With a ruthless pull, Xu Junjun yanked the head of Empress Dowager Tianqi back by her hair. Leaning in close to the woman’s ear, she hissed chillingly:
"If you let them take one more step forward, I will force this poison down your throat! Imagine it—under the gaze of all these people, the noble Empress Dowager dies a wretched, gut-rotting death. By tomorrow, this news will be the hottest topic of conversation in the entire Tianqi Dynasty. How about it, Your Majesty? Would you like to test that theory?"
Ever since arriving in the Imperial Capital, the anger Xu Junjun had been suppressing for months had been ignited by the Empress Dowager’s inexplicable hostility. There is a knife hidden behind the character for "endurance," but she was finished enduring! If she had to die, she would take the Empress Dowager down with her—it wouldn't be a bad trade at all!
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