All eyes were on Xia Yanxiu, allowing him to enjoy the scenery that everyone was looking forward to.

At this moment, he will expose the conspiracy of the second prince and make the truth public, he is the big man who understands the truth, grasps the overall situation, and makes a decision!

Emperor Yuanqing stared at Xia Yanxiu and said gloomily: "Say! ”

Xia Yanxiu took out an object from his arms and presented it: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a thing, which is the proof of the second prince's inspection of the Jiangdong area this time and the collection of field taxes, and I implore the emperor to check it." ”

When he took this thing out, Lan Hongzhuo and Lin Kangnian's faces changed drastically.

How could this thing be in Cheyenne's hands?

Lan Hongzhuo stared at Lin Kangnian, but Lin Kangnian was shocked and dazed, he was obviously hiding this booklet in the secret compartment at the head of the bed, no one knew, how could it be repaired by Xia Yan...... No way!

Soon, Gonggong Lu had already handed the booklet presented by Xia Yanxiu to Emperor Yuanqing respectfully, and the latter opened it to take a look, and suddenly the dragon's eyes were round, as if a flame was rising, and he glanced at Lan Hongzhuo viciously, and then looked at them one by one.

For a whole tea time, Emperor Yuanqing looked extremely carefully, without saying a word, and there was a dead silence in the silent hall.

The ministers didn't know what Emperor Yuanqing was looking at, but they saw that his face was becoming more and more pale, and a sense of danger was about to come from the mountain rain that had filled the entire Jinluan Palace. The atmosphere was depressing and silent, and everyone stared at Xia Yanxiu and then at Lan Jingcheng, as if they had a premonition of something.

"Father......" Lan Jingcheng finally couldn't bear it.

With a thud, he knelt down, trembling, his face as white as a piece of paper.

Emperor Yuanqing threw the booklet down with a snap, smashed it right on his head, and roared angrily: "Beast! That's what you do? After going for a month, he gave me good news, saying that he had collected five million taels of tax silver, bastard! That's how you collect your field tax?! ”

"The father forgives the sin, the father spares his life, and the son is just anxious, and he ...... when he is confused"

Lan Jingcheng kowtowed, his whole body was cold with fright, and his forehead was blood-red in a moment. But he didn't dare to stop at all, he only hoped that he could be miserable, so that his father could reduce his anger a little and spare his life!

When Lin Kangnian and Nan Jingtian looked at this scene, where did they not know the result?

Everything is over, all the scheming is in vain!

"Your Majesty, the second prince teamed up with the squires and local families in Jiangdong to exempt most of the land taxes as bait and let them support their ascension. This is a private giving and receiving, forming a party for personal gain, not only harming the interests of the imperial court, but also shaking the foundation of the country, which is simply a heinous crime! ”

Xia Yanxiu stood on the Jinluan Palace, looking like a loyal appearance of a gossip official desperately admonishing him, and said loudly: "I implore the emperor to see clearly and revitalize the law of the country!" ”

Emperor Yuanqing patted the dragon chair and said like thunder: "Lan Jingcheng, what else do you have to say?!" ”

Lan Jingcheng trembled: "Please forgive ...... father"

"The second prince, Lan Jingcheng, embezzled the land tax in danger, colluded with the Jiangdong squire family, and was immediately imprisoned for investigation. Wei Chifu and Jiang Chengye will thoroughly investigate this matter, and all the people involved in the case will be thoroughly investigated, and there must be no mistakes. Emperor Yuanqing's eyes were torn and he roared, and the shocked Manchu Dynasty was shocked and bowed his head one after another.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen respectfully obeys the holy decree!" Chi Fu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Yin Jiang Chengye of Jingzhao came out at the same time, and said in a deep voice.

Lan Jingcheng crouched on the hall, his whole body was cold, he never thought that the plan he had set would be exposed so quickly, and this result was something he couldn't bear. Cheyenne ...... How did he get this booklet?!

Everyone was shocked and panicked, not knowing how many people would be involved in this matter.

Only Xia Yanxiu was secretly proud, the conspiracy of the second prince was exposed by him, and when the matter was investigated, the emperor would definitely pay attention to him. If he hadn't stood up, I was afraid that everyone would have been deceived by the second prince.

……

As soon as Xia Jinse prepared a table of meals, Lan Beichen came back.

"Well, it's so fragrant~!"

Standing at the door of the flower hall, Lan Beichen sniffed, as if nothing had happened, and praised: "Do you know that your husband is coming back, so you can do so richly?" ”

As soon as Xia Jinse turned around, he saw him. It's the same as a few days ago, the cloth is as good as new, handsome and straight, only some stubble grows on the lips, and it feels a little haggard and deep.

She rushed over and hugged Lan Beichen tightly, obviously knowing that he was fine, but there was an emotion that could not be suppressed, surging into her heart and spreading all over her body.

"Are you hungry, come and eat." Xia Jinse beckoned Lan Beichen to sit down, chasing the clouds and shooting the moon and pouring tea cloth chopsticks diligently, with tears in his eyes, but he smiled extremely gratifying.

Finally, the rain has passed, and the prince is not in the mansion these days, only the princess is holding on. Although everyone didn't say anything and did things as usual, there was always something missing in their hearts.

"Jinse, it's only been a few days, why did you lose weight?" Lan Beichen sat down, smiled faintly, and talked about his thoughts and thoughts over the past few days while serving Xia Jinse vegetables.

When he had a profound experience and reflected on this matter, who knows, he said that he was rare to be quiet during this time, and he thought of a good thing.

"It's the magnifying glass that Mu Xuan gave to the Queen Mother last time, and the husband feels that it is more than that. Since this crystal piece can enlarge things, can it also magnify things in the distance and see them more clearly? ”

"How did you get there?" Xia Jinse wanted to laugh.

It seems that he really didn't suffer any crimes in the prison of the Criminal Department, and he is still in the mood to think about these things.

"This is a very good idea, if the experiment is successful, it can be used on the border scouts to detect the enemy's situation, it will be a great weapon. When we have dinner, I'll draw it for you, and you can think about it for your husband again to see if there are any loopholes. Lan Beichen said with great interest, and it could be seen that he was really interested, and he was not affected by the prison disaster in the past few days.

Xia Jinse was relieved and ate lively.

After dinner, the two went to the study, Lan Beichen really didn't mention the tax and silver case, and drew his new sharp weapon to Xia Jinse to see. Xia Jinse had already thought that what Lan Beichen said was actually the prototype of the telescope, but he was able to associate so much, and even used the refraction of the concave lens to stay away, drawing inferences on the basis of the magnifying glass, which made her admire Lan Beichen's whimsy.

If she hadn't known about it in her previous life, she would have been thrown to the ground by the five bodies that Lan Beichen worshipped.

"I've come up with a brilliant name for such a good thing - clairvoyant, how about it?" She said with a smile.

"Clairvoyant, well, it's really good."

Lan Beichen nodded, talked to Xia Jinse for a while, and then talked about the craftsmanship of Yuzhen Building, other interesting things, and the profits in the past few months. Until they fell asleep late at night, neither of them mentioned the tax money, and enjoyed a rare leisure.

……

Three days later, the Tian Shui case came to a conclusion.

The human and material evidence was there, Lan Hongzhuo couldn't deny it, and had to admit that he had cheated on his field tax, and in order to evade responsibility, he had no choice but to shift the responsibility to the ninth prince Lan Beichen. According to Lan Hongzhuo's words, it is Lan Beichen's high position, as the Ninth Prince, this kind of trivial matter will make him punished at most, and it will not be a big deal, he is confused for a while, and this is ......

The confession reached the ears of Emperor Yuanqing, and he was so angry that he almost smashed the jade seal.

"This rebel, he can't do his own errands, and he dares to frame his ninth uncle, it's just bold and lawless!"

Gonggong Lu didn't know how to persuade him, the second prince was too bold to dare to do this kind of thing. Think about the consequences, if he really succeeds, it will definitely be the Nine Princes who will be imprisoned, even if he is not a capital crime, he will definitely be assigned to suffer, and the foundation of the entire Daqing will be destroyed.

And what about the second prince?

The conspiracy was successful, and it was naturally valued by the emperor, and the courtiers responded to it, and most of the princes were stable.

"Don't dare to think about it......" Grandpa Lu shook his head in fear.

"Such a rebellious son, if you don't give him some color, I'm really old and mediocre!" Emperor Yuanqing slapped the table and said angrily: "Let the Criminal Department deal with it according to the law, Lan Hongzhuo colludes with officials and squires, gives and accepts privately, and frames important ministers of the court, so he is not worthy of virtue." Demotion the status of the second prince and be severely punished in prison! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Gonggong Lu didn't dare to plead, and after watching the two adults of the Criminal Department Shangshu and Jing Zhaoyin retreat, he waited cautiously beside him, and went to the gate to take a look, before he said: "Your Majesty, the Jade Concubine is still kneeling outside the palace gate." ”

Emperor Yuanqing said with a dark face: "Let her kneel!" Love kneel for as long as you want! ”

Don't think he doesn't know, if this matter wasn't for the help of Concubine Yu's mother's family, how could Lan Hongzhuo's affairs go so smoothly, so bold and arrogant? The position of a prince hooked everyone's greed and ambition, did he really die?

Fortunately, the truth was revealed, thanks to the evidence presented by Xia Xiang at a critical time!

Thinking of this, Emperor Yuanqing's impression of Xia Yanxiu was a little better, and in the past half a year, he felt that Xia Yanxiu was a little dizzy, and his work was not as clear and fair as before. But fortunately, thanks to him this time, he will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds.

After some thought, Emperor Yuanqing announced some rewards and asked Gonggong Lu to send someone to the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion to give an order.

"Your Majesty."

At this moment, another palace person came to report: "The queen mother heard about the second prince and fell ill, please go up and take a look." ”

Emperor Yuanqing's eyelids burst out, and he said hurriedly: "What, the Queen Mother is sick?" Does it matter? ”

The palace people said in a panic: "The slave doesn't know, but he has already invited the imperial doctor, and the queen mother just said that her heart hurts and she is uncomfortable, so she asked the slave to invite the emperor to come and have a look." ”

Emperor Yuanqing immediately understood that the Queen Mother was sick, obviously because of Lan Hongzhuo's matter and wanted to ask him for mercy. This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, and it is said that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, but Emperor Yuanqing is a filial son, so he has to do something against his will when he is hindered by the queen mother.

It's like Lan Jingcheng...... Recently, it seems that I have been in the palace many times, all of which are going to Chonghua Palace to accompany the Queen Mother. Where did he not know what this son was thinking? It's not that I want to follow the Queen Mother and save his mind.

"Since there is a doctor who has seen a doctor, then I won't go, I want to go to see the Nine Princes, so you can go back to the Queen Mother."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After the palace people left, Emperor Yuanqing really couldn't sit still.

He wronged Lan Beichen about this matter, and even let him go to prison for a few days, which was very unpleasant. He has to go and see, what if Lao Jiu hates him because of this and wrongs him? He didn't want to.

"Lu Wangxi, I want to leave the palace and change my clothes." Emperor Yuanqing immediately said.