After the divorce, I became a mountain god

At this moment, everyone in the mountain god temple understood the meaning behind the mountain god's words. Especially after this incident, officials from all levels of the court began to openly and secretly ostracize Lu Zhenyuan. His current situation was extremely difficult. If he went against them, he was too weak and powerless to be a match for them. However, if he were to collude with those treacherous officials, Lu Zhenyuan would absolutely not do such a thing that would betray his conscience.

Lu Zhenyuan was now in a real dilemma, not knowing how to deal with it. Although he understood the meaning behind the mountain god's words, it was simply unrealistic to put them into practice. He said to the mountain god, "This humble one is now more inclined to start an uprising, but my family is in danger. If I were to take off my official hat now, I'm afraid none of us here would survive until tomorrow!"

Xu Bo'an said to Lu Zhenyuan, "Why must you take off your official hat? What you need to do now is to find ways to continuously consolidate your position, promote yourself to a higher position and gain more power, and then wait for the right person to appear!"

Lu Zhenyuan said, "A destined person? But what if that destined person doesn't appear? Wouldn't all my efforts be in vain?"

Lu Zhenyuan was not a cowardly person; he was just afraid that his family would be harmed as a result, which is why he said that.

Xu Bo'an knew that Lu Zhenyuan was not the kind of person who was cowardly and afraid of trouble, so he said to him, "The Great Jing Dynasty is currently in such a chaotic period of war, and the people are suffering. There must be many loyal and righteous people like you. That's all I can say. The rest is up to you to figure out. As for the success or failure in the future, it's up to fate!"

Upon hearing what the Mountain God Grandfather said, Lu Zhenyuan dared not ask any more questions. He respectfully kowtowed to the Mountain God statue to express his gratitude, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Mountain God Grandfather. I will certainly act in accordance with the principle of putting the people first. Please rest assured, Mountain God Grandfather!"

To be honest, Xu Bo'an deeply admired Lu Zhenyuan, a loyal and righteous official who always put the people first. Xu Bo'an said to him, "General Lu, you have been in office for so many years and you still care about the people's livelihood. I have high hopes for you!"

Then he said to Li Qingshi, "Qingshi, don't be discouraged. As long as you work together, justice will eventually defeat evil!"

In Li Qingshi's heart, the Mountain God was an omnipotent deity. Hearing the Mountain God's words, Li Qingshi was greatly encouraged and said to the Mountain God, "With your words, Mountain God, Little Stone feels much more at ease. Rest assured, we will defend justice to the death and use our own strength to help the people of the world escape from suffering. We will do our best to contribute to the prosperity of the Great Jing Dynasty!"

Subsequently, the three Lu brothers, along with Lu Wan'er and Sun Weiwei, all expressed their determination to uphold justice to the Mountain God.

Thinking that his current happy life was bought with the blood of countless passionate and righteous people, Xu Bo'an was deeply moved. He thought that Lu Zhenyuan had been ostracized by officials recently, so their days must not be easy. He then took out some filling foods such as sausages, braised beef, and braised eggs from his usual snack place and handed them to them.

However, considering that they wouldn't be able to carry such heavy things down the mountain, they decided to put the items in Lu Zhenyuan's house instead. After all, Xu Bo'an's divine sense had been to the Lu family's house before, so it would be easy to find their home. With that in mind, Xu Bo'an's divine sense left the temple and arrived at Lu Zhenyuan's house in an instant, where he placed the items inside the courtyard.

Then his divine sense quickly returned to the temple, and he said to the group kneeling on the ground: "You must not have had an easy time during this period. I have given you some food as a reward. You will see it when you return to the Lu family. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to me at any time!"

As the group looked at the statue of the Mountain God, they kowtowed and expressed their gratitude, saying, "Thank you so much for your great kindness, Mountain God!"

Xu Bo'an had other things to do, and seeing that the incense was about to burn out, he said to the group, "Alright, I have other matters to attend to today, so I'll be leaving now! Take care!"

Only when there is enough incense in the temple can Xu Bo'an's consciousness freely travel through this world. Otherwise, his consciousness can only come here when others offer incense, and when the incense burns out, his consciousness will automatically leave.

Although the temple located on Qingyun Road covers a large area, no one has come to worship the Buddha statue of the Mountain God for a long time because people no longer believe in it. In addition, Sun Weiwei came here to worship the Mountain God last time, and Lu Zhenyuan and Li Qingshi, the chief engineers, have been the only two groups of people who have come here recently.

Although Lu Zhenyuan was a second-rank official with high social prestige, which brought Xu Bo'an a lot of blessings and prayers, it was still far from enough for Xu Bo'an to move freely around here.

Xu Bo'an left because he wanted to go to the palace of the Great Jing Dynasty to find out what kind of person the current emperor of the Great Jing Dynasty was. After saying goodbye to Li Qingshi and Lu Zhenyuan, Xu Bo'an's divine sense flew out of the temple and then raised his gaze to look down on the entire Qingyun Road. He quickly found the location of the palace.

Xu Bo'an quickly approached the palace, and soon his gaze came to the top of the palace. He then saw the magnificent palace. Due to limited time, Xu Bo'an did not have time to carefully appreciate the scenery. Based on his extensive reading of history books, he thought that the place where the emperor should spend the most time was the Imperial Study. So Xu Bo'an focused his gaze on the Imperial Study. At this moment, two guards were standing guard outside the Imperial Study.

Xu Bo'an turned his gaze back to the Imperial Study and saw that the emperor, who was dressed in a dragon robe and had an ordinary appearance, was indeed reviewing memorials in the Imperial Study. However, he did not read the memorials carefully one by one before reviewing them. Instead, he had an older person read them to him and then give him a brief summary of the general meaning of the memorials. After that, he would take a pen and give brief comments without any expression.

Beside the emperor stood a beautiful woman dressed in very fine clothes, who was feeding him food from time to time.

Xu Bo'an was just thinking that this old emperor was really enjoying himself when suddenly the emperor, who had been expressionless just moments before, suddenly flew into a rage. He pushed all the memorials in front of him to the ground and said impatiently, "Why are there so many memorials every day? It's so annoying! And most of them are pretty much the same, all saying that there are more rebels outside and they're afraid it will be detrimental to the court. But not a single one of them has offered any substantial or feasible suggestions. Isn't this just making me worry about solving this problem again? These useless old fogies!"

Upon seeing the emperor's furious expression, everyone instantly stopped what they were doing, lowering their heads and standing trembling in fear! They dared not make any rash moves.

The emperor looked up at everyone and then focused his gaze on the person who had just read the memorial to him. He said with an air of authority, "Grand Tutor Gao, you have also read the memorial. Regarding the large number of rebels that have recently appeared outside, what do you think should be done?"

Upon hearing the emperor's question, Grand Tutor Gao feigned fear and replied, "Your Majesty, I believe that there are many rebels, and it would be most prudent for us to send a capable general to wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

After listening to Grand Tutor Gao's words, the Emperor asked, "Then who do you think should be sent as this capable general?" Grand Tutor Gao, looking confident, cupped his hands and said to the Emperor, "In my humble opinion, no one but Lu Zhenyuan should be chosen as this capable general. He has been fighting for many years and has a wealth of combat experience. He should be able to wipe out those bandits very quickly once he takes action!"

After hearing Grand Tutor Gao's words, the Emperor slowly said to him, "But we just dealt with Lu Zhenyuan and his deputy commander a few days ago. Only a few days have passed. Do you think Lu Zhenyuan would willingly agree to this?"

Grand Tutor Gao said, "As for Lu Zhenyuan's claim that Pei Chengyuan wanted to murder him, let's put aside the fact that Pei Chengyuan is Consort Shu's cousin. We only made this decision because we couldn't find concrete evidence. Besides, he's still alive and well. If Lu Zhenyuan is truly loyal to the court and to Your Majesty, he will definitely not harbor any resentment towards you because of this matter. You can rest assured!"

After listening to Grand Tutor Gao's words, the Emperor nodded in agreement and said, "Grand Tutor Gao, your analysis is correct. Tomorrow, I will entrust this matter to General Lu in the main hall! Tonight, go back and draft an edict for me!"

Grand Tutor Gao was overjoyed upon hearing the emperor's words, but he showed no sign of it on the surface and replied respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

After listening to Grand Tutor Gao's words, the Emperor said, "Good. However, you have done a very good job as Grand Tutor recently. Many ministers have praised you for your integrity and for doing many good things for the people. This is quite beneficial to stabilizing the situation of our Great Jing Dynasty. I will reward you handsomely later!"

Grand Tutor Gao was overjoyed to hear that the emperor had bestowed such a generous reward upon him, and quickly said to the emperor, "Thank you for your great favor, Your Majesty!"

The Emperor said to Grand Tutor Gao, "The matter of the rebels outside has been resolved. There are no other important matters in the following memorials, so you can approve them all. I am feeling a bit tired and need to rest."

After speaking, he got up from his chair and walked towards the door of the Imperial Study. Consort Shu followed closely beside the Emperor. Before leaving, she secretly slipped a note to Grand Tutor Gao when the Emperor was not paying attention, and then quickly followed the Emperor out.

After the Emperor and Consort Shu left, only Grand Tutor Gao remained. He hurriedly opened the note, which read, "Grand Tutor Gao, see you at Hai hour!"

After reading the line of text, Xu Bo'an left the imperial study and continued to follow the emperor, wanting to observe his every move. Although he had just heard Lu Zhenyuan say that the emperor was incompetent and tyrannical, Xu Bo'an would feel more at ease seeing it with his own eyes. If this emperor could still be saved, Xu Bo'an could use some small means to help him, so that Yan Shouyi and Lu Zhenyuan would submit to the court. After all, if war broke out on a large scale, the people would definitely suffer greatly, which was something no one wanted to see.

As Xu Bo'an thought this, his gaze followed the emperor's steps. Soon, the emperor brought Consort Shu to the emperor's palace. Xu Bo'an thought that the emperor was going to do something intimate with Consort Shu. Xu Bo'an was thinking that he shouldn't watch such things and was about to leave.

Just as his gaze was about to leave the emperor's bedroom, he suddenly heard the sound of a heavy door opening.

Xu Bo'an then turned his gaze to the heavy door that had been opened, and saw the emperor walking inside with Consort Shu in his arms. Xu Bo'an also looked inside and saw a scene that was completely unexpected.

Inside, there was a large bathtub covered with flower petals, filled with young and beautiful girls dressed in revealing clothing.

After the emperor and Consort Shu went inside, the heavy iron door behind them closed automatically.

The emperor, seated on the main throne, looked at the scantily clad young and pretty girls and shouted, "Continue the music, continue the dance!"

Upon hearing the emperor's words, the women responsible for playing music began to play, while those responsible for dancing began to sway their graceful figures.

The emperor sat in the main seat, while Consort Shu served him food. The two occasionally exchanged sweet nothings, with Consort Shu appearing coy and shy.

After sitting on the main seat for a short while, the emperor led Consort Shu towards the group of young and beautiful women who were performing energetically, strolling among them with a look of great enjoyment.

After the fun was over, the emperor blindfolded himself and played a game of catching beauties. After one round, he had the women put apples on their heads, and then he used his bow and arrow to shoot the apples off their heads and onto the ground.

One arrow missed its mark and struck the woman directly in the forehead. The emperor didn't even blink. Then, someone naturally dragged the woman to the hunting grounds behind the palace, where the emperor continued his entertainment.

The women were terrified, their bodies trembling like leaves, fearing that the emperor's sword might accidentally slip from his grasp.

After the girls nervously played the game with the emperor, the next step was to serve him during his bath. After that, they were even required to serve him and Consort Shu during their intimate moments. It was an indescribable scene; you can use your imagination.

As Xu Bo'an was inwardly lamenting the inhumanity of this emperor, he suddenly felt the incense offerings weakening. Realizing he wouldn't be able to watch the scene unfolding, Xu Bo'an withdrew from the bonsai world! (End of Chapter)