Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

The wood that can be regarded as the beams of the Taimiao must be inspected layer by layer.

There will never be a situation where it may be eaten by moths.

And judging from the extent to which these beams have been hollowed out, it should have been some time.

Using this kind of rotten wood as beams, coupled with earthquakes, it's no wonder the temple didn't collapse.

Li Ji immediately reported the matter to the emperor.

The emperor was recently ordering people to investigate the truth of the collapse of the Taimiao. After hearing about this, he immediately sent officials from the Ministry of Industry to the Taimiao.

After inspection, those beams that had been emptied by moths happened to be several palace rooms that had just been repaired.

After careful inspection, it was found that these beams were all newly replaced.

It is not a strange thing to replace the beams when repairing the Taimiao. The beams were also replaced during the repairs in the past few years.

However, the newly replaced beams were actually hollowed out by moths, which was a big problem.

The second prince Li Hao and the fifth prince Li Yan were interrogated,

When asked where the beams used to repair the Taimiao came from, the second prince Li Hao expressed his confusion.

"Those beams were bought by someone sent by my fifth brother. They have never been in my hands. I don't know anything about them."

Fifth prince Li Yan was a little nervous: "Is there something wrong with those beams?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice said politely and yet forcefully.

"Your Highness Fifth just tell the truth, and other matters will be dealt with by the lower officials."

During this period of time being locked up in the prison of Dali Temple, Li Yan was always restless.

However, in just a few days, he lost a lot of weight and looked rather haggard.

At this time, he was like a frightened bird, and he could no longer see his usual arrogance.

Li Yan clutched his sleeves unconsciously, and answered cautiously.

"We bought it from a wood merchant at a high price. He said that these few pieces of wood are rare and rare in a thousand years. They are not only durable, but also have fine and beautiful wood grains. They are most suitable for beams. "

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice asked: "Who is that timber merchant? What's his name and where does he live?"

Li Yan said hesitantly: "These trivial matters are all handled by the people under him, and I don't know very well."

Minister of the Ministry of punishment was noncommittal about this answer.

He went on to ask, "How much did it cost to buy the beams?"

Li Yan hesitated for a while before saying a number.

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver."

It is indeed a high price, but if those beams are really the best wood that is rare in a thousand years, it is worth the price.

However, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice questioned: "Did it really only cost 200,000 taels? The Ministry of Accounts has very detailed account records. According to the records, you once spent 900,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Accounts for the purchase of beams. "

Li Yan's face suddenly turned pale.

"How could there be so much? I only spent 300,000 taels..."

The words stopped abruptly.

When he met Shangshu Shangshu's sharp eyes, he knew that the other party was deliberately defrauding him.

And he was fooled.

Li Yan slumped down on the ground, with only one thought left in his mind——

It's over!

...

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment brought a confession to the palace to seek an audience.

He saw Wu Wang at the door of the imperial study, and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Eunuch Wu, for your reminder yesterday."

Most of the civil servants have prejudice against eunuchs, thinking that these eunuchs are villains who can only flatter and flatter their masters. In fact, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment actually looks down on these eunuchs.

But he has always been a man, knowing that Wu Wang is someone who is needed by the emperor, and he can't afford to offend him easily.

If they meet each other on weekdays, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice will take the initiative to say hello to each other to show their friendship.

That is, yesterday, Wu Wang inadvertently mentioned that the fifth prince has a lot of money recently, and bought a lot of good things, which must have made him rich.

The Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs happened to be investigating the case of the collapse of the Taimiao, and he immediately thought of corruption.

With the idea of ​​giving it a try, he went to defraud the fifth prince, but he did not expect to be defrauded by him.

What a surprise!

Seeing that the case was about to come to light, the Secretary of the Criminal Ministry was very happy, and his attitude towards Wu Wang became more and more kind.

Wu Wangji was puzzled.

"What is your lord talking about, what did this servant mention to you? This servant doesn't understand what you mean."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice showed a clear expression: "I understand, I understand, you didn't say anything, I just figured it out on my own, anyway, thank you this time, I will treat you to tea some other day."

Wu Wang didn't answer, but said respectfully.

"Your Majesty invites you to go in and speak."

Pushing open the door, Minister of the Ministry of Justice walked in.

He told everything he had learned from his investigation.

After the emperor heard this, his anger could not be seen on his face, but his eyes were extremely cold.

It turns out that the reason why the Taimiao collapsed was because the fifth prince Li Yan used his power for personal gain and bought inferior wood of unknown origin at a high price as the beam.

The emperor asked blankly, "Has the timber merchant been found?"

The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment replied truthfully: "I have already sent someone to look for it, but they couldn't find it. The other party should have run away long ago."

The emperor smiled coldly: "Very good."

This is obviously a game set up in advance by others.

Whether it's Xu Yi, whose whereabouts are unknown, or a mysterious and unknown timber merchant, they are all in the same group.

From the moment the emperor ordered the repair of the Taimiao, that group of people had already started planning the layout.

The next step is under their control.

What made the emperor most angry was that Li Yan easily got into the trap set by others for a mere one hundred thousand taels of silver.

stupid! How stupid!

Sensing that the emperor was in a bad mood, Minister of the Ministry of Justice did not dare to ask more questions.

It took a long time before I heard the emperor say something coldly.

"Let the second prince go."

"Here."

As soon as the people left, the emperor immediately covered his heart, his brows were tightly frowned, and his face was frighteningly pale.

Zuo Ji hurriedly ordered someone to bring a medicine bottle, poured out two pills and fed them to the emperor.

After taking the medicine, the emperor felt a little more comfortable in his heart, but his face was still extremely ugly.

He was injured many years ago and was hit by an arrow in the heart. Although he saved his life, he was left with sequelae of angina pectoris.

Over the years, after careful treatment by the imperial physicians, his heart disease has been much better, and there is basically no abnormality on weekdays, but as long as his mood fluctuates too much, his heart disease will still attack.

For this reason, the imperial physicians specially developed a painkiller pill for the emperor.

Every time the emperor had a heart attack, he only needed to take two pills to relieve it a little.

Zuo Ji asked: "Do you want to invite the imperial physician to come and have a look?"

The emperor waved his hand, saying no.

He slowed down his breathing and told himself over and over again that he couldn't get angry just because of a stupid son.

He is not the only son.

Since Li Yan is useless, he puts his hopes on his other sons.

Da Zhou's country will not have no successors.