Nine Princes Struggle for the Throne: The Mad Prince

Chapter 318 Concubine Gu Qingyue, the Sordid Affairs of Xianyang City

After dealing with the family of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Not long after, Jiang Pingle and her group of women also entered with a group of first-rank officials and noblewomen.

Each of them sat down next to their husband.

The Emperor of Eastern Qin also announced the start of the palace banquet.

Plates of delicious food were brought up by the palace maids.

The performance began.

After the previous minor incident, no one dared to act recklessly at the banquet.

After all, nobody wants to die.

The palace banquet lasted until midnight.

In the following days, the generals all came to the Divine Martial King's Mansion to visit Qin Wu.

Especially the generals, they all guessed some of it and wanted to compete for the qualification to lead troops next.

Gu Qingyue even moved into the Divine Martial King's Mansion and pestered Qin Wu every day.

It gave Qin Wu a terrible headache, but it also amused Jiang Pingle and the other girls, as they hadn't seen Qin Wu suffer such a setback in a long time.

In the end, Qin Wu even went into seclusion.

This made the girls laugh for a long time.

They never expected that a dignified second-rank general of Dongqin would act so coquettishly.

However, this also led to the girls getting along better and better with Gu Qingyue.

Because of this incident, they realized that Gu Qingyue had taken a liking to their husbands.

However, they didn't say much, nor did they think of stopping it.

Sure enough, not long after, Qin Wu was approached by several women who asked him to take Gu Qingyue into their household.

Qin Wu was stunned when he heard this.

While other women were trying to stop their husbands from taking concubines, his wife did the opposite.

It's not really the girls' fault; it's just that Qin Wu's physique was too strong, and they couldn't withstand it.

Moreover, Gu Qingyue wasn't the kind of woman who liked to scheme, so they didn't hold it against her too much.

After being persuaded by the women, Qin Wu finally agreed and granted Gu Qingyue the position of a concubine. He also sent someone to deliver a betrothal gift to the Gu family.

This delighted the Gu family.

They never imagined that their beloved daughter would one day marry into the Divine Martial King's Mansion.

After all, Gu Qingyue is currently the highest-ranking official in the Gu family.

In every aspect, the Gu family is far inferior to those large families.

If Gu Qingyue hadn't become the number one female general of Eastern Qin through her own efforts...

How many people in Beijing will remember them for taking care of their families?

Now that Gu Qingyue is about to marry into the Divine Martial King's Mansion, it can be said that this will directly make their Gu family a second-rate family in Dongqin.

And this news also spread throughout Xianyang City.

None of the major families expected that the Divine Martial King would take another concubine, and a woman from an insignificant family at that.

Even though Gu Qingyue was quite famous, in the eyes of the major families, she was just a woman from a minor, insignificant family.

However, the imperial decree had already been issued, and there was nothing they could do, especially since they knew it was the will of the Divine Martial King.

No one dared to object.

However, they also started to have their own ideas.

Now that the position of the principal wife of the Divine Martial King is gone, there is only one position left for the concubine and the secondary wife.

If they don't hurry, they fear they might lose their positions as the Divine Martial King's concubines and secondary consorts.

Previously, aside from the few women in his harem, the Divine Martial King disdained other women and was often away on campaigns, so they assumed he would not take any concubines.

However, over several years, King Shenwu took two concubines.

Does this mean that the Divine Martial King was not averse to women, and that women in his family also had opportunities?

Various families also began to hold banquets and send invitations to the Divine Martial King's Mansion.

Even second- or third-rate families sent invitations.

They all wanted to try and see if the Divine Martial King would be attracted to the women of their family.

After all, Zhong Qianning and Gu Qingyue's families were both insignificant, so it was obvious that the Divine Martial King didn't care about status at all.

Then they have hope.

What they didn't know was that Qin Wu wasn't someone who would be interested in just any woman.

None of his women were easy to deal with.

Even the top-tier families couldn't help but laugh when they heard the news.

They really don't know who they are, yet they want to invite the Divine Martial King to their mansion for a banquet.

Their actions angered Jiang Pingle.

Jiang Pingle went even further, bluntly stating that their Divine Martial Royal Mansion was not a place where just anyone could be invited, urging those forces to have some self-awareness.

They even went so far as to send someone with an invitation to their banquet and punish the entire family with one hundred strokes of the military rod each.

This is what silenced those families who wanted to rise to the top overnight.

No one dared to send invitations to the Divine Martial King's Mansion so easily anymore.

half a month later.

After Qin Wu married Gu Qingyue, he brought her back to his mansion.

The Divine Martial King's Mansion once again closed its doors to visitors, refusing to see anyone unless there was something important to discuss.

However, Jiang Pingle still had to deal with a lot of things. He had been away from the capital for so long, and he hadn't expected so many things to happen after he returned.

In particular, dealing with many unsavory matters made Jiang Pingle somewhat annoyed.

She also noticed that Xianyang City was becoming somewhat unsettled again.

Especially after various forces moved into Xianyang City, the unsavory things happening in their backyards increased.

They even began to bully weaker families and threaten military families.

However, she didn't know how to deal with these families, so she could only tell Qin Wu about it.

"These big families are really annoying. If you can't manage your backyard, don't marry so many."

"They actually dare to threaten our military commanders? Are they living too comfortably?"

Qin Wu's expression darkened after hearing Jiang Pingle's words.

As the top leader in the army, he controlled the entire Eastern Qin army and valued his soldiers the most.

These are all meritorious officials who shed blood for Eastern Qin. When did it become their turn to threaten them?

"Liufeng, summon Qi Ye to come over."

Qin Wu gave the order directly to Liu Feng, who was hiding in the shadows.

Before long, Qi Ye arrived.

"Your Majesty."

"No need for formalities. I want you to personally visit these families and give each of their heads a hundred lashes as a warning: if any of their children dare to threaten military commanders again, I will send their entire clan on their way."

"Remember, carry it out outside their mansion gates."

"If you don't want to have any dignity, then don't."

Qin Wu gave Qi Ye the order directly.

This time, he's going to teach these people a lesson they won't forget.

"Yes."

Qi Ye didn't ask what had happened; he simply stepped forward and took the list from Qin Wu's hand.

After receiving the order, he went to carry it out.

On that day, the heads of dozens of families were summoned by the Imperial Guards, dragged outside their residences, and given a beating with military rods.

They threw their faces on the ground and stomped on them.

And after the beating, he also gave them a warning.

Even the heads of the collateral branches of the four ancient clans in Xianyang City did not escape this beating.

After they returned, they sent people to investigate, and only then did they understand what had happened.

Those scoundrels actually went and threatened those military generals, trying to force them to marry women from their families.

That's bad enough, but couldn't you have treated her well after marrying her? Instead, you tormented her instead.

Isn't this just asking for trouble?

Everyone knows that almost all the generals of Eastern Qin came from the Divine Martial Army, which belonged to the Divine Martial King.

You dare treat the Divine Martial King like this? You really have a death wish, and you think you're living too well.

These family heads had been beaten, so how could they let these scoundrels get away with it? They then began to punish these people.

They even punished the spoiled brats within the family.

This brought a lot of stability to Xianyang City in the short term.

No one dared to threaten those military commanders anymore.