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

Served by Wu Yunwan and the other two women, Lu Chen finished his bath and went directly to the Imperial Study without even having breakfast.

Liang Zong was already waiting respectfully at the entrance of the Imperial Study for Lu Chen's arrival. Upon seeing Lu Chen, he quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!"

Lu Chen said "No need for formalities" in a calm tone, and then walked directly into the Imperial Study.

Liang Zong quickly followed him inside.

After entering the imperial study, Lu Chen sat down at the desk and looked at Liang Zong, asking, "How did things go?"

Liang Zong took out a list and handed it to Lu Chen, "We're still missing a few."

Lu Chen glanced at the list Liang Zong handed him, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Why didn't they agree?"

Liang Zong replied, "Perhaps he has some reservations."

"Some people feel that now is not the best time."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen said, "Oh? Who thinks now isn't a good time?"

Liang Zong replied, "Wu He."

Lu Chen said, "It seems that Wu He does have some brains."

At this point, Lu Chen fell into deep thought. Considering Wu Junwan's feelings, Lu Chen did not intend to eliminate all members of the Wu family.

Even if Wu Yunwan doesn't have much affection for the Wu family, they are still related by blood and are a source of emotional support for her. If he were to be too harsh, it would definitely be a blow to her.

Lu Chen then said, "Continue to try to persuade Wu He to join those sects. If he really doesn't want to, then just give up."

"However, we cannot completely abandon him. We should send more people to monitor his every move, as he may have already made contact with certain sects or forces."

Liang Zong bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Chen glanced at the list Liang Zong had given him again, then asked, "No movement from the Dayue royal family?"

Liang Zong replied, "Apart from a few of Consort Li's uncles, there has been basically no movement. They seem to be very satisfied with their current lives."

This……

Lu Chen thought about it and realized that it made sense. After Li Qingrou became the Yue Emperor, she suppressed her immediate family members. None of her brothers and sisters had a good life.

Now that Dayue has been destroyed, Li Qingrou has become the Xia Emperor's concubine, and her brothers and sisters are overjoyed.

Moreover, their lives now are indeed much better than they were in Dayue.

They were imprisoned in the past, and they are imprisoned now, but at least now they can still move around in Yancheng.

Lu Chen thought to himself, if these guys had no ambition and just kept living off others, then there was really no need to get rid of them.

It would be better to deal with those members of the royal family of Da Wu.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen continued, "As long as the royal family members of Dayue don't make any moves, we don't need to pay attention to them."

Liang Zong bowed again, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Chen then said, "Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go downstairs."

"This subordinate takes his leave!"

After saying this, Liang Zong turned and left.

After Liang Zong left, Lu Chen fell into deep thought again.

His plan was very simple: first, he would start by disbanding the Primordial Temple and the Falling Sun Sword Sect, and then use the remnants of the major dynasties as an excuse to make it seem like he was going to disband all the sects in the world. Naturally, those sects would then become restless.

Those sects, for their own survival, will definitely choose to oppose Great Xia. Once these sects take action, the remnants of the royal families of Great Wu and Great Yue will inevitably have their own ideas as well.

In this way, Lu Chen was able to solve two problems at the same time, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard has been trying to induce the royal family of the Great Wu Dynasty to join forces with those sects in the past few days. Once the royal family of the Great Wu Dynasty rebels, Lu Chen can then eliminate them with a legitimate reason.

Lu Chen had already given them a chance from the beginning, demonstrating his tolerant side as a monarch. Those members of the Great Wu royal family were now Lu Chen's subjects. If they still rebelled, then Lu Chen could show his majestic side as a monarch.

Even if Lu Chen kills those members of the Great Wu royal family, few people will think that Lu Chen did something wrong.

Of course, doing this feels a bit like entrapment.

After pondering for a while, Lu Chen came to his senses and began his work for the day.

Lu Chen sat there for almost the entire day, eating all his meals in the Imperial Study and not even going to the toilet once.

He is now at the pseudo-celestial realm, and he can go a day without eating, drinking, or defecating without much problem.

It was evening.

Lu Chen got up from his chair and stretched. At this moment, Bai Qingqing entered the imperial study. "Your Majesty, which concubine will serve you tonight? I will have someone arrange it."

Lu Chen would usually give his wives and concubines a heads-up beforehand so they could prepare dinner and have time to get ready, so they could dress up nicely and he would be more motivated that night.

Lu Chen said, "No need to prepare. I'm fine now. Let's go straight to Linglong's place."

Bai Qingqing said, "Yes."

Lu Chen then went directly to Linglong Palace, where Xue Linglong was staying. At this time, Xue Linglong was half-lying on a soft couch, wearing a semi-transparent black gauze. She raised her head, revealing her fair and slender neck, and put a grape into her mouth with her delicate fingers. She looked incredibly charming and alluring.

Just then, a maid's voice came from outside, "His Majesty has arrived!"

Upon hearing this, Xue Linglong was stunned for a moment, then quickly stuffed the grapes in her hand into her mouth, chewed them a few times, swallowed them, and then got up to prepare to greet Lu Chen.

Xue Linglong is becoming increasingly afraid of Lu Chen. It's not that she's afraid he'll kill her; she's just afraid he'll come up with more and more tricks up his sleeve.

She had asked Wang Qingci some time ago that Lu Chen generally didn't play tricks on his wives and concubines. Basically, only two of them would receive special treatment from Lu Chen, along with Murong Xue'er.

Murong Xue'er is the more refined type, while Lu Chen is extremely irritable around them. Every time Lu Chen comes to Linglong Palace, Xue Linglong can't get up the next day.

As soon as Xue Linglong stood up, Lu Chen entered her bedchamber. Xue Linglong quickly bowed and said, "This humble servant greets Your Majesty!"

Lu Chen smiled slightly and then said, "Linglong, you're becoming more and more law-abiding. I'm actually not used to it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen teleported directly to Xue Linglong's side, then grabbed her arm, wrapped his arm around her waist, and placed his hand on her buttocks.

Xue Linglong wore a black gauze dress that clung tightly to her body, making it feel very smooth and comfortable to the touch.

Xue Linglong then said, "Your Majesty, are you hungry? I will have someone prepare dinner immediately."

At this point, Xue Linglong said to the maid at the door, "Xiaoqin, quickly go and tell the imperial kitchen that His Majesty is in Linglong Palace, and have them prepare dinner."

As soon as Xue Linglong finished speaking, Lu Chen said, "No need. I came to see you today because there's something I want to discuss with you." (End of Chapter)