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

Chapter 80 Qingguo's face? My insoles!
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Qing Kingdom, early morning court meeting.

Court meetings were not held every day, but only once every three days.

The morning court sessions in the Northern Qi Dynasty were held every day without any gaps.

Originally, this was the case in the Kingdom of Qing, but after Emperor Qing ascended the throne, it was changed to once every three days.

Yesterday was the fifteenth, and today happens to be the third day of the court meeting for court officials.

The ministers were waiting in the Qinzheng Hall early.

"I thought the court meeting was going to be held in the Imperial Study, but I didn't expect it to be held in the Qinzheng Hall. Is there something important going on?"

"Did Lord Li forget that the Queen of Northern Qi is still in my Qingdu?"

"Look at my memory. The peace talks between the two countries haven't started yet. I guess this is the matter they'll discuss this time."

"I think so too. Last time, Your Majesty wanted to... but he didn't expect that the Queen of Northern Qi was so talented and brilliant. This time, she should discuss peace talks with us."

The court officials gathered in twos and threes and discussed in low voices.

From time to time, someone would cast their eyes towards the two chairs on the left side of the platform.

At this time, Prime Minister Lin Ruofu and General Qin Ye were already sitting there with their eyes closed to rest.

Even the Crown Prince and the Second Prince were standing on the right side waiting early.

But the only person missing was the Director of the Inspection Committee, Chen Pingping.

But no one talked about this matter. After all, Chen Pingping was not an easy person to get along with.

Someone had been talking about Chen Pingping behind his back before, and the next day the evidence of that person's crime fell into Emperor Qing's hands.

They were afraid of the Inspection Bureau's capabilities, but what frightened them even more was that the man did not curse Chen Pingping, but only mentioned Chen Pingping a few words.

As a result, the evidence of his crime was made public, and his entire family was executed!

Since then, no one dared to mention Chen Pingping behind her back.

"Your Majesty has arrived!!!"

The moment when Eunuch Hou’s voice sounded.

All the officials knelt on the ground, and Lin Ruofu and Qin Ye also stood up and bowed.

"Your Majesty, welcome!!"

After the greeting, there was no sound of standing up for a long time.

All I heard was several people dragging something and running anxiously up to the platform.

All the officials were curious, but no one dared to look up.

Doing that means you think you have lived too long and are planning to take your family and move to the underworld!
After a while, the ministers' legs were sore from kneeling.

The noisy footsteps just stopped, and not long after, Emperor Qing's voice came from above.

"Be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!!"

The ministers, whose legs were aching from kneeling, hurriedly thanked the emperor and got up.

They looked up and found that a black gauze curtain had been hung in front of the dragon case at some point.

They could only see the vague figure of Emperor Qing, but could not see his appearance.

Although I was very curious why Emperor Qing hung this gauze curtain.

But no minister asked any more questions, as everyone knew that there was a reason for hanging the gauze curtain.

Knowing what Emperor Qing wanted to hide, if they still asked stupidly, wouldn't they be courting death? ?
The second prince crossed his arms and looked at the black gauze curtain with his eyes flickering slightly.

I don’t know what he was thinking of, but the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a somewhat sarcastic smile, but then he returned to calm.

"Do you know why I am meeting you all behind a curtain today?"

Emperor Qing's voice was calm, but it frightened the ministers.

They knew Emperor Qing, and since he said so, there was most likely something going on.

Most likely he was trying to hit someone, or... all of them! No one answered, and Emperor Qing was not angry. He continued calmly:
"The ancients said that people's hearts are hidden behind their belly. Through this layer of belly, no one can see what the other person's heart is like."

"I put up this curtain today, not for anything else, but just to see how many people in the court really care about the country of Qing!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials were so frightened that they immediately knelt down, and even Lin Ruofu and Qin Ye stood up immediately.

No one dared to speak, not because they didn't know what to say.

But those words of loyalty were of no use.

Instead, it will attract the attention of Emperor Qing, and if you are not careful, you will lose your head!
"Everyone, get up. Doesn't it hurt to kneel down?"

"You are all important officials of our Qing Kingdom, the pillars of the country!"

"I wonder if anyone can tell me what I should pay for the peace talks between Qing and Northern Qi in order to get back Qing's 80,000 soldiers?"

"Exchange back the border town of Longmen Pass? Exchange back... my eldest prince?"

Emperor Qing's question almost made the ministers who had just stood up kneel down again.

It’s not that they are cowardly, but this question is difficult to answer.

The peace talks between the two countries were already a disgrace to Qing, the defeated country.

If the peace terms offered are good enough, the negotiations will certainly be successful, but they will also be condemned by the people afterwards.

After all, ministers who go to negotiate are a mark of shame, especially those who propose generous peace terms!

The people don't care why this happened. They only know that in order to negotiate, generous conditions were promised to the enemy country. They will put all the blame on the minister who offered the generous conditions!

In order to quell public anger, Emperor Qing will definitely not keep that person.

However, the conditions proposed were not generous, which made Northern Qi dissatisfied and unwilling to negotiate.

Even if all the more than 80,000 prisoners were killed, it would still arouse public indignation. In the end, it would still mean death, and a more miserable death.

Good conditions, die!
Poor conditions, death!
It is impossible for anyone to offer conditions that satisfy both parties, so this is a dead end!
"Aren't you all pillars of our country? Aren't you all talented people of Qing? Aren't you all well-read?"

"How come you can't even answer a question like this?"

Emperor Qing had a gloomy expression, and the two wounds on his face made him look somewhat hideous.

This time he really wanted to take the opportunity to warn the ministers.

Otherwise, he could have hung up the curtains earlier, or gone to the imperial study which had curtains.

He had anticipated the ministers' reactions.

But when he actually saw it, he still felt a surge of anger.

This is the powerful official of Qing Kingdom? ?

Besides saving their lives, forming cliques, and taking bribes, what else can they do???
"Your Majesty, calm down!!"

The ministers knelt on the ground and shouted in unison.

The veins on the back of Emperor Qing's hand bulged, then calmed down in an instant.

With so many ministers together, it is impossible for him to kill all of them. Otherwise, the court would be deserted, which would be a small matter, and the government would collapse, which would be a big matter.

This is also what the ministers think, the law cannot hold everyone responsible!
The rest depends on who is unlucky enough to be singled out by Emperor Qing.

Let's find someone to take the blame and today's matter will be over.

Just when Emperor Qing was about to call out a few ministers to answer.

A eunuch hurriedly ran into the hall and instantly attracted everyone's attention.

"Your Majesty! The Queen of Northern Qi and the Saintess of Northern Qi are here!!"

"They seemed very angry. The guards couldn't stop them, and Commander Gong was also seriously injured by the Saint of Northern Qi!"

Seriously injuring Gong Dian? Isn’t this just forcing the enemy to break in?

For a moment, all the officials were stunned.

The Queen of Northern Qi broke into the morning court of the Kingdom of Qing. Was this a provocation?
This is using the reputation of Qing country to wipe the soles of shoes!!!

(End of this chapter)