The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

From this point of view, it is undoubtedly pitiful.

But because of all the things she had done, Jiang Wantang couldn't feel any sympathy for her.

After a long time, Nangong Liuli wiped away her tears and slowly stood up from the ground. She smiled at Jiang Wantang, but the words she said were not without viciousness.

She said, "Jiang Wantang, don't be so complacent. After all, you're just a pawn in his hands!"

"With me as a living example before you, how can you, a mere pawn, do any better?"

Jiang Wantang frowned, said nothing, and had a cold expression.

But in Nangong Liuli's eyes, such a reaction seemed more like disdain.

Nangong Liuli couldn't help but feel a little more angry. She snorted coldly, her tone adding a bit of provocation and sarcasm: "Jiang Wantang, what do you mean by not saying anything?"

"Are you afraid to admit it, or are you unable to accept it?"

"I thought you were quite intelligent, unlike those women in the harem who only cared about relying on men. But now it seems that you are just like that!"

After she finished speaking, she scoffed and stared at Jiang Wantang, her eyes filled with sarcasm. "Indeed, the position of Queen is something that countless women in the world would beg for, especially someone like you who comes from a rural background. You've worked so hard to get to where you are today, so it's inevitable that you'd be reluctant to give it up just like that."

Nangong Liuli walked forward slowly, with a hint of aggression in her tone: "But I don't know if you can sit in this position safely by stepping on the corpses of your clansmen and blood relatives."

Jiang Wantang was silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "Are you done?"

"Then it's my turn."

"Nangong Liuli, you are saying this just to provoke me so that you can use me to deal with Ji Wuyuan."

Her tone was smiling, yet chilling: "What I said... is right?"

Nangong Liuli's face froze when his thoughts were touched, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "Am I wrong?!"

"The enemy is right before your eyes, yet you remain indifferent. Isn't it because you can't let go of the throne of Queen?"

Jiang Wantang's eyes darkened, and she completely lost her patience. She took a step forward, staring at Nangong Liuli, and said in a chilling voice, "Nangong Liuli, I don't have time to waste my breath on you."

"You went to great lengths to enter the palace, saying so much and going around in circles, all for the sole purpose of getting me to take action."

"If I'm not mistaken, you came to me today with more leverage than just these."

She raised her chin slightly, a sharp glint in her eyes: "In that case, then show your sincerity. I want to see your final trump card."

Nangong Liuli was forced to take a half step back by her cold gaze, her expression changed slightly, but she quickly regained her composure.

"Jiang Wantang, you know what I hate most is your arrogant attitude towards others!"

"As a descendant of the Nangong family, why do you stay out of this and keep yourself out of trouble?!"

Why are you so condescending?!

Nangong Liuli was furious and stared at Jiang Wantang with a cold gaze like a poisonous snake.

Jiang Wantang smiled nonchalantly, and was so angry that she couldn't bear to death: "Why should I take you seriously?"

"Speak now, my patience is limited."

Nangong Liuli became even angrier upon seeing this. She narrowed her eyes and dug her nails deep into her palms.

"Jiang Wantang, do you think you can escape?"

As if she had thought of something, she sneered, her eyes full of malice: "Come to think of it, you may not know yet, everyone in the Jiang Mansion has been imprisoned in the Dali Temple."

"While you were entangled with that dog tyrant, your brother and your family were imprisoned because of him, struggling bitterly."

"Ah..."

"You don't care about the lives of the nine members of the Nangong family..."

"You don't care about the lives of everyone in the Jiang Mansion..."

"Then, what about Jiang Huaizhou's life?" Nangong Liuli raised the corners of her lips slightly, and her smile became more vicious.

"Ji Wuyuan has issued an order to execute Jiang Huaizhou..."

Jiang Wantang's eyes suddenly turned cold, and the aura around him suddenly became sharp. He said in a cold voice: "Impossible!"

"What's impossible..." Nangong Liuli sneered, his eyes darkening instantly: "Back then, when the nine clans of the Nangong family were destroyed, he didn't even blink an eye. He just wiped them out."

"Jiang Wantang..." She dragged out her words, the ending tone carrying a hint of a faint sneer: "Don't you want to know my final trump card?"

At this point, Nangong Liuli deliberately paused for a moment, looking at Jiang Wantang with a cold and unpredictable smile, and said word by word: "Then I will tell you now."

After saying that, she stared at Jiang Wantang without blinking, not missing any expression on her face.

The latter just looked at her coldly, his expression still indifferent.

Nangong Liuli smiled, but with ill intentions, and said, "Since you were able to find a portrait of Empress Dowager Wende when she was alive, you must know a lot about her."

She leaned slightly closer to Jiang Wantang, her eyes filled with teasing and provocation. Her tone was understated, but every word was as sharp as a knife: "Have you ever heard that Empress Dowager Wende and the late emperor had a son? That the eldest prince died young, and was named Crown Prince from birth..."

She paused, the smile on her face growing wider. "If he were still alive, he would be around the same age as your brother Jiang Huaizhou, right?"

Jiang Wantang's pupils constricted, and her body trembled slightly, almost falling down.

Yeah, she should have guessed it...

A pair of peach blossom eyes, and an appearance that is about 50% similar to her, isn't that exactly how Concubine Yu described the prematurely deceased prince before she died?

Therefore, his elder brother was the prince who died young, the child of Empress Dowager Wende and the late emperor!

After realizing this, Jiang Wantang's breathing stopped, her hands clenched into fists, and her whole body froze in place as if she had been struck by lightning.

Seeing that she finally showed a reaction that was no longer calm, Nangong Liuli felt a little more satisfied in her suppressed heart.

The smile on her face grew even wider, her eyes filled with sarcasm and pride: "Well, did you guess it?"

"But Ji Wuyuan knew he was still alive more than two years ago..."

"It took two years to even find out his existence."

"To be honest, your brother is the crown prince, so he is the legitimate heir and the candidate for emperor of the Great Sheng Dynasty."

Nangong Liuli stood in front of Jiang Wantang, her eyes gleaming with a glint of triumph, and she said with a half-smile, "Tell me, under such circumstances, would Ji Wuyuan still let him live?"

Jiang Wantang's face turned pale as paper in an instant, and her originally rosy lips now lost all color.

She froze in place, emotions swirling in her eyes, her voice so low it was almost inaudible: "Where... is he?"

Nangong Liuli looked at Jiang Wantang like this, and the smug look on her face became more and more intense.

The corners of her mouth curled up high, revealing a sinister smile. She deliberately dragged out her tone, and said in a sarcastically suspenseful tone, "I don't know, are you asking about... Ji Wuyuan? Or Jiang Huaizhou?"