The Demonic Crown Prince

Xu Shuying glared at him one last time, and without saying a word, she stabbed herself in the neck!

"Holy crap..." Li Yuan was startled. He was too far away to help in time, so in his haste, he grabbed a porcelain cup from the table and smashed it.

"Clang!" The porcelain cup knocked the dagger away. The force of the impact sent the dagger flying a full ten feet away, where it pierced the hard blue brick wall with a "thud," embedding itself halfway into the wall.

Li Yuan sat in the chair looking at his hands, his eyes slightly shocked.

Its power and accuracy are both exceptional.

Although the original owner had been pampered since childhood and was physically strong, he absolutely did not have this ability.

It seems that his physique changed after time travel; God has been kind to him.

"If you disagree, why did you save me?" Xu Shuying lay on the bed, her long hair covering half of her face.

"You're so quick to die? You're really resolute!"

Li Yuan walked up to Xu Shuying, somewhat surprised.

This woman is truly extraordinary!

"Life is worse than death, better to die!"

Xu Shuying said with a pale face.

"They really are fearless in the face of death," Li Yuan said sarcastically.

"Further words are useless. I'll just ask you whether you agree to my terms?"

Xu Shuying asked stubbornly.

Li Yuan raised an eyebrow and smiled, but there was a hint of coldness in his smile.

"I hate being threatened and used more than anything else in my life. You are both of those. Therefore, I disagree."

"Aren't you afraid that I'll continue to seek death and prevent you from leaving the capital?" Xu Shuying's eyes narrowed.

"What if I said I'd force you to 'yes' right now, and then have someone watch you to prevent you from killing yourself? What would you say then?"

Li Yuan rubbed his hands together, deliberately displaying a lewd look in his eyes.

"You...you dare?" Xu Shuying finally showed a hint of panic on her face and was about to stand up.

But Li Yuan pressed one of his large hands on her shoulder, like a mountain, and she couldn't move at all.

Li Yuan used his other hand to lift her chin. Under the light, he admired her beauty. "Wow, she's really beautiful!"

"Let me go! I'd rather die than be humiliated by people like you!"

Xu Shuying struggled desperately, tears streaming down her face.

Suddenly, her body felt loosened, and Li Yuan withdrew his hand, while Xu Shuying desperately fled to the corner of the bed and wrapped herself in the blanket.

"Xu Shuying, choosing you was just to disgust Li Jun and Xu Rui."

Believe it or not, even if you die, I can still leave the capital.

Li Yuan said calmly.

After saying that, he got up and left.

"You, you..." Xu Shuying stared in shock at his retreating figure.

They actually stopped?

This man seems different from other men?

She unconsciously recalled the details of what had just happened. Although Li Yuan was pressing her down with a lewd grin on his face, his eyes remained cold and indifferent, without the slightest flame of desire.

"Could it be that, in his eyes, my beauty and talent, which have captivated the capital, are utterly insignificant?"

While Xu Shuying was shocked, a strange thought that she couldn't control welled up in her mind!

……

In the courtyard, Li Yuan had already dismissed all the palace maids, eunuchs, and guards. He was going to conduct an experiment based on what had just happened.

He walked straight toward a landscape stone.

The landscape stone weighed over 400 pounds, but Li Yuan managed to lift it easily with a little effort.

Lifting the stone above my head and then gently placing it on the ground felt no different from hugging a light and beautiful woman.

It seems like even if it were twice as heavy, it shouldn't be a problem.

He grabbed a bow from a guard, nocked an arrow, aimed at an incense stick standing a hundred paces away in the darkness, and released the string.

"Bang!" The arrow shot out, and the incense went out.

"I thought Lü Bu was invincible, but I've discovered I'm even more valiant than him... From now on, I can roam the world freely!"

Li Yuan was excited.

As a time-traveling hero, one must possess three unyielding qualities: a strong backbone, unyielding and unbending; powerful fists, capable of conquering the world; and strong brothers, able to sweep away countless women!

Now it seems that the first two are definitely enough.

As for the third thing, he felt it was still the best in the army, but it just lacked the approval of women who had personally experienced it and wanted to spread the word.

Unconsciously, Li Yuan turned his head and looked at the red-adorned palace in the distance. Thinking of Xu Shuying's beautiful face, he scratched his chin.

Actually, this girl is quite nice, but she needs to be tamed first.

……

That night, Li Yuan slept soundly.

Xu Shuying also came to breakfast the next morning.

Seeing Xu Shuying's dark circles under her eyes, Li Yuan deliberately asked, "Your Highness, did you sleep well last night?"

Xu Shuying stared down fiercely, sat down, and pointed at a plate of shrimp. "Your Highness, is this shrimp?"

Li Yuan laughed. "Using a homophone to insult someone? That's interesting."

He picked up a piece of pickled bamboo shoot with his chopsticks and handed it to Xu Shuying, saying, "I don't know what shrimp is, but Your Highness, this is real bamboo shoot (which sounds like 'shrimp' in Chinese), so why don't you try it?"

Xu Shuying glared at him angrily, feeling resentful that she hadn't even scolded him.

"When do you plan to die today? I'll have someone arrange my affairs."

Li Yuan stabbed her again, deliberately teasing her.

It's a cloudy day, so I might as well beat my child since I'm just killing time anyway.

Xu Shuying was even angrier. She picked up the bamboo shoot that Li Yuan had given her and said, "Your Highness's words are truly sharp, like bamboo shoots in the mountains, sharp-tongued, thick-skinned, and hollow inside."

"The princess also has a seductive figure, just like a street vendor's fried dough stick, soft-waisted and tender-hearted!" Li Yuan picked up another fried dough stick and handed it to her.

Damn, trying to play a game of insults?

Laozi's forte was Chinese literature. He was well-versed in various famous couplets from ancient and modern times. He wrote the Spring Festival couplets for the army every year, earning him the nickname "the army's best couplet writer."

Xu Shuying's eyes flashed with surprise. She hadn't expected that the Crown Prince wasn't as incompetent as the legends suggested.

But her competitive spirit as a young person made her extremely dissatisfied.

No, I have to find a chance to get revenge!

Seeing that she had stopped getting angry, Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction and continued eating.

He discovered that he now had an unusually large appetite, eating ten fried dough sticks, three large steamed buns, and two large bowls of porridge before he was full.

After finishing his meal, he went straight to the Ministry of War—he had to get those two thousand soldiers and build his first army!

In addition, the 500,000 taels of silver that were swindled should be exchanged in time and put into safe pocket.

However, as soon as he left the palace, he saw a group of people walking towards him, led by the Second Prince Li Jun—he was about to leave the palace to find Xu Rui to discuss how to deal with Li Yuan.

"Haha, good second brother, we meet again. Did you sleep well last night?"

Li Yuan looked at Li Jun's bloodshot eyes and asked with a mischievous smile.

These words nearly caused Li Jun to lose his temper on the spot.

Damn it, he didn't sleep a wink last night, okay?

"Are you looking for death?"

Li Jun stared at him, his eyes bloodshot as if they could drip blood.

"People are easily irritable when they don't sleep well, and so do I. That girl Shuying kept me up all night, and I woke up this morning with a sore back and aching waist, and I couldn't stand anyone."

Li Yuan deliberately pounded his back and stabbed himself again.

Li Jun instantly exploded on the spot!