Li Wenyao had a blank expression, as if he didn't know anything about what the emperor and the crown prince said, knelt on the ground and said, "Father, the son really doesn't know!" ”

"Until now, you have been quibbling, what a waste of your father's heart for you!" The crown prince was furious, as if this Li Wenyao was not his younger brother, but like his son, "What's more, you are in Jiangnan, you only know how to drink and have fun, and bribe local officials, do you think these fathers and emperors don't know!" ”

Li Wenyao raised his head slightly and looked at him with an incredulous gaze, "How did the prince know about these?" ”

"Don't care how I know, don't you make your father and the emperor ashamed with you by doing these things? Where is the majesty of my court? Where is the majesty of my father? The prince was spilling salt to the emperor's most painful place, what a face-saving person the emperor was, and before he could finish speaking, he hurriedly ran down from the dragon chair.

raised his hand and slapped Li Wenyao's left cheek, five bright red finger prints were hot and painful, and even a strand of neat hair was pulled off and floated lightly in front of his forehead.

The prince's face showed a sinister smile, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not dare to make a sound, and silently lowered their heads.

Li Wenyao was not annoyed, there was no grievance or pain on his face, he just turned his head lightly and replied, "Father, I don't know these things, how did you know about them?" Is there any evidence? ”

The crown prince hurriedly glanced at Gao Yuan, who had been kneeling behind him, so he knelt down and kowtowed a few times, and said tremblingly, "Back to Your Highness, it was Weichen who said it...... However, what Weichen said is the truth, and there is no half-word false ......"

Li Wenyao smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth, and asked a little playfully, "Oh?" It turned out to be Lord Gao, this king really didn't expect it, you have been by my side for a few days, and you have been harmonious and affectionate with me in front of you, but you are so framed in front of your majesty behind your back? It seems that the officials of this beam really need to be repaired. ”

"Your Highness, what Wei Chen said is the truth...... When you were in Jiangnan, you and Lord Yin Lin Zhixin of Jiangnan Mansion drank and talked happily, often drinking until late at night, and called several beautiful women as companions, these ...... But it's all true......" At this moment, Gao Yuan has already opened his mouth, so he has to follow the handle, and the prince has already passed his anger, and after the matter is completed, he will definitely ensure that he will be added to the rank and enter the knighthood, as for the innocent reputation of a prince, what is it.

"Wen Yao, Wen Yao, you let me say that you are good, and everything else is okay, but the three million taels of tax silver are used for disaster relief! What do you say about it now? The emperor sighed a few times in succession, and his face was full of gloomy clouds.

At this time, a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the solemn hall, and an attendant entered the door and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Heng of the Hanlin Academy asked to see him, and said yes...... They brought back the tax silver! ”

"What? Tax silver? Let him in! His Majesty's eyes flashed with a burst of light, and he shouted loudly, Li Wenyao on the side secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was really afraid that these two people would not be able to come back today, and he would be grounded.

After a while, I saw Heng Xinyuan walking in with more than a dozen guards and carrying five large boxes, and bowed with his hands together, "Your Majesty, the minister has safely escorted the tax silver back in accordance with the instructions of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, three million taels, without the slightest loss, please take a look!" ”

Suddenly, the prince's face couldn't tell whether it was shock or horror, just watched in a daze as Heng Xinyuan opened the five big boxes in turn, the snow-white silver ingots shook everyone's eyes, he glared at the plateau kneeling on the ground, he was already frightened and his soul was not possessed, he had obviously arranged for people to rob the tax silver in Miling Valley, how could it be plain to Heng Xinyuan's hands.

"What the hell is going on?" The emperor looked at Li Wenyao in astonishment.

"Back to my father, here's the thing, as soon as Erchen arrived in Jiangnan Mansion, he noticed that something was wrong, Lord Yin Lin of Jiangnan Mansion and this tall man beside me not only obstructed me from accepting the tax silver several times, but also pulled me to drink every night, Erchen was afraid that someone would attack the tax silver on the way back, so he informed Lord Heng in advance, and invited him to come to Ling County, and the real tax silver was dropped in the inn, and the mountain bandits in Miling Valley robbed it, but it was just five boxes of stones."

Li Wenyao had just explained the matter, and the faces of all the ministers invariably showed a sense of approval and admiration, praising his courage and resourcefulness, and admiring his composure and calmness.

Knowing that he had wronged Li Wenyao's emperor, he realized that he was overly emotional, and slapped him in front of so many people, hurriedly took his hand, and asked slightly apologetically, "Wenyao, doesn't your face hurt now, right?" It's all because my father is not good, I didn't figure it out just now, so I made a move......"

"My father is also anxious about taxes and silver, and he is anxious about disaster relief, and it is nothing for his sons to be wronged." Li Wenyao smiled lightly, and eliminated the estrangement in the emperor's heart.

Li Gaotang saw that he couldn't make a plan, but instead pushed Li Wenyao to help, he was really angry in his heart, and he didn't care about offending Long Yan, so he stepped forward and said, "Father, it's a good thing to recover the tax and silver, but the seventh brother is not doing his job in Jiangnan Mansion, and it is also a fact that he drinks and has fun, does his father really plan to ignore it?" Wouldn't it be true that the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military forces would follow suit in the future? ”

Li Wenyao calmly turned his head to look at him, without a trace of anger on his face, but with a kind smile, "Speaking of which, I also have one thing to say back to my father, as far as I know, this Gao Da is also the first time to go to Jiangnan Mansion this time, and he should be the same as me, he doesn't know anything about the customs and customs over there, and the government affairs, but Master Gao seems to be an old acquaintance with Lord Lin Zhixin, and he knows all the big and small things in Jiangnan Mansion, this ...... It's not a coincidence, right? ”

"This, this, this...... This ......" Gao Yuan didn't expect that he was smart but was mistaken by being smart, and he wanted to refer to Li Wenyao's book, but he took the old nest, his face was red, and he said hesitantly, "Weichen and Lord Lin do know each other, but so what?" As a minister of the same court, aren't you allowed to make a few friends......"

"Lord Gao's words are not wrong at all, making friends is a matter of personal volition, but if this friend you make has thousands of taels of transactions with you every year, this king is really very incomprehensible...... May I ask how much is a year for Mr. Gao? Li Wenyao was unhurried, slowly advancing, and the questioning Gao Yuan was speechless, so he could only hide his face and wipe his sweat.

The emperor was shocked at the moment, and asked Li Wenyao in shock, "Wenyao, what do you mean by this?" Are you saying that this plateau and Lin Zhixin secretly communicated and bribed? ”

"Father, the son is just guessing, but I am also afraid that one will accidentally frame Lord Gao, so I have already sent a message to the original Lord of Dali Temple, asking him to investigate secretly, presumably ...... Hara-sama is now a little eyebrow-raising. ”

As soon as the words fell, Yuan Weinuo leaned forward and handed over a notebook, and said at the same time, "Back to Your Majesty, after the old minister received the secret letter from Prince Yi, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately sent someone to secretly investigate...... I heard that many ministers in the court and the central government will go to this place to have fun when they are free......"

Such a big scandal was exposed in public, and the emperor was already shocked to stand unsteadily and staggering, and he was barely able to sit back on the chair by the eunuch beside him, and the several ministers standing on the top of the hall, some of them had nothing to do with this matter, and some were afraid that they would be involved, and they were terrified.

As for the plateau, his pants were already wet, and he was irrefutable in the face of ironclad evidence, so he had to touch the ground with his forehead and beg for mercy desperately, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty spares your life, the minister knows that it is wrong, and the minister knows that it is wrong!" The minister was also confused for a while! ”

"Confused!?" The emperor's anger was unabated, and his teeth itched with hatred, and he shouted loudly, "Come on, drag the plateau down!" Imprisoned! And that Lin Zhixin, I'll be escorted to Kyoto right away! Yuan Vino, I ordered you to preside over this matter, and be sure to give me the truth of the investigation! The bribes are so greedy that the tax money for disaster relief has come up! I will not be spared! ”

After saying that, he used all his strength to slam the dragon case, and the officials below suddenly knelt on the ground, and the atmosphere fell into a dead silence.

A few guards walked in outside the hall, dragging the paralyzed plateau down, and when he left, he still shouted, "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince......"