In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

The appearance of Wang Qin and the loss of property in the palace made Empress Dowager Lu feel very bad. But as long as she drank the medicine prescribed by Doctor Yuan, her mood would become much better.

So, she asked Doctor Yuan out of curiosity: "What ingredients did you put in your medicine? Why do I feel so happy after drinking it?"

She swallowed the words back because she felt her desire was getting stronger and stronger. And every day she would call two or three guards to serve her.

At this time, Doctor Yuan bowed and patiently explained to Empress Dowager Lu: "Your Majesty, you have been holding back a feeling of depression in your heart. Over time, it has damaged all your internal organs. So the medicine I have prescribed for you contains herbs such as Bupleurum, Angelica, White Peony, Stir-fried Atractylodes, Poria, Roasted Licorice and Mint. These are good medicines for relieving liver depression, which can make you feel happy and restore your body to health."

After listening to Doctor Yuan's explanation, Empress Dowager Lu nodded to show her understanding. She finally understood why she was in such a good mood recently. It turned out that this medicine was the right one for her.

"Imperial Doctor Yuan is indeed the most capable one," Empress Dowager Lu praised.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Doctor Yuan bowed.

Empress Dowager Lu rolled her eyes and asked, "I heard that your second daughter passed away. Are you sad?"

Doctor Yuan smiled and said indifferently: "She has a short life, so she is gone. I am going to marry a new wife, so are you still worried about not having children?"

"That's right." Queen Mother Lu smiled.

She felt that her judgment was correct. How could Doctor Yuan care about his second daughter and poison her to retaliate? She took Doctor Yuan's medicine with confidence to regulate her body.

As Empress Dowager Lu's health improved, she favored her lovers day and night. She had more lovers and more people giving her advice.

"My storehouse is empty, how can I fill it up?" the Queen Mother asked her lover while lying on the bed.

A fat man named Huangsheng said with a smile: "Isn't it easy for your Majesty to get money with your status?"

Even though he was fat and not very good-looking, he had great endurance and could work in the fields for an entire hour. Such performance satisfied the Queen Mother very much.

He also suggested, “Selling officials like before.”

"Or ask the shops to pay protection fees."

Queen Mother Lu nodded and said, "This is an excellent idea."

"I have to find someone of my own." Empress Dowager Lu began to think.

She decided to form a team of men for her to use, play with, and protect.

Empress Dowager Lü promoted Huang Yi, her favorite, and said, "You go and form an army that is loyal to me and will obey my orders."

"As you wish, Your Majesty." Huang Yi smiled happily and served Empress Dowager Lu wholeheartedly. His licking skills were very advanced and he could lick the Empress Dowager's whole body for an hour, licking wherever it itched. He was highly valued by Empress Dowager Lu.

Huang Yi met the conditions proposed by Empress Dowager Lu and selected a thousand men with good kung fu, strong build and handsome looks from the army of hundreds of thousands.

They were responsible for two things: one was to enter the palace to protect the empress dowager, and the other was to go to the major shops in the capital to collect protection money, and if they didn't give it, they would smash the shops.

Because these people have the Queen Mother's support, no one dares to offend them and everyone will pay a sum of money.

In this way, the Queen Mother found a way to make a fortune, and she quickly accumulated a large sum of wealth.

She also asked her lover, Duke Huiguo, to sell official positions. The two colluded with each other and made profits by dividing the money from selling official positions.

Empress Dowager Lu had been keeping an eye on the money houses owned by Queen Qi. She thought to herself, "I must get my hands on all the money houses."

She had lost money twice and was most afraid of being penniless.

The officials from the Ministry of Justice came to the harem and checked the lost property. They concluded that "the doors and windows are intact, and it was someone in the palace who moved the things away."

"Who did it?" asked Empress Dowager Lu.

“I don’t know,” the officials said.

Empress Dowager Lu slammed the table and shouted, "You know nothing, what's the point of having you as officials?" She wanted to dismiss all the officials in the Ministry of Justice.

Empress Dowager Lu angrily interrogated several palace maids around her, but they all denied the crime, so she killed two of them to vent her anger.

The monk and the Taoist priest went to the government office to perform a ritual. The Taoist priest was afraid of being killed, so he chanted a spell to Empress Dowager Lu: "God bless you, God bless you, wealth will come back if you leave. If you kill someone, wealth will not come back."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Lu temporarily let the officials from the Ministry of Justice and the palace maids around them go.

Empress Dowager Lu became more and more arrogant.

The officials discussed privately, "Empress Dowager Lu has so many men. What if she gives birth to an illegitimate child? The whole country will be in chaos."

"I don't think highly of Putin and don't want to be an official anymore." Some people even said this.

Some upright officials were very dissatisfied with Empress Dowager Lu's excessive debauchery, so they chose to resign and retire.

They said to Empress Dowager Lu, "I am not feeling well and am temporarily unable to perform my duties." In this way, several officials resigned one after another.

However, these officials did not actually leave the court, but turned around and went to the garrison in Xishan to express their loyalty to Wang Qin.

They said to Wang Qin: "We are willing to follow your majesty to the Kingdom of Nan'an."

When Wang Qin heard the news, he was very happy to accept them and said, "I am willing to build a prosperous dynasty with you."

More than a dozen civil servants and military generals came and surrendered to Wang Qin.

Qi Wan asked quietly, "Could there be anyone among these people sent by Empress Dowager Lu to assassinate me?"

Wang Qin smiled slightly, "Maybe."

Queen Mother Lu sent people to inquire about the news, and Wang Qin already knew about it. He told his men not to stop them and let them come and go freely.

Empress Dowager Lu thus made a misjudgment: "King Nannan has few men and poor defense, so he can be easily killed."

Before this, Empress Dowager Lu had a plan. She was going to give ten palace maids to King Nannan as concubines. When he was being intimate with his concubines, her trusted palace maids killed the King Nannan.

However, King Nannan refused to accept any of the girls and sent them all to brothels to entertain customers. He also killed Empress Dowager Lu's trusted palace maid, which made Empress Dowager Lu both disappointed and angry.

When Empress Dowager Lu learned that many officials had defected to King Nan'an, she could not help but curse: "These damn guys actually dared to betray the country! When I catch them, I will definitely execute their entire family!"

Commander Cheng on the side said quickly: "Your Majesty, calm down. Most of these defectors are from other places. Their families are not in the capital, and some are even homeless. Therefore, confiscating their homes and exterminating their families is not a big deterrent to them."

After being persuaded by Commander Cheng, Empress Dowager Lu temporarily did not order the officials who had surrendered to King Nangan to be executed.