One day after the government affairs were settled, King Wu Ketu had a splitting headache.
Those important officials are all smart people. Ten of them can have a hundred minds in total. You have to think twice about every word they say, for fear of being deceived by these people.
And if Ketu said it himself, he would have to think about it seven or eight times in his heart before he dared to speak it out, which required a lot of mental effort.
This is not the end yet. We still have to bring a large number of less important but relatively important memorials and articles from various places back to the harem to continue reviewing them - there are as many as three father-in-laws holding these memorials.
Fortunately, someone invented papermaking more than a hundred years ago. If bamboo slips were used to record events, it would not be held by three people, but would be pulled by three sheep carts.
Important matters are dealt with in the court, and these matters are not qualified for discussion among the ministers.
But Tu actually didn't want to do it, especially after seeing Lu Wu lying flat like this, life seemed to be even more difficult.
However, he also knew that as a king, power and fame should not be faked.
The reason why Lu Wu could be so lazy was because he was able to overthrow the Chu State single-handedly because of his combined strength and power, so he naturally didn't have to worry about his subordinates stealing his power.
As the king of Wu, I am fairly right in taking the throne, but if I want to let go like Lu Wu, I am afraid that I will be ousted in less than half a year. At that time, I don't know how difficult and dangerous it will be to seize power.
As he was walking, a female official came quickly, rolled up her sleeves and knelt down to salute: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother invites you."
Ke Tu nodded and agreed, then turned around and told the three father-in-laws holding the memorial: "You put the memorial in the study, and I will go to the Queen Mother first."
"Young man, I understand." The three father-in-laws went towards the study first, while Ke Tu followed the female officer with his bodyguard towards the Queen Mother's residence.
Not long after, Ketu came to Ciwang Palace where the Queen Mother Mingji was.
There was no one else in Ciwang Palace, and they were probably sent away by Queen Mother Mingji.
Ke Tu bowed first: "My child pays homage to his mother."
"What did General Lu say?" Mingji asked eagerly.
Ke Tu went to see Lu Wu outside the city yesterday. The two of them plus Luo Gan talked in the car for most of the day. Then Ke Tu came back and summoned his trusted ministers to discuss the arrangements overnight. Luo Gan was responsible for taking down three noble families overnight and taking control of the military. Arrange defenses to prevent Lu Wu from entering Songjing.
The two worked hard all night to stabilize the situation in the court today.
Although Mingji is the Queen Mother, but Ke Tu is already an adult, Mingji can only indirectly influence the court and cannot directly intervene in such major events, so up to now she has only heard some news reports - originally Mingji had thought of doing it herself Listening to politics, but was pushed back by her father Luo Gan.
Ke Tu sat down on the soft couch tiredly, rubbed his temples and said, "Fortunately, the child went away yesterday. General Lu agreed to put this matter aside and only kill Wen Yi and others to take all the land."
(A soft couch is equivalent to a bench. It is something with an elevated bottom and resembles a cushion. It is not a bed and cannot be used in serious court.)
Mingji let out a sigh of relief. Queen Mother Mingji was still willing to believe what that lunatic Lu Wu said.
She had dealt with Lu Wu, and when Lu Wu was on her side, Ming Ji was annoyed that Lu Wu was so ignorant of promotion, completely disobedient, and unworthy of a son.
But everyone really turned against each other, and Ming Ji realized how afraid she was of Lu Wu.
When she heard that Lu Wu's injury was fake, she couldn't help but tremble all over. She didn't dare to sleep on her own bed last night. Instead, she quietly changed her clothes and ran to the maid's room to sleep peacefully.
Not even the layers of guards from the Feifeng Guards (harem guards, composed entirely of female masters) could give the Queen Mother Mingji any peace of mind.
Mingji didn't relax until she heard her son say that Lu Wu had let the matter go.
But a moment later, she talked about another matter that she was extremely concerned about: "Is it true that the five southern prefectures were replaced by the five Jiangnan counties?"
Ke Tu nodded: "Mom, it was General Lu who told the child personally that he was willing to exchange the five southern mansions for the five Jiangnan counties."
Queen Mother Mingji was overjoyed. She stood up, looked up to the sky and raised her hands above her head, then bowed to the ground with her eyebrows touching the ground - this was to pay respect to heaven and earth and was the most solemn etiquette among human beings.
"The yellow sky is above, and the earth is below - your grandfather and father have never forgotten to regain their homeland. This is accomplished in the hands of my children. Your father and ancestors' spirits in the sky will definitely smile."
"Mother, it seems that this is not my fault." This credit is a bit empty.
Although it is said that he recovered Wu's homeland by his own hands, he really deserves the credit for this.
Ming Ji turned around and said angrily: "Huang Tianhou Tu has protected my son. If my son had not lost his innocent heart, how could there be such a good thing in the world? This is of course my son's credit."
"Mr. Nawen——" Ketu felt a little ashamed.
Wen Daozhi was loyal to him, but he ended up being killed, and in a sense, it was him.
"As the King of Wu, my son must not be benevolent as a woman!" Mingji taught her son to be righteous and strict.
"Didn't you just say that I don't lose my innocence?" Ke Tu was ashamed of his literary skills, but not too much, and joked with his mother.
If Wen Daozhi refuses to die at home, he must die in front of Lu Wu - this is disloyalty!
Maybe this person just wants to switch to Lu Wu in order to survive?
If Wen Daozhi hadn't moved the general Luo Gan to strengthen Lu Wu's reputation for violence and weaken Lu Wu's reputation, Luo Gan would never have let Wen Daozhi live to see Lu Wu.
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Baishi Town, Lu Mansion.
"That's what happened." It took Lu Wu a full two-quarters of an hour to explain the cause and effect to Lu Jinhe and his wife.
"I see, my son is really far-sighted!" Lu Jinhe clapped his hands and praised.
He originally thought that his son would be brave if he was brave, but he might not have enough brains, otherwise he wouldn't be able to run away from home as the Queen Mother granted him a marriage.
Now it seems that although my five children are not good at studying, they are really gifted with knowledge and can advance and retreat in a measured way.
"Where is my grandma? Why are there so few people?" Lu Wu asked.
The three of them had been talking for so long, but they didn't see Lu Wu's biological mother, Lu Yunshi, come out to meet her, and there were also a lot fewer people from Lu Shui and Lu Mansion.
"I sent them all to the fiefdom. It's not safe here - with your eldest brother there, it's more or less better." Lu Jinhe said.
Not only is it unsafe here, if Lu Wu has any shortcomings, this place will be a dead place, and there is no way to escape.
If Lu Jinhe had not realized that he was being secretly monitored by Wu's military, Lu Jinhe would not have sent his family away as much as possible, but would have run away with the whole family.
"How is the situation over there in the fiefdom?" Lu Wu asked.
Listen carefully, if everything goes well with the eldest brother Lu Song, then it won't be 'somewhat better'.
"Your eldest brother wrote to say that there are unruly people there, and the local big families are unwilling to cooperate. There are also mountain people who often come down from the mountains to rob, and there are even some witchcraft. Now your eldest brother can only control a few villages to barely protect himself." Mr. Lu Chang answered first, with a worried look on his face.
Lu Wuyi frowned: "Is it because the big brother's side doesn't have enough manpower?"
"Our family doesn't have many capable people, and most of them are taken by your second brother to help you. Your eldest brother's side is short of manpower."
The Lu family was wealthy, but after all, it was not a noble family with a fixed fiefdom and could not openly recruit troops.
Lu Jinhe could only spare around 3,000 yuan from those who were protecting his business in various places. It was impossible to take care of both sides at the same time.
Even the manpower of Lu Mansion's housekeepers and nursing homes have been discharged, but they are still in dire straits.
"Don't worry, mother. I will go and see for myself tomorrow. I will make sure that my brother is fine."
"Ah? We still have Uncle Feng here, how can you leave?" Lu Chang and Lu Jinhe were both a little confused.
Are you going to take a look tomorrow? That side is at least five or six hundred miles away from here.
"My mount, Black God, has advanced to the innate level. It is not difficult to travel thousands of miles in a day." Lu Wu explained.
"What?"
