Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

As soon as Li Ling left, a group of important civil and military officials rushed to the Qinzheng Palace.

Emperor Ming met with the ministers and told the urgent military situation straight to the point. At the end, he glanced at everyone and asked: "The military situation is urgent. Do you have any strategies to defend against the enemy?"

When everyone heard that the Gaoshan Kingdom and the Xiongnu were attacking at the same time, they were all frightened. They discussed it for a while, and the leader Xu Gelao came out and replied: "Now Hangu Pass has been lost, if we don't hurry up, To stop the foreign enemies, all the cities in the south are in danger. As a humble minister, I can see that the top priority is to send people quickly to defend against the foreign enemies in the mountains.

As for the Huns, I heard that the grasslands are dry this year and there is no food supply in the winter. This group of barbarians must have responded to plunder because of this. Now that there is a powerful enemy in the south, since the Huns from the north are here for money and food, peace talks should be the top priority. "

Emperor Ming nodded slightly and asked: "To defend against foreign enemies in the mountains, what do you think I ordered you to do?"

This time, the ministers did not discuss it. Mr. Xu Ge went out directly and replied: "Of course it is General Li Ling who can repel the enemy army of Gaoshan Country."

“General Li fought against the Gaoshan Kingdom when he recovered the five cities, and is familiar with the enemy’s tactics. Moreover, General Li is resourceful and resourceful. Looking at the generals of the Qi Dynasty today, there is no one more capable of turning the tide than General Li.”

Emperor Ming naturally knew that Li Ling was the best candidate to repel the invading enemy troops from the Gaoshan Kingdom.

 But I’m not having a good temper right now.

At this moment, Emperor Ming's intestines were filled with regret.

If Empress Cao hadn't made a bad idea with him yesterday and offended his nephew, how could he be put in such a passive position.

 Emperor Ming was socializing with heaven and man, and Cao Guojiu wondered: "When I entered the palace, I happened to meet General Li leaving the palace. Why didn't your Majesty stay with him to discuss strategies to defend against the enemy?"

Mentioning this matter, Emperor Ming poured out all his resentment on Uncle Cao Guo. He replied angrily: "Uncle Guo has the nerve to mention this to me. Go and ask your good sister what she can do." What a good thing."

Uncle Cao Guo was confused by Emperor Ming's scolding and asked, "What did the empress do? What does this have to do with the empress?"

Emperor Ming snorted heavily at Cao Guojiu, and then said to Xu Ge: "Xu Aiqing first selected a few people who were good at diplomacy and ordered them to go quickly to talk to the Xiongnu. As for resisting the southern enemy, I make my own decision."

 After the ministers retreated, Emperor Ming ordered someone to announce Queen Cao to the Qinzheng Hall.

Empress Cao had just learned of the military situation. When she saw Emperor Ming's face solemn, as if he had been struck a lot older in an instant, Empress Cao said: "I just heard that the military situation is urgent. Your Majesty, please don't get angry in a hurry. Just take care of your dragon body."

Emperor Ming snorted coldly at Empress Cao and scolded: "Without you messing around here, I can rest easy."

Empress Cao didn't know why. She looked at Emperor Ming doubtfully and said, "Why did your majesty say this? What on earth did my concubine do wrong? Do you want your majesty to make it clear?"

Emperor Ming snorted again and said with a serious face, "You don't know what you did wrong?"

He rolled his eyes at Queen Cao and asked, "I'm here to ask you, did you order someone to go to the Zhenguo Palace early this morning to announce that you were going to demote Li Ling's wife to be his concubine?"

Empress Cao nodded without knowing why, and admitted: "I have indeed issued an edict. Didn't this concubine get back to your Majesty yesterday?"

Emperor Ming naturally would not admit that it was his fault. When he saw Empress Cao's sophistry, he was so angry that he slapped the table and scolded: "If you hadn't come up with the idea, why would I have agreed in such a confused way? It's because you didn't think carefully about it. , but now you are complaining about me." Empress Cao didn't know the reason. When she saw Emperor Ming getting angry, she quickly knelt down to apologize.

Emperor Ming rolled his eyes at her and said coldly: "Do you know where the crime lies?"

Empress Cao raised her head in fear and said: "I am stupid, please let your Majesty make it clear."

Emperor Ming snorted at her again, and replied with a cold face: "Did you know that just because you made the decree to demote Li Ling's wife to a side chamber, you completely angered Li Ling, and he just came over to return the military talisman to her?" I said I’m giving up my options.”

After hearing this, Empress Cao was surprised and said: "This Li Ling is too presumptuous. He actually dares to threaten His Majesty with one."

"Shut up!" Before Empress Cao could finish her words, Emperor Ming shouted sternly: "He is my nephew. It is not your turn to sow discord here. If you, a bitch, hadn't given me bad ideas, why would I be here now? So passive.”

Empress Cao saw that Emperor Ming had put all the blame on her. She felt aggrieved, but she did not dare to reply to Emperor Ming. She only cried out in tears.

“Your Majesty, my concubine is only planning for the great Qi Dynasty. She has no selfish motives at all. Please be clear to your Majesty. Your Majesty, woo woo, your Majesty—”

Emperor Ming became even more upset by her noise. He waved his dragon sleeves and shouted, "Why are you howling here? Until now, you still haven't found a way to remedy the situation."

Empress Cao looked at her target with tears on her face, and whispered in a frightened voice: "I have already issued my decree, how can I make up for it?"

Emperor Ming said sharply: "Who told you to issue an edict in such a hurry?"

"Hmph! Since you have the ability to issue an order, just give me a way to take it back!"

Empress Cao couldn't care less about Emperor Ming Long Yan's anger at this moment. She knelt forward and looked at Emperor Ming in disbelief: "Your Majesty, I am a queen, the mother of a country. There is no reason to take back the decree that you have given down. Your Majesty, let me give you the order. If I do this, how can I put my face on it?"

Emperor Ming was so angry that he pointed his finger at Queen Cao's nose and cursed: "You still have the nerve to talk to me about your queen's face, but now I don't even care about my own face."

As he spoke, he pointed tremblingly at the outside of the palace and said sternly: "Now the enemies from the north and the south are coming to our door. If Li Ling doesn't go to fight the enemy, can you go and fight the enemy back for me? Or? Can your precious son?"

Empress Cao saw that Emperor Ming was furious. She was so anxious that she knelt on the ground, hugged Emperor Ming's thigh, and cried, "Your Majesty, please calm down. This is all my fault."

Emperor Ming angrily pushed Queen Cao to the ground and said coldly: "Not only do you have to take back the imperial edict immediately, but you also have to go and apologize to Mrs. Shen in person, and you are not allowed to embarrass her again in the future. Do you hear me?"

When Queen Cao heard this, she was so frightened that she couldn't even cry.

Asking her to retract her imperial edict is enough to make people all over the world laugh, but to ask a majestic queen to bend down and apologize to a minister's wife, how can she, a queen, stand on her own in the future?

Seeing that she was unwilling, Emperor Ming sighed and calmly replied to Empress Cao: "The military situation is extremely urgent. If you can't persuade Li Ling to take back the military symbols and go to defend the enemy, then you, the queen, should not do it anymore."