"Your Majesty, please withdraw your order!"
All the court officials bowed their heads to the ground and begged Emperor Yu to withdraw his order.
Emperor Yu looked at everyone expressionlessly and spat out four words in a cold voice.
"You are not joking."
"Let me take back my order. Do you want me to lose my words?"
The court officials were stunned, then said in fear, "We dare not! However, there is no precedent for dismissing the harem in any dynasty. Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
"I already have someone I love. The harem is just a decoration to me. I can dismiss them if I want. What does it have to do with the dynasties?"
The ministers looked at each other.
It seems to be true? ?
"Your Majesty, the royal family urgently needs to expand, and this harem cannot be dismissed!"
Emperor Yu's gaze fell on the Prime Minister who had spoken: "Prime Minister, you may have forgotten that in the five years since I took the throne, there have been no children from the harem. How can I talk about expanding my family?"
Emperor Yu's words left the Prime Minister speechless. The Prime Minister gritted his teeth and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Emperor Yu lowered his eyes and played with the ring on his hand.
"I have made up my mind. If you, my dear ministers, have come here for this matter, please withdraw."
"May I ask, Your Majesty, what has my granddaughter, Jinse, done to deserve such a fate?"
An old voice sounded outside the hall. Everyone was startled and subconsciously turned around to look.
An old man with a white beard and a cane walked in with a look of anger.
The person who came was Zhuang Jinse's grandfather, the current Taifu Zhuang Yan.
Emperor Yu was not surprised by the arrival of the Grand Tutor. He glanced at the Grand Tutor who had come to the palace and said, "Grand Tutor, why don't you stay at home and recuperate? Why did you have time to come to the palace today?"
"May I ask, Your Majesty, what has my granddaughter, Jinse, done to deserve such a fate?"
The Grand Tutor's face was heavy as he repeated what he had just said.
Led by the Grand Tutor, other officials from the Grand Tutor's party stood up one after another.
"Yes, Your Majesty, it's understandable that Your Majesty is dismissing the harem, but what did the Empress do wrong? Why was she demoted to a commoner, spending the rest of her life in seclusion?"
"The Empress has never made a mistake in the past few years and has managed the harem in perfect order. Your Majesty, please give me a reason to depose her!"
"reason?"
Di Yu uttered these two words from his throat, then narrowed his eyes, leaned forward, and placed one hand on his thigh.
"The Empress' virtue was unworthy of her position. She condoned the concubines' intrigues and murdered my only child. Is this reason... not enough?"
"Your Majesty! The Empress has been wronged. Harem intrigue is inevitable. There are so many things to do in the harem. How could the Empress take care of it all alone? Besides, it was the Imperial Concubine who caused the Xian Concubine's miscarriage, not the Empress!"
"Yes, Your Majesty. Every dynasty has its share of examples of concubines scheming against one another. Why, Your Majesty, vent your anger on the Empress over trivial matters among the concubines?"
As soon as the voice fell, Di Yu's cold gaze instantly locked onto that person: "Trivial matters? The person she indulged hurt my Wanwan!"
"I won't allow anyone to hurt Wanwan. If anyone dares to hurt Wanwan, I will kill her!"
"His Majesty……"
There was also a minister who wanted to excuse the queen, but Emperor Yu gave him a sharp look, and the man froze in place and fell silent.
"Listen to me, everyone. Whether it's deposing the queen or dismissing the harem, I have made up my mind. If anyone dares to plead for mercy..."
Emperor Yu paused for a moment, his eyes filled with murderous intent sweeping over everyone present. His captivating voice rang out again, and he said—
"I don't mind if the palace is stained with blood!!"
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