On the second day of the court, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple personally presented a pile of letters from the Li family in front of the emperor, in addition to the letters exchanged with King Rui, there are also evidence with some other families.

The emperor announced these people to the palace one by one with a calm face.

King Rui was an idle prince who did not receive any position, and he was the first to come to the palace, followed by a group of slaves carrying chests of various sizes.

As soon as King Rui entered the palace, he knelt down and shouted, "The minister is guilty!" ”

"Where does the sin come from?"

"Ministers should not be short-sighted, greedy for pleasure, because of their own selfish desires, they will ......"

"That's it?" Emperor Yao's expression remained unchanged.

King Rui said with a look of remorse, "Relying on his identity, he forced Nanning Bo to sell some valuable antique calligraphy and paintings to the ministers at a low price!" Saying that, King Rui took out the account book from his arms and presented it, "The minister has nothing to do in Beijing for the past few years, so he began to collect some antique calligraphy and paintings for entertainment, and every transaction of the minister's purchase of these things in the past two years has been recorded in this account book!" The first year was fine, and the money in my hand was also in hand, and as long as I saw it, I could buy it back, so what was recorded in this account book was a large amount of expenditure! But no matter how much money there is, there is a time when it runs out, and when I buy it later, the steward of the house will remind the minister that there is not much money left, and the minister has no choice but to stop, but he really can't bear the love in his heart, so he ...... I used my power to force others to sell things to my ministers at a low price......"

The emperor flipped to the back of the account book, and sure enough, if the money spent was getting less and less, a white jade tripod with a history of nearly three hundred years only cost two hundred taels of silver, and he couldn't help sneering, "The emperor's brother has provided a good way to save money for your nephews and adults in high positions!" ”

King Rui was ashamed and said, "The minister is guilty, and the minister is guilty of knowing that he can't do anything but can't suppress the greed in his heart, and finally he ends up taking it by force!" The minister is guilty, and after the evidence of Nanning Bo's treason against the enemy is conclusive, he still does not take the initiative to return the antiques and other things of unknown origin obtained from him because of his own selfish thoughts! Over the years, the ministers have used their power to forcibly buy things today, and they are willing to belong to the treasury, and the ministers know that they are guilty, and they dare not ask for mercy, and they also ask the emperor to punish the ministers heavily, so as to set an example, to uphold the rules and discipline! ”

Emperor Yao looked at King Rui, who was kowtowing, for a long time before he said, "That's it, you are my imperial brother, and I am negligent in disciplining me to do this kind of thing, although you have made a mistake, but I am also responsible, fortunately I did not hurt the lives of others!" I think that you love painting like an idiot, and now you take the initiative to hand over these items, so I will punish you lightly! You say that you have nothing to do in the mansion, so I will arrange an errand for you, and from now on you will go to keep the spirit of the first emperor for a year! Since you are punished, you are not allowed to enjoy the blessings, so you are not allowed to bring a person to serve, in addition to cleaning the tomb of the first emperor every day, you must copy ten more Buddhist scriptures and burn them to the first emperor, which can be regarded as filial piety for me! Are you convinced? ”

King Rui thanked him and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Emperor Yao waved away King Rui, looking at the group of people standing outside the door of the main hall, Emperor Yao had a headache and ordered Zhengqing of Dali Temple, "Aiqing take them back to Dali Temple, one by one, and deal with them according to the law, there must be no mistakes!" Retreat! ”

Back in the imperial study, Emperor Yao dared to let out the breath he held in his heart, "What a Rui King!" ”

Father-in-law De'an whispered comfortingly, "The emperor is angry! How shrewd the prince is, when he sees someone to invite, he is afraid that he already knows what is going on, and he has already thought of a pretext on the way! ”

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Yao is even more angry, "He came out like this and pushed his relationship with the Li family to the whole thing, wouldn't the other ministers do the same?" ”

Indeed, compared to the crime of colluding with the enemy and treason, the abuse of power is really not a big crime!

"The emperor is angry! Although King Rui's move cleared up his relationship with the Li family, it exposed another thing! Song Ziqing said.

Emperor Yao frowned, "What's the matter?" ”

Song Ziqing said, "How did the things sent by King Rui get from the Li family to the palace of King Rui, the emperor knows it, but King Rui dares to reverse black and white in front of the emperor, it is nothing more than that he has already thought of a perfect plan when the Li family bribed him, in case the Li family is exposed, he can also be alone, so he will leave the fraudulent account book!" Since this ledger is related to the Li family, should there be an account book similar to this ledger in the Rui Wangfu? ”

Since King Rui recorded all the money transactions with the Li family in this account book, there should also be account books for his dealings with other courtiers, and if he got these account books, he could know who King Rui had colluded with, and then quietly get rid of these people and pull out King Rui's henchmen.

Emperor Yao's eyes lit up, and Fang Cai's anger was swept away, but he was worried again, "What an important thing this account book is, how can King Rui let others find it casually, if he can't find the account book, but the shocked King Rui becomes suspicious, he ......."

Song Ziqing said, "You don't need to look for this account book to know who those people colluded with King Rui!" ”

Emperor Yao was puzzled, "If you don't find the account book, how can you determine who it is?" ”

Song Ziqing said, "Today, King Rui's last words and deeds in the court are obvious to all, the Li family is in prison, King Rui is anxious to clear up the relationship, and he also took out such an account book that the lover knows at a glance that it is a fraud, so after other people who have colluded with King Rui see or hear this, will they also suspect that King Rui also has such an account book related to himself in his hand?" Do you suspect that King Rui is ready to dissociate himself from them at any time? Since there is suspicion, of course, we must confirm that this kind of thing is not explained clearly in the letter, and the letter may fall into the hands of others and become a handle, and it is inevitable to confront King Rui face to face! It's just that King Rui has now been pushed under the emperor's nose, no one dares to move, only when King Rui goes to the imperial tomb, they dare to see, the emperor only needs to be around the imperial tomb, record which people have gone to worship the tomb of the first emperor to know who is with the king of Rui! ”

Emperor Yao praised, "This plan is wonderful! Just do what you say, arrange it quickly! ”

Emperor Yao saw that Song Ziqing's daughter-in-law was confident, and couldn't help but wonder, "Did you already know that King Rui would clear up his relationship with the Li family in the last court today?" How did you find out? ”

Song Ziqing nodded honestly and explained, "There are indeed one or two guesses about King Rui's actions in the court today, since the Li family was imprisoned, King Rui has not moved, which means that King Rui has already dealt with the matters that cannot be exposed between him and the Li family, and what is left can withstand interrogation!" He is not afraid at all, so he brakes quietly and waits for the summons of the emperor or Dali Temple, which is just so that he can clear his relationship with the Li family in a bright and bright way, and his previous calmness can show that he has nothing to do with the affairs of the Li family. ”

Of course, he could guess that it was thanks to Yao Keqing's reminder of his words, thinking of this, Song Ziqing couldn't help but smile on his mouth.