The next day, in a palace in the North Palace, the young little emperor Liu Hong was touching the two beautiful palace maids in his arms and playing with them. He was accompanied by several eunuchs in their twenties, who were talking to him and talking about his own small treasury that he was interested in.

He has just ascended the throne for four years, he has tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, and he can't extricate himself, and the disease of widowhood is becoming more and more obvious, but the queen is too virtuous, so he can't be interested, so he doesn't go to the queen's Changqiu Palace much, but often enjoys in the bedrooms of other concubines.

Although Liu Hong was a marquis when he succeeded to the throne, his family had long since declined, he had no title and no money, he was very poor, and he lived a very difficult life with his mother, Empress Dowager Dong. After becoming the emperor, I heard other people say that the palace has a lot of money and beautiful women, and I thought that my life would be very good, but who knew that it was not like that at all.

First of all, although Emperor Huan was a martial artist, it was commendable, but the Hanqiang Hundred Years War had already emptied the treasury, and during his reign, the palace often caught fire, but due to lack of money, he did not dare to build a large number of buildings, and many palace people lived in temporary cabins. Later, when Duan Chengxi was in the west, the military budget was insufficient, and Emperor Huan took the lead in paying privately, before he entered the palace, the valuable treasures were looted into private homes by Dou Wu and his son in advance, and the beautiful women in the palace were either executed by the jealous Empress Dowager Dou, or taken home by Dou Wu and his son to enjoy themselves, which was not at all what he imagined.

Because the Dou father and son took his money and robbed his woman, in Liu Hong's opinion, he was disloyal, so he didn't dare to trust outsiders at first, and could only trust his own house slave eunuchs. And when the eunuchs killed the Dou clan, he didn't completely stop it, and later let them and their mother work together to collect money for themselves and run their own small treasury, after all, how can he do it as an emperor without money?

Five years have passed, Liu Hong, who has money and women, finally feels that he can be a normal emperor, and the palace is slowly expanding and renovating.

Especially in the scene with Fu Wan yesterday, Liu Hong never thought that the nerd who was so sensible after Fu Wan donated one million, and drove other court princes to donate a lot, which directly led to the fact that even if he renovated all the rivers outside Luoyang City, he still had money to spare.

At this time, the little eunuch beside him told the Taiwei Li Xian to ask to see him, and the little emperor was in the prime of his life, and he was swept away for no reason, but the third prince couldn't help but give face, and ordered Li Xian to enter, and then ordered the palace maid in his arms to dress up a little.

When Li Xian came to see him, he saw Liu Hong's face flushed, and the palace maid beside him also blushed, how could he not know what happened as an old man, but he pretended not to see it, and the old god was there to greet him.

Liu Hong said: "What is the so-called matter of the Taiwei entering the palace today? ”

Li Xian found out in advance that none of the main eunuchs of Wang Fu and his party around the emperor were on duty, so he immediately continued: "Your Majesty, yesterday's court meeting discussed the matter of Bohai Wang Kui's involvement in rebellion. ”

"Why?"

"First, this Your Majesty's family affairs are all in the hands of an outsider, and I am afraid that his mind will be difficult to understand and the trial will be unfair; Second, after all, the King of Bohai is the brother of the first emperor, His Majesty's cousin, and his status is noble, if the trial must be cautious, Duan Sili is quite talented, but it is also a little difficult to deal with this matter; Third, if there is no person from the clan to try the case, if the case is unclear, I am afraid that the clan will boil, so there is still a need for people from the clan to be around, so there is no worry. ”

After saying the three reasons, Liu Hong was dumbfounded and didn't know how to reply. Originally, under the influence of the eunuchs in the palace who had been instructed by Zheng Sa and Dong Teng earlier, he didn't believe in the joint conspiracy between Zheng and Dong and Liu Kui at the court meeting yesterday, and only thought it was a rumor in the market.

But after all, this matter touched the place that Liu Hong valued the most, as the emperor's imperial power, coupled with the coverage of public opinion in the court, he asked for a thorough investigation, so he listened to the advice of his close confidant eunuch Wang Fu, and ordered Duan Cheng, who had just made great contributions to the arrest of the Zhuque rumor case, to investigate thoroughly.

"According to Qing's wishes, how should this matter be handled? After yesterday's court meeting, the decree has been issued, and if you change your life today, I am afraid that the majesty of the court will be lost. ”

"Your Majesty, according to the minister's view, this matter is easy, just add a decree to your majesty to trust, and the person who is honest and honest will supervise the trial of the case, a Bohai King really has a great rebellion, and the matter is found out in the eyes of everyone, which can block the ears of the palace outside, and secondly, this matter is not in the hands of one person, it will be fair, and there is no need to worry about the unfairness of the trial."

"I already know that there is nothing else to do, so I will retreat first."

"No." Li Xian knew that if he wanted to hurry, he would not be able to reach it, so he no longer entangled, so he retreated and left, not to mention that his favor had been returned, and whether this matter was successful or not depended on the little emperor's thoughts.

After Li Xian left, Liu Hong also felt bored, and it was difficult for the palace maid next to him to be interested in seducing him in every way. Thinking about things in his heart, Liu Hong threw down the two girls, beckoned left and right, and headed towards Changle Palace.

In the palace, the two palace maids who were suddenly released by the pigeon sighed in a low voice, thinking that they could receive His Majesty's favor again today, but they didn't expect this to go wrong.

One of the palace maids surnamed He, with a piercing look in her eyes, felt sorry for missing the opportunity to seduce the emperor this time, and thought in her heart that she had to notify her brother again, send some property, and let those eunuchs arrange opportunities for herself.

However, it was said that Liu Hong went to Changle Palace to say hello, met his own mother, the Empress Dowager Dong, and informed the Empress Dowager Dong of the advice of the Taiwei Li Xian, because the two were originally just orphans and widows, and they depended on each other.

Since ascending the throne, the Empress Dowager Dong has intervened more, although there are many injustices, but Liu Hong has not stopped it, on the one hand, in his opinion, selling officials and asking for goods, collecting money are all trivial matters, on the other hand, it is also because he trusts his biological mother, and it is just to consult her at this time.

Empress Dowager Dong listened to Liu Hong's words, thinking about the property she had received a few days ago, and secretly said that Liu Kui's methods were really powerful, and even the third prince was invited out, but she was not afraid, even if it was Tongtian? You don't see the emperor's will, isn't he obediently escorted into Beijing by Captain Sili? And she is famous for being good at collecting money and being a trustworthy person, how could she smash her signboard, and after a little contemplation, she said: "Li Gong's words are reasonable, and the old body also feels that it is inappropriate to judge only Duan Jiming alone, after all, the King of Bohai is close to the clan, and the first emperor's own brother, the emperor should handle this matter carefully, and do not give outsiders a verbal dispute." ”

"No."

"In this case, the old body is also tired, so the emperor will go back."

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In history, Emperor Ling was really greedy for money, loved to do business, and also ridiculed Emperor Huan for "not being a home", because the treasury really had no money during the period of Emperor Huan, and he did not have the ability to make money as a business genius like Emperor Ling.