The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 155

The maid Shi understood why Yan Ji was so frustrated: it was because she was powerless to do anything about it.

In recent days, Yan Ji had known that the King of the Western Regions had captured many Tang people, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Although she is now the Queen of the Western Regions, she is actually only in name and has no real power. If she could, she could simply order the jailers to release all the Tang people.

Seeing that Yan Ji was about to cry again, the maid quickly comforted her, "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry too much. Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are bestowed by heaven."

As Yan Ji listened to her maid's words of comfort, her heart grew increasingly heavy. A deep sense of powerlessness enveloped her, making it hard for her to breathe.

After a long while, she took a few deep breaths and then sighed heavily, "Never mind... I can't worry about that now."

She slumped her shoulders as she said that.

Seeing her own people imprisoned and humiliated by the jailers, the feeling of helplessness was truly distressing for the queen.

Xu Tian was aware of this.

Now, if he wants the Queen to help him, he must first reveal his identity and tell her about everything the Tang people are suffering in the Western Regions prison.

So, after the maid packed up and left, he said to the queen, "Your Majesty, do you know anyone named Xu Tian?"

"Xu Tian?" Yan Ji thought for a moment, feeling that the name was very familiar.

She quickly recalled that Xu Tian was the one who had angered the king not long ago.

It is said that Xu Tian, ​​in collusion with others, escaped from prison and released a large number of Tang Dynasty people.

Yan Ji admired this person greatly.

"What's wrong with Xu Tian?" Yan Ji asked curiously, her eyes burning.

Xu Tian smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I am Xu Tian."

"You?" Yan Ji was somewhat surprised. "You're the one who let a large group of Tang people escape?"

Xu Tian nodded slightly.

Then, his expression turned serious: "Your Majesty, Tang people imprisoned in the Western Regions who are deemed useless by the Western Regions King will be killed directly. They will be poisoned, beaten, or hanged. All sorts of tortures will be used until they die. Those who are useful will be threatened to use them against the Tang Dynasty."

When Xu Tian said this, his voice was particularly heavy, which inevitably made Yan Ji's heart pound.

"This... I thought it was just ordinary imprisonment... I never expected it to be like this?!" Yan Ji exclaimed in shock.

“I was in prison at the time, and the jailer wanted to kill me. In the end, I was saved by a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old. The boy was dragged out and beaten until he was covered in blood and seriously injured. When he broke out of the prison, he was barely conscious and was carried out by the crowd. There were also many old people, women and children among them. They all beat them to death, and blood was everywhere.”

Yan Ji's pupils trembled slightly.

She truly hadn't expected that the King of the Western Regions would treat the people of the Tang Dynasty in such a way.

Those were people from her homeland!

"Your Majesty, I now hope you can help us." Xu Tian said with a helpless smile, "Only you can help us."

Yan Ji was stunned when she heard this. "I... really can? The King of the Western Regions never even looks at me, and I have absolutely no power."

“Yes. I have a solution,” Xu Tian said.

"What method?" Yan Ji asked.

Xu Tian then quietly revealed his plan.

Yan Ji's expression changed for a long time before she finally nodded in agreement.

She really didn't want the people of her hometown to suffer any more harm.

Night falls, and the moon hangs high in the sky.

Yan Ji laid out a table full of dishes that the King of the Western Regions loved to eat. She changed her previous style of dress, wearing gold and silver jewelry and dressed in a more flamboyant manner.

Yan Ji was already exceptionally beautiful, but now, dressed up like this, she was even more stunning, like a celestial being descended to earth.