My bad words were heard by all the civil and military officials in the court

It's actually not Zhao Gao's fault that he said this. If a real Xuanyuan Hu Han encountered such a situation, he would often rely on Zhao Gao to reveal his identity in order to suppress the other party and make him suffer.

But Cui Luoshan is not Xuanyuan Huhan, and the other party is not a powerless person. Such a short sentence completely ignited the other party's anger and he held a grudge against him.

Not long after Cui Luoshan and Zhao Gao left the shop, they were retaliated by being put in a sack by the other party.

Cui Luoshan had the strength to resist and struggled out and killed two of the opponents. However, Zhao Gao was in a miserable state as he was cut in the neck by an axe due to a mistake made by the opponent and bled on the spot.

When things developed to this point, the other side no longer had the intention to teach Cui Luoshan a lesson. Not knowing Cui Luoshan's identity, they suddenly became ruthless and prepared to work together to kill Cui Luoshan, who knew a little bit of martial arts but was alone.

Fortunately, at the critical moment when Cui Luoshan’s life was at stake, Hao Duanzhuang rushed over.

A black fog came over and captured all the temporarily hired thugs, and also captured the Dongli Kingdom's Prince Donglihuang who was hiding in the dark and watching the fight.

As he looked in surprise, the fake mask on his face was torn off by Hao Duanzhuang on the spot, revealing a handsome and resolute face.

His facial features appear sharper than when he disguised himself, and when he looks at people with his gloomy black eyes, he carries an aura of majesty without even being angry.

When Hao Duanzhuang saw that face, he was stunned at first, then sneered and said, "It turns out to be Prince Dongli. I am so sorry for my disrespect."

Dong Lihuang was invited to the palace by Zhou Lin who was patrolling nearby. The first words he said to the Crown Prince of Great Zhou and the court officials were:

"Do you know what that black ball is? Why can it speak? And why is it so powerful?"

Dong Lihuang had a frank attitude. Even though he had previously made the "Eighteenth Prince" of the Great Zhou face a life-and-death crisis, he was still able to talk and laugh with everyone else.

It was as if what happened before was just children playing house and was not worth mentioning.

Dong Lihuang did not mention it, but Crown Prince Xuanyuan Fushen, who was the definite next heir, and the elder brother of the "Eighteenth Prince", had to mention it no matter what.

He smiled wryly: "Prince Dongli came uninvited and hurt my brother. Isn't he going to give an explanation to me, the minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty?"

Dong Lihuang was puzzled: "Come here uninvited? I sent an envoy to send a document a month ago. Although your country has not responded, this tacit attitude... Could it be that I misunderstood, your country does not welcome me, and does not attach much importance to this year's Talent Competition?"

Dong Lihuang turned the tables.

Xuanyuan Fu sneered: "Prince Dongli's stubbornness is still as strong as ever."

Dong Lihuang's expression froze for a moment, then he said calmly: "Prince Xuanyuan's venomous mouth is still as strong as ever, which is admirable."

Not wanting to talk any more, Xuanyuan Fu said seriously, "If Crown Prince Dongli doesn't give me an explanation for coming here uninvited and killing my brother without reason, I will immediately send a pigeon to ask the emperor of your country."

"What is the purpose of this move, Prince? He is preparing to raise an army to attack our Great Zhou, so he hides his identity and hides in the capital of our Great Zhou to investigate the situation."

When it comes to raising an army, Dong Lihuang had to take it seriously. He was a man who could bend and stretch, and he bowed to everyone in the Great Zhou.

"I think there must be some misunderstanding in the matter of coming here uninvited. I am at fault for not being prudent. Please forgive me."

"As for the assassination of the Eighteenth Prince," Dong Lihuang said this with more confidence. "The undisciplined follower beside the Eighteenth Prince insulted me as a lowly person and said that my life was worth a dog's."

Dong Lihuang sneered: "I politely discussed the transfer of the woolen sweater with the Eighteenth Prince, and was willing to give him an extra 500 taels of silver as compensation. I thought that I handled the matter properly, but I never thought I would be insulted like this."

"I am the crown prince of a country, of noble status, and I am looking for someone to teach these two masters and servants a lesson so that I can vent my anger. You are all reasonable people, and you don't really think that I am wrong, right?"

Seeing that Prime Minister Shangguan was about to open his mouth to argue, Dong Lihuang knew what he was going to say and continued.

"You have also captured those rabble, so you can probably guess that I have no intention of taking the Eighteenth Prince's life. As for his entourage, their death was purely accidental. I am willing to compensate his family with three hundred taels of silver to end this feud."

After saying this, he looked at the "Eighteenth Prince" who had remained silent from beginning to end, and chuckled, "Your Highness the Eighteenth Prince allowed his followers to speak inappropriately. Now that you have the support of hundreds of court officials, do you want to seek justice from me?"

Cui Luoshan looked at this fierce man without fear and said, "It was this prince who failed to discipline his subordinates. Zhao Gao's death was also his fate. However, Crown Prince Dongli is of noble status. He has read the books of sages for so many years. He should be more tolerant."

"Ever since those hooligans had the intention to kill, you have been hiding in the dark and watching the show. This is your fault."

Dong Lihuang was in the wrong in this matter. Now that Cui Luoshan had pointed it out, he nodded and said, "This was my mistake. I will definitely send you a generous gift to make amends later."

He turned around and asked, "I wonder if Crown Prince Xuanyuan is satisfied with my explanation?"

Both sides were wrong. Having come to this point, since Prince Dongli was willing to bow and apologize and give gifts, there was nothing Xuanyuan Fu could not accept.

After all, Dong Lihuang is the crown prince of a country. Now that he is here, what can the Great Zhou do? If they continue to argue, all old things will be brought up, and then it will be another long meeting that will give people a headache.

So he nodded in agreement.

but--

"Since the Crown Prince has shown up, you can take the envoys and their entourage to the Sifang Pavilion later. I have already asked someone to pack up. I think once the Crown Prince arrives, he can move in directly."

"By the way, the capital has not been peaceful recently, and the match time has not been set yet. It would be better for you not to go out and wander around casually. If you get hurt, it will be difficult for the Great Zhou to explain to Emperor Dongli."

This was to restrict Dong Lihuang's actions. He had expected this and said nothing when he heard it. He just nodded in agreement.

As for not coming out to hang out, that's impossible, I'll just come out less often to save face.

"I wonder which lord will entertain the envoys from Dongli Country this time?"

Xuanyuan Fu: "The third-rank Jingzhao Yin, Lord Ye Xingxin, is also the new top scholar of our Great Zhou."

"Is it him?" Dong Lihuang became somewhat interested.

Before coming here, I had heard from the grapevine that this lady was a wonderful person. Later, when I learned that she had become the third-rank Jingzhao Yin, my interest became even greater.

Especially the wool products popular in Beijing, which could make the Prince Consort Li so excited that he insisted on seeing them.

Now that Xuanyuan Fu took the initiative to push the person to him, he naturally would not refuse. He could only sigh and say it was fate.

After Dong Lihuang left the hall, Prime Minister Shangguan walked to Xuanyuan Fu and said, "Your Highness, let Lord Ye go to entertain them. I am a little worried about the safety of Crown Prince Dong Li."