The Demonic Crown Prince

It was as if a thunderbolt had struck Fang Li's ears. She immediately raised her head and said with difficulty, "Your Highness, this lowly concubine dares not harbor any disloyal thoughts. Besides, my younger sister is still in the army, and from now on she will only be loyal to Your Highness."

"Loyal to only me? Hah, Fang Li, then tell me, who is Wang Dahai?"

Li Yuan laughed heartily and looked at Fang Lidao.

"Wang Dahai is the head of the Imperial Edict Depot, in charge of the Imperial Prison and the Imperial Guards!"

Fang Li said in a low voice.

"Then tell me, what kind of organization is the Imperial Edict Factory? And to whom is it responsible?"

Li Yuan asked again.

"This, this, the Imperial Workshop, is an inner workshop of the Imperial Palace, responsible only to His Majesty!"

Fang Li answered in a low voice.

"What do you think of the current relationship between His Majesty and me?"

"His Majesty and the Prince are a loving and filial couple..."

"Bullshit, say it again!"

"Yes, yes, Your Highness. Judging from the current situation, His Majesty probably doesn't favor you. Otherwise, he would never have allowed you to resign as crown prince and quell the rebellion in Yanbei. Furthermore, the matter of the princes' assassination attempt on you was simply dropped under the pretext of further investigation..."

"That's it then. Since Father Emperor doesn't like me, no matter how much Wang Dahai owes my grandfather a favor, he's responsible to His Majesty, so it's impossible for him to like me, right? Is it necessary for him to help me like this? And even send you here to me..."

Tell me, if you were Wang Dahai, what would you do?

Li Yuan smiled wryly and asked.

"You lowly concubine..." Beads of sweat dripped down Fang Li's forehead.

"Speak!" Li Yuan roared.

"If I were Wang Dahai, I would have killed my sister and me directly, saving us a lot of trouble."

Fang Li's heart sank to the bottom.

This prince is far too shrewd, and what's most terrifying is that he trusts no one. Trying to deceive someone like him is simply courting death!

"So, what is Wang Dahai's purpose in sending you here?"

Li Yuan tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest and chuckled coldly.

"I might as well make a bold guess: Wang Dahai originally didn't have such thoughts, but suddenly he did. Was it because of the pressure from my emperor father?"

My emperor father wanted to send a spy to my side to monitor my every move. Wang Dahai had no choice but to agree. Is that right?

At this point, he looked directly at Fang Li.

Fang Li was covered in cold sweat. He lay on the ground, his nose almost touching the ground, but he didn't dare to utter a single word in response.

"However, there's a crucial point I haven't figured out. Your only concern is your sister, and only by threatening you with your sister can you force you to comply."

But Wang Dahai sent your sister along with him, which seems to prove his sincerity.

This is somewhat contradictory.

What exactly happened?

Li Yuan stared at Fang Li with deep eyes, as if he were talking to himself or questioning Fang Li.

Countless thoughts flashed through Fang Li's mind in an instant. Suddenly, he made up his mind, knelt down on the ground, and said with tears streaming down his face, "Your Highness, I'm sorry, I lied to you. But I dare not not cooperate with Wang Dahai in lying to you, because Wang Dahai has put a special poison on my little sister. It will take effect regularly every month. If we don't get the antidote in time, she will die."

"I had no choice but to agree to Wang Dahai's demands..."

"Just as I thought!" Li Yuan narrowed his eyes, his mind clear.

At this moment, Fang Li was clearly going all out and finally told the truth.

Looking at Fang Li, he slowly nodded. "Fang Li, you are very smart. Otherwise, you and your sister would have died silently in the military camp by now."

Because I don't trust you!

Especially after the last court incident, I can no longer trust Wang Dahai!

"Yes, yes, Your Highness is wise beyond measure, nothing can be hidden from Your Highness."

Fang Li lay prostrate on the ground, his eyes filled with despair.

At that moment, the tent flap was lifted, and Yan Poshan walked in, cupping his fists and saying, "Your Highness, there really is something fishy going on. Fang Rou has been interrogated thoroughly; she was actually poisoned, and Wang Dahai is using this to threaten her."

Fang Li shuddered, extremely grateful that a sudden thought had flashed through his mind and he had told the truth in time.

Otherwise, given Li Yuan's personality, she and her younger sister would be two corpses by now.

However, Li Yuan was so clever that he saw through Wang Dahai's scheme at a glance, and even thought that it was done on the orders of the emperor. His wisdom was chilling!

Fighting against someone like that is just asking for trouble. Even an emperor would run into a wall in front of him.

"Congratulations, Fang Li, you woke up in time and found a way to survive for yourself and your little sister."

Li Yuan smiled slightly.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for sparing my life." Fang Li lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to raise his head.

But when she thought of her little sister who would probably die in a month, her eyes filled with tears. She closed her eyes, and the tears splashed up tiny specks of dust.

"Keep an eye on them. I'm going out for a bit, I'll be right back." Li Yuan stood up and walked outside.

Once outside, a horse had already been prepared for him, and Scarface and another team of ten men were also ready to set off.

"Go!" Li Yuan waved his hand, and his warhorse roared as it headed out of the camp.

The Thirteen Divisions' headquarters were only a dozen miles from the capital. With their warhorses charging, they caught up with Wang Dahai and his group in no time.

At that time, Wang Dahai was riding his horse, having not slept all night. He was exhausted from the mental and physical exertion.

Suddenly, he heard thunderous hooves behind him. Startled, he turned around and saw Li Yuan charging towards him, still holding the Ancestral Spear in his hand.

The Ancestral Spear gleamed with a dark, ominous light in the sunlight, like the call of death.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Wang Dahai was startled and was about to speak when Li Yuan, without answering, thrust his spear forward.

These shots were as swift as lightning; how could Wang Dahai, a mere civil official, possibly avoid them?

A single shot pierced through his left shoulder, actually lifting Wang Dahai into the air, blood raining down.

Wang Dahai roared repeatedly, "Prince Qin, I am the head of the Imperial Depot, responsible to His Majesty. How can you treat me like this? Are you planning a rebellion?"

"I wouldn't presume to call myself a rebel; I just wanted to help you, Eunuch Wang," Li Yuan said with a slight smile as he lifted him into the air.

He tossed his head, and several of Scarface's men beside him were already riding away with a whoosh. They raised their long swords and in the blink of an eye, they had cut several of Wang Dahai's imperial guards into pieces, leaving no trace of their bodies.

However, one of the alert imperial guards, sensing the danger, spurred his horse and galloped away.

Scarface and his group were about to give chase, but Li Yuan stopped them!

Sometimes, it's necessary to have a witness!

"King Qin, have you gone mad?" Wang Dahai roared.

"You can think of it that way, but I really just want to help you. Let's talk as we walk, okay?"

Li Yuan laughed heartily, and with Wang Dahai still impaled on his spear, he rode his horse toward the capital.

When he entered the city gate, even the guards were startled. But when they saw that it was the peerless hero King Qin, who had killed three of the top experts of the Western Wilderness Empire, and was accompanied by more than a dozen powerful warriors who looked like wild beasts, and with such a fierce aura, who would dare to stop him?

And so, Li Yuan carried Wang Dahai on his spear all the way to the imperial city. When the guards of the imperial city saw that it was the Prince of Qin, they did not dare to stop him and could only send people to follow him around.

And so, Li Yuan charged all the way to the imperial court!

With a "thud," Li Yuan threw Wang Dahai onto the court, the blood on the ground shocking everyone, including Emperor Jinglong who was presiding over the court meeting.

This time, even Prime Minister Zhang Yue and Privy Councilor Zhao Shanhe looked at him with shocked expressions.

What's going on here?