"For nearly a hundred years, my Shangguan Family has protected your Han Imperial Family's realm, shedding our blood and casting aside our heads without a thought to our own lives or deaths, all to establish your Han Family's dominance. Why then do you seek to utterly annihilate us? Why, Murong Yunyan? I was already in agony, unable to find Han Ziye, and now that you've turned yourself in, don't blame me for settling both new grudges and old debts."
Empress Shangguan Linlang's eyes were bloodshot as she spoke, and she already aimed her Trident at Empress Dowager Murong Yunyan, bracing for the imminent terrible battle.
