We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

"Father!" The King of Shu's voice began to tremble. "He's lying. Look at the way Fourth and Sixth Brothers look. How do they look injured?"

Li Che rolled his eyes at him: "Internal injuries, aren't they okay?"

"What internal injuries? Your clothes aren't even dirty!" The King of Shu pointed at his swollen face in disbelief. "Father, look at the way he hit me!"

Emperor Qing just glanced at him and said nothing.

Li Che sneered: "You pounced on me like a mad dog, and I was acting in self-defense, okay? If I didn't hit you, wouldn't that let you hit me?"

After saying this, he bowed to Emperor Qing and said, "Father, you know that I have been sickly and frail since I was a child. I am not as weak as my seventh brother."

Seeing Li Che talking without changing his expression or heart beating, the King of Shu's already swollen face turned red.

The King of Qin and the King of Chu were so angry that their expressions were out of control and they gritted their teeth.

The other princes standing by lowered their heads tightly, trying hard to suppress their laughter.

Even Li Lin couldn't stand it anymore, so he silently moved his knees and knelt farther away from Li Che.

Li Che was completely unaware and continued to talk nonsense:

"Seventh brother, you got hit a few times, but at most you'll just be in pain for a few days. If I had gotten hit, I'm afraid my life would be in danger!"

"Besides, Seventh Brother looked like he had a sudden attack of some serious illness just now. I was afraid that he would suddenly attack me, so I used a bit more force."

"You...you're talking nonsense! I'm not sick!"

The King of Shu was so angry that he almost fainted. His eyes were bloodshot, his face was red, and his hands and feet were shaking.

"Look." Li Che pulled Huang Jin over and stood in front of him. "I'm afraid he's sick again. Father, please stay away from my seventh brother. Don't let him bite you."

"Okay, stop talking." Emperor Qing raised his hand to interrupt.

It was obvious that Old Seven was extremely angry. If he let this little bastard continue talking, he might get so angry that he would have a seizure.

"Seventh Brother said that Fourth and Sixth Brother started the fight first, and Sixth Brother said he was acting in self-defense." Emperor Qing retracted his gaze and looked at the Prince of Qin, who was closest to him. "Second Brother, you are the one involved. Can you tell me what happened?"

Upon hearing this, the King of Qin raised his head with a conflicted look on his face.

According to his own character, he would not bother to lie about such matters.

It's just a fight, so he has to fight. Although it's a bit embarrassing that he hasn't fought before, he is not so afraid to admit it.

After all, many of the dirty things he did in his own fiefdom were not concealed and were heard by Emperor Qing. He never made excuses and admitted to them all.

But, after all, it was the King of Shu who stood up for himself in this matter. If he didn't speak with the Seventh Brother, wouldn't he be selling out to the Seventh Brother?

"Speak!" Emperor Qing's voice suddenly rose.

The King of Qin shuddered with fear and quickly knelt on the ground, raising his butt high: "Your Highness... Your Highness, what the Seventh Master said is right."

"Hmm." Emperor Qing nodded expressionlessly, then looked at the King of Chu beside him, "Old Fifth, what about you?"

Before the King of Chu could speak, Emperor Qing saw his miserable appearance and said with regret:

"Look at you, such a loser! Old Six has only been practicing martial arts for a year, and you can't even beat him? Don't you consider yourself the bravest among the princes?"

The King of Chu lowered his head in shame and said, "Your Highness... Your Highness only saw the fight between the Second Brother and the Sixth Brother, so I went to help. I don't know anything else."

Emperor Qing said nothing more and glanced at King Zhou beside him.

The little fat boy still had Li Lin's big footprints on his body, and he was crying breathlessly. Emperor Qing automatically ignored him.

Then he set his sights on Prince Jin, who had the calmest expression. "Third Brother, tell me, what did you see?"

Prince Jin raised his head and glanced at Li Che beside him.

Seeing the latter's indifferent look, he looked at the trembling King of Shu.

The King of Shu was obviously feeling guilty, and his eyes were full of pleading when he looked at the King of Jin.

Prince Jin retracted his gaze and bowed to Emperor Qing. "Your Majesty, after my sixth brother returned to the Tenth Prince's residence, he spoke to me for a moment when my second brother suddenly rushed out and insulted him."

"The sixth brother attacked angrily and knocked out one of the second brother's teeth. Then the fifth brother appeared, accusing and insulting the sixth brother."

"The sixth brother started fighting with the fifth brother. The second, seventh, and eighth brothers came forward to help the fifth brother. The fourth brother also came to help the sixth brother, and the fight started."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall fell into silence.

Li Lin and Li Che looked at Prince Jin in surprise. They never expected that he would speak up for them.

The King of Shu was so frightened that his nose started to run, and the King of Qin and the King of Chu also kept their heads down.

Emperor Qing still showed no emotion and continued to ask, "Then the Seventh Brother said that the Sixth Brother ordered his men to beat them up. Is this true?"

Prince Jin shook his head and said truthfully, "Sixth brother's men never attacked second brother and his men. They only defeated their men, and it was second brother who ordered his men to attack first."

Emperor Qing sneered: "What about you, what are you doing?"

"I didn't do anything."

"Your brothers are fighting, and as their elder brother, you don't care and just stay out of it?" Emperor Qing said in a cold voice.

Prince Jin finally revealed a hint of fear and said bitterly, "I have made a mistake. Please punish me, father."

Emperor Qing shook his head and said slowly, "You are wrong, but you are not the one who should be punished the most!"

After saying this, he raised his head and looked at the King of Shu with a vague look.

The King of Shu suddenly tensed up, his muscles stiffened, and he cried, "Father, my son..."

"Huang Jin!" Emperor Qing interrupted.

Huang Jin immediately understood and took a booklet from the Jinyiwei beside him. He opened it and read aloud:

"At three quarters past noon, the Prince of Yan and the Prince of Feng entered the residence of the Ten Princes and met the Prince of Jin in the front yard. The Prince of Feng addressed him as 'Third Brother'.

The King of Jin replied: "Sixth Brother, what you did before was indeed wrong. Please stop here."

......"

As Huang Jin continued to read out the contents of the booklet, all the princes looked horrified.

From the moment Li Che entered the Ten Kings' Mansion, everything that happened afterwards and the conversations among everyone were recorded word for word.

Li Che secretly glanced at Emperor Qing, who still looked calm.

Emperor Qing already knew who was lying, but he didn't say it. Instead, he let the King of Shu tell the lies himself, which were full of errors and omissions.

This method... No wonder the other princes are afraid of him.

After Huang Jin finished reading, he closed the booklet, bowed and immediately left.

The other Jinyiwei also understood the hint and left the Yangxin Palace one after another.

For a moment, only Emperor Qing and his son were left in the hall.

The King of Shu looked pale and his body was shaking even more violently.

"Father...Father, I..."

Emperor Qing smiled, suddenly stood up from the dragon throne, and slowly walked towards the King of Shu.

The King of Shu subconsciously stepped back, then felt something was wrong, and quickly knelt down, saying in a mournful voice, "Father!"

Emperor Qing squatted down, his face showing no anger, but his tone was unusually cold: "Come forward."

The King of Shu knelt forward a few steps, trembling.

"Looked up!"

The King of Shu's eyes were full of fear and he shook his head repeatedly.

Emperor Qing said impatiently, "Hurry up! As the prince of Daqing, you must take responsibility for your actions!"

The King of Shu gritted his teeth and slowly raised his head.

While Li Che was still wondering what Emperor Qing was going to do, the other princes had already shown fear on their faces and lowered their heads.

Then, Li Che saw Emperor Qing take out his hands, which had been behind his back.

In his hand was a black and red ruler.

Snapped!

Li Che only heard a thunderclap and a stream of hot blood splashed onto the back of his hand.

Then the King of Shu screamed: "Ah!!!"