"I... I pay my respects to Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
"This servant... this servant kowtows to Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Thud, thud, thud...!
Yu Chengen, whom Li Chengqian had personally called out, was so terrified that he wet himself on the spot, releasing a foul stench of urine!
But this eunuch had no time to care about his soaked trousers. He hurriedly dropped to his knees in Li Chengqian's direction and repeatedly slammed his forehead against the ground!
"Attendant Yu is the Right Chancellor's favored man!"
"You suddenly offer such a grand salute—how can I possibly bear it?"
Holding a riding whip, Li Chengqian slowly walked toward Yu Chengen, who was still kowtowing without pause!
Seeing the Crown Prince of the Zhenguan Era approach, the officials standing beside Yu Chengen hurriedly distanced themselves from him as though avoiding the plague!
Blood soon appeared on Yu Chengen's forehead, yet not only did he not dare pause for even a moment, each kowtow landed louder than the last!
"Your Highness, please forgive me! This servant was foolish for a moment—please show mercy!"
"Please spare this servant's worthless dog life, Your Highness!"
Li Chengqian stopped before Yu Chengen, then slowly crouched down and lightly lifted his chin with the riding whip in his hand. His eyes were filled with bone-piercing frost!
"Spare your life? Why would Attendant Yu say such a thing?"
"I should be thanking Attendant Yu for his 'special care' on the road to Lingnan!"
"Thanks to Attendant Yu's 'care,' my understanding of the phrase 'using power to bully others' has deepened considerably!"
Hearing Li Chengqian's icy words, Yu Chengen immediately began trembling like chaff in a sieve, tears and snot streaming uncontrollably down his face!
"Spare me, Your Highness! Spare me!"
"It was this servant who looked down