The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 116
Zhou Chengping's roar was suppressed by the sound of silk and bamboo, and he couldn't penetrate into the garden at all.

But in the gate of the garden behind Lin Dagui, Huo An saw everything just now.

Seeing that the chaos outside subsided at this time, Huo An immediately turned around and rushed back to the Hundred Flowers Hall. He was Zhao Yanxun's eyeliner.

At the moment in the Hundred Flowers Hall, Zhao Yanxun and Huang Rongrong were sitting next to each other, watching the dance in the hall together.

Under the dedicated performance of the musicians, everything looks pleasing to the eye, and there is really a feeling of happiness here.

Of course, although he was immersed in it, Zhao Yanxun was very clear-headed and knew what situation he was facing.

Huo An quietly entered from the side of the hall, and then came to Zhao Yanxun's side.

Glancing at Huang Rongrong who was excited, Huo An leaned over to Zhao Yanxun's side and whispered: "Your Highness, the two long history officials and the officials of the palace have been stopped by Lin Zongqi..."

Seeing that Zhao Yanxun was noncommittal, Huo An went on to say: "Zhou Changshi led people to force his way in, and the two sides clashed at the gate. Fortunately, Guan Changshi came out to make peace, otherwise Zhou Changshi might be taken down!"

"En!" Zhao Yanxun responded, indicating that he was listening.

Unsure of his intentions, Huo An was a little entangled at the moment, and he didn't know whether he should say the next thing or not.

Just when he was deeply troubled, Zhao Yanxun's cold gaze swept over, making Huo An's heart tighten.

"Your Highness, the officials outside...are extremely dissatisfied with Empress Rong, Zhou Changshi even reprimanded Empress as a temptress!"

Huo An's voice was extremely low, afraid of being heard by Huang Rongrong at the side.

Just when he thought that Zhao Yanxun would react to this, he only heard Zhao Yanxun lightly said: "Got it!"

knew?What does you know mean?Huo An couldn't figure out what Zhao Yanxun was thinking.

At this moment, I only heard Huang Rongrong say: "My lord, my concubine would like to toast you again!"

After taking the wine glass, Zhao Yanxun stared at Huang Rongrong for a while, then smiled and said: "Thank you, my concubine!"

"You don't need to thank the prince, the concubines are happy when they see the prince is happy!"

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Outside the garden, Zhou Chengping and the others thought it over, and finally decided to ask Xue Baoyun.

Although foreign ministers are not allowed to associate with the family members, but the matter involved is too serious at this moment, Zhou Chengping can't care too much.

So they turned back immediately, returned to the outside of the Jinshen Hall from the trail just now, and found a servant to enter the inner house to report the situation to Xue Baojun.

In fact, Xue Baojun knew the situation in advance, and she had a lot of eyeliners in the palace.

"Your Majesty, look at this..." Yu Zhu asked.

"If you go there in person, you will have an explanation to these officials!" Xue Baoyun said indifferently.

In fact, she could go by herself, but Xue Baojun reckoned that she might also hit a wall, so she didn't make herself uncomfortable.

After Yu Zhu took the order to leave, Xue Baojun showed a sneer.

Concubine Rong was very happy to be criticized by the officials, so Xue Baoyun would be even happier if the hatred of the officials could be increased.

As for the life and death of the people mentioned by the officials, Xue Baoyun subconsciously ignored it, because it was out of her scope of consideration.

Soon after half an hour, Yuzhu appeared in front of Jinshen Hall.

"My lords, the concubine ordered the servants to go outside the Hundred Flowers Hall, but unfortunately...the servants also failed to enter the garden!" Yuzhu explained to the officials.

This explanation disappointed all the officials, and at the same time made them feel aggrieved.

Slowly Zhao Yanxun was in the palace, but they couldn't see it; it was obviously the residence of the vassal prince, but it was more heavily guarded than the palace.

What is this called... Everyone sighed in their hearts.

"How about... let's go directly to Yongning Gate and point out the government's conspiracy?" Fengcizheng Liu Yuanhe said.

However, his words made some people hesitate.

I just heard Guan Hetai say: "You can't decide this matter without authorization, you still need to ask His Highness for instructions!"

It is fine to advise with everyone, but Guan Hetai will not participate if he wants to make his own opinion. This kind of behavior has crossed the line in his eyes.

Guan Hetai clearly expressed his disapproval, and almost half of the officials were discouraged. After all, they were under You Changshi's command.

At this moment, an official came rushing forward and shouted: "My lords, the music in the garden has stopped!"

Since the singing had stopped, it meant that Zhao Yanxun was about to come out.

So everyone followed the trail just now and hurried to Baihua Hall again.

In the Hundred Flowers Hall, the dance and music had stopped.

Zhao Yanxun stood in front of the waterside pavilion, while Huang Rongrong was in the Hundred Flowers Hall, arranging maids to give rewards to the musicians.

At this moment, three hours have passed since the Yongning Gate opened. According to Lin Quan's report, very few people have left the city.

According to Lin Quan's estimation, the number of people leaving the city today is about [-], and these people are basically the poorest group of people in the city.

And those people with a little wealth did not blindly follow the big flow out of the city, they were obviously watching the situation.

The number of people in the city has been reduced by nearly half, which means that the controllability of the situation in the city has doubled. This is a good thing, but Zhao Yanxun is not happy.

"My lord, the two chief historians and the officials of the palace have arrived outside the gate of the flower hall again!" A servant came to report.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zhou Chengping's shouting outside the courtyard wall in the distance.

"Your Highness, the Longyou government opened the city gates and let the people out of the city without authorization. Please stop it immediately, Your Highness!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yanxun smiled slightly, and then walked towards the gate.

A group of servants and maidservants hurriedly followed, when he came to the gate of the garden, two servants stepped forward to remove the latch, and the gate was slowly pushed open by them.

The figure of Zhao Yanxun gradually appeared in front of the officials.

Zhou Chengping hastily stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the Longyou government opened the city gate without permission and encouraged the people to flee the city. They are doing harm to the people!"

But when he walked up the steps, he was stopped by Lin Dagui, who had just said that no one was allowed to cross the steps.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yanxun immediately scolded: "Back off!"

Hearing Zhao Yanxun's order, Lin Dagui retreated quickly, allowing Zhou Chengping to walk up the steps.

"Aiqing...is everything you said true?" Zhao Yanxun hurriedly stepped forward.

"Your Highness, how dare I speak nonsense!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yanxun slapped his forehead and said annoyedly: "Alas... this king was enjoying himself for a while, but he missed a big deal!"

"The common people were tricked out of the city, and it's their own fault!"

Taking the blame on oneself is a way to advance by retreating.

Sure enough, Guan Hetai, who was on the side, stepped forward and said: "Your Highness's unintentional mistake, how can you call it a crime!"

Zhou Chengping was very sober, now is not the time to discuss crimes, he only heard him say: "Your Highness, the most urgent task is to close the city gate as soon as possible, so as not to let more people go astray!"

Zhao Yanxun nodded, and then said: "That's right..."

"Huo An..."

"The servant is here!"

"You go and send an order to Wang Zong, asking him to take this king's token and go to the capital's yamen!"

"As ordered!"

The city gate is in charge of the Dusi Yamen, so Zhao Yanxun let Wang Zong pass.

At this moment, most of the people who were going out of the city had already left. With the extremely reduced flow of people, there was no need for Zhao Yanxun to say that it was time for Chen Anming to consider closing the city gate.

There are zombies outside the city. If these people are chased back by the zombies, it is very dangerous not to close the city gate.

At this moment, a charming voice came from the garden: "My lord, why did you leave your concubine and leave alone!"

Then, when Huang Rongrong walked to the door, she was greeted with cold eyes from the officials, and she felt deep hostility.

What's going on here?Did these officials take the wrong medicine?Huang Rongrong thought to herself.

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After persuading a group of officials to return, Zhao Yanxun breathed a sigh of relief, this troublesome matter was finally left behind.

Just as he was about to leave this place, he found Xu Hong beside him.

Standing on the steps with his hands behind his back, Zhao Yanxun looked towards the distance outside the courtyard wall, and said in a low voice: "Xu Hong..."

When Xu Hongdeng heard his name being called, he immediately bowed and replied, "The minister is here!"

"Are you on duty today?"

"Yes!"

"Then why are you here?"

What these words mean is that I shouldn't be here... Thinking of this, Xu Hong was horrified.

He found that he had made two great mistakes, not only allowing these officials to come to "force the palace", but also coercing them together.

It has always been a big taboo to connect with civil and military affairs, but Xu Hong didn't have a brain today, and he was muddleheaded to make a big deal for himself.

To say that Xu Hong's mind is flexible enough, Zhao Yanxun only mentioned one sentence, and he can think of so much.

The reason why I didn't think of it just now is that people like Zhou Chengping were intimidated, so I didn't think so much.

With a "plop", Xu Hong directly knelt on the ground, his head was pounding like garlic, and said, "I'm guilty!"

Zhao Yanxun didn't speak, which made Xu Hong even more terrified, and secretly scolded himself for being smart all his life, but today he was confused.

The atmosphere at the scene was particularly dignified, even Huang Rongrong who was beside Zhao Yanxun was sensible and didn't talk too much at the moment.

When Xu Hong's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, Zhao Yanxun said coldly: "I think you committed the first crime, and we will not pursue it for the time being. If you dare to commit another crime...severe punishment will not be given!"

For this kind of thing, it is enough to beat once for the first time offender, but if it happens again, it will kill people.

"Thank you, my lord!" Xu Hong quickly kowtowed, and today's beating made him "grow up" a lot.

"Get out!"

After saluting again, Xu Hong hurriedly backed out. He planned to take twenty army sticks by himself after returning to show his attitude of accepting the punishment voluntarily.

Xu Hong understood some of the meanings of the words that a king is like a tiger.

(End of this chapter)