The emperor just doesn't treat everyone equally, and it's none of my business!

When Gu Chengfeng brought Prime Minister Shangguan and Shangguan Yan over, the two men looked in good spirits, but after they saw Lu Junze, they suddenly became quite listless.

"Prime Minister Shangguan, Queen, are you surprised to see me?" Lu Junze said, looking at their expressions.

Shangguan Yan just looked up at Lu Junze and said nothing.

Prime Minister Shangguan became much more excited, "Did you do this on purpose?"

"Prime Minister." Lu Junze looked at Prime Minister Shangguan's face and said word by word, "He's not too stupid."

Prime Minister Shangguan's face turned pale in an instant and he said no more, knowing that his situation was hopeless.

Originally, this matter was extremely risky, and he went in with the mentality of dying if he failed. After all, he had lived for so many years and had enjoyed all he should have, so why not give it one last try.

As if Lu Junze understood Prime Minister Shangguan's mentality, he said: "Prime Minister has lived a glorious life, but he has never thought about what will happen to your sons, daughters, grandchildren and granddaughters in the future."

Assassinating the emperor is a serious crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of the clan.

Prime Minister Shangguan raised his eyelids, glanced at Shangguan Yan beside him, and said, "My children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. What can an old man do?"

Before doing this, he had already sent away his smartest grandson. Even if the matter was exposed, their Shangguan family would not be extinct.

"Prime Minister, are you thinking about your eldest grandson in Ganzhou?" Lu Junze looked at Prime Minister Shangguan and said coldly.

Prime Minister Shangguan looked up at Lu Junze, panic flashed in his eyes. How could Lu Junze know this?

"Prime Minister Shangguan, have you forgotten something?" Lu Junze stared into Prime Minister Shangguan's eyes and said slowly, "The whole world belongs to the king. As long as he is still on the land of the Great Xia Dynasty, he will not be able to escape my control."

Prime Minister Shangguan said nothing more. Whatever.

Lu Junze stood up and walked to Prime Minister Shangguan, saying, "I have always been curious, what has the Lu family done to offend the Prime Minister that made him want to rebel?"

As soon as these words came out, Prime Minister Shangguan's eyes flashed with great anger. He looked at Lu Junze and said, "Your Majesty, I am the Prime Minister, but I have no real power."

"I have served three dynasties and have never done anything wrong to the royal family. Why would Your Majesty do this?"

Lu Junze sighed, "Prime Minister, over the years, the Shangguan family has done so much to oppress the people, and has embezzled so much money from the court. Can you calculate it clearly?"

"I have never done that!"

"Prime Minister Shangguan may not have done it, but what about the Shangguan family?"

"Doesn't Prime Minister Shangguan know about this? You know! But you never stopped it."

"Why?" Lu Junze asked, "Prime Minister Shangguan, can you tell me why?"

Prime Minister Shangguan did not answer, but remained silent. Why? Of course, it was because Prime Minister Shangguan had a high opinion of himself. He felt that he had paid so much for the royal family, and his family members were just a little arrogant and greedy, so what was the big deal?

"Prime Minister Shangguan, the Shangguan family has been going too far in the past two years. They even dared to embezzle the money for disaster relief."

"Those are the life-saving money of the common people. Doesn't the Prime Minister know that?"

Prime Minister Shangguan looked at Lu Junze in surprise. He really didn't know about this!

He knew that people in the Shangguan family often accepted gifts from other officials, and even oppressed businessmen to make huge amounts of money, but he really didn't know that someone in the Shangguan family would embezzle money for disaster relief!

"Your Majesty, whether you believe it or not, I am not aware of this matter!" said Prime Minister Shangguan.

Lu Junze looked at Prime Minister Shangguan with some sadness. He actually believed what he said. Prime Minister Shangguan valued power and his own status, but at the same time he was sincerely considering the people, so Lu Junze could tolerate anything as long as it was not excessive.

Lu Junze even criticized Prime Minister Shangguan several times, but unfortunately the prime minister at that time had already been blinded.

Lu Junze and Prime Minister Shangguan didn't have much to say. He had told Prime Minister Shangguan what he needed to say a long time ago. If Prime Minister Shangguan had listened, he wouldn't have come to this. But Queen Shangguan Yan...

"Take the prime minister away." Lu Junze waved his hand and said to Gu Chengfeng.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Gu Chengfeng took Prime Minister Shangguan away, only Lu Junze and Shangguan Yan were left in the room.

Shangguan Yan said nothing, his face expressionless, as if he didn't care about his current situation at all.

"Queen, where is the eldest princess?" Lu Junze asked.

Shangguan Yan sneered, with a hint of sarcasm, and said: "Your Majesty, I do not like the eldest princess because she is a daughter, but she is also a piece of flesh that fell from my body. I will not harm her."

Lu Junze didn't believe this.

"Your Majesty, you and I have been married for many years. May I ask Your Majesty a question?" Shangguan Yan looked into Lu Junze's eyes and said.

Lu Junze: "What does the Queen want to ask?"

"Has Your Majesty ever liked me?" Shangguan Yan asked.

Lu Junze was silent for a long time, and then said, "You and I have been married for many years. Even if I don't like you, I still have feelings for you."

Shangguan Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty and I have been married for many years, but the Emperor's feelings for me are based on interests, because my father is the Prime Minister."

"Queen, if the Shangguan family behaves well, and you behave well, you will always be the Queen of Daxia, and no one can surpass you."

"I dote on Concubine Chen, but has Concubine Chen ever surpassed you?"

"Yes." Shangguan Yan smiled miserably, looked at Lu Junze and said, "Then Your Majesty, just think that I am greedy and want too many things."

What’s the use of a queen without the emperor’s favor?

Seeing the queen like this, Lu Junze didn't want to say more to her. After so many years, the relationship between him and the queen had almost been exhausted.

"Queen, I have my own plans for the eldest princess's marriage. You don't need to worry about it." Lu Junze said.

Shangguan Yan looked at Lu Junze, "No, the eldest princess must marry Murong Heng!"

This is why the Queen wanted to bring the eldest princess to her side during this period. She wanted to marry the eldest princess to Murong Heng.

The Murong family is the richest family in Daxia. If the eldest princess can become the young lady of the Murong family, she will have no worries in her life.

Lu Junze: "The Queen and the Princess have never met Murong Heng, how can they marry him?"

"It's the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words." Shangguan Yan said stubbornly, "It doesn't matter whether you like it or not."

Lu Junze shook her head. She said so much to Shangguan Yan only because she was the eldest princess’ biological mother. She hoped that the eldest princess would not live in resentment towards her mother all her life, but obviously... Shangguan Yan was not making sense.

But it doesn’t matter. The queen will no longer be the queen soon.

It is not her turn to interfere in the eldest princess's affairs.