Tang Dynasty: To win Yang Guifei, they asked Emperor Xuanzong to die.

Li Mao gave a surprising answer: "I'm going to redeem Qiuyue from her servitude."

"Wh-what?!" Guo Ziyi was shocked.

Yesterday he was still thinking about whose side he should take if His Highness and Li Guangbi were to fight over the girl. He never expected things to develop so quickly. Today, Li Mao made a shocking statement, declaring that he would go and redeem Qiuyue from her servitude.

"Your Highness, please reconsider." Guo Ziyi didn't know how to dissuade Li Mao, so he could only ask him to think it over.

Li Mao looked over and said inexplicably, "Why think it over? We've known Miss Qiuyue for so many days and have some feelings for her. I'll be leaving Lingzhou for Yinshan in a few days, so naturally I should help her out before I leave!"

The main reason is that Qiuyue is the younger sister of Consort Mei in the palace.

If Consort Mei knew that her younger sister had fallen into prostitution, she would probably be heartbroken. At this moment, Li Mao stepped forward and said, "I brought your sister back safe and sound. How could Consort Mei not be grateful to me?"

However, it is not appropriate to tell Guo Ziyi these things yet. Guo Ziyi is impulsive, and if he accidentally lets Qiu Yue know his sister's whereabouts, things will become too complicated and difficult to handle.

"Your Highness, we've only known Qiuyue for a few days, and you're already asking for thousands of taels of silver to redeem her. If this gets back to Chang'an and the Emperor hears about it, and some treacherous officials impeach you, how will you cope?"

In fact, Guo Ziyi was thinking about how upset Li Guangbi would be if he found out about this.

Let alone supporting His Highness, even if he supported Li Guangbi, Li Guangbi was a penniless man who couldn't afford a thousand taels of silver to redeem Qiuyue. To be so utterly outdone by His Highness, with no future possibility with Qiuyue, how could Li Guangbi accept that?

For a moment, Guo Ziyi felt extremely awkward, with a prince above him and subordinates below him.

Seeing that he seemed hesitant and stammering, Li Mao didn't bother to argue with him any longer and turned to leave.

At this moment, Guo Ziyi finally jogged forward and said, "Your Highness, it's like this..."

He recounted in detail all of Li Guangbi's little tricks from the previous night to Li Mao.

"Guangbi may seem straightforward, but he's actually quite shy. He's taken a liking to a courtesan but is too embarrassed to say so, and he doesn't have the money to redeem her. I was thinking of helping him out in the future, but I never expected Your Highness to appear out of nowhere. If Your Highness redeems Qiuyue, then Li Guangbi will be out of a job!"

In the end, Guo Ziyi chose to stand with Li Guangbi.

The reason is simple: His Highness has two beautiful women in his household, and a peerless beauty in the Tai Zhen Temple. All of these beauties are deeply in love with him, so he doesn't need another Qiu Yue.

But Guangbi was different; he finally found a girl he liked.

"Oh, I thought it was something serious!" Hearing Guo Ziyi's concern, Li Mao laughed out loud: "So it's just a small matter. You should have said so earlier. I would have just given the silver notes to Li Guangbi and asked him to redeem Miss Qiuyue from her servitude."

After saying that, Li Mao really turned around and walked towards the courtyard where Li Guangbi lived.

Guo Ziyi's pupils dilated in shock once again, and he hurriedly followed, saying, "Your Highness, what... what do you mean? Do you mean you want to share Qiuyue with Li Guangbi? This is unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable!"

Given Li Guangbi's personality, it was impossible for him to accept this.

Not only that, Li Guangbi might also feel that Li Mao was insulting him.

If the two of them misunderstand each other, Guo Ziyi feels that he is caught in the middle and unable to resolve the situation. It would be better to stop with Li Mao and prevent His Highness from making any further mistakes.

Li Mao looked helpless, finally turned around, and said seriously, "Ziyi, do you think I am such a licentious person? You even thought I was planning to share a woman with Guangbi? How could you even think of that!"

Guo Ziyi scratched his head, his face blank, and his eyes looked somewhat aggrieved.

He felt that His Highness was actually quite lacking in self-awareness. Compared to virgins like himself and Li Guangbi, a man like Li Mao, who was good at dealing with women, surrounded by beautiful women, and admired by women wherever he went, was considered "licentious and unrestrained."

Li Mao sighed and stopped arguing with Guo Ziyi.

He simply said, "You've misunderstood. My relationship with Miss Qiuyue isn't what you think."

After saying that, he went to Li Guangbi and slipped him a thousand taels of silver.

When Li Guangbi heard that the money was to be used to redeem Qiuyue from her servitude, he was stunned.

He immediately pushed the money back to Li Mao, saying unhappily, "What does Your Highness mean by this?"

"Stop talking nonsense. If you're interested in Qiuyue, then take the money to redeem her. If you're not, the madam will auction her off tomorrow, and then it will be too late for you to regret it," Li Mao threatened, lying through his teeth.

Sure enough, Li Guangbi's expression changed upon hearing this.

He still gritted his teeth and said, "But I have no relation to Miss Qiuyue, so there's no reason for me to spend so much money to redeem her. Even if I earned a lifetime's salary, I still couldn't repay this debt, Your Highness!"

“Who said you have to pay it back with your military pay?” Li Mao said seriously, “I want you to fight alongside Ziyi on the battlefield, to destroy the Turks and Tibetans, and kill a thousand enemy soldiers, then you will have paid it back. As for that Qiuyue girl, we didn’t redeem her for any dirty business, but only for the friendship we have formed over the years.”

Li Mao, who always prided himself on his silver tongue, quickly persuaded Li Guangbi with just a few words.

Remembering how Li Guangbi had remained tight-lipped and refused to say anything no matter what he asked yesterday, Guo Ziyi secretly gave Li Mao a thumbs up. To be honest, he truly had to admire His Highness's abilities!

Qiu Yue never expected that she would be free the day after she confessed her feelings to Li Mao.

and……

The man who came to redeem her was Li Guangbi, whom she considered the most handsome of the three. Although Li Guangbi was not as tall and fair-skinned as Li Mao, nor as lively as Guo Ziyi, he possessed a unique character and a tough, unyielding image, like a pine tree standing firm. No wonder Qiu Yue, a frail woman who had experienced many hardships, blushed and felt her heart race when she saw him.

Qiu Yue lowered her eyes and said softly, "Thank you."

Li Guangbi, with a stern face and no expression, said, "The money was borrowed from Your Highness and will be repaid to Your Highness in the future."

He didn't say that Li Mao had paid for it; in his heart, he believed he had given the money voluntarily. Since His Highness Prince Shou had given him this opportunity, he would live up to the expectations of both the nation and his beloved, protecting the country and his hometown while ensuring the woman he loved lived a good life.

Now, after bringing Qiuyue back to the manor, it has been almost ten days since they left the military camp.

Li Mao said, "I have a feeling that a storm is brewing. Ten days is a crucial time for many things. I imagine some people will soon be unable to contain themselves."