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

Chapter 242 A lifeline? Crush hope!
Zhan Doudou's rather pleasant voice echoed in the Qinzheng Hall, and many ministers who had been nervous at their throats relaxed a lot.

Judging from Zhan Doudou’s tone, he is in a good mood today, so it is possible that their punishment will be postponed or even exempted directly!
Although the hope is slim, it is always a possibility to survive!
Thinking of this, many ministers became excited and their voices of thanks were extremely loud.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Queen!"

Chen Luo narrowed his eyes, accurately locking onto the excited voices of the ministers, with a playful smile rising at the corners of his lips.

He could guess what these ministers were thinking. They simply thought that Zhan Doudou was in a good mood and might pardon their crimes. They felt like they had grasped a life-saving straw and saw hope of survival!

But these ministers still got one thing wrong!

This matter is not about Zhan Doudou, but about Chen Luo!
"My dear ministers, your voices are full of enthusiasm. Obviously, there is something happy happening. I wonder if you could share this happy news with me and Your Majesty, so that I and Your Majesty can share the joy with you?"

“It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone!”

Since these criminals have seen hope of survival, he will crush these hopes!

When these people were engaging in corruption, accepting bribes and oppressing the people, they should have thought that this day would come!

He has no other hobbies but to see sinners full of hope, thinking they have a chance to survive!
Then he made an extremely desperate discovery that the so-called opportunity was just an illusion, which he could see but could not touch or catch!
Only in this way can these sinners feel remorse and pay for one tenth or one twelfth of the crimes they have committed!
Chen Luo's smiling voice echoed in the Qinzheng Hall, causing those ministers who were still secretly praying that Zhan Doudou would pardon them or ignore them to stiffen.

"What the Queen said is absolutely right. Happiness alone is not as good as happiness shared with others!"

“If you have something happy, why not share it and let everyone be happy with you!”

Zhan Doudou smiled sincerely, with a hint of anticipation in his tone.

She was still immersed in the joy of completing the Queen's coronation ceremony yesterday and was unaware of Chen Luo's intentions.

“It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone? Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!”

Zhuang Mohan clapped his hands excitedly and praised repeatedly. His cloudy eyes were filled with admiration as he looked at Chen Luo.

In response, Chen Luo just smiled and nodded at him without responding to his words.

This is not the place to discuss this with Zhuang Mohan, especially at this time!
After Zhuang Mohan finished speaking, the Qinzheng Hall fell silent again. All the ministers, whether they had something to hide or not, hung their heads and dared not breathe.

Uesugi Tora, who was standing at the front of the row of military commanders, turned his head and looked at the ministers with some disdain. He then raised his finger and pointed at one of the ministers who was trembling, and said directly:

"Master Liu from the Ministry of Rites, I just heard you were very excited. Why are you silent when the Queen and His Majesty asked you this?"

"Don't you want to share this joyful thing with us so that we can be happy too?"

"And Mr. Li from the Ministry of Revenue, Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Xu from the Ministry of Personnel, weren't you all very excited and happy just now? Are you excited because you saw the Empress and His Majesty?"

"Then I don't understand. The Queen and His Majesty are not happy people. We don't feel happy when we see you. We only feel respect. Why can you be so happy?"

"Can you tell me something so that we can learn from it?"

The ministers whose names were called out by Uesugi Tora all turned pale, and some even collapsed to the ground, their bodies shaking like a sieve, with their mouths open, not knowing what to say.

They still had some hope before, and even when Chen Luo asked the question, they all felt that there was still hope of survival. After all, Chen Luo did not directly call them by name!

But Shangshanhu's name directly crushed their hopes, pulled out the life-saving straw they were holding in their hands, and crushed it to pieces on the ground! Seeing this, the ministers seemed to understand something and quietly distanced themselves from these ministers, while thinking about whether they had done anything wrong recently.

"Oh, it seems that you gentlemen don't want to share the joy!"

"Empress, Your Majesty, I was so angry at the ugly faces of these people that I couldn't help but overstep my bounds and forgot that this is the Palace of Diligent Administration. I hope that the Empress will punish me!"

Uesugi Tora lifted up his robe and knelt on the ground, his words full of apology.

The ministers' eyelids twitched when they saw this scene, and even Zhuang Mohan looked at him with an inexplicable expression.

They are not stupid, and Uesugi Tora's intention is so obvious that it is hard for them not to see it!
It is normal for ministers to speak during court sessions, and what's more, Uesugi Tora's remarks just now were made after His Majesty and the Queen, which is even more normal!

But now Uesugi Tora is actually apologizing for this matter. Could his intentions be more obvious?

Although everyone could see clearly what Uesugi Tora was up to, no one dared to speak out and say anything.

Not only were they afraid of Chen Luo's majesty, but also because Uesugi Tora had nothing to do with them. They even hoped that Uesugi Tora would make a mistake and be punished!

It would be best if he could be dismissed directly!

"What are you talking about, General Uesugi Tora? You have just made great contributions to Northern Qi. The Queen and I have not even had time to reward you, so how could we punish you?"

"But what did you mean by their ugly faces? Is there something that I and the Queen don't know?"

Zhan Doudou glanced at the ministers coldly, and all the ministers who looked at her immediately lowered their heads, fearing that they would be stared at.

Those ministers were in such a state of grief that they could only kneel on the ground and tremble, unable to utter a word.

They knew that only one of them would die today, and they also understood how serious their crimes were, and that the consequences for their families would certainly not be good either!
In this way, they have nothing to worry about, and no one or things they want to protect!

It’s not that they don’t want to stand up and curse Chen Luo and Zhan Doudou, but they are afraid!
I was afraid that I would be captured by those brutal Jinyiwei and thrown into the imperial prison, where I would suffer inhuman torture!

By then, there will be no way to heaven and no way to hell!

Even their family members would be thrown into prison and tortured because of this!

"Your Majesty, the Royal Guards sent us a list last night, which records some ministers who committed crimes and bullied others. Their crimes are enough to make people angry!"

As he spoke, Chen Luo took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Zhan Doudou. His voice was neither loud nor soft, but it just happened to reach the ears of everyone in the Qinzheng Hall.

The minister who had something to hide was so scared that he swallowed his saliva and stared nervously at Zhan Doudou sitting on the dragon throne. He saw that Zhan Doudou's originally happy expression gradually darkened.

They also held their breath in fear, fearing that their crimes would also be recorded in the book!

Is that the roster?

That is clearly the King of Hell's Book of Life and Death, a book of life and death that only contains death and no life!

(End of this chapter)