The Emperor of the Eagle Kingdom stared wide-eyed at Gu Mu in disbelief: "Who exactly are you...?"
"What exactly is your relationship with Ma Shishi...?"
"Could it be...could it be that she made me attack the Southern Kingdom because..." The Emperor of the Eagle Kingdom then saw Shen Ling not far from Gu Mu: "...because of you and that woman..."
Previously, the Emperor of the Eagle Kingdom was momentarily blinded by beauty.
He started the war just to win a smile from a beautiful woman.
Seeing Gu Mu and the Empress beside him, she gradually realized: "Ma Shishi is from the Southern Kingdom. She fled from the Southern Kingdom to the Eagle Kingdom not because she couldn't make a living there, but because she wanted to use me to break you and the Empress apart."
But now that I understand, it's too late.
He has long since lost his usefulness, and Ma Shishi will no longer give him a second glance.
Moreover, the Eagle Kingdom has already been destroyed because it offended the Southern Kingdom, and death is all that awaits it.
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The imperial harem.
An elderly woman with her silver hair piled up sat in the seat.
She kept her eyes closed and held a string of Buddhist prayer beads in her hand.
Even though she's aged and her beauty has faded, you can still tell from her features that she must have been a stunning beauty in her youth.
Even in her old age, she still possesses a captivating charm.
Intertwined with the authority that comes with long-term power.
This is the Empress Dowager who truly holds power in the Eagle Kingdom.
A maid covered in blood rushed into the Queen Dowager's room and immediately knelt on the ground: "Empress Dowager... Empress Dowager... His Majesty, he... he's been hanged at the city gate..."
The Empress Dowager finally opened her eyes.
His eyes held endless desolation.
"It's all because I spoiled him too much that he became such a useless good-for-nothing..." The Empress Dowager exerted force, and the Buddhist prayer bead chain in her hand broke instantly, with countless beads scattering all over the ground and rolling in all directions.
"If only I had known... I wouldn't have killed Consort Shu's child back then..." The Empress Dowager showed a reminiscing expression: "That child was destined for greatness. Perhaps if we had let that child become the emperor, we could have saved the emperor's life... But now, it's too late to say anything."
Because of the heavy sins she had committed in the past, the Empress Dowager now practices Buddhism every day.
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"I have finally received my retribution." A tear slid down the corner of the Empress Dowager's eye.
The maidservant was the Empress Dowager's personal maid, always loyal to her. She knelt on the ground, crying, and said, "Empress Dowager, please don't think like that. You have done enough for the Emperor. Even if you hadn't helped him ascend the throne, he would have always coveted the position and would have caused trouble sooner or later... Empress Dowager, don't you understand the Emperor? This is not your fault!"
The maid knew that at this moment, they were all doomed.
She only hoped that the Empress Dowager wouldn't blame herself too much before she died.
"Even before the Southern soldiers invaded, Your Majesty foresaw that this battle was doomed to be lost. You had a substitute you had already found take the place of the Emperor and prepared a carriage for his escape!"
"If His Majesty had followed your plan and escaped from the Eagle Kingdom, he could have lived a comfortable life. As long as he was content, he could have lived a peaceful and comfortable life."
"But the emperor ran away and came back after only a few days! He said he wanted to be emperor, and he couldn't stand that the common people didn't kneel down when they saw him, and even talked back to him because he scolded them!"
"You also tried to persuade the Emperor of the Eagle Kingdom, analyzing the pros and cons for him, but what did he say... He said that during the few days he was away, the palace was attacked by assassins who killed his double, and he just happened to escape... This shows that he is blessed by God, has great fortune and luck, and will not lose this war."
"He just wants to be emperor; he can't let go of that position!"
"Even though Your Majesty captured the assassin, the Emperor was so captivated by her beauty that he claimed he wanted to extract information from her, but in reality, he wanted to spare her life and take advantage of her. As a result, the assassin escaped. If Your Majesty hadn't discovered it in time, the assassin would probably have tried to kill the Emperor again!"
"Over the years, Your Majesty, you have done so much for the Emperor... If only the Emperor had thought things through, things wouldn't have ended like this today!"
The Empress Dowager said slowly, "Stop talking and bring me the box that I prepared long ago."
"Empress Dowager..." The maid's hand trembled, and she suddenly raised her head, instantly breaking down: "Empress Dowager...you...please don't..."
"Do you think we have any way out in this situation?" The Empress Dowager asked in a calm voice, looking at the Buddhist beads scattered on the ground.
"Go and get it. At least this way, we can die with some dignity." Two more tears slid down the Empress Dowager's cheeks.
She raised her head and looked in the direction of the palace.
I wonder... what her child... felt... being hung at the city gate.
But it was too late; she could no longer protect him.
The maidservant shakily got up from the ground and took the box with trembling hands.
He opened it and presented it to the Empress Dowager.
Inside, there was a porcelain bottle about the thickness of a finger.
The Empress Dowager opened the lid of the porcelain bottle and poured the liquid inside into the kettle on the table.
Then I picked up the kettle and poured some water into the cup.
As she raised her cup, the Empress Dowager's hand trembled slightly.
The maidservant kept looking at the Empress Dowager with tears in her eyes.
"I've left you some of this poisoned tea. Drink it after I'm gone. They won't let you go." The Empress Dowager's voice suddenly sounded much older.
Just then, countless footsteps suddenly sounded outside.
Clearly, the soldiers from the South have already stormed in.
The moment the door was pushed open, the Empress Dowager, her hands trembling, raised the water cup and drank the poisoned tea in one gulp.
The maidservant, seeing blood trickling from the Empress Dowager's lips, immediately embraced her body after she collapsed. Crying in anguish, she picked up the teapot on the table and poured the poisoned tea into her mouth, choking back sobs, "Empress Dowager, I'll go with you, so you won't be alone..."
After drinking the poisoned tea, the maid also collapsed.
On the ground, she tightly embraced the Empress Dowager's body, her face serene.
"Your Majesty, the person committed suicide," a soldier from the Southern Kingdom said to Gu Mu.
Gu Mu glanced at the two corpses lying on the ground and sighed that they died very quickly. Otherwise, given the Empress Dowager's power, Gu Mu would not have let her off easily.
Perhaps, if the Empress Dowager hadn't died, Gu Mu would have considered hanging her and the Emperor together at the city gate.
After all, the Empress Dowager, who held power, could not be innocent in launching a war against the Southern Kingdom.
"Throw it in a mass grave," Gu Mu said coldly.
At this point, the people in the United States who needed to be killed have basically been killed.
The remaining emperor of the Eagle Kingdom is now hanging at the city gate, suffering a fate worse than death.
I don't know how many more days he can hold on.
He probably wishes he could die sooner.
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