The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Thus, the three of them, along with many core members of the Great Yu Dynasty, convened a discussion concerning the fate of the Great Yu Dynasty, which began.

As soon as this began, Chen Liang, a young and promising individual, was the first to step forward.

Like Gu Qingyue, he was also a commander of the Imperial Guards. However, unlike Gu Qingyue, he did not have the backing of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. His background was ordinary, or even nonexistent.

Therefore, even though they held the same official rank as Gu Qingyue, Gu Qingyue could sit in the main seat and give orders, while he could only speak from below.

But this could not quell his burning anger.

"Your Majesty is tyrannical. He slaughtered 70,000 elite Chifeng Army soldiers for Tuoba Xiangtai, causing chaos throughout the land. Now, he personally welcomes Tuoba Xiangtai and stays in the Imperial Palace, treating our Great Yu as if it were nothing. In my opinion, how can such a Your Majesty save the Great Yu from its current precarious state?"

"We might as well support the new emperor's ascension to the throne!"

Chen Liang's words were like a bombshell, instantly causing an uproar in the room. Although, before this meeting that concerned the life and death of the Great Yu, everyone had already tacitly agreed that they could speak freely without any reservations.

But isn't this a bit too unconventional?!

He wants the empress to abdicate right off the bat?

This is utterly outrageous!

The scene became noisy, but Chen Liang had quite a few supporters, or more accurately, many people agreed with his words.

During this period, the once glorious Great Yu has been truly ravaged by the Empress, especially after Tuoba Xiangtai arrived. It's as if Great Yu has no emperor at all.

Looking at history, how many emperors could go a whole month without showing their faces?

Such emperors were either complete tyrants or masters of power manipulation, but they seemed to have nothing to do with being wise rulers!

Immediately, some people stood up to support Chen Liang.

"The Great Yu was originally powerful, suppressing the barbarians and bringing peace to the land. The people lived in contentment. But Your Majesty's actions have made it difficult for us to accept you. It would be better to choose a new ruler!"

"Excellent! If we establish a new ruler, perhaps our Great Yu Dynasty can still be saved!"

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In an instant, everyone shouted for a new emperor.

The core of this group naturally consists of those who genuinely care about the Great Yu Dynasty, such as Chen Liang, but there are also quite a few who want to take advantage of the situation to gain merit for joining the new dynasty.

This meant that the tone of the meeting seemed to be set from the very beginning, leaving even the prime minister wavering.

Only Lu Qing frowned.

He had just been promoted by Xiao Mingzhao, who had even arranged for his sister-in-law Ruyue to marry him. Naturally, he had to be loyal to the Empress. Just as he was about to express his opinion, he heard Gu Qingyue speak.

"Gentlemen..."

Lu Qing immediately shut up, wanting to hear what Gu Qingyue would say.

The ministers shared the same thought.

Gu Qingyue's Zhenguo Duke's Mansion enjoys extremely high prestige, and its influence in the court and among the people far surpasses that of the Fuguo Duke's Mansion and other duke's mansions that use their surnames to express auspicious meanings.

Her words had a very strong and decisive significance.

"Your Majesty, this cannot be abolished!"

Gu Qingyue set the tone directly: "Everyone says the world belongs to everyone, but why is it never the world that's the mother?"

"Only with Your Majesty present can there be a day when the world is truly your mother!"

"His Majesty merely acted a little excessively; what's the big deal?"

"How can we cripple her?"

"I, Gu Qingyue, on behalf of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, pledge eternal loyalty to His Majesty!"

She paused, then looked at Lu Qing.

"General Lu, what do you think?"

"I think you're right!"

Of the three leaders presiding over the meeting, two had already firmly expressed their unwavering support for Empress Xiao Mingzhao. The remaining prime minister, after only a slight hesitation, immediately declared, "Your subject swears to serve Your Majesty to the death!"

Chen Liang and the others immediately deflated.

This plan, which involved risking everything, was rejected outright by the three superiors.

I felt utterly hopeless.

However, if they cannot depose Empress Xiao Mingzhao, they must find a way to prevent things from continuing like this.

Otherwise, the Great Yu will face even bigger problems.

"Why not have the Ministry of Revenue cut off the food supplies to those barbarians? If they have no food, how can they remain safe with tens of thousands of people protecting the Imperial Palace?"

The suggestion was rejected as soon as it was put forward.

"His Majesty is still at the Imperial Palace. Even if His Majesty did agree, Tuoba Xiangtai would be enraged and might disobey or harm His Majesty. Wouldn't we then be guilty of being traitors?"

Then someone suggested, "How about we launch a full-scale attack?"

"Have General Lu Qing throw his men out and forcibly take His Majesty back to the palace first."

Lu Qing retorted directly, "Ridiculous! This is His Majesty's family matter; how dare I interfere?"

"Furthermore, let me tell you, you must abandon this idea altogether, otherwise, the blade in my hand is certainly not unsharp!"

One suggestion after another was put forward.

But one by one, they were all rejected.

They discussed it from morning till afternoon, and from afternoon till evening, going on and on for a long time, but the three people sitting in the main seat—the Prime Minister, Gu Qingyue, and Lu Qing—could not reach a consensus, which resulted in them not coming up with a feasible solution.

The ministers were all at a loss.

Judging from this situation, even if we discuss it for three days and three nights, we won't reach a conclusion.

Just then, Gu Qingyue, who had barely spoken except when making her statement, said, "I do have a solution!"

"Gentlemen, would you like to hear it?"

Everyone's spirits lifted.

The room fell silent instantly, eager for the speaker to speak.

Then Gu Qingyue said, "His Majesty has been staying at the Imperial Palace for a long time, and we have been unable to persuade him, simply because we are of little influence."

"But what if there were someone who could put pressure on His Majesty?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone began to think.

After much thought, the one who could put the most pressure on His Majesty was none other than the late Duke Zhenguo. However, even when the Duke Zhenguo was alive, he could not persuade Xiao Mingzhao, and now he is even more helpless!

But since Gu Qingyue said that, there must be something in mind, right?

As expected, Gu Qingyue said, "At this critical moment, we should summon powerful generals from all directions to the capital to force His Majesty to leave the Imperial Palace, and even..."

Gu Qingyue's eyes narrowed: "We could even order him to kill Tuoba Xiangtai, thus extinguishing His Majesty's desire for further intermarriage with the barbarians!"

Boom!

This was nothing short of a thunderclap.

The explosion caused a buzzing sound among the crowd.

After all, this proposal is truly shocking!

Gu Qingyue immediately added, "Tuoba Xiangtai commands 10,000 troops within the city, guarding His Majesty. If we don't instill fear in him, or even eliminate him completely, he will surely become a great threat!"

"Your Majesty, your compassion is like that of a woman; we must resort to the intimidation of foreign troops!"

As he spoke, he looked at the Prime Minister.

"Prime Minister, what do you think?"

When the prime minister first heard those words, his eyes lit up. He felt that this was a brilliant plan to "use someone else's strength against them," but he was worried and hesitated.

No response.

Gu Qingyue then asked Lu Qing, "General Lu, what do you think?"

"Anything's fine, as long as it's over sooner!"

Of the three, Lu Qing said he didn't care about Gu Qingyue's suggestion, and while the Prime Minister neither agreed nor disagreed, Gu Qingyue immediately perked up and said, "In my opinion, only two people are capable of undertaking this important task!"

"One of them is Lin Zixiao, the son of Lin Yi from the south!"

"The second is Ren Tianye, son of the Duke of Ren of the Northern Frontier!"

"I prefer Ren Tianye!"

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