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

The Lan family has served as close advisors to the king for six generations, produced two queens, and now a large portion of the royal family has Lan blood.

If Long Bin ascends the throne, Lan Yue will also become the empress.

Moreover, the Lan family members have always been loyal to the imperial court throughout the dynasties.

In the past six generations, the Lan family has sacrificed seventeen grandmaster-level masters for the country.

How could Long Yunfu possibly fail such a subject? How dare he fail him?

"Have you two reached the point where you absolutely have to separate?" Long Yunfu knew his daughter-in-law looked down on his son and had even laid down some rules. He never expected this good-for-nothing to be so timid, not daring to utter a single word—it showed no respect for a man.

At dawn, I heard the chief eunuch of the inner palace report that the Prince of Nan had forced himself on the Princess and had slapped her three times.

Long Yunfu was greatly surprised when he heard this, thinking to himself: What a useless piece of trash, why didn't you do this sooner?

Looking back now, it seems that the kid finally couldn't take it anymore and didn't want to keep pretending.

The king remained silent, and Long Bin, knowing his limits, retreated to ask for clarification: "If this marriage cannot be broken off, for the sake of the greater good, I request to be transferred to a post outside the capital. Out of sight, out of mind, and besides, I truly wish to share some of the burden with the king."

Long Yunfu sighed and said, "Rise."

Just then, the Minister of the Interior, Lin Shan, came to the King's side and handed him a note.

After the king saw it, his old eyes stared straight at Long Bin, which frightened him so much that he knelt down again as soon as he got up.

"Bin'er, your estimate was very accurate," Long Yunfu said in a deep voice.

Long Bin felt a weight lift from his heart. He frowned and said, "Father, I have something to say, but I don't know if I should."

"Speak freely, whether right or wrong, I forgive you for your innocence."

“Father, Xiang Yu’s visit was not without reason; there is a very deep reason behind it. You should be wary that Dongjiang has an inside agent in our court.”

"What?" His Majesty was shocked, and Lin Shan was even more astonished.

"Father, we must be careful."

Long Yunfu tentatively asked, "If the Crown Prince were to handle this matter, how would you proceed?"

"Father, please forgive my boldness."

Long Bin bowed and said, "If I handle this, I will secretly go to Lishui City tonight. At the same time, my father will have Lord Lin secretly go to Yangzhou to mobilize the Yangzhou navy to launch a surprise attack on Jiangning City."

Long Yunfu stared wide-eyed, his old mouth agape, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Lin Shan asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, how do you explain this scheme?"

"You go to Yangzhou to order the siege of Jiangning to relieve Lishui. I am going to Lishui to personally lead the expedition on behalf of my father."

"Bin'er, are you going alone?" Long Yunfu was deeply moved. This son, whom he had always disliked, turned out to be a man of great learning and talent in both literature and martial arts.

“Father, all I want is your personal imperial edict, that is, to give me an official position that allows me to take the initiative in military operations.”

Long Yunfu said in a deep voice, "Lin Shan, immediately summon Lu Yuanjian to the Imperial Study. Also, from this moment on, no one may enter or leave this palace without my permission."

"I accept the decree!"

"Bin'er, sit down quickly and pour yourself some tea."

When his father suddenly became kind and warm-hearted, Long Bin was at a loss for what to do.

"Tell me, how confident are you in holding off 300,000 bandit soldiers from Dongjiang when you go to Lishui City?"

"Father, I dare not make any guarantees, but I swear: as long as I live, the city lives; if the city falls, I die. However, even if I die, the 300,000 bandits of Dongjiang will be wiped out!"

Seeing his 21-year-old son so resolute, Long Yunfu burst into tears. He choked out, "Your words are enough. I hereby enfeoff Lishui City and the surrounding six prefectures as the fiefdom of the Southern King. From this moment on, Lishui is upgraded to a prefecture. The military, political, legal, and judicial powers of Lishui Prefecture, as well as its economic power, will be fully under your control, Southern King. You may act first and report later."

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your great favor!" Long Bin knelt down and kowtowed several times, saying, "I humbly request that you issue an edict to strip me of my position as Crown Prince. Let me take root in the grassroots and focus on consolidating the southern border. I swear, give me time, and I will definitely destroy the Dongjiang Kingdom."

"Good son, no wonder your royal grandparents like you so much."

In the stillness of the night, a dilapidated carriage slowly drove out of the south gate of the capital. After passing the ten-mile pavilion and at the foot of Weishan Mountain, Long Bin got off and changed into a better-condition carriage, which sped south.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yudong, the chief steward of the royal palace, disguised himself and left the capital, heading straight for Laoshan.

Long Bin sat cross-legged in the carriage for two days and one night, practicing the Heavenly Overlord and Earthly Spirit Breathing Method from the Medicine King's Bible. With the help of the sacred medicines for cultivation, such as the Great Rejuvenation Pill and the Solidifying Essence Pill, given to him by his father-in-law Lan Tianpeng, his sickly body was getting closer and closer to being reborn.

Currently, the skin all over the body has regained elasticity, the muscles have begun to tighten, and the body's resistance to stress has significantly increased, no longer feeling loose and weak.

In particular, the dantian has begun to produce slowly flowing gas, and the transformation of the dantian into the sea of ​​qi is a hurdle that martial arts practitioners must overcome.

Sitting beside him was General Lu Yuan, one of the few Grandmasters in the Great Xia Kingdom. Seeing the intermittent white mist above the Southern King's head and his trembling body, he immediately realized that the Prince was in the midst of a breakthrough in his cultivation, but lacked sufficient fire energy.

If the fire is strong enough, the constraints have already been broken;

The current lack of fire element is like an invisible windowpane that cannot be broken through.

If this continues, not only will they be unable to break through the bottleneck, but they may even go astray.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Yuan extended his right palm and gently placed it on Long Bin's dantian, slowly sending his own true energy into it.

As time went on, Lu Yuan became soaked and his face turned pale.

Meanwhile, Long Bin was surrounded by white mist and a golden aura.

The carriage had stopped in a secluded wooded area on a hill, and the Imperial Guards were stationed thirty feet away.

With a deafening roar, a giant wave shot straight into the sky, shattering the carriage into pieces.

"My lord!" The Imperial Guards cried out in alarm, their expressions extremely tense.

The Golden Guard was the iron guard of the Great Xia King's Palace. The guards only knew that their commander was in the carriage, and had no idea who the other white-haired old man in the carriage was.

They all assumed that the old man personally guarded by Lord Lu must be a senior member of the royal family with extremely high status.

The towering wave instantly turned into white mist, and in the dawn sunlight, the white-haired old man, carrying Lu Yuan, slowly landed.

Lu Yuan steadied himself and bowed deeply, panting.

"Your subject thanks Your Majesty for saving him."

Long Bin reached out and patted his Shenshu acupoint, saying softly, "If anyone should thank you, it is Lord Xie Lu who has helped me."

Lu Yuan suddenly felt a strong heat rushing into his body, instantly replenishing his previous losses, and it continued to flow in.

"Your Majesty, please stop your practice!" Lu Yuan said, utterly shocked.

"Don't speak, quickly gather your qi and regulate your breathing!" Long Bin said in a deep voice.

After a stick of incense had burned, Lu Yuan, radiating brilliance, knelt down with a thud and choked with emotion, saying, "Lu Yuan thanks Your Majesty for this merit!"

Long Bin laughed heartily and said, "Lord Lu, as the saying goes, you reap what you sow."

Lu Yuan, who was helped up by Long Bin, said with great gratitude, "I've reaped what I sowed."

At this moment, Lu Yuan's cultivation level had surged to the third-grade Grandmaster, surpassing Lan Tianpeng by a level, making him the undisputed number one expert in the Great Xia Dynasty.

A third-rank Grandmaster is as noble as a god in the Great Xia Dynasty. Even in the Dongjiang and Xishu kingdoms, where martial arts are prevalent and masters are numerous, they can rank among the top ten in the martial arts rankings.