The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 161

The King of the Western Regions slammed his fist on the table, making everything on it rattle loudly. Even Yan Ji, who was standing nearby, was startled. "Pass down my order: everyone must immediately search the city for their whereabouts. If they cannot be found, behead them all, leave no one alive! Remember, I'm only giving you three days!"

The soldier's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he repeatedly replied, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

"What do you mean? You have to do it!" After saying this in a fit of rage, the King of the Western Regions grabbed something from the table and smashed it down on the soldier's forehead, instantly creating a bloody gash.

"A bunch of useless bastards, get out of here right now!" the King of the Western Regions roared.

The soldier dared not say another word and hurriedly turned and left.

Yan Ji was naturally somewhat unhappy.

The people from Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, whom I had finally managed to meet, suddenly left again.

She originally had her own selfish reasons for deciding to help Xu Tian. She hoped to bring news of him back to the Tang Dynasty and return to the Tang Dynasty, but she did not expect that Xu Tian would leave directly.

She was somewhat absent-minded, staring blankly at the teacup on the table. Just then, the King of the Western Regions turned his head and saw this scene, which made him furious.

Although the King of the Western Regions did not know why Yan Ji looked so unhappy, she had been in that expression ever since she spent the night with him.

It was like going back to the beginning, to that cold, silent woman who cursed him!

Upon thinking about this, the King of the Western Regions suddenly felt something was amiss.

Yan Ji always hated herself and didn't even want me to touch her, so I had to force myself on her every time, which resulted in them not having a child.

If he hadn't later married other concubines and had children, many people would have secretly said that he was infertile.

This is truly a great disgrace to the entire royal family.

He grew angrier the more he thought about it, so he walked straight up to her and grabbed her hair.

Now that he was very suspicious, he immediately figured it out.

Yan Ji is a person of the Tang Dynasty, how could she just leave the Tang people in prison unattended?

He immediately rushed forward and angrily grabbed her hair. "Was it you?!"

"Your Majesty, what are you saying? I don't understand." Yan Ji was originally absent-minded, but when her hair was suddenly pulled, she immediately felt pain and her expression changed drastically.

Yan Ji's personal maid was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she immediately knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, hoping to calm the King of the Western Regions down.

But the King of the Western Regions was furious and didn't care about any of that. He questioned Yan Ji, "Queen, do you dare say that you weren't involved in their prison break?!"

Upon hearing these words, Yan Ji immediately paused, but only for a moment, lest the King of the Western Regions seize upon anything amiss.

She felt uneasy, surprised that she had been discovered so quickly.

However, Yan Ji did not show any signs of anything amiss on the surface, and maintained the same expression.

She said, "Your Majesty, I did not."

"No?!" The King of the Western Regions sneered, his face, swollen with years of accumulated fat, jiggling three times. "Could things really be such a coincidence?!"

After speaking, the King of the Western Regions no longer wanted to hear Yan Ji's explanation. Feeling as if he had been struck by lightning, he immediately ordered, "Guards! Bring me the whip and carry out the laws of the Western Regions royal family!"

The maidservant quickly stepped in front of Yan Ji, pleading with the King of the Western Regions, "Your Majesty, please calm down. How could the Queen suddenly do such a thing?!"

"Get out!" The King of the Western Regions, his eyes bloodshot and his face contorted with rage, kicked her hard!

Yan Ji's personal maid was kicked to the wall and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

Yan Ji's expression finally changed.

The King of the Western Regions, however, showed no mercy and insisted on punishing Yan Ji severely.