Transmigrating to Female Supremacy: Husbands, Don’t Be Too Outrageous

Ji Zhen looked at the crown princess calmly, only to see that she had already kneeled on the ground with a pale face, trembling. Only one pair of eyes, with fear and anxiety, drifted towards Zhao Xiyun from time to time.

Sure enough it was her.

Ji Zhen understood and stopped talking. She wanted to see what Zhao Xiyun was going to do in front of her.

Zhao Xiyun had been in the palace for a long time and was very shrewd. When she saw Ji Zhen glance at the crown princess, she remained silent and just stroked the teacup, tapping it twice with her slender fingers. This was completely different from her attitude towards Dong Hai, so she knew that she had understood her intentions.

The empress was right. She was a smart man. Zhao Xiyun was very satisfied.

At this time, the medical officer rushed in from outside the hall with a medicine box on his back. While wiping the sweat from his forehead, he knelt down in front of Zhao Xiyun and Ji Zhen and said respectfully:

"Lord Zhao, His Highness Qingyan, I am sorry for being late. Please forgive me!"

The Imperial Medical Bureau is very close to this side hall. As far as Ji Zhen knows, there are at least twelve doctors on duty today. According to the rules, apart from the group that treated the empress, there should be at least four doctors left in the Imperial Medical Bureau. She looks very young, so she should be the medical officer left behind. Why did she come in such a hurry and in such a mess?

Could it be that something has changed with the empress?

Ji Zhen frowned and asked:

"Stand up. The Imperial Medical Office is only a few steps away from here. Why are you so embarrassed?"

When the doctor heard Ji Zhen's question, his face immediately turned bitter. He stuffed the handkerchief he used to wipe his sweat into his sleeve and bowed to Ji Zhen, saying:

"Alas! Your Highness, you don't know that the emperor has suffered from an old illness and has been vomiting blood. He is unrecognizable. Your Majesty is furious. Except for me, all the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau have been arrested and sent to Chongde Palace to serve. The palace is so big and I am alone. I..."

"nonsense!"

The medical officer was interrupted by Zhao Xiyun before he could finish his words. She lowered her eyebrows and looked straight at the medical officer, saying loudly:

"Your Majesty has always been in good health. What do you, a new doctor, know? How dare you speak nonsense about His Majesty's condition? What crime should you be punished for?"

The young medical officer had been busy all morning and was already dizzy. How could he withstand Zhao Xiyun's threats? His legs went limp and he knelt on the ground with a plop, his head pressed against the bluestone bricks, not daring to say a word.

Zhao Xiyun looked at her with disgust, turned around, called two guards, and instructed the doctor:

"Take Dong Hai down there and give him a good look. Don't let him die."

"Yes."

The medical officer hurriedly retreated with Dong Hai. Looking at her back, Ji Zhen shuddered suddenly and understood at once why Zhao Xiyun wanted to protect the Crown Princess.

The Empress, I’m afraid she’s about to die.

Once the empress passed away, the crown princess Li Yuanzhen would be the new emperor. And the crown princess Zhu Shaoshen, who was born in the Hanlin Academy and whom she relied on, would be promoted to a high position in the court, and it was not impossible for him to be the head of the six ministers.

Ji Zhen lowered her eyes to look at her purple official uniform and sneered in her heart. No wonder Zhao Xiyun wanted to protect Zhu Shaoxin, it turned out that she had already stood on Li Yuanzhen's side.

The side hall returned to silence. Zhao Xiyun brushed his sleeves and saw that Ji Zhen didn't say anything. He then walked to Zhu Shaoxin and asked:

"Zhu Shaoxin, do you admit your guilt?"

Who is Zhu Shaoxin? She is a daughter of a noble family who was born in the Imperial Academy. She is very good at stirring up people's hearts and attacking people from behind. Inciting rebellion in Donghai is her masterpiece.

But even so, she had only seen a few people as domineering as Ji Zhen in her thirty years of life.

I have heard that Ji Zhen has no taboos, but I didn't expect that he really has no taboos. In the palace, in front of Zhao Xiyun, he kicked Dong Hai, who humiliated the general, half to death.

She thought that Ji Zhen had a deep relationship with Yu Bojun and would be more cautious in her behavior, so she picked Dong Hai to do the dirty work for her, intending to kill someone with a borrowed knife. But she didn't expect Ji Zhen to be so indifferent and act so cruelly.

Now, even though Zhao Xiyun had told her earlier that Ji Zhen was too young and just a minor character, so she didn't need to worry, she had to worry at this moment.

It's not that she was afraid that Ji Zhen would use some dirty tricks to harm her, but she was afraid that Ji Zhen would just draw his sword and send her to death if they had a disagreement.

Faced with Zhao Xiyun's perfunctory questioning, he did not dare to answer easily.

She secretly raised her eyes to look at Ji Zhen, but her eyes met hers. Ji Zhen looked at her with a very cold gaze, with a hint of sarcasm in it, but it was like a blade scraping across her face, sending a chill up her spine.

Zhu Shaoxin couldn't help but shiver with goose bumps all over his skin. His throat tightened and he couldn't speak clearly.

"Your humble servant...Your humble servant..."

"Humph."

Ji Zhen sneered, gently stroked the soft sword around his waist, and said lightly:

"Zhu Shaoxin, are all of you in the East Palace mentally ill? You have been stripped of your robe and hairpin, and you are a commoner. What crime do you have to be punished for calling yourself an official?"

Zhu Shaoxin's eyes followed Ji Zhen's hand stroking the soft sword at her waist, and she was so scared that her soul almost flew away. She knelt on the ground regardless of her status, her head touching the blue bricks, and shouted:

"I admit my guilt! Please forgive me, Your Highness..."

"You admit your guilt? That's good."

Ji Zhen interrupted Zhu Shaoxin and lazily pointed at the guards beside her and said:

"You, um, you. Tell me, according to South Vietnamese law, how should she be punished for this crime?"

The guard who was suddenly called by Ji Zhen looked at a loss. She looked at Zhao Xiyun at a loss, but was glared back by Zhao Xiyun with an extremely ugly expression.

This guard was originally Zhao Xiyun's man, but Zhao Xiyun didn't care about her now, and Ji Zhen's identity was there, so she had to answer. So she had to bite the bullet and answer Ji Zhen truthfully:

"Your Highness, according to the laws of Nanyue, if a person does not hold an official position but falsely claims to hold an official position, he shall be caned 100 times and sentenced to three years' imprisonment."

One hundred strokes of the cane and three years of imprisonment?

This Ji Zhen really wants her life!

Zhu Shaoxin sat on the ground with a pale face, his mouth open but unable to utter a word.

Ji Zhen looked at Zhu Shaoxin's pale face, smiled coldly, waved to the guard, and said:

"In that case, then drag him away and give him a hundred strokes of the cane first."

As soon as Ji Zhen finished speaking, the whole hall fell silent.

That was the princess's confidant, born in a noble family in Nanyue, and favored by Zhao Xiyun, Zhu Shaoxin! The Qingyan County Prince beat him up as soon as he said so, and beat him a hundred times! Not to mention Zhu Shaoxin's body piled up with fine clothes and delicious food, even if he was an iron man, he would be dead after the beating!

The palace servants in the palace suddenly felt that Ji Zhen was like the reincarnation of the King of Hell. They stood there with bated breath, staring at their toes, not daring to breathe, fearing that they would be spotted by the King of Hell and killed.

Zhao Xiyun, who had been patient, finally couldn't bear it anymore, stopped the guard, and hurriedly said to Ji Zhen:

"Your Highness! Zhu Shaoxin is a member of the Imperial Academy after all, and has made great achievements. Even if he is a commoner here, Your Highness should not..."

"You also know that she is now a commoner? Lord Zhao, is there anything you don't understand about the word 'commoner'?"

Ji Zhen spoke lazily, but the look in her eyes was extremely sharp, fixed on Zhao Xiyun, forcing her to involuntarily take a step back.

"Drag him away." Ji Zhen ordered the guards.

The guard slowly grabbed Zhu Shaoshen while desperately winking at Zhao Xiyun.

Zhao Xiyun was an old man who had worked in the palace for half his life. After a moment of panic, he immediately calmed down and said to Ji Zhen:

"Your Highness is wrong. Even if Zhu Shaoxin is to be convicted, he should be handed over to the Three Judicial Departments for trial before being convicted. Why did Your Highness resort to private punishment?"

Ji Zhen laughed, and gently stroked the soft sword at her waist with her slender fingers. She nodded to Zhao Xiyun in agreement and said:

"Of course, Zhu Shaoxin spread rumors, slandering me for having an affair with the princess's husband, and wanted to frame me for the serious crime of exterminating my entire clan. Such a bad behavior cannot be dealt with by a private execution in this side hall.

But she just committed this crime in front of me and Lord Zhao. I was afraid that she would be punished for multiple crimes and would never be able to leave the Dali Temple. So I wanted to save Lord Zhao the trouble, but why is Lord Zhao unhappy? "

Zhao Xiyun was speechless after hearing this. She held Zhu Shaoxin and Donghai here because she wanted to explain the pros and cons to Ji Zhen and solve the matter privately. Taking off Zhu Shaoxin's robe and hairpin was meant to beg for forgiveness, but Ji Zhen didn't seem to buy it.

But after being beaten with such a hundred sticks, how could Zhu Shaoxin still be alive?

"Your Highness, Zhu Shaoxin is weak, how can he withstand a hundred strokes of the cane?"

Zhao Xiyun gritted his teeth and bargained with Ji Zhen. Ji Zhen was straightforward and waved his hand, saying to the guard:

"Since Lord Zhao is asking for mercy, I'll give you a 50% discount, fifty sticks."

"Your Highness..."

"beat!"