Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 402 The Sky Has Collapsed! This is what you call a miracle drug?! [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

"Killed!"

"His Highness the Crown Prince has killed someone?!"

Apart from Chai Zhewei, the other four tigers and one Tai Sui stared at Li Chengqian in disbelief, as if struck by lightning.

It should be noted that Chai Zhewei was the son of Princess Pingyang and Duke of Qiao, Chai Shao, the nephew of Li Shimin, and the grandson of Li Yuan.

It can be said that, apart from princes and grandsons of the emperor, he was definitely one of the top imperial relatives in the Tang Dynasty.

However, without saying a word, Li Chengqian kicked him, killing him instantly.

How is this possible! This is simply unbelievable!
If Chai Zhewei can be easily killed, then wouldn't those of lower status than Chai Zhewei be killed like pigs and dogs?

Thinking about this, a huge sense of panic, anger, and disbelief spread through my mind.

The entire hall of the Shu King's Mansion was deathly silent.

Li Ke, in particular, looked at Li Chengqian with a gaze filled with fear.

Until Li Chengqian's calm and indifferent voice rang out: "If you have anything else to say, say it all at once, don't blame me for not giving you a chance!"

"Crown Prince"

Li Zong was the first to stand up. He wanted to call him "Crown Prince Brother," but after glancing at the gruesome corpse of Chai Zhewei, he changed his mind and said, "Your Highness, I don't understand. Third Brother clearly didn't discuss the distribution of the enhanced 'Qingwen Powder' with Qin Huaiyu tonight. We were only called here at the last minute. How could he have notified the Embroidered Uniform Guard in advance to prepare for an ambush?"

"I won't rest in peace until I understand this!"

Upon hearing this, the other three tigers and one Tai Sui couldn't help but turn their gazes to Qin Huaiyu.

Clearly, not only was Li Zong greatly puzzled, but they were also very confused.

But Li Chengqian frowned and said, "Huaiyu, you explain to them!"

"Yes! Your Highness!"

Qin Huaiyu bowed respectfully, then looked at the other 'Three Tigers and One Tai Sui' with a half-smile and said indifferently, "This problem is actually not a problem, because of the previous experience of distributing 'Qingwen Powder', I only need to keep an eye on Chai Zhewei and Cheng Chuliang!"

"After all, they are all Third Brother's confidants. Third Brother consults with them on any important matters. In addition, His Highness the Crown Prince is imprisoned. This is definitely a huge opportunity for Third Brother!"

"Therefore, before Third Brother took action, I contacted the Embroidered Uniform Guard to keep a close eye on the movements of the Prince of Shu's residence."

At this point, he glanced at Li Ke again, then shook his head and said, "Although Third Brother didn't discuss the distribution of the enhanced 'Qingwen Powder' tonight with me, I know those old customers marked by the Guardian Lang inside and out!"

"Once you have a new operation, you'll definitely find these old acquaintances first and make them your weapons. All I need to do is reveal their addresses to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and they'll make the necessary arrangements!"

"So, you must be wondering why the Embroidered Uniform Guard could time things so accurately?"

"It's actually quite simple. I just need to notify the Embroidered Uniform Guard half an hour before I leave. If I don't give them any news after half an hour, it means you're about to make a big move!"

"In this way, the Embroidered Uniform Guard will have half an hour to prepare. How can they not achieve a surprise victory? This is called exploiting a time difference!"

After hearing Qin Huaiyu's explanation, the "Three Tigers and One Tai Sui" looked at each other in bewilderment.

However, Qin Huaiyu had not finished speaking.

But then he added, as if to deliver a fatal blow, "To be honest, I think you're all really stupid to believe that Li Ke can turn the world upside down! Even if he kills all of His Majesty's princes, it won't be his turn. Do you think Changsun Wuji is a fool? Or do you think those meritorious officials around His Majesty are fools? They finally managed to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, but now they want the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui to rule them. Where do you put their faces?"

"Even if His Majesty likes Li Ke, so what? Would His Majesty go against his ministers and the entire world for Li Ke's sake?"

"Wake up! Li Ke will never be emperor! Never! Never! Never!"

Boom!

These words struck Li Ke and the others like a thunderbolt.

Even Li Chengqian couldn't help but look at Qin Huaiyu with new respect.

"Hehe, Your Highness, I'm sorry, I've already said what you wanted to say."

Qin Huaiyu chuckled and looked back at Li Chengqian, saying, "Because I'm really feeling incredibly stifled, especially being forced to 'commit evil' with these idiots while pretending to be 'loyal to the death.' It's unbearable. I miss my classmates from the military academy; they're all not only intelligent but also have such pleasant voices."

"Qin Huaiyu!! That's enough!!"

Yu Chi Huan could no longer hold back and roared, taking a few steps back as he warily watched Li Chengqian, shouting, "Third Brother! Let's fight them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out something resembling a dynamite pack from his pocket, then took out a tinderbox and said, "This was brought home by my father! His Highness the Crown Prince won't let us off the hook. Rather than this, we might as well fight him to the death."

"Ah Huan! Are you crazy!?"

Qin Huaiyu's expression changed drastically, and he immediately rebuked Yuchi Huan, "Do you know what crime it is to assassinate the Crown Prince?!"

"Hahaha! What we did was a dead end anyway, who cares about the crime?! We might as well die together!"

"you!"

Qin Huaiyu was speechless, then turned to look at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian remained calm and said, "I think you should heed Huaiyu's advice, otherwise it won't just be you who dies, but your entire family, including General Cheng! And your mother, your brothers, even your entire clan will be wiped out by me."

"How dare you! My father is a great contributor to His Majesty! He is the Duke of Lu, he is..."

At this point, Yu Chi Huan couldn't continue, because he suddenly remembered something: Li Chengqian never considered the identity, status, or influence of the person he killed.

For example, the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Families, and Chai Zhewei.
"Ah Huan! Put it down, let's go with His Highness the Crown Prince," Cheng Chuliang said with a sigh after glancing at Li Ke and then at Li Chengqian.

The Cheng family and the Yuchi family may seem to be bickering and fighting, but their relationship is actually quite special.

Upon hearing Cheng Chuliang's advice, "Second Brother Cheng" Yuchi Huan felt a tremor in his heart.

But then Cheng Chuliang said in a deep voice, "It's better for us to die than for our whole family to die together!"

After saying that, he walked over to Yuchi Huan and forcefully snatched the explosive pack from his hand. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was a fake.
"Oh! Why did you have to do this?"

With another sigh, Cheng Chuliang didn't even glance at Li Ke, but pulled Yuchi Huan down to kneel, loudly proclaiming, "Your Highness! I, Cheng Chuliang and Yuchi Huan, confess our crimes and submit to the law!"

Upon hearing this, Li Zong, who was left behind, couldn't help but look at Li Ke.

Li Ke's expression shifted between light and dark, before he finally stared intently at Li Chengqian and said coldly, "How does the Crown Prince intend to deal with me and my brother Yin?"

"die!"

Li Chengqian uttered only one word.

Li Ke was instantly stunned.

Clearly, he never imagined that Li Chengqian would kill his brother.

After all, the impact of Li Er killing his brothers has not yet faded, and people are still cursing him.

How dare Li Chengqian disregard his own reputation and repeat his father's mistakes?!

"Alright, I've already wasted too much breath on you. Anyone who dares to utter another word or resist will be killed on the spot!"

Li Chengqian waved his hand impatiently, then said to Pei Xingjian beside him, "Take him away!"

"Yes!"

Pei Xingjian immediately bowed and accepted the order with a wave of his hand.

Countless Imperial Guards filed in, taking Li Ke and the rest of the Shu Prince's household into custody, and then walked out the door one after another.

"Your Highness, you really know how to handle things. Look, you solved the problem so easily with your arrival. I called for them for ages, but they didn't respond!"

Outside the gates of the Shu Prince's mansion, Xi Junmai watched as Li Ke and the others were escorted out by the Embroidered Uniform Guards. He immediately approached Li Chengqian with great surprise and began to flatter him.

Li Chengqian smiled faintly and said meaningfully, "Is it simple? Another good show is about to begin, you know that?"

"What, another good show?"

Xi Junmai looked at Li Chengqian with a puzzled expression.

But Li Chengqian smiled, shook his head, and left without saying a word.

At this moment, Pei Xingjian walked over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Didn't you notice?"

"What did you find?" Xi Junmai asked, even more puzzled.

"Quiet! So quiet!"

Pei Xingjian said, "Li Ke is an important pawn for the Shouzhulang. Do you think they would just stand by and watch His Highness the Crown Prince take him away or kill him?"

"Ah? This"

Xi Junmai paused for a moment, then immediately looked around and lowered his voice, saying, "You mean, the guards will come to break us out of prison?"

"Prison robbery?"

Pei Xingjian smiled and said, "If they can break us out of prison, that would be great, saving us the trouble of looking for them!"

"Oh, Commander! Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me quickly, what exactly happened?!"

Xi Junmai pressed on impatiently.

Pei Xingjian glanced at him, then at Li Chengqian who had walked away, and squinted, saying, "According to His Highness the Crown Prince, the 'Crown Prince' you saw was not His Highness the Crown Prince; it was someone else in disguise!"

"Huh?" Xi Junmai was startled; "Could that person be one of the Shouzhulang's men?" "Heh! Looks like you're not so stupid after all!"

Pei Xingjian smiled: "Then tell me, why did they disguise themselves as His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"That goes without saying, they're definitely using His Highness the Crown Prince's identity to commit evil deeds!"

"The words themselves are fine, but they're utter nonsense!"

Pei Xingjian rolled his eyes at Xi Junmai, then said meaningfully, "If I'm not mistaken, the reason His Highness the Crown Prince didn't make a scene at the Prince of Shu's residence and directly kill Li Ke and his men is to see when the Shouzhulang will jump out!"

"I see!"

Xi Junmai suddenly realized something, slapped his forehead, and then, as if remembering something else, asked, "Then what should our city defense army do now?"

Pei Xingjian thought for a moment, then glanced at the Shu Prince's Mansion behind him and said, "Let's seal off the Shu Prince's Mansion, as well as the Qin Mansion, the Yuchi Mansion, the Chai Mansion, the Rencheng Prince's Mansion, and the Cheng Mansion first!"

"This"

Xi Junmai hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Even the Prince of Rencheng's mansion has been sealed off?"

"if not?"

Pei Xingjian said coldly, "If you don't dare to do it, I'll hand it over to the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

"What's there to be afraid of? I'm just confirming!" Xi Junmai immediately puffed out his chest, then revealed an expression that suggested he dared to dethrone the emperor, and said, "I swear to serve His Highness the Crown Prince to the death!"

"nerve!"

Before Pei Xingjian could even speak, Yang Nannan, who had just walked over, rolled her eyes speechlessly and then left, tossing her ponytail.

The next morning, Li Chengqian was awakened by a loud shout before he was fully awake.

"Your Highness! Something terrible has happened! The people! The people of Chang'an have gone mad! They are storming our Crown Prince's residence!!"

Hearing this urgent cry, Li Chengqian showed no panic. Instead, he turned to his side and continued sleeping, saying, "Then let's wait until they storm into the Crown Prince's residence. Don't disturb my sleep."

"However, they not only stormed the Crown Prince's residence, but also the prison where the Prince of Shu and his men were being held, shouting for their release and saying, 'Your Highness, the Crown Prince...'"

"What? You think I'm going to stop them from living? Nobody's going to survive, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness! You are truly wise!"

"Brilliant my foot! Go and invite Doctor Sun here. Tell him I want him to put on a good show!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the sound of footsteps leaving could be heard outside the door.

Li Chengqian, of course, could not continue to sleep.

Shortly after the other party left, he got out of bed, stretched, and muttered, "What a hassle! It was much more comfortable during wartime, no matter what else, just killing, killing, killing!"

"Your Highness, this servant has brought you breakfast!"

"Well, come in!"

When Laifu brought in the toiletries, Li Chengqian was already in the shower room getting wet in the rain.

"Your Highness, the Empress has been settled, and the conditions of all the princes and princesses have stabilized. They are just waiting to receive their vaccines."

As Lai Fu put down the breakfast, he reported, "Furthermore, the Emperor Emeritus also instructed that you should go ahead and do as you please without too much worry. If His Majesty breaks with you, he will not compromise this time."

"Ah!"

Li Chengqian chuckled, and then the sound of rushing water came from the shower room.

After a while, Li Chengqian came out after washing up, looking refreshed, and said, "My grandfather is now eager to get rid of the label of Emperor Emeritus, judging others by his own standards!"

As he spoke, he casually picked up a fried dough stick, stuffed half of it into his mouth, and mumbled, "What happened in Chang'an should reach my father soon. We must act quickly!"

"Hmm, so what does His Highness mean?"

"Your Highness! Physician Sun has arrived!"

Before Laifu could finish asking his question, a report came from outside the door.

Li Chengqian then devoured half a fried dough stick in his hand, clapped his hands, wiped them on Laifu's clothes, and laughed, "Using someone else to do the dirty work!"

A small black question mark slowly appeared on Laifu's forehead.

Without a word, Li Chengqian walked out of the room and said with a smile, "Divine Doctor Sun! Long time no see!"

"Hmph! Your Highness the Crown Prince has truly made this old man suffer!"

Sun Simiao snorted coldly, somewhat indignant.

Li Chengqian chuckled, then stepped forward and put his arm around his shoulder, saying, "Isn't this so you can show off even better?"

"What are you trying to show off for?" Sun Simiao seemed unaccustomed to Li Chengqian's closeness, and even forgot all the words he had prepared to vent his anger along the way.

But then Li Chengqian said mysteriously, "Do you remember how those people cursed you? Do you remember their ugly faces when they stormed the medical school? Do you remember the divine physician of the Prince of Shu's mansion whom they trusted so much? Today we'll settle accounts with them! We'll give them a good slap in the face!"

"what?"

Sun Simiao looked bewildered, thinking to himself, "We didn't mean to show off!"

But Li Chengqian was not about to let him have his way, so he dragged him out of the Crown Prince's residence.

At this very moment, outside the Crown Prince's residence, a huge crowd had gathered, shouting and clamoring.

"Release the divine physician from the Shu Prince's mansion immediately!! We need the 'miracle medicine'!!"

"Your Highness! Do you not want us to live?!"

"Li Chengqian! You are unworthy to be a ruler! You will die a horrible death! I'm going to die anyway! If you have the guts, kill me! Kill us all!!!"

Hearing these frantic shouts, the Imperial Guards outside the Crown Prince's residence were filled with rage. Their knuckles turned white from the immense pressure of their restraint as they pressed their hands against the Embroidered Spring Blade at their waists.

If their garrison commander hadn't given them orders beforehand, they would have loved to rush into the crowd and kill these ignorant fools.

"Creak—!!"

Just as the people of Chang'an were shouting wildly, the gates of the Crown Prince's residence were slowly opened.

"Look! Li Chengqian is out!! He's about to go on a killing spree!!"

In the crowd, someone shouted in a panic, causing countless Chang'an citizens to instinctively take a half step back.

But then someone in the crowd shouted, "Don't be afraid! If one of me falls, there are thousands more! I refuse to believe that Li Chengqian can kill everyone in Chang'an!"

"That's right! We're almost beyond saving, we're not afraid of being killed! We need the divine physician from the Shu King's Palace! We need the miraculous medicine!!"

"Yes! We want it!"

"What the hell do you want! You bunch of idiots!"

Before the crowd could rally again, Li Chengqian impatiently cursed, then ignored their astonished looks and turned to introduce, "This is Physician Sun Simiao! I'm sure you all know him, and some of you may have even met him and cursed him!"

"Now, let's invite our renowned physician, Dr. Sun, to give a medical science popularization session! Someone come here—!"

Before long, two Imperial Guards carried in a stretcher, on which lay the plague doctor's assistant, bound hand and foot, struggling desperately.

"Dr. Sun! Please begin your performance!" Li Chengqian raised his hand in greeting, then smiled and stepped aside.

Sun Simiao's expression was complicated, and he hesitated.

Just then, another voice rang out from the crowd: "That old Taoist priest is a fraud! Don't believe him! Don't!"

"Pfft——!"

A sharp arrow pierced his mouth and throat with a 'whoosh'.

"Shut up!" Pei Xingjian cursed irritably, holding a bow and arrow.

Sun Simiao, as if he had finally made up his mind, walked up to the plague doctor's assistant and said coldly, "Gentlemen, take a good look. This is what you call the miracle drug, 'Plague-Clearing Powder'!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately performed a live dissection on the crowd, which frightened them so much that they took another half step back.

Sun Simiao deftly removed five internal organs and held them in the air, saying, "Look! The internal organs of those who took 'Qingwen Powder' have been poisoned and turned black. It's only been three days, and you've been taking it for almost a month, yet your internal organs are already necrotic! It wasn't the plague that took your lives, it was 'Qingwen Powder,' the so-called divine physician of the Shu Prince's Mansion!"

"Don't believe me! Look at the inside of your left arm. Isn't there a black line? The longer that black line, the deeper the poisoning!"

At this point, Sun Simiao looked at the rioting Chang'an citizens with an unprecedented gaze: "You're all dead!"

Boom——!
These words struck the entire audience like a thunderbolt!

Especially those Chang'an residents who saw the black lines on the inside of their arms collapsed to the ground.

"No! Your Highness! Physician Sun! Please save us!"

"Damn the King of Shu! How could he do this to us!"

"Li Ke! You'll die a horrible death—!!!"

(End of this chapter)