1638 In Court 2
She knew pretty well that the chief must have been punished because of her entering the mansion. She did not need to think deeply about that.

The chief stopped her because that was his order, and he let her go because the order did not tell him that she should be stopped.

He had not made any mistake. He was just following his orders.
She had underestimated the King’s cruelty.

He did not even forgive those who worked for him!

He should not have punished everyone he disliked.

She whispered to Sword One and then, she got into the wagon.

Sword One could not ride in the same wagon as her when the wagon was from the court. So she had no choice but to walk outside.

Gu Chaoyan fell into contemplation inside the wagon.

When the wagon entered the court, the servants asked her, discreetly, to get off the wagon.

Gu Chaoyan was never a very critical person, but that was usually what servants from the court did, so she let them do it.

She got off the wagon and was led to Qianqing Palace by the servants.

Honestly… the King barely used Qianqing Palace after Piaomiao Pavilion and the Cangyan Door arrived. He only received guests at Ronghua Palace.

This time… the King must be planning to meet her alone, since the meeting was taking place at Qianqing Palace.

He must want to ask her about her visit at Lord Huai’s Mansion.

Gu Chaoyan had already sorted things through on the way to meet him, so she knew what to do.

Sword One could not follow her in, according to the rules, so Gu Chaoyan walked in Qianqing Palace alone.

Seated on his chair, the King was being served by De Fu.

The King was not reading, but sat there transfixed, which was very surprising.

After the Queen left, the King read the petitions or the books the Queen left for him. Gu Chaoyan did not think that was because he missed the Queen. He must be feeling very guilty, but he was not reading now.

Seeing Gu Chaoyan entering the palace, the King stopped staring and turned to Gu Chaoyan, looking unfazed.

“You went to Lord Huai’s Mansion?” the King asked, sounding distressed.

“Yes”

“You know Lord Huai is grounded?”

“Yeah, so I went in rather than letting him come out.” Gu Chaoyan spoke reasonably.

The King was silent for a while.

True.

She always had her argument.

He did miss this point when giving the order.

When he grounded someone, Honored Princess Jing for example, they would not receive anyone, nor did her son go to visit her to make her situation embarrassing. Because they knew that she was grounded because she made a mistake.

Gu Chaoyan was disgusting. She always ignored his authority.

Okay, then, he was going to make her argument die.

“De Fu, give the imperial order that no one is allowed to walk into Lord Huai’s Mansion from today on!” the King said, distressingly.

The imperial order was made purposefully for Gu Chaoyan, because of what she did today.

De Fu was surprised, but he did not think about it. So he went to give the imperial order.

“You are not allowed to walk into Lord Huai’s Mansion again, now that the imperial order has been given.” The King said, “You are the Phoenix Girl, and I did not put it clearly in the past, because I hoped that you would figure it out yourself, but it seems that you can’t. So I am going to tell you clearly right now.”