The Demonic Crown Prince

"Li Yuan, how dare you..."

Zhao Shanhe was furious and pointed his halberd at Li Yuan.

"Swish!" Li Yuan drew a knife from the waist of his subordinate beside him, the cold blade unsheathed, and held it directly to his neck.

"Old thief, if you keep making noise, you'll be an accomplice. Believe me or not, I'll kill you too, so you won't even have the chance to appeal to the Emperor."

"Kneel down!"

Li Yuan shouted.

"You, you..." Zhao Shanhe glared angrily, but the chilling aura from the blade seeped into his body, making it difficult for him to breathe.

"I'll say it again, kneel down. Three, two, one!" Li Yuan's eyes suddenly turned fierce.

Zhao Shanhe was terrified and knelt down with a thud, lowering his head and clenching his teeth. "This old minister has offended the King of Qin. Please forgive me!"

"You were once a military general, and yet you've already shown such disdain!" Li Yuan slowly moved his sword away, his eyes filled with contempt as he pointed at him. "Remember this, Zhao Shanhe, this is the first and last time. Otherwise, I dare to kill you right here in the imperial court!"

Having said that, he went to the body of Liu Guanjia and his son, drew his ancestral spear, wiped the blood off their bodies, then shouldered the spear, turned and left, moving like a graceful swan, incredibly dashing!

Watching his retreating figure, Zhao Shanhe's eyes were filled with a mixture of shock, anger, shame, and indignation. He slowly stood up and left in a sorry state amidst the cheers of the people for the King of Qin.

……

On the way back, a group of subordinates stared at Li Yuan's back with eyes full of respect and admiration!

Especially for those like Scarface San who had experienced similar trauma and suffering, everything the prince did today was essentially a form of revenge for them. The exhilaration and catharsis they felt were indescribable.

"Why are you all staring at me like that?" Li Yuan looked at the group of people with amusement.

"Your Highness, you were even more heroic and unparalleled today than when you defeated the three great masters of the Western Wilderness! You were absolutely dashing!"

Yan Poshan looked at him with eyes full of reverence and said from the bottom of his heart.

"It's not that exaggerated. It was just killing two beastly father and son."

Li Yuan shook his head and smiled.

"No... Your Highness!" Yan Poshan shook his head. "Killing these two people is easy, but how much pressure would it take to kill them? You must know, their identities are extraordinary, and Prime Minister Zhao Shanhe has come to plead for them, even carrying an imperial decree..."

"It's nothing special. There are plenty of people carrying imperial orders, but no matter how great an imperial order is, can it be greater than the voice of the people?"

The people are like water, and the royal family is like a boat; water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!

At this point, Li Yuan sighed.

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it... Your Highness, you are absolutely right. I simply cannot express in words the respect I have for you!"

Indeed, you are destined for great things, and you are sure to achieve great things!

Yan Poshan murmured these words, nodding slowly, but deliberately emphasizing the words "great undertaking".

Li Yuan gave him a meaningful look, then just laughed and didn't say anything.

"But, Your Highness, I still have some questions. Please answer them."

Yan Poshan said in a low voice.

"Just tell me."

Li Yuan nodded.

"I want to know, you could have just killed Liu Guanjia and his son, so why did you have to offend Zhao Shanhe so badly?"

In any case, he was the Prime Minister of the West, who held military power!

Yan Poshan asked in confusion.

"Poshan, do you know when people are most likely to make mistakes?"

Li Yuan looked at him and asked.

"Was it when you were... angry?" Yan Poshan pondered for a moment and asked tentatively.

"Congratulations, you got it right." Li Yuan nodded approvingly and continued, "If our enemy is in a state of extreme anger, wouldn't they be more prone to making mistakes? And an enemy who makes a mistake gives us more opportunities to retaliate. Isn't that right?"

Li Yuan said again.

"Could it be that Your Highness has been doing this on purpose all these days?"

Yan Poshan seemed to understand somewhat, but he still needed to think more about the key points.

Li Yuan simply smiled and nodded, but didn't reveal everything. He let time prove whether what he was doing was right or wrong.

……

Funing Garden.

"How dare he defy the imperial order, kill Liu Guanjia and his son right in front of you, and even force you to kneel down?"

Li Feng lay on the bed, his face as pale as paper. After listening to Zhao Shanhe's words, he kept sneering.

"Yes, that bastard Li Yuan is so arrogant and domineering that it's unparalleled in the world!"

It's infuriating that after hearing about this, His Majesty merely cursed a few times and then said nothing more.

It feels like there's nothing we can do about him anymore.

Zhao Shanhe said angrily.

"Very good, excellent, this is a great thing."

Li Feng said calmly.

"How so?" Zhao Shanhe looked at him.

"That proves that Father has reached his limit of anger towards him, which also means that he will not care what we do anymore!"

"In that case, we'll begin our operation as soon as he leaves the capital region!"

Li Feng turned to look at Zhao Shanhe, his eyes cold and sharp as knives.

"Aren't we going to wait for the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince? Are we supposed to do it ourselves?"

Zhao Shanhe said hesitantly.

"What can those two good-for-nothings accomplish? Before, we just wanted them to provide cover and then frame them in the end."

Now, there's no need for such trouble. We can just ambush them on the only road they can take to the north, at Luoying Mountain, a hundred miles outside the capital!

In addition, Liu Guanjia died at just the right time this time. Didn't he have a younger brother named Liu Guanying?

Even his elder brother and nephew have perished under Li Yuan's spear. Let him lead five thousand elite troops to kill Li Yuan; perfect, give him a chance for revenge!

Li Feng gritted his teeth.

"Isn't this a bit too hasty?"

Zhao Shanhe was still somewhat hesitant.

"Prime Minister Zhao, the situation has reached this point, and we must seize the opportunity. Otherwise, if we allow him to escape beyond the capital region, the vast open spaces will make it much harder to kill him if he decides to flee!"

Li Feng said.

Recalling the incident earlier that day when Li Yuanwei forced him to kneel, Zhao Shanhe felt a surge of anger and decided not to stop him.

He nodded emphatically. "Very well, in that case, I will make the arrangements immediately. This time, I will definitely bring back Li Yuan's head to avenge His Highness the Third Prince and myself!"

"Go do it. This time, Li Yuan must die!"

Li Feng nodded.

……

Over the next two days, Li Yuan calmed down considerably, which made many people who had previously made things difficult for him in court breathe a sigh of relief. They believed that Li Yuan would not cause them any more trouble and hoped that he would die out there and never return to the capital.

Otherwise, if this continues, he will turn the capital upside down!

The tenth day, the day before Li Yuan left Beijing.

On Lingcui Mountain, Li Yuan met Jiang Zhanyue again.

This was also because Jiang Zhanyue took the initiative to invite him to meet again at Lingcui Mountain, saying that she had important matters to discuss!