At today's court meeting, civil and military officials frantically impeached Xiao Churan, saying that he abducted a minister's daughter and molested his nephew's wife.

Duke Lu spoke from his own experience, crying bitterly.

Emperor Mingde sat on the dragon throne wearing a golden mask, gloomily looking at the rebellious ministers below, tapping his knees rhythmically with his fingertips, like a cold and bloodthirsty demon king.

"Are you finished?"

The deep and deep voice echoed in the hall, and the air suddenly became stagnant.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

All the ministers knelt on the ground in panic, not daring to say anything.

Emperor Mingde was the most unpredictable emperor of Qi State throughout history. He attached great importance to power and would not allow anyone or anything to escape his control, but sometimes he gave people the impression that he did not care about the country at all.

Take the Regent Xiao Churan for example. He indulged the other party without any bottom line and allowed him to bite court officials like a mad dog.

Sometimes he would execute the entire family of the minister who had caused harm, and sometimes he would comfort the victim by throwing down a pile of gold, silver and jewelry.

The ministers who had experienced the palace coup privately believed that Emperor Mingde only treated the throne as a game to avenge the previous emperor's indifference to him.

Serving in such a court is like putting their heads on their belts. Who knows when their bodies will be torn apart?

Now that Emperor Mingde is in power, they can't resist the emperor, but can they find a way to teach the mad dog he released a lesson?

Lu Jianzhang exchanged glances covertly with several important officials, wondering if he could successfully suppress Xiao Churan this time.

The emperor at the top said in a deep voice:

"Since you want me to punish the Regent, Wang Xie, order the Regent to enter the palace."

"According to the order."

Wang Xie was the personal steward of Emperor Mingde. After he received the order and left, everyone felt hopeful.

After a while, the palace servants' voices came:

"The Regent has arrived—"

The man was wearing a black python robe, playing with a sandalwood bracelet in his hand, and walked in from the door of the hall with a disdainful look on his face.

His eyes wandered over everyone, and he sneered arrogantly:

"Which blind fellow impeached me? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to close your eyes when you sleep at night?"

He walked and stopped with a wicked smile, and if anyone looked at him, he would crush a bead.

The "crack" sound was as if the other person's skull was crushed.

"Is that you, General?"

"Is that you, Li Shaoqing?"

"Or you, Du Shangshu?"

"..."

The officials who had been successfully troubled by him many times lowered their heads in an instant and turned into trembling quails, while the important officials who had been fighting with him for many years glared back at him unwillingly.

"Prince Regent, you dare to threaten us in front of His Majesty. This is really lawless!"

An imperial censor shouted loudly.

The old master in the front row came out with his sleeves swung, his white beard fluttering on his chin, and he cursed:

"The mouse has skin, but the man has no manners. If the man has no manners, what is the point of not dying?"

Xiao Churan scratched his ear, "Speak human language!"

"Oh, you are ignorant and incompetent. No matter how much I tell you, it will be like talking to a cow!"

The Taifu put his hands behind his back and held his chin high, giving off a proud and sage-like air.

"Oh--"

Xiao Churan made an expression of sudden enlightenment, flashed in front of the master, curled his lips and smiled, glanced down at the gray-haired old man, and said lightly:

"Please enlighten me, Master. What does 'old men who do not die are thieves' mean?"

"You, you, you're making me mad!"

The Regent is the Regent after all, and his character is perverse and rebellious. No matter that the old man is so angry that he is about to faint, he just rolls up his sleeves and presses on.

"Please enlighten me, Master!"

"Do you want to commit a crime right there and then?"

The Master leaned back, his two fingers trembling so much that they almost poked Xiao Churan's nostrils.

After so many years, this guy who sticks his head out still hasn't learned his lesson!

The Regent smiled and said:

"This king has no morals. He hits the elderly, the children, and the pregnant women. He even kicks the dogs on the roadside.

Why, Master, do you want to try it?"

"You, you, you are so rude! You are so lawless!"

The old tutor was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick, but he staggered back under his terrifying momentum.

It was not until there was no more room for retreat and the old man rolled his eyes in anger that Emperor Mingde spoke up to stop him.

"Okay Chu Ran, the Grand Tutor is over 70 years old, so don't provoke him. Explain why you want to bring Miss Lu back to the mansion."

The voice suddenly sank, and the eyes behind the golden mask were as deep as a ghost, "Aren't you aware of the engagement between Miss Lu and Xiaoliu?"

"Your Majesty. Of course I know."

Xiao Churan bowed and gave a half-hearted tribute.

Then he turned around and looked straight at Duke Lu who was in front of the military officer.

"Miss Lu, a ruthless person who murdered her own sister in front of the ladies of Fengdu, is quite interesting. She is decisive in killing and clear about gratitude and resentment. She is worthy of being a descendant of a military family!

I am not deliberately making things difficult for her. It is because that woman offended me. The royal dignity cannot be damaged. It is not too much to teach her a lesson, right?

Doesn’t Duke Lu have a little daughter who looks exactly like him? She hasn’t been engaged yet. If Duke Lu is worried about criticism, it’s fine for the younger sister to pay off the elder sister’s debt.

But I heard that my youngest daughter is suffering from a weak health. If she dies on the way to repay the debt, it should not be my business, right?"

Xiao Churan bowed to the throne like the other dandies, "Brother Emperor, she is just a woman. You won't be estranged from me, right?"

Emperor Mingde taught in a gentle tone:

"You are not allowed to call me brother in the court!"

Xiao Churan followed suit: "Your Majesty, I obey your command!"

When he heard that his little daughter was going to be exchanged, Lu Jianzhang was so scared that he knelt down on the spot. If Shuang'er fell into the hands of this wolf cub, who knows how she would be tortured!

"The dignity of the royal family must not be tarnished. I must take responsibility for my own mistakes. But please, Lord Regent, for my sake, don't be too harsh on me."

Emperor Mingde was very surprised and was not angry at all. After dealing with Lu Jianzhang's matter, he directly sent Xiao Churan away.

He didn't care at all whether the person Xiao Churan kidnapped was his son's fiancée.

After the court session, Emperor Mingde went to the imperial concubine's palace.

The Sixth Prince Xiao Hengguang is handsome, elegant, and has extraordinary character and appearance. In the eyes of the world, he is the perfect Sixth Prince.

Concubine Li, his biological mother, was even more beautiful than anyone else.

Hearing that Emperor Mingde was coming, she went up to him gracefully, wrapped her arms around his waist like a water snake, and became his walking crutch.

"Your Majesty, I miss you~~"

Sitting on the couch, Emperor Mingde looked at the woman indifferently as she pleased him. Her hoarse voice, used for love talks, spoke words that chilled people to the core.

"...If he can't even control his own woman, what use is he? Must he wait until Xiao Churan seizes the Lu family's military power before realizing it?"

Concubine Li swallowed it and said charmingly:

"Your Majesty, Liu'er is still young..."

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