"Why don't I take the imperial edict directly to the various prefectures and mobilize troops to wipe out the Lu brothers? Jia Sidao is dead now. With their leader gone, they can't amount to much," Wang Ziteng said.
Song Qingshu shook his head. "No. There are too many people in Jia Sidao's faction, and their influence is deeply entrenched. If we directly eliminate the Lu brothers, it will inevitably arouse the suspicions of the others in Jia Sidao's faction. Even if we announce that Jia Sidao died protecting the emperor, many of them probably won't believe it. The court will split, the country will fall into turmoil, and we'll have an even harder time cleaning up the mess."
"True." Wang Ziteng nodded, clearly agreeing with his judgment. "But if we don't wipe them out in one stroke, what do we do next? The Lu brothers have tens of thousands of troops under their command. They're not just for show."
Song Qingshu had a headache as well. Just then, a soldier came to report, "Commander of the Palace Guards, a woman has come up the mountain."
"A woman?" Wang Ziteng did not dare let down his guard. The mountain and its surroundings were filled with troops. How could an ordinary person possibly get in? "What woman?"
"She looked like a married woman. I wonder which man is lucky enough to have married such a beautiful wife," the soldier said enviously.
Wang Ziteng nearly exploded with anger. "Get to the point!" Before so many people, his own soldier's first concern was such nonsense. It truly made him lose face.
"But she really is beautiful," the soldier muttered. "More beautiful than every woman we've seen in decades, and her breasts are huge." Noticing Wang Ziteng glaring viciously at him, he hurriedly added, "That