Lu Minghan glanced at Lu Zihai and the other two sitting on the ground and waved his hand.
"Send the three of them and their mother out of the capital, and never let them come back."
"Yes, Duke, I will do it right away." said the leader of the secret guards behind Lu Minghan.
Lu Lanqing came back to his senses and said hurriedly.
"Boss, just let these kids stay here with me! Don't worry, I will teach them well and make them behave themselves."
A hint of sarcasm appeared on Lu Minghan's lips.
"Father, it's better not to say anything. They have already crossed the Empress' bottom line. Why do you think the Empress asked me to come here? It was to let me see them off."
"Father, you've only ever had one son in your life, and even I am a worthless piece of shit in your eyes. That's why you've long planned to pass the title to one of them. The third son is always flirting with me, and you've been using sweet words to deceive me and Mother. We all chose to believe you, but what about you? How did you treat your first wife?"
"If my grandfather hadn't been around when I was a child, my two sisters and mother would have also been killed by Aunt Shi, right?"
Lu Lanqing's face turned even paler. He had been disguising himself all these years and was actually used to it. Now that his eldest son had revealed what he had been hiding, he felt extremely embarrassed.
He sat there dejectedly, not knowing what to do to make his son hate him less, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out what to do.
Lu Minghan waved his hand.
"Okay, father, you will live here in your old age. As I said before, without the Emperor and the Empress's will, you can only stay here. Don't worry, your son will come to see you in a while."
After Lu Minghan finished speaking, he took his men away. The three Lu Zihai brothers were really scared at this time. They were taken away without saying a word. The oldest was only twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest was only eight or nine years old. They were all still children. They had never experienced such a big scene as today, and they had never seen such a big scene where people were killed and blood was seen.
After Lu Minghan left the villa, he led his men towards the capital.
Lu Zifeng climbed down from a big tree nearby and took a look at the three brothers who had turned into a puddle of mud, and narrowed his eyes.
"Chang Lin, ask Feng Qing to come to the capital as soon as possible. There is something he needs to do."
Chang Lin of Luzhou Prefecture was looking at the account book in front of him when he suddenly heard a voice in his mind. He knew that his master probably wanted Feng Qing to do something, so he said in his heart.
"Understood, Master. I will inform Feng Qing now."
Lu Zifeng finally felt relieved and glanced at Situ Yi and Situ beside him.
"Can someone please send someone to follow them? I need to know where they are at all times!"
Situ Hao and Situ Yi could roughly guess what Lu Zifeng was going to do, but they kept silent. Lu Zifeng was their good friend, and now they were also cousins, so naturally they would help their own people.
Then he waved and called the secret guards without saying anything, gave them some instructions and let them go.
Lu Minghan returned to the palace and handed the token to the queen.
"Your Majesty, it's all settled. This kind of thing will never happen again. Also, I've had the secret guards send the third brother's children away. They're never allowed to return to the capital."
Lu Mingshuang glanced at the eldest brother in front of him and sighed inwardly, "Brother, you are still too soft-hearted. Those kids are the most ruthless. If we don't kill them, I'm afraid they will bring disaster to future generations."
After thinking about it, I finally didn't say it out loud.
"Brother, what are your plans after Brother Feng recognizes you?"
When Lu Minghan heard the Queen ask this, he naturally knew what she meant.
"Your Majesty, I wish to submit a memorial to the Emperor, requesting that he bestow upon Feng'er the title of Prince of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion. Your Majesty should be aware that the child bears a strong resemblance to his great-grandfather, and possesses formidable martial arts skills and military achievements. He will be assigned to the Imperial Guards to guard the palace after the new year, and you will be able to meet him then."
Lu Mingshuang smiled and nodded. "Well, then, after you acknowledge your relationship, submit a memorial. The Emperor just said he wants to make this child a crown prince, and I was asking for your opinion."
Lu Minghan knew what the Queen meant. To be honest, he now had two choices. If Lu Zifeng's father was indeed his biological brother and he had three sons, he could adopt one of them as his heir and pass the title to him. However, it couldn't be Lu Zifeng because he was the eldest son and according to regulations he couldn't be adopted out. The only ones he could adopt were Lu Ziyan, the second son, or Lu Zimo, the third son.
The second option is to directly appoint Lu Zifeng as the crown prince. Lu Zifeng will take on the responsibilities of two families. When he has children, one of them will inherit Lu Zifeng's title and continue his bloodline as his grandson, Lu Minghan.
Lu Minghan didn't want to separate the family of his newly adopted brother. Besides, the two children were already grown up, so it would be pointless to adopt them again. It would be better this way. By then, the grandson would be taught from a young age and would definitely be closer to him.
The Queen actually thought the same thing, so she was very happy to hear Lu Minghan say this.
"That's good. Your health isn't good, so worry less in the future. Brother Feng is already seventeen years old! He's an adult. We should keep an eye on him. Even if he does something wrong, we elders are still watching him."
Lu Minghan agreed with what the Queen said and nodded in agreement.
Just as the two siblings finished talking, they heard the palace maid come in and whisper.
"Your Majesty, Princess Jing is here."
"Haha, she must have heard about it! Let her in, and tell her all about it."
As soon as the Queen finished speaking, Princess Jing Lu Mingxue hurried in and saw that her elder brother and the Queen were there.
"Sister, brother, is this true? He wants to hire someone to assassinate Brother Feng?"
The Queen Mother didn't say anything. Lu Minghan nodded and said with a smile.
"Little sister, everything is resolved, it's okay!"
A hint of hatred flashed in Lu Mingshuang's eyes, but then he said.
"I was just at home when Yi'er came to tell me about this. I was a little bit unconvinced, so I hurried to the palace."
The Queen checked the time.
"It's almost noon, so have dinner here with me! The emperor will be here soon, and I'll tell him what you mean."
Situ Jin and Situ Li walked in together.
"I have met the Queen Mother, my aunt, and my uncle."
The queen said with a smile.
"Why are you two brothers here together?"
Situ Jin said with a smile.
"Mother, I just heard that Grandfather has been confined to the other courtyard. What's the reason? And it was your order?"
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