness and hatred.
The conflict between them was not just a personal grudge, but also a national hatred.
Jin Chuan borrowed a route through Jingxi and defeated Nan Zhao. This lame Jin Chuan hostage became the Crown Prince of Jin Chuan, and would eventually become the Crown Prince of Nan Zhao as well.
Defeated countries only have the fate of becoming vassal states. The Crown Prince of Jinchuan personally led his troops, and the cities he passed through surrendered without killing anyone. He even distributed rice and silver to the people.
The Jinchuan army advanced with unstoppable momentum, and several cities in Nanzhao surrendered without a fight.
His military tactics were unpredictable; even the most valiant Chen family army in Nanzhao fell for his divisive tactics, leading to mutual slaughter between the commander and his deputy.
This was also the first time she realized that everything her lowly husband had presented to her before was an illusion.
Everything is fake.
He was incredibly intelligent, almost demonic, and had a wide range of methods. He not only replaced the Jin Chuan hostage, but also successfully made the Jin Chuan hostage "lame" just like him during the great battle.
He deceived everyone, and no one noticed that his identity was unusual. However, only Princess Gan Qiongying in the dream recognized him at a glance. He was none other than the prince consort Li Hua, whom she had tortured to death.
Moreover, Gan Qiongying knew far more than that. She also discovered that Li Hua had not killed the Jin Chuan hostage, but rather controlled him and used him to keep the Jingxi King's beloved daughter, Princess Xue'e, Wen Xueling.
Using love as bait, he manipulated Wen Xueling to seduce important officials in the court, including the regent Sima Rui. Those men all seemed to have gone mad in love with Wen Xueling, but in reality, they were all intoxicated by a certain spice emanating from her.
He would lose his mind and go mad if he left her.
Wen Xueling was in love with the hostage of Jinchuan, who is now the Crown Prince of Jinchuan. She was willing to be a tool in the Crown Prince's hands, but unfortunately... that fool still doesn't know that the man she truly loves, she has never even touched the hem of his robe.
The one she was intimately entangled with was Zhongli Zhengzhen, who was controlled by Li Hua, the Crown Prince of Jinchuan.
Gan Qiongying looked up at the man standing in front of her in her dream.
He heard himself say in a sigh-like, sarcastic tone, "If I had known you were this capable, I would have treated you better back then. Why did things turn out this way, that we are now enemies?"
Li Hua chuckled softly, reached out and used his riding crop to lift Gan Qiongying's chin, looking at her and saying, "Husband and wife?"
"Have you ever, even for a single moment, considered me an extraordinary person?"
"However, considering that we were once married, I can let you choose how you die." When Li Hua stared intently at someone, her eyes could even give the illusion of being deeply infatuated.
"I admit you're smart, but even smart people should understand that there's always a price to pay for what you do. You know too much."
Gan Qiongying also laughed. She didn't say anything more, but suddenly begged Li Hua, not for herself.
"You can do whatever you want with me, tear me apart by wild dogs, rip me to pieces, but... don't hurt Gan Lin. You still need him. He can be a puppet; he knows nothing..."
“I am not the regent,” Li Hua said without even glancing at Gan Qiongying. “I don’t need a puppet.”
Just as he finished speaking, flames suddenly shot into the sky not far away.
It was sunset, and Gan Qiongying looked at the billowing black smoke and the direction from which the fire was rising, then looked at Li Hua with a chilling expression: "You did it!"
Li Hua had already mounted his horse. Ignoring Gan Qiongying's shouts from behind, he said calmly, "I'm good at digging out rats hidden underground."
"Please don't do this, I beg you!" Gan Qiongying hid Gan Lin in the underground palace of the princess's mansion. She knocked him unconscious and escaped on his own, leaving him enough food and water for several months. She then ran out to attract attention and get herself killed.
But she didn't expect that Li Hua would find Gan Lin so easily and set fire to the princess's mansion!
"Don't do this! You can do whatever you want with me. I killed Sweetcorn and Sanjiu, I killed everyone around you. You can tear me to pieces!"
Li Hua let her circle around the horses and neigh for a long time before finally saying mercifully, "Go back."
Li Hua looked down from his horse against the setting sun with a gaze that was almost gentle, yet more cruel than a demon crawling out of hell.
"Run back on your own two legs, and I'll promise to let him go."
“I can help you.” Li Hua tied the rope into a noose and threw it to Gan Qiongying, saying, “I’ll pull you along, but you have to run fast, because I’ve poured a lot of kerosene, just like when you burned Caihong and Queqing to death.”
“If you go back late, Gan Lin might not even find a single bone.”
His voice was clearly gentle, even tender, just like when she used to beat and humiliate him, never changing, but Gan Qiongying felt a chill seep into her very bones.
She had no other choice.
She ran wildly, frantically, following behind the horses.
She forgot to breathe and feel the pain, forgot all love and hate; all she wanted was for Gan Lin to live.
But a man can't outrun a horse, nor can he outrun a fire doused with oil.
Gan Qiongying gradually ran until she lost consciousness, lost her legs, and lost her arms that were able to get up.
But she still couldn't catch up. Eventually, the horse stopped, and she smelled a mixture of blood, grass, and horse urine.
Li Hua's soft voice came from above: "We're about to enter the city. It's a pity you couldn't hold on."
In that instant, Gan Qiongying felt as if her soul had been torn apart.
Sow evil seeds, reap evil fruits.
Before she lost consciousness, she only remembered one sentence.
Who said that?
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