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

Empress Dowager Lu looked at Huang Yi's bloody body, which was not sure whether he was dead or alive, and her whole body trembled like a sieve. She was so anxious that she coughed desperately.

A maid in charge hurriedly gave orders, and a team of guards came in to move Huang Yi away, while a team of maids came up to serve tea and hand out pills.

In the end, it was the palace maid who asked two guards to use their yang energy on the bed to slowly calm Empress Dowager Lu down.

Empress Dowager Lu was frightened by this and hated Wang Qin to the core.

She swore, "In this world, there is only you but no me, there is only me but no you!"

During the morning court session, everyone thought that Empress Dowager Lu would mention the assassination of Wang Qin last night, but she did not mention it at all. Instead, she said with a serious face: "My dear ministers, I have an important matter to discuss with you today. The king of Nan'an Kingdom did not want to return to his country, but instead set up camp in our Pu Dynasty. His army is even more reckless and has repeatedly harassed surrounding farmers, causing panic in the capital!"

When this was said, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked and thought to themselves: How could King Nan'an be so presumptuous? He is still our Crown Prince Qin!

If you talk about other people, the officials will believe it.

The officials did not believe a word of what Prince Qin said.

But Empress Dowager Lu said sternly: "How can our great country tolerate such bullying? If we don't strike back, won't the world laugh at us for being weak and incompetent?"

For a moment, the court was completely silent, and all the ministers lowered their heads in thought, not knowing how to respond. Some even speculated secretly: Could it be that Empress Dowager Lu's lover failed to serve her well, which led to her drastic change in temperament?

Everyone knows that Empress Dowager Lu is stubborn and conceited. Now that the matter has been brought to light, she must have already had a plan in mind.

Prime Minister Pei came out first to persuade, "Your Majesty, maybe it's a misunderstanding. The King of Nan'an is staying in the other courtyard of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion for a while, and will leave for Nan'an soon."

Another official also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, King Nan'an is staying in our territory now. We should take the initiative to show goodwill instead of waiting."

Queen Mother Lu glared and said unhappily, "Showing goodwill will only make us look weak and incompetent."

Duke Huiguo and the people of the Lu family echoed in unison: "What the Queen Mother said is absolutely right. We are willing to obey the Queen Mother's orders and will severely punish those who harass our people to demonstrate our country's prestige!"

Queen Mother Lu nodded with satisfaction, a cunning look flashing in her eyes.

She did not say her plan in the hall, but pointed a few times and said, "Duke Huiguo and the Lu family, please go to the imperial study to discuss something."

"Retreat."

All the officials looked at Empress Dowager Lu and the little queen leaving, looking at each other, secretly guessing what she would do.

In the imperial study, Empress Dowager Lu spoke bluntly to the Lu family and Duke Huiguo, "I want to send a large army to encircle and suppress the King of Nan'an. Now is the best time."

Duke Lu was shocked and tried to persuade her, "Your Highness, please don't do that. You can only have some ideas after the Emperor reaches adulthood."

Empress Dowager Lu smiled scornfully, "How can I wait ten years? He is now in Pu Dynasty's territory, and I can kill him at any time."

"He only has tens of thousands of men, and we have millions of troops. We will kill him without leaving a single piece of armor."

The Lu family was unable to dissuade Empress Dowager Lu from making her decision.

Duke Huiguo is now alienated from the Lu family. His youngest daughter is the Crown Princess, and his youngest son-in-law is the Crown Prince. The daughter of the eldest Lu family is the Little Queen, and his son-in-law is the Little Emperor.

They were both on guard against each other.

The Lu family was on guard against Duke Huiguo helping the crown prince ascend to the throne and making their daughter the queen.

Duke Huiguo was worried that the little emperor might give birth to a son in the future, so with the help of the Lu family, he made the son he gave birth to the crown prince.

Both of their families were originally in-laws, and because of the foreseen crisis, they had a lot of calculations in their minds.

At this time, the Lu family persuaded the Queen Mother, and Duke Huiguo sang a different tune with them, "Your Majesty, I support you. Now is the best time to get rid of King Nan'an."

Queen Mother Lu smiled and nodded, "That's right."

Duke Lu asked, "Which army does your Majesty intend to send?"

"Of course it is the strongest army in the court." said Queen Mother Lu.

Duke Lu shook his head. "Qi Lu's army is the strongest. Will they attack their own aunt and uncle?"

Empress Dowager Lu didn't know, but he knew.

The strongest soldiers under Qi Lu's command were passed down from generation to generation, and they regarded Qi Lu as the only commander-in-chief.

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Lu showed a hint of sneer on her face and said, "I don't believe this. Are all military orders vegetarian?" Having said that, she turned to look at Duke Huiguo and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Duke Huiguo stood up, bowed to Empress Dowager Lu, and then slowly said, "My Lady, I think we should select an elite division and go out again. This time, we can select some experienced and strong soldiers to form a new army. The number of people does not need to be too large, just 200,000 will be enough. I believe that with the strength of these soldiers, we will be able to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop."

After hearing what Duke Huiguo said, Empress Dowager Lu was moved. "But, there are not many people available in the court now. Where can we draw so many elite soldiers?"

Duke Huiguo smiled and said confidently, "Don't worry, Queen Mother. We can select some elite soldiers from the city defense army and add some of the imperial guards. In this way, we will have a powerful army. Moreover, these soldiers are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. They have very high combat experience and military quality. They will definitely not let the Queen Mother down."

Queen Mother Lu nodded, thinking that what Duke Huiguo said made sense, so she gave the order: "Okay, then do as Duke Huiguo said! I appoint you as the Marshal and Lu Xiang as the General, and you will be fully responsible for the bandit suppression. Remember, you must teach those rebels a lesson for me, let them know how powerful I am!"

Later, Empress Dowager Lu issued an imperial decree in the name of the young emperor, announcing that the court would soon form an army to suppress the bandits. At the same time, she also promised that all soldiers who participated in the anti-bandit operation would receive generous rewards and honors.

Wang Qin soon learned of Empress Dowager Lu's remarks. He raised his eyebrows, "You labeled us bandits? Who took what belongs to me? Who is the bandit?"

His subordinates also heard that Queen Mother Lu was mobilizing troops to encircle the valley, and they came to ask, "What should we do, Master?"

"Then let's fight!" Wang Qin laughed, "When has victory in a war ever been won by numbers?"

A great general of Song Dynasty stepped forward and said: "Only by relying on strategy and courage can we win."

A Qi general came out and patted his chest and said, "Come on, I have been on the battlefield killing foreign enemies since I was ten years old. Over the past few decades, I have accumulated a lot of experience. Are you afraid of a general army that has rarely fought a war?"

The soldiers are gearing up and ready for battle.

After Qi Wan heard this, he sent Wu Yi to "set up a battle formation on the west mountain and place the crossbow carts."

She also announced to the soldiers, "If one person is injured, one hundred taels will be paid. If one person dies, the whole family will be supported!"

This greatly inspired the soldiers' fighting spirit.

When the news reached the capital, the soldiers were dissatisfied and asked Duke Huiguo: "The conditions provided by Nan'an are so good to the soldiers. If one person is injured, they will get 100 taels of silver, and if one person dies, they will support the whole family. What about us?"

Duke Huiguo took a deep breath, thought about his empty storehouse, and sighed that the country of Nan'an was so rich.

He ran to the Queen Mother and told her about the soldiers' dissatisfaction. He asked, "What benefits can we give to the soldiers?"

Empress Dowager Lu said angrily: "We usually raise them to fight on the battlefield, and now they are asking for benefits. I will execute the person who started the trouble."

Duke Huiguo advised, "Your Majesty, we can't do this now. It's better to make a random offer first. Once you kill the King and Queen of Nan'an, you will have plenty of silver."

Empress Dowager Lu listened to his words and issued an oral order, "Kill the leader of the bandits and confer a title on him."

When Qi Wan heard Empress Dowager Lu calling her husband Wang Qin a bandit leader, she turned her rosary beads and said, "Sweep away all the gold, silver and jewelry that Empress Dowager Lu has." A few lights flashed in the sky, and she swept away the gold, silver and jewelry that Empress Dowager Lu had looted.

Qi Wan sneered! "A queen mother who is crazy with poverty, in order to obtain gold and silver, will become a bandit leader and send people to plunder silver everywhere!"

Queen Mother Lu was horrified that her gold and silver were lost again, and she was almost going crazy, "What happened? Who took away the gold and silver?" You know, a lot of gold and silver was placed under her bed, and they were all lost.

Just as Qi Wan had expected, in order to get more gold and silver, she sent her men to collect protection money all over the capital, and she also planned to find a reason to raid the homes of several wealthy businessmen.

"After I send out troops to deal with those bandits, I will then deal with these merchants." Empress Dowager Lu decided secretly.

Some officials were very dissatisfied with Empress Dowager Lu's actions and secretly said: The Empress Dowager of the Pu Dynasty was more like a bandit.