Uncle Huang, sit down and talk about it. ”

Mu Yan politely stretched out his hand and motioned for Prince Li to sit down, and he himself sat down.

The little chamberlain immediately served tea to both of them, and the fragrance of tea curled up with the fragrance of flowers wafting from the window.

Mu Yan knew why Prince Li came, so he didn't go around in circles, and expressed his attitude straight to the point: "Uncle Huang, this matter has nothing to do with the queen, it is what I mean." "He took it all on himself.

Prince Li was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it again, he vaguely understood something.

Also, Jin Wuwei is the new emperor's loan to the empress, and behind all this today is the full support of the new emperor.

It doesn't matter whether it is the queen's intention or the emperor's intention to rectify the inner court, the key is that the emperor and queen unswervingly stand on the same front.

Mu Yan continued in an orderly manner: "Uncle Huang, in the past month, I have checked the account books of the palace over the years, as well as the account books of the tribute from the Inner Court Division to the Inner Carrier Treasury. I'm afraid you don't know, in the past few years, at least half of the tributes paid by various places have been hacked by the Inner Court Division. ”

"There is also the purchase in the palace, and only the Imperial Court has blackened at least two million silver; Recently, in the last month, Tingsi spent 500,000 taels to buy 10,000 ice cubes, which is more than 20 times the price of ice on the market. ”

"Other charcoal fires, chewing and so on, I will not list them one by one, if the emperor is interested, I will ask people to send you all the account books in the palace over the years to the house, you can read them slowly."

Mu Yan spoke calmly, as if he was just stating a fact.

Prince ......'s face became more and more ugly, and he was shocked by what Mu Yan said.

Mu Yan slowly fanned the folding fan, looked into Prince Li's eyes and asked, "Uncle Huang, do you say, should I investigate?" ”

"......" Prince Li couldn't answer at all.

He knew that the inner court was greedy, and the inner court of which dynasty and generation were greedy, but he thought that the inner court was at most making some difference when purchasing, even the steward of the royal palace would inevitably make the difference and get kickbacks.

He didn't expect Prince Yi to be so greedy, there would be such a big difference, and besides, the Inner Court Division even dared to pay tribute behind the emperor's back.

Prince Li frowned and hesitated: "Your Majesty, it can't be a mistake, right?" Prince Yi shouldn't be so bold. ”

Greedy for two million taels a year, Prince Na Yi has been in charge of the Inner Court Division for fourteen years, and how much has he been greedy in total?!

Prince Li couldn't even think about it.

Mu Yan took a sip of hot tea, put down the teacup calmly, and said with a smile: "He wouldn't have been so bold before, but Mu Jianming indulged him for so long and fattened his guts." ”

Prince ...... was dumbfounded.

Mu Yan pulled the corners of his mouth, and said: "Uncle Huang, I and the queen have three meals a day, and each meal is only five dishes and one soup, and a few new clothes. Where did all the three and a half thousand dollars of silver go every month? ”

"I don't want to leave a fake in the library for my children and grandchildren a hundred years from now."

"Perhaps, future generations will still think that I have no vision, collect some fakes, and hide them in the inner library as treasures."

"It's okay if I don't have vision, but I can't cause the queen to be talked about."

Mu Yan gushed endlessly, and said in his heart: Zhen Zhen's vision can't be questioned, if Zhen Zhen's vision is not good, how can she look at herself!

"......" Prince Li's eyes twitched several times.

At the beginning, Mu Yan said it was quite normal, why did the more he said it, the more he deviated?

Mu Yan didn't care what Prince Li thought, and continued to take care of himself: "Uncle Huang, I said before that 'I am not to blame for the past', but Prince Yi has slapped me and the queen in the face, so why don't you want me to lean his face over so that he can't fight!" ”

"I'm the emperor, but I'm not wronged!"

Mu Yan just raised his eyebrows simply, and released a compelling momentum.

"......" Prince Li was completely unable to interject.

As he spoke, Mu Yan's expression was solemn, the smile on the corner of his lips was put away, and he said in a soft and unquestionable tone: "I have made up my mind, we must thoroughly investigate the corruption of the Inner Court Division, and it is useless for anyone to intercede!" ”

Prince Li also understands that Prince Yi is indeed greedy, and he is greedy a lot, but the problem is that this matter not only involves the Inner Court Division, but also involves the clan, and it is too ugly to put the case in Jingzhao Mansion for trial like today, and it will inevitably make the clan a joke among the people!

Besides, the money that Prince Yi was greedy for was also more or less distributed to the clan......

"Your Majesty, Prince Yi has made a lot of military achievements for Dasheng, and he has made meritorious contributions to the country, can this matter be taken lightly and given him a chance to make up for his merits?" Prince Li tried to intercede for Prince Yi.

Mu Yan was unmoved, his handsome face was a little cold in the sun, and his voice became colder, "Even if Prince Yi has some military merits, he can't protect him for a lifetime." Over the years, the things he has been greedy for have already reached that bit of military exploits! ”

"The clan wants to defend him when they get a benefit from his place, and I understand it, but, Uncle Huang, don't forget, this benefit is dug out of my pocket."

"Do you think the clan can hold it?"

Mu Yan casually put away the folding fan, and the sound of "pop" seemed to hit Prince Li's heart.

Prince Li looked at Mu Yan with a complicated expression, and he stopped talking, and his heart sank.

Since everything that should be said has been said, Mu Yan does not plan to stay with Prince Li, and said in a light tone: "Uncle Huang, if you have nothing else to do, please go back." ”

Prince Li's mouth opened and closed, and his complicated thoughts finally turned into a long sigh.

Prince Li stood up, saluted Mu Yan, and retreated with a small chamberlain.

Outside the imperial study, King Shun, King Xing, King Jing and other princes were all anxiously waiting in place, some people were walking back and forth, some people were stretching their necks to look in the direction of the imperial study, and some people were looking for the inner servants guarding the door from time to time to inquire about the news.

Prince Jianli came out of the imperial study with his head down, and their hearts sank, and they vaguely guessed the result.

Sure enough—

"I'm afraid this won't happen." Prince Li said bluntly without concealment.

“……”

“……”

“……”

All the princes were frowning, and the same thought appeared in their hearts: Could it be that this matter is actually the emperor's intention?!

King Shun blurted out impatiently: "Your Majesty...... Do you really want to rectify the Inner Court Division? ”

"Yes." Prince Li nodded, his eyes were dark, revealing a little helplessness, a little emotion, and a little embarrassment, "Hey, it's also Prince Yi who has done too much over the years." ”

"Once a son of heaven and a courtier, after all, the new emperor is not the king of Er, and Queen Duanmu is not the queen Xie."

Thinking of Mu Yan's expression when he talked about the queen, Prince Li's expression was even more complicated, and he said with emotion: "Our queen is not comparable to all dynasties. ”

Prince Li's words hit the nail on the head.

"......" The princes widened their eyes slightly, and they were all speechless.

They couldn't help but think of the backer of Queen Duanmu, and they couldn't help but tremble, and their hearts were empty: Who is not afraid of that one's methods?!

In all dynasties, which queen's backer is as reliable as "that one" behind Duanmu Scarf!

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew a few residual leaves flew over, and two of the notched residual leaves happened to land between the sideburns and shoulders of the two princes, but they were unaware.

Prince Li hid his hands in his sleeves and said, "Today, you have all seen the ...... in the Jingzhao Mansion court."

"......" The princes recalled the scenes in the court, their heads were as big as a fight, and their faces were very ugly.

This Jing Zhaoyin is known as the parent official, but he is actually Cen Yin's lackey, everything is towards the queen, and every sentence is to help the queen.

and the people outside the court, they don't know what they are thinking, they all blindly support the queen, and they all seem to be blind.

King Shun gritted his back molars and said hatefully: "A foolish people are foolish people." ”

Several other princes also nodded with concern.

Prince Li glanced at them lightly, tired in his heart, rubbed his eyebrows and said, "What about the foolish people?" The last time I sacrificed to the sky, it was the queen who begged for rain, and the world knows that this is the fate of the phoenix. ”

"If the emperor said that the earth dragon turned over this time, and the queen mother also 'predicted' it, then her position will be as stable as Mount Tai."

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, the emperor holds the world with this hand, and the queen uses this mother to honor the world.

"......" The princes looked at each other and choked.

At this moment, they all felt that this was several times more tricky than they expected.

Prince Li said again: "There are still those students ......."

Thinking of those students, the expressions of several princes became more solemn and more entangled, and their eyebrows were deeply raised.

In the afternoon, when Jing Zhaoyin tried the case, many literati and students came one after another to hear the news, and all of them fully supported the empress, and some even said that they would go back and mobilize their classmates to write together to support the empress's thorough investigation of the inner court.

Although the case of Prince and Princess Yi did not mention the Inner Court Division in a single word, anyone who is not stupid knows that this case is actually directed at the Inner Court Division, and those students naturally guessed the deep meaning of the queen.

The scenes at that time flashed in the minds of several princes, and they had splitting headaches.

They all breathed a sigh of relief in their chests, a thorough investigation of the Inner Court Division is tantamount to digging up their flesh and blood, and in the future, without the filial piety of the Inner Court Division, they are afraid that they will have to live in poverty.

Where is King Shun willing, angry, and said with a pale face: "Those students are all boasting of their noble character, hum, what they say is better than what they sing, in fact, it is not a trend of inflammation, knowing that the queen 'planted blame' Prince Yi and Princess Yi, she didn't open her eyes and say nonsense." ”

King Shun's fist was pinched and pinched, and his eyes were gloomy like a deep pool.

Originally, King Shun also considered instigating those literati students to make trouble, but he didn't say a few words, and was scolded by those students who were not long-sighted:

"You criticize the queen's mother, what is your intention?!"

"The queen dares to order Jingzhao Mansion to try this case in public, it is above board, it can be seen that she has a clear conscience!"

"According to Xiaosheng's opinion, if the Inner Court Division has a clear conscience, then let Jingzhao Mansion check it."

"That's it. After a thorough investigation, if the Inner Court Division is indeed innocent, wouldn't it be able to block the mouths of the people of the world! ”

“……”

Those students were all blindly supporting the Empress's thorough investigation of the Inner Court.

King Shun felt that everyone was simply crazy, his face was blue and white, white and purple, and his heart seemed to be a rhinoceros on a rampage.

King Xing sighed faintly in his heart, and his heart was bright: Now the queen not only has the support of the emperor and the people, but also the support of those students, who else can touch her?!

The queen's position is as stable as Mount Tai and unbreakable!

All this, Prince Li actually sees it in his eyes, but he has his scruples, Prince Yi is a member of the clan, his imperial nephew, and he is the order of the sect, so it is reasonable, he can pull Prince Yi or want to pull him...... At this point, it is no longer possible.

Prince Li stood with his hands in his hands and did not speak again.

Another breeze blew, blowing the branches and leaves above swaying, leaving dappled light and shadow on everyone's faces, making their expressions even more complicated.

King Xing on the side also pursed his lips and was silent, he knew that there was no room for a thorough investigation of the affairs of the Inner Court Division!

At this moment, King Xing suddenly regretted it.

Maybe they shouldn't be involved at all, after all, the benefits they get from the Inner Court Division are actually not even superficial, so why bother with the new emperor and the queen for this, it's not worth it!

The surroundings quieted down, the sun gradually set westward, and the warm wind was slow, blowing more and more depressed and breathless.

After a while, King Jing coughed dryly, and asked Prince Li helplessly: "Uncle Huang, is it really irreparable?" ”

"The emperor has made up his mind." Prince Li nodded, "You also know his temperament. ”

For the strength and willfulness of this new emperor, King Jing and others also have a deep understanding.

Prince Li looked at King Shun and persuaded: "King Shun, you and Prince Yi have always had a good relationship, you go and persuade him, let him bow his head to the emperor, and take the initiative to hand over the Inner Court Division, maybe the emperor will remember that he has made meritorious service to the country and keep his title." ”

King Jing still didn't give up, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "Can't you let those ministers ...... The most they can do is to give them some benefits. ”

King Jing said vaguely, meaning that the ministers should put pressure on the court.

The other princes had different expressions, some showed a glimmer of hope, some were already disheartened, and some were frowning and confused.

Prince Li sighed again and asked, "Who dares?" ”

King Jing was dumbfounded, searched for a few names in his heart, but quickly rejected them one by one, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Prince Li continued: "If it doesn't involve his own interests, who dares to come forward for this bit of silver?" ”

The basin of water in the Inner Court Division is already mixed, the inside is intertwined, and the water is very deep, and ordinary officials will not easily get involved in the case of the Inner Court Division, after all, not only will you not get any benefits if you don't get it right, but it will cause you to get fishy, and it is unreasonable.

In the end, their clan has gained benefits for so many years, so they "must" stand on Prince Yi's side.

"And," Prince Li paused, his tone becoming slower, and reminded, "don't forget, our queen's backer is hard. ”

Thinking of the "backer" who was far away in Huaizhou, all the princes of the clan swallowed their saliva.

Yes, if there is no self-interest involved, who would dare to go to the queen for this bit of silver?

After all, who doesn't know the queen, that is against Cen Yin!

“……”

“……”

“……”

The princes were silent again, one by one upset.

They have also taken the silver of the Inner Court Division for more than ten years, even if they did not take it steadily at the beginning, they took it for granted when they enjoyed the benefits brought by the silver later, and they never thought that it would come to this point.

Several princes exchanged glances with each other in twos and threes, thinking of the past.

In fact, when the abolished emperor was in power, it was not that no one wanted to check the Inner Court Division, but then it was all gone.

The abolished emperor has soft ears, as long as they blow a few words in their ears on him, intentionally or unintentionally, the abolished emperor will deal with those officials who question the inner court, and finally those officials are degraded and degraded, and those officials are released.

Once or twice, naturally, no one dares to fight the idea of the Inner Court Division again!

Now it is not the same as in the past, but now, they are powerful and have nowhere to go......

King Shun rubbed his temples and had a splitting headache.

Prince Yi gives himself more than 100,000 taels of silver every year, which is enough for the people of their mansion to live a comfortable and luxurious life, if there is no silver in the future, what will he do?!

Relying on the Zhuangzi, shops, and fields in the name of the Shun Wangfu, can you still live so decently?!

In the future, I'm afraid that even the chewing in the house will be at least halved, and also, it costs a lot of silver every year to raise those famous horses and BMWs in his horse farm, can he still keep his horse farm? !

The more King Shun thought about it, the more painful he became, and he felt that his heart was dripping blood, as if a piece of flesh had been stripped off, and the pain was unbearable.

Thinking of this, King Shun couldn't wait to go out of the palace to find Prince Yi, not to persuade him, but to think of a way with him. The top priority is to find a way to help Prince Yi through this difficult time. As long as he can survive this, Prince Yi will also remember his good ......

At this moment, the prince of Tingli spoke again: "King Shun, King Xing, King Jing......"

Prince Yi called several people in a row, and the princesses of these princes had just gone to the court of Jingzhao Mansion.

"This king pondered, since Prince Yi and Princess Yi have been convicted, if the queen really wants to be investigated, the princesses of your family will not be able to escape a crime of perjury, according to the law of Dasheng, it will be punished with thirty lashes in court!"

What the?!

King Shun, King Xing, King Jing and other princes were all dumbfounded.

There was silence again.

King Jing blurted out, "Won't it? ”

Now, they are all in a hurry, and they can't take care of the affairs of Prince Yi's mansion, if their princess is really hit by Jing Zhaoyin's stunned young man, and is flogged for thirty in the Jingzhao Mansion court, then they will become a joke in the entire capital!

King Shun, King Xing and other princes couldn't stand any longer, and hurriedly said goodbye to Prince Li, ran out of the palace one by one at the fastest speed, and then got on the horse and rode away.

Their destinations are all in the same direction - Jingzhao Province.

An hour ago, after they heard that Prince Yi had been sentenced, they didn't care about the follow-up, and hurriedly followed Prince Li into the palace to ask the new emperor for a talk, forgetting for a moment that their princess was still in the court.

Or rather, they didn't even think that the princesses might be charged with perjury.

As long as it is not a major crime of plotting against the enemy and collaborating with the enemy, the clan has always been beyond the law, that is, the clan has made a mistake, and it is often handled privately by the emperor and queen from the perspective of family affairs, so as not to damage the "royal prestige" and make the royal family a topic of discussion after tea and dinner for the people, which is a "convenience" exclusive to the clan.

Because of this, these princes never thought that anyone would dare to embarrass several princesses.

Before today, King Shun and others never thought that any official would dare to cross the emperor's condemnation of the clan's guilt without authorization, but after today, they didn't dare to pat their chests and say nonsense, these recent Jing Zhaoyin are the lackeys of the queen and Cen Yin, in order to please the master, Jing Zhaoyin dares to do anything!

What is it to flog a few princesses, haven't you seen that the first two Jing Zhaoyin have been promoted step by step because they used to please the queen? Maybe why didn't Shen let it go?!

The more the princes thought about it, the more anxious they became, and the horsewhip kept waving, shouting: "Drive! Drive! ”

Horses' hooves fluttered, galloping through the streets of the capital.

In this wave of the clan, so many pairs of eyes in the court are in their eyes.

Even Prince Yi was shot, those princes of the clan entered the palace twice in one day and failed to make a name, and the other officials of the Inner Court Division were all in danger, for fear that the fire of the emperor would burn on them.

This night, many people tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep.

When it came to the next morning, most of the officials did not dare to talk nonsense, and they did not dare to mention it at all, unless it was an urgent matter.

The atmosphere of the early dynasty became particularly oppressive, and there seemed to be an invisible undercurrent surging.

Among the officials, only Duanmu Xian was calm, with a light smile on the corner of his lips, and sighed in his heart: The little granddaughter is really steady and ruthless!

Yesterday's public trial in Jingzhao Mansion, although Duanmuxian did not go, he also sent his subordinates to hear the trial, and he knew clearly what happened in the court.

Even he had to sigh that he might not be able to make it more beautiful.

There is Duanmu in Duanmu Mansion, and the little granddaughter is not worried about everything when she is not married, and she looks very harmless, in fact, this girl is a cat with sharp nails, which will scratch people.

Duanmuxian was very proud: his little granddaughter is amazing! Anywhere!

Counting the days, the little granddaughter hasn't been back to her parents' house for a few days, and I have to talk to the eldest granddaughter when I go back today, so that the little granddaughter can come back to the house to play more......

Duanmu Xian looked expressionless, in fact, his thoughts had already run away, and he didn't pay attention to what the other courtiers said, let alone what the other courtiers thought of him.

Until the time when the dynasty was about to disperse, Mu Yan on the throne of Jinluan suddenly dropped a sentence: "Today's internal carrier warehouse will be inventoried, Lord Duanmu, Lord You, and Lord Fan ......."

Mu Yan is famous one by one, and he called several cabinet elders, Zongling, Dali Siqing, and the left and right imperial historians.

"Let's all go and have a look!"

"......" Prince Li's eyes widened. Others don't know what the problem is with the inner carrier, but he heard Xindi say it with his own ears yesterday.

Prince Li hurriedly glanced at an official of the Inner Court Department not far away, and asked him to hurry up and tell Prince Yi.

The official's face was extremely ugly, and he nodded his head to show that he understood.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the official rushed out of the Jinluan Hall almost as fast as he could......

At noon that day, Prince Yi knelt in front of Chonghua Palace against the scorching sun.

Keep asking for a guaranteed monthly pass! This month's monthly pass list is too Shura.

(End of chapter)