Emperor An tightened his grip. It wasn't that he didn't want to kill the Lu family, but he still had scruples in his heart.
Lu Chongyuan knew too many of his secrets, and not all of the Lu family were in the capital. It was difficult for Lu Chongyuan to guarantee that he would not leave any backup for the Lu family.
Now that the evidence of the crime is conclusive, even if Lu Chongyuan knew this, he should have understood that he would not escape death. If he and his son were only blamed, the rest of the Lu family would survive, and Lu Chongyuan would definitely not fight to the death.
But once the whole Lu family is seriously questioned, they will even do what these people in the court say and destroy the nine Lu family clans.
There is no guarantee that Lu Chongyuan will not jump over the wall in a hurry.
Emperor An was satisfied as long as he dealt with the Lu family, and did not want to push Lu Chongyuan to a dead end. Moreover, in his opinion, as long as the Lu family was without Lu Chongyuan, there would be no use for the others even if they were alive.
What's more, who can guarantee that no one will die even if they are exiled from the army?
Isn't it better to secretly kill the Lu family in the future than to take risks and force Lu Chongyuan to die together?
Emperor An understood that the Qingliu faction could not let the Lu family escape. He had to look at the courtiers of the family, and his eyes fell on Taishi Liang: "How does the Taishi think the affairs of the Lu family should be handled?"
Grand Master Liang held the wat board in his arms and said, "The Lu family has acted wildly and rebelliously. The imperial court has its own laws and regulations. How to deal with it depends on His Majesty's will."
Emperor An looked at him in disbelief: "Master, do you think the entire Lu family should be executed?"
Grand Master Liang: "Old minister, please listen to your Majesty's wishes."
An Di: "..."
His breath was stuck in his throat, and he had to look at the other courtiers from the aristocratic families, but how could he know that wherever he looked, everyone was silent.
Finally, he forcibly ordered two people who were close to Lu Chongyuan to come out. Who knew that those two people were just as "well-behaved" as Taishi Liang?
"Wei Chen is not an official of the Ministry of Punishment, so I don't know how to sentence him."
"The crimes committed by the Lu family are all deceiving the emperor. Your Majesty can deal with them in any way you want."
An Di: "..."
He almost spit Xingzi in their faces.
In the past, why didn't these people follow his holy will? Whenever he had any plans, these people would be eager to quarrel with him until they blushed and became thick-necked.
He would say something in a retort, for fear that he would have forgotten the great power of the family, but now he is obeying the holy will every word. Are these courtiers of the family crazy? Haven't they always considered themselves one body by sharing weal and woe? !
Emperor An had to turn his attention to Xiao Yan, hoping that he would be as considerate as before.
Before Xiao Yan could speak, the second prince suddenly stepped forward.
"Father, I have something to report."
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Cui Lin also stood up almost at the same time.
Neither of them seemed to have expected that the other would actually stand up, and they both chose this moment. After looking at each other, the second prince and Cui Lin suddenly had a feeling.
Cui Lin (the second prince) also knew the secret that he knew, and Cui Lin (the second prince) wanted to compete with him for profit!
Both of them had dissatisfaction in their eyes. They both had almost the same thought. They felt that the other party dared to hide it from them. When they realized that someone else knew about what they thought was a secret, they both felt anxious in their hearts. They didn't want to let anyone else know about it. in front.
"Father!"
The second prince took the lead and said, "I have something important to report. I want to sue Queen Lu for colluding with Prince Cheng. They already have an affair!"
Cui Lin was a step too late and was overtaken by someone. He couldn't help but glared at the second prince, thinking that he was indeed an immature wolf who dared to argue with his Cui family.
After the second prince finished speaking, Cui Lin said loudly and unwillingly: "I also want to accuse the Lu family of knowing that Prince Cheng and the Queen were having an affair for many years, but after the incident in Prince Cheng's Mansion, they forced Lu Zhao's wife Guan to death to replace Queen Lu. Cover it up and deceive the king."
Wow——
The whole hall was in chaos instantly. Grand Master Liang suddenly turned his head and looked at Cui Lin with a shocked face. When he looked at Feng Qiuli again, he saw him looking at the front of the hall in stunned silence.
Cao Dejiang had known about this and was still calm, so he secretly cursed Xiao Yan for being cunning, but Cui Lin and the second prince had their brains gnawed by dogs, and they were still arguing about such an unfortunate thing.
Qian Baokun's eyes were sparkling, and he felt like he had heard a huge gossip. The other courtiers all raised their heads to look at Emperor An, and saw that Emperor An was standing on the throne and was suddenly given a huge cuckold. Holding the handle of the dragon chair, his face was ashen.
Cui Lin glared at the second prince bitterly, stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty is merciful and treats the Lu family leniently. Even if Lu Chongyuan commits heinous crimes, he is willing to spare the rest of the Lu family. However, the Lu family has long been disrespectful to your majesty. Before discussing the marriage with your majesty, Queen Lu had already talked to Prince Cheng We have known each other for a long time, and they already had skin-to-skin intimacy."
"After Empress Lu married His Majesty, she never broke off contact with Prince Cheng. She even found out that she was pregnant shortly after marrying His Majesty. However, the fetus died unexpectedly. Your Majesty and the late Emperor felt extremely sorry for her because of this, but it is far from the truth. The fetus that I found was conceived before Empress Lu married into His Majesty's palace."
"We have found the person who treated Queen Lu back then, as well as the old servants who were expelled by Prince Cheng's Mansion in the early years. They can all testify. Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
The second prince knew that he had offended Cui Lin today, so he was determined to help with the Lu family affairs, at least to let his father know that he was committed to this matter.
Moreover, my father was too tolerant towards the Lu family. Even though he was so tolerant, he actually wanted to spare the lives of other members of the Lu family, not even mentioning Queen Lu and the fourth prince.
The second prince only thought that Emperor An still had a father-son relationship with the fourth prince, so he had to crush the fourth prince to death so that his father would be completely disgusted with him and kick away this biggest stumbling block.
"Father, my sons and ministers have also found out that the queen helped Prince Cheng after she married into my father's palace. After my father ascended the throne, she has never stopped communicating with Prince Cheng."
"At the beginning, the people in the Ministry of War and the Ordnance Supervision were all drawn by the Queen and borrowed the power of the Lu family to let them work for King Cheng. Even the ships of the Lu family in the South that secretly transported iron ore for King Cheng were all from the Queen's family. Hand, the Lu family has known about this for a long time, but they covered it up for the Queen."
"Besides, the fourth prince may not be of my father's bloodline..."
"You are so presumptuous!!" An Di was furious.
The second prince knelt on the ground with a bang: "I dare not deceive my father."
"If it weren't for the fact that the fourth emperor's younger brother was not of his father's blood, how could King Cheng have stopped having any heirs all these years on the grounds that he was in love with Mrs. Rongguo? If Empress Lu hadn't given birth to a son for him, King Cheng would never have ignored the fact that he gave birth to his own son. Life or death, let Queen Lu replace him instead."
"Prince Cheng never confided a word to Queen Lu until his death. Apart from his deep love for her, it was because he wanted to preserve the only bloodline of his fourth brother."
"Then Lu Yin is not a direct bloodline of the Lu family, but a child found by the parents of a branch of the family before Queen Lu adopted him. He stayed in Prince Cheng's Mansion just so that when he grows up, he can assist the Fourth Emperor's brother in the future."
Emperor An's face was tinged with purple, and the purple was tinged with white. While he was gritting his teeth, he looked at the gushing second prince with sinister eyes, wishing he could kill this "filial son" alive.
He seemed to hear a slap on his face, and the shock of the courtiers in the palace made him wish he could faint.
After today, how many people will laugh at his dignified emperor for marrying a poor middle-class queen? How will the world view him, an emperor who has been raising a bastard for an adulterer for twenty years? !
