The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 173 Innocent
Taking the carriage, Zhao Yanxun returned to the gate of the palace. Today's visit can be said to be fruitful for him.

After getting out of the carriage, it could be seen that he was in a good mood, and walked into the palace with a slight smile.

Pass through the outer gate, enter Yong'an Gate, pass through the left door of Yong'an Hall, and Jinshen Hall appears in front of Zhao Yanxun.

What surprised Zhao Yanxun was that there were four maidservants kneeling under the steps in front of Jinshen Hall.

Glancing at Huo An beside him, Huo An looked at it carefully and replied: "My lord, it seems to be the servant girl of Yongfu Palace!"

Huo An didn't know all the people in the palace, but he was familiar with the three princesses.

While walking, Zhao Yanxun asked: "Go and ask what's going on!"

Huo An didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly stepped forward to ask the reason. When Zhao Yanxun walked to the steps, Huo An just finished asking.

"My lord, my concubine is in the palace, she said she wants to... plead guilty to my lord!"

Zhao Yanxun was slightly stunned, thinking to himself which song was sung, and then he immediately walked up the steps.

Xue Baoyun, who was dressed in green without makeup, appeared in front of Zhao Yanxun.

To Zhao Yanxun's surprise, at this moment Xue Baoyun was kneeling in the main hall, and in front of her was Zhao Yanxun's throne.

"Aifei, what are you doing, get up quickly!" Zhao Yanxun didn't know what was going on.

When Zhao Yanxun came close, Xue Baoyun didn't intend to get up, but showed a regretful expression.

Walking in front of Xue Baoyun, Zhao Yanxun was about to help her up, but Xue Baoyun said: "The concubine is guilty, I have come to plead guilty to the prince!"

"Aifei, get up first, if you have anything to say, get up and say it!"

Hearing this, Xue Baojun raised his head and looked at Zhao Yanxun, and said: "My lord, my concubine dare not get up!"

"The prince can forgive his concubine, but the concubine cannot forgive himself!"

Zhao Yanxun couldn't help laughing, and then asked: "You are guilty of your own crimes, so why don't you just talk about...what are you guilty of?"

At this moment, Zhao Yanxun was not in a hurry to help Xue Baoyun get up.

"There are three crimes for a concubine!"

"Tell me!"

With a calm expression, Zhao Yanxun turned around slowly and walked towards the throne in front of the hall.

At this moment, he is no longer the husband, but King Yong, the monarch.

"It's a crime for a concubine to misappropriate the royal family's food in excess of the princess's honor!"

Stepping up the Danbi steps, Xue Baoyun's words made him understand the reason of the matter.

It turned out that he came here for the internal anti-corruption investigation of the palace. It seems that this matter should have a result today. It is a coincidence that the princess came... Zhao Yanxun thought to himself.

"As a concubine, I can't restrain the servants in the palace, but let them do things in the name of my concubine behind their backs. The second crime..."

On the surface, Xue Baoyun was pleading guilty with these words, but in fact she was shirking responsibility.

But at this moment, Zhao Yanxun had bypassed the desk and sat on the throne that showed his status.

"A minister and concubine using power for personal gain, failing to agree with the prince and his wife, this is the third crime!"

After saying that, Xue Baojun kowtowed his head to the ground, and Lihua said with rain: "The concubine's virtue is too weak to inherit the honor of the princess, and please go down to the title of concubine, so as to police the subjects inside and outside the palace!"

It can be said that Xue Baojun showed the courage to break the boat, just to save his image in Zhao Yanxun's heart.

That's right, Xue Baoyun is very clear that in today's world, everyone in the palace is dependent on their husbands, and Zhao Yanxun is everyone's god.

Then the status of everyone inside and outside the palace depends entirely on Zhao Yanxun's emotional identification.

So in Xue Baoyun's view, the position of the princess is not that important, as long as she can keep her husband's image.

Don't you see, Huang Rongrong's character of being a monster, even though many people inside and outside the palace hate it, it's not the same as sitting in Tingfeng Pavilion.

Why?My lord loves me!
But Xue Baojun forgot that if the dignified princess went to compete with Huang Rongrong, she would already be inferior.

At this moment, Xue Baojun was waiting for her husband to speak and pronounce his fate.

There was silence in the hall for a long time, Zhao Yanxun was also very entangled at the moment, so that he hadn't figured out how to deal with it.

Fortunately, at this moment, Huo An has thoughtfully handed over the latest situation report to Zhao Yanxun from the big case in the side hall.

Open the document, which shows the investigation report.

The above clearly lists that Yongfu Palace misappropriated 850 three catties of food, and also records the misappropriation of other personnel.

The final conclusion is that all the gaps caused by misappropriation in various names have reached [-] stone grains.

With a "snap", the document was thrown on the desk, and Zhao Yanxun's face was full of anger.

He thought that under the current high-pressure rule, no one would do such a mindless thing, but the facts proved that he was still naive.

Under Majesty Dan, Xue Baoyun was extremely anxious, she could feel Zhao Yanxun's anger.

This made Xue Baojun, who was waiting for the verdict, extremely tormented at the moment, so much sweat broke out on his forehead.

The hall was extremely quiet, and finally... Xue Baoyun heard footsteps.

After a few steps, the black soap boots worn by Zhao Yanxun appeared in front of Xue Baoyun.

Looking at the woman kneeling in front of him, Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice, "Get up!"

He couldn't really abolish Xue Baoyun, after all, the other party's crime was not that serious, and on the other hand, he didn't have a suitable candidate for the princess.

Helping Xue Baojun up from the ground, Zhao Yanxun asked calmly while helping her tidy up her clothes, "What did you do with the overspend of [-] catties of food?"

Letting Zhao Yanxun tease him, Xue Baojun replied truthfully: "The concubine only embezzled three hundred catties, and most of them went to help the Hou family. The other five hundred catties were all misbehaving by the servants below. The concubine didn't know the situation!"

Zhao Yanxun smiled slightly, left Xue Baojun aside and walked out of the hall, and said at the same time: "You are wrong, the eight hundred catties of food were all embezzled by the servants below without authorization, and you have no knowledge of it!"

Turning around and following behind Zhao Yanxun, Xue Baoyun was overjoyed when he heard these words, he was considered to have survived this disaster.

"Thank you, my lord!" Xue Baoyun said softly.

"princess……"

Hearing the cold title of "Princess", Xue Baoyun's heart couldn't help trembling, she could feel the alienation in this sentence.

"The concubine is here!"

"Do you know why this king wants to exonerate you!" Zhao Yanxun asked with his hands behind his back.

"The prince is partial, the concubine is ashamed, let the prince down!"

Zhao Yanxun turned around and said slowly: "Because of Princess Yong's reputation, there must be no stain!"

This sentence refuted Xue Baoyun's emotional theory and turned into a naked conflict of interests.

Concubine Yong can't lose her reputation, otherwise it will destroy Zhao Yanxun's image, it's that simple.

"Chen Qie understands, from now on... Chen Qie will never make this mistake again!"

"Go back!" Zhao Yanxun smiled slightly.

There were not many words between the two, and Xue Baojun also left in a sense of interest, and she felt uncomfortable staying here for a second.

"Huo An, call the judge, Wang Zhengjun!"

"As ordered!"

Walking out of the main hall, Huo An looked at the setting sun in the distance, and the sky was now blood red.

(End of this chapter)