The First Marquis of Leisure

"Li Yuan, how about we go somewhere else?"

In a side room of the Zhenguo Marquis's residence in the capital of the Great Zhao Dynasty.

Princess Zhao Feishuang was striking a seductive pose, straddling the Prime Minister's son, Li Yuan, enjoying herself immensely while her eyes kept glancing towards the corner of the wall.

Li Yuan ignored everything and continued to exert force while embracing Zhao Feishuang.

"What's there to be afraid of? That good-for-nothing playboy is already dead, and the Zhenguo Marquis's mansion will be wiped out sooner or later. I just love excitement."

At that moment, lying in the corner was a man covered in blood, his face deathly pale.

The man is Bai Xinghe, the only son of Bai Tianque, the number one war god of the Great Zhao Dynasty.

During the day, he was an unparalleled war god who saved the nation from collapse on several occasions, led his troops into battle, and protected the country. Therefore, he was granted the title of Marquis of Zhenguo.

However, his only son, Bai Xinghe, was unruly from a young age, spending his days eating, drinking, and having fun, and was a notorious spendthrift in the capital.

A month ago, a powerful enemy began to lurk on the borders of the Great Zhao, a situation far more critical than ever before.

Bai Tianque was appointed to a critical mission and once again led his troops to the border to defend against the enemy.

Before the expedition, in order to boost morale and further win over Bai Tianque, the emperor not only bestowed upon him a great deal of gold and silver jewelry.

He even personally arranged the marriage, betrothing Princess Zhao Feishuang to Bai Xinghe.

However, seven days ago, bad news came from the border.

The God of War, Bai Tianque, is trapped in the encirclement of the elite forces of the seven kingdoms and has run out of food and supplies. In order to survive, he is very likely to defect to the enemy and betray his country.

As soon as the news broke, rumors spread like wildfire, and the once highly respected Marquis of Zhenguo was suddenly subjected to insults.

Furthermore, political enemies were manipulating rumors behind the scenes in the imperial court, causing the entire Zhenguo Marquis's mansion to suffer a severe blow in just a few days.

As the heir of the Marquis's mansion, Bai Xinghe's influence is self-evident.

Yesterday, Princess He Liyuan personally led palace guards into the Marquis's residence, forcibly ordered someone to feed Bai Xinghe poison, and then indulged in pleasure in front of his corpse.

Anyone from the Marquis's mansion who dares to stop them will be executed!

Zhao Feishuang and Li Yuan never expected that Bai Xinghe, whom they had personally fed poison, had already quietly woken up.

"Damn it, those two scoundrels! A woman's heart is truly poisonous!"

"If I don't avenge this, I swear I'm not a man!"

Bai Xinghe slightly opened his eyes, feeling an immense heaviness in his brain.

While he was angry, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The original Bai Xinghe had indeed been poisoned to death, and died a gruesome and ignominious death.

I am a time traveler from Earth in the 21st century. In my previous life, I was a doctoral student from a 985 university who was specially recruited into the army and won the honorary title of "King of Soldiers" multiple times in the elite troops.

He sacrificed his life while trying to save someone during a secret mission.

Unexpectedly, God gave me a second chance, allowing me to travel to this dynasty called Great Zhao.

After quickly merging all the memories, Bai Xinghe did not make a sound immediately.

He needed to regain some strength before he could stand up and vent his anger, since his body had been quite weak from years of indulging in pleasure and entertainment.

"Li Yuan, ah, um, let's leave the Marquis's residence. Or we could go to the Prime Minister's residence."

Zhao Feishuang, being a princess of the current dynasty, clearly knew that without Bai Tianque...

The Great Zhao Empire has probably already fallen. Although rumors are rampant, my father, the emperor, cannot produce any conclusive evidence for the time being.

What I fear is that if the information is wrong, and Bai Tianque did not betray the country, then the consequences of her and Li Yuan's actions would be unimaginable.

"Hmph, this young master is going to stay right here. Even if Bai Xinghe is still alive, so what can this piece of trash do?"

"Li Yuan, Zhao Feishuang!" However, just as Li Yuan finished speaking, an angry roar exploded out.

"Who goes there?" Li Yuan and Zhao Feishuang were both startled and instinctively scattered, put on their clothes, and glanced around the room.

Suddenly, Bai Xinghe stood up, clenching his fists, staring at them with bloodshot eyes.

Both of them were startled and could hardly believe their eyes.

"You, how come you're not dead?"

"Bai, Bai Xinghe, you, you let me explain!"

As a woman, Zhao Feishuang was clearly flustered, after all, she was betrothed by her own father, the emperor.

In the Great Zhao, a woman's virtue was just as important as filial piety.

However, Li Yuan quickly regained his composure and didn't take Bai Xinghe seriously at all.

"Feishuang, what are you afraid of? I already said, even if this piece of trash isn't dead, so what?"

Then Li Yuan slowly put on his clothes and walked towards Bai Xinghe.

"Bai Xinghe, I didn't expect you, you piece of trash, to be so tough. Even arsenic couldn't kill you!"

"But as I said, even if you're not dead, so what?"

"Is that so?" A cold smile flashed across Bai Xinghe's lips, a smile completely different from his usual mischievous demeanor.

As he spoke, Bai Xinghe took action, displaying the efficiency and decisiveness of a top soldier to the fullest.

He grabbed Li Yuan by the neck and then delivered a powerful knee strike to his lower abdomen.

"Ah, you, Bai Xinghe, you motherfucker!"

Li Yuan screamed in pain and cursed loudly, but Bai Xinghe gave him no chance.

With a sweeping kick, he forced Li Yuan to his knees.

"You bastard, you poisoned me and killed many people from my Marquis's mansion. How can I let you off so easily today!"

"Someone come quick!" Li Yuan's face was ashen with pain as he frantically shouted outside.

Zhao Feishuang was also completely stunned. She never expected that the playboy who had always been indulging in eating, drinking and having fun would suddenly become so fierce!

Just then, several armored soldiers rushed in.

"What are you all standing there for? Kill him! Kill Bai Xinghe right now!"

Li Yuan didn't care about anything else and gritted his teeth to give orders to the soldiers.

"If anyone dares to move, I'll kill your master right now!"

Bai Xinghe remained completely calm and roared at the armored soldiers who surrounded him.

Then he grabbed Li Yuan's throat with one hand; with a little force, he could crush Li Yuan to death.

As expected, the Prime Minister's personal guards immediately hesitated to advance, fearing the consequences.

"Bai Xinghe, release Li Yuan immediately. Let's pretend today's events never happened, okay?"

At this moment, Zhao Feishuang finally recovered from her complete shock.

Her first instinct was to protect Li Yuan, whom she and Li Yuan were childhood sweethearts.

The emperor had arranged the marriage, and given Bai Tian's lack of prestige, neither she nor Li Yuan could disobey the imperial decree, no matter how unwilling they were.

They finally received news that Bai Tianque had been defeated and was about to defect to the enemy and betray his country.

It was under Li Yuan's instigation that they did such a thing.

"The Marquis of Zhenguo has been defeated and is suspected of treason. If you dare to lay a hand on Li Yuan today, I will definitely petition my father, the Emperor, to have your entire clan exterminated!"

"Great, great, great!" Bai Xinghe was about to explode.

"What a fine way to exterminate your entire clan, you vile woman! If it weren't for my father, how could your Zhao dynasty exist!"

Zhao Feishuang's face turned ugly after being scolded, and she became angry as well.

"Bai Xinghe, how dare you insult this princess!"

"You wretch, let alone cursing you, you conspired with Li Yuan to poison me, that's unjust. You promised yourself to me, yet you slept with Li Yuan, that's disloyal. You harmed many people in the Marquis's mansion, that's inhumane."

"A disloyal, unjust, and heartless wretch like you, what harm is there in me not only cursing you, but also beating you up?"

Without any hesitation, Bai Xinghe raised his hand and slapped Zhao Feishuang across the face.

This slap sent Zhao Feishuang staggering.

As a princess of the Great Zhao, she was always the center of attention from the moment she was born and was never beaten by anyone!

"You, you dare hit me!"

"Attack! I order you to kill Bai Xinghe immediately!"

Enraged, Zhao Feishuang, using her status as a princess, also issued orders to the soldiers of the Prime Minister's residence.