Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot

"How dare you!"

Qing Shuang swung a whip and drew the curtain open, lashing it fiercely onto King Jin!

King Jin was caught off guard and received a lash, leaving a bright red whip mark on his cheek.

The hot pain spread across his body.

He wiped the corner of his mouth in shock and anger, looked at the bloodstains on his fingertips, and said furiously, "What does Aunt mean by this?"

Qing Shuang, taking a commanding stance, scolded harshly, "I should be the one questioning you with that! What do you think you are, daring to yell and issue commands in front of me! Don't forget, I am the Eldest Princess! The Marquis personally bestowed by Your Majesty! Your very aunt! When I was out fighting alongside the former emperor and your Imperial Brother, you didn't even know where you were!"

Luo Shan covered his eyes and whispered, "That's an exaggeration, Lu Fengyin has seniority, but she's younger than King Jin..."

At this critical moment, everyone just assumed the Eldest Princess was putting on a show of strength, and no one delved into the details for flaws.

If someone else had whipped King Jin, they would surely be thrown into jail, and even if not sentenced to die, would be despised by the people.

Lu Fengyin was different.

When she lashed her whip, not a single citizen blamed her for being wrong.

Qing Shuang imitated Lu Fengyin's tone, exuding an aura of authority, and said, "Lu Zhaohua, are you stopping me like this because you're afraid that my army will discover something in the Imperial City?"

King Jin was already feeling guilty and was taken aback by the Eldest Princess's words.

He said solemnly, "Aunt, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't speak indiscriminately. I'll accept you whipping your nephew, but I won't accept you slandering me!"

Qing Shuang pressed on, "You speak so righteously! If you have a clear conscience, why fear my army searching the city? Or are you simply indifferent to Your Majesty's life and death? Don't want me to find out Your Majesty's whereabouts?"

King Jin weakly inhaled a cool breath.

Lu Fengyin, who was an arrogant and domineering Princess, was suddenly aggressive today for some reason.

The citizens gathered around, casting inquisitive glances at him.

The Eldest Princess held high prestige among the people.

Especially during the turmoil in the Imperial City, the Eldest Princess, who had military achievements at the border, could better appease the people's hearts.

"The Eldest Princess has returned to the city... Your Majesty is saved..."

"Yes, we no longer need to worry about the cunning of Miaojiang..."

"Those spies from Miaojiang hidden within the city should be uprooted by the Eldest Princess! Otherwise, we'll live in fear!"

...

Lately, to inflame the people's hatred towards the Crown Prince's Mansion, King Jin deliberately spread false rumors about Miaojiang causing trouble in the Imperial City and even had people impersonate Miaojiang individuals to commit misdeeds.

For a time, this caused widespread panic.

And he personally captured many "Miaojiang spies," gaining significant prestige among the people.

However, everything is a double-edged sword.

He needed to sustain the war by creating chaos and therefore couldn't capture all the "Miaojiang people" at once.

Lu Yunting delivered him a heavy blow.

He finished writing his note.

Qing Shuang nodded, lifted the curtain, stepped out of the carriage, and confidently proclaimed to all the citizens at the city gates, "I, Lu Fengyin, solemnly pledge here that within ten days, I will find my Imperial Brother and end the chaos in the Imperial City. Otherwise, I, Lu Fengyin, will repay with my life!"

The citizens all knelt, "Welcome the Eldest Princess back to the city! Long live the Eldest Princess!"

"Welcome the Eldest Princess back to the city! Long live the Eldest Princess!"

"Long live the Eldest Princess!"

...

The people's hearts had turned towards Lu Fengyin.

Amidst the repeated cries of 'long live', King Jin gradually clenched his fists.

The Guard Commander cautiously asked, "Your Highness, should we...?"

King Jin gritted his teeth and said each word slowly, "Open the city gates! Welcome the Eldest Princess back to the city!"

The city gates opened wide.

Amidst the cheers of the citizens, the Eldest Princess, leading a mighty force of twelve thousand, entered the city triumphantly.

The Guard Commander said, "Your Highness, that army... doesn't seem to belong to the Princess Mansion."

King Jin squinted his eyes, "It's the Black Armor Army."

The Guard Commander was shocked, "The Black, Black Armor Army? The legendary Black Armor Army?"

Shock and resentment filled King Jin's eyes, "She really subdued them... Ha, the former emperor was truly partial, giving such a fertile place to a daughter!"

The Eldest Princess obtaining the Black Armor Army was not by chance, but rather due to right timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony.

The Black Armor Army needed a prosperous place to settle, and it was they who chose the Eldest Princess's fief.

It wasn't her own capability!

If that fief belonged to him, he would have already made the Black Armor Army his own!

The Guard Commander said, "Your Highness, I believe that this so-called Black Armor Army might just have an undeserved reputation. The military power of our Great Liang is much stronger than that of other countries, and General Hu has been training a mysterious army in recent years. The Black Armor Army may not be a match for them!"

King Jin looked at that army, which seemed like a Netherworld army from Purgatory, exuding an aura as if they had emerged from the Yellow Springs and Forget River.

"I hope so."

He clenched his fists.

Ten days.

A military pledge.

Aunt, this is your funeral.

He needed the Eldest Princess's support, so he had always been very courteous to her.

But if she developed ambitions to compete with him, he would not show mercy.

Dealing with a meritorious official who had shed blood and sweat for the people was too difficult, but she made a military pledge herself, didn't she?

So don't blame him, the nephew, for being ruthless.

He touched the whip mark on his face again.

Sooner or later, he would repay this lash!

-

The Ministry of Justice.

King Qi and Prince Rui were interrogating Lu Zhaoyan again.

No matter what methods they used, Lu Zhaoyan didn't utter a word or make a sound.

"Are you a dead person?"

King Qi was furious, "You don't think I dare to be ruthless with you, do you?"

Lu Zhaoyan looked at him mockingly.

He appeared in a disheveled state, his clothes unkempt.

King Qi, dressed in brocade and walking as if new.

However, he seemed calm and composed, while King Qi was impotently enraged and appeared more miserable.

King Qi kicked over Lu Zhaoyan's chair, watching him fall heavily to the ground, then strode over to grab his collar, seized a burning iron, and pressed it against his face!

"Fourth Brother!"

Prince Rui intervened, "Don't harm the face."

"Who cares! At worst, just scar his face!"

The person King Qi envied most in this life was Lu Zhaoyan.

Despite his lowly birth, he continuously rose above them all. Now he even dared to compete with the eldest brother for the position of Crown Prince!

Why should the son of a servant rise so high!

The glowing iron approached Lu Zhaoyan, the heat scorching his face.

Lu Zhaoyan didn't move an eyelid, still looking at him with mockery and fearlessness.

His gaze thoroughly enraged King Qi.

"Go to hell—"

He pressed the iron without hesitation.

Boom!

The prison door was suddenly kicked open.

King Qi was stunned, "Who—"

Before he could finish speaking, a cold skeletal-like hand snapped his wrist, grasped the hair at the back of his head, and fiercely pressed his face into the furnace full of burning irons—