431. A punch on cotton

"Did something happen to my dad?" Ye Jingjing asked softly.

Emperor Qianling, who was immersed in a sense of security, was suddenly startled, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

He looked down and saw that Ye Jingjing was staring straight at him, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was staring at him.

"Ahem...... No, what are you thinking? ”

In order not to make Ye Jingjing suspicious, Emperor Qianling deliberately said in a relaxed tone.

Ye Jingjing's eyes became more and more suspicious, "On weekdays, no matter how you are troubled by those chaotic ministers and thieves, you will not act so tired, what's wrong today?" ”

"Look at what you said, why have all the people under my command become rebellious ministers and thieves?"

Emperor Qianling deliberately haha, and touched his nose a little helplessly.

Ye Jingjing's eyes became sharper, "Don't avoid the important and light, when a man lies, he will involuntarily touch his nose, because there is a ...... Forget it, you don't understand it. ”

She pushed away the Emperor Qianling Mausoleum and said, "I can make you so embarrassed, it seems that today's court discussion has caused my father to have a little situation, which causes you to not know how to speak to me." ”

Seeing that his careful thoughts were seen through by the other party, Emperor Qianling could only sigh helplessly, raise his hand and surrender, "Okay, okay, I'll be honest." ”

Ye Jingjing nodded with satisfaction, and then asked a little anxiously, "What's wrong with my father?" ”

Emperor Qianling lowered his voice, "Your father, he ...... The quarrel with someone was too fierce, and an official was scolded and cried. ”

"Nonsense!" Ye Jingjing rolled her eyes. "He's not a child, how could he do such a thing?"

Emperor Qianling nodded like pounding garlic, "That's right, old kid, old child, that official is also old, so the two of them had a conflict and quarreled fiercely......

"If you don't tell the truth again, don't enter Jianing Palace for the next three months!" Ye Jingjing said sharply.

Seeing that she was really angry, Emperor Qianling hurriedly said, "Okay, good, I say!" In fact, it's not a big deal, but some people say that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics......"

Ye Jingjing frowned, "What didn't I do?" ”

"You really didn't do anything, but many people feel that the prime minister instructed you to blow the wind on my pillow, so I have recently dismissed many officials. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is their officials who protect each other, and their interests are threatened. ”

Ye Jingjing only felt angry and funny, "That's it?" They can speak hundreds of times a month. I thought it was a big deal, but forget it, my father is fine. ”

Seeing that Ye Jingjing believed her words defenselessly, Emperor Qianling only felt guilty and a little lucky.

Fortunately, Ye Jingjing believed in herself unconditionally, and felt guilty that she used this trust to deceive her in turn.

However, if he told her that Ye Zewei was now suspected of embezzling disaster relief funds, then Emperor Qianling would not be able to say anything about it.

Ye Jingjing has already worried too much about herself, if she is worried about Ye Zewei again, then she will definitely be embarrassed.

Therefore, Emperor Qianling decided to stabilize Ye Jingjing with lies first, since Ye Zewei was not involved in this matter, then he would find someone to investigate it well, and when the matter came to light, it would not be too late to find the mastermind behind the scenes to be held accountable.

However, what Emperor Qianling did not expect was that there was conclusive evidence the next day.

When the housekeeper of an official's family went out to buy rice, he found that the rice sold by a person was of very good quality, but the price was very low, so he kept an eye on it and made an excuse to follow the other party to the rice warehouse to have a look.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, there are numbers and words on those rices, and they are all the food that Emperor Qianling ordered Ye Ze to fine-tune to go to Jingzhou some time ago, for disaster relief!

The housekeeper immediately reported it to his master, and the official quickly wrote the book when he went to court the next day, and arrested the man who was peddling rice to come and interrogate.

And the man was also unequivocal, opening his mouth to say that he was a distant relative of Prime Minister Ye, and admitted that Prime Minister Ye Cheng instructed him to do this.

Ye Ze's lips trembled with anger, but he couldn't refute anything, because this person was indeed a child of his distant cousin's family.

Needless to say, this level of kinship is needless to say, as long as someone has a heart to investigate, it will naturally be discovered, so it is useless for Ye Zewei not to admit it, but the other party will say that he is a thief.

However, now, if he said that he did not embezzle food and disaster relief funds, who would believe it?

"Your Majesty, now that the evidence is conclusive, please make a decision immediately!"

After the man finished confessing his crimes, Xing official was the first to kneel down and put pressure on Emperor Qianling with righteous words.

Many officials who had been friends with him also followed, and more than a dozen people knelt down together, which really made Emperor Qianling feel even more headache than yesterday.

"Hmph, okay, what a Lord Xing......"

Ye Ze stared straight at this row of kneeling people, almost gritting his teeth to say this.

"The old man really didn't expect that you could reach so far away, and even the old man's relatives could buy and use it!"

Official Xing ignored him, but repeated again, "Please ask the emperor to punish Prime Minister Ye Cheng!" ”

Up to now, Emperor Qianling is really unbearable.

He felt that even if he risked being accused by everyone of protecting Ye Zewei today, he had to come forward to stop them, "Now that the situation is not clear, several Aiqing are anxious to convict Prime Minister Ye, I'm afraid it will ......"

"Your Majesty, the human and material evidence is here, what else is unclear?"

Official Xing loudly interrupted Emperor Qianling's words.

Long Yan was furious, "Presumptuous! ”

"If the emperor thinks that the minister is presumptuous, he can go to the minister's official position, or drag the minister down to death, but this disaster relief must be investigated! After all, the lives of thousands of victims are at stake! ”

After that, Officer Xing kowtowed heavily on the ground, looking so sad and angry, so hearty.

Emperor Qianling was laughed at by him, "When did I say that I would go to your official position and drag you down to death?" It's good for you to buckle down a hat first, don't you just want me to have nothing to say?! ”

He slapped the dragon chair fiercely and said angrily, "I asked you to investigate the disaster relief funds, not to let you take the opportunity to fall into the well!" You're all pushing me one by one, do you think I really don't dare to do it?! ”

Xing Guan and the others knelt on the ground without saying a word, like a rock.

Emperor Qianling felt like he had punched cotton, and the depression in his chest could not be soothed, and even forced him to look in a trance, and his mind was in chaos.

At this time, an official finally stood up and said in a trembling voice, "After all, Prime Minister Ye Cheng is the prime minister of the Great Calendar, how can he be convicted so easily?" In Yichen's humble opinion, it is better to temporarily withhold Prime Minister Ye's official position and power, and then the emperor will send someone to find evidence - after all, there is still so much silver that has not been recovered. ”

Surprisingly, Xing officials did not refute the proposal.