Grand Tutor Feng was actually his father! No wonder he'd been looking at him strangely all these years. Li Muchen stood there silently, as if struck by lightning, for a long while before roaring...
"No, no, this is impossible, impossible! How could I not be of royal blood? How could I not be my father's child?"
No wonder Father disliked me so much; it was all because of you.
At this point, Li Muchen burst into maniacal laughter.
"Haha... I thought the Empress Dowager was just a flirt, but I didn't expect her to be so shameless. Grand Tutor Feng is your own brother, how could you do this to him?"
Before he could finish speaking, Empress Dowager Feng Xiuzhen slapped him hard across the face.
"Shut up! If this gets out, our Feng family will be finished. Do you want to be doomed forever?"
Have you considered the consequences if the Emperor finds out about this?
Feng Xiuzhen's words completely stunned Li Muchen. He quickly stopped talking and looked around, afraid that others would hear him.
"Right now, you can only be Li Hongwen's prince. Only in this way can you successfully inherit the throne."
In the next two days, Li Hongwen will send Li Mufeng and that bitch Han Ziwei to "Baojun County" to bring rain.
At that time, we…
Empress Dowager Feng Xiuzhen saw that Li Muchen had recovered and then whispered something to him.
"I don't want to marry that fickle woman. She was so wanton during the fire, with two servants..."
Upon hearing Empress Dowager Feng Xiuzhen order him to marry Han Ruyi, Li Muchen flew into a rage again. However, before he could finish speaking, Empress Dowager Feng Xiuzhen interrupted him.
"You have to agree to this matter whether you like it or not. I'm here to inform you, not to discuss it with you. Young Master Chu has his reasons for letting Han Ruyi enter the palace, so just do as he says."
After Feng Xiuzhen left, Li Muchen vented his anger in his room, but he couldn't disobey the Empress Dowager's wishes, and he was so frustrated that he wanted to kill someone.
"I hope that Young Master Chu will not disappoint me this time."
After leaving the Prince Lin's residence, Empress Dowager Feng Xiuzhen parted her thin lips slightly, and Chu Yunmo nodded slightly.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will do my utmost. However, I hope Your Majesty can provide details about the story between the Emperor and Consort Rong, so that I can better control the Emperor."
"Let's go to the Cixi Palace and sit down. I'll tell you everything in detail."
Chu Yunmo and Feng Xiuzhen boarded the carriage together and headed towards Cining Palace.
Meanwhile, at the Prime Minister's residence, "Blood Purple Rose" woke up to hear that the capital had undergone a major upheaval, with the Vice Minister of Revenue, Feng Jiao, sentenced to immediate execution for embezzlement and bribery.
The Vice Minister of War was imprisoned in the imperial prison for privately mobilizing troops.
All officials associated with the two were either demoted or killed.
Everyone guessed that the Feng family was finished, and that it was all done by the Third Prince Li Mufeng, who had just returned to the capital. Many opportunistic officials also began to defect.
"The Third Prince is truly young and promising! If it weren't for the Third Prince discovering that Minister Feng had embezzled and accepted bribes, we would still be kept in the dark. He dares to embezzle disaster relief funds, what else wouldn't he dare to do?"
"Who says otherwise! I've disliked Minister Feng for a long time. If it weren't for the Feng family protecting him, I don't know how many memorials I would have submitted against him."
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"Grand Tutor Feng, are these the good sons you've raised? I trusted them so much, but look at what they've done!"
One embezzled tens of thousands of taels of disaster relief funds, and the other illegally mobilized troops. Your Feng family is going to turn the world upside down!
Or is it that you have long coveted my throne and have been plotting to dethrone me?
Emperor Li Hongwen was furious and questioned him without any politeness.
Grand Tutor Feng's face turned green instantly. Although it was a fait accompli, it still filled him with trepidation. He immediately knelt down, filled with fear and trepidation.
"This old minister dares not."
The ministers shouted in unison,
"Your Majesty, we are terrified. Please calm your anger."
"Calm down, calm down! How can I calm down? My most trusted ministers have become parasites on the nation! How can I face the people of Zixiao Kingdom? Anyone who pleads for these two today will be executed without mercy!"
After Li Hongwen finished speaking, he turned and left, not giving Grand Tutor Feng any time to retaliate. Meanwhile, Li Mufeng had already led his men to raid Feng Jiao's family and Feng Ling's family. Today's scene in the court was just for show, and the purpose was naturally to stall Grand Tutor Feng.
Inside the Cixi Palace,
Grand Tutor Feng paced back and forth anxiously.
"Empress Dowager! Our Feng family is doomed. You must think of a way quickly. Li Mufeng has already killed Feng Jiao without consulting us first. If nothing unexpected happens, Feng Ling will be next, and then our heads will be next."
Faced with Grand Tutor Feng's anxiety, Empress Dowager Feng Xiuzhen appeared much calmer, pointing with her slender finger to the armchair beside her.
"Grand Tutor Feng, why are you in such a hurry? Young Master Chu has already come up with a plan. We just need to wait and see. As for Feng Jiao, once King Lin ascends the throne, he will naturally seek justice for him."
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