I, the villainous eldest prince, will suppress everything!

The next day.

As the first rays of morning sunlight streamed through the cracks in the window, the empress on the bed slowly opened her beautiful eyes.

The pain somewhere in her body was more intense than the pain in her back, and she was so angry that she wanted to go and cause trouble for Qin Li immediately.

Qin Li was so heartless last night. She had just been punished and needed to rest in bed, but Qin Li actually forced himself on her.

But when she reached out and touched the bed, she found only her there; there was no sign of Qin Li.

Qin Li had long since disappeared, probably because he was afraid she would cause him trouble when she woke up this morning, so he ran away beforehand.

Thinking of this, the Empress gritted her teeth in hatred, making a grinding sound.

But a child's voice rang out from beside the bed, pulling the Empress back to reality.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"Last night, Father did not mean to punish you. Huayang apologizes to the Empress on Father's behalf."

The Empress looked over and saw Hua Yang standing by the bed, gently holding her hand.

The Empress's expression immediately softened, and she reached out her other hand to gently pat Hua Yang's head.

If it weren't for the child, she would have gone to make trouble for Qin Li right now and taught him a lesson.

"Xiao Huayang, what are you doing here?"

The Empress asked.

Hua Yang said in a childish voice, "Father Emperor sent me here. Father Emperor asked me to come and keep the Empress company."

That's more like it; I know what kind of remedy she needs right now.

It wasn't the best wound medicine, but my daughter.

As long as Huayang was by her side, she didn't feel any pain at all.

Forcing herself to sit up in bed, and after getting dressed, the Empress asked:

"Have you had breakfast? Mom will take you to have breakfast."

"Eat your favorite food, a big meat bun."

Hua Yang immediately beamed with joy, clapping his little hands enthusiastically and saying happily:

"Great, great! But how did Your Majesty know that Huayang likes big meat buns?"

The Empress smiled but did not speak. Although she was far away at Xuanque Pass, she would receive news of Huayang's life in the capital every now and then, so she could say that she had not missed out on Huayang's childhood.

……

At this moment.

Qin Li is already in a prisoner-of-war camp.

The prisoner-of-war camp was built in a spacious warehouse, surrounded by high walls. Every hundred paces or so, there was a three-story watchtower with soldiers armed with guns and bows, who closely monitored the prisoners' every move. If anything seemed amiss, they would immediately give an alarm, and in serious cases, they would even shoot arrows.

Standing on high ground with his hands behind his back, Qin Li asked, "How many prisoners are there?"

Before the other generals could answer, Wang Hu, whose expression was not good, replied, "Including the thousand you brought back yesterday, it's about five thousand."

Yesterday's welcoming banquet turned into a nightmare when he was beaten thirty times. No wonder he looked terrible. However, he didn't blame Qin Li. He held a grudge against the Empress, and the feud between them was now firmly established.

Qin Li nodded. "Come, get down here, and come with me to take a look!"

As they descended from the high place, the warehouse door opened, and Qin Li led his men inside.

The arrival of outsiders immediately piqued the interest of the prisoners of war, who turned their attention to them, some even whistling and taunting them.

The soldiers who had come in with Qin Li drew their swords and shouted at them to shut up, but the prisoners of war's provocations only grew louder.

"Where are the Murong brothers imprisoned?"

These prisoners of war are not important; what matters are the brothers Murong Bo and Murong Jin. All these people combined are not as important as the two brothers.

A general clasped his hands and replied, "Your Majesty, the two are being held in solitary confinement in the dungeon within the General's residence."

The location where the two were imprisoned is a top secret.

Only these high-ranking generals knew.

Rescuing the two was nothing short of a pipe dream.

They were imprisoned in the dungeon of Wang Hu's mansion in the city.

Qin Li nodded, having no objection to the arrangement.

"You pigs of the Great Zhou, if you dare fight me for real, I'll beat you black and blue!"

"Exactly, exactly. All they do is resort to dirty tricks. What kind of hero are they?"

"You big pigs, come look over here! Grandpa's going to show you how to pee in the wind, peeing three feet deep!"

The prisoners of war, not wanting to miss out on trouble, started making a ruckus.

The lead prisoner of war had even taken off his pants, ready to put on a show.

"Your Majesty, these prisoners of war are far too presumptuous. I will go and teach them a lesson."

It's one thing to be disrespectful in front of them normally, but they just pretend not to see it.

But they still dared to act like this in front of Qin Li. The generals couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to go and teach those troublemakers a lesson. Otherwise, where would the emperor's dignity be?

Qin Li stretched out his arm to stop them: "Didn't you hear they wanted to fight us for real? If word gets out that you're bullying the weak and outnumbering us, where will our Great Zhou's reputation be?"

"Go, bring the leader here. I want to have a personal duel with him."

Upon hearing this, the generals were all stunned.

Is Qin Li going to personally spar with the other party?

That's giving them way too much credit.

But they dared not disobey Qin Li's orders, and soon brought over the prisoner of war who had led the disturbance.

Even after being brought here, the prisoners of war still looked defiant.

"Kneel down!"

The prisoner of war did not kneel. Instead, he stood up straight and said with his head held high, "If you have the guts, kill me. If I even furrow my brow, I'm not a warrior of the grasslands."

"Just kneel when I tell you to! Stop with all this nonsense."

Two generals stepped forward, exchanged a glance, and simultaneously kicked the prisoner in the back of the knee.

The prisoner of war couldn't hold on any longer and fell to his knees with a thud, but he immediately stood up again.

The two generals kicked him in the back of the knees again, and this time they also pressed down on his shoulders with their hands, preventing him from getting up.

"Do you know who this is? This is His Majesty the Emperor of our Great Zhou Dynasty."

Upon hearing this, the prisoners of war, who had been forced to kneel, immediately grinned:

"Who did Grandpa think it was? Turns out it's the little emperor of the Great Zhou! You little emperor, if you have the guts, let go of Grandpa! Grandpa wants to fight you for real!"

"Let him go."

Qin Li gave the order.

The two generals did not relinquish their grip, but said, "Your Majesty, do you really want to fight him? If you want to fight him, there's no need for Your Majesty to personally take action. You can choose any one of us."

"That's right, if His Majesty fights with him, it would dirty His Majesty's hands."

Other generals echoed his sentiments.

Qin Li replied, "Let him go. My mind is made up."

Seeing that Qin Li had said so, the two generals could no longer insist on their own opinions and released the prisoners of war at the same time.

The prisoners of war jumped to their feet, grinning at Qin Li, "You little emperor, don't say I'm bullying you! I'll give you a hand and a leg!"

"Need not."

Qin Li took off his outermost clothes, and a general drew his own sword and respectfully handed it to Qin Li with both hands, while casually tossing an ordinary knife to the prisoner of war.

Qin Li waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need a knife and could use both hands.

Seeing this, the prisoner of war's eyes gleamed. He picked up the knife thrown in front of him and said, "You little emperor, you're the one who doesn't use a knife. If you lose, don't blame me for being merciless."

Qin Li stretched his muscles and casually said, "Alright, enough talk, let's fight."

Without saying a word, the prisoner of war gripped his long sword tightly and slashed at Qin Li.

Upon seeing this, the generals were enraged.

"Didn't we agree to use one hand and one foot?"

The prisoners of war did not answer at all, and launched a fierce attack, each move aimed directly at vital points.

If he could kill the Emperor of the Great Zhou, he would have made a great contribution.

Even if they can't kill him, injuring the Great Zhou Emperor can still shake the morale of the Great Zhou army.

Therefore, he disregarded the promise he had just made.

But as time went on, he was astonished to discover that the young emperor in front of him was actually a master among masters.

His strikes were swift and deadly, aimed straight for vital points, yet he couldn't even touch the hem of the emperor's robe.

"You little emperor, what are you hiding for? Take this!"

The prisoner of war was enraged. He raised his sword and swung it at Qin Li's head.

"Okay, I won't dodge."

Qin Li responded lazily, clenched his right fist, and threw a punch.

With a bang.

The results are obvious.

The prisoner of war was punched and sent flying several meters away.

The iron sword was even bent.

With a loud "whoosh," the prisoner of war vomited a mouthful of blood and immediately fainted.

"Okay, okay!"

The generals saw this and cheered in unison.

Even the soldiers on the watchtower echoed the cheers, and applause resounded everywhere.

The prisoners of war from Northern Mang looked regretful; this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but who knew…

That's how it was wasted.

If they had known this would happen, they should have chosen a more capable person to fight the Emperor of Great Zhou.

Just then, a general from the Great Zhou Dynasty said, "His Majesty the Emperor of our Dynasty is already a Grandmaster-level expert. Which of you prisoners of war dares to challenge him?"

"What? A grandmaster?"

"The young Emperor of Great Zhou is actually a Grandmaster?"

"How is this possible? Absolutely impossible!"

"What's impossible about it? You all saw that move just now."

"..."