They are all concubines, so of course they choose the future emperor.

Half an hour later.

Li Ce sat in the outer room, listening to the housekeeper's intermittent account of what had happened, his face expressionless.

Doctor Zeng at the side was concentrating on giving him acupuncture to cure the poison, but the golden needle was blocked when it was inserted. When he looked closely, he found that Li Ce's fists were clenched tightly and the blue veins on the back of his hands were popping out.

Doctor Zeng patted his hands.

"Relax."

Li Ce raised his hand and punched the table hard.

Ping-pong!

Even the flowers and the vase were all smashed into pieces.

"Good! Good! Very good!"

Li Ce stood up and casually pulled out the golden needle from his body.

He had never been so angry.

Being plotted against by outsiders was nothing, but the one who plotted against him was the person beside him, his wife.

It wasn't the first time he was betrayed, but this time, the one who betrayed him was his close confidant who had been with him since childhood.

Lu Qingshuang underestimated Li Ce after all.

Over the past year or so, he has been competing with Li Jian and other ministers in the court, and has grown rapidly. His mind and scheming are no longer what he used to be.

This is Prince Jing's Mansion. Without help from others, it would be impossible for Wei Fuxue to get such a powerful aphrodisiac.

The housekeeper was terrified. He swallowed his saliva and mustered up the courage to ask, "Your Highness, do you want to continue investigating?"

Li Ce closed his eyes for a long time before speaking.

"No need for that. All the servants in the main courtyard will be beaten to death. Tell Lin and Zhang to cancel all the positions given to the Lu family and replace them with people from the Jiang and Zhu families. Also, tell the Dali Temple that Li Jian has lived long enough."

Having said that, Li Ce's eyes turned slightly colder and he spoke again.

"Since the women and children of the Wei family are criminals, it is inappropriate for them to live in the Wei Mansion. Send someone from the Ministry of Justice to tell them to leave the capital and not to return unless necessary."

The butler wrote them down one by one.

After the master finished speaking, the butler hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help but ask.

"Then...what about Rong An?"

Li Ce glanced at him.

"Didn't you hear what I just said? All the servants in this main courtyard shall be beaten to death."

The housekeeper's heart sank, and he kowtowed quickly, then left after receiving the order.

Doctor Zeng frowned the whole time, but didn't say a word.

act like an absolute monarch……

At this moment, the four words "alone and helpless" became concrete in Dr. Zeng's eyes.

The closer you get to that position, the fewer people you can trust around you, until in the end, you are all alone.

There is no one I can trust anymore.

No one to rely on anymore.

No more...relatives.

No one knows whether the person sleeping next to you is a lover or an enemy. No one is sure whether the father, son, and brother who share the same blood wish you dead in private. No one can predict whether the person who once loved or admired is still the same as before.

People change.

With power at hand, it will only happen earlier, faster... and more unexpectedly.

Doctor Zeng sighed secretly.

Maybe I should exit this vortex early.

After Li Ce sat down again, Doctor Zeng silently gave him acupuncture to treat the poison again.

Screams from outside could be heard from time to time, and lives were lost one after another.

The courtyard was covered in blood.

At this time, the Crown Princess came back with her people.

Seeing the scene in the yard, even though she was prepared, she was still frightened.

The whole place was blood red, and a row of corpses were thrown casually in a pool of blood, staring ahead with bleeding eyes.

Lu Qingshuang couldn't bear it after just one look, and she vomited while holding the maid.

Just then, Li Ce walked out of the house.

"I didn't expect the Crown Princess to be so timid. I thought you were so bold that you weren't afraid of anything!"

His cold voice, accompanied by the chill wind, poured into Lu Qingshuang's ears, causing her to shiver.

She didn't expect the prince to find out it was her so quickly.

After a moment of panic, she quickly calmed down, held the maid's hand, and bowed to Li Ce.

"I don't know what your Highness is talking about."

Li Ce opened his arms and pointed around.

"After seeing this, Princess Consort, do you have nothing to say?"

Lu Qingshuang endured the discomfort and spoke.

"I think these servants must have offended His Highness, and that's why they were severely punished."

"Yes, they recognized the wrong master, so they deserve to die."

Li Ce walked through the courtyard step by step.

As he walked past Lu Qingshuang, he stopped for a moment.

"The Crown Princess has fallen ill due to shock. From today on, you should take good care of yourself. The Crown Princess will not be bothered to interfere in the affairs of the Eastern Palace."

Lu Qingshuang turned her head suddenly, her eyes filled with shock and anger.

She wanted to object, but Li Ce's next words made her feel like she was falling into an ice cellar.

"Ye'er is old enough now. He should focus on his studies. I will send him to the Imperial College starting next month."

After saying this, Li Ce left without looking back.

Lu Qingshuang finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground.

She couldn't figure it out.

Why did Li Ce conclude that it was her who did it without even investigating?

She had clearly already made preparations.

Why didn't he investigate further?

Lu Qingshuang couldn't figure it out because she didn't understand the emperor.

She didn't know what the person who truly held supreme power looked like.

Until the doubt is proven guilty.

As long as he suspects you did it, he can convict you directly without any evidence.

After leaving the main courtyard, Li Ce did not go to any woman, but went straight back to the front yard and asked someone to get hot water for a bath.

After changing clothes, the housekeeper came to report the follow-up.

The servants who were beaten to death were dragged out of the mansion as per the custom, but this obviously could not dispel Li Ce's anger. He ordered the bodies of Rong An and the little maidservant beside Wei Fuxue to be hung outside the gate, and the rest were thrown into the wilderness to feed the dogs.

The butler waved to the servants outside, asking them to do it immediately, and then spoke tentatively.

"Your Highness, do you want to go and see Jiang Liangdi and the young master?"

Li Ce's brows relaxed for a moment.

But soon he shook his head and stood up.

"I still have things to do, so I'll go back to the East Palace first. Please tell Liangdi that she will take care of the affairs of the palace for the time being."

He didn't want to scare her.

Moreover, there was one person he had not yet dealt with.

Li Ce strode out of the palace and rushed towards the East Palace.

The butler went to Wutong Courtyard in person to convey Li Ce's instructions.

Jiang Wanyue said lightly, "I know," and didn't seem very happy.

The butler hesitated and asked the question he had never dared to ask.

"What should we do with the one in the main courtyard?"

Jiang Wanyue raised her eyebrows.

"What did your Highness order before?"

The housekeeper frowned and said, "A month ago, His Highness ordered to send her back to the Wei family, but later she fell ill, and the Crown Princess decided to keep her to recuperate for the time being."

"Since His Highness has already given the order, then we will just follow His Highness's order."

Jiang Wanyue withdrew her gaze and fixed it on a pot of flowers in front of her.

The butler was still hesitant.

That was all months ago. The situation is different now. Wei is already His Highness's woman. Does that mean she really needs to be sent back to the Wei family?

His Highness has ordered the Wei family to be driven out of the capital, so does the Wei family have to follow them?

Jiang Wanyue saw his hesitation and made a kind reminder.

"Your Highness is angry now, and he definitely doesn't want to see her. You can't take her to the East Palace, and it's not appropriate to keep her in the palace. You have to send her back to the Wei family first. As for whether Your Highness will take her back after he calms down, that's your business, you just need to follow your orders."

"But...what if something goes wrong on the Wei family's road?"

"Don't worry about that. Since someone used her as a chess piece, they must have prepared a backup plan."

Jiang Wanyue pushed the flowerpot away and patted the pollen off her hands.

"Go down!"

The butler was reassured and left.

As soon as the others left, Xing'er and Lizhi came in.

"There's some commotion in Liuyin Courtyard. Aunt Guan wants to know what happened in the mansion, so she sent her maid to inquire, but she was stopped by the servants. Aunt Guan is angry right now!"

Jiang Wanyue stood up.

"I just happened to have something to ask her. Xiuchun, have you sent the letter to godmother?"

Xiuchun nodded and took the cloak and put it on her.

Jiang Wanyue waved her hand.

"Let's go!"