Favoring Concubines and Destroying Wife: Reborn, I Married to a Rich Man and Destroyed His Whole Fam

Queen Zheng also heard the news.

I heard that the emperor had summoned his important ministers and made it clear that he wanted to make Prince Fu the crown prince.

But some ministers objected.

It was said that Prince Fu was too young and not suitable to be the crown prince.

But the emperor became more stubborn the more others opposed him.

"You said that Prince Fu is too young to be the Crown Prince. I am still alive. In another ten or eight years, Prince Fu will be ten years old. With the assistance of all of you, my dear ministers, he will surely be a good Crown Prince of Daxia..."

"Your Majesty, Prince Fu is very good, but he is indeed too young. If Prince Fu were ten years old now, we would naturally not object."

"Your Majesty, I also think Prince Fu is too young."

The ministers wanted to say that the emperor's current health might not last for a few more years. If the emperor died, would Concubine Meng be the regent?

Or let other princes be regent?

But they didn't dare to say such things. If they did, the emperor would be furious and might even confiscate their property and exile them.

They dare not gamble on the consequences.

The emperor's expression became even uglier as he listened to their words.

He knew very well that these ministers were afraid that he would not live long.

"I plan to rebuild the Zhaixing Tower from today. As long as the Zhaixing Tower is repaired, the fortune of Daxia will surely prosper."

Hearing this, many ministers fell to their knees.

"Your Majesty, no."

"Your Majesty, the construction of Zhaixing Tower will require two to three years of taxes from Daxia. The national treasury is not well-funded now, so please reconsider."

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

"This Zhaixing Tower cannot be repaired."

Hearing their words, the emperor's face became even uglier.

"Now that Daxia is at peace, and the northern desert and the northern border have been repelled, I have no other wishes but to repair the Zhaixing Tower and protect Daxia's foundation for eternity. How dare you stop me..."

The emperor got angry and threw the paperweight to the ground.

When the ministers heard that the emperor was angry, they were so scared that they all knelt down.

"That's settled."

"Master Pei, you and the Minister of Revenue are jointly responsible for this matter."

Minister Lu did not expect that the emperor would actually let him be responsible.

"Ahem. Your Majesty, I have been ill these days. The Ministry of Revenue is busy now, and I cannot take on the heavy responsibility of Zhaixing Tower."

He could do other jobs, but if he was responsible for repairing the Zhaixing Tower, he would be cursed for eternity. Even if he retired, he would not be willing to be responsible for repairing the Zhaixing Tower.

"How dare you! Minister Lu, do you disregard my order?"

The emperor glared at Minister Lu and gave another order.

"Come here, give Minister Lu ten slaps and remove him from his post as Minister of the Ministry of Lu."

After hearing these words, many ministers immediately knelt down and pleaded with Minister Lu.

"Your Majesty, Lord Lu has indeed been ill these days."

"Your Majesty, over the years, Minister Lu has made great contributions, but he has also worked hard."

"Your Majesty, please forgive Minister Lu."

Prince Yin, Prince Ze and others also knelt down.

Prince Chen and Qin Chen also knelt down and pleaded with Minister Lu.

The emperor became even angrier when he heard these people pleading for mercy.

"Come here, give Minister Lu twenty heavy blows."

"Your Majesty, Lord Lu is weak. Twenty strokes of the cane might cost him his life."

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

"Your Majesty, you can't do that."

"Your Majesty, please spare Lord Lu."

The ministers also knew that the emperor was using Minister Lu as an example to scare the monkeys.

Lord Lu listened to the emperor's words, then he knelt on the ground and watched the ministers plead for him, tears streaming down his face.