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

Chapter 19: The ministers forced him to surrender, and Zhan Doudou became furious

Zhan Doudou was very surprised when she heard this, as if she had just learned about this. Under the gaze of everyone, she shook her head and said, "I don't know about this."

"It is true that Qinglong and his men are the new Jinyiwei commanders appointed by me, but I don't know what they did. Let me ask them. Summon Qinglong to the palace."

"Call the commander of the Imperial Guard, Qinglong, to the palace!" the eunuch shouted in a high-pitched, hoarse voice.

Zhan Doudou's fake acting almost made Chen Luo laugh. Although he had given her some sudden guidance last night and had seen how exaggerated Zhan Doudou's acting was, he still wanted to laugh when he saw her acting now.

Zhan Doudou looked at Chen Luo, who was almost convulsing from trying to hold back his laughter, with some resentment. If Chen Luo hadn't insisted on her acting out this scene, how could she have been humiliated?

The ministers below were also watching with their eyes and noses, and were speechless at Zhan Doudou's fake acting. They even suspected that Zhan Doudou did it on purpose.

The purpose is to give them a warning so as to pave the way for what happens next.

In fact, they really misunderstood Zhan Doudou. Her exaggerated acting skills are not fake!
Because he had been waiting outside for a long time, Qinglong, wearing a Feiyu robe, with the Fourteen Postures of the Great Qi on his back and an Embroidered Spring Sword on his waist, strode into the hall shortly after the audience was announced.

All the officials and the empress dowager behind the curtain were looking at him, with different expressions, but basically all filled with strong malice and curiosity.

Qinglong ignored the looks of these people and walked straight to the front and knelt on one knee: "Jinyiwei Commander Qinglong greets the queen, greets His Majesty!"

His words stunned many people, and then they all looked at Chen Luo, who was sitting next to Zhan Doudou and had not said a word from beginning to end, even the empress dowager behind the curtain was no exception.

The people here are basically all smart. It is impossible for a stupid person to stand here. How could they not hear the information revealed in Qinglong's words just now?
First visit the Queen, then visit the Emperor, this is obviously disrespectful, how can the Queen take pictures in front of the Emperor? But Zhan Doudou and Chen Luo didn't react, obviously they were used to it.

That means Qinglong is the Queen's man, and even those newly emerged Jinyiwei masters are the Queen's men!

They all knew that Baihu had killed an eighth-grade master with one sword last night. They were also curious about where these people came from.

Now it seems that these were all brought by Chen Luo, and Chen Luo is the queen appointed by Ku He, so these masters were most likely trained by Ku He!

When many ministers thought of this, they couldn't help but gasp. The more they thought about it, the more they felt it was right. Those who had something to hide turned pale, with cold sweat soaking their official uniforms.

Does this mean that Ku He supports Zhan Dou Dou? Will what they did anger Ku He? They can't bear the wrath of the Grand Master!
The Queen Mother looked at Haitang Duoduo with an inquiring look, but got a negative answer of shaking her head. This made her even more confused. If it wasn't Ku He's work, then where did these people come from?

"Qinglong, I heard from the Minister of Revenue that you arrested Marquis Changning last night. Why? Don't you know that he is the Queen Mother's brother and my uncle?" Zhan Doudou asked in pretended anger.

Her exaggerated acting skills still made many ministers' eyelids twitch, and it seemed difficult for them to pretend not to notice!
But more ministers still looked at Qinglong, wanting to see what he had to say.

Qinglong remained calm, straightened his waist and clasped his fists, saying: "I know! But Changning Marquis Wei Jian disregarded the law, oppressed the people, formed a clique for personal gain, and regarded the imperial power as nothing. His crime should be punished!!"

These words were powerful and although Qinglong was half-kneeling on the ground, he had a feeling of standing firm.

This made Uesugi Tora and other generals show admiring eyes and were very satisfied with Qinglong.

The other ministers did not have such thoughts. After hearing Qinglong's words, they all looked unhappy.

I thought this scene was to teach them a lesson, and that Changning Hou would release it after he was done with it, but it seemed that Qinglong was going to execute Changning Hou, and even confiscate his family and exterminate his clan! At this moment, all the ministers, regardless of their positions, were panicked. Who hadn't done something wrong? The Jinyiwei's knife might fall on them tomorrow, or even on their families!
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Queen Mother, the Marquis of Changning is a royal relative, you must not listen to others' words and punish him unjustly. This is disrespecting the royal family!"

"Your Majesty, Jinyiwei Commander Qinglong arrested the royal family without your Majesty's order, tarnishing the reputation of the royal family. This is a serious crime. I beg your Majesty to severely punish Qinglong to set things right!!"

"You must not believe in slander without evidence. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

All three forces reacted greatly to this incident, even the ministers of Zhan Doudou's faction knelt on the ground one after another.

It can be seen that all the ministers do not want to have another knife over their heads, especially a knife that will threaten their families!

Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground, feeling a little angry. What were they doing? Forcing the emperor to abdicate?
Chen Luo's eyes also turned cold. He patted Zhan Doudou's hand to comfort her, then looked at Qinglong who remained calm and asked, "Commander Qinglong, after listening to what the ministers said, do you have anything to say?"

"Everything must be based on evidence. Arresting people without evidence is against the law!"

Chen Luo avoided the main point and directly directed the question to the evidence.

Many ministers secretly cried out in dismay, saying that Changning Marquis Wei Jian had committed so many crimes!

But before they could say anything to stop him, Qinglong had already pulled out the files he had prepared long ago from his arms: "Empress, Your Majesty, these are the crimes and accounts of the Marquis of Changning!"

"There is a witness waiting outside the hall. You can summon him to the hall at any time!"

Upon seeing this, the eunuch immediately stepped forward to take the scroll, then turned around and handed it to Zhan Doudou. The more Zhan Doudou looked at it, the uglier his expression became, and his anger was evident in his words. This was not an act, he was really angry.

Seeing this scene, many ministers turned pale, realizing that they could not stop this. Many ministers who had close contacts with Wei Jian prayed silently that their names would not be on the scroll.

The queen mother behind the curtain weakly let go of the phoenix sculpture she was holding, her eyes full of fatigue and helplessness. As her red lips parted, an inaudible whisper rang out: "Doudou, he is your uncle."

Haitang Duoduo looked at the distraught empress dowager and could only put her hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

The Queen Mother treated her as her daughter, so why shouldn't she treat the Queen Mother as her mother?

She had been practicing with Ku He since she was a child, and the first time she experienced maternal love was from the Queen Mother.

But she also understood that many things had to be done, like what was happening now.

The Queen Mother held Haitang Duoduo's hand back without saying a word, just holding it quietly, as if this could make her feel more at ease.

'bump!!'

Zhan Doudou slammed the table, stood up and shouted angrily: "How dare you, how dare you!!"

"This is my uncle? This is the Queen Mother's brother? This is the Marquis of Changning of Northern Qi? Is he worthy?"

(End of this chapter)