Stop acting, Your Majesty, the queen knows you're faking it

Chapter 526

When the people below made their voices again, it was time for the prefect Xu to finish processing all the official documents.

His face was more tired than before.

Kneading her sore wrists and moving her neck, she just stretched and stood up slowly with the edge of the table: "Finally, the tidying up is finished, so when the envoys from the capital arrive in Pingxing, we will I can also give them an explanation..."

"Master, you have always been conscientious in dealing with floods and disasters. Even if His Majesty came to investigate in person, you would not be able to find any faults." The housekeeper followed Xu Ruxuan and bowed his head.

"It's just..." After a short pause, he showed a bit of embarrassment again, "You haven't reported the matter of the water bandit to the court, and when the imperial envoy came to ask about it, how would you answer it?

"You can't, say we deliberately concealed the report?"

The butler seemed to have accidentally mentioned a key point. Whether it was Xu Ruxuan who was walking in front of him, or Chi Xinian and Xinyi who were secretly lurking on the roof, they all tensed up subconsciously at this moment.

Chi Xinian and the two kept their eyes on Xu Ruxuan, as if they reacted immediately to get a glimpse of his true inner thoughts.

But the result disappointed them.

After stopping for a moment, Xu Ruxuan returned to normal again, maintaining the same pace as before, slowly pacing towards the door.

While walking, he said in a calm tone: "If the imperial envoy asks about the water bandits, he will naturally report to him according to the matter.

"We didn't mean to hide it, but we suspected that someone was manipulating it, and we were afraid that the disaster report that we handed in would not reach His Majesty's hands on time, so we made a bad move and concealed it.

"It is indeed inappropriate to do so, and if His Majesty wants to punish, I understand.

"But I believe that with His Majesty's wisdom, you will definitely understand me."

"It would be great if His Majesty could really understand, but..." The butler's expression changed several times, but in the end, he still couldn't tell the worst situation.

The water bandits plundered such a big thing but concealed it?
Can His Majesty really understand such a serious crime?
But things have already developed to the point where it is now, and it is useless to think about anything else.

Xu Ruxuan and Xu Ruxuan did not continue to say anything after their conversation reached this point.

Thinking about it, it was a heavy heart, and they were almost out of breath, so they didn't have the heart to analyze the impending punishment.

"They seem to have rested." Xinyi watched the candles in the two small rooms on the other side of the study go out, and then asked in a low voice, "Girl, should we continue to monitor? Or should we go home first?"

"Look again." Chi Xinian tapped his toes lightly on the roof tiles, and he floated down on the roof where Xu Ruxuan lived like a kite.

Although the lights in the room below had been extinguished, the rustling noises from inside indicated that the people in the room hadn't fallen asleep yet.

This is strange, what can this magistrate Xu do that can't be done by lighting a lamp?

A person of his age, working secretly in a dark environment, is not afraid that he will be raised for a long time?
Chi Xinian was skeptical, but since there was no light below, she couldn't see anything in the dark environment.Only by the faint moonlight, I could see what the vague figure by the window was writing.

"Forget it, let's go back." Chi Xinian pursed his lips, and carefully put the roof tiles together.

(End of this chapter)