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

Chapter 52: Someone should indeed be assigned to keep an eye on him.

According to the rules of Xuan Yue Palace, the children born to the goddesses of Xuan Yue Palace are divine children, so Lu Chen is the divine child of Xuan Yue Palace.

Thinking of this, Emperor Xia's expression shifted between light and shadow.

He now somewhat regrets sending Lu Chen to his fiefdom.

This is an extremely unstable factor, after all, it involves sects within the Great Xia territory.

Xuan Yue Palace will likely use the Northern King to deal with the capital.

Now, Xuan Yue Palace is suspected of colluding with the remnants of the Chen Kingdom. Who knows what they want to do?

Thinking of this, Emperor Xia sneered and said, "The aristocratic families haven't been dealt with yet, and now the sects have jumped out. They really won't let me have a good day."

Upon hearing this, Situ Ce said, "If Your Majesty is worried that the Northern King is colluding with the Xuan Yue Palace, why not send a shadow guard to keep an eye on him?"

Upon hearing Situ Ce's words, Emperor Xia pondered for a moment, "Indeed, someone should be sent to keep an eye on him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Xia said to those behind him, "Commander Bai, I'm leaving this matter to you. Go to Beijun in person. I want to see which Grandmaster is so good to Xiao Jiu, always staying by his side to protect him."

At this moment, there seemed to be no one behind the Xia Emperor, but as the Xia Emperor finished speaking, the figure of a woman dressed in white gradually emerged.

The woman had a slender, curvaceous figure and a cold, expressionless face.

She bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Xia continued, "Alright, you may leave."

"Your subordinate takes his leave."

As soon as the woman finished speaking, her body disappeared again, as if she had become invisible.

Seeing that Emperor Xia had actually sent the deputy commander of the Shadow Guard to Beijun in person, Situ Ce felt somewhat incredulous. He then asked, "Your Majesty, isn't sending Commander Bai to Beijun to investigate this matter a bit of an overreaction?"

Emperor Xia said calmly, "Anything related to Xuan Yue Palace is no small matter."

Seeing that Emperor Xia had said this, Situ Ce stopped talking. He knew very well that Emperor Xia was very wary of Xuan Yue Palace, which was largely due to Chu Yue.

At this moment, Situ Ce asked, "Your Majesty, Mu Changtian should be leaving the capital in the next few days, right?"

Upon hearing Situ Ce mention Mu Changtian, Emperor Xia's expression changed slightly, turning quite gloomy.

"What? Is the Imperial Advisor planning to plead for Mu Changtian?"

Hearing Emperor Xia's icy tone, Situ Ce knew that nothing he said would make a difference. Emperor Xia was determined to do things his own way and was determined to eliminate Mu Changtian's family.

Since saying anything was pointless, Situ Ce didn't intend to waste any more time. He then said, "That's not it. I just want to advise Your Majesty that if you are going to take action against the powerful families of Jiangnan, you must have a few trusted confidants by your side."

Originally, Mu Changtian could have been used by Emperor Xia to eliminate the powerful families of Jiangnan, but Emperor Xia was wary of his military power and insisted on removing him.

Now, Emperor Xia has fewer and fewer trustworthy people around him, and he may truly become a lonely figure in the future.

However, Situ Ce did not intend to interfere excessively. As long as the Great Xia Dynasty still belonged to the Lu family, everything had nothing to do with him, the Grandmaster.

Faced with Situ Ce's reminder, Emperor Xia said nonchalantly, "I will remember the Grand Preceptor's reminder."

……

The Eighth Prince's Residence.

Looking at the intelligence gathered before him, Lu Shuyun sneered, "My ninth brother is truly a fool with good fortune; his soaps and perfumes are making such a fortune!"

The struggle for the throne among the princes also required money to win people's hearts, so Lu Shuyun had always been quite attentive to making money.

For example, the experts in his mansion were all recruited with money. If he didn't have money, he wouldn't have been able to recruit so many experts.

Seeing Lu Chen spending his days indulging in pleasure at the Prince's Mansion, doing nothing and not having to worry about anything, while earning hundreds of thousands of taels of silver by handing over all the business of the Prince's Mansion to a woman, how could Lu Shuyun not be jealous?

He had so many businesses, yet he couldn't earn even a few hundred thousand taels of silver a month, while Lu Chen, that useless prince, could. This made Lu Shuyun feel extremely unbalanced.

Upon hearing Lu Shuyun's words, a retainer beside him whispered, "Your Highness, why don't we devise a way to steal the soap and perfume making methods from the Northern Prince's residence, and then sell soap and perfume ourselves?"

Lu Shuyun said calmly, "No need. The master of Blood Moon Tower has already gone to Beijun in person. I believe he will be able to bring back the methods for making soap and perfume soon."

Upon hearing this, the guest minister's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you absolutely must not touch the Ninth Prince at this time. If something happens to the Ninth Prince, many people in the court will surely say that Your Highness sent someone to assassinate the Ninth Prince, which will be very detrimental to your succession."

"This is a critical time; we absolutely cannot afford any mistakes."

Lu Shuyun paid no attention to the advice of the guest minister, saying, "The situation in the capital is chaotic now, and not many people care about that useless prince in the north."

"Moreover, the barbarians will soon be moving south, and no one will know that Blood Moon Tower was behind this. The focus of the court officials will only be on the barbarians."

Upon hearing Lu Shuyun's words, the guest elder's expression froze. Clearly, Lu Shuyun's words contained a tremendous amount of information, leaving the guest elder beside Lu Shuyun momentarily speechless.

……

a few days later.

At the gates of the capital.

As prison wagons passed through the city gate, the people did not throw stones or rotten eggs at the prisoners inside as usual.

The common people all know that today is the day the entire Mu family is being exiled, and the people in the prison cart are all family members of the Mu family.

The common people know who Duke Mu is. He was one of the two great kings of the Great Xia Dynasty, and it was he who helped the Xia Emperor ascend the throne.

Although he has fallen to this state, the people still hold him in awe.

At this moment.

On the city floor.

A man in silver armor watched the slowly advancing prison wagon and asked the person beside him, "Is everything ready?"

The soldier beside him immediately said, "General, rest assured, everything will be foolproof!"

The man nodded in satisfaction, his gaze fixed on Mu Changtian inside the prison cart, then muttered to himself, "Teacher, may you have a safe journey!"

The Mu family's exile caravan hadn't encountered any danger in the first two days, and the people in the Mu family even thought that they were already safe.

However, Mu Changtian was not stupid. In the past two days, they had to thoroughly inspect everything they ate and used. Although the soldiers escorting them were unlikely to harm them, it was still better to be cautious.

Moreover, he didn't believe that the Xia Emperor would let his family go.

He was, after all, one of the two great kings of the Great Xia Dynasty. Even though his martial arts had been crippled, in the eyes of the Xia Emperor, letting him go was still tantamount to releasing a tiger back into the mountains.

Two days later, the Mu family's convoy arrived at an inn.

The inn was in the middle of nowhere, with no village or shop in sight. Seeing that it was already so late, the guards escorting the Mu family said to Mu Changtian, "Lord Mu, why don't we rest here tonight?"

Although the Duke of Mu's family had been exiled, the escorting officers still treated them with great respect.

Mu Changtian's lips curled up slightly, and then he said, "Alright, let's rest here for the night."

(End of this chapter)