In the evening, the royal family of Chen's capital city is particularly beautiful against the slanting light of the setting sun, and the merchants in all parts of the city have begun to pack up their stalls and go home one after another, counting how much money they have made in the present day along the way; restaurants and gambling halls are lighting up the lanterns at the gate, lighting up the whole city in a moment, if some people can have a bird's-eye view of the whole city from the distant mountain, they will find that the city in the evening not only does not reduce any prosperity and hustle and bustle in the daytime, but even more.

Where the people live together, wisps of cooking smoke begin to smoke in every household, after all, the city is the most prosperous place on this Xuanling Continent, and it is already full of a different kind of prosperity all the time. No matter how many people are coming and going on the streets at this moment, the city is full of a sense of prosperity that makes everyone feel comfortable.

Today, however, the city was not at peace, for as night fell upon the land, the people of the city heard a news that surprised everyone greatly. A news was transmitted from the Checheng Palace, the wife of the general Zhao Ling, the youngest daughter of the Kong family who has a very high reputation in the royal Chen family, was personally issued an order by the head of the royal Chen family, His Royal Highness the current King Che, this Kong Hong because of the secret contact with the Empress Shengde who left the country, invisibly revealed the biggest secret of their royal Chen family, which directly led to the current firearms plan they secretly developed was exposed in front of the country. King Che himself did not want to punish Kong Hong, but because the situation was so serious, he had to decide to temporarily put Kong Hong under house arrest in the palace of the Chen family.

This news was enough to surprise every citizen in the city, and even all the soldiers and generals, and even scratch their heads. It is impossible for everyone in the city to not know who Kong Hong is, Kong Hong's prestige in the city is extremely high, this is because she is usually a jealous and hateful person, and when she is in the city, she will try her best to help ordinary people and help them solve the difficulties around them or the hardships of life. These things went on for a long time, and Kong Hong's prestige and majesty were even higher than Chen Xuan's in the city.

Originally, Chen Xuan could not care about these things, after all, Kong Hong was also his sister-in-law, and the reason why Chen Xuan understood Kong Hong's behavior before was that what she was doing now was just to continue the glory of their family. But now, Chen Xuan thought of another, even more terrifying possibility, what Kong Hong did was to control the hearts of the people in this city. In this way, she may even be able to sacrifice the city directly in one go anytime and anywhere when the army leaving the country really hits the bottom of the city. Such a result was really unacceptable to Chen Xuan, and in desperation, he could only choose the safest way, that is, to temporarily imprison Kong Hong. But even he, even if Kong Hong's charges are confirmed now, he doesn't dare to do anything too much to her easily.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Xuan finally decided to control Kong Hong for the time being, and he couldn't let her carry out such a treatment and action in the country of their royal family, the Chen family, so easily, otherwise the consequences would be immeasurable.

But at this moment, Chen Xuan still ignored Kong Hong's status in the Chen family of the royal family, this young girl has won the support of a large number of people and even soldiers with her actions over the years, in their hearts, Kong Hong's identity and status are higher than him Chen Xuan. So, naturally, in the early morning of the second day after Chen Xuan issued this order, some guards came to deliver the news, saying that more than 10,000 people had petitioned outside the palace, asking Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of the royal family, to pardon Kong Hong's crimes.

This news was transmitted through the guards to the ears of the head of the royal Chen family, Che Wang Chen Xuan, who was just preparing to go to the court, he was originally dressing, when he heard this voice, he was immediately surprised to knock down the dozens of books on the bookcase next to him, although he had already understood the possibility of this, but he did not think so deeply, and also ignored Kong Hong's identity and status at this moment and even incomparable prestige.

However, after all, Chen Xuan was the head of the Chen family of the royal family, and he was the lord of the forces that had now become independent, and although he was shocked by Kong Hong's prestige, it did not affect his current thinking. On the contrary, his thinking became clearer, Kong Hong was even more unable to stay, and many times when these things were done, it only added to the jealousy and helplessness in Chen Xuan's heart. He was helpless that as the head of the Chen family of the royal family, and as His Royal Highness King Che, his current prestige and status were not as good as Kong Hong, a girl who did not have an official position.

After pondering for a long time, Chen Xuan didn't want to take this matter out of the court to talk about things, after all, everything he did at this time in front of him was under the attention of all the people of the city, and everything he did was likely to cause a series of unknown consequences here. Therefore, Chen Xuan finally decided to issue an order for the time being, ordering Kong Hong to be changed from house arrest to being a guest in Luanxiu Palace, in the name of a guest, so that the meaning of ordinary people could be ignored for the time being. You can even explain this to Zhao Ling, which will not cause much change in Zhao Ling's mood.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Xuan remembered that he was going to the court today, he hurriedly got dressed and walked out quickly, and came out of the apse to the front of the main hall of the current Taiji Palace. Now that they saw Chen Xuan's belated appearance, they probably had some guesses in their hearts. They had also heard the explosive news that came out of the city yesterday, and now looking at Chen Xuan's appearance, these ministers already understood a little bit in their hearts, this must be because yesterday's situation directly led to a series of things that happened today. Including the people who came to petition together, hoping that Chen Xuan could release Kong Hong, this was just the final result.

Chen Xuan sat down in his place, he looked intently at the civil and military officials on the left and right below, his mood suddenly became very complicated at this moment. Although he didn't want to tell the inside story of this matter, he also knew that this morning and last night when his news came out, it had directly led to the clarity of many things to a translucent state. Now, Chen Xuan is afraid that even if he wants to hide this matter, these civil and military officials will already be able to explain the situation.

Sure enough, when he sat down and asked the first sentence, Tian Qi, the prime minister in charge of government affairs in the Chen family of the royal family, had already stood up and asked in a loud voice: "Your Highness, the most exciting thing in the city now is the news you announced yesterday, Miss Kong Hong ostensibly supported our side, but in fact, Your Highness, you found out that she was secretly helping to leave the country and help the departing monarch Empress Shengde spy on our intelligence. But His Highness must have known what had happened this morning, and tens of thousands of people had come to the palace to petition. Now, we want to know how His Highness has handled and planned this matter?"

This Prime Minister Tian Qi said the voices of almost all the civil and military officials now, Chen Xuan sighed silently, he knew that this matter would not be suppressed by him so easily, not only ordinary people, but even these officials couldn't wait to know the inside story. Although these civil and military officials did not have a lot of contact with Kong Hong in ordinary times, in fact, they were very appreciative of Kong Hong's reputation and all that she had done. So, now there is also a collective wish of tens of thousands of people, so they naturally want to know what the inside story is.

Chen Xuan took a deep breath, he knew that this matter had to be explained clearly, and the people and officials in the Chen family of the royal family had an explanation. So, he said slowly: "I didn't know about this matter, in fact, I also believed in her very much, after all, her sister is my wife, and the Kong family is also a force that absolutely supports us." But this news is accurate because Xia Chengjie, the guard general of Luoshu County, was the original dart head of the Kong family, and after I took a fancy to it, he was promoted all the way to become a general stationed in Luoshu County. When he was in the Kong family, Kong Hong had the best relationship, and Kong Hong also went to find him on the way back, and after talking deeply with him, he tried to impress Xia Chengjie with his old feelings, so that Xia Chengjie could be used by her. But after a period of careful consideration, he finally decided to tell me the news, what he did at this time has made me really unbearable, although Kong Hong has not done much to disadvantage us now, but I am really a little worried, once the country to launch a secret battle in it, I am afraid that Kong Hong will directly attack as an internal counterpart. I couldn't take it anymore, so I made a decision as a last resort."

Chen Xuan's words had already been said very clearly, and the surrounding civil and military officials immediately began to look at each other and think about this matter, although they still felt that it was not appropriate to deal with it in this way, but since Chen Xuan had already given this order, they could only obey as courtiers. Thinking of this, the prime minister Tian Qi came forward again and said: "If all this is true, then it will be difficult for us to explain this matter to the people, Your Highness, you must also know that in the eyes of the people, Miss Kong Hong's prestige is extremely high, even no less than Your Highness, once you can't explain it to the people, I'm afraid the consequences of this matter will be even more serious."