Every form of cruel torture continued until the fourth watch.
Gu insects gnawed at his internal organs one after another, inflicting the utmost agony this world could offer. Zhu Zuo was barely breathing, reduced to a blood-soaked wreck, yet he showed no sign of talking.
Seeing this, Jia Huan walked into the castle.
The former queen of Yuezhi stared at Jia Huan through tear-filled eyes, her hatred surging to the heavens.
Zhu Zuo was the treasure she cradled in her palm.
Jia Huan looked down at her.
"Do you know who I am?"
The former queen of Yuezhi ground her teeth.
Jia Huan's expression grew colder, and he smiled.
"I'll return to Northern Liang, bring three thousand elite cavalry, and wipe out the Yuezhi Kingdom!"
In an instant, the queen felt as though she had fallen into an ice pit. A terrible chill flooded her body, and she shrieked:
"You would betray Great Qian? Yuezhi has been a vassal state of the Huaxia Central Plains since ancient times..."
Jia Huan cut her off immediately.
"Yuezhi colluded with Northern Mang. The evidence is conclusive. We march at once to exterminate the barbarians!"
With that, he turned to leave.
The queen's heart stopped short. Fear nearly suffocated her.
He was Jia Huan!
He was the Central Plains' god of war, the man who had forged an unparalleled victory.
"What do you want?" the queen of Yuezhi asked, her voice trembling, almost pleading.
Her younger sister was the reigning sovereign of the Yuezhi Kingdom. How could she stand by and watch it be destroyed?
Jia Huan stopped.
"You and Zhu Zuo took part in abducting twins to offer them to Jiang Wuyuan?"
The queen of Yuezhi's face turned pale as she answered through her tears:
"Yes. My husband demanded twins without end. I