Looking back, he said with emotion: "Concubine Xun, do you know that you were the one who harmed your father? If I hadn't asked Mingyue and Tomorrow to investigate the dead Taoist priest outside the palace, they wouldn't have inadvertently investigated you.
His father had a private deal with Xing Mo. [ ]"
Concubine Xun was stunned and couldn't speak for a while.
After a while, she finally recovered from the shock, but she still couldn't accept that she was the culprit who put her father in such a predicament.
She shook her head sluggishly and was deeply shocked: "No...it's impossible. How could I harm my father? You lied! You lied..."
Ao Chenye just looked at her quietly without giving any response.
After a period of frantic denial, Concubine Xun suddenly knelt down beside Lin Miaoshi as if she had lost all her strength.
She cried and grabbed her father's sleeves tightly, feeling regretful: "Dad, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... It was my daughter who was unfilial, it was my daughter who harmed you... Dad..."
Seeing his daughter crying so heartbrokenly, Lin Miaoshi gently held her with his old and skinny hands, tears streaming down his face: "My good daughter..."
The scene of father and daughter hugging each other and crying made Ao Chenye's calm eyes filled with emotion.
The elder shook his head and sighed, took a few steps forward, and said regretfully: "Mr. Lin, if I had known this now, why bother at the beginning?"
Lin Miaoshi did not respond, but just held his daughter in silent silence.
Looking at his old man with black and white hair, the elder could not help but feel pity.
After thinking about it for a while, he turned to Ao Chenye to plead for mercy: "Wang, although Lord Lin and his daughter's sins are unpardonable, I would like to ask Wang Nian for the sake of Lord Lin's great contributions to Tenglong Kingdom for both dynasties.
Their father and daughter received a lighter sentence."
Ao Chenye narrowed his deep black eyes and looked thoughtfully at the father and daughter under the steps. When his eyes fell on Concubine Xun, his eyes were obviously a bit colder.
Thinking of how Ke'er almost died several times, it was impossible for him to let Concubine Xun go so easily!
"King..." The elder's voice called out again with pleading.
Ao Chenye pursed his lips and turned to look at the elder, already making a decision in his heart.
"The elder's intention has never occurred to me. The reason why I did not announce to the ministers in the main hall today is that I cannot bear to ruin the reputation that Mr. Lin has worked so hard to build in the two dynasties due to his hard work and high status. However, the death penalty
You can avoid it, but you can’t escape the crime!”
His words suddenly sank, and he turned his gaze to Lin Miaoshi and warned in a deep voice: "Master Lin, it turns out that you are selling war horses privately, which is a serious crime that endangers the country! I will let you go for the time being, but I want you to withdraw from the court.
Just find a reason that will prevent the ministers from asking further questions, and then resign and return home."
Hearing this arrangement, Lin Miaoshi quickly knelt down in gratitude. He kept kowtowing, and his heart was filled with the panic of narrow escape. Being able to keep his reputation was more important than anything else——
"The guilty minister thanks the king for not killing him! I thank the king for his grace, thank you... The guilty minister will hand over a resignation notice after he returns, and then the guilty minister will take the guilty daughter back to the mountains and fields, and will not let her cause trouble again."
Ao Chenye waved his hand, but his handsome face turned serious. There was an irresistible coldness in his expression: "I never said that I would let Concubine Xun off like this. She is ruthless and commits murder repeatedly, so she should be punished by the harem.
This king wants to imprison her in the cold palace, so let her reflect in the cold palace!"
Hearing this, Concubine Xun almost went crazy: "No! I don't want to enter the cold palace, I don't want to enter that ghost place, I don't want..."
Thinking of that gloomy cold palace, she shuddered all over. There, there were a group of vicious women who had brought trouble to the harem, and there were even some women who had problems with her. She would not be able to survive if she entered there!
Her resistance caused Ao Chenye's eyes to narrow coldly, and his voice was suddenly so gentle that it made people shiver: "Concubine Xun, it's okay if you don't enter the cold palace, then... I will let you enter the underworld!"
If she is not punished, if the women in the harem become jealous again in the future, wouldn’t his little cutie’s life be threatened?
Seeing that Ao Chenye showed no sign of relenting, Concubine Xun panicked and turned to her father and elders for help: "Dad...save me, I don't want to end up in the cold palace, elders, please..."
However, Lin Miaoshi could only look at her helplessly with red eyes and infinite distress. The crime his daughter had committed was enough to warrant death, and being alive now was already a great gift. What else could he ask for?
Next to him, the elder just turned his face away mercilessly in response to Concubine Xun's plea for help.
The concubine who caused trouble in the palace should have been killed!
…
Outside the door, no one noticed that Ke'er had been hiding in a secret place in the corner of the window.
Regarding such a result, her mood fluctuated complicatedly.
It turns out that Ao Chenye has been investigating Concubine Xun's assassination of her, but no trace has been revealed.
It made her think that her life was so worthless, but Concubine Xun was more important in his eyes, which made her feel extremely sad about this...
It turned out that he had arranged a trap long ago and was waiting for Concubine Xun to surrender.
She didn't expect that the man who was always immoral in front of her would... be so secretive. Perhaps, it should be said that he was extremely secretive!
Otherwise, why is she always being plotted by him, but yet unable to do anything about him!
Although she was complaining in her heart, her mood was much lighter now.
It seems that she sneaked back!
At least she saw with her own eyes that Concubine Xun, who was always so arrogant in front of her, was punished, which really made her happy!
The slap marks on my face suddenly don’t hurt so much anymore, haha...
When she was frustrated, she forgot that there was an open window above her head. When she raised her head and snickered, her head accidentally touched the window frame——
"Boom!"
"Ouch!" She instinctively cried out in pain, but the moment she made the sound, she realized that she shouldn't have done it, and quickly covered her mouth, secretly shouting that it was bad.
The collision sound was very small, and the cry was also very light. I hope... the people inside didn't hear it...
She prayed and moved her feet slightly, trying to escape quickly. However, Ao Chenye's cold drink came from inside -
"Who's out there?!"
"Oops, I've been discovered!" She froze, not knowing what to do.
As soon as Ao Chenye finished speaking, Leng Yun's voice swept out of it like a gust of wind, and before she had time to think of a way to deal with it, it was already in front of her.
When Leng Yun saw it was her, he was momentarily surprised: "Miss?"
There is nowhere to escape!
Ke'er could only pretend to be stupid and smile: "Haha, Leng Yun, what a coincidence, I met you here. Haha, I was just passing by. You are busy with your business, don't worry about me, I'll leave now, I'll leave now
…”
She tried to sneak past in a few steps, cheering and waving her hands, taking a step forward secretly, and then another step...
Leng Yun asked helplessly: "Miss, you'd better go in with me!"
He had to become serious.
Ke'er's face stiffened and her fake smile immediately disappeared.
She frowned and asked weakly: "Do you have to go in? Can't you pretend you haven't seen me?"
Looking at her begging look, Leng Yun was in a dilemma.
Although he was unwilling to bring her in just like that, Leng Yun was helpless. She had already been discovered by everyone inside, and it was his duty.
Just when he was helpless and embarrassed, the elder's serious voice came from behind him: "Leng Yun, don't bring her in yet!"
Leng Yun glanced at Ke'er apologetically: "Miss, please."
At this moment, Ke'er had no choice but to slump her shoulders and was helplessly invited in by Leng Yun.
When Ao Chenye saw it was her, his body froze.
He narrowed his eyes to hide the indulgence in his eyes, and kept his handsome face serious to prevent anyone from seeing his fluctuations because of her.
When Ke'er reached the bottom of the steps, he looked at Lin Miaoshi and his daughter with cold eyes, and shouted immediately: "Come here, take Master Lin and Concubine Xun down!"
"Yes!" Soon, Mingri and Mingyue came out from the side curtain, quickly picked up Lin Miaoshi and Concubine Xun, and took them away by force.
However, when Concubine Xun passed by Ke'er, she suddenly started struggling violently and roared as hard as if she wanted to tear Ke'er apart: "Bai Ke'er, you have caused me such misery, I can't be a ghost."
I'll let you go, just wait and see, wait and see..."
The fierce look of her eyes widening in hysterics made Kerr stunned for a moment.
Ao Chenye couldn't control himself and slapped the dragon chair angrily: "Take him down!"
Therefore, Mingyue simply used force to subdue the struggling Concubine Xun, and then quickly dragged her away from the scene.
"Woman..." Lin Miaoshi couldn't help but call out heartbroken all the way, with tears streaming down her cheeks.
…
Finally, the scene became quiet.
Ke'er swallowed, as Concubine Xun's terrifying roar seemed to still be echoing in her ears. She unconsciously stretched out her hand to cover her chest to soothe her frightened heart.
Now she has finally experienced that sentence for herself...when a woman is ruthless, she is even scarier than a man.
Ao Chenye sat on it, staring at her closely with a pair of black eyes. Seeing her fright, he wanted to rush down and protect her tightly in his arms.
but……
He can't do it now, her identity has been exposed, he must first think of a foolproof strategy...
"Miss Bai, why haven't you left yet? Why are you hiding outside and eavesdropping? What are your intentions? Or, I should ask... what are your intentions in coming here from the human world?"
The elder's questions suddenly rang in her ears one after another, almost startling her again.
Ke'er's temper got worse after being spoken to so coldly by this... old guy over and over again!
She shook her head and faced the elder's stern gaze. First they met with angry eyes, and then she suddenly smiled so hard that her eyebrows were crooked: "Old man, you don't have to speak so loudly. I'm not as old as you.
So if you don’t have a hearing problem, you can speak softly.”
Regarding her playful smile, the elder was speechless for a moment.
Because I have never encountered such a...joke. Normally, as long as he keeps a straight face, everyone in the palace, from the ministers to the servants, will be shocked by his majesty. How can he still laugh at him with such a smile?