Gan Qiongying chuckled softly, her mind racing with all sorts of ideas.
Finally, I decided to go all in. Since we'd already come this far, retreating would only invite an even fiercer counterattack from the enemy.
Therefore, Gan Qiongying decided to take a risky and unconventional approach.
Like a lover, she intimately embraced the old witch's neck, turned to Gan Lin and said, "Look, the Empress Dowager already knows that I've gone mad; it can't be hidden anymore."
“I don’t think the two of us can escape today. Ganlin, you just said you were incompetent, but you’re wrong. I’m your older sister. I’m the incompetent one.”
"The child I raised with such care is being treated so badly by others. I've already reached my limit in enduring this."
"Since we have no other way out, I think we might as well kill this old hag."
Gan Qiongying asked Gan Lin in a tone as if they were discussing what to have for dinner, "Do you want to see how high the blood can spurt after a person's neck is pierced?"
Gan Qiongying said, "When we were little, we were confined to the palace and couldn't go out. I always promised to take you to see fireworks, but later you became the crown prince and I became the princess. We were never able to go and could only watch from a distance."
“Now I can’t go,” Gan Qiongying sighed. “Before I die, please let me see the blood splattered everywhere, okay?”
At this moment, Gan Lin was standing next to Gan Qiongying. The expression on his face had changed from despair and sorrow to excitement and anticipation.
He was unaware that Gan Qiongying was trying to save two lives, nor did he know what Gan Qiongying's next plans were. He thought that Gan Qiongying really wanted to die together with him and the Empress Dowager.
Just like when he was little and would follow Gan Qiongying around saying "okay," Gan Lin excitedly approached Gan Qiongying, his eyes filled with tears and his eyes red, and said, "Okay."
“Sister,” Gan Lin grabbed Gan Qiongying’s arm, “Sister…I want to see!”
Gan Lin really didn't want anything to happen to Gan Qiongying, and he was willing to give everything for her, and that's what he always did.
But since things have come to this point, and since everything is beyond repair, he is like a moth about to fly into a flame, resolutely flapping his wings towards the bright future in his heart.
"Let's...let's watch together." And die together.
"Good child," Gan Qiongying said, "to be able to see your enemy splattered with blood before you die, especially since that person is the Empress Dowager, makes this life worthwhile!"
As she spoke, she pressed the porcelain shard even harder. Although the edge of the shard was very sharp, there is a common sense that no matter how sharp a knife is, if you press it straight up and down without friction, it will hurt a lot, but the wound will not be very big.
The Empress Dowager felt the pressure on her neck, and since she couldn't see her wound, she quickly abandoned any pretense of composure and screamed again, "Ah!"
"Wait! Wait! Wait!" Kou Ning'an stammered incoherently, "Don't do this! There's still a way! Stop!"
"Stop it now! I'll pretend none of this ever happened!"
Kou Ning'an wanted too many things in her life; she wanted everything. A person who wants everything is absolutely afraid of death.
She still wanted to see her son ascend the throne; she really couldn't just die like this!
"Duanrong, let me go! I can promise you and Ganlin will be absolutely safe, absolutely safe!"
"It's very late, you can go back to sleep... You really... you'll really be alright!"
"Everyone back off! No one is allowed to come forward!"
“You can pretend that nothing happened, and I will absolutely not pursue this matter any further.”
Kou Ning'an was so flustered that she started referring to herself as "I," but even in this state, she didn't forget her superior position.
He kept saying, "I will absolutely not pursue this any further." Having been in a position of power for so long, even when begging for forgiveness, he remained so condescending.
Gan Qiongying has never killed anyone in her life, nor has she ever been a vicious criminal. She is now using all her strength to control herself from trembling.
But at this moment, she truly wanted to die together with the Empress Dowager, and she really wanted to cut open the old woman's neck to see just how high the blood could spurt from the artery.
But would Gan Qiongying really do that? To die together with someone else—does this old hag deserve it?
She finally had a new life, her own family, and the man she loved. These days, men are hard to find, and the one she found was a lucky charm.
She had already envisioned how wonderful and happy her future life would be.
Her body was as healthy as a bear's, and she was so beautiful, without suffering from illness. How could she just give up like that and die with this old hag?
Even if Gan Qiongying were buried, she would crawl out of her grave and write a sentence—"I am not reconciled."
Moreover, she had promised Duanrong that she would take good care of Ganlin.
She couldn't bear to see Gan Lin, who had suffered so much, drunk so much poison for her, and finally coughed up the poisoned blood and was about to recover, die like this.
He's still so young.
The Empress Dowager was still rambling on, trying to coax Gan Qiongying by saying that as long as she was released, no one would know what happened tonight.
Gan Lin only stared at Gan Qiongying, completely disregarding the consequences for the two of them.
He just wanted to take one last good look at his older sister before he died.
After a brief standoff, Gan Qiongying finally asked Kou Ning'an, "Is everything you said true? Do you keep your word?"
Kou Ning'an nodded immediately, not caring that the porcelain shards on her neck had cut her.
Even Kou Ning'an herself did not expect that Gan Qiongying would actually let her go after hearing her answer.
Kou Ning'an felt the pressure on her neck disappear and was stunned for a moment.
Then, she reacted quickly and ran towards her own people, her hand still pressing against her neck. Once she reached a safe distance, she immediately turned around and fiercely commanded the group, her shouts so shrill that even Eunuch Li couldn't match them.
"Take them all down! Go get the nine-section whips and beat them, beat them hard!"
As soon as the servants saw that the Empress Dowager had escaped danger so easily, they immediately surrounded Gan Qiongying and Gan Lin.
Instead of showing anger and panic at being betrayed, Gan Qiongying simply looked at Kou Ning'an and smiled.
"I knew you old hag would never keep your word."
Gan Qiongying was held down by the servants, but she did not struggle. She looked at Kou Ning'an and said, "Guess why I dared to do this today and why I dared to release you so easily?"
"Kou Ning'an, guess what Regent Sima Rui is doing right now?"
Kou Ning'an, whose fierce expression was no longer concealed, froze upon hearing this.
Gan Qiongying suddenly raised her voice and said, "Guess what, if I don't leave this palace tonight, will you receive the Regent's head tomorrow morning?"
Kou Ning'an's face suddenly turned pale, even paler than if she had applied powder.
However, she quickly realized that Gan Qiongying might be putting on an act. With so many capable people around the Regent, how could he be so easily outmaneuvered?
Kou Ning'an gave a cold laugh: "You don't need to make any more futile struggles. I won't kill you tonight, but I want you to leave this Yinian Palace lying on your backs!"
Gan Qiongying laughed too, her face even colder than hers, it was a contest to see who could freeze three feet thick and turn into an ice queen on the spot.
When arguing, raising your voice does indeed have a better effect.
That's why Gan Qiongying laughed so loudly, just to temporarily intimidate Kou Ning'an.
But gradually, her laughter became increasingly manic.
She laughed so hard she couldn't stop herself. Even she found the sound a little eerie, like a general who had won great battles but was sentenced to death by his lord, crying blood with injustice, his voice dripping with righteous indignation.
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