In the imperial study, only the faint trembling voice of Jiang Cheng, who was kneeling directly above, could be heard. The seemingly unintentional words of the third prince made several people in the imperial study have different thoughts in their hearts at this time.

The emperor didn't ask much, he just glanced at the third prince.

Wen Qiao, who was standing next to Jiang Cheng below, felt cold in his heart when he heard this. The third prince had always been at odds with him, and he had to wonder why the emperor came over when he was questioning Jiang Cheng.

There is no lack of accidental elements in this, but Wen Qiao doesn't think that there will be such a coincidence today.

Jiang Cheng didn't seem to have recovered from the emperor's angry questioning, and knelt on the ground with his head bowed and his hands on the ground, looking like he had completely confessed his guilt. But there were only a few words in his mouth, and the emperor was a little impatient.

"Third child," the emperor suddenly turned his head in the direction of the third prince, and his expression was flat and his face was not half abnormal, "Jiang Cheng was responsible for escorting the grain and grass to Fuzhou, but Wen Qiao found that the grain and grass had been transferred. What do you say about that?"

The eyes of the third prince Yin Owl moved, and he looked at Jiang Cheng in surprise.

Then he glanced at Wen Qiao, who hadn't spoken since he came in.

The third prince saluted the emperor, and after a moment of silence, he replied: "Dare to ask my father, when was the grain and grass found to be transferred?" Wen Qiao sighed in his heart when he heard this.

The grievances and grievances between the previous and the three princes resurfaced in his heart again, and with the words of the three princes at this time, Wen Qiao suddenly understood.

His eyes swept over the others without any emotion, and he occasionally looked at Xiang Gexing, and the expressions in their eyes were similar.

Although there was no exchange of words, Wen Qiao read the same thoughts as him from Xiang Gexing's eyes. The emperor didn't know anything about the matter between the third prince and Wen Qiao, he knew that the third son had been snubbed by him since he was a child.

What kind of place is the Royal Palace? The law of the jungle eats the strong here, and there are thousands of people in the palace who are not welcomed, and the palace maids and maids are even more able to look at people's eyes and do things in such an environment.

The emperor also stepped up step by step from the position of the prince, so he naturally knew the situation of the third prince.

Such a prince who does not have the support of his mother's forces behind him can only rely on him.

The emperor's body moved, he leaned his entire back back against the back of the chair, and supported the edge of the desk with one hand, "Wen Qiao, you say." ”

was suddenly named, Wen Qiao couldn't refuse, so he had to take a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, the third prince." The grain and grass were discovered after I handed over to Master Jiang. ”

He had just woken up, his face was not as pale as usual, and his lips were dry and pale.

"Oh?" The third prince answered. He asked again: "Since it is after the handover between the prince and Lord Jiang, shouldn't the prince carefully inspect the grain and grass that is being escorted before the handover?"

Wen Qiao explained: "There are a lot of grain and grass escorts, and the matter of the flood in Fuzhou cannot be delayed any longer, so the minister only checked it roughly. After leaving Linzhou, the team never encountered a landslide, and the minister found out that the grain and grass were transferred. ”

"Jiang Cheng, what else do you have to say!" As soon as the emperor slapped the case, Jiang Cheng's body shook with excitement. Jiang Cheng desperately explained: "Your Majesty, the minister also obeys your orders, and after the treasury is loaded with grain and grass, he will set off directly with people!"

The emperor's chest rose and fell violently twice, and his anger was aroused again, "You still want to quibble!" After saying this, the emperor shouted outside, "Someone!"

The door to the study was quickly pushed open, and a guard stood by the door.

The emperor's finger pointed at Jiang Cheng's body, and said without a beak: "Press him into the heavenly prison!"

"Your Majesty! Chen really didn't do such a thing!" Seeing that he was about to suffer, Jiang Cheng glanced at the third prince for help, and then kowtowed to the emperor frantically, wanting to beg the emperor to give him another chance.

The emperor reacted slowly to his words, and instead shouted at the guards who were stunned at the door, "What are you waiting for!"

His tone was full of anger, and the guards hurriedly brought people in to arrest Jiang Cheng. When he had already turned around and was about to leave with Jiang Cheng, the third prince suddenly stood up.

He said, "Father's anger is at ease. According to Erchen, this matter needs to be investigated more carefully. ”

"Even though Lord Jiang does not have strong evidence to clear the charge, but this matter has not been thoroughly investigated, if Lord Jiang is rashly convicted like this, if it is really found out that this matter has nothing to do with him in the future, wouldn't it be a mistake to kill a good person?"

The emperor was moved by the words of the third prince, he was angry, and Jiang Cheng was the most suspicious person in the matter of the grain and grass being transferred, and the suppressed anger in his heart naturally wanted to be resolved. The emperor reacted again by asking the guards holding Jiang Cheng to let him go.

Jiang Cheng knelt straight to each other with his legs, bowing his head and not daring to speak.

The third prince continued: "At present, the matter of the flood in Fuzhou has not been solved, and we should find a way to solve the problem in Fuzhou first. But the grain and grass are gone. ”

The grain and grass escorted to Fuzhou emptied almost one-third of the grain stored in the capital.

With so much grain lost for no reason, the treasury may not be able to get the grain, grass and silver for the second disaster relief in a short period of time.

And this time, the grain was transferred and not to mention, the emperor has not yet dealt with Wen Qiao's loss of grain and ineffective handling.

"Wen Qiao, you are guilty of this incident!" The emperor's face was full of anger, obviously angry by this incident.

Wen Qiao didn't say much useless words, he directly lifted his robe, knelt down on the ground, and said, "The minister is guilty, but His Majesty will punish him."

The emperor stopped talking again, but in fact he hadn't dealt with Wen Qiao yet.

Fuzhou still needs people to continue to go over to solve things, and at this time, it will be more difficult to send people again than before. After Wen Qiao finished speaking, he silently waited for the emperor's punishment.

However, he didn't wait for the emperor's words, but first waited for the words of the third prince. The third prince said: "Father, the grain, grass and disaster silver were lost because of Wen Shizi, and now we need to find enough grain, grass and disaster silver again."

The words of the third prince were correct, but it was impossible for the treasury to continue spending at this time. The emperor closed his eyes with a headache, not knowing what to do.

Jiang Cheng was temporarily saved, and the next one should be Wen Qiao. The matter of the grain and grass transfer package was too obvious, and the third prince thought in his heart, and said: "Since the grain and grass this time is because Wen Shizi lost it, then as compensation, the father might as well let Wen Shizi find a way to get together the grain, grass and silver first?"

These words were said to the emperor's heart. Wen Qiao's Huai'en Houfu family has a big business, and their status has risen all the way in Beijing over the years, so it shouldn't be a big problem to come up with some food and silver. The emperor agreed to the proposal of the third prince and asked Wen Qiao, "Wen Qiao, can you agree to this method?"

Let the Huai'en Houfu figure it out on his own, and the emperor will not have to continue to spend on the treasury after solving a big problem.