Oh my god, can you play like this?

Chapter 189 Who can't put a hat on someone?

Gu Lanzhi sat on the couch behind the screen, eating cakes while gloating over the ministers who were kneeling on the ground and dared not look up.

As for pleading for these ministers? That's a joke.

These ministers came here to oppose Li Beichen's marriage to him. It was a kindness of Gu Lanzhi that he didn't take advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury. So he still wanted to beg for mercy? Don't even think about it.

How could a person who traveled from the end of the world have any kind heart?

"Do you have anything else to say?" Li Beichen looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground with cold eyes.

Several ministers looked at each other again, and finally the prime minister, who had the highest status, spoke.

"Your Majesty, the position of Queen...is not only about the relationship between the Emperor and the Queen, it is also related to the stability of the previous dynasty..."

Li Beichen interrupted the Prime Minister impatiently before he could finish his words.

"Have you forgotten what I said at the enthronement banquet?

I have said before that I do not need a harem to stabilize the previous dynasty. If you think that only the younger generations of your family can enter the palace to stabilize your position, then you might as well rebel now.

Let's see whether you can succeed in the rebellion, or whether I can maintain the stability of the court with my own abilities."

"Your Majesty, I dare not. That is not what I meant."

Several ministers were so frightened by the emperor's words that they prostrated themselves on the ground and kowtowed.

Rebellion! In the minds of the ancients, that was a serious crime that no one dared to even mention, but the emperor actually said it so casually.

That’s right, the emperor regained his throne through rebellion, so it is understandable that he could talk about rebellion without any scruples.

Among these ministers, the one who is most afraid is the prime minister.

He was originally appointed as the prime minister because the emperor felt that the position of prime minister should not be left vacant, so he reluctantly replaced the former prime minister after his entire clan was executed.

In the past few months, His Majesty has not made any major moves and has been quite nice to these old ministers. This has given the Prime Minister the illusion that His Majesty will listen to him.

But judging from the current situation, His Majesty is not the kind of person who would listen to the opinions of his ministers!

The prime minister really regretted his decision. How could he be so confident that he could come to the palace to persuade His Majesty?

He is really getting old and confused. After being praised by a few colleagues, he has lost his mind and doesn't know who he is. He doesn't know how he got the position of prime minister.

Your Majesty simply feels that it is not a good idea to leave the position of Prime Minister vacant!

The Prime Minister knocked his head loudly, hoping that the Majesty would not be really angry with him because of his momentary confusion.

But expectations are expectations and reality is reality. Li Beichen's next words made the prime minister, who was confused for a moment, regret it so much that his intestines turned green.

"Prime Minister, I see that you are not young anymore. It is time for you to return to your hometown to spend your remaining years in peace."

Having said that, Li Beichen glanced at the ministers behind the prime minister.

"You are all getting old, so please follow the Prime Minister and retire to your hometown."

Li Beichen had not touched these old ministers before, firstly because these ministers had not committed any serious faults and had not participated in the false transmission of the imperial edict.

The second reason is that Li Beichen has just ascended the throne, and it is not appropriate to be too harsh on court officials, so as to avoid criticism from the world.

Although the emperor has his own ministers, one still has to save face.

But these ministers actually dared to interfere in the matter of his becoming the queen. It was Li Beichen who had spent a lot of effort to get a wife, so how could he allow you to make irresponsible remarks.

Gu Lanzhi is Li Beichen's Achilles' heel, whoever touches him will die!

It would be a good idea to punish these old ministers who are just sitting there doing nothing, so that everyone can understand clearly what they cannot do and what they cannot say, so that those ministers will not confuse their own positions.

But after hearing what Li Beichen said, the kneeling ministers could not even kneel anymore and collapsed to the ground, regretting their actions so much.

Their coming today was a test for the emperor. If the emperor could really listen to them and make concessions to them, their subjects, they would all know how to deal with the emperor in the future.

But what they never expected was that the emperor really did not leave them any leeway and directly cleared them all out of the court.

It doesn't matter if they retire and return to their hometowns, but what they did must have been remembered by His Majesty. It will be difficult for their families and descendants to make achievements in the court.

They are harming their own families!

Li Beichen had no intention of appreciating the expressions of these ministers. He stood up, walked around the screen, took Gu Lanzhi's hand and prepared to walk out.

Gu Lanzhi had just finished watching a play and was in a good mood. Li Beichen was holding her hand and she had a smile on her face.

As he walked out from behind the screen and passed by several kneeling ministers, the prime minister grabbed his clothes.

Gu Lanzhi stopped and looked at the prime minister who was holding his clothes in confusion.

Li Beichen followed Gu Lanzhi to stop, but when he saw that Gu Lanzhi's clothes were grabbed by the prime minister, he was ready to kick him.

Gu Lanzhi gently squeezed Li Beichen's hand, stopping Li Beichen from stretching out his foot.

Gu Lanzhi wanted to see what the prime minister wanted to say, so he stopped Li Beichen.

"Mr. Prime Minister, what advice do you have for me?" Gu Lanzhi looked at the Prime Minister with a smile.

The Prime Minister raised his head and met Gu Lanzhi's gaze, "My Lord, I made a mistake in my confusion. I hope you can persuade His Majesty."

The old prime minister's eyes were full of pleading. If Gu Lanzhi had not experienced the end of the world, he would definitely be soft-hearted, but it was a pity...

"Mr. Prime Minister, you have come to the Imperial Study to see His Majesty, but you are here to ask His Majesty not to make me the Queen.

Now you come to ask me to ask His Majesty not to intercede for you to stop me from being crowned as queen, do you think... is this appropriate?"

Gu Lanzhi was still smiling, but in the eyes of the prime minister, this smile was just a mockery.

In fact, the prime minister was not wrong. Gu Lanzhi was just mocking and making fun of him.

You came here to stab me in the back, and now that you've suffered, you still want me to plead with His Majesty on your behalf. How... do you act like you're joking?!

Gu Lanzhi does not have any virtues of being virtuous, kind, tolerant and generous. Even if he does not seek revenge, he is still a person who will not suffer any loss!

After hearing what Gu Lanzhi said, the Prime Minister's lips trembled a few times, and his hand holding Gu Lanzhi's clothes tightened a little, but finally he let go of his hand dejectedly, and his body collapsed completely.

Seeing that the Prime Minister had given up, Gu Lanzhi laughed sarcastically again. Just as he was about to follow Li Beichen out, the judge of the Censorate who was kneeling at the back suddenly straightened up and yelled at Gu Lanzhi with anger on his face.

"Gu Lanzhi, do you know what crime you will be punished for for seducing His Majesty?"

When he shouted like that, Gu Lanzhi and Li Beichen were both stunned for a moment. No one had expected that even after all this, this guy would still dare to show his teeth.

"Charm Your Majesty? How did I charm Your Majesty?" After being stunned for a moment, Gu Lanzhi immediately laughed.

He understood that this was the judge's last act of stubbornness. He wanted to accuse Gu Lanzhi of seducing His Majesty in order to use this to find a way out for himself.

"If you hadn't seduced His Majesty, how could His Majesty ignore other people's advice and insist on making you the queen?"

"Oh? Then according to what you mean, His Majesty has to listen to you and take your descendants into the palace. Isn't this misleading His Majesty?

Your Majesty can only act according to your wishes and cannot have his own ideas. Is that what a good emperor is?"

Everyone knows how to put accusations on others. If you’re not afraid of death, just keep going!

Besides, Gu Lanzhi was not trying to put a accusation on them. Deep down in their hearts, they just wanted a puppet emperor who would listen to them!