Chapter 440 Liberation
The person who came was Shangguan Zhi, the once supremely noble empress. Now that she has fallen to such a state, does she regret it?
If she hadn't harmed Ji Ruyan, she would still be the most noble woman in the world.
Although Ji Ruyan was not her biological son, he was kind-hearted and extremely filial, unlike a bastard like him who had the blood of wild dogs flowing through his veins.
She's so stupid!
Ji Canglin's eyes were indifferent, wondering what this person had come for this time.
This time, no one can save her.
"Your Majesty, don't get too close! There are hidden weapons in the cage!" Ling Xiao hurriedly reminded him, as he was busy figuring out how to open the cage.
The Empress looked at the people who had been tortured beyond recognition, and her once hardened heart was completely shattered.
He is the only person in the world who shares her bloodline; his birth was not a mistake.
She was the one who was wrong.
She brought him into this world, yet she resented him for being a filthy being.
The truly filthy one is her, never this poor child.
"My son... Your mother was wrong... Your mother was wrong..."
My son...
Empress Dowager?
Mother...
Ji Canglin raised his lowered head slightly and looked at the woman in front of him, who was crying uncontrollably with her hands outstretched.
So, she can cry too.
"Your Majesty has mispronounced my name. I am not your son. I am the son of Consort Ning Hui. My mother is merely one of your foot-washing maids."
His voice was weak, yet cold, cold and resolute, like an ice wall that blocked anything that tried to approach.
Just like that day, her words were ruthless and left no room for compromise.
"Don't call me Empress Dowager. If you do, I'll slap you ten times!"
That time, she slapped him.
Years later, it seems the slap from that day has come back to haunt her, landing squarely on her face.
He no longer needs this mother.
Her maternal love came too late.
"Yes, I am not worthy of being a mother, much less a queen."
My life has been ruined by myself.
This pile of mud became something that everyone despised.
She is a major sinner and should have died long ago.
Shangguan Zhi looked at the King of Western Liao, who was surrounded by people and coldly watching them, and shouted loudly:
"Yelü Qi! Release him! My Shangguan family has a hidden treasure, and I can tell you about it! I only ask that you release him!"
"Come here!" the King of Western Liao commanded.
"Crawl over here like a dog!"
Ji Canglin called him a stray dog, so let him see that his mother is a dog too, they're all dogs!
Shangguan Zhi knelt down without hesitation.
The iron chains in the cage began to shake violently.
Ji Canglin's eyes were fierce, like those of a predator.
"Get up! I don't need you to save my life, get up now! Shangguan Zhi! Don't disgrace the Great Gan!"
But no matter how he shouted, Shangguan Zhi still knelt down step by step before the King of Xiliao.
All around were the boisterous laughter of the Western Liao soldiers.
The powerful queen knelt before the king like a dog; what else could this be but submission!
It seems that the courage that was just shattered by the Gu family army has returned.
The King of Western Liao grabbed Shangguan Zhi by the neck and lifted her up.
"The legitimate daughter of the prestigious Shangguan family, the powerful Empress, is nothing more than this."
"I was truly blind back then, to have thought you were extraordinary. In reality, you are not even as lowly as the lowest female slave in my Western Liao!"
His wanton humiliation seemed to be revenge for her looking down on him back then.
They were humiliated, and then they felt happy.
Only then did they smell a strong, unpleasant odor emanating from Shangguan Zhi.
What does it taste like?
...
"Ling Xiao! Kill her, kill her for me... kill her..."
The boy's voice choked with sobs, but even more so with shame.
It was more humiliating than when he himself was humiliated.
She can be ruthless, foolish, and selfish, but she cannot lack backbone!
She was the Empress of the Great Khan!
How can we give in to these stray dogs!
He'd rather die than have her save him!
Ling Xiao had no way to kill the Empress, as all his personal guards were surrounded by the Western Liao soldiers.
They were already locked in battle.
"Go, all of you go!" Ji Canglin felt powerless again.
Just like when he was a child and was whipped, he couldn't resist at all and could only curl up.
There's nothing we can do.
What about Gu Jiajun?
Why hasn't Gu Jiajun arrived yet?
Don't they have powerful firearms?
Hurry up and attack! Burn them all to death! Burn them all to death! Burn everything here to death!
In the dim light, the fire actually started to burn.
There were also panicked shouts from the Western Liao people.
Is it the Gu family army that has arrived?
Ji Canglin squeezed out the tears in his eyes and saw clearly that a fireball was rolling wildly.
A piercing scream emanated from the fireball.
That fireball... was two people tightly embracing each other.
"Let me go, let me go—you bitch!"
"Yelü Qi, let's go to hell together!"
"Get this crazy woman away! Save the King!"
It was no use. Shangguan Zhi was covered in oil, and the King of Xiliao was held tightly by her. He was quickly burned beyond recognition.
Yelü Qi, don't you like me?
Why are you pushing me away now?
Back then, when she got into his carriage, she always thought she had made a terrible mistake while drunk. Later, when Ouyang Bingyan entered the palace, she learned that there was a kind of medicine in Xiliao that could make people delirious, irritable, and lose their reason.
That night, after Yelü Qi toasted her with that cup of wine, she became restless and lost her usual self-control.
She wasn't a good woman; the drug only brought out her inner jealousy, resentment, and grievances.
And Yelü Qi, that despicable man, truly deserved to die.
The fire finally went out, revealing two smoking, blackened corpses on the ground.
The Western Liao soldiers were filled with rage: "We will avenge our king!"
"Kill that bastard!"
"Cut him into eight pieces, tear him apart by five horses!"
"Boom—"
A black ball came crashing down without warning, its flames blinding and its shockwave impacting everything.
A plume of black smoke billowed out, as if one had instantly descended from the human world to the underworld.
The people who were just shouting went up in several pieces and flew into the sky.
Dismember it into eight pieces.
The words just now still echoed in my ears, and in the blink of an eye, they applied to me.
"Firearms, here they come—Gu's army is attacking—"
"Run!"
The Western Liao soldiers could no longer care about anything and began to flee in panic.
However, the second black ball fell down.
The earthquake trembled.
With a deafening roar, another wave of Western Liao soldiers fell.
The smell of burning filled the air, and black smoke and dust were everywhere.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty—"
Ling Xiao climbed to the side of the cage, looked up, and saw the person hanging inside, whose body was covered with darts.
Due to the massive vibration, the cage was struck by a strong airflow, triggering the mechanism.
It turns out that this cage not only shoots darts outwards, but also at the people inside.
"Your Highness..."
Tears welled in Ling Xiao's eyes, and he fainted.
The person in the cage was bleeding from their mouth.
His expression, however, seemed one of relief, and he even managed a forced smile.
"That's amazing... Great! No one will dare to bully Da Gan now..."
"Crown Prince, you truly are the chosen one."
"I'm leaving."
"I've killed so many people in this life, I probably won't be reborn into a good family in the next."
"Even if I'm born in the abyss, I'll climb out."
"I don't need to reach for the moon that doesn't belong to me. I just need to... patiently, little by little, climb... until... I can see the light."
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