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

"what!"

A heart-wrenching scream was drowned out by the chaos of war.

Blood gushed from Feng Li's severed arm, adding another layer of crimson to Li Yu's already bloodstained face.

Li Yu had no time to care about any of that at the moment. He casually wiped his eyes, which were covered in blood, and only then could he see the face of the person who threw the knife.

A young man dressed in black was riding towards them on horseback, carrying a dark, round ball in one hand and still holding a knife in the other.

"Xiao An!" Li Yu exclaimed in surprise, wondering why Wenren An would be here.

"I arrived just in time, didn't I!"

After dismounting, Wenren An didn't even glance at Feng Li, who was writhing on the ground in pain, and triumphantly tossed the dark object in his hand in front of Li Yu.

"What is this?"

Li Yu reached out and pulled the thing aside in confusion. After seeing what it was, he immediately turned his head away and vomited on the ground.

That damn thing was a bloody human head!

"Look at you, so pathetic!" Wenren An curled her lip. "I originally wanted to go out of the manor to find out what was going on at the Prince Qi's residence, but I found out that Li Yuanji wasn't even there."

"I then found Princess Qi, but to my surprise, that woman told me that Li Yuanji had gone to Xuanwu Gate and had sent a guy named Yuwen Bao with eight hundred guards to massacre Prince Zhao's mansion."

"So I rushed back to the manor, only to find your father being protected by several guards and trying to break through the encirclement. So I rescued him and killed that guy named Yuwen Bao in the process."

"..."

Staring blankly at Wenren An's smug expression, Li Yu asked incredulously, "You wiped out eight hundred people all by yourself?"

"How could that be!" Wenren An looked at Li Yu as if he were an idiot. "It was me and your family's guards who killed him together."

"Speaking of which, your dad is really brave." Wenren An clicked his tongue twice: "He just sat there in your... wheelchair, and he slaughtered a group of people into bloody gourds. I even doubt if you're his biological daughter!"

"Get lost!" Li Yu glared at him, pointing at Yuwen Bao's severed head. "Take that thing away! It's disgusting!"

"Tch!" Wenren An gave Li Yu a disdainful look, then kicked the man's head, sending it flying.

"Huh?" Li Yu was about to say that he could keep this thing to curry favor with Li Er when he saw the head smash straight into the face of a Xuanjia Army soldier.

The soldier who had been hit was stunned. He wiped the dirt off his face and was about to curse when a man on horseback suddenly burst through the gate, shouting at the top of his lungs, "His Highness Prince Qin has executed Crown Prince Qi! His head has been hung above Xuanwu Gate by General Yuchi. Those who know what's good for them should surrender immediately!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present stopped fighting and watched as the man ran towards the Qin Prince's mansion.

As the man's figure gradually disappeared, a commotion erupted at the gate.

"His Highness the Crown Prince has passed away!?"

"What? His Highness the Crown Prince has been killed by the King of Qin? What should we do?"

"..."

Feng Li, who was rolling on the ground, was furious when he heard the news.

So he grabbed someone at random and questioned them, "What did that person just say?"

"His Highness the Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi have been executed by His Highness the Prince of Qin," the soldier said tremblingly, looking at Feng Li's terrifying appearance.

Upon hearing the soldier's words, Feng Li seemed to lose all his strength and collapsed to the ground.

After a long while, he got up again, picked up a knife from the ground, looked at Xuanwu Gate, and resolutely said, "How can one who has received kindness in life flee from disaster in death? Your Highness! This humble general will follow you now!"

After saying that, he slit his own throat with a knife in full view of everyone. Even after the blood had drained from his veins, his eyes remained fixed on the sky…

"Commander!"

Seeing that Feng Li had died a martyr, some loyal soldiers followed suit, creating a scene of extreme tragedy...

As the saying goes, some are happy while others are sad. In contrast, Li Yu's personal guards and Xuanjia Army soldiers were extremely excited. After breathing a sigh of relief, they couldn't help but cheer: "Your Highness has won! We have won!"

Li Yu was also very excited at this moment! However, when he saw Xue Wanche being guarded by several Xuanjia soldiers, he became very unhappy, so he quietly approached him and said, "The situation has reversed, General Xue! My uncle and the Prince of Qi are both dead. That Feng Li is a real man, and I will collect his body later. As for you..."

At this point, a hint of contempt flashed in Li Yu's eyes: "For Lord Xue's sake, as long as you surrender, you will be spared your life."

After saying that, he mounted a horse without looking back and rode off towards the Qin Prince's residence...

Damn it! That bastard killed so many of my personal guards, I'll make him suffer, or I'm not a Li!

.........

At the Qin Prince's residence, the remaining cavalry originally led by Feng Li had long been slaughtered by Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong, leaving very few survivors.

The remaining cavalrymen were fighting against Changsun, who was personally leading the charge.

So when the messenger arrived at the Prince of Qin's residence, he saw Changsun, covered in blood, shielding a group of people behind him as he pulled his sword from a soldier's chest.

Upon seeing this, the messenger was terrified.

He was also a personal guard of the Prince of Qin's mansion and had served the Prince of Qin for many years, but he had never seen the Princess of Qin look like this before.

The terrified messenger forgot to report the news until Li Yu arrived and relayed the message: "His Highness Prince Qin has executed Crown Prince Qi! His head has been hung above Xuanwu Gate by General Yuchi. Those who know what's good for them should surrender immediately!"

quiet!

Everything was quiet!

It wasn't until Changsun, who was holding the sword, collapsed to the ground that everyone realized that the King of Qin had succeeded!

Just as joy was rising in everyone's hearts, they heard the eldest grandson, who was sitting on the ground, burst into tears.

"Sister-in-law! Second brother is going to be the crown prince!"

Dugu Jin helped Changsun up from the ground, patted him on the back, and comforted him.

"Yes! Erlang is the Crown Prince now!"

As she spoke, she looked around and fixed her gaze on a soldier, ordering, "Horse! Give me the horse!"

How could the soldiers dare disobey Changsun's orders? So they hurriedly jumped off their horses and nervously handed the reins to Changsun.

The next moment, Changsun gracefully mounted his horse after taking the reins, and then spurred it on towards the gate with heroic bearing...

"What are you all standing there for? Follow them and protect Princess Qin!" Li Yu nudged a guard dressed as a leader next to him.

"Huh? Oh!" The leader, who had been in a daze, was brought back to his senses by Li Yu. He then clasped his hands in a salute to Li Yu and sat on the horse.

"All personnel, listen to my command! March towards Xuanwu Gate! Protect the Princess Consort!"

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