I, the villainous eldest prince, will suppress everything!

"What?!"

"Your Highness, you slept with the Empress!?"

"No, she slept with me," Qin Li corrected himself after having someone pour him another cup of tea and sitting down.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Biao and the other guards were even more shocked than before, their mouths agape.

I wonder if the Empress, who has already descended from the city wall and is preparing to leave with her army, will break down in anger and start cursing when she hears these words.

Just moments before, Qin Li had promised her that he would never tell a third person about this.

Turning around, Qin Li told his guards the truth.

Needless to say, the entire army would know about this by tonight.

In another month, the entire Zhou Dynasty will know.

In two months, the whole world will know.

Zhou Biao was the first to react, and obediently poured Qin Li another cup of tea. It was good that the tea wasn't poisoned; he had thought it was.

After the tea was poured, they gathered around Qin Li, listening with great curiosity as he recounted the story between him and the Empress.

"Your Highness, why does the Empress want to sleep with you?"

Even though Zhou Biao was smart from a young age, he was still very puzzled after hearing this.

"Why? Of course, it's because the Empress is thinking about the future!"

"Her second uncle, the regent, is plotting to seize her throne!"

"She had no son, so her throne was never secure!"

"But it's different when she has a son; the ministers will all side with her."

Someone explained.

"No, that's not what I meant. What I meant was, why does the Empress sleep with His Highness and not someone else?" Zhou Biao asked.

"Perhaps, your prince is just more handsome."

Qin Li joked.

But everyone knows that's not a reason.

The reason the Empress slept with Qin Li and not with anyone else was because of this.

What they valued wasn't Qin Li's face, but his status as the eldest prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and his future status as the crown prince and the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

With this status, the regent dared not act rashly.

Offending the emperor of another country and persecuting his women and children is something even a regent would have to carefully consider—whether it's worth it or not.

"Alright, stop overthinking!"

"Quickly go out of the city and deliver a message to the General!"

"Tell him to quickly take command of Qingling Pass!"

Qin Li waved his hand and gave the order.

"yes!"

After the men clasped their hands in greeting and left, Qin Li drank a cup of tea and departed from the city tower.

Standing on the city wall, watching the Northern Mang army retreating in an orderly manner within the city, Qin Li put his hands behind his back and slowly narrowed his eyes.

Today he relayed what had happened between him and the Empress.

It wasn't showing off or unintentional; it was deliberate.

He hoped the regent wouldn't be so foolish.

Knowing full well that the Empress had been intimate with him and was pregnant with his child, he still dared to harm them.

If you dare to make a move, Qin Li will really get angry!

When the main villain gets angry, the consequences can be severe!!

……

late at night!

The tightly closed gates of Qingling Pass were flung open with a loud bang.

Wang Hu, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, led his army into the city, and Qin Li personally led his men to welcome them.

"Are you alright? Why did it take so long?"

Wang Hu looked Qin Li up and down and asked with concern.

"It's alright."

Qin Li waved his hand dismissively and said, "I was just slept with by that barbarian woman from the Northern Barbarians. I'll be fine after a night's rest. Everything else is fine."

Qin Li deliberately spoke loudly so that more people could hear him.

Everyone was stunned by these words.

Their expressions were exactly the same as when Zhou Biao and the others learned about this during the day.

His eyes were wide open, and his mouth was agape, big enough to fit a whole fist.

Although Qin Li didn't make his point clear, everyone was smart enough to understand.

That barbarian woman from Northern Mang, who else could she be but an empress?

The Empress slept with Qin Li!

Qin Feng and Su Chen, in particular, were shocked upon hearing the news, and also felt a mixture of envy, jealousy, and resentment.

Before they even set out on the campaign, they had already heard of the Empress's formidable reputation.

She was an extraordinary woman, even more extraordinary than Wei Hongying.

They had hoped that after arriving at the border, they would have some kind of story with it.

Who knew that, let alone any interesting events, they didn't even get to see the Empress.

But Qin Li, the eldest prince who was wicked to the core, actually slept with the Empress.

They always felt that Qin Li had stolen their opportunity!

"Alright, everyone, let's get into the city!"

Having achieved his goal, Qin Li called everyone to enter the city.

Soon, under Wang Hu's leadership, the army entered the city in an orderly manner.

Walking down the city streets, all was deathly silent, with only a few people peeking out of their doors to check on the situation outside.

The whole city looked like a ghost town, with the ground in complete disarray.

"What happened?"

Wang Hu frowned and asked, puzzled.

"Report back to the General."

Zhou Biao clasped his hands in a fist salute and answered for Qin Li: "Before leaving, the Northern Mang army abducted all the people and valuables of the city."

"These scattered civilians probably hid well in their homes and were not discovered by the Northern Mang soldiers searching their homes, thus escaping a disaster."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hu flew into a rage, his tiger-like eyes widening. "Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! How are they any different from a bunch of bandits!"

"By order of the General, the vanguard is to immediately pursue them! The Northern Barbarians, leading the civilians, cannot move fast; we will surely catch up. We must rescue those civilians!"

"Wait a minute!"

Qin Li reached out to stop Wang Hu and gave Wei Hongying a wink.

Let her lead the vanguard battalion and do what she's supposed to do; don't listen to Wang Hu's nonsense.

After Wei Hongying clasped her hands in a fist salute and left, Wang Hu grabbed Qin Li and asked in confusion, "Nephew, what are you doing? Go after them now, it's not too late! Or, should I lead a group to chase after them myself? We're sure we can catch up."

Qin Li dismissed the others behind him, telling them to go about their business.

The two men, accompanied only by a few guards, wandered aimlessly down the street.

"Nephew, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Wang Hu was getting anxious. This was a perfect opportunity to expand their gains, and it would be a real shame to miss it.

Furthermore, the Northern Barbarians plundered the people and all their valuables, leaving them with an empty city.

What use would they have for an empty city?!

"Uncle, please calm down!"

Qin Li first offered a word of comfort before saying, "I did this, of course, for the sake of the future, for the long term!"

In the following time, Qin Li explained the Empress's scheme to Wang Hu in simple and easy-to-understand language.

After hearing this, Wang Hu was even more shocked than before. "That woman, is she really that clever, managing to scheme against us all?"

Qin Li nodded and put his hands behind his back.

Qin Li didn't seem to be lying.

Wang Huqian swallowed twice.

After a while, he said, "If that's the case, then we absolutely cannot let her take all the people of our Great Zhou's northern border back. If she does, wouldn't her strength increase dramatically? What will we use to resist her when she comes back?"

Qin Li shook his head, telling Wang Hu not to worry.

The regent of Northern Mang is enough to give the empress a hard time.

In the next few years, the Empress will no longer have any designs on the Great Zhou.