Respect the little husband [farming]

Near noon, a middle-aged man in a steward's uniform in the second prince's mansion was kneeling on the ground to report the situation of the seventh prince's mansion, holding up the account book he had copied privately.

Li Zhi sneered after flipping over, Lao Qi really thought that with the help of his father, it would be smooth sailing for him?His mansion is very loose, and there is no one to take care of him effectively. It's hard to get people together, and anyone can infiltrate it, not to mention that Fu Houye is so fierce that he bought the head of the household department in a short period of time. Cooperating with the inside and the outside, the books of the disaster relief in the Southwest will not look good.

The steward: "It's not just what's on the books, those who associate with the seventh prince all ate from it, and the money secretly deducted from the disaster relief fund will not be recorded on the surface, it is estimated that the whole 130 million taels are scattered , it’s almost used up.”

"I remember that the Shen family's account book is very good, and the money in their hands is rich, if he helps Lao Qi fill in this vacancy—" Li Zhi tapped the account book in his hand with some worry, frowning.This Shen family is really a shit-stirring stick.

The steward: "No, please rest assured, Second Prince, [-]% of the money has already been debited from the account book of the household department, and the grain, straw mats, clothes, wood, etc. bought are not enough. No matter how much money the Shen family has, as long as we act enough Hurry up, he can't get these things together in a short period of time. If he can really get all these things together, then he can't move the accounts in each shop, and he can check them out, let alone... Shen's family may Without knowing this, the Seventh Prince completely rejected the Shen family's intervention."

Li Zhi smiled pleasantly: "Is this true? Old Qi, Lao Qi, the King of Hades ordered you to die in the third watch, and no one can keep you until the fifth watch. Go, and immediately enter the palace with the prince."

The steward followed immediately.

At this time, Shen Wenxuan was still sitting outside the Hubu court, combing the dog with his fingers, his eyes were a little blank, he really didn't know what would happen next, during this time he let the Seventh Prince toss about, wanting to make a gamble, Let's see what he can do in the Southwest. He can tolerate the youthfulness of a crown prince, but he cannot accept his mediocrity and incompetence.

If the Seventh Prince can stabilize [-]% of the southwest within the range he estimated, but only [-]%, he will let the entire Shen family end to help him. Because of their reasons, he can still control wealth, but once he touches military power, he is like a person who has been erected. It is not something he can go down if he wants to, which is contrary to his original idea.

After escaping from Anhe County and Pingle Mansion, he thought that he would be ups and downs in the desire for power, but he also thought that he would return to his original life after breaking out of the quagmire, but he never imagined that he would ascend to the position of supreme , Imagine yourself to bear the rise and fall of a dynasty.

"The dog left," Shen Wenxuan regained his senses and patted its big mouth, "How is Ajiao doing in the palace? Hmm? You are so fat and strong, why can't my Ajiao be the thin and weak sweetheart before?" Right, huh?"

Gou Sheng ignored him, turned around to let him see his tail that was plucked by a tuft of hair just now, and barked twice aggrievedly. People surrounded the badly injured Qiang envoy, and they couldn't help but slap it:

"silly dog."

At the gate of the palace, Li Zhi got out of the carriage and drove towards the palace in three steps and two steps, with a smile on his face, the guard at the gate of the palace didn't say anything, but he also paid attention secretly, and when he gradually walked away, he turned his head and told the other A guard went to talk to Commander Zhao and Commander Yan in front of the hall.

In the household department, Chu He took over the account book handed over from the master bookkeeper. The minister of their household department unfortunately died under the sword of the army when he was young. His qualifications are older than that of the right servant, and he is the most likely to succeed the minister. Therefore, all the affairs of the household department must go through his hands, acting as the minister.

When he randomly flipped through a page or two of the ledger, he realized something was wrong. There were two ledgers for disaster relief funds, one was recorded by their household department, and the other was handed over to the Seventh Prince’s House for records. Although the two ledgers were completely It fits, but because it fits too well, it seems wrong.

Buying such a batch of goods with silver is not only a variety of types, but also a large number. It takes a long time from the payment of the deposit to the payment of the final payment. But I spent [-]% of it... It is impossible to spend it so fast.

Chu He quickly flipped through the account book with a heavy expression on his face. As usual, this kind of falsified accounts and embezzlement of black money is not uncommon in the royal family. The general household department will only turn a blind eye when they find out. After all, they are relatives of the emperor. It's just that the family puts money from one pocket into another if they are greedy or not. If they want to be serious, they will be disgusting.

But this kind of corruption, which has spent at least more than 100 million taels of silver, is not beyond the scope of the Ministry of Household Protection.

"Who is in charge of disaster relief in the Southwest?" Chu He asked in a deep voice, looking at the master bookkeepers who were working hard on the case.

The five masters looked at each other, and one of them replied: "Your Excellency, it should be Master Wang, but he felt cold last night and couldn't get up this morning, so he asked someone to ask for a day off."

"Ask for leave?" Chu He frowned, looked at the two books and suddenly asked, "Is the Ministry of Rites still entertaining the envoys of the Qiang Kingdom?"

"Well, yes, I heard that there is a mess over there now, what orders does your lord have?"

Chu He didn't answer, got up and walked quickly to the Ministry of Rites. Since the envoys from the Qiang Kingdom were still there, the people from the Ministry of Rites were still there. Shen Wenxuan should still be there, and it turned out to be the case. Walking out of the courtroom of the Ministry of Household Affairs, they only signed those agreements that were not painful. Although they didn't suffer, they still shivered in fright when they saw Gousheng when they went out.

Shen Wenxuan glanced at the few people lying sprawled inside as if they had just been raped, raised his eyebrows, and excitedly picked up the leftover dog: "Master Shao, Shen will send the Queen Mother's dog back to the palace for you." .”

It's time to see Ajiao in a fair manner, Shen Wenxuan thought happily, just as he walked out, he saw Chu He standing at the door and looking at him. Judging by his expression, he felt that it was not a good thing.

The smile on the corner of Shen Wenxuan's mouth gradually faded away, and he and Chu He walked to a pavilion not far away and stopped. This person has become close to him since he rescued him from Dali, why did he suddenly investigate Shen's residence? Helping him hide the corpse that night was considered a life-threatening friendship, and there was no one around, so Shen Wenxuan said directly: "What do you want from me?"

Chu He didn't talk nonsense with him, took out two ledgers from his sleeve and handed them to him, saying: "Do you know what the Shao family and the Seventh Prince did? The amount of corruption is too large, even if I deliberately cover it up past."

Shen Wenxuan turned over a few pages and his heart suddenly sank. He didn't say [-]% of the answer sheet, and he was wiped out before he did it, but Shen Wenxuan thought about the courage of the Seventh Prince, how could he have the courage to dare? Do such a big thing!

He quickly turned around and ran back to the household department courtroom, grabbed Shao Youli by the collar and lifted him up, his serious expression was visible to the naked eye: "Sir Shao, how much disaster relief money have you and the Seventh Prince coveted together."

Shao Youli was a little confused at first, but when he heard him ask this question, he felt offended, turned his face away and laughed and said, "Master Shen, what does this mean? How could our Seventh Prince be corrupt? That's not how we joke—"

"Who's kidding you!" Shen Wenxuan smashed two books into his face, "The Ministry of Accounting has already found out, and you directly spent [-]% of the money!"

"Nine——" Shao Youli was stunned, hugged the account book that was about to fall and glanced a few times, then looked at the servant of the household department standing aside, his heart trembled: "No, no, up to [-]%, how, how could it be?" What about ninety percent? Why—”

"Master Shen," Shao Youli grabbed Shen Wenxuan's hand, glanced at Chu He again, and stammered nervously, "You have to help the Seventh Prince with this matter, Master Shen, we knew when we moved money, it's impossible Move to [-]%, this, this... Mr. Shen, you know the household department at first glance, first help the Seventh Prince deposit [-]% of the silver, and when we check it out, we will return the silver to you immediately, huh? Mr. Shen—”

Those who support the Seventh Prince are only able to come up with so much money at once from the Shen family. It will take time for them to use all their wealth to collect it now. The household department has already seen it now, and if something else happens——

"Young master." Defu, who followed Shen Wenxuan into the palace, came in and handed a note to Shen Wenxuan.

After reading it, Shen Wenxuan unfolded the note and slapped it on Shao Youli's chest: "It's too late, the second prince has already entered the palace, and he's almost walking to the front of the palace right now."

No one would believe that he entered the palace at this point and said that he didn't come here for this matter.

Shao Youli took the note and shook it on the spot: "...My lord, my lord Shen, you have to hurry up and collect the money, collect the money..."

The accounts have already been done, so what if the money is collected at this moment?Shen Wenxuan sighed in disappointment, turned and walked out of the courtroom.

"Master Shen, you can't just ignore it, Master Shen, we are all in the same boat..." Shao Youli chased after a few steps, looking at Shen Wenxuan's back anxiously like an ant on a hot pot, standing on the spot After jumping a few steps, he suddenly thought of something, and immediately looked for the Seventh Prince as soon as he rolled his eyes.

Shen Wenxuan walked out of the palace quickly, and told Defu on the way: "Take the dog left to find the queen mother, and ask her to help hold the second prince back for a while. Don't let him see the emperor right now."

"Yes, young master." Defu trotted away with Gousheng.

Chu He held him back: "What are you going to do? Since you don't know about this matter, don't get involved. If the Seventh Prince falls, just fall. You haven't stayed in his camp for a few days, and the emperor forced you to join him." If you go in, if something goes wrong, you will be removed from office.”

"Then Master Chu thinks which one is better between the Seventh Prince and the Second Prince?" Shen Wenxuan asked instead, "I and the Second Prince are already mortal enemies, so it is impossible to stand with him. This time, the Seventh Prince... ...Let’s say it was my negligence, I didn’t guard against the Second Prince’s plan, he is still young and doesn’t understand everything, I will make up for this matter as much as I can, and give him another chance.”

"If you gave it this time, there will be another time," Chu He called him, his voice suddenly became softer, "Why do you have to choose one? You can clearly——"

"If you want to be you, don't get involved with me!" Shen Wenxuan gritted his teeth, "My surname is Shen, not Li. If you let me be, it is because I have the patience to fight with the Li family for five, ten or 15 years. Do you still want me to start a civil strife like Chi Ji, and use all of Daqing's energy to take the position under his ass? Don't say I don't want to, I can't afford so many lives, get rid of the second prince and the queen It is the best way to let the emperor have only one way to choose."

"Then after you succeed, will Daqing be fine? Are you going to ignore it?" Chu He said angrily.

Shen Wenxuan: "The ruler, the minister, and the minister, as long as the ruler can distinguish right from wrong, appoint people on their merits, and have people who are loyal, virtuous, and reasonable to assist them, it is possible to create a peaceful and prosperous world."

Chu He stopped in place and watched his back gradually go away. This man knew Daqing better than anyone else, and he also knew what he wanted most, and he rarely compromised.

The fate of Daqing has been going downhill since the southwest. Even if the Qiang state subdued, the Huns in the north are still eyeing them, the internal officialdom is still weak, the court struggles constantly, and there are very few people who are determined to serve the country. Although there are those who have both ability and political integrity , but the emperor was in a daze, and how many people were reused.

More intuitively, he, the servant of the household department, knows best that the emperor did not resettle the displaced people in the capital, and detained the newly appointed generals Ge and Zhang in the capital. Excessive spending and North and South military spending.

Chu He took a deep breath, caught up with him and walked with him: "Even if you rely on your own money and shop in a short time, you can't make up much in a short time, not to mention that the accounts left in other houses can be found out, and the seventh prince's greed is gone." Sin is still inescapable."

Shen Wenxuan: "What do you want to say?"

Chu He: "Have you forgotten? I am the servant of the household department, acting as the secretary. I have the key to the treasury in my hand. There are still some supplies left over from the last disaster relief. It has been in it for a long time and no one remembers it. You Give me the silver, I will take those out, and when this turmoil is over, I can use the silver to buy those supplies from elsewhere."

Shen Wenxuan paused, watched him think for a while and asked, "How much is there in the treasury?"

"There are enough things like straw mats and wood, and the most lacking are food, clothes, quilts, and livestock." Chu He said worriedly.

"I see." Shen Wenxuan cupped his hands and thanked him solemnly, "I will remember this love, and I will try my best to help my lord in whatever difficulties you encounter in the future."

Chu He opened his mouth and muttered a few times, hesitated to speak, and finally sighed, patted him on the shoulder, turned and left.

Shen Wenxuan glanced at him, turned around and continued to walk outside the palace, his footsteps were like the wind.

Mr. Shen ordered that all the shops in the Shen family's business be moved at the same time, forming a circle with the capital as the point. Buy in, fast and sharp.

The queen mother in the palace got the news, and immediately called the emperor over because of illness. Emperor Chongxin was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study room. Hearing that Jinde from the queen mother's palace came over, he looked very dignified. Although he didn't want to see the queen mother, the word filial piety is big After another day, he still put down the things in his hands and asked them to drive Changxin Palace.

Zhao Er got the news from the imperial guards, and stopped the second prince who wanted to enter in front of the palace: "Second Highness, there is a new rule in the palace, before seeing His Highness, you have to take off all the things that can hurt people."

Li Zhi: "What nonsense rules, there is nothing in this hall that can hurt anyone, let me go over, this hall has urgent matters to find the emperor."

"Hey——" Zhao Er pointed to the headband on his head and the jade pendant on his waist, "Your Highness, these are not acceptable. Next time you come to see the emperor, remember to wear plain clothes."

Li Zhi touched her hair: "What should I do with my hair if the headband is removed?"

Zhao Er pulled out a hair rope from his sleeve, and said with a smile: "This is for a villain, please borrow it from Your Highness for a while, remember to return it to me later, and keep the small hairband and jade pendant for Your Highness first."

He is the commander in front of the hall. Although Li Zhi was furious, she still couldn't touch him, and turned around and cursed: "What are you doing still standing there? Help the hall remove the hairband!"

The following attendants carefully and quickly took off his headband, tied it with a hair rope, and took off the jade pendant around his waist. Li Zhi held back his anger and turned around to Zhao Er: "Okay, Zhao Er?" Grand Commander?"

Zhao Er smiled slightly and moved out of the way, but he was one step too late after all. When he reached the imperial study, Emperor Chongxin had just left and took a chariot to Changxin Palace.

Li Zhi kicked on the pillar in the corridor and cursed "unlucky", now it is possible to catch up, but it is inevitable that he is too impatient, as if he is in a hurry to pull Lao Qi off the horse, the emperor sees Not necessarily happy.

In Changxin Palace, when Emperor Chongxin passed by, the Empress Dowager was lying on a soft couch, wearing a bright yellow tunic covered with a quilt, but her face was a little pale, she really looked uncomfortable.

Emperor Chongxin did not reach the couch, but stopped at a distance, and asked the imperial physician beside her: "How is the Queen Mother?"

Dr. Zhao examined the pulse carefully for a while, and replied: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager was frightened, and her Qi pulse was weak. I prepared a decoction to soothe the nerves. Drink it for a few days and take a good rest. Don't get tired, maybe you will lose weight." It's getting better."

"Scared?" Emperor Chongxin turned his head to look at the servants in the palace, "Which one dares not be dedicated? I will drag him out and chop him up."

"Okay, you don't have to shout in front of me in this kind of situation. I'm so annoyed." The queen mother opened her eyes and looked at him, frowning, "I came here because I wanted you to invite the holy monk." Come to Changxin Palace, Bengong, for a while, I always feel that there is some yin energy in my palace that cannot be dissipated, and it is sometimes very cold when it presses on Bengong."

Emperor Chongxin glanced at the hidden compartment behind the wall of her palace, and placed the tablet of the dead in his palace to worship all the year round. It would be strange if there was no Yin Qi, but this is the most taboo between him and the Queen Mother , did not mention it tactfully, only agreed to come down.

Afterwards, the Empress Dowager closed her eyes and ignored him. Emperor Chongxin stood in the hall and moved uncomfortably. Slowly, he felt a little awkward. He glanced at the Empress Dowager, his face darkened, he turned around and was about to leave. Just happened to meet the eyes of Concubine Ning who came into the palace.

The Empress Dowager was ill, so it was reasonable for her to come and see her.

Concubine Ning smiled gently, and bowed to see the emperor, she looked well-behaved, but when she walked past Emperor Chongxin, the fingers hidden in her sleeves suddenly scratched lightly on the palm of his hand.

With just this scratching, the emperor's heart suddenly flared up, and he stopped in the steps he was about to walk, and looked at Concubine Ning's back.

"Aunt," Concubine Ning sat down beside the Queen Mother's bed, and said with concern, "Where does Aunt feel unwell? Wan'er can give you a pinch."

"No need," the queen mother opened her eyes, and patted the back of her hand lovingly, "Auntie is just tired and wants to sleep for a while, Wan'er doesn't have to worry about me, she can make arrangements on her own."

Ning Siwan glanced at the emperor from the corner of her eye, and said softly, "Yes, aunt."

She came in a hurry, and all the way in a hurry, her hair was loosened a little, not messy, but gave her a little messy beauty, and a little bit of laziness. When the Queen Mother's breathing calmed down a little, Concubine Ning got up Regardless of whether he was reserved or not, he grabbed the emperor's arm and left.

"Your majesty, my concubine will take you to a good place." She smiled softly, and hid in the back garden with the emperor's soul.

Changxin Palace became quiet again.

"Finally left." The Queen Mother sat up from the couch, took the handkerchief in Jinde's hand and wiped off the pimples on her face, "If you don't leave again, I will feel chest tightness and shortness of breath being in the same room with him."

Jinde laughed lowly: "Your Majesty is going to be like this, so what about Concubine Ning?"

Queen Mother: "She is a very stable girl, much better than this palace."

Jiao Shihan came out of the compartment, sat next to the queen mother and held her hand tightly, absently thinking about Shen Wenxuan's side, something must have happened to Ah Xuan in such a hurry.

The queen mother laughed, pinched his nose and twisted it: "There is nothing to worry about. I haven't heard any news about the Shen family, and there is no movement around the emperor. It is estimated that he is plotting something again."

It is not easy for a person who can dance among various real powers to make mistakes, but she feels that there is something wrong with the people who are on the same boat with him.

Li Zhi waited in the imperial study for a long time but couldn't wait for the emperor to come back, so she sent someone to Changxin Palace to inquire and found out that the emperor was kidnapped by Concubine Ning again, and the maid said that she went to Yaochi.

That place is deep in the harem, he, the prince, can't trespass, he can only go to Zhongcui Palace to find the queen first.

Empress He was resting in the palace with her eyes closed. After hearing what he said, she opened her eyes sharply, with a hint of murderous aura coming out: "They are delaying time, even the Queen Mother and Concubine Ning are helping to delay, good, good Very! But they can actually know your movements, second child, you should check the people around you carefully."

After all, she got up and took people straight to Yaochi. Originally, this was a matter of the court, and it was inconvenient for her, a woman in the harem, to intervene, but she never expected that the Shen family and the Ning family were so deeply bound. She couldn't figure out why the Ning family would With such help to the Shen family, the Empress Dowager has no children except for one of her kin, and the relationship with the princes is not close. She has lived in the palace for many years and has not contended with the world, so the emperor dares to trust her so much.

If it is for a young master Ning who doesn't know life and death, how can he do this?If the emperor finds out by accident, the entire Ning family will be dragged into the water.

The disaster relief materials purchased by the Seventh Prince’s Mansion are temporarily stored in the warehouse of the patrol camp. Usually, a few cars can be transported in a day is not bad, but now the servants of the Seventh Prince’s Mansion and the soldiers of the patrol battalion are watching the uninterrupted carriages. It's a lie to say that you are not dumbfounded when you transport things in. This formation...is not as strong as it was during the war.

Standing inside, Shen Wenxuan watched the huge warehouses gradually being filled up. Shen Wenxuan briefly checked the items brought by the Seventh Prince. He reached into the rice bag and grabbed a handful of old rice mixed with rice bran. Rice, if you smell it carefully, you can smell the sour smell inside.

Needless to say anything else, Shen Wenxuan glanced at the quilt, which was so thin that it was almost a piece of cloth, he couldn't calm down for a long time, and casually poured out the rice in his hand, spilling it on the ground into a mess.

He suddenly remembered that Shao Youli, the head of the Ministry of Rites, was the one who helped him deal with the Second Prince's lineage a few times, and the Seventh Prince would not do anything except sit at his house and beat back and scold him. Sincerity is true sincerity, weakness It's also really weak, without any success, like a puppet being pulled by someone's strings, but still enjoys the feeling of being led away.

Is this kind of person really fit to be an emperor?

In the back garden of the palace, Empress He forcefully broke into the Yaochi regardless of Jinzhong's obstruction, but she saved some face for the emperor, she could barely stop outside the rockery and did not go any further, only some voices could be heard from this position, if she said what to look at , could not see anything but smoke.

"Your Majesty, my concubine has something important to report." The queen raised her voice, her face was rarely expressionless, and the small noises of play entered her ears, forcing her to clenched her hands tightly, and her nails left deep red scratches on the back of her hands.

The voices inside stopped, and after a while, the emperor came out wearing loose obscene clothes, with an expression of resentment on his face, but Concubine Ning tidied up a bit, except for her hair, she was dressed neatly in palace clothes.

Concubine Ning: "See Your Majesty."

With a frown and a smile, it seemed to be provocative. Empress He held back for now, knelt down and said, "Your majesty, the second prince couldn't find you and came here specially to find my concubine, saying that it was an important matter related to the Southwest. This concubine doesn't understand these things, but I also know that the emperor's heart is in the Southwest, so I don't care about bringing him to see the emperor so much after hearing what he said, and I hope the emperor will forgive me."

Emperor Chongxin glanced at the court ladies and eunuchs who served around him, thinking that there were too many people to refute the queen's face, and said, "Get up."

He turned around and pulled Concubine Ning away, leaving the queen alone.

Tao Hong gently helped the queen to get up, lowered her body and stroked the queen's knees with a handkerchief, and when she looked up, she noticed her worried expression and said, "Your Majesty."

"Let's go," Empress He raised her head still arrogantly, "There will be a good show later."

Emperor Chongxin sat in the pavilion outside the Yaochi, and Jinzhong put a coat on him to prevent him from catching cold.

"Tell me, what do you know?" Emperor Chongxin put his hands on the table and glanced at him, obviously dissatisfied with his recklessness today.

Li Zhi lowered her eyes to reveal the steward behind her, and said: "It was the people from Seventh Brother's House who came to me suddenly today and let me read a book. My son was shocked, so he rushed to find Father."

After speaking, he glanced at the steward who immediately knelt down, and saw him presenting the account book in his sleeve, prostrated himself on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, Cao Min is an old man who has been in the seventh prince's residence for six or seven years. They are all ordinary people living in the Southwest. They really can't see the Seventh Prince misappropriating the disaster relief money, and hereby take the liberty of disrespect to come to see the Emperor. Even if the Emperor kills the grassroots immediately, the grassroots have no complaints. They just ask the Emperor to uphold justice and give back to the people in the Southwest. Let's live."

He burst into tears, but Emperor Chongxin only felt that it was normal. He was used to this kind of trick for a long time. It is estimated that the second child was looking for a way to trick the seventh child, but the misappropriation of disaster relief money is both big and small. He is also young. After all, it is a family. He also knows that there are many shady places in the royal family's use of silver, as long as the matter is not serious, it will be fine.

Emperor Chongxin thought so, but when he opened the account book, he stood up in shock. Excluding those thin lines of money, the numbers at the end of the last page were quite appalling. A total of 1103 million taels of silver was scattered within a few days. .

If this is used as military expenses, it can be used for the activities of the Northern Army for half a year.

Emperor Chongxin's face turned purple, and he held his heart that was suddenly constricted and slowly fell down while supporting the table.

"emperor!"

"Father!"

Jinzhong hurriedly caught him and let him sit on the chair, stroked his chest and gave him comfort, and said anxiously: "What are you still doing in a daze? Go and call the imperial physician!"

"Your majesty, take care." The queen wept and knelt down to hold his hand, and pushed Concubine Ning away calmly. Concubine Ning was happy to be at ease, and she didn't need to be hypocritical when she stood outside.

"...Xuan, Xuan Lao Qi, call him here, I have to ask him carefully," Emperor Chongxin managed to slow down a little, with a piercing coldness in his eyes, "Jin Zhong, what do you bring?" People go to investigate, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Seventh Prince's Mansion will investigate for me and find out the truth!"

Jin Zhong nodded repeatedly, and hurried out of the palace with the little eunuch.

The Seventh Prince is currently staying in the palace of his mother, Concubine An Guifei, and Shao Youli is also here.

"Yu'er, you just do what your grandfather says, Ang?" Concubine An Gui held the Seventh Prince's hand tightly, with anxiety and fear on her face.

Li Yu looked at his mother and concubine with some blank eyes, feeling very entangled: "But——"

"No but!" Concubine An interrupted him, "It's not easy for you to have such a bright future, are you going to destroy it yourself? You don't want to think about others, you think about your mother and concubine, think about the Shao family, mother and concubine Now I am a noble concubine, a noble concubine who is under ten thousand people, how many people who have ridiculed me in the past are now flattering me in every possible way. If I make a mistake, they will jump on me like a wild dog. Don't you have the heart to watch the concubine mother get beaten up? Entering the cold palace, will you die in misery for the rest of your life?"

Li Yu's eyes were red, and there was weakness in his eyes, obviously shaken.

"Seventh Prince—"

Li Yu was frightened, stood up from the chair and looked outside, it was the eunuch sent by the emperor: "Seventh prince, the emperor sent you over, saying that he has something to ask."

Concubine An got up and patted him on the back, forced a smile on her face and said to the eunuch: "Understood, please trouble Eunuch to run, the Seventh Prince will pack up and go."

This was to drive away the guests, but the father-in-law stood there without moving, as if he was going to escort the seventh prince there, his serious attitude already showed the seriousness of the matter.

Concubine An pretended to straighten Li Yu's skirt a few times, and kept looking at him to give hints.

Shao Youli also looked at him, and said, "I'll accompany you there."

If they want to check the account books, their Shao family can't escape, so they have to go if they don't go this time.

Li Yu came out of the palace, and followed his father-in-law along the gravel road in the back garden to Yaochi. Shao Youli followed him with a staggered step. This was the first time he felt that the back garden was so big. His body was so stiff that he finally saw the emperor with a livid face in the pavilion beside the Yaochi.

Shen Wenxuan saw Jinzhong getting off the carriage at the door of the warehouse, and noticed the long list in his hand, which should be the inventory for checking. Shen Wenxuan turned around and glanced behind him, everything was full and neatly listed Well, it was only an hour from when he left the palace to when the people from the palace came.

"Eunuch." Shen Wenxuan laughed.

Jinzhong thought that he was waiting here to talk, so he just ignored him, and led people to walk past him to start the investigation, but he felt bald when he saw this full warehouse, which was contrary to his expectation... ...by a little bit.

Looking back at Shen Wenxuan, seeing him laughing heartlessly, he felt that this matter was not that simple, so Jinzhong ordered three or four people to look into each warehouse carefully.

He is the head of internal affairs, and he is used to the eunuchs under his hand, with quick hands and feet. Although due to time constraints, it is impossible to check all the sealed bags, but Jinzhong can tell when he touches them all. It is good rice, as well as quilts and clothes. Several batches of the fabrics are so good that it is suspected that they are things used by wealthy people.

Jinzhong flipped through the lists handed over by the people below, and found that each one was correct. He turned his head and looked at Shen Wenxuan meaningfully. He could guess how tricky it was, but he didn't dare to think about it.

"Eunuch," Shen Wenxuan walked over with a smile, and glanced at the list in his hand, "Eunuch will just check what the emperor has told you. No matter how many other eunuchs manage, it won't do any good."

Covering it with a sleeve, he stuffed a purse secretly in Jinzhong's hand, and said in a low voice, "The powder beads I just got from the east coast are very rare, and my father-in-law will keep them for fun."

Jinzhong squeezed it a few times, put it in his sleeve, coughed a few times and said: "After the investigation, follow the Sa family, the emperor is still waiting in the palace."

"Yes, father-in-law."

Shen Wenxuan watched them walk away, before they got into the carriage, another line of guards came riding over from a distance, and started to say something, Shen Wenxuan did not wrinkle, but immediately smoothed it out, and pretended not to be upset when they stopped their horses familiar, Shen Wenxuan cupped his hands and said, "Commander Yan."

Jin Zhong: "I'm about to go back to the palace, I don't know if the commander is here, but what orders does the emperor have?"

Yan Qi pursed his lips, looked at Shen Wenxuan with vague eyes, and said: "The emperor ordered me to escort Mr. Shen into the palace."

Shen Wenxuan's heart skipped a beat, this operation...wouldn't it be possible that the seventh prince would recognize the investigation before Jin Zhong returned?It shouldn't be, Chu He must have been called over, and he could have been caught no matter what.

Speaking of asking his subordinates to come down to give Shen Wenxuan a horse, he said vaguely on the way that he didn't know why the emperor suddenly called Shen Wenxuan into the palace.

When they entered the palace together with Jinzhong, the emperor had already dressed and sat in the imperial study room. The imperial doctor was giving him acupuncture and moxibustion. He couldn't relieve the breath that was stuck in his heart. Emperor Chongxin waved it away annoyed. It would be better for him to take a few sips of the sour juice fed by Concubine Ning herself.

Li Yu and Shao Youli knelt down together, trembling with fright when they heard someone coming in outside, their lips turned pale.

The good show is coming, Empress He squinted and smiled. She originally wanted to suppress Lao Qi, but she didn't expect that it turned into cannibalism in the end. No, she looked at the second prince, and it was three vicious dogs biting dogs.

Shen Wenxuan bowed and said: "I see the emperor."

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Chongxin grabbed the sour juice from Concubine Ning and slammed it at his feet with a bang: "You bastard! Is it so lawless to promote you to be a minister? Sure enough, you were born a merchant." The wild things in the family have been in the eyes of money all their lives, short-sighted, there are no monarchs and ministers above, no common people below, and the smell of cheap and cheap money can't be changed no matter what!"

Shen Wenxuan was scolded by pointing at his nose, and glanced at the splashed shoes and the bottom of his robe, his eyes turned cold, but the curvature of his mouth remained unchanged: "Your Majesty, I don't understand what it means."

Emperor Chongxin was so angry that his liver hurt.

"Lord Shen," Shao Youli said, "It's better to admit it obediently at this time. The Seventh Prince trusts the Shao family and the Shen family and entrusts us with the disaster relief bank, but my Shao family has the trust of the Seventh Prince. , I am even more indebted to the emperor, with charming eyes, I didn't control my hand, but I only moved [-]% of the disaster relief money, and I used the head of my minister as a guarantee. Even if the emperor copied the Shao family, he could only search Give these coins."

"But I never expected that you—" Shao Youli pointed directly at Shen Wenxuan, "It's hard to fill your desire! Isn't the money earned by the Shen family business for you not enough? How could you have the heart to embezzle up to [-]% of the life-saving money of the people in the Southwest? many!"

Shen Wenxuan looked at him indifferently and didn't speak. He moved his gaze up to the seventh prince who was kneeling stiffly, and couldn't help but sneered when he saw that he didn't dare to fart.

"What are you laughing at!" Emperor Chongxin said angrily.

Shen Wenxuan: "Smile evil ghosts wearing human skin, I learned to cut people from behind hahahahaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

He Shen Wenxuan didn't step on many pits, he didn't expect to be able to fall here once with the Seventh Prince, so amazing!

Jinzhong carefully handed the list to the emperor's table, and unconsciously lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, after verification, the quantity of disaster relief items stored in the warehouse of the patrol camp is exactly the same as that recorded in the account book."

These words hit everyone's hearts like a thunderbolt, Li Yu suddenly raised his head, the surprise on his face was no less than that of the Second Prince and Empress beside him.

"...how is this possible?" Li Yu muttered softly.

Emperor Chongxin was also a little at a loss, his eyes immediately turned to the second child, Li Zhi was stunned, and hesitantly bent his knees.

"It's really impossible," Shen Wenxuan said, and the evil in his heart welled up, "All the things in the patrol camp warehouse were donated to Southwest for free with my own money, but they were never prepared by the Seventh Prince's Mansion and the Shao family. Right, Master Chu?"

Chu He couldn't help laughing from the bottom of his heart: "That's true. I thought that there were still some old wood and quilts in the treasury, which were not needed in the palace, so I sold them to Mr. Shen to fill the treasury."

After finishing speaking, he took out the ledger and the account book that the Shen family gave him.