The emperor's face was now pale, he didn't expect that Liu Wan, who he trusted, would be able to do such a thing.

"Did Liu Wan embezzle all this silver?" The emperor asked with a bad face.

Xia Shouzhong, who was next to him, didn't know how to answer, so he stood there with his head down, as if he hadn't heard the emperor's words.

"You're dumb, what do I ask you to say?" The emperor saw that Xia Shouzhong did not answer, and kicked him in the head.

The emperor used all his strength to kick Xia Shouzhong out, and Xia Shouzhong now finally knew how angry the emperor was.

He hurriedly crawled in front of the emperor, "Long live Lord, you are angry, it is a trivial matter for you to kick the slave badly, what if you are angry and break your own body?" ”

The emperor looked at this old eunuch who had served him for decades, humbly lying on the ground, and he was a little unbearable, so he calmed down the anger in his heart and said, "If you want me to be well, hurry up and tell the truth." ”

"Long live Lord, it's not that the slave doesn't tell you the truth, now I'm afraid that after I say it, I will be even more angry." Xia Shouzhong also had skills in speaking, and he nodded a little, so that the emperor had a preparation in his heart.

As soon as the emperor heard Xia Shouzhong say this, he began to beat drums in his heart, I am afraid that which imperial relatives drove this matter, and Liu Wan had no choice but to deal with these aftermath for him.

So the emperor gritted his teeth and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"It's the prince of loyalty." After Xia Shouzhong said this, he lowered his head and didn't dare to raise it, for fear of seeing the emperor's angry expression.

The emperor felt helpless when he heard his name, if it was someone else, he could still control it ruthlessly, but he really had no way to be loyal to the king.

After all, he owes the nurturing grace of the princess Zhongshun, and the king of Zhongshun also defended him when he was a child, that is really to regard him as his own brother, in the time when the king of Zhongshun was most favored, at a banquet King Zhongshun personally promised the current emperor in front of his henchmen, once he inherited the throne. named the current emperor ****, even if he rebelled, he would not die three times.

It can be said that King Zhongshun has a real affection for the emperor, which has hardly appeared in the royal family of previous dynasties.

Because of this, what the emperor did to the king of Zhongshun after ascending the throne was to turn a blind eye and never strictly control it. But I didn't expect such a big thing to happen.

Now the emperor is beginning to be a little grateful to Jia Ke, if he hadn't found out about this matter in advance and reported it to himself, when there was no grain harvest in Shaanxi, and there was no grain in the grain storage road, in the end, the emperor could only take the king of Zhongshun in order to calm the people's grievances.

"How long has the grain storage road been going on? Why didn't anyone report to me? ”

Xia Shouzhong was frightened now, but the emperor couldn't help but answer when asked, so he could only say cautiously: "Long live Lord, the news that the slave got is that King Zhongshun has been reselling the grain stored in rice for several years. At the beginning, there was some restraint, but this year it was already unscrupulous, and as soon as the new grain came, they made up their minds and sold almost all the grain in the grain storage road. ”

The emperor was also shocked when he heard this, but he didn't expect the king of Zhongshun to be so bold that he simply didn't take the laws of the court into account.

The emperor also felt some impatience with the Zhongshun King at this time, it seems that the Emperor Taishang is still right, this Zhongshun King is simply mud that can't support the wall. If it continues like this, the court will see if there is a royal law, this time Jia Ke found that there was no major incident, if it is not severely punished, I am afraid there will be a next time. Then when the time comes, there is no need for Jia Ke to usurp the throne, his own country will be gone, it seems that he must be severely punished, otherwise he will not be able to remember the lesson.

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "You go to the palace of Zhongshun now, and tell the evil obstacle." Let him replenish 5 million quintals of grain to me within two months. ”

Xia Shouzhong asked a little helplessly: "Long live the lord, if the loyal prince does not agree, what should the slave do?" ”

The emperor also felt a little scratched his head after hearing this, when King Zhongshun had a chance to compete for the throne, he was so virtuous, but now that all hope is gone, all that is left is to collect wealth and play with women.

"You go and tell him that if he can't replenish 5 million quintals of grain within the time limit, I will confine him in the mansion." The emperor felt that if he was not frightened, the king of Zhongshun would not obediently pay for the silver.

Xia Shouzhong got the emperor's reply, and then bowed down and withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Xia Shouzhong walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, feeling that his back was wet. This time it really frightened him, fortunately he had been prepared for a long time, otherwise the emperor would not know how to answer when he asked about this matter, I am afraid that his position as a eunuch of the six palaces would be over.

Xia Shouzhong took a dozen eunuchs out of the palace on a high-headed horse and went straight to the Zhongshun Palace.

At this time, the Zhongshun Palace, which was still a song and dance, was peaceful, and the King of Zhongshun was now living a life of drunkenness and dreams every day.

Since Liu Wan came to knock on the door a few days ago, and was informed in advance by King Zhongshun, after closing the door, King Zhongshun sent people to inquire about the news of the household department on the street.

As the information kept coming back, it was known that Liu Wan had forced the people of the grain storage road to pay for the silver, and now he had begun to buy grain on a large scale near the capital, and at this time the king of Zhongshun was relieved and felt that this matter had passed.

King Zhongshun now also felt that he was very wise, and as soon as he did this, those people in the household department not only gathered the food, but also handed over the matter to the emperor. And he doesn't lose a penny, so he can sit back and relax.

No, it's almost noon, and he's just gotten up, and when he gets up, he's throwing a feast. While drinking wine, while eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas, there are groups of singers dancing on the side.

In addition, there were many plays, waiting there, just waiting for these singers to go down, and then go up and sing a few famous passages for the king of Zhongshun.

That's not all, in addition to one or two beauties who accompanied the wine next to King Zhongshun, there was also a man dressed as a woman, the scene was gentle and charming, a little more beautiful than the two beauties next to him, I saw him constantly persuading King Zhongshun to drink there.

And the king of Zhongshun didn't care about the two beauties, so he only grabbed the hand of the play and kept stroking. And the actor also made a shy, and kept cooperating with the loyal king.

When King Zhongshun was looking happy, suddenly several eunuchs broke in, led by Xia Shouzhong.

King Zhongshun saw that Xia Shouzhong dared to break into his palace without reporting, and King Zhongshun's face was full of anger at this time, this Xia Shouzhong was a dog in front of him before, and now he dared to break into his palace without a call, it was simply lawless.

"Xia Shouzhong, you dog slave is now bold, believe it or not, I'll kill you now, I'll see what the emperor can do to me." How many glasses of wine did King Zhongshun drink? Some couldn't see the situation clearly, and he didn't want to think about how Xia Shouzhong would dare to be so bold if he hadn't been ordered by the emperor.

"Lord Wang, I am still angry, the slave came on the order of the emperor this time to pass a message to the prince." Xia Shouzhong said expressionlessly.

Xia Shouzhong knew that this time King Zhongshun had caused a big disaster. Although the emperor covered up the past for him, I am afraid that his relationship with the emperor will fade.

When King Zhongshun heard Xia Shouzhong say that he was coming on the order of the emperor, he immediately sobered up.

He quickly got up from the wine table and staggered to Xia Shouzhong's side, "You didn't lie to you, did you?" It's really the emperor who sent you to deliver the word. ”

"The slave is bold, and he doesn't dare to falsely pass on the holy decree, it is indeed the emperor who has an edict to the prince."

"Then you can say, I, the emperor's brother, have something to tell me." King Zhongshun doesn't care about anything now, he just wants to spend his life eating, drinking, and having fun.

"The emperor's message." After Xia Shouzhong finished saying this, he glanced at King Zhongshun, and the meaning was also very clear, that is, let him kneel down to receive the order.

The king of Zhongshun could only staggered to his knees.

"The emperor decreed that within two months, he would raise 5 million quintals of grain and send it to the grain storage road, and if he did not obey, he would be confined to the palace from now on."

As soon as the king heard the emperor's command, he immediately woke up with all the wine. It seems that the emperor knows that he secretly bought grain storage grain, during this period of time, Liu Wan, the head of the household department, has come to his house several times, and he has shirked it for various reasons, a few days ago he also heard that Liu Wan's subordinates made up money, and he planned to make up for the grain storage road, he thought he was at ease, why did the emperor suddenly give such an edict? And seeing that the emperor's tone is so harsh, I think this time the matter is not small.

King Zhongshun himself is also talented, but he has given up on himself before, and he no longer thinks about these things at all, but now that he has come to his senses and turned his mind, he knows that this is the emperor's last compromise. Otherwise, if something happens, the emperor will have to give an account to his subjects in the world.

"Lord, the slave has finished speaking the emperor's dictation, you can do it yourself. I still have something to do in the palace, so I'll leave first. Xia Shouzhong didn't want to continue to stay in the Zhongshun Palace, so he wanted to leave.

But King Zhongshun suddenly got up from the ground at this time, grabbed Xia Shouzhong and asked, "Why does the emperor suddenly care about the grain storage road, you explain it to me clearly." ”

Xia Shouzhong was grabbed by the wrist of King Zhongshun and could not get out, and as soon as he heard his question, his eyes gurgled and rolled, and an idea of killing two birds with one stone immediately sounded.

This Zhongshun King is now a bastard, and he is arrogant and lawless, using such a person to give Jia Ke a dismount, and let him know that the current world is still the emperor's.

Xia Shouzhong smiled when he thought of this, only he could think of such a thing, and the emperor would greatly reward himself if he knew about it.

So Xia Shouzhong had a helpless expression on his face, "Lord Wang, it was originally fine." However, a few months ago, Lord Jia Kejia, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, suddenly asked for a grain storage route to transport more than one million quintals of grain to the capital. You know, now Jia Ke is in power and even the emperor has to give him three points, so the matter of this grain storage road is exposed. ”

Xia Shouzhong couldn't do both, and said bad things about Jia Ke to King Zhongshun, and King Zhongshun was so angry that his teeth itched after listening to Xia Shouzhong's words.

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