Strategy? I'm at full level and criticizing like crazy, taming sickly villains

Qin Ru sneered, attracting countless eyes to look at her.

Emperor Qing was originally not very happy with Qin Jue's perfunctory and fooling around. Now that Qin Ru was doing this again, he immediately became even more unhappy.

"Aru."

He didn't say anything more, he just called Qin Ru, his voice full of warning.

Qin Ru was not afraid at all and did not want to make things worse.

She immediately stood up and apologized, "Father, forgive me. I just didn't expect that my fifth brother would use such a thing to fool my father... I just lost my etiquette for a moment."

As she said that, she glanced at Jiang Li below and continued, "To be honest, I met the fifth brother and Princess Changrong when I was shopping a few days ago."

"The two of them spent a long time shopping in the store, but in the end they only bought the cheapest thing... which was this jade Ruyi."

"If I remember correctly... I only spent ten taels of silver to buy it."

"I thought they were buying it for themselves, but I never expected that they would actually buy it for their father as a birthday gift. This is really..."

At this point, Emperor Qing's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Originally, this was not a big deal. Emperor Qing was not very happy at most, but he would not say anything.

But now the Ruyi price of the jadeite was clearly stated by Qin Ru, and her words revealed how careless Qin Jue was when choosing the gift.

In front of so many people, at least Qin Jue was perfunctory, at worst it meant that he didn't take Emperor Qing seriously at all and had no respect at all!

In this way, if this matter is easily resolved, Emperor Qing's face will really have no place to put it.

So at this moment, the anger in Emperor Qing's heart was not only directed at Qin Jue, but also at Qin Ru.

He was so angry in his heart, it didn't matter that his daughter was usually out of tune, and it didn't matter if she was a little stupid.

But why does she have to jump out and cause trouble at this time?

In front of the Liang State envoy, he was shameless and kept him there.

It makes no sense not to deal with Qin Jue at the moment, and it will make him lose his majesty as an emperor.

But Qin Jue is still of great use to him. How can he just deal with it?

At this time, someone was needed to smooth things over, but the queen didn't like Qin Jue. Even if she could figure out Emperor Qing's intentions, she would just pretend she didn't know anything and sit there calmly drinking tea.

Fortunately, there was Concubine Yao next to her. She scolded Qin Ru with a stern face, "Princess, be careful what you say!"

"The gift that King Donglin chose for the Emperor must have been carefully thought out. You may have remembered it incorrectly, so don't make any random arrangements here and don't back down!"

Qin Ru had always been dissatisfied with Concubine Yao, and now she was squeezing her neck and said, "Concubine Yao, what do you mean? Do you think I am maliciously arranging for my fifth brother?"

"It was only two days ago. I saw it clearly. There is no way I can remember it wrong!"

As she said this, she raised her hand to Emperor Qing and said, "Father, my fifth brother is obviously deliberately trying to be perfunctory and has no respect at all!"

"My son, I can't stand it at all. I'm complaining about my father!"

Emperor Qing: "..."

This daughter is really stupid as hell, too bad!

Concubine Yao was also a little embarrassed by being pushed, so she had to look at Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing took a deep breath and had no choice but to look at Qin Jue and said coldly, "Lao Wu, what do you say?"

Qin Jue had no excuse before, but there was no trace of panic on his face.

It wasn't until Emperor Qing asked at this time that he cupped his hands and said, "Return to my father, the eldest princess is right. I did buy this Ruyi jade with ten taels of silver that day."

As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Good guy, you fooled the emperor with something worth ten taels of silver and you still dare to admit it in public?

Is this King Donglin without a brain? Even if it is true, you should not admit it right now!

Everyone was surprised, and they had the mentality of enjoying the show.

Only Meng Wanwan was really worried about Qin Jue and couldn't help but want to stand up and say something for him.

But as soon as he moved, he was grabbed by Luo Qing and couldn't stand up.

Luo Qing shook her head at her and whispered, "He is not a fool. The prince of Qing Kingdom still needs you, a princess of Liang Kingdom, to support him?"

If she couldn't handle such a trivial matter... She couldn't help but glance at Jiang Li across from her, thinking to herself that someone like her would never fall in love with a complete waste, right? It’s not poverty alleviation.

Above, Emperor Qing's face was also a little ugly, and he cursed Qin Jue in his heart. Even if it is true, why the hell can't you make an excuse now? How could one or two of them be so troublesome!

He was about to speak with a dark face, but Qin Jue continued, "It's just that I don't agree with what the eldest princess said. The price reflects your feelings."

"Father, you are the most noble person in the world. The whole world belongs to you. How can you blindly pursue nobleness?"

"There are three reasons why I use this Bing Ruyi as a birthday gift to my father."

"First, I hope that everything goes well for my father in the future, and second, I hope that my father will be as clear and transparent as he is."

"Three... When I bought it, I didn't know the value or the quality of jade. I just thought it was clear, beautiful, elegant and unique."

"Later, I learned about its value. Although I felt sad in my heart, I didn't feel that it became unsightly because of its cheap price."

"So the third reason is because I believe that my father is not such a superficial person and would only use price to measure the quality of something."

"It's like the winter plum blossoms blooming outside. You can break off a branch and take it home without spending money, but no one will think that it doesn't cost money, so it doesn't look good."

After saying this, Qin Jue pointed out to Emperor Qing, "The above is all what I thought when I chose the gift. It is definitely not disrespectful to my father as the eldest princess said."

This eloquent argument made Emperor Qing look much better, and he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction in his heart.

Not bad, finally not as stupid as Qin Ru.

But Qin Ru was anxious. She was willing to risk her father's anger and make Qin Jue pay the price, but in the end, how could he expose her so easily?

She immediately retorted anxiously, "What you said is nice! But it's not like there isn't something more beautiful than it. Why do you insist on..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Emperor Qing.

His voice was deep and he said impatiently, "Shut up! Aru, you've made enough trouble, why don't you back down?"

"But father..."

"I tell you to stand down!"

Emperor Qing slammed the teacup on the table, making a loud noise.

Qin Ru was startled and saw that Emperor Qing was really angry. In the end, she did not dare to say anything more. She just gritted her teeth and said, "...Yes."

Sitting back in her seat, Qin Ru glanced at Jiang Li with a face full of resentment... Just wait for me!

Jiang Li felt that it would be too out of character for her to argue with someone as stupid as Qin Ru.

Well, don’t argue with fools.

After drinking Qin Ru away, Emperor Qing glanced at Qin Jue and said lightly, "I have received your message, please step back."

There was no punishment or reward, but it was obviously a good result for Qin Jue.