Film and Television: The Collector Who Rampages Across the Heavens

"No need, I promise you."

Xiao Yu could tell that if she didn't agree to this condition, the other party wouldn't let her out.

"Very good, this is the right choice." Su Li waved his hand, and the guards behind him stepped forward to open the iron cage.

After emerging, Xiao Yu took a breath of the stale air, looked at Yin Xin, and said, "Can my men be released now?"

"Not for now. Don't you feel his hatred for me? To avoid any accidents, let's wait a few more days." Su Li said this and left first.

Xiao Yu frowned slightly and said to Yin Xin, "Stay here for a while longer, and I'll find a way to rescue you."

Instead of focusing on her own situation, Yin Xin asked, "Your Excellency, do you really want to follow him?"

"What else can we do? If we stay locked up here... we might all go crazy if this guy doesn't kill us soon enough."

Xiao Yu sighed deeply. She herself was unwilling, but she was at the mercy of others and had no choice but to accept it.

Stepping out of the dungeon, the bright, golden sunlight shone on her face. The leaves rustled, and the stream murmured. Xiao Yu gazed at everything in fascination. She had never realized that freedom could be so precious.

Su Li took her back to the mansion and arranged for someone to bring her a change of clothes and food. This woman had been imprisoned for so long and needed to nourish her body and rest.

Tao Ye Ji rushed over from the side and whispered, "Young Master, has Xiao Yu pledged allegiance to you?"

"I can't be sure about what I've promised verbally. You keep a close eye on her and don't let her out of your sight." Su Li raised an eyebrow and said in a tone that was not lowered so that Xiao Yu could barely hear her.

"I understand."

Xiao Yu opened her mouth, but didn't say anything.

A few days later, a royal eunuch arrived with the message to return to the capital to report on his duties. Su Li naturally did not hesitate. After handing over his military affairs, he led the imperial messenger team, accompanied by the Xuanjia Army, back to the capital. After a half-month journey, the capital was finally in sight.

Upon arriving in the capital, Su Li went straight to the palace without stopping and was summoned by Emperor Wei. The emperor's face was beginning to show signs of aging, and his hair was turning white.

"Very good. You have repeatedly defeated the Eastern Wei on the frontier, breaking through enemy lines and capturing passes, and have made numerous military achievements. I have seen it all." The Wei Emperor personally helped him up and said with satisfaction, "I hereby appoint you as the deputy commander of the Tiger Warrior Battalion to guard the imperial city. May you make further military achievements in the future."

"Thank you, Your Majesty..."

Su Li appeared excited on the surface, but inwardly he felt helpless. The Tiger Guard was the emperor's personal army, and all those who commanded this force were people personally trained by the Wei Emperor. He could command the troops by order, but if they rebelled... those people would kill him first.

The Wei Emperor was clearly wary and trying to keep Yuwen Yue in check. Yuwen Yue was the deputy commander of the Xiaoji Camp, and he was also from the Huben Camp. Although the eldest and fourth branches of the family did not get along, they both shared the surname Yuwen.

Both men held military power on the frontier, which was not to be feared. However, they could not be stripped of their power upon their return, lest it discourage meritorious officials. Therefore, Emperor Wei had no choice but to come up with this solution: turning both of them into henchmen of the royal family.

"Your Majesty, is Princess Yuan Chun in the palace?"

Since he couldn't control the military for the time being, Su Li had no choice but to show his loyalty. At this time, what could he do to gain the emperor's trust? Only by marrying into the imperial family and becoming the emperor's son-in-law could he deepen his position in the emperor's heart and secretly vie for imperial power.

"He should be here." Emperor Wei squinted at him, seemingly waiting for his explanation.

Su Li immediately replied, "When I left the capital three years ago, I was fortunate enough to receive a jade pendant from the princess. I brought her this gift upon my return."

Emperor Wei smiled and waved to summon a eunuch: "Take Yuwen Li to see Chun'er."

"promise!"

"Your Majesty, I take my leave..."

After passing through the magnificent and exquisite corridors and various grand halls, the princess's palace where Yuan Chun lived came into view. After the eunuch went to report, he saw Yuan Chun walking quickly out, accompanied by her personal maid Caiwei.

"I heard from Father that he was going to summon you back. I didn't expect it to be so soon. Where is the gift?" Yuan Chun looked around impatiently.

"It's still outside the palace; Your Highness, you need to send someone to retrieve it personally," Su Li said.

Foreign officials entering the palace are not allowed to bring anything into the palace except for themselves, unless otherwise ordered.

"Caiwei, go find someone to see what gift this guy brought me."

Yuan Chun waved her hand, Cai Wei glanced at Su Li with her bright eyes, softly said "yes," and then left with her entourage.

"Come in. This is probably your first time here." Yuan Chun poured him a cup of tea with her delicate hands, sat opposite him, and asked curiously, resting her chin on her hand, "I've heard that the border wars are dangerous. To deal with the enemy, you need both strategy and courage. Tell me how you defeated the Eastern Wei so decisively..."

Su Li was very good at storytelling. Looking at Yuan Chun's beautiful face, he began to talk eloquently about how he single-handedly broke through the enemy lines, led three hundred men to capture a pass, ambushed the enemy army in the grass for seven days and defeated them, and took the general's head in the midst of the chaos.

The thrilling and exciting process made Yuan Chun's heart surge with excitement, and his eyes sparkled with admiration.

"But the battlefield is also a dangerous and harsh place. In the past three years, no fewer than several thousand soldiers have died on the border, and countless others have been wounded," Su Li said with heartfelt emotion.

Yuan Chun listened in silence for a moment, then reached out her fair and delicate hand and patted him on the shoulder: "It's good that you're back. The border is dangerous, but the capital is much more comfortable. You can come and visit me anytime in the future."

Su Li smiled and nodded, looking at her, and asked, "How are Your Highness and Yan Xun doing now?"

"I have a very good relationship with Brother Yan Xun, but my mother always forbids me from leaving the palace. I can only see him once a month."

Yuan Chun's face showed a mixture of sweetness and distress, and finally she appeared indignant.

Looking at this naive and innocent princess, Su Li sneered inwardly. He had received information that Yan Xun was biding his time and pretending to be affectionate and loving towards Yuan Chun, but secretly he burned the clothes that Yuan Chun had touched as soon as she left.

In Yingge Garden, he practiced martial arts day and night and read military books extensively. In this world without Chu Qiao's restraint, he completely turned into a villain and used everything he could to his advantage.

"Then I wish Your Highness and Yan Xun a happy ending." Su Li wanted to see the expression on the girl's face at that time. Would it be love turned to hate or despair and mental breakdown?

"Hmm, you too... I remember you're not married yet, right? Do you have a girl you like? If you fancy any of the princes or nobles in the capital, I, the princess, will personally help you find a match." Yuan Chun patted her full chest and promised.

"With the frontiers not yet pacified and enemy states not yet vanquished, how can we have a home?"

Su Li shook her head, said a few more words, and then took her leave.

He had just left the princess's palace when he met Caiwei and her group. The two exchanged a glance and then passed each other. Su Li hadn't been idle during his three years on the frontier; he had been sending gifts to Yuan Chun and Caiwei without stopping.

If it weren't for the fact that these maids checked the virginity marks on his arms every month, he would have secretly eaten Caiwei to ensure her loyalty.

Caiwei, of course, had no idea what Su Li was thinking. She stepped into the princess's palace and waved her hand, instructing the eunuchs to place the five large boxes on the ground, and then opened them one by one.

One box contained rare and extinct books, another box contained priceless and rare antiques, and yet another box contained jewelry from the Western Regions, the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and the Liang Dynasty. All five boxes were filled with precious items.

Yuan Chun was also somewhat stunned. Although she was a princess and received constant rewards and was quite wealthy, her daily expenses were also considerable. The gift that Yuwen Huai gave her at the banquet was indeed priceless. She only retorted because she didn't like him.

"Your Highness, it seems that Young Master Li really cares about you," Caiwei said intentionally from the side.

"It's alright. That guy always knows how to handle people. Didn't Father keep receiving memorials and spoils of war every month while he was away?"

Yuan Chun said something insincere, but the smile on her face faded a little. She could naturally sense Su Li's affection for her.

Unfortunately, she loves Yan Xun, her childhood sweetheart, and cannot accept the love of others, no matter how strong it is.

Meanwhile, Su Li returned to the Yuwen residence and bumped into Yuwen Yue and the Seventh Prince Yuan Che as they came out of Qingshan Courtyard.

"Greetings, Your Highness the Seventh Prince!"

"No need for formalities, Young Master Li. Have you just returned from the palace?"

Yuan Che looked at the other party with a smile. Although he was far away in the northern border, he knew the reputation of the young and heroic man in front of him in the eastern border army. He was the Marquis of Martial Crown... the most outstanding general in the three armies. As a prince who grew up in the army, he liked such a fierce general the most.

"Yes, I just arrived in Beijing today."

The three weren't familiar with each other, and they only parted ways after exchanging a few words. Su Li dragged his tired body and mind back to Black Mountain Academy, and asked Zhi Xiang to prepare a hot bath for him so he could have a good soak.

Before long, after changing his clothes, he lay down in a bathtub large enough to accommodate three to five people. Hot water washed over his strong body, and steam rose. Su Li was half asleep and half awake, thinking about how to proceed with the next route.

A pair of delicate, smooth jade hands reached out from behind and placed on his shoulders and back.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tao Ye Ji, a charming and alluring woman draped in a light veil, enter. She bit her red lips and asked, "Does the young master seem weary?"

"The capital city is a place of constant intrigue and backstabbing; I'd rather stay on the frontier than come back."

Su Li didn't want to say anything more. He grabbed her fair wrist and pulled her into the bathtub. The hot water soaked her light gauze, revealing her exquisite curves.

Then, the sound of splashing water arose...

More than an hour later, Su Li finally emerged, feeling refreshed and somewhat relieved of his fatigue. Seeing Zhi Xiang standing outside, he pinched her cheek and asked, "Why aren't you going in?"

Zhi Xiang blushed slightly and said in a low voice with a hint of shyness, "I am not feeling well today."

"Oh, okay? Then I'll invite Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba to my room tonight," Su Li said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Zhi Xiang hesitated for a moment before advising, "Young master, you must take care of your health. Engaging in sexual activity day and night for too long may damage your vital energy."

"It's alright, you know how strong I am." Su Li said jokingly, stating the truth.

Zhi Xiang's cheeks flushed red, as if she was recalling the happy times she spent with the man in front of her.

Su Li laughed loudly. Men love seeing this kind of expression on a woman's face; it's as refreshing as eating a cool ice cream on a hot summer day.

……

Half a month later, the Rouran envoys arrived in Western Wei. The Wei emperor held a hunting party to welcome them in the suburbs. Su Li was one of the generals who was brought along.

Green hills and forests, birdsong and fragrant flowers, lush meadows, bright sunshine, hundreds of cavalrymen pass by, their men drawing their bows and arrows to hunt down the driven-out prey.

An arrow struck a lithe leopard, and the dashing general in black armor and a red cloak rode by, casually grabbing the leopard and tossing it to the outer perimeter.

"good!"

"Young Master Li truly deserves to be called a great general of our Wei..."

"This must be the thirteenth one!"

The nobles and princes watching from the high platform cheered loudly, and the Wei emperor nodded and joked with the Rouran envoy.

Zhalu of the Batuk family felt resentful as he watched Suli steal the spotlight at the hunting grounds where so many noble children were gathered.

He removed the arrowhead from the arrow, leaving only the shaft, nocked the arrow, aimed at the man, and shot it out with a whoosh.

Bang!

A fair and strong hand suddenly grabbed the arrow that was shot at his side in mid-air. This scene stunned everyone. Catching an arrow with bare hands, even if it was an arrow without a head, the strength and reaction speed were impressive enough.

Seeing the cold gaze that pierced through him, Zaru felt a sudden surge of fear. As the other man rode over on horseback, he quickly gripped the hilt of his sword.

"Don't you have eyes? Where are you shooting?"

He's always the one plotting against others; he's never the one being plotted against.

"I didn't mean to..."

Before Zhalu could finish speaking, the other party made a move. Without any hesitation, he drew his longsword and stabbed at Su Li's arm. However, the latter merely drew his knife and slashed at Zhalu's sword. The terrifying force caused Zhalu's right hand to hurt and he released his longsword. The sword was also sent flying by the force, passing directly through Wei Shuye's forehead and falling onto the grass.

Wei Shuye looked at the fallen hair in front of him, his back covered in cold sweat, and felt a sense of relief.

Su Li grabbed Zhalu's arm with one hand and easily pulled him over. With the other hand, she grabbed his belt and lifted the burly man, who weighed two or three hundred pounds, high into the air.

"Damn it, put me down..." Zhalu waved his arms and legs and struggled like a turtle.

"Brother! Put Zaru down!"

Dressed in a golden outfit, the spirited and beautiful Zama was shocked by the amazing scene and immediately led her people to rush forward.

Suli threw Zhalu like a cannonball, knocking down a knight, and then charged head-on towards more than a dozen Rouran cavalrymen.

Bang bang bang!

Like harvesting wheat, his sheathed longsword relentlessly struck down one knight after another, until he finally reached Princess Zama.

"You...don't come any closer!"

Although Zama was confident in her martial arts skills, she realized that the man in front of her had easily defeated her brother and more than a dozen elite knights. Putting herself in his shoes, she was definitely no match for him.

Su Li naturally wouldn't listen to her. Zama had no choice but to turn her horse around and run away. Su Li, ignoring the damage to her horse, kept whipping it to speed up and get closer. She reached out and grabbed the Rouran princess, putting her on her horse and riding back as prey.

"You bastard, how dare you! Do you know who I am?" As a noble princess of Rouran, when had Zama ever suffered such humiliation? She struggled to get up.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

"As a trophy, you should be prepared to be one..." Su Li continued slapping her pert buttocks several times.

"You...bastard, I'm going to kill you!"

Feeling a slight pain coming from her buttocks, Zama's face turned bright red, and she screamed wildly. Although she was a woman of the grasslands and open-minded, no man would dare to treat her like this!

"Still calling?"

Su Li continued what she was doing. Spanking a beautiful woman's buttocks was such an interesting thing, and once you missed it, you wouldn't get another chance, especially since this beautiful woman was a stubborn red horse.

You should seize the opportunity to get a bargain so as not to offend anyone.

Zama struggled violently but was pressed down again. She felt a huge, mountain-like hand on her lower back, so strong that she couldn't get up at all.

The pain intensified on her plump buttocks, and Zama couldn't bear it any longer. With tears welling in her eyes, she said, "I was wrong, please let me go!"

She secretly thought to herself: After today, I'll make you pay!

Snapped!

"Are you really wrong?" Su Li asked, slapping him again.

"Really, really, we were really wrong. I apologize to you on behalf of my brother." Zama raised her delicate and charming smiling face, pleading for forgiveness in such a wronged manner for the first time.

Snapped!

"Since that's the case, I'll be magnanimous and let you go." Su Li pulled on the horse's reins and gently placed her on the grass.