Ye Fan pushed open the door.

Li Youruo was dressed in her luxurious palace attire, once again assuming her usual demeanor as the Eldest Princess of Great Xia—aloof, with her eyes set high above, looking down on everything.

"North Suppressing Prince, are you scared?"

Li Youruo's voice dripped with sarcasm as she addressed him.

Ye Fan walked up to her!

Li Youruo still held her head high, staring coldly at Ye Fan!

Ye Fan raised his hand and slapped her, almost bringing tears to her eyes from the pain. She turned back angrily, glaring at Ye Fan, "How dare you hit me?"

"Why so shocked? Is this the first time I've hit you?" Ye Fan replied bluntly.

Ignoring Li Youruo, he turned to Wang Danian, who looked on in admiration, "Do you have something to report?"

The maids nearby were all stunned!

Wang Danian secretly gave a thumbs up, hesitated, glanced at Li Youruo as if he wanted to speak but held back..

"Speak."

"Your Highness! I saw you sleeping soundly last night and didn't dare disturb you! At midnight, a master came and rescued Qin Feng. We failed to guard him!" Wang Danian reported truthfully.

He knelt on one knee, "Please punish me, Your Highness!"

"Really? Haha, good, that's great!" Li Youruo was thrilled.

Ye Fan remained calm, "A cripple, living is more painful than dying."

"By the way, has my eighth sister returned?"

Wang Danian nodded solemnly, "We've already notified Miss Eight, she should have set off last night."

"However, the Northern Frontier is two thousand miles from Dragon Capital. Even if Miss Eight rides the fastest Lightning Falcon, she probably won't arrive until noon."

Hearing that Ye Fan's eighth sister was returning, Li Youruo's face changed dramatically.

"Ye Fan! Chen Murong commands an army of eight hundred thousand in the Northern Frontier. Without my father's orders, she cannot return to Dragon Capital!"

"Why are you bringing her back? Ye Fan, are you crazy?"

Eighth sister, Chen Murong.

The North Suppressing Grand General of the Great Xia Empire, a woman who stands equal to men!

...

An hour later.

Ye Fan, with 300 armored soldiers, headed straight for the Imperial Palace.

Inside the carriage, Li Youruo stared at Ye Fan's face, secretly vowing: 'Ye Fan! Today is your death day! Once I see my father, you're definitely doomed!'

'I will report to my father truthfully about you hitting me and your rebellion!'

'And Brother Feng! He was appointed by my father as the Top Scholar of Great Xia, yet you turned him into a cripple! Ye Fan, I will avenge this deep-seated hatred!'

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Beside her, Ye Fan, with his eyes closed, was unaware of Li Youruo's thoughts!

Nor was he interested!

At this moment, Ye Fan was in the Chaos Space.

Facing 108 stone tablets, he quickly absorbed their contents!

"What a pity! The techniques on these are too advanced!"

"The lowest requirement is the Martial King Realm! Otherwise, the inner force can't keep up, and the body can't withstand it!" Ye Fan was somewhat disappointed.

He could only settle for learning the medical arts and alchemy on the tablets...

"Stop the carriage! Dismount! How dare you try to drive into the Imperial Palace?" A reprimanding voice jolted Ye Fan from the Chaos Space.

Opening his eyes, Li Youruo's heart skipped a beat.

She instinctively turned her head, her heart pounding wildly.

Ye Fan ignored Li Youruo, "Wang Danian, what's going on?"

Wang Danian replied, "Your Highness, we've been stopped."

Outside the carriage, an arrogant voice sounded, "Is the North Suppressing Prince inside? This is the Imperial Inner Palace, please dismount and walk!"

Pushing open the carriage door, Ye Fan saw the vehicle blocked at the palace gate. A man in his mid-twenties, clad in armor, looked at Ye Fan with amusement, showing no respect!

In his eyes, Ye Fan was just the greatest wastrel of Great Xia!

Even if he killed Xu Fu and castrated Qin Feng last night!

It was just this wastrel going mad!

Zhou Tai was the Crown Prince's personal guard, responsible for guarding the palace gate today. In front of him, Ye Fan could only obediently dismount and walk!

Around the palace gate, civil and military officials were all stopped, obediently dismounting and walking. Seeing the North Suppressing Prince blocked at the gate, they all looked over.

"What's happening up front? Why have we stopped?" In the Nalan clan's carriage, Nalan Fengyun was puzzled.

Nalan Xueyan peeked in, "Grandfather, that wastrel tried to enter the palace by carriage and got stopped."

"Oh?"

Nalan Fengyun opened the window, looking towards the palace gate.

"Zhou Tai?"

Ye Fan recognized him. In his past life, when the North Suppressing Prince's Manor was raided, Hua Nongyu and Hua Nongyue's deaths!

It was Li Chengqian's order, executed by Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai cupped his hands, "Your Highness, it's me. Please dismount and walk!"

Ye Fan acted as if he hadn't heard, raising his voice, "What did you say?"

Zhou Tai frowned, fearlessly raising his voice, "Your Highness, please dismount and walk!"

Ye Fan calmly ordered, "Zhou Tai disrespects the North Suppressing Prince's authority, disturbing the royal carriage!"

"Wang Danian, strip him of his armor, and execute him by beating!"

At these words, the entire palace gate erupted!

"My god, what's going on?"

"Has Ye Fan gone mad? Zhou Tai is the Crown Prince's man, how dare a wastrel like him kill Zhou Tai?"

"And execute... by beating?"

The civil and military officials were all shocked.

"Grandfather, what's he doing?" Nalan Xueyan was bewildered, "Why is he executing Zhou Tai over a disagreement?"

Nalan Fengyun's eyes were grave!

He stared intently at the young man standing straight on the carriage, muttering, "This boy, how has he changed so much!"

"Zhou Tai is courting death, how dare he block the North Suppressing Prince's carriage?"

"Huh? Grandfather, what do you mean?"

Nalan Xueyan's eyes widened in confusion.

Nalan Fengyun shook his head, "The North Suppressing Prince was granted Nine-Crown Honor by the Emperor! He's a Peer Prince!"

"The Emperor decreed that the North Suppressing Prince may enter the palace without dismounting! Attend court without removing armor or relinquishing command!"

"A mere Zhou Tai dares to make the North Suppressing Prince dismount? Haha... isn't that courting death?"

Wang Danian felt his blood boiling. He didn't care what Zhou Tai's status was. As the commander of the North Suppressing Prince's Manor's guards, he feared nothing! At Ye Fan's command, he'd charge into any danger!

Dozens of armored soldiers from the North Suppressing Prince's Manor stepped forward to seize Zhou Tai!

"Are you rebelling, daring to act in the palace?"

Zhou Tai roared, drawing his sword to resist, "They're storming the palace, attack!"

Zhou Tai's men were no match for Wang Danian and his soldiers, who had fought their way out of death's grasp. They were all knocked down! Even Zhou Tai was stripped of his armor and forced to kneel!

"Stop!"

At this moment, a commanding voice rang out.

A man in a four-clawed golden python robe approached, "Ye Fan, how dare you!"

"At the gates of the Imperial Inner Palace, you dare act?"

Swish—!

The civil and military officials all turned to look!

The newcomer was the Crown Prince of Great Xia, Li Chengqian.

Inside the carriage, Li Youruo almost laughed out loud: 'Hahaha! Ye Fan, let's see how you die! My brother is here! You're doomed!'

Ye Fan coldly stared at Li Chengqian, "What did you call me?"

Li Chengqian was taken aback.

As expected of the Crown Prince of Great Xia, he realized his mistake and immediately corrected himself, "North Suppressing Prince!"

"Hahaha! You still know I'm the North Suppressing Prince?" Ye Fan laughed, pointing to a civil official, "Tell your Crown Prince my identity!"

The pointed official was drenched in sweat but dared not disobey.

He could only obediently say, "You are the North Suppressing Prince! Inherited without replacement! Granted Nine-Crown Honor by the Emperor!"

"Enter the palace without dismounting! Attend court without removing armor or relinquishing command!"

Ye Fan asked again, "What is the crime for a mere guard commander obstructing the royal carriage?"

The official's voice trembled, "Extermination of three generations, with remaining family exiled three thousand miles!"

Ye Fan looked at Li Chengqian, "I order his execution by beating, is there a problem?"