Tang Dynasty: Consort Wu? Your Majesty, please address her as the Crown Prince's Consort.

Outside the Liangyi Hall.

Upon seeing Li Chengqian emerge, a burly general at the entrance immediately stepped forward and bowed.

"Your Highness! How is it? Is His Majesty not angry? Why don't we return that concubine? After all, she is His Majesty's concubine. What kind of woman doesn't Your Highness want? Why try to seduce His Majesty's concubine?"

Seeing the troubled look on the burly general's face, Li Chengqian smiled faintly and said:

"Hahahaha! Ren Gui, there's no need to worry. She's just a concubine. Father Emperor wouldn't be so petty."

Moreover, this is no ordinary concubine; this person absolutely cannot stay in that old Deng's harem!

"And how can this be called stealing? How can Old Deng manage with so many concubines? I'm just trying to ease my father's burden!"

The imposing general before him was none other than the historically renowned Xue Rengui. Li Chengqian first met him in the ninth year of the Wude era, when Jieli Khan launched an invasion of the Tang Dynasty while his old lord had just ended the Xuanwu Gate succession system and was not yet firmly established.

Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places were plundered by the Turks, and Xue Rengui's village was among them.

Fortunately, Xue Rengui had practiced martial arts since childhood, and after killing a Turkic cavalryman, he fled directly to Chang'an.

When Li Chengqian saw him, he was disheveled and covered in wounds, lying on the street. Out of kindness, Li Chengqian sent someone to treat him. Later, he learned that this man was none other than the historically famous Xue Rengui.

To repay Li Chengqian for saving his life, Xue Rengui immediately followed Li Chengqian to his side, ready to serve him faithfully.

At this point, Li Chengqian couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, then looked at Xue Rengui, who was standing respectfully to the side, and asked:

"How is Wu Zetian?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Rengui immediately responded respectfully:

"Your Highness, I have already arranged for Consort Wu to be placed in a separate courtyard within the Eastern Palace, but..."

Seeing his hesitant expression, Li Chengqian frowned and asked:

"What's wrong?"

"Your Highness! That Consort Wu refuses to eat, saying she won't eat until she sees Your Highness!"

Upon hearing Xue Rengui's words, Li Chengqian couldn't help but frown, a barely perceptible glint of coldness flashing in his eyes.

He couldn't help but let out a cold laugh and said:

"Heh! Is this girl trying to threaten me? Fine, don't eat then, I won't die from missing a couple of meals!"

As he spoke, Li Chengqian couldn't help but think to himself: Heh! I'm not Li Zhi. If you don't listen to me, I won't indulge you!

Upon hearing his lord's words, Xue Rengui quickly cupped his hands in greeting to Li Chengqian and said:

"Yes, Your Highness!"

On the carriage back to the Eastern Palace, Li Chengqian's mind was absorbed into the system.

Each system draw requires 250 points of the "Rebellious Son" achievement.

Looking at his pitiful 254 achievement points, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"Sigh! The road to ruining my dad's life is long and arduous. Looks like I'm still too filial!"

Li Shimin: "Do you listen to what others say?"

"System, draw a prize!"

As Li Chengqian gave the order, the giant turntable in the system interface began to spin wildly.

Purple-quality talent.

Green quality skills.

Gold-quality skill.

Blue quality crops.

……

The dial pointer swung rapidly before finally coming to a stop in a green area.

Enhancing green quality?

Upon seeing this, Li Chengqian's face immediately darkened.

Am I cursed with bad luck?

Do you know how long it took me to accumulate those 250 points for being a rebellious son?

And the result? You gave me your green-quality enhancement skill!

Forget about gold quality, even a blue quality one would be fine!

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian listlessly clicked on the green enhancement reward.

【Ding! 】

[Congratulations to Suzhou for obtaining green-quality body function enhancement, specifically for the kidneys!]

hiss~

But then again...

Actually, this green quality doesn't seem so bad!

After all, green is healthy and environmentally friendly!

Just then, Li Chengqian felt a warm current instantly envelop his lower back.

An indescribable feeling of comfort welled up inside him, causing Li Chengqian to let out a comfortable groan.

Ah ~

Xue Rengui, who was driving the carriage, couldn't help but show a strange expression when he heard the noise coming from inside.

Thinking back to his own prince's affair with the emperor's harem earlier that day, he suddenly understood.

Hey!

Your Highness is so pitiful. In normal families, boys should be married and have children by the age of fifteen or sixteen.

His Highness, as the Crown Prince of the Great Tang Dynasty, is already eighteen years old and still single. No wonder he would do such a thing, even in the carriage... Alas! What a tragedy!

At this time, Li Chengqian was unaware that Xue Rengui had misunderstood.

If he knew what Xue Rengui was thinking at that moment, he would be speechless.

It's not that he didn't want to marry the Crown Princess; it's just that, with his modern soul, he couldn't accept such a thing.

He couldn't bring himself to hurt a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, who would still be in junior high school in later generations.

His own mother had tried to arrange a marriage for him more than once, but he had refused each time.

Because of this incident, his mother even wondered if he had some unspeakable secret, and had the imperial physician examine him several times before she was finally at ease.

……

The Eastern Palace!

As soon as he entered the Eastern Palace, Li Chengqian gave Xue Rengui some instructions and then headed straight for the courtyard where Wu Zetian was.

The courtyard here is quite remote, and you can't even see a servant.

Li Chengqian pushed open the door and saw the woman subconsciously looking up at him.

The woman had beautiful eyes like a painting, an innate charm, and a tall, slender figure, like a fairy descended to earth.

Upon seeing this scene, even Li Chengqian, who had seen countless beautiful female anchors in his previous life, couldn't help but secretly gasp in amazement.

No wonder she captivated Emperor Gaozong so much that he was willing to break with societal prejudices to rescue her from Ganye Temple, and later even made her his empress!

"I heard from them that you won't eat unless you see me?"

Li Chengqian's voice was somewhat cold, while his gaze swept over Wu Zetian without any restraint.

Upon hearing Li Chengqian's words, Wu Zetian smiled slightly and slowly approached him, her voice soft yet carrying a hint of aggression:

"Your Highness, you stole this humble woman from His Majesty's harem, didn't you have any thoughts about it at all?"

As she spoke, Wu Zetian slowly extended a slender, jade-like finger, placed it on Li Chengqian's shoulder, and then moved it past Li Chengqian's earlobe toward his Adam's apple.

Just then, suddenly, a hairpin emerged from her wide sleeve and pressed directly against Li Chengqian's throat.

"Why did you bring me out? Although I am just a lowly concubine, my father is still a Duke of the Tang Dynasty. As the daughter of a Duke, how can I be treated like an object and fought over by you father and son!"