Raise an emperor as a villain

"Emperor, it's time for you to let go now. Although Lu Hengxiu has indeed done a lot for you, he is still an obstacle for you to become a good emperor." The empress dowager's benevolent face flashed fiercely, "You I can't bear to be so empress, but I have to plan for you. All my mother's painstaking efforts are for you, so don't blame her in the future."

The queen mother caught Lu Hengxiu's mistake and immediately sent someone to tell Ming Jue.

Ming Jue heard the news as soon as he got up, and immediately drove from Kunhe Palace to Shoukang Palace.

The queen mother got up early in the morning to arrest Lu Hengxiu, and then informed Mingjue. Naturally, she had expected Mingjue's reaction, so she had been waiting early in the morning.

"You came here in such a panic all the way, and you can't even be polite when you see Ai's family, is it because of Lu Hengxiu's business?"

"Mother, Lu Hengxiu is innocent."

"Oh? You said he was innocent, but how do you explain that he was caught and raped by Ai's family?" The queen mother was a little surprised by Mingjue's answer, "Your majesty, even if you value him, you can't let him be like this. ah."

Ming Jue was furious when he heard the words, Lu Hengxiu was someone he cared about so much, but he was said so badly by the Queen Mother, his fists tightened and loosened, but in the end he still restrained his anger.

"Mother, that palace man was rewarded to him by me, how can it be said to be a messy harem?" Ming Jue sneered and said: "Or I don't even have the right to reward a palace man to my subjects." Ming Jue said towards The Empress Dowager approached a few steps, and the Empress Dowager backed away again and again, the golden step shaker on her head trembling violently, just like her mood at the moment.

Of course, the Queen Mother never expected that Ming Jue would go so far in order to protect Lu Hengxiu and lie so blatantly.

It's not bad that the palace maid is a low-ranking maid from Jianji Pavilion, but it was arranged by the Queen Mother who threatened her to seduce Lu Hengxiu.It's just that every time Lu Hengxiu stayed in Jianji Pavilion, Ming Jue would definitely stay there too, and that maid never found a chance to attack.

"Mother, why did you go to Jiyue Pavilion? You really take care of every aspect of the harem on weekdays." Ming Jue said sharply.

"Absurd, what does the emperor mean? After the Ai family becomes a country, can't you control it? The Ai family gave birth to you and raised you, so are you going to contradict the Ai family like this?"

"That's right, Queen Mother, you do have the gift of giving birth to me, but what else have you done for me besides giving birth to me? When I was in the confinement of the East Palace, when I was bullied by those lowly servants and was about to die, you Where is it?" Ming Jue asked ruthlessly, piercing through the empress dowager's hypocritical warmth.

"Hmph, no matter where I am, I'm not by my side anyway. He accompanied me through those most difficult days. Without him, I might have died long ago, and my body is in a dark corner in the deep palace. Slowly decaying, the soul wanders in remote places where few people go. Where can there be an emperor who is on the throne today? I hope you will not trouble him again in the future. My son has said all this. As for what How to choose is entirely up to the queen mother to consider."

After Ming Jue finished speaking, he turned around and left without looking back at the Empress Dowager who was pale because of what he said.

The queen mother slumped in the chair behind her. At this moment, she deeply understood that she was not as important as Lu Hengxiu in her son's heart.She could hardly restrain the anger in her heart. After so many years of hard work, she finally waited for her son to ascend to the throne.But now...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ignore the empress dowager's reserve, and sobbed softly on the chair.

Lu Hengxiu was imprisoned in the abandoned side room behind Jiyue Pavilion. After all, he was a foreign minister, so he was not suitable to be imprisoned in the Department of Shenxing.The guards were two guards brought by the queen mother, and they were standing outside the locked door, one on the left and one on the right.

Lu Hengxiu's hands were tied, and he was sitting on the cold and damp ground at the moment, and he didn't look flustered at all, but he was a little uncomfortable after staying in this room for a long time.

"Slave sees the emperor." The two guards shouted in unison, knelt down and saluted.It was Ming Jue who hurried over with the people.

"Open the door." Ming Jue said sharply.

When the two guards heard that the emperor wanted to open the door, they looked at each other and didn't know what to do. One of them stepped forward and said, "Return to the emperor, the empress dowager ordered that no one can open the door without her order. Look..."

"You bastard." Ming Jue kicked the guard in front of him over, and the guard got up and quickly knelt down.

"I am the emperor, do I have to ask the Queen Mother for the order of the things I want to do?" Ming Jue was furious, "Come here, break down the door for me, and pull down the two guards with a hundred sticks and dismiss them."

Ming Jue ordered, and the shadow guard behind him immediately came to open the door, and the accompanying guards also pulled the two guards down.

The light in the abandoned house was dim, and the moment the door was opened, the strong light came in, and Lu Hengxiu covered his eyes in extreme discomfort.

"Lord Lu is suffering," said a familiar voice, and stepped forward to untie the rope tied around Lu Hengxiu's hands.

"Tianshu? I made you laugh." Lu Hengxiu stood up with the strength of Tianshu's hand, then brushed off the dust and debris on his body, and tidied his clothes before going out.

"I pay my respects to the emperor." Lu Hengxiu gestured to kneel, but was stopped by Ming Jue.

Ming Jue took a cloak from Chang Ping and put it on Lu Hengxiu, covered his cold hands and said, "It's all right, let's go with me now!" Ming Jue took Lu Hengxiu back to the nearest Jianji Pavilion .

"So the emperor rewarded the maid as a concubine?"

"At that time, I couldn't find a better solution than this, and you don't need to take that maid back. I'll send someone to deal with her in a while." Ming Jue said lightly.

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to spare her life."

"Why? Could it be that you really fell in love with the maid's beauty? Otherwise, why did you plead for her when she harmed you?" Ming Jue actually wanted to vent his anger on Lu Hengxiu by executing the maid. It was a kind of flattery in disguise, but Lu Hengxiu didn't expect that he would not appreciate it, and he suddenly lost face.

"She is a little court lady, where does she have the guts to harm the emperor's favorite minister? The one who wants to get rid of the minister is the queen mother, and this court lady is just a poor chess piece." Lu Hengxiu calmly analyzed, "Your majesty, since you put Since she was given to the minister, why not ask the minister to take her out and spare her life?" Lu Hengxiu left his seat and knelt down to beg.

"Okay, okay, leave it to you, you are a merciful saint, and I am a tyrannical and foolish king." After Ming Jue said this, he walked away angrily with a flick of his sleeves.

Lu Hengxiu supported the chair and stood up, staring at the door for a while.

His bloody hands are naturally not a merciful saint, but he will not take other people's lives for no reason.

Then he walked out of the Jianji Pavilion, and under the leadership of the servant, he found the room where the maid was held.

"What's your name?"

"Slave, servant is called Hongyu." Hongyu replied timidly, she was both respectful and afraid of this man who was framed by herself but still chose to save her.

"Well, when you go back with me in the future, you can do things in Lu's mansion. My house is not big and there are not many people. Fortunately, there are not many things to do in this way. It should not be more tiring than you in the palace." Lu Hengxiu said lightly, "As for your monthly money, it is the same as other maids in the mansion, one and a half months, no less than being a maid in the palace. If you know how to be grateful, just live in peace and contentment."

"Why did your lord save me?" Hongyu asked boldly. She had stayed in the palace for two years and was a low-level person. nice guy.

"And why did you come to frame me?" Lu Hengxiu asked without raising his eyelids, with a casual look.

"Slave," Hongyu gritted her teeth and struggled for a while before continuing, "It was ordered by the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager found this servant half a year ago and asked her to handle this matter for her. He also promised that if it is done There must be a heavy reward, if it is not done well, not only the servants, but even the servants' family members will die."

"My lord, you clearly see that this servant didn't frame you for money, but this servant is afraid of death and even more afraid of implicating his family." Hongyu knelt down and kowtowed.

"Stop kneeling, now you understand why I saved you? It's all involuntary, why should I want your life." Lu Hengxiu said, turning around and said: "Get up, pack up your things and go back home with me. "

"The servant has nothing in the palace, the only thing he has is a humble life. Now that the lord has saved the life of the servant, the servant will repay the lord as a cow and a horse in this life, even in the next life." Hongyu's eyes were firm. , even though Lu Hengxiu turned his back and couldn't see, she kowtowed heavily on the stone slab.