“Ah! How dare you hit me? Do you know who I am?”

At the entrance of the Zaixin Hall, there was a miserable shriek.

The voice was rather puerile too.

Fang Li yelled out loud. He had indeed suffered several punches from Su Changyu who went quite hard on him.

He lacked moral ethics too.

He suddenly launched a sneak attack without giving him a chance to react at all.

“I’m the grandson of the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, how dare you hit me?”

Su Changyu was carrying Fang Li, whose face was swollen and bruised, in his hand. He was hollering furiously with anger in his eyes, wishing he could kill Su Changyu.

Unfortunately…

Su Changyu had already started beating him.

Su Changyu would stay silent and be subservient to the strong.

To the weak, he would strike him hard without compromising.

To be honest, it had been a long time since Su Changyu enjoyed himself so much.

He had already forgotten how many years it had been since he had beaten someone up like this.

Indeed, beating others up was an enjoyable thing.

Su Changyu threw lots of punches and kicks at Fang Li without sparing any strength, all of which landed on the latter accurately.

As the grandson of the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, he was definitely the most precious and important person to the emperor. His father was the Crown Prince of the dynasty who would get chided by the emperor every now and then but Fang Li was different.

Both the emperor and empress of the Great Qian Dynasty pampered him and doted on him greatly.

In the entire Great Qian Dynasty, no one dared to be disrespectful to him or disobey his orders. He would always be the one to hit others and no one had beaten him up before.

The only time he suffered a beating was when his father hit him thrice with a whip to punish him for being mischievous, but in the end, his father was hung on the tree and got beaten up by the emperor instead.

In other words, no one in the entire Great Qian Dynasty dared to provoke or hit him.

Yet, he met someone who dared to hit him today.

‘I’m really unlucky.’

With that thought, Fang Li knew very well that Su Changyu had already gone berserk by hitting him.

It was as if he had never hit anyone before in his life. As Su Changyu continued to hit Fang Li, his punches became increasingly fast and brutal.

If this went on, Fang Li would be in a terrible state even if he didn’t die.

Hence, he hurriedly cried out.

“Stop hitting me, stop!”

“Please, stop hitting me!”

“Brother, Sir, please stop hitting me.”

“I’m really going to die if you keep hitting me. I’ll call you Boss, okay?”

“Just let me go.”

Fang Li cried and screamed while begging for mercy, in hopes that Su Changyu would let him off.

Besides, Su Changyu was having a whale of a time while hitting him. Why did Fang Li suddenly beg for mercy?

However, he looked at Fang Li and realized that his face was indeed bruised and swollen. If he continued to hit him, he might really die.

He found it quite a pity.

He was a little upset.

After all, he had finally met someone he could beat up and yet, he just surrendered.

There was no point at all.

Bang!

Su Changyu casually tossed Fang Li onto the ground and maintained a calm expression.

“You must learn to respect others in the future, do you understand?”

Su Changyu’s voice was calm as he stared at Fang Li composedly.

“Got it, got it. Brother, I understand.”

Fang Li hung his head low and cried with pain all over his body.

“Okay, go and reflect on yourself.”

After a fight, he felt much better.

Su Changyu stood with his hands by his side and looked into the distance instead of continuing to bully the child.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but be overjoyed.

‘Indeed, I’m very strong.’

‘I managed to hit him to the point of being unable to retaliate.’

‘Oh, Su Changyu.’

‘You’re such a strongman.’

Su Changyu walked into the Zaixin Hall, leaving behind Fang Li who was battered and bruised.

Xu Jin, who was in the dark, was already dumbfounded.

‘Fang Li.’

‘The grandson of the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty actually got beaten up by Su Changyu?’

‘This must be the greatest joke of the world.’

Even the Crown Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, who was Fang Li’s biological father, would be taught a hard lesson if he dared to hit Fang Li, let alone Su Changyu.

However, Su Changyu actually dared to hit the grandson of the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty.

If word about it were to get out, the entire Great Qian Dynasty would shake.

Xu Jin swallowed his saliva.

He felt that he was about to create trouble.

Initially, he thought that Su Changyu would just end up disturbing the empress while she was praying so that he would end up being chased out of the Great Qian Dynasty.

That was what Xu Jin thought.

He would be pleased as long as Su Changyu left the Great Qian Dynasty.

However, he didn’t expect Su Changyu to dig his own grave and beat the emperor’s grandson up after offending him.

The consequences of that were purely unimaginable.

‘It’s over, it’s over.’

‘He’s going to be in hot soup.’

Xu Jin felt that Su Changyu had made a big mistake, and at the same time, he knew that Princess Xu Yang would definitely suspect that he was the culprit.

When the time came, it would definitely lead to a huge trouble.

‘What do I do? What do I do!?!’

Xu Jin couldn’t help but get nervous.

Not far away, Fang Li suddenly cried loudly again.

The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.

He was the grandson of the emperor, and yet he got beaten up so badly.

Even his father had never hit him that hard.

He felt upset.

He really wanted to cry.

Fang Li’s weeping got louder and louder.

He felt more and more aggrieved too.

“No!”

At this moment, Fang Li sniffled and said with bloodshot eyes, “I’m going to see Grandpa. I must take revenge and let this guy die a horrible death.”

Pulling a long face, Fang Li walked into the distance.

At this moment, Xu Jin started tearing up in the dark too.

He felt that Su Changyu had caused huge trouble.

Of all people, Su Changyu beat up the grandson of the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty.

The consequences were going to be terrible.

It was over for him this time.

For a moment, Xu Jin didn’t know what to say.

He felt his scalp tingling and turning numb.

He really didn’t know what to do next.

However, Xu Jin knew that if he did not come out and say something, there might really be greater trouble.

Thinking of this, Xu Jin hurriedly came out of the dark.

He arrived at the place where Fang Li would definitely pass by, in advance.

“Your Highness, what happened to you?” Xu Jin immediately asked when he saw Fang Li.

His eyes were full of shock and bewilderment.

“It’s none of your business.”

Fang Li was full of anger when he saw Xu Jin.

Xu Jin was speechless.

The blunt and harsh reply left Xu Jin at a loss for words.

However, he thought that Fang Li’s reply was reasonable. Fang Li was already covered in bruises and Xu Jin was just asking for trouble by asking him such a question.

“Your Highness, did you get beaten up?”

Xu Jin asked after giving it some thought.

Fang Li said, “Shut up if you don’t know what to say, stop bothering me here.”

Fang Li chided, feeling peeved and upset. He was covered in bruises after suffering a beating. In the end, Xu Jin just had to state the obvious.

How could he not be angry?

“Your Highness, please forgive me. I’m just looking for someone, I didn’t realize. Your Highness, who would dare to offend you in this palace?”

Xu Jin panicked a little. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have said those things.

“Go look for the person you want to then, what are you doing here?”

Fang Li cursed.

However, in the next moment, Fang Li seemed to realize something and couldn’t help but look at Xu Jin.

“Who’s the person you’re looking for? Is he handsome or not?”

Fang Li asked with a serious expression.

“Your Highness, the person I’m looking for is Su Changyu. He’s the savior of Princess Xu Yang. In terms of looks, he can’t be compared to me.”

“Your Highness, have you seen my friend?”

Xu Jin asked seriously.

However, after hearing these words, Fang Li shook his head immediately.

“If he looks better than you, I haven’t seen him.”

Fang Li said straightforwardly.

Although he hated Su Changyu, he had to admit that Su Changyu was quite handsome.

Hence, he told Xu Jin that he hadn’t seen his friend.

Xu Jin was speechless.

‘You’re not that good at talking either.’

Xu Jin was perplexed. ‘Am I worse than Su Changyu?’

‘How am I less good-looking than him?’

‘Your Highness, you have to get your eyes treated.’

Despite feeling indignant, Xu Jin nevertheless smiled awkwardly.

“Your Highness, I remembered wrongly. My friend is very handsome and he’s definitely not an ordinary person.”

Xu Jin bit the bullet and said so because that was the only thing he could say now.

“How handsome is he?”

Fang Li asked curiously.

“Uh… He’s about as handsome as you.”

Xu Jin answered.

In an instant, Fang Li couldn’t help but nod hastily.

“Yes, yes, yes, he’s the one.”

“It’s this person called Su Changyu.”

“Great, I didn’t expect you to actually know him.”

Fang Li yelled agitatedly without a care for his pride or image at all.

That left Xu Jin at a loss for words.

To be honest, he had always felt that he was thick-skinned and shameless enough but he didn’t expect Fang Li to be even more shameless than him.

‘He’s really… the most shameless person I’ve ever met.’

However, Xu Jin had to force himself to continue with it.

“Yes, Your Highness, that person is called Su Changyu.”

“This time, Princess Xu Yang left the palace and encountered danger when she was outside. Fortunately, Senior Su rescued her and resolved the crisis.”

“That’s why Princess Xu Yang invited him into the palace, but I didn’t expect him to hit you. He’s really evil.”

Xu Jin scolded indignantly.

However, Fang Li ignored Xu Jin and instead said with anger written all over his face,

“I don’t care who he is, since I know where he comes from, it’ll be easier for me to find him.”

Fang Li clenched his fist with his eyes full of hatred.

He was the most noble grandson of the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Yet, he received a beating for nothing. He naturally wouldn’t let Su Changyu off.

“Yes, yes, you mustn’t let him off the hook. But Your Highness, Senior Su Changyu has saved your sister, Princess Xu Yang, no matter what. If you punish him, won’t it undermine the might and prestige of the Great Qian Dynasty?”

“Why don’t we just chase him out of the palace?”

Xu Jin asked. Given Fang Li’s character, Su Changyu would definitely be in huge trouble.

That was not something he wanted to see.

After all, Princess Xu Yang had asked him to take care of Su Changyu, so if anything went wrong, he would be doomed too.

Having Su Changyu kicked out was the best outcome.

Unfortunately, Xu Jin had underestimated Fang Li’s character.

“Kick him out of the palace? He beat me up and all he gets is to get kicked out of the palace? Is there such a good deal in this world?”

“Xu Jin, did you say that I’ll be tarnishing the prestige of the Great Qian Dynasty if I punish him?”

“Have you ever thought that he has done exactly that by hurting me?”

Fang Li hollered furiously.

He vented all his anger on Xu Jin.

The latter could not put his misery into words.

“But… but… but he’s Princess Xu Yang’s guest.”

Xu Jin said.

However, Fang Li sneered after hearing that.

“So what?”

“What can Ninth Sister do? Whoever offends me in the Great Qian Dynasty will have to die.”

At this point, Fang Li couldn’t help but continue coldly.

“I won’t let this matter go just like that.”

“I must let Su Changyu know what an emperor’s grandson is like.”

After saying these words, Fang Li walked towards the south to look for his grandfather.

Indeed, he couldn’t let the matter rest.

Looking at Fang Li who left, Xu Jin felt really upset too.

He was perplexed. Of all people, he just had to provoke Su Changyu.

‘It’s over for me.’

‘It’s over for me.’

Xu Jin grimaced in misery, feeling like he was in hot soup.

At this moment, in the Zaixin Hall.

A nobly-dressed woman was kneeling in front of the god statue.

Her clothes were luxurious and she was elegant, exuding a tender and benevolent vibe.

She was the empress of the Great Qian Dynasty, Chu Rouyun.

She was kneeling in front of the god statue and chanting some ancient sutras piously.

Some time later, Chu Rouyun took a deep breath and placed the ancient sutra on the ground before staring at it quietly.

After a long time, Chu Rouyun took out another item.

It was an ordinary-looking jade pendant that was dim and lackluster.

However, it was the most precious thing to Chu Rouyun.

It was given to her by Princess Changling.

The jade pendant seemed dim, but it was an ancestral jade pendant that belonged to Princess Changling.

Legend had it that it contained a shocking secret.

However, Chu Rouyun didn’t care about the shocking secret.

She just hoped that she could reunite with the Tenth Prince.

He was the child of her sister.

At the thought of this, Chu Rouyun couldn’t help but be sad.

She would always remember how she was ostracized by countless people when she just entered the palace and was almost killed.

If it wasn’t for Princess Changling who stepped in to help her, she might have died a long time ago, let alone become the empress.

However, the most important thing was their friendship.

She was very close to Princess Changling and although they were not biological sisters, they were closer than biological sisters.

When she learned of Princess Changling’s death, she was devastated and heartbroken.

Even after more than 20 years, she had never gotten over it.

There was another person who was as miserable as her, and that was the emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty.

“Sister Changling.”

“Where is your child?”

“I’ve been searching for over two decades but I still couldn’t find your son.”

“But don’t worry, I’ll find your child one day.”

“If I find your child, I will definitely take care of him and dote on him more than my own.”

Chu Rouyun muttered softly.

In fact, she had already said those words countless times.

However, after searching for more than twenty years, she indeed hadn’t been able to find the child.

Neither the Great Qian Dynasty nor the Great Xia Dynasty could find the Tenth Prince.

That also meant that the Tenth Prince was most likely really dead.

However, no one could be sure before they saw his corpse.

No one could guarantee it.

That was the last thing that kept her going.

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

It broke the silence in the hall.

“Is there someone?”

The voice wasn’t too loud but it broke the serenity.

At this moment, Chu Rouyun couldn’t help but turn around.

She looked in the direction of the voice.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Rouyun was stunned.