I transmigrated to ancient times and became a king with a title equal to mine.

Just as Long Yunfu was hesitating, the chief eunuch rushed in in a panic.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The Princess Consort of Nan has committed suicide."

"what……"

Everyone was stunned.

Long Bin, taken aback, said to the king, "Father, I must return home immediately. Before I leave, I must remind you: Dongjiang Kingdom has long harbored the intention to destroy us. If nothing unexpected happens, they should attack Licheng in the next day or two."

Having said that, he sprang out of the east gate of the Golden Palace like an arrow.

Looking at Lao Jiu's skills, Long Yunfu asked himself dumbfounded, "Who taught him all this kung fu?"

Accompanying Long Bin was a middle-aged man, Lan Tianpeng, the Grand Eunuch, Lan Yue's father, Long Bin's father-in-law, and a second-rank Grandmaster.

When Long Bin arrived at the Prince of Nan's residence, Consort Ren, Lan Yue, had already been poisoned for nearly half an hour.

In ancient times, one shichen was equivalent to two hours today.

When Lan Tianpeng heard from the maid that his daughter had taken poison half an hour ago, he rushed over to check her pulse, but he could no longer find it.

"Yue'er..."

Long Tianpeng only has one daughter. His wife passed away a few days ago. If his daughter also passes away, he will have no relatives left.

Several imperial physicians who had arrived earlier shook their heads and sighed at Long Bin, meaning there was no hope.

Long Bin shoved the imperial physician aside and said to his father-in-law, who was wailing, "Yue'er is not dead. I can save her, but I need your help, father-in-law."

"Really?"

"Tell me how to do it," Lan Tianpeng replied.

"My internal energy was previously exhausted, and I need you to replenish it."

Long Bin had already placed both palms on Lan Yue's lower abdomen, then turned around and glared at the imperial physicians: "All of you, get out!"

Lan Tianpeng, a grandmaster, placed his right palm on his son-in-law's lumbar acupoint and slowly exerted force, allowing his powerful internal energy to flow into Long Bin's body.

Long Bin didn't run out of internal energy; rather, the body of the dead Long Bin was not only weak and deficient, but also lacked any resilience, making it unable to bear too much internal energy.

With the help of his father-in-law's true energy, Long Bin massaged Lan Yue's abdomen for a while, then slapped her chest with his palm. Immediately afterward, with a "whoosh," a jet of dark green water gushed out of her mouth, spraying Long Bin all over.

Upon seeing this, the maid Xiao Cui hurriedly wiped his face.

After spraying several times, Long Bin inserted six needles in succession. After an incense stick's time, he pierced Lan Yue's ten fingers, and black blood immediately gushed out.

"Father-in-law, let's stop now." Long Bin let out a long sigh of relief and summoned the imperial physician.

"Quickly brew a detoxifying soup!"

The imperial physician looked at the panting princess, then stared at the Prince of Nan in utter shock, hardly believing that this纨绔 (wan ku, a spoiled brat whom everyone called a good-for-nothing) had actually saved the princess's life.

"It's incredible."

"It's incredible."

Seeing that the imperial physicians were still in a daze, Long Bin roared, "Prepare the detoxifying soup!"

This angry roar shook the heavens and the earth, and the tiles rattled loudly.

The imperial physicians were stunned. When they came to their senses, they quickly ran out.

The roar jolted Lan Yue awake from her coma. She opened her eyes and saw her father and Long Bin. She closed her eyes helplessly and burst into tears.

"Moon, don't cry. My silly daughter, you're doing something terrible. According to the imperial physicians, you're beyond saving. If it weren't for the Prince of Nan using his inner strength to save you, your father would have lost you forever."

Lan Yue opened her eyes and glanced at her useless husband, thinking to herself: Can his mediocre skills save me?

Long Bin looked at her, his eyes filled with guilt, and said in a low voice, "Cry as much as you can, so that you can better expel the toxins from your body."

"Of course, if you really want to die, then stop crying."

Lan Yue's heart skipped a beat: This good-for-nothing is truly ruthless.

She opened her eyes and glared at him with great resentment.

"Don't look back, and don't hate," Long Bin said leisurely. "Although I don't know who instigated you to do this, I'm sure your intention was to kill me, to cooperate with Long Yingkun and the others in digging a pit for me. No, to dig my grave."

Lan Yue's surprised expression made her father, who was standing to the side with doubts, look at Long Bin with confusion.

Long Bin shrugged and said, "Don't look at me. Tell her what happened at the Golden Palace, and then ask her."

After saying that, he turned and left.

In his room, he recalled the events of the day he had transmigrated, and after careful consideration, decided that a wise man does not seek refuge in a dangerous or strong place.

Since many people don't like me, I'll take the initiative to back down.

If I stop being the crown prince, will the ninth prince also be removed from the throne?

The position of Crown Prince is now vacant; the eight of you can compete for it.

In his previous life, Long Bin started as a junior high school teacher and, after fifteen years of arduous struggle, defied the odds and rose step by step to the position of God of War.

If a commoner could succeed in his past life, what is there for the Ninth Prince to fear in this life?

Having made up his mind, he went straight to the palace.

Inside the imperial study, the king had already learned that his ninth daughter-in-law had been saved. Lan Tianpeng asked the imperial physician Tao Kan to deliver a message to the king, saying that Lan Yue's suicide had nothing to do with the Southern King.

Since the Princess Consort was out of danger and her family hadn't blamed her, Long Yunfu didn't reprimand his son.

Moreover, he had long known that the couple had not yet consummated their marriage, and that Lan Yue was secretly exchanging glances with his second son, Long Yingkun.

"Bin'er, why are you here instead of taking care of your wife at home?"

Long Bin knelt down with a thud and said, "Your unfilial son has two requests, one of which is..."

"Oh?" Long Yunfu stared at his son with his bull-like eyes and said, "Speak."

"Your first request is to resign from the position of Crown Prince and voluntarily step down."

Long Yunfu was somewhat displeased, thinking that the boy was sulking, but seeing Long Bin's clear and calm eyes, he felt a strange pang of pain in his heart.

Long Bin lost his mother at a young age and was raised by the Empress Dowager; he was a lonely and pitiful person. At this moment, His Majesty suddenly felt a pang of conscience and blamed himself for being too biased.

Seeing his father's expression change several times, Long Bin didn't think much of it and continued, "Your son's second request is: please grant your son permission to lead troops to Lishui City."

"Leading troops to Lishui City?" Long Yunfu was greatly alarmed and asked, "What are you going to Lishui City for?"

“Father, a battle between Great Xia and Dongjiang is inevitable, and it will be a battle to the death. If my estimation is correct, the 300,000 Dongjiang rebels on the banks of the Jiupai River have already begun their pre-battle mobilization.”

"Huh?" Long Yunfu stared incredulously at his son, whom he had never acknowledged, and wondered to himself: This kid has a lot of guts, is he sincere? Or is he up to something again?

Long Yunfu did not answer him, but frowned and asked, "What is your other request?"

"Your subject requests that you grant me permission to divorce my wife or Lan Yue to divorce my husband."

"This...?" His Majesty Long Yunfu could no longer bear it.

Marriages of royal descendants are no trivial matter. They involve not only the honor of the royal family but also the reputation and future of each bride's family. More importantly, they affect the harmony and balance between the emperor and his officials in the imperial court. Each royal bride comes from a prominent and influential family.

Even if one is the ruler of a country and the chosen one, one cannot easily offend these powerful families.

Especially considering the Lan family has served as close advisors to the king for six generations, producing two empresses, and possessing unwavering loyalty to the court. Seventeen grandmaster-level masters from six generations of the Lan family have sacrificed themselves for the country. How could Long Yunfu possibly betray such a family? How dare he betray them?