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

Chapter 58: The shocked and angry Emperor Qing won a small victory!
The Imperial Palace of Qing.

At the hour of Xu at night, the imperial palace was under curfew and no minister was allowed to see the emperor. This was clearly stipulated in the law and was also part of the ancestral rule.

But the imperial study was a little different tonight.

"Your Majesty! I thought I would never see you again!!"

"I have gone through countless hardships, traveled through mountains and rivers, and endured pain that others could hardly imagine, but the moment I saw you, Your Majesty, I felt that it was all worth it!"

Xin Qiwu knelt on the ground, crying with tears streaming down his face.

Although what he said was false, he was really crying.

pain! It hurts so much!

After being tossed around for more than seven days, he knelt on the ground as soon as he came back. He now felt like his butt was no longer his own.

The intense pain made him cry so hard that his lungs were torn apart.

Even Emperor Qing began to doubt whether what he said was true.

Otherwise, why would he cry so sincerely?
Emperor Qing leaned on the couch and looked at him with indifferent eyes: "Get up and talk."

"Didn't you go as an envoy to negotiate? Why are you back so soon? Could it be that Northern Qi made some excessive demands and you can't make up your mind?"

"Then you don't have to come back. You can just send someone to deliver the message."

Hearing this, Xin Qiwu cried even harder.

He had thought about sending someone to pass the news of the breach of Longmen Pass back to Kyoto so that he could find a place to recuperate.

In fact he did.

But whether he sent a message through someone, a carrier pigeon, or even someone from the Inspection Bureau, he failed.

The man was sent out in the morning, and the head and the letter appeared at his bedside in the evening!
Let carrier pigeons deliver the message. Pigeons fly out during the day, and pigeon soup is drunk at night!

Knowing that he was being targeted, he went to find the branch of the Inspection Institute. As a result, as soon as he came out, all the people in the Inspection Institute were dead!
Helpless and afraid of death, he could only set off for the capital despite his illness.

After stopping and walking along the way, it took me four days to get back to Kyoto.

Only he himself knows the pain!

"Your Majesty! I did go to negotiate, but when I hurried to Longmen Pass, I found that... Longmen Pass had been breached by Northern Qi!"

"I wanted to pass the news back, but I was afraid that the letter would be intercepted along the way. I was really worried, so I turned back and reported it in person!"

"I was terrified all along the way, fearing that I would be ambushed by Northern Qi, and then I would never see your Majesty again!!"

"Thanks to your Majesty's blessing, I was able to return to Kyoto safely. As soon as I got back, I immediately came to report the news!"

'bump!!'

Emperor Qing slammed the table so hard that Xin Qiwu stopped crying.

Looking at Emperor Qing with an angry face, Xin Qiwu swallowed fearfully.

Eunuch Hou was already kneeling on the ground, trembling.

Emperor Qing walked up to Xin Qiwu and looked at him with extremely cold eyes: "What did you just say? Longmen Pass was breached by Northern Qi?"

"Do you know that the crime of deceiving the emperor is to exterminate the entire clan?"

Longmen Pass is the first gateway to the Kingdom of Qing, so it is naturally heavily guarded. Given its natural location, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the defenders are all veterans.

There is also a branch of the Inspection Institute in the city to ensure the smooth flow of information and prevent secret agents from infiltrating.

Even if Longmen Pass was breached, unless all the people in the Inspection Institute were killed, there would be no way that no news would be sent back!
He knows very well the capabilities of the Inspection Bureau!

Even though they had suffered repeated defeats against Northern Qi, it did not mean that they were incapable, but that they had underestimated the enemy. Now Xin Qiwu told him that Longmen Pass had been breached, and the Inspection Institute had not sent back any news. Is this possible?

Are the Jinyiwei of Northern Qi really that powerful? Can they suppress the Inspection Institute in the city of Qing?

Xin Qiwu was so frightened that he immediately kowtowed and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is wise!!"

"I am loyal to Your Majesty, and there is absolutely no falsehood in what I say!"

"There is indeed a Northern Qi army flag flying over Longmen Pass. I am willing to guarantee it with my life!"

He was crying with tears and snot, and his voice was so miserable.

Unlike before, this time he didn't cry because of pain, but because he was scared.

The words of exterminating the entire nine clans have even come out, which shows that Emperor Qing is really angry.

Compared with the survival of the nine clans, what does a little pain in the butt matter?
When Emperor Qing saw Xin Qiwu's look, his heart sank.

It’s not that he believed in Xin Qiwu’s loyalty, but he understood that Xin Qiwu was a man who was afraid of death.

How could someone who is afraid of death tell lies about something like this?
"You must be responsible for what you said. Don't think I dare not kill all your clans!"

Emperor Qing threw his sleeves and walked back to the bed, his voice filled with uncontrollable anger: "Send Chen Pingping!!!"

Part of his anger came from the fact that Longmen Pass was breached by Northern Qi, but it was only a small part. It would be enough to just take it back after a border pass was breached.

What really made him angry and frightened was the Inspection Institute!
If a border is lost, it can be retaken, but if the Inspection Institute is abolished, he can’t create a new one.

Even if a similar institution is established, it will never be able to do better than the Inspection Bureau.

If the Inspection Institute was suppressed to the point that it couldn't even send any news back, then he really couldn't imagine how powerful the Northern Qi Jinyiwei had become.

Does he know exactly how many grains of rice he eats in one meal?
Then wouldn't it be easy to poison him or assassinate him?
Although he was not afraid, he would never allow such danger to exist where he lay!
Emperor Qing's breathing became rapid, his chest heaving violently. He hadn't been this angry in many years.

Xin Qiwu, who was kneeling on the ground, was so scared that he almost peed his pants. He even dared to cover his mouth when crying, for fear that he would be dragged down and beaten to death by Emperor Qing on the spot.

Why is it always him who gets nothing? What sin has he committed!!!
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The next day, early morning at the Royal Villa.

Chen Luo had just gotten up when he received a secret letter from Luo Wang.

[Emperor Qing was furious when he learned that Longmen Pass had been lost, and summoned Chen Pingping overnight. It is unknown what they discussed specifically, but it is known that Chen Pingping stayed indoors after returning, and the Black Cavalry was mobilized to head towards Longmen Pass! ]

After reading the secret letter, Chen Luo showed a satisfied smile on his face.

It seems that Emperor Qing likes the gift he gave very much.

It was not in vain that he asked Luowang's people to do everything they could to cover up the news of the fall of Longmen Pass.

If Emperor Qing had received the news as soon as Longmen Pass was lost, he would at most be a little angry.

But if it is like now, Longmen Pass has been lost for many days and there is no news from the Inspection Institute.

Then Emperor Qing is not just angry!

If Longmen Pass is lost, it can be recaptured, but if the Inspection Institute is abolished, it will be truly abolished!

Only in this way will Emperor Qing put pressure on Chen Pingping and force Chen Pingping to come to him!

It seems that he won this round by a small margin!

"You're smiling so happily so early in the morning. Did something good happen?"

Haitang Duoduo walked to Chen Luo with a relieved look on her face and sat down next to him.

(End of this chapter)