Chapter 228 King Qi
At this time, in front of the gate of Jinyang City, Prince of Qi Li Yuanji rode a tall horse and entered the city with high spirits. The city guards cleared away the people and let His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi enter the city first.

Li Yuanji led a cavalry of several hundred men, as well as various hunting dogs, falcons, and lynxes. The hunting nets required more than thirty carts to carry them. What a grand and mighty force.

Upon seeing this, the common people all moved as far away as possible, and if they had any valuables they would quickly cover them up, even the Hu merchants did the same.

Li Yuanji, who was about to enter the city, suddenly drew his bow and arrow and turned sideways to where the people were most present, causing chaos. The people screamed and fled in all directions, exposing their ugly appearance.

“Hahahaha.” Li Yuanji laughed so hard that he relaxed and said to his attendants, “I would rather go without food for three days than go without hunting for a day.”

"Your Majesty is diligent and brave, so you can catch leopards and hunt tigers, and always return with a full load."

"Even if Your Majesty is not a prince, with this ability, you are still capable of ruling the world."

"Among the royal family, no one can match His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi in terms of bow and spear fighting!"

Li Yuanji was very proud of himself due to the flattery from his left and right. In fact, he was quite satisfied with his current life. His elder brother became the emperor, and he was granted the title of King of Qi and was in charge of Bingzhou. Although his second brother was a nuisance, he saw that his brother had suffered a great loss in the northern expedition and there were still a hundred beatings waiting for him. Just thinking about it was enough to accompany his wine.

He casually pointed at the soldiers who had made great contributions this time and said, "Go ahead. Within an hour, whatever you grab will be yours."

The soldiers, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed into the city like wild horses, and if they saw anything they liked along the way, they would just dismount and rob it...

When they returned to the Prince of Jin's Mansion, Princess Yang came out to greet them. She was a noble lady from the lineage of Prince Guan Yang Xiong of the previous dynasty. She was beautiful, dignified and graceful.

Li Yuanji had made good gains today, so he didn't care about his wife's indifference. He even joked that he would shoot tigers and bears for her before winter and make a blanket for her to cover her body.

Yang bowed politely and thanked her. Li Yuanji became dissatisfied when he saw this. He thought that even in the previous dynasty, you could barely be given the title of a princess, and you would not be much more noble than me, the legitimate son of a duke.

What's more, now I am a prince, and I am married to you, a member of the royal family of a fallen country. Could it be that you are still dissatisfied?

Li Yuanji snorted coldly and strode towards the main hall with no intention of slowing down to wait for his wife. Yang stood there and sighed.

Amid the contemptuous looks of everyone in the mansion, she maintained her composure and ordered the steward to pack up all the hunting supplies before heading to the main hall.

But Li Yuanji, who had been waiting in the lobby for a long time, was already furious. He pointed at the princess who had just stepped in and scolded her: "How dare you treat me with disrespect!"

Yang did not argue but just lowered her head: "I am guilty and will accept the punishment. Please calm down, Your Majesty."

Such an attitude made Li Yuanji even more angry and made his already slightly ugly face look even more hideous, but he could not do anything to Yang openly.

Just as Li Yuanji was pacing back and forth in the main hall, he suddenly saw himself in a mirror with sea beasts and grape patterns. The mirror was made by the emperor and was decorated with sea beasts, birds, bees, butterflies, flowers and plants. The patterns were gorgeous and complicated, but what was reflected in the center of the mirror was an ugly face.

Li Yuanji stared at the person in the mirror, his fists clenched so hard that they made crackling sounds. Aunt Chen, who got the news, came over and quickly covered the mirror.

Seeing her coming, Yang was relieved. Apart from the emperor and his majesty, perhaps only Aunt Chen could speak in front of the angry King Qi.

Aunt Chen's real name was Chen Shanyi. She was once a maid of Dou. When Dou gave birth to Li Yuanji, the labor was difficult and there were ominous signs. In addition, Li Yuanji was extremely ugly when he was born, so she wanted to abandon him.

It was Chen Shanyi's painstaking care in raising Li Yuanji that saved the infant Li Yuanji, and thus he enjoyed an extraordinary status in the Prince of Qi's Palace.

Chen Shanyi went forward to hold Li Yuanji to comfort him, but was pushed away several times. Chen Shanyi continued to comfort him without caring, but it only made Li Yuanji more angry. He wanted to ask Yang if she disliked his ugly appearance, but his pride as the King of Qi did not allow him to say such words, and Aunt Chen's constant comfort seemed to remind him why he was disliked by his mother.

Li Yuanji pushed Chen Shanyi away and said, "Come here, put on armor and practice fighting!"

Yang knew the seriousness of the matter and advised, "Your Majesty, I have not served you well. A husband is the head of his wife. You should teach me a lesson. Do not order me to attack again. Several people died last time. If it happens again, the court will definitely know."

At this time, Li Yuanji only wanted to see some blood, so he ignored Yang and even asked his servants to put armor on him.

The King of Qi is the God of Bingzhou. Moreover, in the King of Qi's Palace, no one can disobey the orders of the King of Qi. This is true for Yang and even more so for Chen Shanyi.

Soon, the family generals and servants who were accompanying the hunting party put on armor and lined up with bitter faces. Li Yuanji chose the side with fewer people to join, then beat the drum as a signal and started fighting.

The closer they were to the King of Qi, the less they dared to pretend. They all tried their best, but there was no other way. After all, the weapons were not that sharp and they were protected by armor, so it was not that easy to kill people.

But if he was found out by the King of Qi while pretending, he would be dead. If he didn't die here, he would be used as bait for hunting bears and tigers.

Li Yuanji was of course wearing the best armor and holding the sharpest weapon, and his opponents would definitely not dare to hurt him at all.

Therefore, the King of Qi was invincible, and he did not hold back at all. At this time, only real killing could make him feel happy.

Li Yuanji had some natural talents and his strength far exceeded that of ordinary people. In addition, he had been living a life of luxury since childhood, so he was naturally physically strong.

By the time he stopped gasping for breath, more than twenty people were already seriously injured and wailing, and six or seven were dead.

This made the family generals and servants feel terrified. The worst attack the King of Qi had done before was to kill two people and injure four or five.

But at this moment, Li Yuanji only felt extremely refreshed, especially after realizing the fear and awe of the crowd. It was so wonderful to be able to control the life and death of others at will!

How happy would the eldest brother be?

Li Yuanji suddenly felt annoyed that why he was the fourth in command and why that position couldn’t be his?

"Keep going! Who told you to stop?"

Chen Shanyi, who had been blocked outside, exerted his strength suddenly, and without caring about his dignity, he quickly slipped under the man's crotch and threw himself at Li Yuanji's feet: "Your Highness, you can't do this. These are human lives."

Everyone hoped that Aunt Chen could persuade King Qi, so no one took action, but in Li Yuanji's eyes, this was a contempt for him.

Why did they dare? It was this old woman who relied on her age to bully others. Did they really think that without her, my son, the legitimate son of the Duke, would not be able to survive?
Li Yuanji smiled and pointed at the people under his feet: "Kill her, I order you to kill her!"

Everyone knelt down. Li Yuanji kicked Chen Shanyi away, then walked up to a trembling general. The cold blade was pressed against his neck, stimulating him so much that he slowly stood up.

So Chen Shanyi died. She shed tears, did not beg for mercy, but died quietly in despair.

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(End of this chapter)