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

Chapter 51 Lu Chen has another special identity

Upon hearing Mu Zixuan's suggestion, Lu Chen's eyes lit up; he thought the method was feasible.

At the time, his focus was limited to the Northern County, mainly because his strength was not yet strong enough and he did not want to be too high-profile.

Moreover, he had just arrived in Beijun at that time and was still very poor. Even if he issued a notice to select concubines, beautiful girls from other fiefdoms might not necessarily come to Beijun.

Nowadays, the soaps and perfumes from the Northern Prince's Mansion have spread throughout the Great Xia Dynasty, and many people know that the Northern Prince's Mansion is wealthy.

If a concubine selection announcement is issued at this time, many prominent families will be tempted and send their beautiful daughters to the Northern Prince's residence.

If there are enough participants, there will always be some who score over 90 points.

After a moment of silence, Lu Chen said to Mu Zixuan, "Alright, let's do as my beloved consort says."

Seeing that Lu Chen had agreed, Mu Zixuan immediately said, "Your Highness, may I be entrusted with the selection of concubines?"

Lu Chen put his arm around Mu Zixuan and stroked her hair, saying, "You just gave birth not long ago, you should take good care of yourself."

Although Lu Chen is a scumbag, he's not this beastly. His own princess just gave birth and he's already making her run around doing chores, and even asking her to help him take a concubine. What kind of behavior is that?

Mu Zixuan said, "I wish to share the burden with Your Highness. Your Highness, please leave this matter to me."

At this point, Mu Zixuan stared intently at Lu Chen with her bright eyes.

Seeing Mu Zixuan's eyes, Lu Chen was somewhat moved and couldn't bear to refuse, so he said, "Alright then, I'll trouble you with the matter of taking a concubine, but I need to be present in person on the day of the selection."

Seeing that Lu Chen agreed to let her take over the matter of taking a concubine, Mu Zixuan was very happy. She immediately said, "Your Highness, rest assured, I will let Your Highness choose the concubines personally."

……

a few days later.

The Northern King's Palace then issued a public notice to the entire Great Xia Dynasty announcing the concubinage of concubines.

As soon as the announcement of the concubine's concubinage was made, Lu Chen was subjected to a barrage of insults from the people of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The people of Beijun didn't seem to care much about this, since the Northern King hadn't done anything to torment them since arriving in Beijun.

Moreover, it seems that the Northern Prince's Mansion has recently cultivated grain seeds that can yield a thousand catties per mu, and the Northern Prince's Mansion has already sent people to try planting them in various places in the Northern Prefecture.

If this grain called potato were widely adopted, then the entire Northern County would no longer lack food. Therefore, the people of the Northern County were tolerant of Lu Chen's leniency.

Of course, the most crucial point is that the people of Beijun are all within Lu Chen's fiefdom. Lu Chen is the king of Beijun, and no one dares to curse their king on their fiefdom unless they want to die.

The situation was different in other territories. Most of the people of the Great Xia Dynasty believed that the Northern King was licentious, incompetent, and debauched.

They had long heard that the Northern King kept many beautiful concubines in his palace, indulging in pleasure and debauchery all day long.

The Northern King already has so many beautiful concubines, yet he still wants to take more, and he wants to take concubines from all the territories of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Could it be that the Northern King has already exhausted all the beautiful girls in the Northern Commandery and is tired of them, so he wants to ruin the girls in other vassal states?

Thinking of this, some upper-class literati were very angry. If the Northern King took all the beautiful girls to the Northern King's mansion, how would they take concubines?

For a time, scholars and intellectuals from all over the country wrote articles criticizing the Northern King.

At the same time, impeachment of the Northern King also emerged in the court of Great Xia.

The court officials impeached the Northern King not because they were worried that he would take their women; generally, matters that reached the court were for political reasons.

Most of the officials who impeached the Northern King were from the Eighth Prince Lu Shuyun's faction. As for their purpose, it was mainly to belittle Lu Chen.

Although the Chu family has basically stopped contacting the Northern King, as long as that blood relationship exists, Lu Shuyun's faction of officials will not let go of any opportunity to slander the Northern King.

They didn't think that impeaching Lu Chen would lead to him being stripped of his throne.

The vassal kings of the Great Xia Dynasty were not so easily stripped of their thrones unless they rebelled or committed acts of betrayal against the Great Xia Dynasty.

If someone like the Northern King doesn't cause trouble in the vassal territories and simply stays in his own palace to enjoy himself, the court won't bother with him. The Xia Emperor would rather the Great Xia Dynasty had vassal kings like Lu Chen.

If the Great Xia Dynasty were full of vassal kings like Lu Chen, then the Xia Emperor would be able to control the entire Great Xia Dynasty more easily.

Faced with the censors' impeachment of Lu Chen, Emperor Xia did not take it seriously at all. What was most important was what had happened in the capital recently. As for the Prince of the North, as long as he did not rebel, what he did in the Northern Prefecture was not of much concern to the court.

After the court session, Emperor Xia went to the Imperial Garden.

Emperor Xia paid no attention to the commotion in the court; it was time to deal with serious matters after court.

At this moment, the Imperial Advisor Situ Ce was already waiting inside the pavilion.

Unlike the ministers in the court, the Grand Preceptor does not need to attend court sessions; this is a privilege reserved for Grand Masters.

When Emperor Xia appeared in the pavilion, a shadow guard dressed in black armor appeared before him. "Your Majesty, I have found out that the remnants of the Chen Kingdom entered the palace not to assassinate you, but to find something."

Since the remnants of the Chen state entered the palace, the Xia emperor has sent people to investigate their purpose in entering the palace.

He didn't believe that the remnants of the Chen Kingdom would be so foolish as to dare to enter the palace to assassinate him with only two half-step Grandmasters; that would be no different from suicide.

Upon hearing the Shadow Guard's words, Emperor Xia's eyes narrowed slightly. Just as he had thought, the remnants of the Chen Kingdom were not trying to assassinate him, but had other motives.

At this moment, Emperor Xia asked Situ Ce, who was inside the pavilion, "What do you believe the remnants of the Chen Kingdom are looking for when they entered the palace?"

Situ Ce said, "The only thing that would make the remnants of the Chen Kingdom risk so much to enter the palace to find is probably the Imperial Seal of the Chen Kingdom."

"It is said that the Imperial Seal of the State of Chen is the key to unlocking the treasure trove of the State of Chen. After the Great Xia conquered the State of Chen, it never found the location of the treasure trove of the State of Chen. However, I believe that the remnants of the royal family of the State of Chen must know it."

"If the State of Chen wants to restore its kingdom, it needs money to recruit soldiers and horses, so they should really want to open the State of Chen's treasury and take out the gold and silver treasures inside."

Upon hearing Situ Ce's words, Emperor Xia snorted coldly and said, "Even I don't know where the Chen Kingdom's Imperial Seal is, yet they dare to come to the palace to look for it? It's utterly laughable!"

At this moment, the shadow guard in front of Emperor Xia continued, "Your Majesty, I have also discovered one more thing."

Emperor Xia said calmly, "Speak."

The Shadow Guard Commander immediately said, "I have discovered that the remnants of the Chen Kingdom seem to be connected with the Xuan Yue Palace. After the Chen Kingdom remnants disappeared, the last place they were seen was where Xuan Yue Palace disciples appeared."

Upon hearing the words "Xuan Yue Palace," Emperor Xia's face instantly darkened, as if those words had touched upon something he didn't want to recall.

Emperor Xia then said, "I understand."

At this point, Emperor Xia immediately asked, "How is Xiao Jiu doing?"

The Shadow Guard Commander replied, "After the Ninth Prince went to the Northern Prefecture, he spent his days indulging in pleasure at the Prince's Palace, and there was nothing unusual about it. In addition, the Ninth Prince's wife gave birth to a prince a few days ago."

After listening to the Shadow Guard Commander's report, Emperor Xia said calmly, "Alright, you may leave."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I shall take my leave."

After the Shadow Guard Commander left, Emperor Xia, with his hands behind his back, looked at the fish swimming in the lotus pond and said, "Grand Preceptor, why do I feel that the Grandmaster beside Xiao Jiu is not sent by Chu Xiong, but rather seems to be planted by Xuan Yue Palace?"

Lu Chen's mother, Chu Yue, was once a member of the Xuan Yue Palace and was also a goddess of the Xuan Yue Palace.

At first, Emperor Xia hadn't thought about the Xuan Yue Palace. It wasn't until the Shadow Guard Commander mentioned it that he realized Lu Chen had a special identity.

I've been sick these past few days, so updates have been slow. I'll start updating more frequently again soon.

(End of this chapter)