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

If the new emperor killed his political enemies in order to establish his authority, then what he did next was even more chilling.

When the late emperor was being buried, the concubines in the harem were still in mourning and temporarily lived in their original palaces.

The Queen Mother considered the fate of these concubines after the funeral.

When she thought that these concubines who had competed with her for favor and profit for many years would have to be supported by her son in the future, she became furious.

"Why do you have the right to bully the Emperor's mother for so many years and still need the Emperor to support her?" The Queen Mother cursed inwardly, "Humph, I will make you pay."

The Queen Mother sat in the magnificent palace and said to the new emperor: "Your Majesty, there are too many women in the harem. It is troublesome and a waste of money to support them. It is better to let them accompany your father."

She smiled coldly and said, "Your father has always liked these young women. We can't let your father be lonely in the underworld."

The new emperor frowned slightly, "Our ancestors have already abandoned burial with the dead. Can we reintroduce it now?"

The Queen Mother waved her hand, "What's wrong with that? Whoever dares to question the Emperor's decision will be killed and his house will be confiscated!"

The new emperor thought for a moment and nodded, expressing his agreement, "Father has too many concubines. Keeping them will be a big trouble."

He then put forward a condition: "However, mother, Concubine Zuo must stay."

It turns out that this Zuo Taifei was once the Zuo Guifei, and was promoted to Zuo Taifei after the new emperor ascended the throne. She also has another identity - the younger sister of Zuo Tongling. Now, Zuo Tongling has a large army and controls the situation in the court.

The Queen Mother knew that she needed to rely on Commander Zuo to stabilize the court at this time, so she agreed without hesitation and said, "Okay, leave Concubine Zuo behind."

The new emperor sent people to keep the youngest and most beautiful concubines of the previous emperor and replaced them with palace maids to enrich his harem.

As for the other concubines who were old and ugly, he issued an order, "The late emperor was lonely in the underworld, and he appeared in my dream, asking the concubines to go down to accompany him."

All the officials were stunned. They had never expected that the new emperor was so cruel that he wanted to kill the concubines of the previous emperor.

Prime Minister Pei bowed and prepared to persuade him.

The new emperor said coldly: "The prime minister is too old, please ask him to go down and rest."

A guard came up and said, "Please come in, Prime Minister."

Prime Minister Pei shook his head and had to follow the guards to the back hall to rest.

None of the officials dared to speak, even though among these concubines there were their sisters or daughters.

The new emperor even killed the second imperial concubine and her son, so is he afraid of killing officials?

Under the command of Commander Zuo, the concubines of the late emperor were strangled to death with white silk. The scene was horrific.

Despite being in deep mourning, the new emperor enjoyed one of the concubines he had left behind that night.

He didn't expect that the concubine was still a virgin and had a beautiful appearance. The new emperor was very pleased and personally changed the concubine's surname and promised, "I will make you a concubine in a few days."

The new emperor favored several young concubines of the previous emperor one by one, and was shocked to find that they were all still virgins.

"What is the reason?" asked the new emperor.

The concubine got a new favorite, and only then did she dare to tell the truth, "The late emperor had a physical illness and could not have sex, even after drinking deer blood."

The new emperor laughed and said, "So that's how it is. Haha, luckily I kept you, otherwise it would be such a waste and pity to kill you."

These things were quietly spread out by someone.

Wu Yi would sneak into the palace once a day. She received Qi Wan's order, "The new emperor is not a good person, you go to the palace to protect my father and brother."

Her skills are so good that she can move freely in the palace and observe many secrets.

Every day when Wu Yi came back, he would tell Qi Wan about the things in the palace. "That man is simply a beast. He killed many innocent concubines just because of his mother's words: Don't keep idle people."

"He left behind five concubines of the previous emperor. Whenever he wasn't in front of the coffin, he would fool around with several women on the bed behind the study."

"What a beast." Qi Wan cursed, "If such a person became the emperor, I wonder what he would do."

Wu Yi watched a mourning ceremony on the beam of the front hall.

When she saw the new emperor pretending to cry, she would look up at the officials who were mourning from time to time.

She noticed that many times when the new emperor looked at Qi Lu and Qi Ze, father and son, there was murderous intent in his eyes.

Wu Yi came back and asked, "Master, the new emperor seems to hate General Qi and Minister Qi very much, why is that?"

Qi Wan said, "In the past, the late emperor was always on guard against the prince. He tried to win over my father and asked my second brother to be his chief guard, saying that he would be the commander of the imperial guards in the future. My father refused, and the prince has held a grudge ever since."

"That's a big problem." Wu Yi said worriedly, "The new emperor is a tyrant."

"We can only deal with it as it comes." Qi Wan said.

She thought to herself: No matter how vicious a tyrant you are, if you dare to touch my family, I will do it to you!

The new emperor had been looking for an opportunity to seize Qi Lu's power, and that day soon arrived.

More than ten days later, the coffin of the late emperor was to be moved for burial. On this day, the army led by Qi Lu escorted it to the imperial mausoleum.

The imperial mausoleum is more than a hundred miles away from the capital. We set out at three in the morning and arrived at the mausoleum in the evening.

The army led by Qi Lu successfully placed the late emperor's coffin into the underground palace, and moved the burial objects in and released them.

Those concubines who were hanged were moved outside the underground palace and arranged in order. They were not even qualified to enter the underground palace.

All the carriages and horses that went to send the coffin were left at the imperial mausoleum for use by the soldiers guarding the mausoleum and were not brought back to the capital.

Qi Lu completed the task and handed over the work to General Wang who was guarding the imperial mausoleum.

Next, the staffing of the Fengdi Palace will be under the charge of General Wang, who is in charge of guarding the imperial mausoleum.

General Wang is a member of the royal family, so he is trustworthy enough to do this job.

However, when Qi Lu's army was only halfway back, they received an imperial edict from the new emperor: "Qi Lu did not follow the rules, did not burn the horses, delayed the journey, and almost missed the auspicious day. He was deprived of his military power and was ordered to reflect on his actions behind closed doors."

There was a rule in the previous dynasty that all the carriages and horses that carried the coffin to the imperial mausoleum would be burned.

Later, Emperor Wu ordered the cancellation of the order, saying, "This is a waste, so the horses should be kept alive."

After discussion, the officials decided to leave the sent items in the imperial mausoleum and not take them back, so as not to bring bad luck to the new emperor or to kill the horses.

After Qi Lu received the imperial edict from the new emperor, a trace of helplessness and bitterness appeared on his face. He knew that this day would come sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. He silently handed the general's order in his hand to Captain Niu who came to convey the edict.

Captain Niu has now become the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard. He smiled triumphantly, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said with a bit of sarcasm: "Old Qi, you'd better find a way to go to the emperor to say a few good words, otherwise... haha, you will end up like General Li!" After that, he turned and left, leaving Qi Lu alone in a daze.

Qi Lu's face turned gloomy. He had long guessed that once the prince came to power, he would definitely not let him go. Now, he could only pray silently, hoping that his family would not be implicated.

Soon, Qi Wan also learned the news, and her mood suddenly became heavy.

She judged, "If I wait any longer, Wang Yicheng's second imperial decree will surely punish my father. Exile is a light punishment. With his methods, he will definitely exterminate the whole family. I must save my family and divert Wang Yicheng's attention first."

Qi Wan took advantage of the fact that the late emperor had entered the underground palace while the new emperor was busy ascending the throne and holding his coronation ceremony.

She turned her rosary beads and "rolled up all the gold, silver and jewelry in the palace and the prince's mansion."

The sky suddenly became dark, lightning flashed continuously, and strong winds swept through, as if it knew that a tyrant had appeared in the world and was furious!