Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

Although he had to call Xiao Yan "Father" in front of everyone, his true identity was a secret.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Zhan raised his hand slightly, and saw Qing Feng and Tie Yi leading a group of guards to bring in two large boxes. When the officials who were just busy seeking credit saw the boxes, their faces turned pale.

Just when they were planning to deliver bribes to Prince Gong's Mansion, all those shady things that could not be seen by the light were secretly stuffed into these two large boxes!

"Prince Gong, what's going on here?" the Queen asked with a frown.

Xiao Li and Xiao Zhan's eyes met, both of them had question marks on their faces, and they were wondering in their hearts: What is this guy up to?

"Don't be impatient, Queen. The answer will be revealed soon."

Xiao Zhan nodded at Qing Feng, and Qing Feng took out two brick-thick account books and began to read out loud the records inside. These records were all the silver and treasures that disappeared at the Spring Banquets over the years.

All together, a total of more than 1,683,000 taels of silver were missing from the national treasury, not including the things that the emperor gave to ministers and concubines at the spring banquet on a whim.

This amount of money was more than the tax revenue of Beiling Country in the past ten years! In other words, the tax silver earned by the people through ten years of hard work just disappeared!

Once this matter gets out, the people will be in an uproar!

The whole place was in an uproar. Emperor Bei Ling's face was so dark that he looked pale and powerless.

The atmosphere was more tense than before. Even the Queen and Concubine Shu were so scared that they dared not say a word, for fear of getting into trouble!

Xiao Li and Xiao Yan then realized the seriousness of the problem. They felt so regretful that they wished they could disappear from the venue immediately!

These losses are all their previous bad debts!

They thought they could just let the servants fool them, but they didn't expect that those idiots were not cleaned up! Now that Xiao Zhan had turned everything upside down, they no longer had the mind to gloat over the misfortune. They were only terrified, wondering how the emperor would deal with them!

Ten years of tax revenue, that’s an astronomical figure!

It took Qingfeng almost an hour to finish reading the details of the deficits.

Then he opened a thinner booklet and handed it to Xiao Zhan.

"Those were the specific amounts of the deficit, and this one records the names of the 'heroes' who caused the deficit."

Xiao Zhan handed the booklet to the eunuch in charge and recited the names, bribe amounts, item types and values ​​without blinking.

These names matched those of the officials who had just been asking for rewards with great pride. Every time a name was read, an official would kneel down, trembling all over like a leaf falling in the autumn wind.

It turned out that the money that His Royal Highness Prince Gong had asked them to register and hand in earlier was for today's show! This was the "surprise" he promised everyone for the Spring Festival!

"How ridiculous! This is simply lawless! You are so bold!"

When Emperor Bei Ling read to the end of the booklet, he was so angry that his beard almost stood up. He waved his hand, and the golden plate on the table flew out with a whoosh, hitting the heads of the dozen officials who were asking for rewards. The leader immediately started bleeding!

"Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please have mercy!"

These officials, who were exposed in all their shame, fell to their knees, begging for mercy. The evidence was irrefutable, and there was no way they could deny it. Xiao Li and Xiao Yan were busy with their own affairs, so how could they care about them? Under the wrath of the emperor, they could only swallow the bitter fruit themselves.

Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan exchanged glances, with meaningful smiles on their lips. The show has just begun.

"Spare my life? You worms! How dare you use the Spring Festival to collect bribes and make money over the past few years? Tell me! Where did all that money go? Who gave you the guts to do that?"

The book in Emperor Bei Ling's hand had been deformed by the pinching, and he threw it to the eunuch in charge. His eyes were as sharp as knives, not only stabbing at those officials, but also fiercely stabbing at Xiao Li and Xiao Yan who were silent on the side.

"Father, after I discovered that there was something wrong with the accounts, I boldly asked the Nan Family's Major General Nan Jingxing to secretly search the residences of the adults during the Spring Festival. The search should be completed by now."

As soon as Xiao Zhan finished speaking, Nan Jingxing came in with a team of capable guards. The guards were carrying several heavy boxes, and Nan Jingxing was holding another account book in his hand.

As soon as Lu Linyi saw Nan Jingxing, his eyes were like being sucked by a magnet and he could not move them away. He involuntarily let go of Jiang Xue's hand and began to carefully tidy up the loose hair around his ears.

A shy pink blush appeared on her fair face. Jiang Xue noticed this and followed her gaze towards Nan Jingxing. She thought to herself that judging from the situation, her cousin must have fallen in love with the young general of the Nan family.

It was no wonder that Nan Jingxing was handsome and upright. Although he was a military commander, he was well-read and talented. It was reasonable for his young cousin to be attracted to him. Perhaps, she should find a chance to discuss with Yun Che and see if she could bring the two of them together.

Just as he was thinking, Nan Jingxing had already respectfully presented a pile of heavy treasures and a detailed account book to Emperor Bei Ling: "Your Majesty, these are the gold and silver treasures found in the residences of the gentlemen, with a total value of 680,000 taels. The account details are all in this account book, please have a look!"

Compared with the loss to the national treasury, there is still a shortfall of one million taels!

"In addition, the account book also records the whereabouts of one million taels, of which 500,000 taels flowed into Prince Li's Mansion, and the whereabouts of the remaining 500,000 taels are unknown." As soon as Nan Jingxing finished speaking, Emperor Bei Ling's eyes shot towards the few words at the bottom of the account book like sharp arrows.

Li Wangfu - these three words were like sharp needles, piercing deeply into the eyes of Emperor Bei Ling.

His eyes were as cold as ice, locking onto Xiao Li, and he growled gloomily, "King Li, do you admit your guilt?"

The sound was like the thunder before a storm, causing everyone's heart to tremble violently.

Xiao Li's heart trembled, and he knelt down to defend himself: "Father, I am innocent! I have no idea where the five hundred thousand taels came from! They must have deliberately put the blame on me in order to get away with it! Please, Father, please look into this!"

This game was clearly set up by him for Xiao Zhan, but unexpectedly, the situation changed suddenly and he became the most suspicious one! The situation changed rapidly, and Xiao Li was trapped by Xiao Zhan's layout for a while, and was caught off guard!

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Beiling is a loyal and honest child, and he is very filial to you. How could he do such a shameless thing as embezzling the national treasury? In my opinion, it must be those evil-minded people who, seeing that the matter was exposed, wanted to drag someone else to take the blame, and fabricated this account book out of thin air!"

After the queen finished speaking, she glared at the officials who were kneeling and trembling on the ground, cursing in her heart, "These dogs are slaves. They want to drag others down with them before they die!"

Loyal and honest? Jiang Xue almost laughed out loud. If Xiao Li was an honest man, then there would be no one in the world who was not cunning.