Chapter 578 Everyone's reaction to the resurrection of Emperor Qing
The next day is the Great Court Meeting.

'Emperor Qing' did not attend.

However, after the grand court meeting ended, all the important officials in the court were invited to the imperial study by the emperor.

This is different from the past when people were given a seat as soon as they entered the room.

Today, several ministers entered the imperial study, but neither the 'Emperor Qing' nor the 'New Emperor' offered them a seat.

The ministers stood for a long time, but 'Emperor Qing' and 'New Emperor' sat on the bed, eyes slightly narrowed, playing chess slowly.

The game of chess lasted for more than an hour.

Those with average mental strength are now trembling with fear and in a state of panic.

After finally finishing the game, Emperor Qing pushed the chess piece aside and looked at everyone:
"I am not dead. Are any of you disappointed?"

When the ministers heard this, they broke out in cold sweats!

As expected, he is still the same Emperor Qing, his majesty is like the sea and unfathomable!

"I don't dare!"

"Don't dare? Is there anything you don't dare to do?"

Emperor Qing smiled coldly and turned his gaze to the Prime Minister Lin Xiang:
"Prime Minister Lin, after I passed away, how many days were you happy in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"My lord is guilty!"

When Lin Ruofu heard this, he didn't dare to say anything and fell to his knees on the ground with a thud.

Emperor Qing turned his gaze towards Qin Ye again, his eyes cold:
"My dear Lord Qin, how did that rebellious son Li Chengze manage to move troops into the capital?"

"My lord is guilty!"

When Qin Ye heard that Emperor Qing wanted to settle old scores, he could only kneel on the ground and ask for punishment, just like Lin Ruofu.

As for excuses, they are really not appropriate to make in this situation.

'Emperor Qing' then named everyone present.

Everyone present had done something taboo to some extent.

Including Chen Pingping, everyone is guilty.

"Everyone, stand up. Whether you are guilty or not depends on what the new emperor says. Since I have abdicated and let others take over, I will no longer participate in government affairs."

Emperor Qing made the atmosphere extremely tense, even raising the board high up, but finally lowered it gently, saying:
"In a few days, I will go to the temple with the temple's chief priest to meditate. I don't know how many years it will take me to be gone. I hope that when I come back, I can still see you old friends."

Emperor Qing was a "sophisticated pragmatist". He used both knocks and beatings to scare the ministers before letting them leave.

"Chen Pingping and Fan Jian stay, everyone else please leave."

"Your Majesty, please leave!"

Lin Ruofu and everyone else thought it was a false alarm and left quickly.

In the imperial study, only 'Emperor Qing' and 'New Emperor', Chen Pingping, Fan Jian, and Eunuch Hou who was serving beside them were left.

"Please bring a stool for them both. They are not outsiders."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chen Pingping and Fan Jian looked at each other, both showing the same suspicion.

Until now, both of them are still confused.

Last night, Si Gu Jian and Ku He came to assassinate the new king of Nan Qing!

Si Gu Jian's assassination attempt failed and he was beheaded on the spot!

Ku He was captured alive!
Emperor Qing is back from the dead!
Nanqing now has three grand masters!

There was so much news that broke out that night.

It was difficult for Chen Pingping and Fan Jian not to be suspicious of this.

However, no matter how suspicious they were, at this moment, both of them were obediently letting "Emperor Qing" control the rhythm.

When the two of them sat down, Emperor Qing took a deep breath, with a hint of guilt in his eyes, and said:
"There are some things that I don't mean to hide from you, but since some secrets are secrets, the fewer people who know about them, the better. I'll give you two a chance. If you have any questions, you can ask them now. If I can answer them, I will give you an answer."

Fan Jian was the simplest of the three and had the most doubts in his heart. However, he kept in mind the relationship between the monarch and his subjects, and even though he had doubts in his heart, he was unwilling to ask Emperor Qing in an interrogative tone.

On the contrary, Chen Pingping, who always called himself "Your Majesty's Loyal Dog", heard that Emperor Qing was going to the temple for meditation. He knew that this was his last chance to know some truths, so he didn't care about any taboos and directly asked the secret that had been hidden in his heart for more than ten years:

"Your Majesty, I have only one question. I wonder if Your Majesty could explain it to me."

Emperor Qing seemed to have guessed what Chen Pingping was going to ask, but he still said indifferently:

"Just ask."

"Your Majesty, how did the young lady die?"

Chen Pingping's question made everyone present stunned for a second.

The young lady Chen Pingping was referring to was naturally Ye Qingmei, who was famous more than 20 years ago.

Fifteen years ago, Ye Qingmei, who was pregnant and giving birth to a child, was suddenly stabbed to death, leaving no trace of her body.

Chen Pingping secretly investigated for fifteen years and found that the biggest suspect was the "Emperor Qing" in front of him.

When Su Mingzhe and Eunuch Hou heard Chen Pingping's questions, they looked at their noses and their hearts, as if they heard nothing.

Only Fan Jian's heart skipped a beat, and then he and Chen Pingping looked at Emperor Qing with surprise.

He had the same doubts in his mind, but he was unwilling to target his suspicion on 'Emperor Qing' before.

Emperor Qing was silent for a while, then he raised his head and looked at Chen Pingping:
"It's hard for me to explain this matter. Eunuch Hou, please go and bring Fan Xian and Xiao Ye over."

Early this morning, Fan Xian and Xiao Ye were summoned to the palace by Emperor Qing and they became relatives.

Now Fan Xian and Xiao Ye are chatting and resting in the side hall.

After receiving the notice from Eunuch Hou, Fan Xian was led into the imperial study first.

When Fan Xian entered the room, he first saw Fan Jian and Chen Pingping. He had come to Beijing in September and had already met Chen Pingping in the past month, so he greeted them first:
"Father, Dean Chen."

Fan Jian reminded:
"I'll see your majesty first."

Fan Xian took two more steps without caring, and saluted towards Emperor Qing and Su Mingzhe, saying, "Fan Xian, I pay my respects to my father and my brother."

Fan Xian in the TV series is a person who goes with the flow.

In the morning, Emperor Qing summoned Fan Xian into the palace and told him that he was not the illegitimate son of Si Nanbo Fan Jian, but the illegitimate son of Emperor Qing.

Xiao Ye is the reincarnation of Fan Xian and Ye Qingmei.

To be honest, when Emperor Qing told Fan Xian his identity, he was a little confused.

However, just now Xiao Ye pulled Fan Xian to a side hall and told him about his identity as a "time traveler".

Fan Xian was indeed quite surprised at first.

However, after thinking for a while, he remembered that he had also traveled through time, so it seemed reasonable to have an emperor as his biological father and a time traveler as his biological mother.

Then Xiao Ye entered the imperial study.

After seeing Xiao Ye, Chen Pingping and Fan Jian couldn't help showing surprised expressions.

In fact, both of them had met Xiao Ye some time ago.

However, both of them only found out that Xiaoye was a maid beside Su Mingzhe, and did not know the true background of Xiaoye and Su Mingzhe.

Now, Emperor Qing took Xiao Ye into the palace and explained to the two of them that she was the reincarnation of Ye Qing Mei.

The temple is a legendary place in this world.

Ye Qingmei herself came from the temple, and it seems to be an indisputable fact that she was resurrected in the temple.

After explaining Xiaoye's situation, Emperor Qing said:

"I have already asked the clan affairs office to register Xian'er's name as my third son, and to confer the title of Prince Rui. As for..."

Seeing that Emperor Qing wanted to make arrangements for him, Xiao Ye quickly said:

"It's fine as long as I stay in the Su Mansion."

"As you wish."

'Emperor Qing' seemed helpless against Ye Qingmei, and then waved his hand, indicating that if Chen Pingping and Fan Jian had any questions, they could ask Xiao Ye.

Fan Jian had a thousand words to say, but for a moment, he couldn't find the opening words.

Chen Pingping was scheming, and when he learned that Xiaoye would continue to live in Kyoto, a warm smile appeared on his face:
"Your Majesty, since Miss Xiaoye lives in Kyoto, I will pay you a visit in a few days."

Emperor Qing said indifferently:

"It's up to you. I will be leaving in a few days, so I won't say goodbye to you."

Chen Pingping and Fan Jian saw that Emperor Qing looked uninterested and obviously didn't want to continue chatting, so they didn't stay for long and just said goodbye.

As for Fan Xian and Xiao Ye, they also left the palace together.

As soon as they left the palace, Fan Xian couldn't help but hold Xiao Ye's hand, and said with a silly smile in his eyes:
"Mom, do you want to go back to the Fan Mansion with me?"

"Don't call me mom anymore."

Xiao Ye said helplessly:

"In my memory, although I am that Ye Qingmei, I don't remember being pregnant..."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, in terms of blood, I am your son."

Fan Xian has complicated feelings towards Xiao Ye.

On the one hand, since everyone is a time traveler, there is a natural sense of intimacy and no scruples when chatting or anything like that.

Furthermore, for the reason he gave, in terms of bloodline, he is indeed Xiaoye’s son.

After talking for a while, Fan Xian remembered something and reminded Xiao Ye:

"Mom, do you remember Uncle Wuzhu?"

"Five Bamboos? Little Bamboos?"

After hearing what Fan Xian said, Xiao Ye's eyes were filled with surprise:

"Is Xiao Zhuzhu following you now?"

Among the memories that Xiaoye retained, there was the memory of living in the temple with Wuzhu.

When Su Mingzhe transmitted her memory data and resurrected her, she felt regretful that Wuzhu was not in the temple.

Unexpectedly, in a twist of fate, his robot partner had actually been accompanying his "son" all along.

Not to mention, Xiao Ye followed Fan Xian to visit the Fan Mansion.

Emperor Qing went to Yanshou Palace first in the palace to visit the Empress Dowager.

The concubines who once served Emperor Qing were now chatting with the Empress Dowager.

These concubines include the former queen, Concubine Yi, Concubine Ning, etc.

When Emperor Qing was in power, these concubines took it for granted that since they were not favored anyway, it didn't matter if there was a new emperor.

However, when 'Emperor Qing' really passed away, these women immediately understood that 'Emperor Qing' was truly their heaven.

As for the concubines who lost Emperor Qing, they would be locked up in the deep palace for the rest of their lives, slowly decaying.

Only after you have lost something will you cherish what you have.

In order to seize the few opportunities, these concubines came to Yanshou Palace early in the morning and waited for "Emperor Qing" to appear.

The Empress Dowager also saw what these women were thinking, and she didn't want Emperor Qing to leave, so after a few words with Emperor Qing, she helped these concubines find excuses and said:

"Your Majesty, I am tired. Let them wait for you to rest."

"The kid resigned."

'Emperor Qing' looked at more than twenty women, all looking at him with green eyes. Even though he had been on the battlefield for a long time, he still felt a little scared at this time.

Won't these women eat me alive?

(End of this chapter)