The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree

"If there is nothing else then you may withdraw," the emperor said." Your majesty,although the princess has let us down she is still a war god that we have nurtured by our hands so we can't allow her to leave with that knowledge," the prime minister who had been sitting calmly below the emperor stated. The emperor squinted his eyes when he heard this. The other officials were shocked by this." Prime minister,it seems you feel yourself to be a better emperor than myself,right?" The emperor asked coldly as he stared at the prime minister,Li Linfu, with his squinted eyes." This lowly one doesn't dare. I just want to remind his majesty to put the wellbeing of the kingdom first. If the marriage alliance is successful then the Qin state will have two war gods which will be disadvantageous for us. I beg your majesty to consider this," the prime minister was definitely not intimidated by his majesty's aura and stated his mind. With the prime minister at the forefront to bear his majesty's rage the other ministers got into the fray." Your majesty,the prime minister is right. The princess should drink the martial dissolving portion and then be allowed into the martial crippling tower so as to abolish her martial arts," the first duke said. No one ever expected the first duke to get involved in this scandal has he rarely involved himself in state discussions unless it concerned matters of state urgency that threatened the safety of the empire. There were only five dukes and each of them held extraordinary power both in the military and the court and were said to be only beneath the emperor. They were even given the emperor to execute first before reporting. The five dukes were the duke of the north,east,west,south and the first duke. Among the dukes the first duke held significant power and authority in the empire and was the master of the first prince. With the first duke involved the emperor was left helpless. So what if he is the emperor? At the end he was still left helpless and could not save his own daughter." I will cripple her own cultivation so there is no need for the crippling tower. End of discussion. You are all dismissed, " the emperor said and at that moment he seemed to have aged significantly. Although the ministers knew that they had won,none of them were happy of this because they knew that they had thoroughly annoyed the emperor and the emperor would soon make a comeback. Infact they did not wait for long as the next day the kingdom was left in shock. The princess,the war god,that everyone loved was severely poisoned which led to her martial arts being abolished so she could no longer go back to the border. If this was not shocking enough,then the next piece of news was received negatively by many. The princess who has been an idol of many young men in the capital was supposed to marry into the Qin state as the first wife of the war god Qin Tai Jian. This broke the heart of many men. The capital was still reeling in shock when another piece of news spread around the capital. The son of the prime minister was caught with one of the emperor's concubine and the duo were caught red handed by the emperor in the act. The emperor was annoyed and in his anger sentenced the family of the prime minister to death so as to serve as an example to the other ministers. The ministers were shocked by this news and knew that his majesty had started his revenge. Everyone knew that the princess was his majesty's reverse scale. A dragon had a reverse scale and whoever dared to touch it's reverse scale always had a bad ending and the emperor used the prime minister to establish his dominance and to warn the other ministers. "How many people are going to die this time round?" A minister solemnly asked." Haah," another minister sighed heavily." Everyone knows how much his majesty loved the mother of the princess. He always tried to act cold and heartless but inwardly he cared deeply for the princess and took care of her. He even went to a greater extent to teach her martial arts and the art of war so that he could alter her destiny. Many people had tried targeting her in the past but his majesty always found a way to keep her safe but this time round his majesty was helpless. He was forced to cripple her highness against his will so how can he spare the people involved. It seems the empress dowager will have to interfere this time too or else many people will die," the minister who sighed said solemnly." Indeed. The last time his majesty was upset he ended up almost destroying the whole palace and many ministers were killed and that was when he was just a prince. I remember at that time his majesty wanted the mother of her highness to be made the crown princess so that when he inherited the throne she would be the queen but many people rejected and almost had her killed. A long time has passed since then and I thought his majesty's personality had changed but it seems he is still the same," another minister said." You are wrong. He is no longer the same rather he has become more terrifying, " the minister who had started the conversation said." Let us watch and see how it ends. The show this time round will be very interesting, " the second minister said. The situation in the Qin state was not different from the one in the heaven battling state. Infact it could be said to be worst. Due to Tai Jian's failure he was subjected to harsh punishment after he woke up. He was sentenced to receive six hundred whips a day for a week and his military power was taken from him. He was stripped of his power as a war god and also as a prince and then he was forced to marry the princess of the heaven battling state to atone for his crimes. Tai Jian calmly accepted all of this with a cold and nonchalant expression. He already knew this would be the consequence but a certain order enraged Tai Jian. It would've been better if the princes and ministers targeted him but theh dared to target something precious to him. Mistaking a lion to be a cat just because it has been rained on was the worst mistake that one could commit. The ministers and concubines took this chance to demote Tai Jian's mother from her post as queen. Some of the ministers even went as far as to ask the emperor to cripple Tai Jian as he was now useless. Of course the emperor did not agree to it and almost started a war in court. The Qin emperor has always been know for being hot blooded which served as a great deterence to all those who were planning to use this chance to deal with Tai Jian moreover a fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Tai Jian being a battle maniac,challenged all the princes and ended up crippling two of them and also injuring the sons of a few ministers thoroughly enraging the ministers. The next morning the court was in uproar and the emperor had a hard task of calming down the ministers but inwardly he was happy." Now that's my son," the emperor said inwardly as he watched the ministers arguing. 'The son of a tiger is indeed a tiger. As ferocious as the father. A perfect example of the fruit not falling far from the tree,' the eunuch besides the emperor said with a smile as he stared at the officials with tears in his eyes.