"What?"
The Second Prince was utterly shocked. "Didn't he already control the Xifeng Kingdom's palace? How could he be dead?"
"I sent Gu Jinbang to the border to cooperate with the Western Phoenix Kingdom and strangle the Fifth Prince of the Western Phoenix Kingdom."
The prince sat upright on the dragon throne, exuding the aura of a real dragon.
The Second Prince's heart sank to the bottom. At this moment, he ridiculously realized where he had lost.
He shouldn't treat the prince as a child. The prince has been dealing with state affairs since he was young. If he is just a child who knows nothing, how can he take on such a big responsibility?
"Haha, hahaha, hahahaha, I lost, I completely lost..."
He sat on the ground like crazy. At this moment, he had nothing...
"The Second Prince is plotting treason. He will be thrown into the Heavenly Prison immediately and executed on a chosen day. All of his family members will be exiled."
The first thing the crown prince did after taking the throne was to suppress the rebellious second prince.
People inside and outside the capital were talking about this matter. Some people thought that the new emperor was cruel and did not even spare his own brothers. Some people thought that the new emperor was decisive and could accomplish great things.
However, this incident greatly frightened everyone. Officials dared not act recklessly again, and the atmosphere in the court became unprecedentedly harmonious.
"Your Majesty, there is no one in the harem now. Do you need to select a group of palace maids to enter the palace?"
The Lu family had been planning a beauty pageant for a long time. Now that the previous emperor had passed away and the new emperor had no intention of holding a beauty pageant, they came up with the idea of selecting palace maids.
"No, there is only me and the Queen Mother in the harem now, so there is no need for so many people to serve us. Not only do we not need to bring palace maids into the palace, we should also let some of the palace maids who have reached marriageable age leave the palace."
"Your Majesty will see you!"
Immediately, some ministers shouted that it was a blessing for Nanzhao that the emperor did not enjoy himself excessively and was dedicated to the people.
Lord Lu had no choice but to kneel down, but his heart was already in turmoil.
So what should he do with the women he chose?
It would be fine if it were just an ordinary woman, but the women he had were all from families of officials.
He had made a promise with the other party at the beginning, saying that he would definitely be able to get the person into the palace.
But now, how should he explain?
But before he could figure out how to deal with those women, something big happened at home again.
"Master, the second young master brought those women into his room."
The men in the Lu family are lustful, but the eldest son’s reputation was so great that it overshadowed the other men.
The second young master Lu was born to Lord Lu's favorite concubine. He is very good at talking. After the eldest young master left, he placed the Lu family's hopes on the second young master.
Mr. Lu Er had been quite obedient before and had completed the tasks he assigned to him very well.
But today...
He walked quickly to the courtyard of Mr. Lu Er, and before he pushed the door open, he heard a woman crying from inside the house.
His heart trembled, and he quickly opened the gate and went in, only to see a crazy and chaotic scene.
"Asshole, asshole!"
These women are all daughters of officials. Even if they are not from high-ranking officials' families, they cannot be abused at will.
But Mr. Lu not only raped her, he also raped more than ten women along with his cronies.
"Dad, these women can't enter the palace anyway, so they might as well let us have some fun."
In the past, after the selection, the Lu family would keep some women for their men to enjoy.
But that was after Lord Lu weighed the pros and cons, and the ones left behind were the women who wouldn't make trouble.
These women right now are not those who dare not resist after being bullied.
These women must not get out alive!
He felt ruthless and gave the butler a look.
"Deal with these women."
The butler understood.
Second Young Master Lu still didn't understand and looked at Lord Lu in dishevel.
"Dad? They're just women, why are you being so cautious?"
Bang!
Lord Lu slapped him in the face.
"Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the situation is unclear, and the selection has been cancelled. You abused those women. If this gets out, our Lu family will be finished."
Second Young Master Lu was not a fool, and he immediately looked at Lord Lu in panic.
"How could that be? Why didn't the new emperor select a concubine? Although he is a little young, wouldn't it be better for him to be served by others?"
The men of their Lu family have been served by women since childhood, and they simply cannot understand why the new emperor does not want such comfort?
Lord Lu snorted coldly: "That is the new emperor's business, we are not allowed to make irresponsible remarks."
Mr. Lu didn't dare to ask any more questions, as the butler's report came from outside the door.
"All those women have been killed."
Lord Lu narrowed his eyes. Now that those women were dead, the previous events would not be spread out, but their families still needed to be comforted.
"Go and inform their family that they sneaked out and ran into bandits."
"yes!"
The butler was already very familiar with doing these things, and the second young master Lu looked at Lord Lu with admiration.
"Dad, you're awesome."
Lord Lu looked at him coldly. If all his sons were not useless, he would not have chosen the best from the worst and trained this second son.
"What are you going to do with your companions?"
Lord Lu also wanted to test his second son. He had already dealt with those women to serve as examples for him. If he still couldn't learn anything, then he would have to consider training other sons.
"Tomorrow I will invite them to go hunting in the mountains. They will be attacked and killed by ferocious beasts during the hunt."
Lord Lu nodded, saying that the boy was still teachable.
"You have to get hurt yourself, so no one can see any clues."
"yes!"
The next day, two major events occurred in the capital.
The woman who was originally participating in the selection went out for fun and was taken away by bandits. When she was found by the government, she had been raped and killed.
A group of young men went up the mountain to hunt and were attacked by wild beasts, and were either killed or injured.
After the morning court session, Lord Lu rushed home like crazy.
Soon, Lord Lu went to the palace again to ask for the imperial physician, as his second son was in critical condition.
The new emperor agreed, and Lord Lu thanked him repeatedly.
Watching him leave, Fubao always felt that something was wrong.
"Brother Crown Prince, oh, no, I should call you Brother Emperor now."
Li Tianze chuckled: "It's okay, you can call me whatever you want."
"Well, I'll still call you Brother Emperor. After all, you're the emperor, and Emperor sounds more domineering."
"By the way, what I'm thinking is that both things are related to the Lu family. Is there something fishy going on?"
Although Lord Lu did not show anything wrong, she just felt that things shouldn't be like this.
"Fubao thinks something is wrong?"
Fubao shook his head: "I can't think of it."
"Has Fubao ever thought that sometimes, the more innocent something seems, the more problematic it is?"
"Yes, yes, that's right. Originally, these two incidents were related to the Lu family. They would have been involved in some way, but in both cases, the Lu family distanced themselves completely from the matter."
"Oh, I see. They might have planned this themselves, so they can push everything away cleanly."
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