Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 86 Dismissal
The intense regret was like a huge rock pressing on his heart. Lu Feng felt as if his internal organs were burning. He suddenly vomited blood and fainted.

Su Qingwan looked at the embarrassed Lu Feng indifferently, without any ripples in her heart, nor any pleasure of revenge. No matter how embarrassed and regretful Lu Feng was, her sister would not survive.

Noticing Lu Jing's gaze, Su Qingwan looked up, and their eyes briefly met in mid-air. She also saw the pain in Lu Jing's eyes, and her heart skipped a beat.

She knew that the Lu brothers were very affectionate with each other. Lu Jing must be heartbroken to see his elder brother's career ruined and his failure.

However, Lu Feng brought it upon himself and his death was not a pity.

The rest of his life would be worse than death!
In the Yangxin Palace, the emperor only left Lu Jing to question him.

"Do you know why Lu Feng was demoted?" The emperor asked slowly, holding a cup of hot tea.

"I am stupid."

"This is a warning from me!" The emperor looked at him calmly, "The remnants of Huainan have been causing trouble in the capital for so long, and the Jinyiwei have no clues in their investigation. As the deputy commander, you were followed to the farm without knowing anything. General Wude arrested someone to take the blame because you were negligent and were ambushed. I should have punished you. But you escaped death and are still seriously injured. I can't be too harsh on you. Let Lu Feng take the blame for you. I will give you one month. If you still can't find out who the remnants of Huainan are, you will no longer be the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei."

"Yes!" Lu Jing's heart sank slightly, "I obey your command!"

"Go down!"

In the Yangxin Palace, the emperor took off his shoes and socks, leaned lazily on the soft pillow, read the memorials sent from Jiangnan, and relaxed.

The eunuch was changing the tea and setting the table for the emperor.

This is the eunuch who served the emperor since he was a child. He was his study companion and playmate. He depended on him for life and death during the palace coup. He is the person the emperor trusts the most besides the eldest princess.

The Emperor seemed quite at ease in his presence.

The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, you are promoting Lu Jing and intend to cultivate him to become the commander of the Jinyiwei. Why do you want to dismiss Lu Feng?"

The emperor said, "Back then, I felt that the Lu family was weak, so I wanted to find a high-ranking wife for Lu Jing to help him gain a foothold in the Jinyiwei and suppress Liu Jiang. However, I thought too much. Lu Jing does not need a wife to add strength. He has risen step by step on his own, and he has won the favor of the Prime Minister, so Liu Jiang can't raise his head and can only avoid his edge. In this case, the Li and Lu families cannot marry to prevent them from becoming too powerful. Anping Bo is a military general and has prestige in the army. If he joins hands with the Lu family, how can I rest easy?"

The eunuch understood that the Lu family the emperor was talking about was the family of Prime Minister Lu.

"Who knew Lu Feng was so bold that he secretly had an affair with the eldest daughter of the Earl of Anping? I have long wanted to find a reason to punish him. Li Xueying's collision with Nian Qing is simply a handle that was delivered to my door. But it is difficult to judge the severity of the punishment for the Li family. Li Xueying is stubborn and pregnant. If it is too light, it will be difficult for her to accept it. If it is too heavy, it will hurt her life and chill the heart of the Earl of Anping. Lu Jing took the initiative to send Li Xueying to the Ministry of Punishment. Whether Li Xueying lives or dies in the future, the Earl of Anping will only vent his anger on the Lu family and will never join forces again. In terms of guessing the emperor's mind, you are not as good as Lu Jing."

The eunuch smiled and said, "How dare I guess the emperor's intention? I am only concerned with taking care of the emperor's body and letting you live comfortably every day."

The eunuch said this in a gentle and appropriate manner, and the emperor rarely smiled.

"Lu Feng was dismissed from his post. I said it was a warning to Lu Jing, but in fact... it was to clear obstacles for him."

"I am stupid again." The eldest eunuch was confused. How could Lu Feng's dismissal clear the obstacles for Lu Jing? I heard that the Lu brothers had a very good relationship.

"Lu Jing is ambitious and resourceful, but his only weakness is his family background. If Lu Feng is capable and down-to-earth, I would like to promote him. With Lu Jing, one is good at literature and the other at martial arts, the Lu family will surely become the leader among the poor families. It's a pity that he is a man with high aspirations but low skills, and he is scheming and opportunistic. What's more, he is the eldest son, so he has a status. The honor and disgrace of the Lu family depends on him. If Lu Jing wants to take his place, he must eliminate Lu Feng. Even though Lu Jing came to power by stepping on blood and bones and killing people like crazy, he is a gentleman in his bones and would never kill his brother to get to the top. I will help him and remove this stumbling block." The emperor wants to build up his own power. He doesn't want to fight alone, but to have the strength of an entire family.

For example, the entire family of Anping Earl were loyal and royalist. His sons were in the army and were also loyal to the emperor.

"Your Majesty is truly far-sighted for Deputy Commander Lu. Deputy Commander Lu has no one to rely on except your Majesty, and he will surely serve your Majesty like a slave." The eldest eunuch had served the emperor since he was a child, and he had never seen the emperor go to such great lengths to help any of his ministers seize power in the family.

This Lu Jing is truly a favored minister.

"As long as he is sensible and obedient, I will give him full honor."

The eldest eunuch thought to himself that if the emperor had a princess of marriageable age, he would have granted marriage to Lu Jing long ago, making Lu Jing a real member of his family. In the past, he valued the Earl of Anping so much that he wanted to promote the Earl of Anping's eldest daughter.

What a pity, the eldest daughter was too stupid. She resisted the marriage and ended up getting herself sent to the Ministry of Punishment.

Lu Jing walked out of the Yangxin Palace. The sunlight was dazzling and the wound on his lower back was aching slightly. He had stood in the palace for too long and the pain in the wound was numb. Every step he took was very difficult.

Zhou Jingming was waiting outside the Chang'an Gate. He saw him from afar and ran over to support him. He couldn't hide his worry, "Can you still hold on?"

Lu Jing's face was pale, his hair was soaked with cold sweat, and he was so weak that he didn't even bother to speak.

Zhou Jingming helped him out of the palace gate. Li An was also waiting outside the gate. After getting on the carriage, Zhou Jingming handed him the hot ginseng tea. After Lu Jing drank the ginseng tea, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The emperor has punished you?"

Lu Jing shook his head and simply told the story. Zhou Jingming's face was solemn. "With a month, how can we investigate the remnants of Huainan? This... is clearly an attempt to kill us!"

"I can't disobey the king's order. No matter how difficult it is, I have to investigate."

"The emperor favors you so much and rewards you constantly. Everyone knows that you are the most popular person in front of the emperor. I didn't expect you to be so cold and ruthless when you encountered the matter of Huainan. It's really like living with a tiger to serve the emperor."

Lu Jing kicked him and said, "What are you doing wrong? How dare you say that?"

"I'll just talk to you in private." Zhou Jingming asked in a low voice, "Your brother was dismissed from his post, didn't you... speak up for him?"

"Do you know what Li Xueying said in front of the palace?"

Zhou Jingming shook his head. He only knew that Li Xueying was demoted to the Ministry of Punishment, Lu Feng was dismissed from his post, and the Earl of Anping and Lu Shaoqing had a quarrel at the palace gate. They were originally relatives, but ended up becoming mortal enemies.

"Li Xueying said that her brother conspired with her to murder her eldest sister-in-law a year ago."

Zhou Jingming opened his mouth in shock, as if he had heard a concubine climbing over the wall and fooling around with the guards. "Lu Feng... is he so cruel? He and Xie were once an enviable loving couple. One night of love is worth a hundred days of love, how could he be so heartless? Maybe Li Xueying just made that accusation, do you... do you believe it?"

Lu Jing closed his eyes slightly and remained silent.