I, the villainous eldest prince, will suppress everything!

After several rounds of drinks and five courses of food,

Qin Li, holding a wine glass, took the initiative to approach Sui Ge.

Sui Ge quickly picked up his wine glass and stood up, flattered, and said:

"Your Highness is too kind. It should be your subordinate who is going to offer you the toast."

Qin Li patted him on the shoulder, "You have extraordinary courage; you are the most daring person in my First Prince's residence. I should be the one showing you respect!"

"Come, come, everyone! Let me introduce you to Commander Sui, who has recently joined our Crown Prince's residence!"

"From now on, we're family, like brothers, sharing both good times and bad!"

Qin Li pulled Sui Ge along and introduced him to the others.

This can be considered a formal recognition of Sui Ge as a member of the First Prince's household.

Qin Li took the initiative to introduce himself, which was the first time in so many years.

Everyone looked at Sui Ge and offered him a toast.

Sui Ge responded to each of them, feeling that his future was promising.

Effort is not important; the choice you make is.

Over the years, he has done all the dirty and tiring work for Emperor Xuan.

In the end, however, Emperor Xuan only valued Han Zhen and didn't pay him any attention.

Things will be different from now on. He believes that with Qin Li by his side, his future is bright!

After finishing a round of drinks, Sui Ge suddenly remembered something and whispered to Qin Li, "Your Highness, there is something I'm not sure if I should say."

"explain."

Qin Li, without any restraint, continued to urge the others to drink.

"Your Highness, I have discovered that some of the Third Prince's guards died in gruesome ways yesterday, seemingly the work of demonic cultivators."

"How dare you!"

Zhou Biao, who had been standing behind Qin Li and holding a wine pot, shouted.

"We killed all of the Third Prince's guards yesterday. Does Commander Sui mean that there are members of the demonic path among us?"

Sui Ge quickly clasped his hands and bowed his head, "This subordinate dares not, but the deaths of those guards were indeed extremely tragic. The demonic energy on their corpses was still present. This morning when I came here, I even took a special look. There's no way to fake it."

Zhou Biao was about to reprimand him, but Qin Li raised his hand to stop him.

"Let's go outside and talk."

Qin Li was the first to put down his wine glass, leaving everyone else behind, and walked out of the reception room.

Zhou Biao glared at Sui Ge and followed closely behind.

Sui Ge put down his wine glass and walked out of the reception room.

In a secluded corner outside the hall, Qin Li spoke up, "You weren't there outside Tianxiang Tower yesterday, and even Han Zhen arrived late. How did you know that the third guard's death was suspicious?"

Sui Ge quickly explained, "Your Highness, because of Consort Hui's doting affection, the Third Prince has not yet left his residence and is still living in the palace. His guards are all transferred from the palace's imperial guards."

"Yesterday, all the guards who accompanied the Third Prince out of the palace were dealt with by His Highness's men. Their bodies, along with the Third Prince's, were dragged back to the palace by Han Zhen and his men."

"We Imperial Guards are naturally forbidden from touching the Third Prince's body, but Han Zhen threw all the bodies of the guards to us, telling us to deal with them."

At this point, Sui Ge sighed, "Over the years, we Imperial Guards have done a lot of dirty and tiring work like this."

Getting back to the main point, Sui Ge continued, "That's why I had the opportunity to come into contact with the bodies of those guards."

"At first, I didn't think anything was wrong, but several of the bodies died in truly gruesome ways, and demonic energy lingered on them. They must have been killed by someone from the demonic path!"

"Your Highness, I dare to suggest that there are members of the demonic path among your companions."

After saying that, Qin Li reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness!"

Sui Ge was also worried that those people from the demonic path might have ill intentions and be hiding around him, endangering his life, so he deliberately gave a warning!

Zhou Biao realized what was happening and apologized to Sui Ge.

However, he still clasped his hands in a righteous and solemn manner and said to Qin Li:

"Your Highness, the five hundred men we brought back on this trip are absolutely trustworthy!"

"Some of them are guards from the manor who accompanied us on this trip from the border, while the rest were personally selected by the General."

"I didn't say they were untrustworthy."

Qin Li, with one hand behind his back, said, "Because those guards weren't killed by them at all."

"Go and investigate those Third Prince guards who dragged Xiu'er into the alley yesterday. Did anyone kill them? What exactly happened in the alley?"

"yes!"

Zhou Biao clasped his hands in a fist salute and left.

In fact, this matter is easy to investigate and doesn't require much time.

Because the Third Prince only brought a handful of guards to Tianxiang Tower yesterday, no more than ten in total.

Killing these ten people wouldn't require much of Qin Li's manpower.

Yesterday, the vast majority of the 500 people watched the show from horseback, with only a very small number participating in the attack on the Third Prince's guards.

As for killing the Third Prince's guards in the alley, even fewer were involved.

Soon, Zhou Biao brought two men to give a reply.

Yesterday, it was those two who went and killed the Third Prince's guards in the alley.

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

The two men clasped their hands in a fist salute and knelt on one knee to pay their respects.

Qin Li waved his hand, signaling them to get up, and asked, "Xiuer, was it you who rescued her?"

The two men exchanged a glance, and one answered, "Yes!"

"Were those men who attempted to rape Xiu'er also killed by you?"

The man paused for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "Yes!"

Not to mention Qin Li and Sui Ge, even Zhou Biao noticed that something was wrong.

Zhou Biao squinted and slowly drew his sword from its sheath at his waist.

Hearing the sound behind him, the man swallowed hard in fright.

With a thud, he slammed his head on the ground, and the other one quickly did the same.

"Your Highness, please forgive me!"

"We didn't kill those people!"

"They were already dead when we arrived!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Biao looked at Qin Li and said, "Your Highness, what should we do with these two? Did they deliberately conceal the truth to curry favor with Your Highness?"

Qin Li nodded; how could he not know?

With his hands behind his back, Qin Li looked down at him, his expression devoid of any emotion: "You've been following me for quite some time, you should know my temper."

"Because you deliberately concealed the truth, a major disaster almost occurred!"

Fortunately, it's not too late!

"Will you take your own lives, and I, the prince, will show mercy and spare your families, or...?"

Before they could finish speaking, they looked up at each other and saw regret in each other's eyes.

If they hadn't taken credit, the outcome would have been completely different.

"Your Highness, please have mercy!"

The two kowtowed deeply to Qin Li once more, as a farewell.

Then he straightened up, gathered his inner strength in his right palm, and slammed it heavily onto his forehead.

Qin Li closed his eyes and waved his hand. Zhou Biao quickly called over a few people to carry the two bodies away.

After the body was carried away, Qin Li opened his eyes, feeling deeply distressed.

Today was supposed to be a happy day, but who knew...

If anyone's to blame, blame them for being greedy.

Sui Ge, who witnessed the whole thing, didn't dare to say a word.

This incident also served as a reminder to him.

I must never make the same mistake again.

After thinking for a moment, Sui Ge clasped his hands and said, "Your Highness, should I send someone to bring those corpses over?"

"Need not."

Qin Li refused, "This prince knows who killed them."

"Who?"

Sui Ge asked curiously.

How could you know who killed someone without even looking at the body?

Could it be that Qin Li has enemies among the demonic cultivators?

That shouldn't be the case.

Since they are enemies, they should not kill the Third Prince's guards.

With a flick of his sleeve, Qin Li said, "Prepare the carriage, let's go to the Song residence!"