I, the villainous eldest prince, will suppress everything!

Your Royal Highness?

Pei Shier slowly straightened up, frowning slightly.

Where did the Great Zhou get a Crown Prince? The old emperor hasn't even appointed a Crown Prince yet, has he?

She moved her foot away, grabbed the blue-robed young man's collar with one hand, and asked, "Which Crown Prince are you?"

The young man in blue said, "Of course it's our Great Zhou's Crown Prince. Don't you know? Our Great Zhou already has a Crown Prince. It was just announced to the world a while ago that our Great Zhou's former eldest prince, Qin Li, has been made Crown Prince."

Upon hearing the name, Pei Twelve suddenly realized, "So it was him."

Loosening the collar of the blue-robed young man, Pei Twelve clapped his hands, narrowed his eyes, and seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, Pei Twelve turned to leave.

The young man in blue hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

Pei Shier turned around and smiled: "I already said, of course I'm going to find the other person for a drink."

"Are you out of your mind? Even the head of your Pei family doesn't dare to cause trouble for His Highness the Crown Prince, and you dare to go?" the young man in blue said.

Pei Twelve continued laughing, "Who said I was going to cause him trouble? He cut off Thirteen's manhood, I'm overjoyed. He's ridding the people of a scourge. I really am going to ask him for a drink."

After saying that, Pei Twelve's figure quickly disappeared into the Pei family mansion.

Nothing that happens outside escapes Pei Yunhe's notice.

After Pei Shier turned and left, Pei Yunhe closed the window and turned around.

On the bed, Pei Shisan was deathly pale. He looked at Pei Yunhe and said, "Father, you must avenge me. Your son will no longer be able to carry on the Pei family line."

Upon hearing this, Pei Shisan's mother began to sob softly, unable to control herself.

Pei Yunhe was extremely annoyed and abruptly waved his sleeve: "Shut up! If you hadn't been causing trouble outside all day, we wouldn't be in this situation today!"

"Father—" Pei Shisan cried out even more pitifully.

Taking a few deep breaths, Pei Yunhe put his hands behind his back and angrily questioned, "Do you know who caused the trouble at the Yellow Crane Tower today?"

Pei Shisan shook his head.

Today at the Yellow Crane Tower, his attention was completely drawn to the young Taoist nun and the two sisters, and he had no idea who had made the move.

Pei Yunhe was even angrier that he didn't even know who had done it. He wanted nothing more than to grab the feather duster next to him and rush over to give Pei Shisan a good beating.

"It's His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Pei Yunhe spoke each word clearly.

Upon hearing this, Pei Shisan's mother stopped crying and looked at her son in disbelief.

Pei Shisan's eyes widened as he realized, "Yes, it's him! He seemed to have introduced himself, but I didn't pay attention at the time."

Pei Yunhe found a seat and said, "You beast, how dare you offend His Highness the Crown Prince? The fact that His Highness didn't take your life is only because His Highness is considering the Pei family's reputation."

"Master, what should we do now?"

Pei Shisan's mother came over and asked with a worried look on her face.

She could distinguish between saving the mother and the child. She had more than one son, Pei Shisan, and she couldn't sacrifice her other sons and her husband's entire family for the sake of one son.

Pei Shisan also looked at Pei Yunhe.

Pei Yunhe squinted and said, "The other party didn't kill Thirteen directly. To put it nicely, it's because of the Pei family's reputation; to put it bluntly, it's because they're afraid of our Pei family. Jiangnan is not like the capital. In the capital, the Crown Prince is all-powerful, and even the old emperor is no match for him. But in Jiangnan, he angered our Pei family, and he'll be in deep trouble."

Upon hearing this, Pei Shisan was relieved; he wouldn't have to die.

"Dad, it hurts so much."

Pei Shisan played the victim.

Pei Yunhe gave him a look of disappointment.

He didn't say anything.

He got up and walked out of the house.

Pei Shisan's mother quickly followed him out.

"Sir, what should we do now? Should we take gifts and go to apologize tomorrow?"

Pei Yunhe snorted coldly, gazing at the moonlight: "Apologize? It's always others apologizing to the Pei family; there's never been a precedent of the Pei family apologizing to others, and this time is no exception!"

"The other party is His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"What about His Highness the Crown Prince? There's no such thing as 'Crown Prince' in Jiangnan! He hurt my son, I'll make him pay the price!"

"What does the master wish to do?"

"Let's wait and see," Pei Yunhe said. "Twelve has already gone. Let Twelve find out the situation for us before making a decision."

……

Late at night, at the Yellow Crane Tower.

On the top floor, only Qin Li's table of guests remained.

Qin Li stood by the railing, gazing at the surging river and the bright moonlight outside, his tightly furrowed brows remaining furrowed.

"Your Highness, please don't worry too much. Elder Snake has the strength of a Grandmaster, so he will definitely be fine."

Xia Liu stood behind Qin Li and comforted him.

Chun Tao sat behind the table with the two of them, enjoying her meal.

"Oh, Miss Pei, you can't go up there. The entire place upstairs has been booked."

"Get out of here. Is there any place in Jiangxia City that I can't go? Old shopkeeper, I've been giving your Yellow Crane Tower a lot of money lately. You're being a bit unfair here."

"Miss Pei, it's not that I'm unwilling to entertain you, but the place has really been booked out. If you offend the important people upstairs, I won't be able to do business. Please, have mercy on me."

"Okay, I'll leave now."

But the next moment, everyone heard a "thump thump thump" sound.

Pei Twelve quickly climbed to the top floor, with the old shopkeeper following behind, panting and looking embarrassed, as he tried to pull the man away.

Pei Twelve stood at the top of the stairs, his hand on the short sword at his waist, and said casually, "You are His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Qin Li didn't even turn his head, he just waved his hand, and Zhou Biao and his men were about to drive the people away.

Without saying a word, Pei Shier drew his short sword from his waist with a "whoosh" and engaged in combat with Zhou Biao and the others.

The old manager of the Yellow Crane Tower was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly and hid on the next floor.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Pei Twelve was defeated, his short sword was taken away, and he was dragged to Qin Li by the arm.

Despite being subdued, Pei Twelve showed no fear. Instead, he smiled and looked at Qin Li's retreating figure, saying, "Are you really His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Qin Li then turned around, ignoring Pei Twelve, and sat down opposite Chun Tao, pouring himself a cup of tea.

"Kneel down!"

Zhou Biao made Pei Twelve kneel down.

Pei Shier refused to kneel, instead glaring fiercely at Zhou Biao: "Do you know who I am? You dare to make me kneel!"

"Enough with the nonsense! We don't care who you are. Anyone who dares to draw a sword in front of His Highness the Crown Prince will be treated as an assassin!"

After saying that, Zhou Biao and the others were about to draw their swords and kill Pei Twelve.

Pei Twelve immediately cowered and hurriedly said, "Hey, hey, hey, don't do it! My surname is Pei, and my father is the Sword Immortal Li Fuyao!"

Zhou Biao laughed: "Your surname is Pei, and your father is Li Fuyao? You're kidding me!"

Pei Twelve said, "My father really is Li Fuyao! My father's original surname was Pei, but he later changed it to my mother's surname!"

Zhou Biao still didn't believe it, but then Qin Li spoke up: "Let her go."

Zhou Biao looked at Qin Li in confusion: "Your Highness, this is a fraud!"

Qin Li took a sip of tea: "I have heard of the Sword Immortal Li Fuyao. So he is a member of the Pei family."

Zhou Biao then released Pei Twelve, who stretched his arm and asked Zhou Biao for his short sword, but Zhou Biao refused.

Pei Twelve glared fiercely at Zhou Biao, then looked at Qin Li: "Are you His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Qin Li put down his teacup: "Indeed, may I ask what brings Miss Pei here?"

Pei Twelve quickly touched his turban and asked, "How did you know I'm a girl?"

Qin Li casually replied, "Didn't the old shopkeeper just mention Miss Pei?"

Pei Shier suddenly realized what was going on and sat down in front of Qin Li with a grin.

Zhou Biao and the others wanted to step forward to stop him, but they saw Qin Li wave his hand at them.

"Make way, squeeze in."

Pei Twelve squeezed next to Chun Tao.

Chun Tao glanced at Pei Shier with dissatisfaction, then moved aside with her snacks.

Sitting directly opposite Qin Li, Pei Twelve asked again, "Are you really His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Qin Li said, "You've asked this four times already. Is there anyone in the world who would dare to impersonate me?"

Only then did Pei Twelve believe that the man before him was none other than the current Crown Prince, Qin Li.

Picking up the overturned teacup on the table, Pei Twelve, ever the social butterfly, poured himself a cup of tea and even clinked glasses with Qin Li.

"What for?"

Qin Li asked expressionlessly.

Pei Shier held up his teacup with both hands and said happily, "Of course, it's to thank His Highness the Crown Prince for ridding the people of this scourge."

"Are you talking about that Thirteenth Young Master?"

Pei Shier nodded: "He is my younger brother, but he is my second uncle's younger brother. Over the years, relying on my second uncle's favor, he has been committing all sorts of evil deeds in Jiangxia, and no one has dared to cause him any trouble. Now that he has become a eunuch, he can no longer do bad things."

"Therefore, I offer a cup of tea instead of wine to Your Highness."

After saying that, Pei Twelve drank the tea in his cup in one gulp.

Seeing that Qin Li was hesitant to drink the tea, Pei Twelve frowned and asked, "Why isn't Your Highness drinking it? Do you think I'm not worthy?"

Qin Li shook his head and said, "It wasn't me who did it, but my personal maid. You should respect them."

Pei Shier looked at Chun Tao beside him, then at Xia Liu standing behind Qin Li, somewhat disbelieving that they had done it, and asked, "Two maids dared to lay a hand on him?"

"Why wouldn't I dare? I was the one who did it during the day!" Xia Liu said.

Chun Tao raised her hand and mumbled, "I helped too."

Pei Shier nodded, "I see."

After a while, Pei Twelve said again, "Oh well, whatever, you're all great anyway."

As they were talking, Pei Shier suddenly turned her gaze to the outside of the railing, stood up excitedly, ran over, and leaned half her body over the railing: "It's so beautiful!"