Tang Dynasty: Starting at Xuanwu Gate, this prince is better off not being one.

"Those few worthless fry can't stop me, can they?"

Wenren An waved his hand, completely unconcerned about his own safety. "That Li Yuanji is simply a beast! Let me tell you..."

In the following time, Wenren'an recounted everything he had seen at the Prince of Qi's residence in detail.

Holy crap!

After hearing his story, the room was filled with exclamations of "Holy crap!"

Especially Changsun Chong, who always thought he was already quite beastly, but after witnessing Li Yuanji's beastly behavior today, he realized that he was still far inferior to him in terms of beastliness.

Apart from Li Yu, the others were still at an age where they had only a superficial understanding of matters between men and women, and they only felt that Yang was very pitiful.

Li Yu sat there in silence, lost in thought, before finally speaking: "Perhaps we can start with this Princess Yang of Qi."

Upon hearing this, Changsun Chong, who was standing right next to Li Yu, was instantly struck dumb, turning his head in astonishment to look at Li Yu.

"When it comes to who's more of a beast, it has to be you, Brother Yu. Compared to you, I'm just a frog in a well..." After saying that, Changsun Chong quietly moved away, putting some distance between himself and Li Yu.

"Get lost! What are you thinking! Your mind is full of filthy thoughts..." Li Yu glared at Changsun Chong and continued to explain, "Princess Qi is in a very awkward situation right now. Although she lives a life worse than a servant, fortunately, Li Yuanji has never restricted her freedom. It can be said that in Prince Qi's eyes, she is just a dispensable punching bag."

"So what? In the end, she's just a pitiful woman. Do you expect her to kill Li Yuanji?" Changsun Chong looked at Li Yu as if he were an idiot, telling him not to have any unrealistic fantasies.

"Of course not!" Li Yu explained, "I just want to recruit her as our informant in the Qi Prince's mansion to monitor Li Yuanji's every move."

Upon hearing this, Changsun Chong shook his head. "If she had such power, how could she possibly be living such a miserable life in the Qi Prince's mansion?"

The others also agreed with Changsun Chong's point of view.

Li Yu simply smiled mysteriously and didn't say anything more.

Although he also felt that Yang could not possibly monitor Li Yuanji, there are records in unofficial histories that she had reminded Li Er on several occasions in times of crisis, which enabled him to successfully escape Li Yuanji's plot to harm him.

Li Yu believed that even unofficial histories would not record things without reason.

Moreover, according to historical records, after Lady Yang was taken into the palace by Emperor Taizong of Tang, he favored her for many years, and even the son she gave birth to was made a prince by Emperor Taizong.

He admitted that Emperor Taizong (Li Er) was a lecher, but Yang could not have won his favor solely based on her beauty. There's even a saying that after Empress Zhangsun's death, Emperor Taizong considered making her empress, but was dissuaded by Wei Zheng.

Whether it's real or fake, you'll only know if it works after you try it...

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At dawn, as the morning drum of Chengtian Gate sounded, the street drums of the entire city of Chang'an also began to beat.

Inside the city, the city gates were opened first, followed by the ward gates and market gates, and pedestrians and merchants entering and leaving Chang'an began to rush in.

In an instant, the streets of Chang'an's various wards and markets were crowded with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages.

An inconspicuous carriage joined the procession at some point and drove all the way to Chongxianfang before stopping.

The carriage curtain was gently lifted, revealing a beautiful and ethereal face.

"Cui'er, have we arrived at Chongxianfang?" Her pretty lips parted slightly, but for some reason, there were some bruises at the corners of her lips.

Upon hearing the sound, the maid driving the carriage replied, "Your Highness, we have arrived at the gate!"

"Hmm." Yang nodded as she poked her head out of the carriage, then handed a waist token to her personal maid, Cui'er.

Cui'er took the waist token and nodded, then urged the carriage to head towards the gate.

When the carriage reached the gate of the neighborhood, it was stopped by someone.

The Jinwuwei guards always inspected carriages that only carried people very carefully. So he first looked at the three large characters "Princess Qi" engraved on the waist tag, and then looked at the inconspicuous carriage. He immediately became suspicious of the people in the carriage.

"This humble general greets Your Highness. Please forgive me, Your Highness, but it is my duty to check whether there are any other people in the carriage."

After the Jinwu Guard finished speaking, Yang Shi, who had somehow put on a veil, nodded to the Jinwu Guard and signaled for him to investigate.

Upon receiving permission, the Imperial Guard peered through the carriage window into the interior. They saw only Yang Shi inside.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual, the guard quickly apologized and let them pass. The vehicle then entered the gate and slowly drove towards a temple.

In the distance, the sound of a temple bell echoed through the mist and down the long street. Then, one bell after another rang out, their deep, resonant tones growing stronger the closer one got to the temple.

Only after driving the carriage all the way to the temple gate did Madam Yang finally get off the carriage with difficulty, supported by her maid Cui'er.

"Miss……"

Seeing her young mistress struggling to stand, Cui'er's eyes welled up with tears of heartache.

She was originally a maidservant of Lady Yang before her marriage. She had been by Lady Yang's side since childhood, and the two could be said to have grown up together.

Yang was gentle and kind by nature, and treated her like a sister. It could be said that she was the only person in the Prince Qi’s mansion who cared about Yang’s life or death.

So when she saw her young mistress being so humiliated in the Qi Prince's mansion, she wanted to die with Li Yuanji many times, but unfortunately she was just a servant and had no chance to attack Li Yuanji, who was highly skilled in martial arts and had guards with him.

"Don't cry, Cui'er."

Looking at this girl whom she treated like a sister, Madam Yang lovingly embraced her and gently stroked her head.

"Miss..." Smelling the reassuring fragrance emanating from Madam Yang, Cui'er cried even more bitterly.

Her young mistress was originally a princess of noble birth, pampered and loved by her family since childhood. But now she had been tortured into this state by Li Yuanji, which made her even more determined to kill that beast Li Yuanji.

"Cui'er, don't do anything foolish. You can't fight that person." Holding Cui'er's arms tighter, Madam Yang said softly, "I will find a way to free you from your slave status. You can find a good man to marry and live a peaceful life."

"No, no, I want to stay with Miss!" Nestled in Madam Yang's arms, Cui'er shook her head desperately.

"My silly girl!" Knowing that she couldn't persuade the girl, Madam Yang could only leave the matter unresolved for the time being.

She tenderly cupped Cui'er's face in her hands and gently kissed her red lips.

The kiss instantly stopped Cui'er's crying, and her face turned bright red with embarrassment.

"Miss……"

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