I, the villainous eldest prince, will suppress everything!

It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky that Qin Li led Wei Hongying to the place where the Northern Barbarians were temporarily imprisoned.

"Pah! You're nothing but an animal!"

With every step, Wei Hongying felt excruciating pain and limped along.

She really wanted to clench her fists and smash Qin Li's head in a few punches!

They don't cherish her at all, they don't cherish her at all, they don't cherish her at all!

Important things said three times! ! !

She was absolutely furious!

She took advantage of her feelings for him.

Qin Li then acted recklessly!

Now, Wei Hongying finally understands.

Why does Xiao Xue'er hate Qin Li so much?

She wants Xiao Xue'er, but she also hates her!

"How dare you insult this prince! I punish you by making you come here again tonight, and I will teach you a lesson." Qin Li joked.

Qin Li felt that he had not done anything wrong.

Being called a needle, who can tolerate that?

Even an ordinary man couldn't stand it, let alone the eldest prince.

If he swallows this insult, would he still be considered a man?

Soon, the two arrived at the place where prisoners were being held.

Raising his eyebrows, Qin Li asked incredulously, "You're just keeping them locked up here?"

"Your Highness, is there a problem?"

The general in charge of guarding the area, with a serious expression, clasped his hands in a respectful gesture and asked in return.

Upon hearing this, Qin Li's lips twitched violently, and he was speechless.

All that could be seen was Jin Ge, the Northern Mang general who had been defeated by Su Chen yesterday, along with several of his men and two princes of Northern Mang, all imprisoned in an open-air wooden cage!

The cage was drafty, and the people inside could only sit or squat, which was extremely humiliating!

Last night, Qin Li and Wei Hongying spent the whole night in the shelter, but they also knew that the blizzard outside was very strong, and the wooden door of the shelter was rattling loudly in the wind.

The blizzard that lasted all night turned them all into snowmen.

Even now, the snow on their bodies hasn't completely melted away.

They huddled together, shivering, but they didn't freeze to death; that's purely due to their strong constitution.

"This is a huge problem."

Wei Hongying couldn't help but reprimand them, "Do you even realize that they're not just our prisoners, they're hostages!"

"If it were a normal hostage, this treatment would be fine, and no one would say anything."

"But there are two princes from Northern Mang among them; something can't happen to them!"

"Ahem!"

Just then, the Northern Barbarian general inside the cage coughed twice, patted the snow off his body, and looked up at the people outside the cage. "Finally, someone has spoken up for justice."

Snapped!

The general cracked his whip, striking the cage, and glared at it, shouting:

"Did I tell you to speak? Speak up only when I tell you to, or I'll beat you to death!"

He was about to whip her again, but Wei Hongying grabbed his wrist and lifted it up.

"Angry? You vented your anger on the Northern Barbarians on the battlefield, and now you're taking it out on a few prisoners. What a show of power the general has!"

The general was about to retort when he saw Qin Li's grim face, so he immediately withdrew his hands, clasped his hands in a fist and pleaded, "Your Highness, please forgive me, this humble general knows his crime!"

With a wave of his hand, the soldiers opened the cages and released the Northern Barbarian prisoners.

After the man emerged, the general clasped his hands in a fist salute to Qin Li and said, "This humble general takes his leave!"

After saying this, the general led his men away, his eyes filled with resentment.

After they left, Wei Hongying waved her hand, instructing her personal guards to take the prisoners to a nearby shelter so they could warm up.

"Your Highness, shall we go too?"

The words had been out for a long time, but Qin Lidong was nowhere to be seen beside him.

Wei Hongying couldn't help but follow Qin Li's gaze, which was in the direction the generals had just left. She could still see their backs now.

Watching the general's departing figure, Qin Li narrowed his eyes. "Where did this man come from if he wasn't my uncle's subordinate?"

If they were Wang Hu's men, they would never dare to act so presumptuously in front of him.

Wei Hongying replied, "Our army has a rather complex composition. There are generals' men, soldiers recruited along the way, and remnants of defeated soldiers absorbed at the border. This man should be a former border general."

"I guess he's been losing to the Northern Barbarians and has lost many of his men. He's angry about it, which is why he treated the Northern Barbarian prisoners like that last night."

Qin Li looked at Wei Hongying, "You, he treated you like this, and you're still defending him?"

If Qin Li hadn't been there, that general would definitely have been rude to Wei Hongying, and might even have attacked her.

He's just like those generals who mocked Wei Hongying for not knowing how to fight!

"If you ask me, this kind of person has no real skills; they just like to bully others at home!"

Qin Li gave a brief assessment, then his eyes suddenly turned fierce, "In that case, this prince doesn't mind carrying out a major purge."

"From now on, let's use the same surname here."

Upon hearing this, Wei Hongying nodded.

This time, the reason why the Great Zhou suffered such a complete defeat was largely due to the fact that the various armies were not of the same surname.

No one wanted to follow orders, so they fought their own battles and couldn't communicate effectively. This was all thanks to Emperor Xuan's art of balancing things.

Little did they know that all this trying to find a balance would only lead to one outcome: utter defeat.

"Let's go."

Qin Li turned around.

Wei Hongying nodded and followed.

Soon, the two arrived at the nearest shelter.

At the door, Zhou Biao stopped Qin Li and whispered, "Your Highness, if this man surnamed Jin is truly at the peak of the ninth rank, Your Highness should be careful."

Qin Li knew what Zhou Biao was worried about: that Jin Ge would turn against him and suddenly attack him after he went inside!

Even with a large number of people around Qin Li in the confined space, no one could guarantee his absolute safety.

Therefore, it's best not to go in.

"It's alright. If he wanted to make a move, he would have done so already. Why wait until now?"

Qin Li patted Zhou Biao on the shoulder, telling him to relax, and then walked straight into the shelter that was half-built underground.

Zhou Biao couldn't really relax. He suppressed his fear and asked Qin Li's top bodyguard to come out.

Little Red, a peak eighth-grade Crimson Serpent!

Don't underestimate it just because it's only an eighth-rank. With its powerful bloodline, its true strength is close to the peak of the ninth rank, and it can even fight against a grandmaster!

Because it is in hibernation and rarely wakes up, Zhou Biao usually takes care of the Crimson Serpent.

Watching Zhou Biao hold the Crimson Serpent in both hands, he followed Qin Li inside.

Wei Hongying couldn't help but smile and followed them inside.

Inside the shelter, it was warm as spring. Jin Ge and the others who had recently arrived were radiating heat, feeling as if they had been brought back to life.

After Qin Li entered, he said with his hands behind his back, "You've been soaked in the snow all night, and then you suddenly came in. Your clothes must have gotten completely wet, which will be very uncomfortable to wear and could easily make you sick!"

"In a moment, I will have someone bring each of you a set of clean clothes. However, we from Northern Mang do not have any. It would be uncomfortable for you to wear clothes taken from the dead, since they all belong to my Great Zhou."

Jin Ge led the group around the brazier to warm themselves. Hearing this, he grinned and said, "In this Great Zhou army camp, you're the only one who looks like a human being!"

"How dare you!"

Zhou Biao couldn't help but shout, "This is our eldest prince!"

"Isn't he the Seventh Prince?"

Jin Ge countered with a question.

Yesterday, when they were surrounded, Qin Li said he was the seventh prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How come he's the first prince now?

Qin Li smiled. "It is indeed the First Prince. You've also met the Seventh Prince; he was standing next to me yesterday, the one who's not as handsome as me!"

"..."

Jin Ge was speechless.

The eldest prince it is.

There's not much difference.

Before long, bowls of steaming hot cooked meat were brought in, all at Qin Li's request.

Upon seeing the meat, the crowd, whose stomachs had long been empty with hunger, began to drool.

However, without Jin Ge's order, none of them dared to step forward.

Several bowls of meat were brought up and placed in front of them. Qin Li gestured, saying, "Eat up, replenish your energy!"

No one moved, and Jin Ge didn't move either; he just kept warming himself by the fire.

Qin Li had a chair brought to him and laughed, "What, are you afraid I'll poison the meat?"

"Don't worry, if I wanted to kill you, I would have done it yesterday. Why wait until now? And why waste so much meat?"

"Some of us want to eat it but can't even get it."

After saying that, Qin Li waved his hand and had someone bring a chair for Wei Hongying to sit down.

It's not that he doesn't know how to cherish women; Wei Hongying worked hard last night, and her skin is swollen.