Transmigrated into Li Chengqian, he effortlessly ascended the throne and became emperor.

Just when Changsun Wuji thought the emperor was going to press for more details about the battle report, Li Shimin's expression changed visibly.

"Brilliant...brilliant! He charged into the enemy lines single-handedly?!"

Li Shimin's chest heaved violently, and the hair on his body stood on end at that moment.

He knew the Crown Prince's physical condition better than anyone else in the world.

Li Chengqian was bedridden every few days, and even a slight night breeze would cause him to cough for most of the night. Bowls of bitter medicine were poured into the Eastern Palace like flowing water.

That body appeared tall and slender, but inside it was a piece of glass jade riddled with holes, so it couldn't be touched or bumped.

Now, Changsun Wuji tells him that Li Chengqian actually charged in and out of a battlefield of tens of thousands of people seven times with a sword in hand?!

On the battlefield, swords and spears have no eyes; it is a hellish place!

Let alone injury, even a little fright, or even the slightest exhaustion from wielding a knife, could cost Li Chengqian his life!

How long will it take to kill off 180 enemy generals?

"Prepare the horses! Prepare the horses for me!"

Li Shimin ripped the Mingguang Armor off the rack, not even bothering to call the eunuchs, and hastily draped it over his body without even fastening the silk sashes, before striding out of the tent.

"Issue my decree: proceed immediately to the vanguard camp! Hurry!"

Outside the tent, the soldiers who were intensely discussing the Crown Prince's astonishing, almost supernatural, battle achievements felt a gust of wind sweep past them.

Before they could even see clearly, Li Shimin had already mounted a jet-black warhorse, spurred it on with his legs, and galloped off towards Liaodong City amidst screams and shouts of panic.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty mustn't travel so lightly!" Changsun Wuji, clutching the hem of his robe, chased after them outside the tent, his mouth full of yellow sand. He slapped his thigh in frustration, "Imperial Guards! Follow us quickly!"

……

Meanwhile, outside Liaodong City, at Mashou Mountain.

The black and gold dragon banners fluttered in the biting north wind, the camps stretched out in a continuous line, and the warhorses neighed.

Inside the main tent, the underground heating system was burning extremely brightly.

Li Chengqian had just removed his silver-threaded soft armor, stained with the blood of Goguryeo people, and was now wearing only a thin, moon-white silk undergarment. He sat on the edge of the couch, toying with half of a Goguryeo arrow he had brought back from the battlefield.

The bloodstains on the arrowhead had dried, turning a chilling dark red.

Li Chengqian lowered his eyes slightly, his fingertips gently stroking the sharp edge of the cast iron.

The next instant, Li Chengqian suddenly flipped his wrist and, without any warning, slashed the sharp arrow toward the inside of his left forearm.

A three-inch-long gash instantly split open, and bright red blood gushed out, quickly staining the moon-white sleeve with a shocking and extremely alluring red plum blossom.

The system's mechanical voice, laced with undisguised astonishment, replied: "[? Host, are you insane? You didn't lose a single hair in the midst of a ten-thousand-strong army, and now that you're safely back at camp, you've stabbed yourself?! When did you develop masochistic tendencies?!]"

Li Chengqian chuckled softly in his mind: "You don't understand, Li Shimin likes this kind of tying."

System: 【...Huh?】

"Emperors have always been the most suspicious, and the most resistant to force than to gentleness." Li Chengqian picked up a clean white silk handkerchief and casually pressed it against his wound, letting the crimson blood seep through the white gauze. "I drugged the reigning emperor and took command of the army without authorization, that's called usurpation. I charged into battle alone, slaying generals and seizing flags, overshadowing all the soldiers and even the emperor himself, that's called merit overshadowing the ruler."

"If I were standing before him unharmed and full of vigor right now, do you think he would feel a surge of anger at being fooled by his son after the initial shock?"

The system's core component is stuck.

"But what if I get injured?"

Li Chengqian slowly stood up and casually pulled a cloak over his shoulders.

"In order to prevent my father from having a headache and risking going into battle, I not only fought the enemy despite my illness, but also got injured."

"Then everything will be different."

Half an hour later.

The wound had been carefully bandaged with the best wound medicine by the physician and wrapped with a thick white cloth.

But Li Chengqian did not change out of the blood-stained moon-white undergarment. Instead, he wore a fox fur coat and, supported by Gao Miao, slowly walked out of the main tent and arrived at the wounded soldiers' camp.

The wind on Mount Mashou is as sharp as a knife.

"Your Highness! Why have you come out!" A veteran who had lost an arm and was sweating profusely from the pain saw the Crown Prince and was so shocked that he struggled to get up and kowtow.

"Don't move."

Li Chengqian strode forward and grabbed the veteran's shoulder.

He showed no disgust at the bloodstains on the veteran's body, personally took the medicine bowl from the doctor, and gently stirred it with a silver spoon.

"All of you soldiers are the backbone of our Great Tang Dynasty and the pride of my father. In this battle, I failed to protect you and caused you such suffering; it is my fault. I will personally feed you this medicine."

The old soldier was stunned. Looking at the Crown Prince's face, which was more handsome than a god's, and then at the large, glaring bloodstain on the prince's left sleeve, the dignified seven-foot-tall man's eyes instantly reddened, and hot tears fell into the medicine bowl: "Your Highness... you are of noble birth, and you are injured. How can you serve us rough men..."

"A minor injury is nothing compared to the pain of soldiers losing limbs."

Li Chengqian turned his head slightly, seemingly trying to hide the pain from his wound, and coughed twice.

Just as this touching scene of harmonious relations between the ruler and his minister reached its climax—

"His Majesty has arrived—!!"

Everyone turned around abruptly.

The camp gate was violently pushed open, and Li Shimin jumped off the horse before it even came to a complete stop.

"Where is the Crown Prince?! Where is the Crown Prince?!" Li Shimin stumbled into the wounded soldiers' camp.

The scene seemed to be frozen in time.

Amidst the swirling snowflakes, his precious Crown Prince, as lovely as jade, was half-squatting in the muddy, bloody water.

Beneath the wide, snow-white fox fur coat, on the sleeves of the moon-white inner shirt, was a large patch of glaring crimson.

Hearing the noise, Li Chengqian slowly turned around.

Upon seeing Li Shimin, Li Chengqian was slightly taken aback, then subconsciously revealed a smile.

"Father..." Li Chengqian tried to stand up, but his body swayed dramatically. He clutched his left arm, as if aggravating his wound, and his brow furrowed in pain, yet he stubbornly refused to cry out. "Why have you come... Your son has not disgraced you..."

Seeing Li Chengqian like this, Li Shimin lost all his anger.

"clever!"

With red eyes, Li Shimin rushed forward and suddenly hugged his swaying son tightly.

"Silly child..." Li Shimin buried his head in his son's neck, his voice choked with emotion and deep fear, "If anything were to happen to you, how could your father face your mother?"

Leaning against Li Shimin's broad shoulder, Li Chengqian obediently lowered his eyelashes, his uninjured right hand gently patting Li Shimin's back.

"Your Majesty, I am fine. As long as I can share your burdens, I will have no regrets even if I die."

In its mind, the system watched this touching scene of filial piety between father and son, and its electronic eye silently shed tears of terror.

That's amazing, absolutely amazing.

This isn't a prince cosplay, this is a beast tamer!