Chapter 259: Shangshu's betrayal

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August 10 is one of the most important days of the year in the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was originally a time of great family joy and family reunion, and this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace is also extraordinarily grand. The princes and concubines of the royal family, as well as the ministers with high status in the court, and their families were all invited to the banquet.

Two rows of low tables were set up on the top of the main hall, from the top to the bottom, there were a hundred and ten, the ladies were dressed brightly, and they were very vigorous, and the sons also drank and talked happily. The queen and the emperor, as well as many beauties in the harem, sat on the top of the main hall, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

The prince sat in a seat a few tables away from the prince, and the brothers and daughters toasted me and drank freely. At the end of the song, the emperor raised his glass and said to everyone under his palace, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I have opened this banquet to congratulate the ministers on this important festival, and I hope that the country will be prosperous in the coming year, and the family will be reunited and happy."

"The prosperity of the country, the joy of reunion" everyone followed suit, and then drank the wine in the cup.

Xi Yao and Bai Moyang were also in the queue, but they didn't have a grade, and they were sitting relatively low.

After a glass of wine, the emperor raised another glass, his eyes swept over the people under His Royal Highness, and suddenly said, "Today's day of reunion reminds me of last year, although natural disasters continue to occur, epidemics are numerous, but we have more or less survived, but for disaster relief, the treasury is short of silver, and the household department has excessive expenditures, and now it is close to the autumn harvest, I don't know what will happen to the tax and silver this year."

Hubu Shangshu's head tensed up suddenly, on such an occasion, the emperor would not mention anything alone, if it is really mentioned, I am afraid it will be a bad omen. Sure enough, I heard the emperor add, "Li Aiqing, what do you think will happen this year?"

Hubu Shangshu Li Yuan put down the wine glass and came out in response, if it weren't for the skirt blocking his legs, everyone could see his trembling lower body.

At the same time, the quilt in the prince's hand also trembled, Li Yuan, the head of the household, was in addition to Shao Wei, another of his cronies, as early as a few years ago, he spent a lot of silver to support this person from a small official in the household department, in order to be able to mobilize the household silver two at will, buy more people, and let his power reach unprecedented in the court.

However, no matter how much the silver is in the problem, it will not be used up, which the prince deeply understands, so it was not until the silver of the household department was not made up by him that the prince began to rein, but

Li Yuan walked to the center of the main hall, "Your Majesty, judging from the situation reported from various places this year, it doesn't seem to be very good;;;;;;;;;;;;; So "in fact, this year is the best year for the development of farmland and water conservancy in the past few years, and if it is said that the tax and silver reported will be unprecedented, just because the household department has recently been transferred too much silver taels by the prince, and it is really impossible to replenish it, so Li Yuan has to tell this big lie in front of everyone."

The queen's heart trembled, and she was just about to say a reminder, when she heard the emperor say, "Oh, is that so, I remembered, the fold you handed over a few days ago did mention it, well, I was negligent." ”

The prince's heart gradually relaxed. Three days ago, after Shao Wei was arrested in the palace, there was no news, whether it was the person placed by the queen next to the emperor or the person placed by the prince, he could not deliver the news. Shao Wei and his people seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. Before the banquet, the prince was still worried, when there were all such people, he was afraid that the emperor would take out Shao Wei's matter to talk about it, and when he was worried, Li Yuan's matter was raised.

Fortunately, Li Yuan was witty, and he handed over the excerpt a few days ago, and handed the situation reported by various places to the emperor as a wake-up call.

"I have always advocated employing people without suspicion, although people should believe what they see, but sometimes, what they see is not all true, everyone thinks"

Everyone didn't know what the emperor meant by saying this suddenly, only the prince, Xi Yao and Bai Moyang silently lowered their heads. Wait and see, the emperor is going to make a big move.

Without warning, the emperor put down the wine glass and made a gesture of reaching out to Gonggong Kang, who understood and took out a fold from the cuff, "Your Majesty"

The emperor took it, flipped it open, and the queen sitting next to him was the closest, and the balcony near the water first glanced at it, and then the wine glass in his hand trembled.

"I'm not stupid, what kind of day is the day I stare at all day, I can still see it, this year, there is no drought and no disaster, and there are a few places where there are disasters, why can't you receive money and food Li Yuan, you tell me, why is there a world of difference between the situation that I sent out to investigate privately and the situation you reported to me Where is the silver that should have been collected You sit in the seat of the head of the household department but guard and steal, are you impatient" swished, the fold in the emperor's hand was left below Li Yuan's knees, Li Yuan bowed his head, I sweep the neat handwriting above the fold.

It's over, it's all over. In Li Yuan's heart, a voice kept silently, and he subconsciously glanced at the prince, but the prince was pouring himself a drink, as if he hadn't heard it.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty"

The prince's hand trembled, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes, he didn't expect Li Yuan to confess his guilt so quickly, he didn't even struggle.

"The minister emptied the silver of the household department, but the minister did not use it himself, but handed it over to the prince." As soon as he said it, all four people present were shocked. Including the prince who is pretending to be calm.

No one knew that long before the banquet began, on the way to enter the palace, Li Yuan, the head of the household, was not the only one in the carriage, but there was also a person who stopped the horse halfway with a masked face, and that person was none other than Shao Wei, who had disappeared in front of everyone in the past three days.

"Lord Li, the emperor has promised that as long as you play the role of a traitor under the crown prince during the banquet, the lives of you and your family will not be harmed. Not only that, if you really have a merit in bringing down the prince, the emperor will not only not hold you accountable for what you did when you were in the household, but will also make you retreat. ”

The moment of the conversation with Shao Wei made Li Yuan's mind spin. If it weren't for Shao Wei's persuasion today, he wouldn't have known what the emperor meant, it turned out that the emperor had long known what the prince had done, and he was just waiting for an opportunity to abolish the prince. And he, Li Yuan, was officially selected by the emperor to be the target of the attack on the crown prince. One is a son, the other is Lao Tzu, such a choice does not need to be considered, Li Yuan can also make a decision.

He was glad that Shao Wei's message, otherwise, he was really unprepared to face such a situation, Li Yuan would definitely not confess the prince, he would choose to bear it by himself, and then protect his family. Ziyan'er's heart gradually relaxed. Three days ago, after Shao Wei was arrested in the palace, there was no news, whether it was the person placed by the queen next to the emperor or the person placed by the prince, he could not deliver the news. Shao Wei and his people seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. Before the banquet, the prince was still worried, when there were all such people, he was afraid that the emperor would take out Shao Wei's matter to talk about it, and when he was worried, Li Yuan's matter was raised.

Fortunately, Li Yuan was witty, and he handed over the excerpt a few days ago, and handed the situation reported by various places to the emperor as a wake-up call.

"I have always advocated employing people without suspicion, although people should believe what they see, but sometimes, what they see is not all true, everyone thinks"

Everyone didn't know what the emperor meant by saying this suddenly, only the prince, Xi Yao and Bai Moyang silently lowered their heads. Wait and see, the emperor is going to make a big move.

Without warning, the emperor put down the wine glass and made a gesture of reaching out to Gonggong Kang, who understood and took out a fold from the cuff, "Your Majesty"

The emperor took it, flipped it open, and the queen sitting next to him was the closest, and the balcony near the water first glanced at it, and then the wine glass in his hand trembled.

"I'm not stupid, what kind of day is the day I stare at all day, I can still see it, this year, there is no drought and no disaster, and there are a few places where there are disasters, why can't you receive money and food Li Yuan, you tell me, why is there a world of difference between the situation that I sent out to investigate privately and the situation you reported to me Where is the silver that should have been collected You sit in the seat of the head of the household department but guard and steal, are you impatient" swished, the fold in the emperor's hand was left below Li Yuan's knees, Li Yuan bowed his head, I sweep the neat handwriting above the fold.

It's over, it's all over. In Li Yuan's heart, a voice kept silently, and he subconsciously glanced at the prince, but the prince was pouring himself a drink, as if he hadn't heard it.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty"

The prince's hand trembled, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes, he didn't expect Li Yuan to confess his guilt so quickly, he didn't even struggle.

"The minister emptied the silver of the household department, but the minister did not use it himself, but handed it over to the prince." As soon as he said it, all four people present were shocked. Including the prince who is pretending to be calm.

No one knew that long before the banquet began, on the way to enter the palace, Li Yuan, the head of the household, was not the only one in the carriage, but there was also a person who stopped the horse halfway with a masked face, and that person was none other than Shao Wei, who had disappeared in front of everyone in the past three days.

"Lord Li, the emperor has promised that as long as you play the role of a traitor under the crown prince during the banquet, the lives of you and your family will not be harmed. Not only that, if you really have a merit in bringing down the prince, the emperor will not only not hold you accountable for what you did when you were in the household, but will also make you retreat. ”

The moment of the conversation with Shao Wei made Li Yuan's mind spin. If it weren't for Shao Wei's persuasion today, he wouldn't have known what the emperor meant, it turned out that the emperor had long known what the prince had done, and he was just waiting for an opportunity to abolish the prince. And he, Li Yuan, was officially selected by the emperor to be the target of the attack on the crown prince. One is a son, the other is Lao Tzu, such a choice does not need to be considered, Li Yuan can also make a decision.

He was glad that Shao Wei's message, otherwise, he was really unprepared to face such a situation, Li Yuan would definitely not confess the prince, he would choose to bear it by himself, and then protect his family.

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