After some gentle words, Lu Yanluo finally suppressed her temper.

But this incident sounded a wake-up call for Chu Xuan. He had just ascended the throne and his position was not stable, so some people wanted to take the opportunity to control him. Princess Duanshu's visit was one reason, and there were also some old ministers from the previous dynasty who had been causing him trouble from time to time recently, making him unhappy.

According to his usual cautious character, there is no need to make a big fuss about this matter. After a period of time, he will naturally be able to win the hearts of the people.

But now it seems that human desires are always endless.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Yanluo lowered her head, and when she looked up again, she found that Chu Xuan was distracted.

Chu Xuan came back to his senses and shook his head. He gently raised his hands to hug Lu Yanluo and said softly, "I just thought that I found an important thing for you. The Zijing Palace has been packed up, and the concubines in the East Six Palaces should move there. I will leave this matter to you. How about it?"

Lu Yanluo nodded lightly, not thinking it was a big deal, but there was one person she had to mention.

"Forget about the concubines of the six eastern palaces moving away, but what are you going to do with the Imperial Concubine and the Seventh Prince?"

After all, Lu gave birth to the Seventh Prince for the late emperor. The Seventh Prince is still young, and it is not appropriate for him to move to the Bauhinia Palace with Lu.

When the Seventh Prince was born, he was considered by the late Emperor as the crown prince, and the wet nurses, palace maids and eunuchs who took care of him were of the same standard as the crown prince.

Although Lu was smart and asked to reduce the number of servants who took care of the Seventh Prince after the death of the previous emperor, the situation was not obvious as the Seventh Prince was still young. When the Seventh Prince grew up, it was inevitable that some people with ulterior motives would take advantage of him, and then there would be another round of brotherly fratricide.

Chu Xuan was silent for a moment, obviously considering the matter. The Seventh Prince was his younger brother, and there were countless eyes in the capital secretly watching how he would settle the Imperial Concubine and the Seventh Prince. If this matter was not done well, rumors would soon spread that the new emperor was narrow-minded and could not tolerate his younger brother, and so on.

Seeing that Chu Xuan had not spoken, Lu Yanluo expressed her thoughts: "Why not leave Lu in the palace to raise the Seventh Prince? When the Seventh Prince comes of age, we can take Lu out of the palace to take care of him. After all, Lu gave birth to a child for the late emperor. She is different from other concubines and cannot be treated lightly."

Chu Xuan sighed, feeling a little depressed. As an emperor, there were some things he couldn't do as he pleased. He had to be cautious in everything for fear of being caught.

"Okay, we'll do as you said and leave Lu there. Let her move to the East Six Palaces with the Seventh Prince. This way, we can prevent anyone with ulterior motives from taking advantage of us."

Everything was set, and soon the concubines' move to the palace was put on the agenda. Lu Yanluo issued an imperial decree in the name of the queen and announced it to the six palaces.

As soon as the imperial decree was issued, some of the concubines were excited while others were unwilling. At this time, everyone ignored their status and ran to the Changshou Palace, clamoring to see the queen.

Lu Yanluo had nothing to do, so she accepted everyone who came to see her. Anyone who wanted to see her could come to see her. Those who wanted to ask for some benefits from her were rebuffed by her in a few words. Those who deliberately wanted to stay were frightened by her and wanted to leave immediately.

Seven or eight days passed before the harem became quiet again, and time passed quickly until the Spring Farming Festival.

This was the first important festival after Chu Xuan ascended the throne. Chu Xuan attached great importance to it and ordered people to start preparations early. Everything was going smoothly, but on the day before the Spring Ploughing Festival, the memorial from Prince Ping requesting an imperial decree to go to the capital arrived late.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, all the princes should have come to the capital to pay their respects, but Prince Ping was used to spending his days in leisure, so he did not come. Instead, Chu Xuan was happy to have some peace and quiet.

But it happened to be neither early nor late, just in time for the Spring Ploughing Festival.

When Chu Xuan came back for lunch at noon, his face looked a little ugly. Lu Yanluo asked curiously, "What's wrong? You look so ugly."

Chu Xuan snorted coldly, and the exquisite dish in front of him instantly lost its flavor. He dropped the chopsticks in his hand with a bang and said angrily: "It's Prince Ping. He did it on purpose. He rushed to the capital at this time. It's obvious that he wants to make trouble for me!"

Lu Yanluo chuckled when she heard that. What did she think was a big deal? Was it worth him being so angry?

"If he wants to come to the capital, then let him in. He also wants to see the new emperor. It's fine to send more people to watch him. How can a vassal king cause trouble in the capital?"

Nothing out of the ordinary happened, but Prince Ping had really come with bad intentions this time. On the first day of his arrival in the capital, Prince Ping went to the palace in person to meet Chu Xuan. He said that Prince Ping's Mansion in the capital had been uninhabited for a long time and had fallen into disrepair, and needed repairs. There was also a shortage of servants, and no one to serve him, so he was not used to living there.

Chu Xuan had a smiling face and acted like a friendly brother. He sent people from the Ministry of Works to repair Prince Ping's mansion. However, secretly he wished he could kick Prince Ping out of the capital so that he could have some peace and quiet.

But Prince Ping was obviously unwilling to give up. He selected beautiful concubines in the capital and invited many ministers. There was a constant stream of people coming and going in Prince Ping's mansion every day, and the capital was in a mess because of him.

The day of spring plowing finally arrived. Chu Xuan got up early in the morning, had breakfast with Lu Yanluo, and after getting dressed, he set out from Changshou Palace.

All the way to the Farming and Weaving Garden, Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo changed into coarse linen clothes together. One led the ministers to plow the fields, while the other, accompanied by the female relatives, picked mulberry leaves and tasted silkworms.

Everything was going smoothly until Wang Deying, the censor of the Censorate, suddenly stepped forward and filed a complaint in front of all the ministers.

"Your Majesty, I want to sue the King of Qi for forcibly seizing a woman, taking human life lightly, being arrogant and extravagant, and behaving improperly. Please, Your Majesty, investigate and make a decision for the people!"

Chu Xuan's face turned pale, and he listened in anger as Wang Deying listed the crimes of King Ping.

It turned out that a few days ago, Prince Ping was strolling on the street and inadvertently fell in love with a woman selling rouge and powder. He insisted on bringing her back to the palace to be his concubine.

But the woman was already married and was unwilling to go. However, King Ping was used to abusing his power in his fiefdom, so he ignored the objections of the woman and her family, and forcibly took her back to his palace and raped her.

This woman was a fiery person. After escaping from the palace and returning home, she could not bear the humiliation and hanged herself at the door with a rope.

Before his death, he wrote a letter in blood, stating how he had been abused by King Ping. His family members were unwilling to accept this and took the letter to the government to file a complaint.

Unexpectedly, the matter was known by the King of Qi. He was so cruel that he sent people to secretly kill the woman's family. Fortunately, the family was alert and entrusted the blood letter to others in advance, which gave the family a chance to clear their grievances.

Chu Xuan looked at the carefree Prince Ping with a sullen face and said angrily, "Prince Ping, the Supervisory Council has accused you of taking human life lightly. Is that true?"

King Ping acted as if it had nothing to do with him. He took a few steps forward and said, "Your Majesty, no, that woman did it voluntarily. She begged me to give her a status, but I refused, so she hanged herself in anger. This has nothing to do with me."