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

Chapter 273 Either surrender to Qing Kingdom or stay in Northern Qi and wait for death!
After hearing Zhang Qiming's words, Qian Youcai and Li Hu shut up tacitly.

It’s not that I’m afraid of Zhang Qiming, I’m just trying to get away from the situation!

The two families are equally powerful. If they really get angry, it will be a big trouble!
The table fell into silence, and no one spoke first.

Finally, Qian Youcai broke the silence with a smile: "I know why Patriarch Zhang asked us to come here. Isn't it just to drink celebratory wine?"

"Our plan has succeeded. Now we just need to wait for the Queen to give up her reforms, and then we can build up our power in the court again!"

Speaking of the success of the plan, Li Hu couldn't help but smile, and his mood became extremely happy.

Ever since Chen Luo started preparing for the reform, their four major families have urgently united together!
The purpose is nothing else but to stop Chen Luo from carrying out reforms!

Originally, as soon as Chen Luo came to power, he cleared out most of the ministers in the court, causing the power they had cultivated for many years to collapse in an instant, which made them very dissatisfied.

Now we are even asking for reforms, how could they agree?

"Celebratory drink? Everything went well? Haha, it really went well!"

"But don't the three clan leaders think that the plan went too smoothly?"

An elegant voice was heard as the door opened. A middle-aged man holding a folding fan walked into the room. He was also holding a pot of wine and had a faint smile on his face. But a closer look revealed that the smile did not reach his eyes.

Faced with the man who suddenly broke in, the guards in the room did not become alert, but instead saluted respectfully.

The three clan leaders also stood up at the same time and looked at the newcomer with smiles on their faces.

"Master Murong, you are finally here!"

"But what did you mean? Didn't our plan succeed?"

The four major families used to be almost the same in strength, until something unexpected happened later. For some unknown reason, the Murong family, one of the four major families, recruited a group of experts.

They even established a trade with the Kingdom of Qing, making money between the two countries. Within two years, they had completely surpassed the other three families!

Now, he has the potential to become the leader of the three major families!
The reason why the four major families united this time was also because of the call from Murong Lie, the head of the Murong family!

"You are all smart people, why do you have to pretend?"

"Our plan has been exposed since the beginning!"

"The reason why our queen didn't take action is that she was just waiting..."

Murong Lie walked and talked, and when he reached the window and stopped, he also stopped what he was saying. He ignored the ugly faces of the three people behind him and just raised his head to drink.

This plan was not originally intended to succeed, the purpose was just to test Chen Luo's attitude!

But who could have thought that this plan not only succeeded, but there wasn’t even any obstacle at all!

It's as if someone is fanning the flames from behind!
Apart from their target Chen Luo, no one else in Northern Qi has such ability!
Not to mention anything else, just the Embroidered Uniform Guards, they are the confidants of the Queen, Chen Luo. Even the Emperor cannot give them orders, let alone ask the Embroidered Uniform Guards to ignore the rumors about the Queen!
The only one who can do this is Chen Luo!

Any smart person can see this!
As it happens, no one here is a fool!

So after hearing Murong Lie's words, the three of them frowned and their faces turned ugly.

After a long while, Li Hu said solemnly, "Since Patriarch Murong has said so, there is no need to hide it anymore. I will ask directly!"

"Knowing that this rumor would damage her reputation, why didn't the Queen stop it? And I always feel that someone is fanning the flames. Is it the Queen?" "And... did the Murong family defect to the Qing Kingdom? Those black-clad masters are from the Qing Kingdom, right? This time, it seems that we are trying to stop the reform, but in fact, we are just your pawns!"

"You are the pawn that you use to show your loyalty to the Qing Kingdom, right!"

After these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.

Qian Youcai stopped smiling, Zhang Qiming also looked alert, and Li Hu, who was speaking, reached for the dagger in his sleeve.

A long time ago, they had guessed that the Murong family had defected to the Qing Kingdom, otherwise how could they suddenly rise?
A few days ago, the three of them gathered together to discuss this matter!

The final answer was extremely unanimous. The Murong family surrendered to the Qing Kingdom, and their three major families all became pawns!
This is a chess game between Northern Qi and Qing. Even though their family is all-powerful, they can only be chess pieces!

In the extremely solemn atmosphere, Murong Lie did not react much. He just sipped the wine and looked into the distance at the Northern Qi Palace. There was a hint of coldness and a hint of fanaticism in his eyes!
"Since you are silent, it seems that this problem has been discussed by the three of you!"

"Then I will answer them one by one!"

"Our queen is playing chess with someone, and we have rashly barged into the game and become chess pieces!"

"Your guess is correct. The reason why the plan succeeded so quickly is that there is indeed someone behind the scenes who fanned the flames. It is none other than our Queen!"

"There are three major obstacles to reform: ministers, common people, and us, the aristocratic families!"

"In this game, half of the ministers in the court have already jumped into it and become pawns!"

"Our four major families are no exception. We were drawn into this chess game, or... we fell into this trap!"

"The prey has fallen into the trap, but they haven't come to collect it yet. What does that mean?"

"This means that the prey is not the target yet, and the trap has not yet worked!"

"Our queen has great ambitions!"

Murong Lie said this in a calm tone and raised his head to drink again.

Hearing his words, Qian Youcai and the other two clenched their fists and their mood became heavy.

The four major families are so deeply rooted and intertwined that it is no exaggeration to say that they are local tyrants!
But this local emperor is not even a little bit inferior to the real emperor!
If they hadn't rashly barged into the chess game, their so-called four major families might not even be qualified to become chess pieces!

Thinking of this, the three of them clenched their fists, then loosened them helplessly.
It is precisely because they understand how big the gap is that they realize how powerless and insignificant the force they are so proud of is!

"Don't panic, everyone. Even though things have come to this, you three still have two options!"

"The first way is to wait for the hunter to get the prey he wants, and then be taken away together when the net is closed!"

"The second way... You asked me that just now, but I haven't answered you yet!"

"I will answer you now. My Murong family has indeed surrendered to the Qing Kingdom. Only by relying on the Qing Kingdom can you have a chance to survive!"

Murong Lie turned around expressionlessly and looked at the three people with gloomy expressions: "Two choices, one is death, the other is life, and it will even make your family stronger than it is now!"

"Which one do you want to choose? Life or death? Do you want to destroy the family that has existed for hundreds of years, or do you want to make the family that has existed for hundreds of years become stronger?"

"You only have one chance. I think you three know how to choose, right?"

(End of this chapter)