The Demonic Crown Prince

"You're shameless and disgusting!" Jiang Zhanyue glared at him fiercely.

"My shamelessness only blossoms for those I love, and I sincerely hope it will bear lewd fruit."

Li Yuan spoke in a very serious tone.

"You..." Jiang Zhanyue had no choice but to retreat.

A thug isn't scary, what's scary is a thug with education!

Especially since this thug is also such a good fighter!

"Why didn't you agree to that woman's request just now? Looking at her eyes full of lust, she would probably accept you no matter how shameless and lewd you were."

Jiang Zhanyue turned to look at him.

"I'll say it again, she doesn't deserve it," Li Yuan said calmly, carrying his big gun and already heading far away, to the area below the stands.

Jiang Zhanyue stared blankly at his back. Even though that figure was getting further and further away, why did it become clearer and clearer in her vision, and eventually it was clearly engraved in her heart?

She could even remember his every glance, every movement, and even his slightly flirtatious smile.

At this moment, Li Yuan had already reached the bottom of the stands. With a "thud," he planted the Taizu spear upside down in the ground. As the spear shaft swayed, he knelt on one knee, cupped his hands towards the stands, and said loudly, "Father, your son Li Yuan, along with Jiang Zhanyue and Yan Poshan, have fortunately fulfilled our mission!"

"Good, good, good! Yuan'er, you have done a great service, please rise!"

Emperor Jinglong laughed heartily with excitement.

Just then, a fierce roar suddenly erupted from the Western Wilderness Kingdom delegation. Huyan Gucang had rushed over and roared, "King Qin, you dare to kill Princess Jiaoying of the Helan royal family! Do you know what this means?"

"This means that you lost this martial arts competition, and we won."

Li Yuan stood up, looked at him, and smiled.

"Nonsense! This signifies the collective rage of the Western Wilderness royal family, and it also signifies war between the Western Wilderness and the Great Ye!"

Huyan Gucang roared.

Li Yuan suddenly roared, "Shut up, you dog! You don't keep your word and have no credibility whatsoever."

Unable to win the martial arts contest, they became enraged and resorted to war blackmail against my Great Ye?

My Great Ye has countless elite soldiers and generals, how could we be afraid of you? You want war? Then Great Ye will give you war, so what?!

After saying that, he gave Jiang Zhanyue a wink.

Jiang Zhanyue instantly felt a connection with him, and immediately knelt on one knee, cupping his hands in a gesture of respect, saying, "Your Majesty, how can the majesty of Great Ye be trampled upon by the barbarian kingdoms of the west? Your subject, Jiang Zhanyue, is willing to lead 30,000 Jiang family troops to conquer the west once more. This time, we swear we will not return until we have conquered the western wilderness!"

"This..." Emperor Jinglong's smile froze on his face as he watched the two people hesitate.

"Your Majesty," I say, "I believe that matters of great military importance should not be decided arbitrarily on the training ground. Therefore, Your Majesty, please return to the court to discuss this further."

At this moment, Zhao Shanhe, the Privy Councilor standing nearby, coughed lightly and addressed Emperor Jinglong.

"Very well, then let's return to the court and discuss this further!" Emperor Jinglong nodded and set off to return to the palace.

Seeing this, Li Yuan sighed again.

He also said that his predecessor was a good-for-nothing, and that his emperor father was so indecisive and lacked any courage or determination. He was also easily swayed by others and biased, which really disappointed him.

Pick up the bucket and run away, that's the right thing to do!

……

In the imperial court, Huyan Gucang roared repeatedly, arguing illogically. They were the ones who broke the rules first, yet they insisted that Li Yuan had broken the rules and even demanded compensation from Daye. Their attitude was extremely arrogant.

However, he had no choice. After all, Helan Mingyue was already dead, and if he couldn't even get compensation, he might really lose his head when he got back.

Unexpectedly, they actually arrived in the end. After a fierce argument and even insults between civil and military officials and those advocating war and peace in the court, Emperor Jinglong overruled the objections and decided to give Huyan Gucang 100,000 taels of silver in the name of appeasement to return and report back.

Several veteran generals were so angry that they fainted on the spot in the imperial court.

This decision also filled Li Yuan with a belly full of arrogance. If things continued like this, Da Ye would really be ruined!

They have absolutely no backbone!

Throughout the entire process, Prime Minister Zhang Yue remained silent, and in the end, he only said, "Your subject awaits Your Majesty's decision."

Zhao Shanhe, the Privy Councilor who should have been the one to advocate for war, instead tried to smooth things over, resulting in this terrible outcome.

However, another result was still quite gratifying for Li Yuan.

That is, Jiang Zhanyue did indeed become the commander-in-chief.

However, he was not the commander-in-chief of the capital region, but the commander-in-chief of the Xiliang Road.

This means that soon she will lead her troops out of the capital and return to Xiliang Road to face the ever-present threat of the Western Wilderness Kingdom.

"Congratulations, General Jiang." Li Yuan said with a hearty laugh as he saw Jiang Zhanyue off from the palace.

"There's nothing to congratulate you on. On the contrary, like you, this assignment is fraught with uncertainty, with life and death hanging in the balance."

Jiang Zhanyue shook his head, his expression solemn.

"How so?" Li Yuan raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Zhanyue looked at him, moved her lips, and said in a barely audible voice, "There are bad people in the court!"

"Bad people exist everywhere, at any time."

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes and smiled.

Why pretend to be confused?

Jiang Zhanyue looked at him and sighed.

"What can I, a banished prince, do, even if my future is uncertain, just like yours, a state of blissful ignorance?"

Li Yuan smiled and said.

His smile held a hint of emotion and heaviness.

Of course, this was not because of his own fate, but because of Da Ye!

Take care!

Jiang Zhanyue looked at him, and there was a hint of reluctance in her voice.

"You too." Li Yuan nodded.

Just as Jiang Zhanyue was about to speak, she heard Li Yuan say again, "If you can't hold on any longer, just let me know. After all, you're my intended concubine."

"You..." Jiang Zhanyue glared angrily.

Li Yuan had already walked far away, but his laughter echoed in the distance, "What I said was true!"

Jiang Zhanyue stared blankly. His figure was already starting to blur, yet, like the training ground, it became clearer and clearer in his mind!

Li Yuan returned to the East Palace with a group of personal guards selected from the military camp. He remembered that he still had a lot of things to take, so he decided to take them all.

In addition, he also wanted to ask Xu Shuying if she wanted to go to the military camp with him.

After all, it's safer in the military camp now, and you can leave whenever you want when it's time to set off.

Otherwise, if someone wants to use Xu Shuying to cause trouble now, it will be a problem.

In fact, the fewer worries you have, the less trouble you'll have!

Upon arriving at the palace, the courtyard was deserted and quiet.

"Where is Xu Shuying?" Li Yuan asked, looking at a palace maid beside him.

"Your Highness, the Princess Consort is writing poetry in the study."

The palace maid quickly gave a curtsy to Li Yuandao.

"Is he writing another poem that insults me?"

Li Yuan shrugged.

The palace maid didn't dare to answer, her eyes darting away.

From yesterday until now, the Princess seems to have some mental issues. Sometimes she recites a poem in a daze and sighs, sometimes she tears up paper and curses that it is too difficult, and sometimes she lies on the table and cries with great resentment, saying that she is useless.

But which servant would dare to say such a thing in front of the prince? Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?