Joy of Life: I dressed as a woman and became the Queen of Northern Qi!

Chapter 15: Kick the Seventh Rank, Marquis Changning's solicitation

Changning Marquis Mansion.

By dinner time, the mansion was brightly lit.

Today is the full moon, and Marquis Changning is hosting a banquet for officials from all walks of life.

Although he himself has no real power, he is the Queen Mother's brother. In a sense, he represents the Queen Mother.

The officials he gathered were not there to serve him, but all of them were there to serve the Empress Dowager.

Today, the Empress Dowager is in charge of government affairs from behind the scenes, and her power in the court is unprecedentedly strong. However, the Empress Dowager is a member of the harem after all, and it is impossible for her to mingle with these ministers of the former dynasty.

Otherwise, the spit of the scholars of Northern Qi would have drowned her.

Therefore, the Queen Mother's two brothers, Marquis of Changning and Marquis of Chang'an, naturally took on the responsibility of commanding these officials.

Even though Marquis Changning had a very bad reputation, there were many ministers attending the banquet, and each of them was powerful and influential. Even a fifth-rank official had no place to sit here.

At the banquet, the ministers attending the banquet rushed to toast Wei Jian, fearing that they would be overtaken by others if they were a step slower.

"I see that the Marquis has become more and more noble these days. I think it is because of the blessing of the Queen Mother that the Marquis has been blessed. I am afraid that good things are about to happen to the Marquis!"

After offering the toast, Jinyiwei Commander Liu Qi began to flatter Wei Jian.

Upon hearing this, several other ministers also began to flatter him, wishing that Wei Jian would be enlightened by the gods and ascend to become immortals tomorrow.

Wei Jian never refused the toasts and flattery from these people. Did any of these ministers look up to him? They all laughed at him for being a playboy who relied on the Queen Mother to do evil things.

But what is the truth? He relied on the Queen Mother to do evil things, and also relied on the Queen Mother to make these ministers who once disdained him bend down to please him!

He likes this kind of look: you obviously look down on me, but you still have to kowtow to me and wag your tail to fawn on me!

Wei Jian picked up the wine cup and said a little tipsy: "What are you talking about, Lord Liu? We are all brothers. The Queen Mother will definitely protect Lord Liu!"

"I see that Lord Liu also has a rosy look on his face. I'm afraid he will be promoted soon!"

Everyone present was smart and knew what he meant.

Upon hearing this, Liu Qi was so excited that he kept toasting and praising others. The other ministers were so angry that they beat their chests and stamped their feet, secretly hating themselves for being a step slow.

'bump!!'

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and everyone present frowned in displeasure. If they failed to please Wei Jian, then their trip tonight would be in vain!

However, Wei Jian's interest had been disturbed. The loud noise just now scared him, and he didn't hold the wine cup properly, so the wine spilled all over him.

If someone didn't know, they might think he was scared to pee his pants. This made Wei Jian very angry, especially with so many ministers present. He was afraid that after today, he wouldn't know how they would discuss that in private.

"What's going on? Don't you know that I'm entertaining guests? How dare you come here to cause trouble? It's really outrageous! Where are those people? What are they doing?" Wei Jian roared angrily.

However, what responded to him was not the servants' frightened explanation, but the sound of orderly footsteps.

Soon, Qinglong appeared in front of everyone with hundreds of Jinyiwei. Seeing these people wearing flying fish clothes and holding embroidered spring swords, the ministers' hearts were relieved in an instant.

Many ministers looked at Liu Qi with gloating eyes, and Wei Jian also looked over angrily: "What does this mean, Lord Liu?"

Liu Qi was sweating coldly and had a smile on his face that was uglier than crying. He wanted to explain something but didn't know how to start. People had already come to his door, so would any explanation be of any use?

After the bitterness came intense anger. I thought there was a chance of being promoted to commander, but I didn't expect this to happen.

'bump! '

An angry Liu Qi kicked over the table and pointed at Qinglong and the others and cursed: "Who do you belong to, you bastards? Don't you know where this is?"

"Who gave you the courage to break into the Changning Marquis's Mansion? Let your commander come out to see me!"

Upon hearing this question, everyone looked over, obviously very curious about the identities of Qinglong and his companions. Where did this young man come from?

"Lord Qinglong, this person is from the same Jinyiwei as me. He is also the commander of Jinyiwei. His name is Liu Qi!" Shen Zhong in the crowd stepped forward a few steps and reported.

Before, he was invisible in the crowd, but now as soon as he showed up, Liu Qi recognized him at the first sight. He didn't care why Shen Zhong was so respectful to Qinglong.

Now he only knew that this was a good opportunity. Not only could he push the responsibility away, but he might even be able to kill Shen Zhong. Then wouldn't his promotion to commander be a foregone conclusion?
"My Lord, it's Shen Zhong. These are Shen Zhong's men. It's him..."

Before Liu Qi could finish his excited words, he felt a huge force coming from his chest, which made this expert below the eighth rank unable to resist and sent him flying backwards.

Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, Liu Qi crashed into a pillar before barely stopping. They seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking faintly, and the pillar was bent by the impact.

However, Liu Qi was an expert among the seventh rank after all. Although he was seriously injured, he did not die. However, he had lost his ability to move and could only stare at Qinglong with his bloodshot eyes.

This scene frightened him so much that he was about to speak to show his presence, but fortunately, everyone around Wei Jian didn't dare to say anything. They swallowed their saliva and looked at Qinglong in fear.

The leader, Wei Jian, also realized something was wrong. He looked at Qing Long with a gloomy face and said, "Who are you? Do you know who I am?"

"I am the Marquis of Changning, the Queen Mother's brother. Aren't you afraid that I will report you to the Queen Mother?"

Hearing his words, Qinglong, who had just put away his feet, finally started to speak the first sentence: "Are you Changning Marquis Wei Jian? The Queen Mother's brother?"

Seeing that Qinglong had no intention of taking action, Wei Jian's heart relaxed instantly. The panic on his face disappeared, and he began to think carefully.

He knew Liu Qi's strength, he was very strong, otherwise he would not have tried to win over Liu Qi. But this man was able to kick Liu Qi away with one kick. Could he be a ninth-grade master?

If he could win over a ninth-rank master, then... Wei Jian's heart was burning with excitement, and a smile appeared on his face again.

"Although it is a bit rude of you, the warriors of the Jinyiwei, to come here uninvited, I never mind such things. Since you are here, why don't you sit down and have a drink together?"

"Since the warrior has such martial arts skills, I will definitely report it to the Queen Mother. It is not impossible for me to let the warrior become the commander of the Jinyiwei!"

Wei Jian's words made many people gasp. Some looked at Qinglong with envy, while others looked at Liu Qi with sympathy.

Just when everyone thought that the matter was over and Qinglong would definitely agree, they saw Qinglong taking the imperial edict handed over by Xuanwu and speaking to the confused crowd.

(End of this chapter)