What Lu Qing thinks, Zhu Yu now doesn't know either.
However, she knows that a cold sweat has already soaked through her back.
Although the words of the Fake Castle Master greatly reduce its credibility in her heart, just listening to this narrative alone is enough to make one's heart pound.
Throughout history, the greatest fear in the hearts of emperors is those whose achievements overshadow the throne, hence the "killing the donkey after it has done its work" outcome mentioned by the Fake Castle Master has never been lacking through the millennia.
The better scenario is to promise the meritorious subjects glory and wealth, strip them of their heavy powers, and regardless of whether they are willing or not, send them away to live as wealthy idlers.
The worse scenario is being caught by the king on some mistake someday, and being exiled is the best one can hope for, as examples of heads rolling are in abundance.
