"Your majesty, ten villages have been destroyed and the bandits don't seem to be stopping there."
"How many wives and children does he have and how are their characters?" The emperor inquired.
"He has one imperial consort, fifteen concubines, and twenty children. The whole family except the tenth concubine and her daughter are bullies. They bully the citizens, kill, and rob them of their belongings." The minister of war reported.
"No redeeming qualities?" The emperor's gaze was still on the report he was reading, but half of his attention was on what was being reported.
"No, your majesty. Two of the princesses got themselves a harem of men in their palaces, including married men. They either kill the wives of the men that complained, or sent them to brothels."
The emperor raised a brow when he heard that. A wicked smile played on his lips as he commanded. "Send the whole family except the tenth concubine and her daughter to war with the bandits.
