The waste prince is so fierce

After Liu Wu gave a stern warning, he stretched out his evil claws towards Mingyue with a lustful look.

At this critical moment, a shrill scream pierced the night sky. It turned out that Li Quan swiftly drew his sword and cut off Liu Wu's hand.

"Master He, save me!"

Liu Wu was in great pain, and He Chong was secretly delighted when he saw Li Quan committing the crime in public.

"Your Highness, you..."

He Chong was about to step forward to rescue Liu Wu, but before he could say anything, he was slapped hard by Li Quan.

"Snapped!"

This loud slap made the domineering He Chong instantly furious.

However, what greeted him was Li Quan's second slap.

"Snapped!"

After being slapped twice in a row, He Chong lost all his arrogance and looked at Li Quan with a gloomy face.

"Your Highness, Captain Liu was just carrying out a routine search of the city. Why did you cut off his arm?"

He Chong questioned angrily and threatened to report the matter to the county magistrate and inform Emperor Kang.

Facing He Chong's threat, Li Quan sneered: "I came to my own fiefdom, but was intercepted by this villain. He failed to extort bribes and blocked me from entering the city. What's worse, he dared to covet the body of my princess. I am merciful to cut off one of his arms.

If he is to be punished for the crime of disrespect, exterminating his three clans would not be excessive!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around them suddenly realized that the woman as beautiful as a fairy was not Li Quan's maid, but the Princess of Qi.

An unknown person actually dared to lay his hands on Princess Qi. If this matter were to spread to the capital, it would surely bring about a catastrophic disaster.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Liu Wu immediately knelt down in front of Li Quan without waiting for He Chong's response.

"Please spare my life, Your Highness. Please forgive me!"

Liu Wu kowtowed like crazy and begged, "I am blind and ignorant, I hope Your Highness will have mercy on me!"

Li Quan asked coldly: "He Changshi said before that you were conscientious in your duties. Do you still dare to say that you are?"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

Liu Wu knew that if he didn't confess, his whole family would face disaster, so he had no choice but to repent and confess: "I saw that Your Highness was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and I became greedy, so I deliberately prevented Your Highness from entering the city, hoping to gain some benefits."

Seeing that Li Quan easily made Liu Wu plead guilty and be punished, He Chong's face turned pale.

"Your Highness, I thought this man was law-abiding, but I didn't expect him to be so despicable in private!"

He Chong said sternly, "Come here, take Liu Wu to the prison and wait for the county magistrate to decide his fate!"

The guards responded and took action.

Seeing that Liu Wu had confessed his guilt, He Chong was eager to distance himself from the matter. He originally planned to take the opportunity to teach Li Quan a lesson, but he did not expect that Liu Wu would foolishly attack Princess Mingyue of Qi.

Now that Li Quan has all the advantages, He Chong dare not confront him head-on.

"Your Highness, can you enter the city now?"

Li Quan asked in a steady tone.

He Chong had no choice but to step aside and said respectfully: "Your Highness, please come in!"

Li Quan gently took Mingyue's hand and whispered, "Let's go into the city."

Mingyue nodded and followed Li Quan into the city gate.

After Li Quan and his party entered the city, He Chong immediately rushed to the county magistrate's office and reported everything that happened at the city gate to Zhao Wang, the county magistrate of Wuwei County.

After listening to this, Zhao Wang blew away the hot steam on the tea cup leisurely and said with emotion: "It seems that our Prince Qi is not an easy character to deal with. The task assigned to us by the Prime Minister may not be easy to complete."

In fact, what happened at the city gate today was carefully planned by Zhao Wang.

Although this incident did not cause any substantial harm to Li Quan, but instead helped him establish prestige in Wuwei County, Zhao Wang did not care much about it.

In his view, Li Quan was just a powerless prince who was demoted to Liangzhou and was completely unable to compete with him.

"So what should we do now?"

He Chong eagerly asked about the next plan.

Zhao Wang responded calmly: "Don't worry, he has just arrived in Liangzhou and must be troubled by many trivial matters.

Once he has dealt with these troubles, we will wait for an opportunity to act."

He Chong understood Zhao Wang's intention, immediately expressed his understanding, and prepared to act according to the plan.

Seeing that He Chong was about to leave, Zhao Wang hurriedly called him and said, "Wait, it's late tonight. Tomorrow you will represent me to go to Bazhenlou to host a banquet for the King of Qi.

After all, he was going to stay in Liangzhou for a while, so meeting him was a necessary courtesy.

If he knows how to adapt to the situation, let him live in peace as a poor prince; if he doesn't know how to advance and retreat, we don't have to show mercy."

Zhao Wang warned He Chong earnestly.

Although Li Quan was the King of Qi, theoretically the entire Liangzhou was his fiefdom, but in reality he was just a prince in name only and without real power. In addition, all the officials in Liangzhou were directly appointed by the court, making it difficult for Li Quan to achieve anything in Liangzhou.

Therefore, Zhao Wang did not regard Li Quan's arrival as an important matter. Little did he know that making an enemy of this seemingly insignificant and impoverished prince would be the biggest wrong decision in his life.

After entering Wuwei County, the first thing Li Quan had to do was to find a place to live.

However, three inns in a row declined Li Quan's offer on the grounds that their rooms were full, which made Li Quan realize that someone was secretly interfering.

Just as Li Quan was considering whether to stay overnight in the carriage, a man in military uniform came up to him and half-knelt to salute respectfully: "Wuwei County Lieutenant Xiao Changsheng, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the King of Qi!"

Li Quan raised his hand to signal Xiao Changsheng to stand up. After looking around, Xiao Changsheng softly suggested, "It's getting late. If you don't mind, how about staying in my house tonight?"

Obviously, Xiao Changsheng realized that Li Quan had not yet found a suitable residence.

Li Quan thought for a moment and agreed to Xiao Changsheng's proposal: "Then I'll trouble you, Commandant Xiao, to lead the way."

So, Li Quan and his group, who had nowhere to stay, came to Xiao Changsheng's county lieutenant's mansion.

After Mingyue and the two maids went to tidy up the room, Li Quan looked at Xiao Changsheng and said with insight: "Captain Xiao must have known that I might have nowhere to rest tonight, so he came here specially to receive me, right?"

Facing Li Quan's insight, Xiao Changsheng nodded frankly: "Your Highness guessed correctly. I learned that you have nowhere to stay tonight, so I specially invite you to stay in my house temporarily."

Although Li Quan realized that Xiao Changsheng had no ill intentions, he was well aware of the fact that one can only judge a person by his appearance but not by his heart. Especially since he had a special identity, he could not easily trust strangers.

"I guess those inns refused me admission because of the instructions of Chief He Chong or County Magistrate Zhao, right?"

Li Quan further asked, "Aren't you afraid of offending Lord Zhao by doing this?"

You must know that the county magistrate, as the head of a county, controls all the government affairs of the county. Although the county lieutenant is in charge of military affairs, he is still a subordinate of the county magistrate in terms of administrative level.

Li Quan thought that if Xiao Changsheng publicly invited him to live in the County Governor's Mansion, it would definitely attract Zhao Wang's attention, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.

In response to Li Quan's question, Xiao Changsheng's expression changed slightly. After a moment, there was a bit more admiration in his eyes when he looked at Li Quan.

"I didn't expect that Your Highness, having just arrived in Wuwei County, would know the local situation in such detail. I thought you..."