"See Master!" Duan Ming appeared in the courtyard of King Ning's mansion, and King Ning Xiao Chong nodded. "Duan Ming, how are things going?" Duan Ming looked at Liu Fusu and remained silent, and King Xiao Chong knew his thoughts and said, "Don't get in the way, say?"

"Master, it has been verified, Yuan Wang falsely reported the number of donations on the one hand, and the donation to the prison was large, so it was naturally more than two silver; On the other hand, they draw up a list of fake victims of the disaster, and then take the disaster relief money and put it in their own pockets. Duan Ming reported truthfully, "There is another situation, that is, Yuan Wang will bet a large amount of silver taels on the Beijing master at the end of each month, master, guess where these silver taels end up?" ”

Ning Wang Xiao Chong's face was not good-looking, he should have guessed it a long time ago," continued. Duan Ming swallowed his saliva and continued, "All the embezzled silver taels have entered the palace of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. According to the clues provided by Qin's shopkeeper, the subordinates found out that the prince's party was collecting money through Yuan Wang, a student of the prince Fu Liangji, and the prince's party has been active more frequently recently. ”

After Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, changed his clothes, he went out directly and rode a horse to the palace to meet Emperor Xiao Daocheng. In the imperial study, Emperor Xiao Daocheng was domineering and domineering, so angry that he smashed all the vases in the imperial study, "Bastard things, not to mention mediocre qualifications, and stupid enough to embezzle disaster relief funds up and down!" See if I don't waste him! His Highness's people bowed their heads and stood quietly, lest the power of heaven would vent on them.

"Father, please calm his anger and falsely report the number of prisoners and victims, it should not be His Royal Highness the Prince's business, it was the people below him who did it privately."

When Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, said this, he understood his father's temperament. Emperor Xiao Daocheng usually hated forming a party for personal gain, and the ministers in the court formed their own party.

Sure enough, Emperor Xiao Daocheng made up his mind and secretly murdered, "Draw up an order, arrest the key criminals, and deal with it tomorrow morning." ”

In the East Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Xiao Luan is inscribed in the hall, and the palace maid next to him grinds ink. When he saw Taifu Liang Ji coming, he ordered everyone around him to avoid it.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, I'm afraid the matter of Lake City has been exposed." Lord Taifu Liang Ji hurried to the palace. Prince Xiao Luan was silent, but the pen in his hand trembled.

"Taifu, what should I do?" The crown prince Xiao Luan's six gods looked at this master, "Haven't we been hiding well before?" ”

Master Taifu Liang sighed deeply, "His Royal Highness the Prince, this time it was Yuan Wang, a student of the lower officials, who did not do enough. This brute didn't know how to repay the favor, but instead strengthened his courage, originally we used this money to develop our strength, but now it seems to be in vain. ”

Prince Xiao Luan helped Taifu Liang Ji up, "Taifu, what we want to think about now is how to preserve our power and save more of our people?" Where there is life, there is hope. One day we will come back from here. ”

Taifu Liang Ji nodded, "Then the lower official will arrange it now." Prince Xiao Luan walked back and forth a few steps, and suddenly said, "Taifu, do you think this matter should be done by the third Xiao Chong?" It wasn't a matter of a day or two that he was planning to attack the crown prince. ”

"Old man Rong Chacha, if it is done by King Ning, then we have to adjust our strategy, whether it is done by King Ning or not, His Royal Highness has to make up his mind to deal with this obstacle, the royal family has no flesh and blood." Liang Ji bowed down and said to the prince Xiao Luan.

The crown prince Xiao Luan nodded, "This prince immediately entered the palace to see his mother and begged his mother for protection." ”

At the beginning, after Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, arranged for the prime minister's sons, Wang Jiaer and Liu Fuqing, to take over the relief, they immediately went deep into the disaster area and traveled to all the villages affected by the disaster. It was soon discovered that in the list of disaster relief households, there were a number of fake disaster victims who had been falsely listed, embezzled more than two million taels of silver, and the evidence was conclusive.

In order to cover up the embezzlement of disaster relief funds, the prince's party secretly strangled the governor sent by the emperor.

Yuan Wang bought and sold official positions, and he had a habit of collecting pepper, and he copied out more than 800 bags of pepper when he searched his home. He looted all kinds of money and used it to build more than a dozen very luxurious residences. The dwelling was of great size, and he made the windows of gold and adorned them with pearls. On weekdays, he plays with all kinds of jewelry. He eats a variety of delicacies every day, and the number of maidservants in his house is hundreds, and the number of wives and concubines is also as high as dozens. As soon as the truth came out, everyone in the government and the opposition was shocked.

In the court, Emperor Xiao Daocheng ordered the execution of Yuan Wang and others, and raided the house, and the people in the house were exiled to the northwest. Taifu Liang Ji was not properly supervised, and the responsibility was heavy, so he immediately dismissed one Taifu. Lord Taifu Liang Ji's face was pale at this time, and he knew that the general trend had gone, so he knelt under His Royal Highness and wept bitterly.

The official wrote to abolish the crown prince to rest Tianwei, and Emperor Xiao Daocheng stared at this unsuccessful son angrily. The former father-in-law proclaimed: "King Ning Xiao Chong has made meritorious contributions to the investigation of the case, announced to the world, and rewarded ten thousand taels of gold, and meritorious people are rewarded according to their merits." Chin this! ”

The second prince, King An Xiao Zhao, hid deep enough, there was no smug look on his face, listening to this will, he could know that if the prince was deposed, King Ning did not get a greater reward for his great achievements, but he could learn that his father did not like the third child, and he also had a chance to be the crown prince.

King An Xiao Zhao didn't react when he saw that his third brother Ning Wang Xiao Chong didn't have any reaction, he knew that his father still had some concern for flesh and blood. "Father, the prince's brother was also mistaken by a traitor, and the son begged his father to forgive the prince's brother this time." Emperor Xiao Dao's grim expression was a little more comfortable with King An's Xiao Zhao.

Prime Minister Wang Jingtian wrote, "The prince is immoral and incompetent, and he should be abolished!" "Everyone in the court knows that Prime Minister Wang Jingtian is the person of Xiao Chong, King Ning, and there are officials who follow the request in the letter.

Emperor Xiao Daocheng was even more helpless, closed his eyes, and opened Mingrui's eyes in an instant. "Although the prince's qualifications are mediocre, he is young and ignorant, and his crime is not so much, and the matter of abolishing the prince will be postponed for discussion." When Wang An and his party heard this, their faces were distorted, and his plan had to be postponed again.

After hearing this, the crown prince Xiao Luan loosened his tense nerves a little, and in this incident, he lost his troops and his strength was greatly weakened. He knelt on the main hall, "Father, the son is guilty, and he will definitely change his mind and study diligently in the future." Emperor Xiao Daocheng nodded, and the father-in-law of the emperor shouted angrily, "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

King Ning Xiao Chong was still expressionless, and Prime Minister Wang Jingtian walked up quickly and said to him, "His Royal Highness King Ning doesn't need to be discouraged, this time it has also shaken the foundation of that one." ”

Ning Wang Xiao Chong nodded firmly, he thought of Liu Fusu, "Uncle, is Liu Fusu in your mansion not married?" Prime Minister Wang Jingtian looked at him suspiciously, "Your Highness, although Fusu is the daughter of the housekeeper, she is also the goddaughter of the old man, she has been in school since she was a child, and the fortune teller has approved the words. ”

King Ning Xiao Chong smiled, "Uncle, I wonder if this king has the honor to be your godson-in-law?" Xiangye Wang Jingtian thought about it in his heart, "That is the honor of the old man, and it is the glory of the Xiangfu, but the identity is ......."

Xiao Chong, King Ning, nodded thoughtfully, "This king has his own arrangements. ”

In the imperial study, Emperor Xiao Daocheng could not calm his anger in his heart, coughed a few times from time to time, and the crown prince Xiao Luan bowed his head and knelt in front of the palace. The father-in-law of the imperial front was busy comforting and handed over the tea, "Your Majesty, pay attention to your body!" ”

"Son-in-law, see father!" Xiao Chong, King of Ning, also knelt in front of the hall, and Prime Minister Wang Jingtian also arrived, "The old minister Wang Jingtian asks to see!" Emperor Xiao Daocheng recovered and sat solemnly on his dragon chair, the aura of majesty emanating throughout the palace.

"Get up! What's the matter? Emperor Xiao Daocheng looked at them condescendingly, and His Royal Highness's people all stood up and replied. The son has something important to report! The flood in Huyang caused the people in this area to be displaced, hungry, the people were so hungry that they sold their wives and children, ate Guanyin soil, grass roots and bark, and the victims who starved to death were all on the roadside! The son pleaded with his father to issue an order to open a warehouse for disaster relief and relieve the people of Huyang. Ning Wang Xiao Chong stated bitterly.

"The old minister seconded the proposal, the flood hazard has expanded to a wider area, the people's grievances are boiling, and the people's mouths are difficult to block!" Prime Minister Wang Jingtian bowed down to Emperor Xiao Daocheng and said, "The old minister implores the emperor to open a warehouse again for disaster relief and save the people of Huyang from fire and water." ”

Uncle Yao Jinlong stepped forward and said, "The emperor must not, the flood is God's punishment for the people of Huyang not to pay taxes without their responsibility, and it is difficult for God to do it!" The emperor can grant amnesty to the world and pray to heaven. ”

Emperor Xiao Daocheng knew that since he ascended the throne, the treasury had never been full, and coupled with years of war, he needed to expand his territory to realize his ambitions. He was overjoyed and angry, and said slowly, "Announce to the world that the sin has been called, and ask the national teacher to sacrifice!" Concentrated mobilization of soybean grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the Huyang disaster area, set up a disaster relief army, and quickly enter the disaster area for reconstruction. ”

Emperor Xiao Daocheng looked at His Royal Highness's people, "The ministers obey the order!" They answered. Uncle Yao Jinlong said, "Your Majesty, the prince can please go to Huyang for disaster relief and make meritorious contributions." The prince stepped forward calmly and said, "The son is willing to go to Huyang for disaster relief and rescue, please ask my father for permission!" ”

Prime Minister Wang Jingtian glanced meaningfully at Xiao Chong, King Ning, and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, King Ning has made meritorious contributions to the case of Yuanwang this time, and he can take on a big responsibility." Emperor Xiao Daocheng nodded.

"Father, Imperial Physician He Wanqin, and Qin Tianjian all predicted that there would be a big plague after the flood! Now that a small-scale outbreak of the plague has been reported, which will cost the lives of the people at any time, the son of the emperor implored his father to issue an order to recruit private doctors and official medical officials to set up a disaster relief team, and this matter should not be delayed. Ning Wang Xiao Chong stepped forward and bowed down and said.

Emperor Xiao Daocheng's face was difficult to calm down at this time, not long ago Qin Tianjian had predicted that there would be a flood in the world this year, and there would be a plague after the flood.

Emperor Xiao Daocheng suppressed the emotions in the center, and still looked at the courtiers in front of the palace majestically, "Prince Xiao Luan is the commander-in-chief of disaster relief, in charge of disaster relief and food, and Uncle Yao Jinlong can accompany the prince into the disaster area to assist; Xiao Chong, the king of Fengning, was the auxiliary general, leading the disaster relief team and the army stationed in the disaster area, and the others prepared all the grain and grass, and the medicine set off immediately. Prime Minister Wang Jingtian stayed in the court to deal with the affairs of the court. And they came forward and bowed down to receive the decree.