The system forced me to be emperor

He carefully recalled that whenever he and His Majesty were together, the relationship between the two seemed not to be between His Majesty and the prince, but between father and son. He would bring food for himself, and he would joke with himself. He will carefully teach himself how to behave in the world, and these are things that other princes have never experienced.

Xiao Rui pursed his lips, suddenly understanding this, he was a little at a loss.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has high hopes for you!" Jia Xu said solemnly.

Xiao Rui took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Wenhe, I understand, I will do as you said. After finding Wei Wuxian, if Wei Wuxian doesn't know my identity, then tell him and borrow his Let him tell King Chu and Duke Xi. Just in time, I will also use this to verify whether my father is what the two gentlemen said."

"Okay!" Both Jia Xu and Guo Jia nodded.

Xiao Rui suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, Wenhe and Fengxiao, Yan Xiaoxiao, the female official who writes beside my father, is still locked in the palace of female officials. If you want to release her, the queen will definitely not do so. Then It can only be done through my father, do you have any good ideas?"

"This matter is simple!" Guo Jia was worthy of his extraordinary ingenuity, and immediately had a solution.

The next day, Xiao Rui entered the palace to pay his respects after the morning court was over.

Arriving at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Xia had just sat down to have a cup of tea when he heard that Xiao Rui was coming.

"Xiao Qi is here, tell me, what is it for?" Xia Huang asked.

Xiao Rui really wanted to roll his eyes, so he asked: "Father, the sons and ministers came to pay their respects, are they all for utilitarian purposes? Can't they just come to pay their respects?"

This is His Majesty with deep fatherly love?

A single sentence could make me faint, and I didn't see any fatherly love.But after thinking about it, hey, I really have something to do!This made me feel better and not angry anymore.

"You always go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything, tell me." Emperor Xia put down the teacup and asked, pointing to the tables and chairs beside him.

Xiao Rui sat down, and when he was about to speak, an internal official came into the hall and said, "Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Chu, please see me!"

"Xuan!" Emperor Xia said.

When Xiao Rui heard that Xiao Yiheng was coming, he shut himself up, and let's see what he said first when he came in.

When Xiao Yiheng entered the hall, he saw Xiao Rui sitting there, anger flickered between his brows, and a pair of dove eyes glanced at him.Xiao Rui got up and cupped his hands, smiled brightly in return, and called out, "Second Brother!"

This is the first time the two have met to officially declare war, so I don't know what kind of sparks will arise from the friction.

"I pay homage to my father!" After Xiao Yiheng saluted, he shifted his gaze to Xiao Rui, and said with a smile, "Seventh brother is here too, how is your rest these days? It must be very tiring to patrol the state capital outside, and you must be punished." There are so many corrupt officials, and the money they got from their homes is in the millions! I can’t imagine! How much people’s fat and people’s anointing these corrupt officials have embezzled! And I heard that King Xian’s people are away, and the capital is also very lively. Many carriages carry large boxes, and those who don’t know think they are loaded with silver.”

"Oh, is that so?" Emperor Xia asked immediately.

Xiao Rui's face didn't change, he thought it was filled with silver!White silver!I have worked so hard to search several states, can I do it for nothing?

The king of Chu said this on purpose because he wanted to tell His Majesty that he was corrupt, let's see what he says next!

Seeing His Majesty's curiosity, Xiao Yiheng immediately became more eager: "Reporting to my father, it is true. There are quite a lot of gossip in the capital now, and some people with good intentions calculated the amount of silver according to the big box that entered Xianwang's mansion, and it turned out to be as high as 200 million taels Huge! The number is unbelievable! I feel that if you don’t investigate and let the gossip slander King Xian, then his achievements in patrolling the state capital will become suspected of corruption.”

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yiheng was so proud that he dared to fight against himself, courting death!Any trick of your own can kill you to death!

Unexpectedly, Xiao Rui nodded and agreed: "Yes, my son has also heard the rumors, Father, now the king of Chu has testified that the maximum is 200 million taels, not 250 million taels! So it is It’s not about refunding more and making up less!”

The conscience of heaven and earth, Xiao Rui took out 250 million taels in order to leave the gold medal as I came here in person, and was worried that His Majesty would suspect that he had embezzled more. Who knew that the King of Chu would send someone's head thousands of miles away, and he proved it to himself in a few words!

It's so soft-spoken and affectionate!

Oh, there are very few people in the world who are as clean and honest as myself!

Xiao Yiheng was a little confused, what the hell?More refunds and less compensation?

Emperor Xia glared at Xiao Rui, and snorted, "You want to take it back after entering my internal money? Well, I've remembered your grievances. Haiban drafted an order to commend King Xian for inspecting the state capital. For the achievements made, ten pieces of jade, one catty of imperial tea, and one thousand taels of gold will be rewarded."

"Yes!" Hai Dafu immediately accepted the order, and will prepare the order later.

Xiao Rui got up quickly and thanked: "My son, I thank you for your grace!"

Xiao Yiheng was even more confused, no, no, why did it become like this?

Afterwards, he came to his senses and immediately cursed inwardly: Damn it!

King Xian, are you still a human being, you have offended so many local officials, powerful families, and prominent families when you went out, and you have reaped so many benefits, and you actually gave them to Your Majesty?In other words, not only did I fail to expose Xiao Rui's crimes, but I helped him prove his achievements!

grass!I have the heart to want to die!

Then, Emperor Xia actually scolded him: "King Chu, are you guilty?"

Xiao Yiheng was so frightened that he knelt on the ground to listen to the training, and said, "My son is guilty!"

What crime?He didn't react at all.

Emperor Xia shouted: "You are the elder brother of King Xian. You listened to the rumors and did not stop them. You failed to set an example for an elder brother. You even disregarded the truth from the false. You ran in front of me and talked nonsense. You failed to distinguish right from wrong as a prince should. It is said that rumors only stop at the wise, what about your ingenuity? Fortunately, King Xian has returned to Beijing. If he is outside and cannot confront him face to face like now, if I listen to your slander, will I become a fool?"

Xiao Yiheng knelt down obediently, and said respectfully: "My son is convicted, and I ask my father to punish me!"

"You shouldn't ask me to punish you!" Emperor Xia continued to reprimand.

Xiao Yiheng felt aggrieved, so he could only beg Xiao Rui, saying: "Seventh brother, second brother doesn't think carefully, cares in disorder, and even listens to rumors, please forgive second brother!"

Xiao Rui touched his chest, and the film king went online instantly: "I have always felt close to my second brother, but I never thought that my second brother would listen to rumors. How terrible is it for three people to become tigers? My brother feels heartbroken, and I hope my second brother will take it for granted." Quit!"

Xiao Yiheng was roaring in his heart, but he could only show a taught expression on his face, saying: "What the seventh brother taught me is that the second brother has remembered."

Seeing that the two brothers were in harmony, Emperor Xia was quite relieved, and said: "Get up, let's have some refreshments in the future, don't listen to the wind and the rain."

Xiao Yiheng stood up and said, "I understand."

Emperor Xia asked again: "You both came to see me, what's the matter?"

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "Second brother is the elder brother, so let's talk about it first!"

Xiao Yiheng was not polite, but stated the purpose of this trip.

Chapter 377: Rescue Yan Xiaoxiao

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Xiao Yiheng took the lead in expressing his intention for coming: "Father, in half a month it will be the death day of Empress Xiaoshengxian, and my son came here to ask Father, whether to order everyone in the capital to wear white clothes, and women should also wear plain clothes as in the past. , don’t drink alcohol, don’t eat meat, and don’t listen to music.”

Xiao Rui raised his brows, happy in his heart, it was such a coincidence.

Emperor Xia was startled, he was busy with government affairs, but he ignored the anniversary of his birth mother's death. Xiao Yiheng worked in the clan's mansion, so he had the duty to remind His Majesty.

"It's been more than 20 years in a blink of an eye." Xia Huang was a little dazed, then nodded, and said: "Just follow the rules of previous years, and I will still go to the imperial tomb to worship this year! There is no need to deliberately make a fuss."

"Yes! My son understands." Xiao Yiheng said.

Emperor Xia looked at Xiao Rui and asked, "What about you?"

Xiao Rui said: "Father, my son came here to commemorate the anniversary of Empress Xiaoshengxian's death. I heard that my father lived with Empress Xiaoshengxian in Xuanzhou when I was young. I think I must like to eat Xuanzhou's Qingtuan and Jixi tarts." Kueh. This year's death day, in order to commemorate the filial piety of the empress, the emperor was unwilling to make a fuss, so the ministers wanted to donate porridge, and at the same time donate the Qingtuan and Jixi tart cakes to commemorate the filial piety of the empress."