Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Chapter 18 Lu Chen's Attitude Towards Taking a Concubine

Great Xia Dynasty.

A restaurant in the capital city.

At this moment, a veiled woman was kneeling behind Lu Shuyun, who was gazing at the distant pavilion with his hands behind his back.

After a long pause, Lu Shuyun finally spoke, "So much time has passed, and your Misty Rain Pavilion hasn't made a single move. I really can't understand what use my support would be?"

Upon hearing this, the woman behind Lu Shuyun quickly said, "Your Highness, the Holy Maiden has already made contact with the Northern King. Once she confirms that the mysterious grandmaster has left the Northern King's residence, she will immediately take action. I believe the Holy Maiden will be able to complete her mission soon!"

Lu Shuyun said coldly, "Soon? What I need is a definite time!"

Upon hearing this, the woman fell silent and did not continue speaking.

Just then, a man entered the room.

"Your Highness, the Blood Moon Pavilion has agreed, but they are demanding five times the price this time. However, they will send their deputy head to handle this matter!"

Hearing this, Lu Shuyun's anger subsided slightly.

Originally, he did not intend to continue looking for Blood Moon Tower. After all, the last assassination attempt on Blood Moon Tower had gone wrong, and the Misty Rain Pavilion, which he supported, also had people in the Northern County. At first, he planned to let the people from the Misty Rain Pavilion take action.

However, the calls for establishing a crown prince in the court have been growing louder recently, which has made Lu Shuyun feel a sense of urgency. He needs to obtain the help of the Chu family as soon as possible.

Once he gains the help of the Chu family, he will essentially have the support of the powerful families of Jiangnan, which will greatly increase his chances of being made crown prince.

Lu Shuyun had recently sent people to contact the Chu family, but the Chu family didn't seem to be very interested in him. This made Lu Shuyun feel that the Chu family hadn't given up on his useless younger brother.

In his view, the mysterious grandmaster beside Lu Chen was sent by the Chu family. Since the Chu family had sent a grandmaster to protect Lu Chen, how could they possibly give up on him?

Therefore, Lu Chen must be eliminated.

Lu Shuyun then asked, "How strong is the deputy leader of the Blood Moon Tower?"

Lu Shuyun's subordinate immediately replied, "Your Highness, it is said that his strength has reached the level of a half-step Grandmaster."

Lu Shuyun thought for a moment and concluded that even if the Grandmaster beside Lu Chen was still there, the Deputy Master of Blood Moon Tower should be able to hold him off, and then the others in Blood Moon Tower would have a chance to take advantage of the situation and get rid of Lu Chen.

Moreover, Yanyu Pavilion also sent many experts to Beijun. Lu Chen only had one Grandmaster and Chu Yuqin by his side at most.

As for Li Feng, he's just a seventh-rank official and nothing to fear.

Lu Shuyun then said to the man in the room, "Go and tell Blood Moon Tower that five times the price is fine, but I must see the Northern King's head."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After the man finished speaking, he left the room, leaving only the veiled woman inside.

Lu Shuyun then said to the woman, "Write a letter to Wang Qingci immediately and ask her to cooperate with the Blood Moon Tower's assassination operation. If the Blood Moon Tower can lure away the Grandmaster of the Northern Prince's Mansion, the Misty Rain Pavilion will make its move immediately."

"Yes."

After saying that, the woman left the room.

Lu Shuyun placed her hand on the windowsill, gazing in the direction of the palace, her fingers tapping incessantly on the windowsill as she murmured:

"My dear brother, it's about time you went down."

……

The capital city, the residence of the eldest prince.

Looking at the intelligence in his hand, the eldest prince Lu Yi smiled and said, "Little Eight is really ruthless. Little Nine has already gone to the Northern Prefecture, and he still doesn't intend to let him go."

At this moment, a retainer dressed in a gray robe standing next to Lu Yi asked, "Your Highness, what are your plans this time?"

Lu Yi thought for a moment and said, "I originally thought that spreading the rumor that Xiao Jiu is protected by a grandmaster would make Xiao Ba back down, but it seems that this trick didn't work."

"Xiao Jiu cannot die. If he dies, how can I win over the Chu family?"

Lu Yi and Lu Shuyun have different maternal backgrounds and different stances, so the things they need to do are also different.

Lu Shuyun wanted to get rid of Lu Chen so that the Chu family would have no choice, because his mother also came from a prominent family in Jiangnan. Without Lu Chen, the Jiangnan family would have no choice but to support him wholeheartedly.

Lu Yi, on the other hand, believed that Lu Chen was the grandson of Chu Xiong, the head of the Chu family. Even if the Chu family had really given up on Lu Chen, Chu Xiong still had personal feelings for him. Eliminating Lu Chen would be tantamount to offending Chu Xiong.

Even if the Chu family is forced to support Lu Shuyun because of the interests of the Jiangnan aristocratic families, this matter will still leave a knot in Chu Xiong's heart.

Lu Yi's task was very simple: he wanted to show the Chu family his goodwill, thereby further dividing the Chu family from other prominent families in Jiangnan.

Therefore, Lu Yi's stance is more inclined to protect Lu Chen.

Moreover, in his view, Lu Chen was just an incompetent and useless prince, and a prince like Lu Chen posed no threat to his position as crown prince.

In the future, when he inherits the throne, he can even support Lu Chen to become the new head of the Jiangnan aristocratic families. An incompetent and useless prince is much easier to control than those Jiangnan aristocratic families.

At this moment, Lu Yi said to one of his retainers, "Mo Dongping, spread the news that the deputy leader of Blood Moon Tower has gone to Beijun."

The fact that the deputy head of the Blood Moon Tower was going to the Northern Prefecture made Lu Yi worry whether Lu Chen was really going to die this time.

Lu Yi thought to himself, "Little Jiu, this is all I can do to help you. From now on, it's up to you how tough your life is."

……

At this time, Lu Chen was unaware of what had happened in the capital.

For the next period of time, he continued to stay at the Northern Prince's Mansion, cultivating his relationship with Zhou Youyou every day.

Mu Zixuan and Zhou Xiaoxiao are both pregnant, leaving Zhou Youyou to take care of Lu Chen alone, which makes Zhou Youyou feel quite miserable.

Lu Chen was already a fourth-rank martial artist, and with the addition of the Dragon Tiger Pill, Zhou Youyou, this weak woman, was no match for him at all.

North Campus.

Mu Zixuan and Zhou Xiaoxiao walked towards the courtyard while talking.

Based on the perfume blueprints provided by Lu Chen, they have already produced some perfumes. They have planted many flowers in the North Courtyard and plan to use these flowers to try making new perfumes.

However, just as they were about to enter the courtyard, they heard a faint female voice coming from the pavilion in the distance, sometimes low and sometimes high-pitched.

At this moment, the two maids in charge of Zhou Youyou's daily life blushed and came to Mu Zixuan and the others.

"Greetings, Your Highness."

Seeing the two maids' faces so red, they instantly understood what had happened.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaoxiao tentatively said, "Sister, now that I'm pregnant, only Youyou is left to serve the Prince. And lately, the Prince seems to enjoy that kind of thing more and more. Youyou can't handle it alone. Why don't you ask him if he'd be willing to take a concubine?"

Zhou Xiaoxiao knew that she was just Lu Chen's concubine, so it was inappropriate for her to talk about taking a concubine; she could only let Mu Zixuan say it.

She didn't know if Mu Zixuan was willing, after all, Mu Zixuan was a princess and the mistress of the Northern Prince's Mansion.

Hearing Zhou Xiaoxiao's words, Mu Zixuan sighed, "Sister, I actually talked to the prince about taking a concubine a long time ago. The prince said that his attitude towards taking a concubine is 'better to have none than a bad one,' and he doesn't like ordinary women."

(End of this chapter)