Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

The next day, as soon as the gates of Chang'an were opened, Yuwen Qing and Jiang Sheng, who had been waiting outside the city, drove into Chang'an with nearly a hundred cavalrymen, amid the astonished gazes of the gate guards.

And their primary destination of this trip was naturally the Xiankelai Restaurant.

This time, Qinghe Cui was very cooperative.

Cui Qi, the owner of Xiankelai, who had received the news earlier, took the wooden box containing the title deed from the hands of his followers when Yuwen Qing and others appeared at the end of the long street, and looked at the newcomers with a smile on his face.

"Hey, Cui Qi, do you know why I came here?" When Yuwen Qing stopped his horse in front of the Xiankelai store, he looked at Cui Qi standing at the steps and the wooden box in his hand, and said with a slightly mocking tone: "You knew to hide in the dark and watch the show before, but now you know you can't hide anymore, so you take the initiative?"

To be honest, Yuwen Qing was very dissatisfied with the bastard in front of him.

The conflict that day was strange in itself. The private room was arranged by this person. Yin Hongzhi and Dou Fengjie cursed so harshly outside, which aroused the anger in the hearts of these Dou family servants. But did Cui Qi really not know the identities of these people?

Although they didn't come to Xiankelai often, they were not strangers. Moreover, the servants of the Dou family were always generous when they were outside, and they were also like this in Xiankelai. Therefore, even if Cui Qi didn't know their origins, he wouldn't let Yin Hongzhi and others make trouble directly outside the private room, right?

Moreover, after the conflict between the two sides, Cui Qi immediately disappeared.

This is not how a restaurant owner should behave.

Of course, Yuwen Qing could not discover these doubts.

These were actually what Wang Xuance proposed after he was imprisoned in Jingzhao Prefecture along with them that day. This also explained why he was unwilling to take action that day.

Firstly, there was no need for that, and secondly, he needed to observe the reactions of everyone present at the time. He wanted to know whether this was a conspiracy arranged in advance.

Unfortunately, until now, this matter has still not been sorted out.

And His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu...he now only wants to stand up for his own retainers.

From then on, the situation began to escalate.

"General Yuwen, Cui Qi is just doing work for someone else. Why do you have to pick on a small person like me?" Cui Qi stood under the Xiankelai sign. Facing the aggressive Yuwen Qing, he knew in his heart why the other party was so confident.

It must be His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who once played with the Five Surnames and Seven Families in the palm of his hand and later became famous throughout the world for his unprecedented achievements, who is angry.

Once the King of Chu gets angry, no one in the world can stop him except Your Majesty.

Therefore, as the unlucky ones who were innocently implicated, the Cui family made the wisest decision at the first moment this time - even if His Royal Highness the King of Chu wanted to demolish Xiankelai, they would express their support.

So, this is the scene before our eyes.

Cui Qi is now carrying out the orders of the head of the family and the elders - to deliver the cyclamen directly to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and only hope that His Royal Highness the King of Chu will be able to show mercy to the Qinghe Cui family because they slid to their knees relatively quickly.

As for the Jingzhao Wei family, Dou Fengjie, Yin Hongzhi and others...

To be honest, as the most powerful family in the north, the Qinghe Cui family doesn't need to care about them at all.

After all, they are not His Royal Highness the King of Chu - this gentleman has money, connections, and most importantly, a strong backing.

Of course, the strongest person about His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is himself.

No matter how the outside world views the King of Chu, none of the aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty would think that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is really a reckless man who knows nothing.

After all, this man had taken away nearly three million shi of grain from the heads of these aristocratic families!

The impact of this incident was not just about solving the locust plague in Guanzhong.

After the locust plague, His Majesty Li II intended to build granaries in various places to deal with similar crises that might be encountered in the future. However, none of the heads of the five surnames and seven families who should have made secret efforts to let the officials in the court raise objections dared to make trouble in this matter.

Why?

Because Emperor Li II is also a vengeful person.

He asked Changsun Wuji to go to Shandong to borrow grain, but he failed to borrow even 100,000 shi of grain.

And his son, the King of Chu, first bought grain in the name of "Shan Ling", and then borrowed grain with the slogan "This king wants to rebel" - none of these family heads refused.

Since you won't even reject my son, why would you reject me?

Although Emperor Li II did not ask this question directly.

But people from the Five Surnames and Seven Families naturally understood.

What they understood even more was that when Emperor Li II had this idea, he was actually holding a butcher's knife called "suppressing the rebellion" in his hand.

In view of the above, Cui Chan, the head of the Qinghe Cui family, even though he had secretly defected to His Majesty Li II a long time ago, he still did not intend to regard himself as "I am Your Majesty's man."

Why?

Because in the entire Qinghe Cui family, there were only two or three people who knew that their family had defected to the royal family.

The reason why Cui Chan was so cautious was naturally because of his considerations: on the one hand, there were too many people and too many gossips, and on the other hand...if the royal family declined in the future...it would also be convenient for the Qinghe Cui family to turn against them, right?

But the current situation...

Well, how should I put it, ever since His Royal Highness the King of Chu returned from offering sacrifices to heaven at Jinshan.

Cui Chan knew clearly that the only thing he should worry about most in his life was probably what the Cui family would do if Emperor Li II turned against him one day.

The rest...that's not something he should consider.

Closer to home.

On the long street, Yuwen Qing ignored the crowd of onlookers that gradually grew in the distance, and said to the shopkeeper Cui Qi with a somewhat arrogant look on his face: "Cui Qi, you and I are different."

"General Yuwen is right..." Cui Qi was polite in words, but a trace of disdain arose in his heart.

"Brother Yuwen, if I kill him, His Highness will not blame me, right?" As the son of Jiang Qu, Jiang Sheng knew best how to be loyal to the King of Chu before Yuwen Qing came. So when he saw that Cui Qi seemed to reveal contempt for the head of the family in his expression, he naturally could not tolerate it.

"My dear little brother, I hope I haven't offended you..." Cui Qi didn't expect that there was an expert among Yuwen Qing's group.

"If you offend me, I may remember it for now, but I will settle the score with you later." Jiang Sheng has already slowly drawn the long sword from his waist: "But you dare to disrespect my highness, that's courting death."

"Did he show disrespect to His Highness?!" When Yuwen Qing heard what Jiang Sheng said, he immediately turned around and ran to Cui Qi in a few leaps.

Cui Qi only felt a dark cloud pressing down on his head.

But then, the "dark clouds" dissipated.

Because... Yuwen Qing suddenly grabbed his neck and lifted him up with one hand!

Well... this can be considered as the clouds clearing and we can see the light of day again.

"Who gave you the courage?" Although Yuwen Qing was bullied by the fierce retainers of His Royal Highness the King of Chu every day, if he were placed outside, he would still be a top-notch warrior. If you add his attribute of "capture the leader first", calling him "a peerless warrior"...it's not an exaggeration: "How dare you insult my master?! Do you think no one can touch the Cui family behind you?!"

"Gah...ha..." Cui Qi was like a little chick at this moment. He tightly grasped Yuwen Qing's wrists with both hands, trying to ease the fear of death brought about by suffocation.

Crazy...a bunch of crazy people!

The people under the King of Chu...are all fucking crazy...

"Yuwen Qing! Let go!" When Wang Xuance's voice came from a distance, Yuwen Qing was stunned at first, and then began to tighten the strength of his hands without saying a word.