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

After they walked out of Heming Tower, the nobles looked at Li Che with different eyes.

Before, everyone only knew that Li Che was the gentlest and kindest among all the princes, and even a little pedantic.

After Li Che became a vassal, he repeatedly achieved exaggerated military exploits, which greatly changed people's impression of him.

From a "pedantic softie", he became a "softie who is cowardly towards his own people but ruthless when fighting barbarians".

But after seeing the real person today, everyone's impression of him is different.

This is not a coward at all, he is simply extremely vicious.

Not only did the prince go to a brothel to eat and drink and run away with the bill, but he also tried to murder the King of Qin?

As for whether this matter will be exposed?

Most likely not.

With so many dukes and marquises present, the person in charge of Heming Tower would never have thought that Li Che would lie to him.

When they arrive at the King of Qin's place, they will certainly not ask the King of Qin himself for payment, but will instead look for his steward and his subordinates.

The butler didn't dare ask too much about the bill for the master's drinks, so he made sure to pay it on the spot.

After all, no one could have imagined that someone would dare to take advantage of the King of Qin.

Hiss... This kid is really brave and has a black heart.

Li Che, the instigator of the incident, still acted as if it had nothing to do with him. He bowed and said goodbye to Zhu Chun: "Uncle Zhu, I will be leaving now. I will come to visit you another day when I have time."

Zhu Chun smiled and didn't care that Li Che used his name to trick the King of Qin.

"Okay, where are we going back to? The Ten Kings' Residence? You've torn it all down there. Is it still habitable?"

Li Che smiled embarrassedly, but before he could say anything, Zhu Chun continued:

"I have a vacant villa near the West Market. It's close to the Imperial City and convenient for travel. You can stay there for the next few days."

Li Che quickly declined: "This is inappropriate... How can my nephew occupy Uncle Zhu's yard?"

"Listen to me!" Zhu Chun said without question, "The Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince are together, and you two can live together so you can look after each other."

Li Che hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

In fact, he also knew that the current situation of the Tenth Prince's Mansion was that there was not even a bed to sleep on. The other princes would have found other places to live long ago.

Except for the King of Qin, the King of Jin, and the King of Shu, they were all under house arrest and could only suffer in the Ten Kings' Houses.

"But I'd like to trouble Uncle Zhu to send someone to inform my personal attendants who are staying at the Ten Kings' Residence."

"That's easy." Zhu Chun agreed immediately. "Your Highness, give me a token. Otherwise, they won't believe it, right?"

Li Che thought for a moment and took out a small square box from the lining of his clothes.

It was a gilded lighter specially made by Gongzheng for Li Che, with a gilded dragon pattern on it.

There is only one of this kind in the world, and Qiu Bai and the others can recognize it at a glance.

Seeing the lighter, Zhu Chun praised: "This thing looks exquisite, what is it used for?"

Li Che smiled, opened the lid with his fingers, and wiped the grinding wheel.

Flames shot out of nowhere.

Zhu Chun's eyes lit up and he reached out to take it: "Not bad, not bad, quite interesting."

Li Che smiled and said, "It's a small thing, but if you like it, I'll give it to you."

Zhu Chun was not polite either: "Hahaha, then I'll take it?"

Li Che is not a stingy person, but this thing is not worth much, only the gold on it is worth some money.

But Fengguo is not short of gold now. Not to mention the gold harvested from selling glass, a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry were also seized from the Goryeo Royal Palace.

After the agreement was reached, the nobles went home and dispersed.

Zhu Chun sent someone to the Tenth Prince's Mansion to inform Li Che's Li Lin's men, and then used his own carriage to send the two to the villa.

After getting on the carriage, Li Che leaned back in his seat and let out a long breath.

I thought I could have a good rest for a few days after returning to the imperial capital, but I didn't expect to encounter so many things in one day. I was more tired than in Fengguo.

Although handling the various chores of Fengguo is tedious, this kind of work is fulfilling and there are gains every day.

But it was different in the imperial capital. Li Che didn't like to engage in intrigue with others, and he didn't understand such things either.

Daqing is powerful, but far from invincible, and has begun to consume itself internally.

However, if Emperor Qing knew what Li Che was thinking, he would probably be so angry that he would pick up a ruler and punish him.

On the day you returned to Beijing on the king's orders, what else did you do besides beating up your brothers, drinking and cheating them?

Are you still complaining about being tired?

"Sixth Brother, how do these nobles get along with each other?" Li Lin suddenly asked.

Li Che came back to his senses: "How should I put it, they are all simple-minded people."

I wasn't lying, these guys really were simple-minded, they just wanted to eat, drink, gamble, and smoke every day!

Li Lin took out a pipe from behind his back, took out the lighter that Li Che gave him, lit it, and started smoking.

Exhaling a puff of smoke, Li Lin slowly said, "Don't be fooled by their private behavior. These people have great authority in the army. If they can truly support us, it would be equivalent to controlling one-third of Daqing's army."

Li Che nodded slightly. This was the truth.

Although these nobles do not have military power, almost all of the middle-level officers in the Daqing army are their former subordinates.

Given the nature of feudal society, it is impossible for the imperial power to control the entire army. Instead, these middle-level officials can firmly control their subordinates.

Seeing Li Lin puffing on his cigarette, Li Che also felt a little greedy and reached out to take the pipe: "Give me a puff too."

Li Lin looked puzzled: "Don't you guys not smoke?"

Li Che didn't say anything. He was a miner in his previous life and hung out with those mine owners. Of course he was good at smoking and drinking.

But after traveling through time, this body no longer had a smoking addiction, and didn't know that Daqing already had a pipe, so he naturally quit.

After taking a light puff, Li Che felt his head sink and almost vomited.

This thing is really powerful. One puff will make you drunk.

"It's not easy to smoke, I'll give it back to you." Li Che handed over the pipe with a look of disgust.

Li Lin took it and was about to laugh at it.

Suddenly, a sound of breaking through the air was heard!

whoosh-

A sharp arrow passed through the carriage window and hit the pipe, breaking it in two.

Li Lin retracted his hand, and immediately sobered up: "Assassin!"