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

"Dang Renhong, you are very smart." After Dang Renhong answered his question, His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at the old subordinate of the King of Qin in front of him and said in a sad tone: "What a pity, you are too greedy."

If you weren't greedy, you wouldn't be in such a bad situation today.

Dang Renhong obviously understood the implication of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, so he did not make any excuses for himself at the moment: "Your Highness is right, but it's a pity that I was blinded by greed in the past and made such a big mistake today. But Your Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, can I ask you for a favor——"

"You don't have to say more." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu waved his hand and said, "Someone will come to investigate what your bastard son has done. I don't bother to care."

"Your Highness, I only ask you to give him a way to live!" Dang Renhong now understood how big a mess he had made - because of his son's momentary audacity, His Highness the King of Chu was forced to join the trap of Duke Geng Feng Ang. The current situation in Lingnan is critical - the delicate balance of the past has been broken.

If His Majesty knew about this, I'm afraid he would no longer care about our old friendship...

"Give him a chance to live?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that this was absurd. "If it had been two or three years ago, he would have had his hands and feet cut off and been imprisoned after a confrontation with me! Now, not only do I not intend to make a fuss about this matter, I am only going to punish him according to the law. Why are you still begging for mercy? What? Do you think I will break the laws of the Tang Dynasty for him?! A foolish king may do such a thing, but a wise king like me will not!"

"..." When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, the Dou family's retainers present... were truly eye-opening.

The master of the family... seems to have become a stranger. What's going on?

Of course, Xie Minlin and Wang Xuance were extremely smart people, so they were only confused for a brief moment, and then they realized the subtext of what His Royal Highness the King of Chu said.

"Your Majesty...Thank you, Your Highness the Prince of Chu!" Dang Renhong now understood what was going on, so he was willing to say thank you: His Highness the Prince of Chu's identity is sensitive now, if he pleads for Dang Lingfei, he would be pushing him into the fire pit - His Majesty Li II's suspicion as an emperor will definitely not be cured by His Highness the Prince of Chu leaving Chang'an.

"Father..." Dang Lingfei saw that his father was rejected and rushed to thank others, so he said indignantly: "Don't beg him, at worst -"

"Pa!" Dang Renhong has now become adept at slapping his son.

Dang Lingfei finally behaved himself.

Everyone in the room was silent for a while. During this time, His Royal Highness the King of Chu asked the group of Hu merchants and their servants who were trembling in the corner to leave first, and reminded them that what happened today could not be told to outsiders.

The latter even swore and said that he would never say anything nonsense - especially the Hu merchant, who even expressed his intention to take his men to Chang'an to do business.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu just laughed it off.

After this little episode ended, about half an incense stick of time passed before Yuwen Qing, the trusted general of the Prince of Chu, suddenly came upstairs to report: "Your Highness, Duke Geng Feng Ang wants to see you."

"Let him come up." His Royal Highness the King of Chu had already wrapped a pot of dumplings and was waiting for Lord Feng to come and deliver the vinegar.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?" Not long after, Feng Ang came in from outside. After taking a look at Dang Renhong and Dang Lingfei who were kneeling on the ground, he showed an unhappy look on his face: "Dang Renhong is the governor of Guangzhou after all, how can you treat him like a house slave!"

"Oh?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu smiled and said, "Lord Feng, since you said that I treated Dang Renhong as a family slave, then... how do you think I should treat you?"

As His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, Zhang Zhenxuan, who had been impatient for a long time, drew out the long sword from his waist with a "whoosh" sound - unfortunately, hard work and practice were no match for the talented players. When he was about to step forward to subdue Feng Ang, he saw Yuwen Qing, who had been standing behind Feng Ang, suddenly kicked Feng Ang directly in the knee, then put his hand on the opponent's shoulder and forced him to the ground!

"Old man, do you think that you can do whatever you want just because you are the father-in-law of our prince?!" Yuwen Qing, as the tiger fanatic of the prince of Chu, always has words on his lips and works in his eyes: "Why don't you ask who broke the leg of the Duke of Ying! My prince is born with a conflict with his father-in-law! I originally thought you could be an exception, but who knew that you couldn't escape this fate!"

"..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu could sometimes really understand Prime Minister Cao's secret joy and helplessness: "Yuwen Qing... I didn't ask you to do it..."

"Your Highness, if I hadn't made any contribution, the little Taoist priest would have taken away all the credit!" Yuwen Qing raised his chin to signal his Highness to look at Zhang Zhenxuan, who was sheathing his sword. "I learned my vision from the little Taoist priest!"

"Ha!" Zhang Zhenxuan couldn't help but feel helpless and amused when he heard that - so it's me again?

"Forget it, forget it..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that the enthusiasm of his retainers still needed to be protected, so he immediately did not intend to care about these things, but instead looked at Feng Ang who was kneeling on the ground: "Lord Feng, do you really want to sit on the position of King of Lingnan?"

"..." Hearing the question from His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, Feng Ang fell silent.

"If you feel unwilling because you chose to surrender to the court in the first place..." Seeing that the other party was silent, His Royal Highness the King of Chu began to act as an "idea king": "I do have a good idea - why don't we behead Dang Renhong and Dang Lingfei at the West Market Gate of Guangzhou City tomorrow and then put together a slogan of 'The Great Chu Rises, Feng Ang is the King' and then raise an army to resist the tyrannical Tang... Lord Feng, what do you think of this plan?"

"..." After hearing the crude suicide plan of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, Feng Ang felt that if he didn't speak up, he might never have the chance to speak up again: "Your Royal Highness the Prince of Chu... I just don't want the Feng family to fall into decline..."

"As long as I am here, your Feng family will not fall." His Royal Highness the King of Chu couldn't help but laugh when he saw Feng Ang speaking softly. "Besides, the position of Xinning governor is like a family heirloom to your Feng family. In addition, you have three sons who have already served as governors of a state. Feng Ang, how do you want your Feng family to prosper? Do you want to reach the level of the Five Surnames and Seven Families? Or do you want to go for the throne in Chang'an?"

"Your Highness, I don't have such an idea!" It is true that Feng Ang is a hero, but as a hero, he knows that there are some things that he cannot admit even if he is beaten to death.

"Very good, if Lord Feng doesn't recognize it, then it doesn't exist." His Royal Highness the King of Chu saw that the pressure had been enough, so he changed his tone and said in a gentler tone: "Yuwen Qing, give Lord Feng a seat!"