I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 112: Emperor of Northern Qi
Northern Qi Imperial Palace.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, I just received news that the Third Prince of Qing State chopped down the city gate tower with a wave of his hand. It can be confirmed that he is a Grandmaster without a doubt."

An old eunuch hurried into the imperial study and reported this.

Before Shen Zhong died, the young emperor Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother of Northern Qi had been working together to disperse the power of the officials in the court and make the imperial power more centralized.

Now, Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother of Northern Qi have taken advantage of the deaths of Sean and Shen Zhong to take back a large part of the power. They no longer need to play a double act. The Queen Mother of Northern Qi has completely delegated power to Zhan Doudou and usually does not care about the affairs of the court at all.

It was only because of Li Chengzong's arrival that the Queen Mother of Northern Qi came to the Imperial Study to wait for news. After all, Li Chengzong's purpose was unclear, and his identity was special, so the mother and daughter had to be on high alert.

Confirming that Li Chengzong is a grandmaster means that the news from Dongyi City is true. Li Chengzong has the ability to seriously injure Si Gu Jian. In other words, the grandmaster of Northern Qi may not be his opponent.

Zhan Doudou frowned, waved her hand at the eunuch, and asked, "Mother, why do you think Li Chengzong came to my Qi State this time?"

The Queen Mother shook her head and asked, "I heard that he came with his wife and children. If we detain his wife and children, will he be afraid?"

Zhan Doudou shook his head without even thinking about it and said, "Li Chengzong's strength is above Si Gu Jian's. If he doesn't care, our Qi State cannot bear his anger."

"If that's the case, don't think too much about it. Sooner or later, you will know his intentions. Although there are frictions between Qi and Nanqing, the marriage has been decided. Nanqing will not provoke a war for the time being, so you don't have to worry too much."

"I know, but I'm afraid he is coming for the emperor's great uncle." Zhan Doudou said worriedly.

They are both emperors, and Zhan Doudou naturally knows the emperor's character. Once Ku He encounters an accident, Emperor Qing will definitely not care about the marriage and will definitely provoke war again.

Without Ku He, Qi would be destroyed sooner or later in the face of the reckless Qing army.

"Why not let the uncle leave for a while?" suggested the Queen Mother.

"I'm afraid the emperor's uncle won't agree."

Even a warrior with a little bit of blood in his veins would not think of running away when faced with a challenge from others, let alone a dignified grandmaster.

Zhan Doudou sighed, "Alas, it's useless to think too much. Let me find out what Li Chengzong's intention is first."

The Blood-Clothed Guards under Li Chengzong alone made Zhan Doudou feel pressured. Now that Li Chengzong is a grandmaster who is above the imperial power, she is under even greater pressure.

If she were to ask who in the world she least wanted to offend, Li Chengzong would definitely be the first.

On Li Chengzong's side, the convoy drove towards the imperial city again, and no one dared to shout or curse during the journey.

After walking for a while, Li Chengzong let Fan Sizhe off the carriage with some disappointment.

It is worth mentioning that Li Chengzong got a piece of news from Fan Sizhe, that is, Zhan Doudou’s concubine gave birth to a daughter.

Li Chengzong was a little confused about the news.

But when I think about it carefully, I feel relieved.

Although the TV series does not clearly explain when Fan Xian and Zhan Doudou started their relationship, we can more or less guess that it should have been when Fan Xian was on a diplomatic mission to Northern Qi last year.

What made Li Chengzong quite curious was that as an emperor, Zhan Doudou had to go to court to handle state affairs, so how did she manage to keep her pregnancy secret?

Compared to Li Chengzong's curiosity, Si Lili didn't think so much about it.

She was just simply happy, thinking that she didn't bring any gifts, and she specially picked out a few gifts in Shangjing City before following Lang Tao into the palace.

The moment he saw Li Chengzong, Zhan Doudou couldn't help but clench his fists with a very complicated expression.

Nanqing originally had only two grand masters, but now a Li Chengzong suddenly appeared, whose strength is even above the old grand masters, at least above Si Gu Jian. Why does the Emperor of Nanqing have such an outstanding son? Why does Nanqing have three grand masters, while their orthodox Qi State has only one grand master.

Originally, of the four great masters in the world, two were in Nanqing, one was in Beiqi, and one was in Dongyi City. Although it was not stated explicitly, the great master of Qi and Si Gu Jian of Dongyi City had obviously reached some kind of tacit understanding to jointly fight against the gradually rising Nanqing.

But now with the emergence of a young grandmaster like Li Chengzong, the balance that had been maintained with great difficulty was suddenly broken.

The key point is that judging from the fighting power Li Chengzong showed in Dongyi City, Li Chengzong alone could probably deal with two grandmasters. Adding the two grandmasters from Nanqing, if we only talk about the battle between the grandmasters, Qi State really has no chance of winning.

After some pleasantries, Zhan Doudou asked directly, "I wonder why the Third Prince came to our Great Qi?"

"Are you afraid that I will come and kill Ku He?" Li Chengzong said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Zhan Doudou's face changed, but soon he calmed down and said with a smile: "Although the Third Prince can seriously injure Si Gu Jian, he may not be able to kill my great uncle."

Li Chengzong shook his head and said confidently: "Killing Ku He is not a big problem."

"So the third prince is here for my great uncle?" Zhan Doudou asked.

Although she had already heard from Li Chengzong's tone that Li Chengzong was not coming for her great uncle, she was still a little worried.

There is no way, Ku He is too important.

Why can Qi compete with Nanqing now?
Ku He was the biggest reason. If Qi lost its grandmaster, it would be a disaster for Qi, especially for their royal family.

Although Ku He is most likely no match for Li Chengzong, as long as Ku He is alive, he will be a powerful deterrent to the military and civilians of Qing Kingdom.

It is also a kind of protection for them and their child.

Li Chengzong saw Zhan Doudou's worry and jokingly asked, "If I say yes, how will you respond?"

how to respond?

At present, the only solution Zhan Doudou can think of, apart from detaining Li Chengzong's wife and children as the Queen Mother had suggested before, is to mobilize all the troops in the capital to encircle and suppress Li Chengzong. However, the losses that would be caused by this are not something that the Northern Qi can afford.

Don't forget that Li Chengzong is not only a grandmaster, he is also the third prince of Nanqing. Once he dies in Shangjing City, Nanqing will definitely use this as an excuse to start a war and frantically attack Qi.

Therefore, it was simply impossible to detain Li Chengzong's wife and children and to mobilize the entire army to encircle and suppress him.

In addition, the biggest trump card of their Northern Qi is Ku He, but she doesn't think that Li Chengzong is lying, because Li Chengzong's battle record is there. Since he can seriously injure Si Gu Jian without any injury, it means that he can kill Si Gu Jian, and if he can kill Si Gu Jian, he can naturally kill Ku He as well.

If Li Chengzong was really coming for Ku He, she seemed to have no other way to deal with it except to persuade Ku He to escape.

Thinking of this, Zhan Doudou couldn't help but sigh and asked, "If it was the Third Prince, knowing that someone you couldn't beat was coming to kill you, would you run away?"

"Yes, as long as you have life, you will not be short of firewood. You only have one life, and if you die, you will have nothing. But if you are not dead, at least you still have a chance."

Li Chengzong smiled and then changed the subject: "However, Ku He is not me, he will definitely not run away."

"Alas, I think so too."

Seeing that Li Chengzong was still trying to tease Zhan Doudou, Si Lili hit him unhappily and said with a smile: "Okay, stop teasing His Majesty."

"Do you think she doesn't know that I'm not here for Zhan Mingyue? She just wants to confirm it."

Li Chengzong replied to Si Lili, looked at Zhan Doudou and said with a smile: "I won't tease you anymore, don't worry, I'm just passing by Shangjing City, I won't do anything to Zhan Mingyue."

Among the four great masters, Li Chengzong was least interested in fighting with Ku He. After all, chopping a turtle shell really did not interest him.

"Really?" Zhan Doudou was delighted, and instantly showed a little girl's attitude.

Li Chengzong secretly found it funny and curled his lips and said, "There is no benefit in lying to you, but I have a question that I hope Your Majesty can answer."

"Please speak, Third Prince."

"I heard that you gave birth to a daughter. I'm curious as to how you, as an emperor, were able to hide this from the court officials and prevent them from discovering that you were a girl?"

Zhan Doudou's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Si Lili fiercely...

(End of this chapter)