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

Li Che's eyes turned completely cold, and he slowly put down his teacup:

"Master Gong is very articulate. I am not only the Prince of Daqing, but also the Grand General of Heavenly Strategy appointed by my father, and in charge of the affairs of the northern border, Liaodong, and the overseas vassal states."

"Inspecting the coastal defenses and investigating trade routes are my duties. I've already sent official documents to inform everyone along the way. Why should I report everything to a mere Chief Secretary like you?"

The status of General Tiance was so transcendent, the only one of his kind in the world, that he directly overruled the court decrees and the emperor's will mentioned by Gong Qingwen.

The muscles on Gong Qingwen's face twitched, and he was obviously choked by the title of General Tiance.

He couldn't help but blame Emperor Qing in his heart for giving Prince Feng such an outrageous official position, making it impossible for anyone in the court to suppress him.

Once the name of General Tiance is mentioned, everyone will be half a head shorter than him!

He then sneered, but refused to give in.

"His Royal Highness Prince Feng is in a high position of power, so naturally I dare not interfere. However, His Royal Highness Prince Fu is His Royal Highness Prince Feng's brother, so I must be even more cautious as this is my duty."

"Your Highness wishes to bring Prince Fu aboard. Regardless of your motives, in my humble opinion, you are attempting to deceive Your Highness and go against His Majesty's will. I cannot possibly obey your order!"

"Fuck you!" Li Lin was so angry that his face turned blue and his fists were clenched so hard that they made crackling sounds.

Li Che immediately stopped Li Lin with his eyes.

After three years of self-cultivation, Li Che's personality has become much more stable.

In Daqing, everything has rules, even you have to abide by the rules.

Li Lin went up and beat Gong Qingwen up, which made them feel relieved, but the court's laws were violated.

By then, Emperor Qing will not be able to explain himself, and as his anger spreads, won’t the tenth brother be the one who suffers?

Li Neng sat in the main seat, his face pale, his hands tightly gripping the armrests of the chair, his lips moving a few times, but he dared not utter a word.

Obviously, he had long been accustomed to being submissive under Gong Qingwen's suppression.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Gong Qingwen stopped pretending to be polite and shouted directly to the outside of the door:

"Come here, prepare the best rooms for these two distinguished guests. Make sure they are properly accommodated."

After saying that, he turned to Li Che and Li Lin and said, "It's getting late. Your Highnesses must be tired. Please go to the guest room to rest first. Your Highness Prince Fu also needs to review his lessons on time. Tomorrow, please set off early and don't delay your trip."

Li Che had a cold expression, knowing that with this vicious dog sent by the imperial court watching here today, it would be impossible for him to borrow soldiers here.

"Fourth brother, let's go."

Li Che said this coldly, without even looking at Gong Qingwen, and walked away.

Li Lin glared at Gong Qingwen fiercely and stood up as well: "Hmph, Mr. Gong, take care of yourself!"

"Fourth brother, Sixth brother..."

Li Neng stood up timidly, with reluctance and guilt in his eyes.

Li Che stopped and looked at his brother who had completely lost his fighting spirit, and sighed in his heart.

He also knew that Li Neng's current state was not his fault.

The status of the former princes was too high, and they suppressed the court officials and their families.

Now that Emperor Qing has taken away the power from the princes, the princes will lose their protection and will inevitably be hit.

"Tenth brother, take care of yourself. We will meet again some other day." Li Che deliberately emphasized the four words "meet again some other day".

Li Che would naturally not follow Gong Qingwen's arrangements. After staying at Prince Fu's Mansion, he took Li Lin directly back to the inn.

"You bastard!" Li Lin kicked over a stool in anger as he entered the room. "How dare a worthless chief historian be so arrogant? It's simply outrageous! Lao Liu, you shouldn't have stopped me and let me punch out his mouthful of dog teeth!"

Li Che stood in front of the window and said slowly: "It's easy to beat him up, but what happens after that?"

"Acting so rashly will only serve as a thorn in Gong Qingwen's side, and in the court behind him, to accuse us brothers of leaving our fiefdoms without permission and bullying imperial officials. This will only make Tenth Brother's situation even more difficult."

"What should we do? Should we just let it go and watch that bastard shit on our tenth brother's head?" Li Lin asked anxiously.

"Forget it?" Li Che raised the corner of his mouth with a cold arc, "Of course not."

Li Lin's heart trembled, and he felt that Li Che in front of him seemed like a different person, exuding a cold aura.

I almost forgot, my sixth brother is not a good-tempered one...

"Qiu Bai." Li Che suddenly spoke.

Qiu Bai immediately bowed: "Your Highness, please give your orders."

"You should go to the Tianshang Renjian Building in Fuzhou City right now, and then do this and that..."

Li Che quickly whispered a few words, Qiu Bai's eyes flashed, and he took the order and left.

Li Lin watched Qiu Bai leave and asked anxiously, "Sixth Brother, what about us? We can't just sit there and wait, right?"

"Of course not. Let's go to the Fuzhou government office, pay a visit to the Fuzhou governor, and ask him for a small favor."

. . . . . .

The Fuzhou government office is located in the city center and is solemn and majestic.

When Li Che and Li Lin revealed their identities, the bailiffs hurried in to report.

Chen Wenrui, the governor of Fuzhou, who was leisurely sipping tea, was so frightened that he rolled off the armchair, and the Fengguo glass cup in his hand fell to pieces with a "crack".

"Feng...Feng Wang? King Yan?!"

Chen Wenrui rolled and crawled to his feet, his face as pale as paper, and beads of cold sweat instantly seeped out of his forehead.

He never expected that these two evil spirits would suddenly come to Fuzhou and kill him directly in his government office.

"Please come in! Please come in!"

"No need."

Li Che and Li Lin had already walked into the house, and the yamen runners were unable to stop the two princes.

"There's no need to panic, Governor Chen." Li Che put on a gentle smile, stepped forward and helped him up with his own hands.

Seeing that Li Che was smiling and didn't seem to have discovered his deeds, Chen Wenrui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He immediately asked Li Che and the other man to sit down and asked someone to serve tea.

Then he opened his mouth tentatively and said, "I wonder if your Highnesses have come here..."

"My fourth brother and I have come here incognito, hoping to understand the people of Fuzhou and not disturb the local people. However..."

Li Che shook his head, his face showing shame. "It's just that when I went to visit my twelfth brother, Prince Fu, today, I had some small misunderstandings with Mr. Gong, the chief official in the mansion."

Chen Wenrui was even more flustered by Li Che's words. He stammered, "Misunderstanding...misunderstanding? Your Highness and Gong Changshi?"

"Alas," Li Che sighed, looking quite helpless. "Chief Secretary Gong performed his duties conscientiously and meticulously. This king fully understands."

"It's just that he's too rigid, and seems to have some prejudice against me and my brother, and his words are quite aggressive. I don't want to let personal interests override public interests, and I don't want to affect my tenth brother's mood, so I'd like to ask Governor Chen to act as a peacemaker."

He paused, looked at Chen Wenrui's doubtful eyes, and continued:

"I would like to ask Prefect Chen to host us tonight at the best restaurant in the city. I would like to invite myself, my fourth brother, Mr. Gong, and you, Prefect, to join me. Let's all drink together and clear up any misunderstandings to avoid awkward encounters in the future."

"Taishu Chen is highly respected in Fuzhou. You are the most suitable person to take charge. What do you think?"

Chen Wenrui's thoughts raced.

How could he refuse when the famous Prince Feng spoke personally? He quickly bowed and said:

"Your Highness, you are too kind. It is my humble servant's honor to mediate the misunderstanding between you, His Highness the Prince of Yan, and Mr. Gong. I will make arrangements right away. It will be at Wanghai Tower. I will definitely satisfy Your Highness!"

"Thank you, Governor Chen." Li Che nodded with a smile.

Chen Wenrui did not dare to delay and immediately sent someone to Wanghai Tower to reserve the best private room and table. He also personally wrote a letter and sent it to Prince Fu's Mansion as soon as possible, earnestly inviting Gong Changshi to attend the banquet, and saying that Prince Feng and Prince Yan would also be there, and he wanted to take this opportunity to clear up the misunderstanding.

Gong Qingwen received Chen Wenrui's handwritten letter, read it carefully twice, and a proud look appeared on his face.

"Hmph, what misunderstanding? It's clear that Prince Feng and Prince Yan knew they were in the wrong, but due to the laws of the court, they had no choice but to bow to me."

Gong Qingwen sneered in his heart. In his opinion, no matter how powerful Li Che was, he would not dare to openly defy the court's policies.

This banquet must have been Li Che's attempt to use Chen Wenrui to mediate and save some face, or even to persuade him to be more lenient towards Prince Fu in private.

"Report to Governor Chen that I will be at the banquet on time." Gong Qingwen ordered with dignity.

. . . . . .

As night falls, the lights are on.

On the most prosperous street in Fuzhou City, the lights of Wanghai Tower are dazzling.

Gong Qingwen rode in the carriage of Prince Fu's mansion and drove towards the restaurant with great pride.

For tonight's banquet, he specially put on a brand new official robe and a black gauze hat.

He felt that he represented the majesty of the imperial court, and even Prince Feng had to bow before him.

This is a good opportunity to give these two princes a warning, to demonstrate the weight of the ministers from the aristocratic families, and to prevent these princes from being too proud.

The carriage slowed down as it reached a relatively secluded corner.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

A young woman with messy hair suddenly rushed out from a dark alley nearby and crashed right into Gong Qingwen's carriage.

The driver was caught off guard and hurriedly reined in the horse, causing Gong Qingwen in the carriage to stagger.

"Ouch!"

The woman screamed and seemed to be knocked down by the carriage, but in fact she rolled backwards skillfully and landed right at the feet of Gong Qingwen who had just lifted the curtain and stuck his head out to look.

Before Gong Qingwen could react, he only saw a figure flash before his eyes and a scent of cosmetics hit his face.

The woman unexpectedly threw herself into his arms and held his waist tightly with both hands.

Gong Qingwen was horrified and instinctively pushed the woman away: "How dare you! What are you doing? Get out of here!"

"Sir! Please let me go!"

The woman screamed in a crying voice, her voice was shrill and piercing, and it was particularly clear in the quiet street corner.

Gong Qingwen struggled hard, trying to shake her off, but he couldn't get away.

Gong Qingwen was shocked and angry, and subconsciously raised his right hand and slapped him hard.

"Snapped!"

A crisp and loud slap sounded.

"Ah!" The woman fell backwards, clutching her cheeks and crying loudly, her clothes becoming even more disheveled. "Help! Someone is robbing me! The officials are beating me!!!"

The crying and shouting instantly attracted the attention of passers-by nearby. In just a moment, many people gathered around to watch the excitement, pointing and talking at the woman and Gong Qingwen.

Just when Gong Qingwen was at a loss, Li Che's voice rang out from the side: "Mr. Gong, what are you doing?"