Joy of Life: I, a man, became the Queen of Northern Qi?

Chapter 98: Am I Afraid of the Queen Mother?
Although there is no visible change in the amount of water in rivers in autumn, it is gradually beginning to evolve naturally towards drying up. The migrant laborers on both sides of the river are carrying goods like ants. Perhaps a busy day has made them a little listless. After all, the money they earn is not proportional to their efforts, which makes it difficult for them to work hard.

Taking some time off, everyone followed the river surface that made them tired of watching and watched what was happening here:

The three young men were escorted by the men behind them and half-knelt on the ground with their hands behind their backs. They did not dare to resist, but looked around anxiously, as if waiting for someone who could rescue them to appear. The young master of the Guo residence stood aside with a solemn expression, watching the development of this thorny matter with a lot on his mind, wondering if it would affect his father.

"Jingzhao Prefecture is investigating a case, all outsiders please leave!"

"Back off, back off, there's nothing to see!"

A group of people rushed into the field. Although they shouted loudly, they did not use any force, which was in accordance with the procedure.

Li An sat on a wooden stool, with tea next to him. It was simple, but Zhao Gao was attentive enough. Li An raised his cup with a smile, watching the scene coldly, but without any reaction, as if everything was as expected and natural!

"I am Yuan Xinxiong, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture. Who is reporting the case?" Yuan Xinxiong walked into the scene with a sour face. He immediately saw three people kneeling on the ground. His heart sank: the man below was not talking nonsense, he really was the son of the Minister of Revenue.

"I reported the case! I reported the case!"

When Zhou Qinsheng met the officials who came to Beijing, he was more excited than meeting his real parents. He shouted, "I am Zhou Qinsheng, the son of the Minister of Revenue. There was a murder case here, and I am somehow involved. I was supposed to go to Jingzhao Prefecture, but I was detained here!"

Ignoring Zhou Qinsheng, Yuan Xinxiong pushed through the crowd and looked to the side.
When he came, he had already thought about the interests involved. The person who dared to take Zhou Qinsheng must be of high status. He only needed to smooth things over and wait for the two sides to come to a conclusion before performing his duties!

Li An glanced at him from the corner of his eye. He forced himself to remain calm and stepped forward to salute, saying, "The Empress Defei and the Grand Princess are here. I am the humble servant who has meddled in other people's business."

As the words "Empress Defei" and "Grand Princess" came out, everyone in the room fell silent.

This made Zhou Qinsheng realize that using his father's name to force the issue might not work. He could only reverse the nature of the matter and try to get a lenient treatment! His experience of admitting his mistakes many times over the years made him calm down a little, and he kept winking at the two followers.
"Sir Yuan is the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture. You are supposed to handle and decide cases. How can you be said to be meddling in other people's affairs?"

Seeing the silence in the room, everyone was waiting for his opinion. Li An, who was standing by, was at ease, with a disdainful smile on his face. He looked at Yuan Xinxiong coldly, his anger increased by three points, and he said sarcastically:

"Lord Yuan is diligent in handling cases and does everything himself. He is admirable! After receiving a report, he even rushes to the scene in person. I wonder if one person can handle such a huge city like Shangjing?"

"Your Majesty, your words are too serious."

Yuan Xinxiong was calm and composed. Facing Li An's sarcasm, he was more like a bachelor than an honest man. He said, "Rats have their own ways, and officials have their own ways. This job in Jingzhao Prefecture is like this. It involves many relationships. If you are not careful, it will be difficult to do it for a long time, and you will not get a result that will satisfy Your Majesty."

Please understand how difficult it is for me.
It's embarrassing to say that I'm playing with sympathy, but it's also the truth.

Therefore, Li An did not embarrass him. He just smiled at Haitang Duoduo beside him and signaled her to tell Yuan Xinxiong what happened first.

After Yuan Xinxiong finished listening, Li An laughed and asked, "The body of the woman is here. Tell me, was this civilian woman who died by hitting her head against the wall unable to let go or let go?"

If a person is sick, he can take medicine, but why should we eat people if the world is sick?
Hearing Li An's unfriendly tone, Yuan Xinxiong pondered for a moment and turned to ask the three people on the ground: "Do you have different testimonies to give?"

Seeing the prefect's official tone, Zhou Qinsheng was not surprised but delighted. He said loudly, "Of course I have something to say!"

"Before, maybe Concubine De had a misunderstanding! That woman was not a commoner, she was just a prostitute!"

Zhou Qinsheng spoke very quickly, but his expression gradually calmed down. The two followers in front of him listened with their eyes brightened and responded in unison: "Yes, she was a secret prostitute. I don't know what happened to her, but she committed suicide afterwards!"

"That's right, Prefect Yuan! We were also surprised to hear that she committed suicide!"

Haitang Duoduo was almost laughing out of anger. As a woman, she had already made up her mind that even if she had to resort to force, she would deal with these playboys afterwards.

Now, let's wait for Li An'er and the eldest princess to deal with it.

"This"

What he said made sense and well-founded. Yuan Xinxiong turned around and said, "Your Majesty, what do you think about this matter?" What he meant was, Your Majesty, do you have any actual evidence or have you witnessed the process with your own eyes?
Yuan Xinxiong was also panicked at this time, which led him to make a big mistake!
"Is it difficult to check? Are you the prefect or am I the prefect?"

"Evidence? Haha."

Li An was so angry that he laughed. He shouted, "What evidence do I need to give? To this beast? Now he has to prove his innocence and find a way to escape from my Five Finger Mountain! Yuan Xinxiong, I think you are getting old and confused!"

Yuan Xinxiong didn't dare to retort. He ordered the coroner who followed to examine the body. Then he glanced at Zhou Qinsheng and waited silently.

The deceased was a female, and was raped. Haitang Duoduo couldn't bear it, so she went over to help the coroner to check. Since it was also a female, it was more convenient.

"My lady, that person is really a secret prostitute!"

"My lady."

"Shut up!" Zhou Qinsheng shouted, scaring the two followers so much that they trembled. Then they begged, "My Lord, I am the son of the Minister of Revenue. Can you please forgive us this time for my father's service to the country?"

Zhou Qinsheng fell to the ground, and the other two followed suit.

In order to avoid the case, they now want to take a roundabout route. In fact, they have also provided a staircase at this time. Afterwards, no matter what it takes, as long as Empress Defei can gently raise her hand and come down the stairs, everything will be fine!
This is good for everyone, so why force it so hard?

"Your father is the Minister of Revenue? Even if your father is Li Gang, it won't work!" Li An's cold words made everyone in the room kneel down silently. "Under the emperor's feet, you are so reckless and rape women. You can find an excuse so quickly afterwards. I can imagine how many big crimes you have committed in the past! How many people have died in your hands!"

Most conceited people are like this. They always feel that they are different from others, but they can't tell what is special about them.

It takes eighty-one difficulties for a good person to become a Buddha, but it only takes an evil person laying down his butcher knife to become a Buddha.

——Why?
The results of the inspection came out quickly: "There was blood on the victim's private parts. She was a virgin before she was raped. The rest of the traces... Humph."

Haitang Duoduo snorted coldly, her hands already on the double axes at her waist, looking at the few people with murderous intent on her face.

"A whore? Haha, what a whore!"

"If it's a deal, you have to pay for it, right? Come on, come on, tell me, how much money did you give that woman afterwards? It's getting late today, if anyone can say for sure, you can leave now."

If what you said is correct, you can leave. But what if it is not correct?
Li An didn't say it, but the three of them deceived Concubine De in order to escape punishment, which was already an aggravated crime. They might have made things worse!
No matter what, it was just the life of a commoner woman. The queen was not willing to give in. It seemed that she was not going to let him and others go. Zhou Qinsheng no longer cared about the money. He just said with a gloomy face: "Queen Defei! My father is the Queen Mother's man and the head of the six ministries in the court. Please think twice!"

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Xinxiong shook his head silently.
But he was now a member of the little emperor's camp, so as to fulfill his duty, he reminded him, "Why didn't you ask His Majesty for his opinion on this case? The Queen Mother..."

Feudal dynasties have always been like this. It is difficult for a 21st century soul to truly adapt to it. Ang Lee has exhausted all his expectations, and his heart is at peace now.

He half-jokingly said, "How about I go and apologize to the Queen Mother now?"

The world is so magical sometimes.

When you tell the truth, he thinks you are lying; when you tell a lie, he thinks you are joking; but when you finally tell a joke, he actually takes it seriously.
Hearing this, Zhou Qinsheng raised his head and responded calmly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to do this. This matter is all my fault. If Your Majesty can show mercy today, I will definitely change my past and never commit the same mistake again! We will also speak well of Your Majesty to the Queen Mother. In the future, if Your Majesty sends you any orders, we will not refuse!"

He thought that this was Concubine De's purpose. She wanted to use this matter to blackmail him and gain benefits. The ultimate target was his father.

My disaster is over.
After saying that, he was about to stand up, but he didn't expect that the pressure on his body did not decrease at all. For a moment, he felt a sharp pain and was unable to move.

This is a brainless person. Guo Zhengkang is already looking at a dead man.

Naturally, without his order, how could those big men easily withdraw their hands?

"Your Highness?" Zhou Qinsheng looked a little confused, not understanding what he meant. Didn't you soften your attitude just now? He lowered his voice in disbelief and said, "Your Highness, why do you have to offend the Queen Mother for a small person like me? I have heard a lot of things. If your Highness needs money, I will..."

"Hahaha!"

“It’s truly amazing!”

The atmosphere was extremely strange. Li An smiled and shook his head, saying softly, "You and money are not important to me." "Then what is important to Your Majesty? Please tell me directly. If I have it, it's no problem!"

The feeling of uneasiness was growing stronger, mainly because the people around him started looking at him in strange ways, which made him want to cling to any life-saving straw he could find.

Little did they know what it meant to expose the relationship between the Minister of Revenue and the Queen Mother. How could people not wonder where the money he wanted to use to buy his life came from?
There are many people who cheat their fathers.

This is the first time that money has been used to implicate the son of the Minister of Revenue.

"What is important to me?" Li An glanced around the room. Everyone who was touched by his gaze lowered their heads silently. A smile appeared on his face, and he answered Zhou Qinsheng word by word: "Without you, it is very important to me!"

"My lady, this person is..."

Yuan Xinxiong was about to persuade him further but was interrupted by Li An.

He stood up and asked the increasing number of people standing outside in a loud voice, his voice spreading far away: "Should these people be killed?"

Seeing that the nobles in the scene were asking for the opinions of ordinary people like them, many people also understood what had happened.
Some of them also lived in this area, and they didn't want this to happen to them one day, so they shouted without hesitation: "Kill him! Kill him!"

"If you kill someone, you should pay with your life!"

"You actually said that virgins are secret prostitutes. I think all the women in his family are secret prostitutes!"

"Old man Chen, keep your voice down!"

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"."

"Master Yuan, killing him is what the people want~"

"What I mean is"

"You can't tell the people to shut up, can you?" Li An waved his hand and walked towards the river, brushing his sleeves in the strong wind, and said calmly: "You will do this! Do it now!"

Yuan Xinxiong shuddered and stood there in shock.

WTF?

Your Majesty, you are surrounded by many experts. It would only take one strike to kill him. You could even let that kid from the Guo family do it! Why are you asking me to kill the son of the Minister of Revenue myself?
As the prefect, I am truly unrivalled in my position!

——There is no one at either end!
"My lady, this is against the rules." Yuan Xinxiong said in embarrassment. No matter what, this knife cannot be cut easily! If he does not move, at most he will lose his job. If he moves, then the end will be...
"Master Yuan, do you see that fishing boat on the river?"

Li An pointed at two figures standing on a small boat on the river and said, "I like this scene very much, but you still need to be careful to control the boat and don't let it capsize. After all, I can only save one person~"

It seems that I can forget about retiring and returning home.
The Empress Defei was clearly threatening him. If Zhou Qinsheng didn't die, then he, Yuan Xinxiong, would die! She was going to stick to this path until the end, right?
"Here comes the knife!"

Yuan Xinxiong's face was full of righteousness. So many people were watching him. The queen had given an order. Mr. Zhou, don't blame him. An official from Jingzhao Prefecture moved quickly. He took off his sword in an instant, stepped forward and handed it to the prefect.

Yuan Xinxiong glared at the newcomers: I've never seen you guys so smart before! Can't you be a little slower?

He glanced at Concubine De with a look of contempt, and then he drew out his long sword and planned to strike without further delay.
"Wait a minute!"

The blade was healed and Yuan Xinxiong breathed a sigh of relief.

The person who came was Zhou Qinsheng's father, the elusive Minister of Revenue of the current dynasty - Zhou Jing!
Obviously, he had also received the news and hurried here. The man was still on the horse in the distance when he saw the scene. He was so frightened that he quickly shouted to stop it.

"cut!"

Calculation is the abacus in speech, and language is the abacus in calculation.

Li An didn't want to argue with the other person any more, so he shouted angrily and showed his power. Yuan Xinxiong's eyes flashed fiercely, and he swung his hands, really using all his skills. With a flash of the knife, three heads rolled to the ground!

Blood splattered on the spot.

As the scarlet liquid spread, the sky and the ground exchanged identities. Looking up, the sky was dark, while the stars were shining underfoot.

Just like the scene reflected in the eyes of the three beheaded people.
"son!"

"son!!!"

As the horse approached, Zhou Jing jumped off the horse, pushed aside the crowd of onlookers, threw himself on the ground, and held the rolling head in his arms, ignoring the blood on the ground, murmuring: "My son! Your father is too late, your father is too late!"

He doesn't know martial arts, but he is full of blood and energy.

Bloodshot instantly filled my eyes, I felt my breathing was blocked, and everything went black in front of my eyes!
After a pause, he turned around and glared at Yuan Xinxiong like a vicious tiger, shouting, "How dare you! The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture did not follow the rules and arbitrarily carried out private punishment. You are cruel and brutal, worse than beasts! I will report you to the Queen Mother and His Majesty!"

"I tell you to pay with blood!"

Facing Zhou Jing's angry threats, Yuan Xinxiong remained indifferent. What he had done was done, so there was nothing to regret! At this moment, he was thinking whether he should take the opportunity to frame a crime and directly behead this old dog.
He doesn't worry about having too much debt, as he has His Majesty in front of him and Concubine De behind him. What he wants is to get things done thoroughly. If you don't uproot the grass, it will grow again when spring breeze comes!
He tightened the knife in his hand, observed Zhou Jing's neck, thought of excuses in his mind, and was eager to try!
Zhou Jing shrank his neck when he was looked at by the other party, and then he became even more furious. He was about to speak but was interrupted by Li Ang's loud shout!
"Old dog!"

"What are you barking about?"

"Your Highness?" Zhou Jing turned around and uttered through gritted teeth, "I was just describing the crimes of the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture. I wonder why Your Highness is so angry and insulting me?"

"Humph!"

With a sneer, Li An walked up to Zhou Jing and said bluntly, "Why do you have to keep making indirect accusations? You know everything, you just don't want to admit it. Not to mention scolding you in person, if you can't hear clearly, I can carve you on the tombstone!"

"I still don't understand what your Majesty means!"

Zhou Jing's face was extremely gloomy!
"Don't you understand what I mean?" Li An was not afraid at all. Instead, his momentum became even stronger. He pointed his hand toward the outside of the field and said seriously, "Did you see the old dog at the roadside? This dog is smarter than humans because it can understand human language, but some people can't compare to that."

"Your family has caused trouble, but you don't reflect on yourself and discipline them, and you just let them do whatever they want and take human lives! Before your son died, he even wanted to bribe me with money. Where did he get the money from? Is there even a tael of silver that is clean? "

"Minister Zhou is indeed a pillar of the country. He is busy with state affairs all day long and doesn't even have time to discipline his own son. He also didn't attend the eldest princess' coming-of-age ceremony! Since you don't have time to discipline him, I will do it!"

This is how the world is. As the old saying goes, you are what you eat, so suffering will not make you a superior person.
——You have to eat people!

Perhaps, Zhou Jing didn't care who the dead civilian woman was or why she died. He only cared about his son's life!

Do you still think that Northern Qi was the same as before? It was no longer the same since the day Li An entered the palace!

"Well, then I'll be frank with you! Your Majesty behaves so perversely. She is truly without moral integrity and unworthy of being an imperial consort!" Zhou Jing simply tore his hostility against her. At this point, he thought that Concubine De had grown strong enough to challenge the status of the empress dowager!

This is a power struggle between Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!

Poor thing, my own son would be operated on
"I will report this matter to the Queen Mother truthfully, and she will make the final decision!"

"This Da Qi is not your Da Qi!" Hatred flashed in Zhou Jing's eyes. He wanted to use all his strength. Even if he had to completely surrender to someone, he would make this Defei fall to the mortal world!

Ha ha.

You think I'm afraid of the Queen Mother?
Li An looked at Zhou Jing with disdain: If he doesn't make the Queen Mother cry and beg for mercy tonight, his surname Li will
Write it backwards!
(End of this chapter)