The black aura swirling around the adult slowly moved, and the sound it emitted felt like speaking in front of an electric fan.
Ji Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and told the adult about Yunming's matter. The adult was silent for a moment and said, "You don't need to worry about this. I will handle it myself."
The two talked for a while longer before Ji Xiaoxiao disappeared from the darkness.
The Lü Dynasty was a matriarchal dynasty where both men and women could hold official positions and govern for the people. Above the emperor and above all others, there were the powerful Left and Right Chancellors.
The dynasty continued until the thirty-eighth generation. Empress Lü Ji was not interested in men and had only one son and two daughters. Lü Ying was Lü Ji's third daughter and the youngest princess.
Lü Ying was handsome, intelligent, diligent, and hardworking, earning the respect of all officials—a well-deserved honor. Furthermore, Lü Ying and Xue Jinghan, the son of the Right Chancellor, were childhood sweethearts. With the Xue family and Lü Ying forming a powerful alliance, their deep affection for each other deepening as they jointly defended against external enemies. It was only natural that the throne fell into Lü Ying's hands.
When Lü Ying ascended the throne, his entire family and friends rose to power overnight. He revealed his true nature, not only neglecting state affairs and appointing treacherous officials, causing chaos beyond the bounds of the law, but also wasting public resources by building palaces, taking in beauties, and indulging in nightly revelry.
During a banquet, Lü Ying saw Lu Zhixuan, the only son of the Left Chancellor, who was stunningly handsome. She was immediately captivated and, disregarding Lu Zhixuan's existing marriage contract, forcibly took him into the palace.
Lu Zhixuan was of a fierce temperament and harbored deep resentment towards Lü Ying, the true emperor. He ignored Lü Ying all day long, and even verbally abused her on several occasions.
As the emperor's consort, daring to openly disrespect the emperor would be punishable by the execution of his entire family. However, Lü Ying was a complete scoundrel who loved and enjoyed being beaten and abused more. The more aloof, irritable, and ruthless Lu Zhixuan was, the more Lü Ying couldn't live without him.
The emperor doted on his favorite concubine, and by extension, he also hated her. Not only did he send a constant stream of gold and silver treasures to Xuan Ying Palace, but high-ranking official positions and generous salaries also fell into the hands of the Lu family.
Xue Jinghan genuinely loved Lü Ying and repeatedly warned him to be wary of the Lu family's treacherous ambitions. Lü Ying, growing impatient, simply confined him to his quarters. Meanwhile, in the imperial court, the upright and loyal Right Chancellor Xue Fei, seeing the chaos in the court and the rampant tyranny of the villains, dared to remonstrate with the court to the death. Fortunately, the imperial physician was highly skilled and saved him.
However, even dragons have their scales, and people have their rebellious streak. Now, deeply entangled in the swamp of love, Lu Zhixuan is Lu Ying's scale, her rebellious streak. How could Lu Ying tolerate someone trying to harm her beloved? She directly issued an edict, ordering the execution of over two hundred members of the Xue family, including the confined Xue Jinghan, by slow slicing.
Without the checks and balances of the Right Chancellor, the Left Chancellor held absolute power. Ten years later, the Lu family wielded immense power, overthrowing the decadent and tyrannical Lü dynasty and, in response to the people's demands, ascending the throne as emperor.
The deposed Emperor Lü Ying was imprisoned in the cold palace and tortured by Lu Zhixuan every day. He was sometimes hungry and sometimes full, and his health deteriorated. Within a few years, Lü Ying was tortured to death by Lu Zhixuan.
"I hate it so much, I hate it so much, I hate it so much."
Lu Ying died with extreme resentment.
She was not a qualified monarch, as everyone in the world knew. Yet she gave all her passion and true love to Lu Zhixuan, but Lu Zhixuan not only colluded with outsiders behind her back and fathered a child who disgraced the royal bloodline, but also used her love for him to destroy the thousand-year foundation of the Lü Dynasty.
"Revenge, revenge, I want revenge."
Lu Ying wanted Lu Zhixuan to suffer endless torment, for the entire Lu family to die a horrible death, and for all Lu's descendants—male to be slaves and female to be maids—for all eternity, never to rise again.
Exhaling a breath of stale air, Ji Xiaoxiao looked at the scene before her with great joy.
The magnificent palace gleamed with gold. The obsidian floor was so clear you could see your reflection. Four massive pillars, like dragons coiled around them, soared into the sky, exuding power and majesty.
After studying the living and working conditions of the privileged class for a while, Ji Xiaoxiao quickly got back to work.
Now, Ji Xiaoxiao's timing is rather bad. A few days ago, the Xue family was all thrown into prison by the original owner's decree. What's worse, three days later is the perfect day for them to be executed by slow slicing.
With the Xue family fallen, those who had always been at odds with the Lu family either fled or wisely accepted the situation; in any case, they were no longer a threat. In contrast, the Lu family faction, the victors in the power struggle, enjoyed high positions and generous salaries, their arrogance unchallenged, and no one dared to speak against them.
"How could you leave me with such a mess?" Ji Xiaoxiao rubbed her forehead speechlessly.
But does someone who works for the boss have the right to choose?
Ji Xiaoxiao asked someone to pour her a cup of tea, and while drinking it, she thought about how to get through this difficult time.
The original owner had done many bad things and was unpopular. Even the Xue family, her last support, was cut off by her own hands. Now, Ji Xiaoxiao is all alone.
He was called the emperor, but he had few capable people.
The Emperor? What good is a fancy title? It's like drawing a picture of a cake to satisfy hunger; in the end, you'll still be starving.
Unable to think of a solution, Ji Xiaoxiao held the pastry and ate it listlessly.
"Your Majesty, you can't eat anymore. The Empress will be arriving soon. You should bathe and change your clothes to greet her," reminded Eunuch Su from the side.
Bathing and changing clothes?
It is utterly absurd that a true emperor would take such a serious matter for a concubine!
"Your Majesty, if you don't listen to me, I'll have to take matters into my own hands."
As he spoke, Eunuch Su rolled up his sleeves, revealing a lewd and wicked grin on his beardless face.
Ji Xiaoxiao was furious and wanted to teach this dog of a lesson, but several strong and powerful eunuchs walked out from behind Eunuch Su.
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