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

Chapter 91 Family Letters

After reading the intelligence sent by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Lu Chen's face turned completely dark. In a fit of anger, he tore the intelligence in his hand to shreds.

"You've tried to assassinate me three times already, but now you dare to collude with the barbarians, hoping to use their power to seize the throne!"

"This guy is a real beast, he has absolutely no bottom line."

Seeing Lu Chen's anger, Qin Yushan cautiously asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

"Should we release the news that the Eighth Prince is colluding with the barbarians?"

Upon hearing Qin Yushan's words, Lu Chen calmed down. He did not answer immediately but fell into deep thought.

If the news of Lu Shuyun's collusion with the barbarians were released, it would certainly be a blow to Lu Shuyun, but without conclusive evidence, there would be no way to convict him.

Moreover, Lu Shuyun's crime of treason was not something that a mere vassal king could determine.

That depends on the court's decision, but mainly on his father's.

His father said Lu Shuyun was a traitor, then Lu Shuyun was the one who was a traitor. If his father said Lu Shuyun was innocent, then Lu Shuyun would probably be completely innocent.

However, Lu Shuyun's maternal family is the Wang family, and his father's next task is to clean up the aristocratic families. If his father finds out that Lu Shuyun is colluding with the aristocratic families of Jiangnan to deal with the barbarians, he might use this as an excuse to take action against them.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen asked, "Commander Qin, if my father knew that the Eighth Prince was colluding with the aristocratic families to invade the south with the barbarians, what do you think my father would do?"

Qin Yushan was taken aback when he heard the question.

After all, this involved the emperor, so Qin Yushan really couldn't make any wild guesses.

Lu Chen then added, "Go ahead and say it."

Seeing Lu Chen say this, Qin Yushan then said, "Your Highness, in my opinion, His Majesty will probably be very angry after learning this news, but he will not immediately take action against the Eighth Prince and the Jiangnan aristocratic families. After all, the barbarian army of 300,000 is about to march south. If the aristocratic families are dealt with at this time, it will probably be very detrimental to the Great Xia."

Lu Chen thought about it and felt that Qin Yushan's words made some sense. If news were released at this time that the Eighth Prince was colluding with the barbarian army, it might actually expose the conflict between the Xia Emperor and the aristocratic families.

If others simply stop acting, the entire Great Xia will descend into chaos, which is not what Lu Chen wants to see.

However, we can't just let it go like that.

He had long disliked Lu Shuyun, who had repeatedly sent the Blood Moon Tower to assassinate him, and now had even committed this act of treason.

We cannot let this traitor live so freely; he must pay a price.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen said, "Pass on my order, have Commander Liang find a way to assassinate the Eighth Prince. He doesn't necessarily have to succeed, but he should try his best to eliminate all the important people around the Eighth Prince."

Lu Chen did this partly to warn the Eighth Prince, and partly as a form of revenge.

Of course, it would be even better if we could eliminate Lu Shuyun, this traitor, directly.

However, Lu Chen did not believe that Liang Zong and the Imperial Guards of the capital were enough to eliminate a prince in the capital, especially since Lu Shuyun had the powerful Wang family behind him.

The Wang family will definitely send many experts to protect Lu Shuyun, and it's questionable whether Liang Zong and his group will be able to harm Lu Shuyun.

But regardless of whether it succeeds or not, we absolutely cannot allow Lu Shuyun to act so recklessly and arrogantly in the capital, which is simply lawless.

In order to seize the throne, they actually colluded with foreign enemies, completely disregarding the lives of the people of Beijun.

Although Beijun was already his fiefdom as the Northern King, it was still nominally part of the Great Xia Dynasty.

If Lu Shuyun were to succeed in seizing the throne in the future, Beijun would be part of his territory. But instead, this guy sold Beijun out in order to seize the throne.

Lu Chen knew that his decision to assassinate Lu Shuyun was somewhat emotional, and that doing so might even expose the whereabouts of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

But if he didn't do something, he really couldn't get rid of this pent-up anger.

Qin Yushan also saw through Lu Chen's thoughts. He knew that Lu Chen must be very angry right now, so he suggested, "Your Highness, although it is not advisable to spread the news of the Eighth Prince's collusion with the barbarians for the time being, you can leak some information to His Majesty."

"His Majesty will definitely mobilize the Shadow Guards to investigate. If they find out that the Eighth Prince is colluding with the barbarians, even if he doesn't punish the Eighth Prince now, he will bring out the evidence to deal with the Eighth Prince and the Jiangnan aristocratic families after this barbarian invasion is over."

Emperor Xia was already looking for an excuse to take action against the powerful clans, but then the powerful clans of Jiangnan went and colluded with the barbarians. Wasn't that just handing Emperor Xia a weapon?

As for sacrificing the Eighth Prince, it was nothing to Emperor Xia. The Eighth Prince was the representative of the Jiangnan aristocratic families, and Emperor Xia never intended to choose him as the Crown Prince.

The royal family is ruthless. The Xia Emperor didn't even care when the Eighth Prince tried to assassinate the Northern King, so why would he care about sacrificing the Eighth Prince?

He had many sons, so the death of one or two wouldn't be a loss to him.

Moreover, Emperor Xia, being a Grandmaster, was young and vigorous, and could father children very quickly.

After hearing Qin Yushan's suggestion, Lu Chen pondered for a moment and then said, "I will write a memorial for my father immediately."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Qin Yushan quickly said, "Your Highness, you absolutely mustn't."

Lu Chen paused for a moment, then asked, "Didn't you suggest that I reveal something to my father? If I don't write a memorial, how can I reveal to my father the information about the barbarians' collusion with the Eighth Prince?"

Qin Yushan said, "Your Highness, what I mean is that this matter should not be sent to His Majesty through a memorial. If Your Highness were to write a memorial, it would fall under the category of political affairs. Once His Majesty knows about it, he might discuss it with his ministers. Moreover, before the memorial has even reached His Majesty, its contents might be known to others."

"If Your Highness wants His Majesty to know about this matter, you should write a letter home. Only a letter home can reach His Majesty in the first instance."

In the Great Xia Dynasty, all memorials sent from the provinces had to be reviewed by the lower-level officials, and some memorials never even reached the Xia Emperor.

If Lu Chen were to write a memorial to the throne, it would undoubtedly be stopped once discovered by the Eighth Prince's men.

However, if it is a letter written to a family, that is different. If it is a letter written in the name of the Ninth Prince, it will be sent directly to the Xia Emperor.

Lu Chen was stunned when he heard Qin Yushan's words.

A letter from home?

A prince who had been enfeoffed wrote a letter home to the emperor.

Did the Great Xia Dynasty ever have something so abstract?

He seemed to have never heard of a prince going to his fiefdom writing letters home to the emperor. Going to his fiefdom meant he would become a subject, and the father-son relationship would be diluted. Wouldn't writing letters home at this time be a bit too much...?

After pondering for a moment, Lu Chen felt that what Qin Yushan said actually made some sense.

If he were to submit a memorial himself, it was very likely that the memorial would never reach the Xia Emperor.

But family letters are different; he doesn't believe anyone would intercept even his own family letters.

Although the idea of ​​a prince writing a letter home to the emperor is somewhat abstract, he is not without the right to do so, after all, even as a prince, he is still the son of the Xia emperor.

(End of this chapter)