Raise an emperor as a villain

After Prince Rui's rebellion was quelled, many people were implicated. From the front court to the harem, Ming Jue launched a brutal cleansing. Its ruthlessness made Lu Hengxiu shudder when he saw it.

The Empress Dowager Zhou was placed under house arrest by Ming Jue in the Buddhist hall, for which he even took a special look at the Empress Dowager.The most noble woman in the past is now dressed in plain clothes, with all the hairpins on her hair, and holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, she looks like she is reciting Buddha, if the resentment and hostility between her eyebrows and eyes are ignored.

"Back when I was the crown prince in the Eastern Palace, the queen mother was so cautious that she would not even donate some charcoal in the winter. How is it now that she has a strategy and dares to help King Qi rebel against me?" Ming Jue walked in front of the Empress Dowager with his hands behind his back, looking careless.

The queen mother glanced at him without saying a word, took a deep breath, closed her eyes and counted the string of sandalwood beads in her hand.

Seeing that the Queen Mother ignored him, Ming Jue snatched the string of Buddhist beads in her hand, the thread was cut off, and sandalwood beads of the same size rolled and jumped on the bluestone board.

The Empress Dowager was startled by Ming Jue, she suddenly leaned back and cursed at the same time, "Ni Zi."

"Hahaha, my son is a rebellious son. Is Prince Rui the only real son of yours?" Ming Jue laughed angrily, leaned closer to the Queen Mother and said, "I really doubt that you are not my real mother Queen, where is there a mother in this world? Treating your son so viciously? Since Prince Rui is your real son, why didn't the Empress Mother go to him?"

Prince Rui conspired against him, and was executed on the spot at Qianqing Gate. He was in a very miserable state of being pierced by thousands of arrows.The implication of Ming Jue's words was to imply that if the Empress Dowager really missed Prince Rui, she should die with Prince Rui, and there was no need to continue to linger in her own harem.

The Empress Dowager understood Ming Jue's meaning, her cloudy eyes widened in an instant, as if she couldn't believe that Ming Jue would say such a thing in astonishment.

"My mother heard me right. I don't want to bear the reputation of being unfilial, so I can only bother my mother to end it on my own." Ming Jue spoke clearly, then turned and left.

The Empress Dowager listened to the eunuch yelling "Your Majesty, get up" on the spot, and then took the white silk from the palace man.

That night when Lu Hengxiu was grinding ink for Ming Jue in the imperial study and waiting for him to approve the memorial, someone from the palace came to report that the Queen Mother had passed away.

Ming Jue didn't raise his head, he waved his hand to signal that he knew and dismissed the palace servants.

"The emperor already knew?" Lu Hengxiu asked.

"Well, I personally ordered it. I sent her poisoned wine and white silk. I didn't expect that the empress dowager of her country would hang herself in the main hall of the West Buddha Hall without regard for her face at all." Ming Jue said. His tone was full of disgust, without any sadness at all.

Lu Hengxiu could also understand that the Tian family had a weak family relationship, not to mention the empress dowager did not do things right.

"How does the emperor plan to deal with it?"

"It is announced to the outside world that the Empress Dowager died of a sudden illness, and a grand burial is enough. All the etiquette is the same as that of the emperor's grandmother the year before. Although he treated me badly, I will not be so stingy that I can't complete her posthumous ceremony. It's just that I have to work hard. You." Ming Jue said as he put away the pen, and hugged the person standing beside him into his arms.

In the past two years, there have been a lot of royal celebrations and funerals, but the Ministry of Rites is too busy.

"I don't dare to say that I'm tired of doing things for the emperor. It's just that there has been too much blood in the palace recently, which is unlucky. If the emperor has the heart, why not choose a good day to worship Buddha." Lu Hengxiu suggested.

"That's fine, you can just pick and choose your life." With no one in the way, Ming Jue is almost obedient to Lu Hengxiu in small matters.

The empress dowager died of illness shortly after Mingjue married the empress, and the empress dowager was also forced to death by Mingjue now, and the empress is the only one who has status in the harem.But Duan Muyan was young and soft-tempered, even if there was something unsatisfactory, she didn't dare to speak out to persuade her. She always wiped her tears in her palace on weekdays, and she had to pretend to be happy when she saw Mingjue. Don't take her very seriously.

Now Lu Hengxiu holds several positions in addition to being Minister of Rites, the most convenient one is the position of Shao Fu, although he has no real power, he has the power to walk in the inner palace.

Right now Mingjue only has two princes, one is the second prince born to Wuxia, the other is the third prince born to Concubine Lou, besides that there is a princess from Guisheng, nothing else.

Lu Hengxiu was nominally a young master, responsible for the studies of the two princes, but most of the time he still came to serve Ming Jue.Speaking of serving, it’s not all about doing ridiculous things, it’s more like today, when Mingjue criticizes the memorial, Lu Hengxiu grinds his ink aside, and from time to time Mingjue will ask him an opinion on the memorial, Lu Hengxiu He replied respectfully.

After talking about going out to pay respects to the Buddha, Ming Jue turned his mind back to the notebooks. These notebooks sent by the cabinet were drafted by Duan Wenzheng.Ming Jue was never willing to do anything to others, so he had to see it for himself to prevent collusion between inside and outside.

However, there are dozens of cabinet ministers in the cabinet, but Ming Jue has only one person, so there are often times when energy is low, especially in troubled times.

Lu Hengxiu stayed with Ming Jue until the second watch. During the period, he served strong tea three times. He couldn't support himself, so he persuaded: "The emperor's health is important, so let's go to bed early. It's okay to read the book when I get up tomorrow morning." the same."

"No, if you are in a hurry, maybe someone will ask about it tomorrow morning. I haven't seen how to deal with it at that time. In short, if you are tired, go to rest first. I will sleep after reading this.

Lu Hengxiu glanced at the stacked booklets, and suppressed a yawn that was about to be typed out.

"I'm not sleepy, I'm just worried about the emperor's dragon body. Since the emperor insists on reviewing these things, I should be at your side."

Ming Jue paused for a moment, put down his pen and picked up half of the booklet, and placed it in front of Lu Hengxiu.

"Chang Ping, add a chair to Mr. Lu," Ming Jue explained to Lu Hengxiu after ordering, "Since you are not leaving, you might as well approve some for me, so that you can finish the work earlier and go to bed earlier."

While speaking, Chang Ping has moved a chair for Lu Hengxiu quickly and placed it next to Ming Jue's throne, then quickly backed away with lowered eyebrows and hands.

Sitting side by side with the emperor, sharing a royal case, and reviewing memorials for the emperor, such behavior is really extremely presumptuous.

"I dare not." Lu Hengxiu knelt down in fear.

"Why don't you dare? Didn't father set up the post of chief eunuch in charge of ceremonies when he was emperor, and specially selected some knowledgeable and trusted eunuchs to approve memorials for him? Are you no better than those eunuchs? Get up quickly, I don't want to say the first twice.

"Observe the order." Lu Hengxiu had no choice but to get up and sit next to Ming Jue, and began to deal with the memorials piled up in front of him.

As expected, the efficiency of the two people was much faster, and they finished approving paperwork before the third watch.

"The memorials have been reviewed, and I'm leaving." Lu Hengxiu bowed and said, he couldn't bear it because he was too old, and now he was so sleepy that his eyelids were fighting, and it was difficult to show it in front of Ming Jue.

"Jane, don't force yourself. Don't go back so late. Just stay here tonight with the general. When you leave now, when will you be able to sleep?" Hengxiu carried her to the dormitory in the side hall.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, let your ministers down and go on your own..." There were eunuchs and guards outside, and Lu Hengxiu was almost ashamed and angry.

"Stop screaming. If you don't tell them that they don't know, maybe they will think that I carried that concubine back. If you tell them, they will know that the one in my arms is not a concubine, but you, Master Lu." Mingming Jue viciously reminded that Lu Hengxiu was honest.

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