My father, Li Shimin, requests Your Majesty to become the Retired Emperor.

Li Chengan leaped out of the cave, mounted his horse, and left Mogao Caves.

He thought about it and realized how close he had come to that. He never expected to encounter such an extraordinary person in Dunhuang.

They just haven't figured out who that fat guy is yet.

At this moment, Li Chengan felt hungry and went to stay at the Flying Apsaras Inn on Dunhuang Street.

After eating and drinking his fill, Li Chenggan took a hot bath.

A charcoal fire was burning in the room.

He lay on the couch, lost in thought.

Li Chenggan thought to himself, "Ever since I transmigrated, being this damned Crown Prince has been exhausting. It's been a life-or-death struggle."

He originally thought that becoming the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty would allow him to live a carefree, extravagant, and decadent life.

But it turned out they were wrong. They got up earlier than the roosters and went to bed later than the dogs, and all their efforts were for nothing.

Now that I don't have to be the crown prince anymore, I feel much more relaxed.

Li Chengan thought of his father, the emperor, who had been too cruel to him. Could he possibly gather troops to fight against the court like Liu Ju had?

If that were the case, it would cause a catastrophe, which is not what I want to see. I have not brought any benefits to the people of the Tang Dynasty, so how can I push them into an abyss?

Originally, I wasn't really interested in anything like being a crown prince or the throne.

Li Chengan thought of his mother again. To be honest, he felt he had never fulfilled his filial duty in the slightest.

From childhood to adulthood, my mother has worried about me countless times.

Now, because of me, the relationship between my mother and father is not as close as it used to be.

If it weren't for the fact that the Empress Dowager was pregnant, the Emperor might not have gone to the Hall of State Affairs.

Li Chengan thought of his beloved Su Wan again, and felt a deep sense of guilt.

Su Wan was so good to me, but by a twist of fate, that night I was poisoned and mistook Qu Zhili for Su Wan, which led to our affair.

Even more outrageous is that Qu Zhili actually got pregnant with her own child.

This was completely unexpected. If I had known, I would have at least taken some safety precautions.

Although she has escaped, it's uncertain whether her father will cause trouble for her in the future.

Li Chengqian thought of Li Tai again. Every time he thought of Li Tai, Li Chengqian's heart ached. He thought to himself, "I treated you like a younger brother, but you never treated me like an older brother. You treated me like an enemy."

How many times have you tried to kill me? Are we brothers or mortal enemies? What deep-seated hatred do we have that makes you treat me like this?

Isn't it all because of the position of crown prince?

Is the position of Crown Prince really that important to you?

In his quest for the position of crown prince, he resorted to any means necessary, even spending a fortune to hire assassins to kill me.

Li Chengan took out the copy of the *Tao Te Ching* given to him by Master Xuanzang from his bosom, and read it for a while.

Before long, drowsiness overcame him, and Li Chenggan drifted off to sleep.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but Li Chengan gradually felt as if a warm and soft body was wriggling in his arms, with skin as smooth as satin.

Immediately afterwards, Li Chenggan felt as if someone was kissing his cheek.

Li Chengan was in a state between sleep and wakefulness.

He was also confused, unsure whether it was real or a hallucination.

He opened his sleepy eyes and looked in the lamplight, and sure enough, he saw a beautiful woman riding on his hips.

The woman wore a red bodice over her chest, her entire back exposed. Her sweaty breasts rose and fell with her breath, as if the bodice would burst.

Those long, slender legs, as white as jade, were so alluring that they were captivating to behold.

Li Chenggan pinched his thigh.

"Ouch!"

Li Chengan woke himself up with pain. He had heard that when someone pinches their own thigh and feels pain, it means they are not dreaming.

The woman reached out her delicate hand to untie Li Chengqian's belt.

Li Chengan suddenly grabbed her wrist and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Your Highness, let's consummate our marriage tonight."

Li Chengan recognized the voice so well.

He looked closely and saw that the woman was none other than Fuyu Fengmei.

Li Chenggan sat up abruptly: "Princess, you mustn't do this."

Why?

Why can you be with Qu Zhili but not with me?

Do you think I'm not as pretty as her?

"That's not the case. I've told you before, you're very good-looking too."

Li Chenggan jumped off the bed and dressed himself neatly.

Fu Yu Fengmei pouted angrily: "I've been so proactive, and this is how you treat me? It's not fair."

Li Chengan was speechless upon hearing this. Instead of responding to her question, he changed the subject: "Princess, what are you doing here?"

Fu Yu Feng Mei's beautiful eyes looked at Li Cheng Gan: "Your Highness, I have been following you all along, didn't you know?"

After we met in Chang'an, you told me to go back to the guesthouse to rest, while you went to the Duke of Yi's mansion.

However, when I inquired at the Duke of Yi's residence, I learned that you had already left.

Some people said that you appeared at the Great Ci'en Temple, and I found Master Xuanzang again.

Master Xuanzang said to me, "You have come to the west, and it is very likely that you have come to Dunhuang."

So I rushed to Dunhuang without stopping, and on the way, I happened to meet Qin Ying.

He said you two just broke up.

Honestly, isn't it good enough to have Qin Ying by your side taking care of you?

Why did you send Qin Ying away?

"Because I am a guilty person now, I don't want to implicate him."

"However, this is fine too. I'll take care of you from now on."

As Fuyu Fengmei spoke, she picked up a mink coat and put it on.

"Princess, thank you for your kindness, but times have changed."

I was once the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, but now I have been deposed and am a wanted criminal by the court.

"What good will come of you following me? So, you should go back."

After dressing neatly and getting off the bed, Fu Yu Feng Mei poured Li Cheng Gan a cup of hot tea and handed it to him.

Fu Yu Fengmei pulled at her chest: "Your Highness, you are mistaken."

First of all, your father deposed you in a fit of anger, and I believe it won't be long before he restores you to the position of crown prince.

On the other hand, even if your father doesn't reinstate you as crown prince, do you think I care about that?

"As long as I can be with you, even if you're a fugitive, I'd be happy."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengan was deeply moved: "Thank you."

This time, my father is serious.

Since he decided to cripple me, there's no way I can recover.

in addition,

I cannot implicate anyone around me.

"Including you, so you'd better hurry back to Baekje and find a way to save your brother, Buyeo Pungjang."

"I will definitely save Fuyu Fengzhang, but I won't go back. I want to stay with you."

People say that those who are near the water get the moon first, but I've already suffered a lot from that.

Fu Yu Feng Mei stepped forward and took Li Cheng Qian's hand. "Let me stay and serve you tonight."

"That's not allowed."

at this time,

Fu Yu Fengmei suddenly heard someone in the next room mention Li Chengqian's name.

Buyeo Pungmi whispered to Lee Seung-gan, "Your Highness, there are people next door who mentioned your name."

Li Chengan also found it strange, wondering how anyone could recognize him when he had just arrived in Dunhuang.

Li Chenggan and Fuyu Fengmei immediately became alert.

Li Chengan blew out the light in the room, and the two of them tiptoed out of the room and went to the back window of the next room.

They crouched down under the window.

Li Chengan reached out and poked a hole in the paper window, peeking inside.

Inside the room, two people were sitting on chairs at the table, one on the left and one on the right.

One of them was the fat man he had fought at the Mogao Caves.

There was another person, who turned out to be Zhang Shigui.

The two chatted while drinking tea.

Zhang Shigui asked, "Did you capture Li Chenggan, that prospective prince, Long Xian?"

Prince Long slammed his fist on the table: "This time, Li Chengqian is lucky to have escaped."

Immediately afterwards, Long Xiannazhun recounted the events of his fight with Li Chenggan at the Mogao Caves.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shigui sighed deeply: "I never imagined that even after mastering the unparalleled Toad Style martial art, you still couldn't capture Li Chenggan."

"That's right! However, Li Chengqian's skills are beyond my imagination. His swordsmanship is quite powerful and has great strength. He actually destroyed our Buddha statue."

We spent a lot of money designing that Buddha statue.

"Your Highness, your wine sells so well, and you're incredibly wealthy. Do you really need this little bit of money?"

Long Xianna waved his hand: "You can't say that. That's my hard-earned money."

Zhang Shigui smiled and said, "Don't worry, all the losses will be borne by our imperial court."

Later, I'll send a letter to Li Shimin and ask him to allocate funds for you.

"General Zhang, I know you are a favorite of Li Shimin."

I'll leave this to you.

"No need to be so polite, do we really need to say such things between us?"

Hearing this from outside the window, Li Chengan gasped in shock.

He never expected that Zhang Shigui would be colluding with Yanqi. It seems that the fat man is a prince of Yanqi.

However, Li Chengan did not see this person when he went to Yanqi last time.

Long Xianna asked, "General Zhang, is it true that Li Shimin has really crippled Li Chenggan this time and is even going to hunt him down?"

"How could this be fake? The imperial edict is right here; you can see for yourself if you don't believe me."

At this point, Zhang Shigui took out an imperial edict from his pocket and handed it to Long Xianna.

Long Xianna accepted the imperial edict, opened it to read, and then nodded: "Great, that's wonderful!"

Last time, Li Tai led the Tang army to attack us, but we defeated them soundly and they fled in disarray.

It is said that at that time, countless soldiers of the Tang army deserted.

Later, Li Shimin replaced Li Chengan with Li Chengan in the army, and the Tang army underwent a complete transformation.

Li Chenggan defeated our army time and time again.

To be honest, what we fear most is Li Chenggan.

Now that Li Chenggan has been deposed and is being hunted down by the imperial court, it is truly a great thing for us in Yanqi.

From now on, we in Yanqi have nothing to fear.

Zhang Shigui nodded, picked up his teacup and took a sip: "However, the Blue Rakshasa woman missed a golden opportunity."

On the Lantern Festival, Li Shimin hosted a banquet for his civil and military officials, which could have brought together the elite of the Tang Dynasty. However, due to the poor planning of the Blue Rascal, Su Wan saw through his scheme, which was a real pity.

It will be very difficult to have such an opportunity again in the future.

"That brat Su Wan is also hateful." Long Xian clenched his fist.

"Yes, she's very shrewd."

In addition, Lan Po Rakshasa and Li Chenggan made a deal.

She sold 8 jars of wine to Li Chenggan at a 1% discount.

Li Chenggan made a fortune.

"Oh, what happened? We had 10 jars of wine planned to be sold to the Japanese, how did they end up being sold to Li Chenggan?"

"Oh dear, we've all been fooled by Li Chengqian."

Originally, the Blue Rascal was going to sell 100,000 jars of wine to the Wa people, and the two sides had already agreed on a price.

The Wa (Japanese) Kingdom purchased them at 10 taels of silver per jar, so 10 jars of wine would cost 100 million taels of silver.

However, Li Chengan deliberately ruined the deal in order to obtain the wine.

They sold 20,000 jars to the Japanese, leaving 80,000 jars remaining.

Then, Li Chenggan captured the Blue Bharadvaja.

They threatened her, forcing her to sell the remaining 8 jars of wine to Li Chengan for one tael of silver per jar.

That's a tenfold price difference!

Therefore, Li Chenggan had room to maneuver and made a fortune.

Upon hearing this, Long Xianna was so angry that he punched the table: "That Li Chenggan, he's really cunning, he's actually resorting to extortion!"

"Moreover, all the money earned went into Li Chengqian's personal pocket."

He did not hand over the money to the national treasury.

"Li Chengqian is quite audacious. Eighty thousand jars of wine, if sold at 20 taels of silver per jar, that's over a million taels of silver."

"So we have to find a way to capture Li Chenggan and squeeze him for a lot of money, we can get some of it out of him."

"General Zhang, you're right. Those 10 jars of wine were something we worked hard to produce for several months."

Each jar cost only one tael of silver, not even enough to cover the cost; the profits were all pocketed by Li Chengan. It's truly despicable.

After hearing this, Buyeo Pungmi turned around and asked Lee Seung-gan in a low voice with a smile, "Your Highness, so you've made so much money! You didn't even tell me."

Li Chengan blushed: "I did make some money, but whether I can take it with me is another matter. It's all left in Chang'an."

Then Long Xiannazhun continued, "The Longtu cavalry have always looked down on me, thinking I am the most incompetent of all."

"As long as you support me as king in the future, you will certainly reap the rewards."

Zhang Shigui laughed heartily: "To tell you the truth, not long ago, Li Shimin sent me to Hedong to recruit troops."

In fact, I recruited a large number of soldiers, and I have detained 3 of the strongest men, who are currently undergoing training.

That army was my private army, completely obedient to me; they would do whatever I told them to do.

"To be frank, if I told them to oppose the Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin, they would have to listen to me."

Upon hearing this, Long Xianna frowned: "What you're doing is probably a violation of the Li Tang court's regulations. If you're discovered, it's a capital offense."

"Yes, but it's not a big problem. Li Chenggan overheard this back then."

I was indeed a little worried, but...

Li Chengan is now a fugitive criminal, and Li Shimin wants to kill him. What do I have to be afraid of?

"All we need to do is kill Li Chenggan, take his head back to collect the reward, and everything will be solved once he's dead."

"But Li Chenggan is not easy to deal with."

We missed a fantastic opportunity today.

Li Chengan heard everything clearly outside the window, thinking to himself that Zhang Shigui was truly audacious. He never expected that Zhang would actually collude with Yanqi and even want to enthrone this fat man as some kind of king.

It seems that Yanqi is not as united as it appears on the surface.

Zhang Shigui stroked his beard and said, "Your Highness, let's join forces to take down Li Chenggan."

Although Li Chengan is now crippled, he still wields considerable power. If he doesn't die, he poses a danger to us.