novelden Chapter 1087 - 655: Illusionary Realm Life (Part 2) — Ascending as Wang of Northland
Chapter 1087 - 655: Illusionary Realm Life (Part 2) — Ascending as Wang of Northland
Lu Lin returned with sixty thousand captives, but at the border, besides the civil officials under Lu Lin, only the common people came on their own accord, and not a single court official was present.
It seems that those gentlemen of the court have forgotten that there is still a Lu Lin in the Northland.
After returning, Lu Lin strictly prohibited the soldiers in the army from discussing what happened on that day.
But the news still spread.
Upon hearing such news, whether government officials, the common people, or the soldiers left behind, everyone in the Northland was excited, and not a single person thought of informing or spreading this matter.
This was a secret known to all in the Northland.
In the 38th year of Suiyue, the emperor, lured by the ministers, left the Imperial Capital and headed south, touring the world.
The explanation given by the ministers was that His Majesty’s actions would help stabilize the public heart.
Thus, the emperor foolishly followed the ministers outside, touring along the way, consuming countless public resources unknowingly.
On a summer afternoon, while the emperor was admiring lotuses with the ministers at some lake, just as everyone was dazed by the sun, a person suddenly emerged from beneath the water.
He rushed to the emperor with fierce speed and stabbed with a knife.
Although the emperor dodged, the knife still pierced his internal organs.
That very night, the emperor perished.
The ministers were busy non-stop, and on this trip, they had not brought any prince.
If they wanted to install a new emperor, they would have to return to the Imperial Capital.
But as they hurried back to the Imperial Capital, they found it somewhat different.
Clean, tidy, and orderly.
However, the ministers did not think much of it. When they prepared to enter the palace to find the crown prince, they were informed that the crown prince had relinquished his position, passing the throne to one of his brothers.
At this moment, the new emperor was holding his enthronement ceremony.
The ministers were stunned.
The newly appointed emperor was merely a hundred-day-old infant.
Such an emperor is easy to control, but he was in the hands of someone they had never taken seriously before.
Lu Lin.
This Commander of the Army in the North, who had not set foot in the Imperial Capital for ten years, returned and accomplished such a great feat.
Under the threat of military might, the ministers had to grudgingly accept this matter.
The new emperor ascended the throne and rewarded the ministers, the largest share naturally going to Lu Lin.
The positions of Grand Preceptor, Grand Protector, Grand Commandant, and the Three Excellencies were all jointly held by Lu Lin.
He was also conferred the title of King of the North River, which was soon changed to King of Dingbei, then North King, and finally Prince Qi.
Occupying the court’s righteousness, Lu Lin began to expand his capabilities, not in a hurry to combat the rebels.
Instead, he laid a solid foundation.
Food, education, livelihoods, healthcare, transportation, and roads.
The entire Da Feng Dynasty, under Lu Lin’s methods, showed signs of resurgence.
The brothers under Lu Lin repeatedly spoke of the opportunity for Lu Lin to expand his influence during this time.
But Lu Lin just shook his head, he couldn’t do it.
Lu Lin felt he was not naturally destined to be an emperor.
Because his heart was too soft.
While controlling Da Feng, Lu Lin finally married.
At 35, he simultaneously married three wives, all direct daughters of ministers, the youngest being only eighteen, and the oldest just twenty-one.
As Lu Lin’s first child was born, something happened in Da Feng.
A palace maid, while playing with the young emperor in the Imperial Garden, accidentally dropped the emperor into the lake water. Although she also exerted great effort to rescue him,
the final outcome was that both the palace maid and the emperor drowned in the lake.