Time goes back to when Prime Minister Lu just stepped into the Yangxin Palace.
As soon as he entered the hall, Prime Minister Lu noticed that the atmosphere was not right, and he quickly knelt on the ground to pay his respects.
"Your humble servant pays respect to His Majesty."
He looked up at Emperor Shangwen tentatively, and seeing that his face was livid, he asked cautiously.
"I wonder why you summoned me so late at night?"
Emperor Shangwen threw the evidence on the table at his face and slammed the table.
"You still have the nerve to ask me what I am doing. Look at what you Lu family have done!"
The evidence was scattered on the ground, and Prime Minister Lu hurriedly picked them up one by one.
The dense evidence exposed all the crimes of the Lu family!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please look carefully! I don't know these things!"
He immediately fell to the ground and hurriedly explained to Emperor Shangwen.
Seeing that Prime Minister Lu was still making excuses, Imperial Physician Yang clapped his hands and Eunuch Yin brought the witness up.
The scholar fell to the ground, his body covered with wounds from the torture.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
Doctor Yang "kindly" reminded him.
"If you tell me everything, the Emperor might show mercy and spare your life."
The scholar told everything immediately.
"The untouchable is just a contact person. The people in the palace pass the things over, and the untouchable will hand them over to the people in Lu's mansion."
"As for who was behind this, the untouchables never met him from beginning to end."
He knew that he would not live long, and he began to speak incoherently.
Seeing that the scholar was no longer of any use, Doctor Yang gave his eyes and had him taken away.
It is a foregone conclusion that the Lu family is colluding with the imperial physician to sell medicinal materials.
Emperor Shangwen leaned back in his chair tiredly, his face gloomy.
"Do you have anything else to quibble about?"
Prime Minister Lu refused to admit it and insisted that he knew nothing about it.
Seeing that he was being stubborn, Doctor Yang immediately produced another piece of evidence and knelt down in front of Emperor Shangwen.
"When I investigated this matter these days, I found that the Lu family did more than just this one thing."
He handed the evidence in his hand to Emperor Shangwen and spoke eloquently.
"The imperial physician who colluded with the Lu family, after investigation, I found that he diagnosed Concubine Li with a false pregnancy from the beginning, but he accepted money from the Lu family and insisted on saying that the false pregnancy was true."
"The Wuhong Powder that caused Concubine Wen to have a miscarriage was also taken away by the imperial physician as recorded in the book."
"Every single one of these things is so unscrupulous that it is hard to describe them in words!"
Emperor Shangwen held his forehead in pain, the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
Prime Minister Lu was so frightened that he fell to the ground. He originally thought that these things were done perfectly, but in the end, they were all revealed.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Emperor Shangwen didn't want to say anything more and threw his sleeves.
"Pass the order down..."
Just as he began to speak, Lu Zongyuan, who was outside the hall, rushed in despite Eunuch Yin's attempt to stop him.
"You cannot go in without the Emperor's summons..."
Lu Zongyuan knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Emperor Shangwen.
"Your Majesty, these things were all done by me, the humble minister, and have nothing to do with Prime Minister Lu."
"My father didn't know about this! I acted on my own!"
The sudden appearance of Lu Zongyuan interrupted the situation. Emperor Shangwen narrowed his eyes and stared at him.
"Really?"
Lu Zongyuan didn't dare to look him in the face, he lowered his head and seemed to have made up his mind.
"My father has been recovering in the palace. I took advantage of my position and colluded with the imperial physician. I did everything."
"Your Majesty, please consider my father's age and don't vent your anger on him."
When Emperor Shangwen saw him come out and admit it, he became even more angry and scolded him harshly.
"Why are you doing this? I treat your Lu family well!"
Lu Zongyuan spoke in a decisive tone, taking all the blame on himself.
"I was blinded by greed, and seeing that the medicinal materials in the palace could be sold at a high price outside, I colluded with the imperial physician to exchange them for silver."
"As for the matter of Concubine Li and Concubine Wen..."
He paused and continued.
"I only have this one sister, and I have loved her since she was a child. I heard that she was not doing well in the palace, so I resorted to this desperate measure."
"If you are not satisfied, you will come and harm my offspring!"
Emperor Shangwen was furious and immediately issued an imperial decree.
"The eldest son of the Lu family, Lu Zongyuan, will be removed from his post as Minister of History from today onwards and exiled to the frontier."
"You are not allowed to return to the capital without an imperial decree!"
Lu Zongyuan fell to the ground and accepted the order reluctantly.
"Thank you, Lord."
When he was taken away, he didn't even dare to look at Prime Minister Lu.
Prime Minister Lu clenched his fists slightly in his sleeves, lowered his head and did not dare to look at Lu Zongyuan.
This matter was originally about him sacrificing his own life to save himself.
For the sake of the entire Lu family, he had to sacrifice the eldest son!
Emperor Shangwen understood this in his heart, but now was not the time to wipe out the Lu family.
The relationships in the imperial court are complicated and intertwined. If one is pulled out, other relationships will inevitably be affected...
"Forget it, you can leave now."
Emperor Shangwen shook his hand and signaled his servants to take Prime Minister Lu away.
Out of sight, out of mind!
When Doctor Yang saw that Prime Minister Lu was so frightened that his legs went limp, he specially asked a few guards to stay with him.
"Prime Minister Lu seems to be unwell, so you guys should be careful."
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Queen Duan was stopped by Prime Minister Lu and looked suspicious.
"Prime Minister Lu, is there something wrong?"
Xiao Ruyu looked at Prime Minister Lu, wondering why Emperor Shangwen didn't deal with him.
[Why didn't Dad punish him? Shouldn't he be thrown into jail? ]
Prime Minister Lu glanced inside the hall and knocked intentionally or unintentionally.
"The Emperor is handling state affairs, why is the Empress coming so late..."
He stopped talking halfway through his words, but Queen Duan understood the meaning of his words.
The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!
Prime Minister Lu was criticizing her openly and secretly for interfering in internal affairs so late at night.
Queen Duan chuckled and retorted directly.
"I am the queen. As the master of the six palaces, isn't it my duty to share your worries?"
"Why? Does Prime Minister Lu have any objection to me?"
He quickly blocked Prime Minister Lu's words and saluted in fear.
"Of course I dare not."
"I dare not! I shouldn't say those words!"
The aura emanating from Queen Duan frightened Prime Minister Lu so much that he quickly took his leave.
[Mother is so powerful, this bad guy, my daughter has disliked him for a long time! ]
Xiao Ruyu happily stuck to Queen Duan's face, feeling extremely happy.
Emperor Shangwen gathered all the evidence together and issued an order to deal with all those involved in the matter.
As a result, the power of the Lu family in the palace was greatly weakened.
After doing all this, he felt exhausted and leaned back on the dragon throne.
Eunuch Yin came to report, "Your Majesty, the Queen and Princess Fu'an are at the door asking for an audience."
When Emperor Shangwen heard that it was Xiao Ruyu who came, his expression eased a little.
"Put it in."
A glutinous rice dumpling jumped into his arms as soon as it entered the door.
After rubbing Xiao Ruyu's furry head, Emperor Shangwen looked up at Empress Duan.
"I am so grateful to have you and Yu'er."