Chapter 1671 Poor Prince
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Chapter 1671 Poor Prince
At the beginning, the two brothers didn't believe it very much. Tell them to spit out all the money of sister Lu Xinlan. How is that possible? You must know that it is 60% of the entire family's assets. The development is indeed very good, but it was also made with gold coins. Now this guy is worth more than 100 million gold coins at a time. The current liquidity of their family is only 100 million gold coins. , This is not bad. Originally, the Lu family had already suffered a lot of losses because of the Yanping County Palace. Now they also want to get a fortune from Lu Xinlan. They bleed, and they will never do such a thing. m
But a few minutes later, when Li Cong finished drinking a cup of tea, the two brothers were no longer as determined as before, because they felt that they were going to itch to death all over their bodies, as if there were reptiles all over their bodies. Can't move anymore, these two guys feel like they are going to explode one by one, the two of them can't keep calm for a long time, they know that there is something wrong with the food that Li Cong just gave them, Boss Lu is The first thing they couldn't stand was that they had never experienced such hardship since they were young. Li Cong originally thought that these two guys could last for a while, but he didn't expect to be so useless, and he said he would give money so soon , but they only have 100 million gold coins, nothing more. After all, this is also the mother's house of the princess, and Li Cong doesn't want to do things too much. If this is the case, you should live a hard life honestly, Li Cong I feel that I am already a master, and it is better to do less such robbery in the future. After all, if such things are spread in the future, it will be very bad for my reputation, but if these two guys don’t have a personality As far as eyesight is concerned, I don't mind coming here a few more times in the future.
Half an hour later, Li Cong went out with a box of gold tickets. This family is really a bad family. The gold tickets still have tens of thousands of gold coins. After all, it is also the family of the court officials, and they can’t even take it. Issue a golden ticket of 100 million gold coins.
One of the most important things for Li Cong to come back to the imperial capital this time is to solve the problem of the princess. Now that the problem of the princess has been solved, Li Cong has another important thing to do is to see the wind direction of the imperial capital. His method is to enter the yamen of the Ministry of War as a small official , Listen to the true meaning of these bigwigs. Although their news is spread to Guangming City every day, Li Cong feels that it is better to hear some things with his own ears. What do these people mean? Let’s see for ourselves. It’s better, the superficial intelligence of the instructions transmitted by the intelligence personnel, they can’t get a lot of hidden information, for example, when a person speaks, the eyes can show the guy’s true meaning, what Li Cong wants to see It's their facial expressions.
It is not easy to sneak into the lobby of the Ministry of War, but Li Cong's contacts in the Ministry of War are very good, otherwise, it would not be so easy for their every move to get into Li Cong's ears, Li Cong After walking out of Lu's house, I arrived at the lobby of the Ministry of War. Today I will take a good look at these people's attitude towards the situation on the front line.
The lobby of the Ministry of War is held every three days, and His Majesty will send a member of the royal family to attend. Today is the same as the previous few days. They are all from the seventh son of the emperor. He basically said nothing. In fact, Li It has always been here to see this person's attitude. If everything is ready here, Li Cong will prepare in advance. If there is no intention to move him here, Li Cong will continue to be confused. There still needs a certain amount of preparation time over there. It is not so easy for a large-scale teleportation array to come over. The teleportation array can transfer some inanimate things very quickly, but it is still not very appropriate to transfer life. Li Cong once Using some animals for experiments, the result is that half of them died. Li Cong couldn't let his side die 50% before the war started. Such a result is absolutely unacceptable.
However, when Li Cong was about to enter the lobby of the Ministry of War, a person stood in front of Li Cong. Li Cong was very surprised by the appearance of this person. He signaled Li Cong not to speak, and then Li Cong followed this guy. He had already arranged this matter with great pains, but he did not expect that this guy would appear in front of him in the end. There were only a few people who knew his whereabouts. This means that he was betrayed. When Yanshan brought Li Cong to a tea shop, Li Cong understood what was going on after two people came out. One of the two people who came out was the prince, and the other was His Royal Highness the eldest princess , Princess Dachang knew the news of Li Cong's return to the imperial capital, and now she saw Li Cong's face was a little ugly, after all, it's not very nice to talk about being a traitor.
"Hehe, I said, how could His Highness the Crown Prince know that I'm back? It turns out that he has the Ear God. I don't know why His Highness the Princess is doing this job. Could there be a lot of profit in betraying me?" . Li Cong said with a sneer, although he knew that the two of them did not see him like this to expose him, but the feeling of being betrayed was not very good. Maybe the two of them saw that they were going to the front line with the prince might be related Yes, has the prince already found some clues?
"General, don't blame your aunt. In fact, I am the one who wants to see you today. I didn't see you for myself, but for the two of us. You should know something by sending back the news. That's right. As you guessed, my royal father is going to abolish me and kill you at the same time. All of this will take place in two months. If we go ahead with this plan, there may be no way out for either of us. "His Royal Highness was very sad when he said these words. After all, he has been the crown prince for more than ten years, and now he is about to be abolished. He always feels uncomfortable in his heart.
Li Cong looked up at Long Yue over there, she also nodded, it seems that this matter is true, in fact, this prince is not so bad, of course, the ability is not very strong, but as a guardian There is still no problem with the king of the city.
"So which one is Your Majesty's favorite?" Li Cong picked up the snacks on the table and took a bite. His question made the prince very upset. After all, the current prince is still sitting here, so you openly talk about the next prince. Isn't this kind of thing too much, but Long Yue knows Li Cong's ability. She received her father's last words to take care of the current prince, but when the current emperor made this decision, She also has no ability to object. Recently, her life has not been very easy, so she took the risk and pulled Li Cong in. If Li Cong joins, their plan may have a high chance of success If there is no Li Cong's joining, they have at most 30% hope, but with Li Cong's joining, if they can still get the support of Li Cong's new army, they have 100% hope.
"It's the Seventh Prince who sits in the Ministry of War." Seeing that the Prince had no intention of answering, Long Yue said to herself that Li Cong, the Seventh Prince, had also met him before. On the surface, that guy was stronger than the Prince. However, Li Cong also has his own plans. This strong monarch is of no benefit to him, so Li Cong decided to help this guy in front of him. Besides, if civil strife starts in this empire, wouldn't he It can be easily taken down here. Many people in the energy group say that they can take down such a backward planet easily, but Li Cong firmly disagrees with such remarks. This is a country with billions of people. It is absolutely impossible for them to accept the invasion of aliens, but controlling their royal family is still an easy task. Instead of launching an all-out war, it is better to control their royal family. The Seventh Prince is much easier to control.
"Tell me about your plans. Also, I don't want to hear that there is something to hide. Since I can sit down with you and talk about this matter, you shouldn't doubt my sincerity. I must know everything about you. It is planned, and then analyze your chances of success. If you have no chance of winning, I hope that what happened today has never happened. After I go out, I will continue to listen to my business. As for my crisis, I am There is a way to solve it, don't talk about the people on the same boat as me, I don't recognize that." Li Cong said disdainfully, although his attitude was very arrogant, but the prince and Long Yue were very happy, after all This is what it looks like to cooperate. If Li Cong showed great interest from the beginning, then they would have such and such thoughts in their minds, thinking whether this guy would turn around and go to inform.
I don't understand Longyue Li Cong very much. How can this person care so much about the prince? Now her life is already sour. Who among the princesses in the Manchu Dynasty has a comfortable life like her? , this woman is really full, but Long Yue also has her own ideas, one is her father's will, and the other is that she puts all her energy on the prince, now she asks herself to change, that may be ? It would be even more impossible if it was really the seventh son of the emperor. The relationship between Long Yue and the seventh son of the emperor was not very good. In the past, they were somewhat confrontational, but he was younger than the seventh son of the emperor. If he wants to deal with him at that time, he will have no ability to fight back. No matter how powerful the princess is, she is still a princess, and no matter how weak the emperor is, she is still the emperor. If an imperial decree comes down, everyone's head will have to be moved.
The prince took a look at Long Yue, Long Yue actually looked down on the prince, this guy is really too lacking in courage, no matter what he does, he is always so forward-looking, how could there be a result if this goes on like this Well, but all my energy is on this guy, I have no choice but to nod my head, I have to ask myself to help him decide such things, even if I really become the emperor in the future, I am doomed It belongs to a useless emperor. If the Snake Queen hadn't invaded, it is estimated that His Majesty the Emperor would not really want to change the prince. Although the relationship between him and the prince is not very good, but anyway, this is his own after all. My son, but because of the Snake Queen, the power of the entire empire will not fall at the same level. Now because of the Snake Queen, the empire has lost more than tens of billions of gold coins. If this continues, it will definitely lose even more. Usually It is no problem to have such an emperor in this year, but it will not work after the Snake Queen has ravaged, and it is precisely for this reason that His Majesty the Emperor insisted on replacing his prince. If the prince really wants to blame, he can only blame the snake It's not the right time for the Queen to appear, and His Majesty the Emperor wants to kill Li Cong. The two kill two birds with one stone. He will not let this kind of thing go. He can see Li Cong's power, and now he is about to break free. It's a bit impossible to control this guy, and the new king in the future will definitely not have the ability to control Li Cong, so they can only kill Li Cong.
"Our plan is very simple. We can't sit still. We have to resist little by little during these two months. When His Majesty sees me off two months later, we will send troops to take the palace in one fell swoop. At that time, I will It will be announced that your majesty is old and can no longer handle state affairs, and I will inherit the general rule. When the time comes, the king with a different surname that my father promised to you, I will definitely honor it for you, and give you the seat of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, How is it?" The prince's eyes were shining brightly, but his actions also showed that this guy had no scheming at all, this plan is really ridiculous to say the least, Li Cong was happy after hearing it, use your two skills to think It is simply impossible to deal with the emperor. His majesty's dark forces are much stronger than yours.
Long Yue also glanced at the prince helplessly. On the surface, the prince can still manage things, but when it really comes to this critical moment, he is not at all reserved, just like now. In fact, ever since he learned that His Majesty wants to When he started to fight the prince, the prince couldn't hold his breath anymore. He walked around in his palace every day, as if the end of the world was coming. Long Yue could only be a consolation, but it wouldn't be of much use , the prince also knows that Li Cong's power is very huge, and now the prince almost puts everything on Li Cong, let alone a king with a different surname at the moment, it is Li Cong who proposed to divide the country with him In other words, this guy will not have other ideas, because in his opinion, as long as he can win, everything is negotiable. If he can't win, then everything is nothing.
"His Royal Highness, I estimate that there will be nearly three million troops in the imperial capital, most of which are the emperor's relatives. If His Royal Highness wants to control these troops, I think it is impossible. There are also hundreds of thousands of troops. These people are basically the cronies of His Majesty the Emperor. I don’t think His Highness the Crown Prince is capable of doing anything to them, right? The prince said some useless things, and now Li Cong wants to know how much chips the prince has in his hand now. His Majesty the emperor has been in business for many years. If he can't get it right now, don't even think about it in the future.
The prince hesitated again now, he was hesitating whether he should tell Li Cong everything, after such a pause, Li Cong could see that this person was really uncertain, "Prince Your Highness, I feel that you must be courageous in doing things. To be honest, you are a little bit, um, thinking too much in this regard." Li Cong said it without any scruples, in fact, in Li Cong's opinion , Even your old man, we didn't respect that old guy much, let alone you.
The crown prince blushed a little when his shortcomings were revealed to his face, and it was no longer the time to hide, "I'm sorry, General, my plan is really confidential, and it concerns my own wealth and life. So I can't handle it." The prince said apologetically, Li Cong also nodded, after all, this is not a small matter, and he expressed his understanding, but it is better not to have such a thing in the future, otherwise It is not good to cause suspicion.
"General, there are a total of 3.45 million troops around the imperial capital, including the remaining 100,000 soldiers from the General's Thunder God Corps, 300,000 soldiers from the Zuo Daying camp under my control, and 200,000 soldiers from my aunt's army. People, the Crown Princess’s family is still in charge of 100,000 people, which is 600,000 people, of which 30,000 people are in the imperial capital, and I can get 200,000 people through other relationships. There are always 800,000 people, accounting for about a quarter of the total. There are about 400,000 troops in the imperial capital. In addition to my 30,000 people, the security army can also control 20,000 people. Accounted for one-eighth, although the force occupies a very small number, but we win because of this suddenness, and the gate of the imperial capital is closed, even if there are millions of troops outside the city, it will be useless. Someone will come in. I think Mr. Li's brave new army should be able to resist the main army in the city. Besides, many nobles will have private troops inside. They should know how to choose Yes." The prince thought for a while and said, this is the first time the prince talked about his military power in front of others, this prince has not been in vain these years, he can control a quarter of the military power of the imperial capital, The emperor was really careless, he didn't have any idea after being controlled by so many military forces. It's not surprising that such an emperor was dropped, but Li Cong still felt something was wrong. His Majesty the Emperor must have quite a few things in the dark, and although there are not many of them admitting defeat, they can definitely achieve a major effect at critical times.
"Hehe, His Royal Highness's plan includes me, but I haven't agreed to you yet. What I need to know will definitely not be so general. Besides, the distance from Guangming City to the Imperial Capital is not close. , Tens of thousands of people want to come back without disturbing His Majesty's spies, is that possible? Such a thing will never happen, so your plan is a bit too naive, and I know that there will definitely be many people behind His Majesty I think these secret organizations have already discovered us, for example, now..." After Li Cong finished speaking, the princess and the prince were shocked, and they also thought of this problem, but they didn't face it. Throwing it from a wine glass, it hit a person directly from the roof. Li Cong knew his hand strength. They need to talk, so there are no guests now. The three of them went out and saw that guy in the yard. At this moment, the guy is no longer angry. I believe the princess and the prince can see who this guy is from this guy. .
"It's Father's Tiance Army." The crown prince saw the logo on this guy at a glance, but the good thing is that this guy hasn't sent the news yet. If it weren't for Li Cong's better hearing today, I guess Now that His Majesty has known the news here, they don't have to think about what will happen two months later. They might not be able to make it through tonight. Although they are both His Majesty's favorite people, they can't love them no matter how much they like His own country, as long as they threaten His Majesty's own country, His Majesty will abandon them without hesitation. This is a must. In His Majesty's heart, no one is as important as his country , even if it is his own prince.
Hearing that it was Tiance Army Li Cong who hadn't shown anything yet, Li Cong didn't know much about some of the emperor's secret troops, but Long Yue's face was a bit unattractive, it seemed that His Majesty the Emperor noticed that they had already It’s been a long time, and their secret may not be a secret anymore. Perhaps His Majesty the Emperor still doesn’t believe in this matter, and needs to continue to adopt some information. If Li Cong hadn’t discovered it early today, the consequences would definitely not be They can afford it. This is the first time the princess has felt afraid in her life. Two generations of emperors have loved her very much. Speaking of which, a person like this should not rebel, but she is still a bit greedy. The two generations of emperors loved her. Her love is not enough, she hopes to be respected by the third generation emperor, if it is really a princeling who becomes the emperor, then her aunt will definitely be the most powerful princess among the princesses, but if the seventh son of the emperor becomes the emperor If so, I might not be able to live in the imperial capital anymore, maybe I would get my own fiefdom. How could Long Yue, who was used to a lively life, leave the imperial capital and go to a county that was very desolate to her.
"It seems that we can't do it now, Prince. Frankly speaking, your plan has a lot of loopholes. Since we want to do it, we have to do better. I think your plan is still okay with superficial strength, but you The biggest loophole is His Majesty's secret army. I don't know about these situations at all. Tell me everything you know, including all of His Majesty's secret troops. No, everyone knows that His Majesty's secret army is the most powerful." Li Cong looked at the corpses of the Tiance Army on the ground and said, no matter how powerful His Majesty's secret army is, as long as they can be found, they will definitely not be Li Cong. In the face of modern weapons, the power of human beings is absolutely insignificant. This can be seen from the fact that he killed Fengming Mountain, so Li Cong's plan is that he must keep these secrets Get rid of all of them first, otherwise I might lose together with them. In the past, whether you had a chance of winning had little to do with this place, but now it's different. If you participate, you can't fail.
"General, my aunt and I know some secret troops of the emperor, but we don't know everything. I'll ask someone to give you a detailed information later. I don't think it's suitable for us to stay here today." Let's go on, it's better to leave early." The crown prince is indeed a useless person, just a spy from the Tiance Army appeared at this moment, and this guy was already so scared that he didn't know what to say, but like this That's right, Li Cong is satisfied that there is such a cowardly person. If this person is terribly shrewd, he may not be able to sleep, Li Cong nodded.
"Wait, prince, you still have a task. You have to find out all about the big families in the imperial capital. If someone is willing to help, you can give them high officials and rich salary. No matter how excessive their demands are, now Remember, it is when we beg others, but after you become the emperor, they will have to beg you. At that time, you can kill them if you see who is not pleasing to the eye. Now you must correct your posture, I Knowing that the money in your hand may not be handy, use the money to do things." Li Cong threw a box to the prince, which contained the money Li Cong had just obtained from the Lu family, and 100 million gold coins would definitely be worth a lot in the hands of the prince. It played a big role, the prince must know how to use it, even if he didn't know, the princess would definitely not let the money go to waste, generally speaking, as long as it is around a fool, it will always There are quite a few capable people.
Long Yue and the prince nodded. The relationship between Li Cong and Long Yue was well known in the imperial capital of Zhongshui. Their relationship was very close. The two of them built a carriage and walked towards Long Yue's manor in the suburbs. There is not such a big battle anymore, Li Cong can see that Long Yue actually doesn't want to rebel very much in his heart, after all, if he fails this time, it will be lost forever.
"What's the matter? It looks like you don't want to mess around with your nephew. Why is he so good now?" Li Cong said with a smile. I don't know why, every time Long Yue sees Li Cong's When you smile, you will feel that your heart is very at ease. Many times Li Cong feels very safe to himself, and he will also feel this way when he is by Li Cong's side, just like he was by his father's side when he was a child. , what Long Yue did this time was really hesitant.
"Actually, it is very difficult for me to make this decision. As you know, the emperor's elder brother has loved me very much since he was a child. It can be said that I can have whatever I want. If he didn't really touch this I thought I would not do that, the crown prince is not here, let me tell you the truth, if the successor is not the seventh son of the emperor, I would not do that." Long Yue felt a little uncomfortable when she thought of the seventh son of the emperor. Get rid of that prince, it is definitely better to kill a prince than to rebel, but Long Yue also understands that even if you kill the seventh prince, it will not solve the problem. His majesty already wants to replace the prince, no matter you What do you think, how do you do it? Sooner or later, the seat of the prince will be replaced. If you replace him with a good relationship with you, it’s okay, but if the next relationship is still not good with you, should you continue to kill another prince? , Such a thing can be done once, but it is not so easy to do it twice.
"What's the matter, it seems that the seventh prince is not very old, you should have no trouble with him, although I don't know much about the situation in the imperial capital, but the relationship between your aunt and nephew should be fine. " Li Cong asked casually, he knew that this time was when Long Yue was most vulnerable, no matter what he asked, he probably could ask.
"Hehe, how can there be family affection in the royal family? Even if it is a prince, how can we really have the friendship of aunt and nephew when we grew up together? The Seventh Prince didn't have any hatred with me back then, but the Seventh Prince's My biological mother has nothing to do with me. If it wasn't for the seventh prince's biological mother, my mother wouldn't have died. After I grew up, I gradually gained my own strength. The seventh prince's biological mother died of the epidemic a while ago. Yes, that’s my reason. Speaking of it, this is the hatred of two generations, but hatred is like this. If you don’t do it, others will say you this and that, but you really did it At that time, this matter will not be so simple. If the hatred between me and him can be resolved, I will not choose to take this step, but our hatred cannot be resolved, even if he becomes the emperor. Dare to really murder me, but it is estimated that there will be many small troubles. You know what kind of person I am. Is it possible for me to live cautiously? I have been fighting all my life. I can't let me lose everything just because of this last step." The princess said sadly, it was the Seventh Prince who was wrong first, although the aunt and nephew are both fine on the surface, but anyone can see it , This is not the case at all, sometimes it is impossible to meet face-to-face, how can it be possible if they don't fight.
"Well, it is indeed like this. I don't know much about the affairs in your palace. Speaking of it, it is basically impossible to have a harmonious family in the palace. We need to find the emperor's secret army. But these dozens of harem concubines definitely don’t have a fuel-efficient lamp, how have you searched for their information, do you have any clues now?” Li Cong has no interest in the things between them, although I'm not afraid of being silenced in the end, but after saying this, I still feel like an inquiring person. It's not like I don't have nothing to do now, and it's better to do serious things.
"There are more than forty concubines in the harem, and the most important thing is the queen. How good was the relationship between the queen and the prince in the past, but because of the conflict between Ulanara and Uya The empress is very dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law, so her relationship with the prince has also come down. In recent years, the empress' power has grown rapidly. Many parts of the empire are controlled by the Wuya family. At that time, I just don’t know whether the Queen will support His Majesty or the Crown Prince.” The matter here is really complicated, this husband is fighting against his son, it should be supporting his own son, after all, this son is his own, and the emperor is everyone’s Well, the harem doesn't just have the queen alone, there are more than forty of them, which are still famous, and there are a large number of unnamed ones. If you count them all, the ghost knows how many there are.
"I feel that this mother should support her son. What's the situation? Why isn't the empress ready to support the prince? Speaking of which, the prince is the grandson of the Wuya family, or the son-in-law of the Ulanara family. , these two big families should be very supportive of the prince, why do you keep hearing about the Ulanara clan, what's going on with the Wuya clan?" Li Cong still didn't know much about these things, I just know that these two families are the most powerful families other than the royal family, and the areas they control are also very powerful, but I don't know the specific situation of these two families, and I have never had contact with people in their families.
"Hehe, what you said is correct, but a key issue is that the empress does not have only one son. It is not wrong that the crown prince is the grandson of the Wu Ya family, but the crown prince has several brothers. Ninth prince Not only does he have the same birth status as the prince, but another reason is that the ninth prince married a daughter of the Wuya family. Why do you think they share a prince equally with the Ulanara family? Why don’t they support one? Besides, when the prince was young, he followed the old emperor, and his relationship with the empress was not very good. Naturally, the empress would not rebel because of her son. She didn't even let her know about this plan, otherwise it would be sold. It is also possible that the matter of owning my own son will happen.” When it comes to the empress, the princess is not so happy. After marrying the daughter of their Wu Ya family, the prince's affairs are basically no more than asking about it. He is simply indifferent to the princess, but he is very caring for his other daughter-in-law.
"Hehe, if you put it this way, the prince is really pitiful. His own mother doesn't help him, but he has to guard against his own mother. Such a person should indeed rebel." Li Cong said with a smile Well, if the prince doesn't rebel, he will be taken down by his father because of some other minor problems. This princeling is really useless.
"Let's not talk about this matter for now. I want to know just now that the prince said that your 20,000 people can stop the hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial capital. Is it that powerful? I know your ability, but your subordinates really have that ability What is most relevant to Long Yue is actually this question, even if the emperor has many secret troops, but the imperial capital is such a big place, the most difficult thing is whether Li Cong can handle hundreds of thousands of troops, this is the most important thing If Li Cong can't deal with it, it's useless for them to think about it. No matter how many conspiracies and tricks they have, it depends on their real strength. Nonsense, women belong to women after all, they only care about the furs of the barbarians on the front line that Li Cong sent to the imperial capital, but they don't know where the furs come from if Li Cong's army is not defeated by the barbarian army.
"I don't think there is a problem with this matter. I know that the troops in the imperial capital are the elite of the empire, but I think if they are put together with the same number of wildling soldiers, can they win?" 1 38 Kanshu.com does not skip characters. Li Cong said with a smile.
"That should be impossible. No matter how powerful they are, they will never be able to defeat the soldiers of the savage tribe." The princess has also seen the soldiers of the savage tribe, not to mention the soldiers, even the common people are quite powerful. No one can beat one.
"That's it. My 20,000 people have defeated millions of savage troops on the front line. Of course, it's not entirely due to them, but I dare say that these hundreds of thousands of people are not my opponents. In my opinion, these people are no big deal. These forces on the surface can’t do any big things, and some things in the dark are the most terrible. You should talk to the prince carefully, we don’t know those things very well. I will immediately mobilize my troops on the front line to come back, and after receiving your information, I am going to attack His Majesty's secret troops first." Li Cong thought about it and decided to eliminate these things first. The secret army is better, and Long Yue also knows that the prince is not as good as Li Cong in terms of strategy. Li Cong's scruples are not these superficial things, and Li Cong's scruples are all things that he didn't show.
The two of them talked about some other issues before they left. When they were preparing, the Tiance Army camp also got an important piece of information. According to the law, Li never got permission to come back from the front line. This is no different from a deserter. They have to report the news. (You are welcome to subscribe, reward, and your support is my biggest motivation.)
Chapter 1671 Poor Prince