Zhou Chengping's roar was suppressed by the sound of silk and bamboo and could not penetrate into the garden at all.
But inside the garden gate behind Lin Dagui, everything just now was seen by Huo An.
Seeing that the chaos outside had subsided at this time, Huo An immediately turned around and rushed back to Baihua Hall. He was the spy sent by Zhao Yanxun.
In the Baihua Hall at this moment, Zhao Yanxun and Huang Rongrong were sitting next to each other, watching the dance performance in the hall together.
With the musicians playing their hearts out, everything looks pleasing to the eye, and you really feel like you are enjoying yourself here.
Of course, although he was immersed in it, Zhao Yanxun was very clear-headed and knew what situation he was facing.
Huo An entered quietly from one side of the hall, and then came to Zhao Yanxun's side.
Glancing at the excited Huang Rongrong, Huo An leaned over Zhao Yanxun and whispered: "Your Highness, the two chief ministers and the palace officials have been stopped by General Lin Qi..."
Seeing that Zhao Yanxun was noncommittal, Huo An continued: "Zhou Changshi and his men wanted to force their way in, and the two sides clashed at the gate. Fortunately, Guan Changshi came out to make peace, otherwise Zhou Changshi might have been captured!"
"Yes!" Zhao Yanxun responded, indicating that he was listening.
Not sure what he meant, Huo An was a little confused at the moment. He didn't know whether he should say the next words.
Just when he was feeling deeply in trouble, Zhao Yanxun's cold gaze glanced over, making Huo An's head tighten.
"Your Highness, the officials outside... are extremely dissatisfied with Concubine Rong, and Zhou Changshi even denounced Concubine Rong as a witch!"
Huo An's voice was kept very low, for fear of being heard by Huang Rongrong.
Just when he thought Zhao Yanxun would react to this, he only heard Zhao Yanxun lightly say: "I know!"
Got it? What does it mean to get it? Huo An couldn't guess Zhao Yanxun's thoughts more and more.
At this moment, Huang Rongrong was heard saying: "Your Majesty, I will give you another drink!"
Taking the wine glass, Zhao Yanxun stared at Huang Rongrong for a while, then smiled and said, "Thank you, my dear!"
"My lord, there is no need to say thank you. When I see my lord happy, I will be happy too!"
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Outside the garden, Zhou Chengping and others thought about it and finally decided to go to Xue Baoyun.
Although foreign ministers were not allowed to associate with their family members, the matters involved at the moment were too serious, and Zhou Chengping could not care so much.
So they immediately turned back and returned to the outside of Jinshen Hall through the path just now. They asked a chamberlain to go into the inner house to explain the situation to Xue Baoyun.
In fact, Xue Baoyun already knew the situation in advance, and she had many spies in the palace.
"Empress, look at this..." Yuzhu asked.
"If you go there in person, you can give an explanation to these officials!" Xue Baoyun said calmly.
In fact, she could go herself, but Xue Baoyun estimated that she might also hit a wall, so she didn't make herself uncomfortable.
After Yuzhu accepted the order and left, Xue Baojun sneered.
Concubine Rong was criticized by the officials, which made her deeply happy, so if it could increase the hatred of the officials, Xue Baoyun would be even happier.
As for the life and death of the people mentioned by the officials, Xue Baoyun subconsciously ignored it because it was not within her scope of consideration.
Soon half an hour passed, and Yuzhu appeared in front of Jinshen Hall.
"My lords, the princess ordered the servant to go outside the Baihua Hall, but unfortunately... the servant failed to enter the garden!" Yuzhu explained to the officials.
This explanation deeply disappointed many officials and also made them feel deeply aggrieved.
Gradually, Zhao Yanxun was in the palace, but they couldn't see him. It was obviously the palace of the feudal prince, but it was even more heavily guarded than the palace.
What the hell is this? Everyone sighed in their hearts.
"How about... let's go directly to Yongning Gate and expose the government's conspiracy?" Liu Yuanhe, the head of the Fengci Temple, said.
However, his words made some people hesitate.
Just listen to Guan Hetai say: "You can't make the decision on this matter without authorization, you still need to ask for His Highness's instructions!"
It's okay to advise others together, but if you want to make your own opinions, Guan Hetai will not participate. 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 the command of You Changshi.
At this moment, an official rushed over and shouted: "My lords, the music in the garden has stopped!"
Since the music has stopped, it means that Zhao Yanxun is coming out.
So everyone quickly rushed to Baihua Hall along the trail just now.
In the Baihua Hall, the dancing music has stopped.
Zhao Yanxun stood in front of the water pavilion, while Huang Rongrong was in the Baihua Hall, arranging the maid to reward 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 estimate, the number of people leaving the city today is about 40,000, and these people are basically the poorest people in the city.
However, those people who had some wealth did not blindly follow the crowd and left the city. They were obviously waiting to see the situation.
The number of people in the city has been reduced by nearly half, which means that the situation in the city has become twice as controllable. This is a good thing, but Zhao Yanxun is not happy.
"Your Majesty, the two chief historians and the palace officials are outside the flower hall gate again!" A chamberlain came to report.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zhou Chengping shouting from outside the courtyard wall in the distance.
"Your Highness, the Longyou government opened the city gate and let the people out of the city without authorization. Please stop it immediately!"
Hearing this, Zhao Yanxun smiled slightly and then walked towards the gate.
A group of chamberlains and maids quickly followed him. When he came to the garden gate, two chamberlains stepped forward and took off the bolt. The door was slowly pushed open by the two men.
Zhao Yanxun's figure gradually appeared in front of the officials.
Zhou Chengping hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the Longyou government opened the city gate without authorization and encouraged the people to flee out of the city. They are harming the people!"
But when he walked up the steps, he was stopped by Lin Dagui. He had just said that no one was allowed to cross the steps.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Yanxun immediately yelled: "Back off!"
After hearing Zhao Yanxun's order, Lin Dagui quickly stepped back, allowing Zhou Chengping to walk up the steps.
"My dear... are everything you said true?" Zhao Yanxun hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
"Your Highness, how dare I talk nonsense!"
Hearing this, Zhao Yanxun slapped his forehead and said in annoyance: "Alas... I was enjoying myself for a while, but I missed important things!"
"The people were deceived out of the city. It's my fault!"
Taking the blame for the past on oneself is a way of retreating in order to advance.
Sure enough, Guan Hetai who was listening to the side stepped forward and said: "Your Highness made an unintentional mistake, how can you blame him!"
However, Zhou Chengping was very sober. This was not the time to discuss guilt at all. He just heard him say: "Your Highness, the top priority is to close the city gate as soon as possible to prevent more people from going astray!"
Zhao Yanxun nodded, and then said: "That's right..."
"Huo An..."
"The slave is here!"
"Go and send an order to Wang Zong and ask him to take the king's token and go to Dusi Yamen!"
"As you command!"
The city gate was in charge of the Dusi Yamen, so Zhao Yanxun let Wang Zong pass.
At this moment, most of the people who wanted to leave the city had already left. With the flow of people extremely reduced, there was no need for Zhao Yanxun to say that Chen Anming should also consider closing the city gate.
There are zombies outside the city. If these people are chased back by zombies, it will be very dangerous if the city gate is not closed.
At this moment, I heard a charming voice coming from the garden: "My lord, why did you leave me and leave alone!"
Then, when Huang Rongrong walked to the door, she was met with cold looks from the officials, and she felt deep hostility.
What's going on? 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 put away.
Just as he was about to leave, he spotted Xu Hong beside him.
Standing on the steps with his hands behind his back, Zhao Yanxun looked into the distance outside the courtyard wall and said in a low voice: "Xu Hong..."
When he heard his name being called, Xu Hong was immediately excited and immediately bowed and replied: "I'm here!"
"Are you on duty today?"
"yes!"
"Then why are you here?"
What this means is that he shouldn't be here... Thinking of this, Xu Hong was immediately horrified.
He found that he had made two huge mistakes. Not only did he allow these officials to come to "force the palace", but he also got involved with them.
Literary and military affairs have always been a taboo, but Xu Hong didn't have any brains today, so he muddle-headedly got himself into trouble.
Xu Hong's mind is quite flexible. Zhao Yanxun only mentioned one sentence and he could think of so many things.
The reason why I didn't think of it just now was because people like Zhou Chengping fooled me, so I didn't think so much.
With a "plop", Xu Hong knelt on the ground and said with a headache: "I am guilty!"
Zhao Yanxun said nothing, which made Xu Hong even more frightened. He secretly cursed himself for being smart all his life, but today he became confused.
The atmosphere at the scene was extremely solemn, and even Huang Rongrong, who was next to Zhao Yanxun, did not say much at the moment.
When Xu Hong's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, Zhao Yanxun said coldly: "If you commit a gross offense, we will not pursue it for the time being. If you dare to do it again... you will be punished severely without mercy!"
For this kind of thing, the first offender can be beaten once, but if he does it again, he will be killed.
"Kowtow to thank you for your grace!" Xu Hong kowtowed quickly. Today's beating made him "grow" a lot.
"Back off!"
After saluting again, Xu Hong quickly retreated. He planned to get twenty army sticks when he returned to show his attitude of voluntarily accepting punishment.
Xu Hong understood some of the meaning of this sentence: "A companion to a king is like a tiger to a companion."
