Emperor Xuan was suffocated. He looked at the little girl in front of him. She was short but powerful. Her eyes were bright and sharp, as if she understood everything, and there seemed to be a coldness spreading around her body.
Seeing her like this, Emperor Xuan felt an inexplicable chill down his back. He felt guilty and coughed: "I am also surprised. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. It is so lawless that she is so bold as to come to the palace to assassinate her!"
Gu Xijiu smiled, her eyes slowly looked around the group of people who came in, and then she said: "Your Majesty, please forgive the daughter of the people for saying such honest words, but the guards in this palace are really incompetent! This Fortunately, they attacked a civilian girl. What if it were His Majesty? Wouldn't it be too bad?! The commander of the Royal Forest Army who is responsible for the palace guard has seriously neglected his duty and should be fined! Your Majesty, don't you think so?"
What she said was high-sounding, and her reasons were very sufficient. Emperor Xuan naturally could not refute it, and responded smoothly: "Not bad! Not bad! It deserves to be punished! It deserves to be punished!"
"Then what punishment will Your Majesty give?"
"this… "
"The daughter of the people has studied the laws of this dynasty. Entering an assassin in the palace is a serious dereliction of duty by the commander of the Imperial Guard. He needs to be punished with a cane or whipping depending on the severity of the case. If irreversible consequences are caused, he will be sentenced to beheading as a warning to others. Your Majesty, do you know if Xijiu is right?" Gu Xijiu spoke eloquently, and her clear voice echoed in the hall like beads falling on a jade plate.
Emperor Xuan: "...this..."
The commander of the Royal Forest Army was beside Emperor Xuan at the moment. Unable to stand any longer, he took two steps forward, knelt down and apologized to Emperor Xuan: "Your Majesty, it is true that I have neglected my duty, and I am willing to be punished!"
Although everything was secretly instructed by the master, he still needs to be the minister to take the blame. He can't put His Majesty in a dilemma, right
He could only grit his teeth and show his loyalty and put the blame on his own head.
Emperor Xuan could only take advantage of the situation, so the commander of the Royal Forest Army was fined a hundred lashes and an additional year's salary.
A year's salary was okay, and the emperor could make up for it from anywhere, but these one hundred lashes were real, and they ripped open his skin and almost broke his teeth.
Afterwards, he had to limp back to the main hall to thank him. Gu Xijiu couldn't bear to see him covered with bruises, so she generously gave him a bottle of medicine and told him sincerely: "Commander Xiao, this palace guard is extraordinary. It’s normal, you have to be careful! Next time you let the assassin come in so openly, I’m afraid it’s your head that His Majesty wants!”
Commander Xiao couldn't express his pain. He was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. He had to agree with fear: "This is what the girl taught you."
Commander Xiao cursed in his heart: What bastard said that this little girl was weak and could be bullied like a rabbit
She is clearly a wolf with a big tail! Still the type that eats people without spitting out the bones!
Commander Xiao struggled to hold the injured heart and went to heal it.
Emperor Xuan was surrounded by several ministers. Gu Xijiu glanced at them, and the hairs on their hair could not help but stand up. She was afraid that she would come up with some legitimate reason to punish them, and she almost wanted to come up with a reason to run away. road.
Fortunately, Gu Xijiu just glanced at them and stopped paying attention to them. Her attention was on the main hall: "Your Majesty, this main hall is quite strange. What are the many curtains and jade pillars used for?"
Now she finally looks a little like a teenager, a little naive, a little curious, and has put away the faint edge around her.
(End of chapter)