After the banquet was over, Chen Youcong took Feng Hao in the direction of Changning Palace. Walking through the Wuying Palace, I turned a corner, but saw Ye Tongying's small face tense, standing in the middle of the road.

Chen Youcong said hello, but Ye Tongying did not return the salute, still with a straight face, and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, please take a step to speak." As he spoke, he dodged into the side of the aisle.

Chen Youcong thought for a while and walked into the mezzanine. Feng Hao stood at the port of the sandwich road and watched.

Ye Tongying stood in front of Chen Youcong, puffed out her cheeks and said, "You go and tell His Majesty the Emperor that you want to marry me!" ”

Chen Youcong looked at her with wide eyes and did not speak.

Being looked at like this by Chen Youcong, Ye Tongying couldn't hold it anymore, but she still mustered up the courage to say: "His Majesty the Emperor loves the three princes so much now, aren't you afraid?" If you ......, if you go and tell His Majesty the Emperor, you will marry me, and you will honor him and the Imperial Concubine Niangniang, His Majesty the Emperor will still value you as before, and the Imperial Concubine Niangniang will take care of you! ”

Chen Youcong smiled suddenly. During this time, he became more and more hidden, and although he was laughing, it was impossible to guess his true thoughts. But the more this is the case, the more Ye Tongying is upset for him.

He spoke softly, but the words he uttered were heartbreaking: "Thank you for your concern." I'll be careful of my situation, and I won't bother you. ”

With his two warm words, Ye Tongying's hard-fought defense line collapsed all of a sudden, with tears in her eyes, and she said in a trembling voice: "I finally ran here secretly." If you go back, you will definitely be scolded by the imperial concubine. I just want to remind you, even if you don't have a heart for them, can't you just act like you have a heart for your own future? There are parents in the world, who doesn't come over like this? I, I'm willing to help you! Only, as long as you want to ......"

Chen Youcong interrupted her: "I don't want to. Hurry back to the palace. If you go back earlier, you might be able to avoid punishment. He turned and left.

Ye Tongying bit her lip, held back her tears, and said behind his back: "You will regret it!" You're going to regret it. ”

Chen Youcong stopped, turned around, shook his head with a smile and sighed, then turned around and continued to walk forward.

Because the Dragon Boat Banquet exhausted his strength, Chen Jianjun had no energy for several days, except for the court, he was crooked on the soft couch. He didn't want to read the recital, so he chose the important ones for Wynne to read to him, and handed over the rest to the cabinet to deal with.

But it's not interesting to always be crooked. Chen Jianjun remembered that he hadn't been to the private treasury for a long time, so he wanted to go around and look at his money. He thinks that money is cuter than people, and it saves a lot of trouble.

Because he has not yet found a suitable candidate, although Liang Fang has now been promoted to the commander of the West Factory, he is also the errand of the head of the inner treasury. But he is not stationed in the inner warehouse every day, but mostly in the West Factory.

The inner library here is the affairs of Liang Fang's two cronies in the consul general.

These two people didn't expect Chen Jianjun to suddenly go to the inner storage to take a look, and hurriedly came out to greet them, with a bit of panic on their faces that could not be concealed.

After all, Chen Jianjun has been an emperor for many years, and when he saw them like this, he felt that something was wrong. He just opened the vault and walked in. Although he hadn't counted it yet, he felt that his private collection of gold ingots and silver ingots was less than one-third. Chen saw that Jun was furious, and immediately called someone to find Liang Fang over.

Liang Fang hurriedly came, and Chen Jianjun asked him to check the accounts in person. Liang Fang took the account books and reported them to Chen Jianjun one by one, saying that most of the expenses in the inner treasury were from the Chinese New Year to the present, and he used them to buy things for the imperial concubine. Some things far exceed the specifications of the imperial concubine, and even the queen mother has never used such luxurious things, these luxuries are not easy to go to the public account, at that time, Chen Jianjun waved his hand and said that he would go from his private treasury, so the cost was a little bigger.

Chen Jianjun felt that something was wrong, even if he had added some things to the imperial concubine recently, he would not spend so much. But Liang Fang's accounts are not leaky, Chen Jianjun has been muddy recently, and his brain has been bad, and he can't tell what is wrong with the accounts that Liang Fang showed him.

Annoyed, he snorted coldly: "Your accounts are too complicated, I feel dizzy to watch." You wait, the prince is good at counting, and I will ask him to settle accounts with you when I turn around. With that, he shook his sleeves and left.

Hearing Liang Fang's heart, he chuckled.

He didn't figure it out, what Chen Jianjun said about calling the prince to settle accounts with him, was it really accounting accounts, or was he coming to find trouble?

In fact, since he became the head of the Inner Treasury Library, as long as the accounts are done well, a lot of money can be leaked every year, and Chen Jianjun has never found out before. It's just that now he has just been promoted to the commander of the West Factory, and he wants to cultivate power and win people's hearts, and the cost is a little bigger, so he will be more ruthless. He thought that the emperor was now groggy and had not been to the Inner Treasury for a long time, and he did not have the energy to count the accounts, and it would be fine, who knew that Chen Jianjun was not completely confused when he encountered money.

Calling the prince to check the accounts, Liang Fang definitely has no good fruit to eat. He had just served as the commander of the West Factory, and his position was unstable. A large number of people below are eyeing him down and replacing him, and Wynne above has always looked at him unpleasantly. If it is discovered that he has made false accounts and embezzled the assets of the inner treasury, his good future is likely to be buried. No way! He can't sit still!

On the second day, taking advantage of Chen Jianjun's efforts to go to the court, Liang Fang went to Anxi Palace to meet the imperial concubine.

He knelt in front of the imperial concubine to plead his case.

"The money in the treasury, isn't the slave still used it to do things for the mother? Who is with whom between the mother and the emperor? Isn't the emperor's money the mother's money? But the emperor felt that the cost was too great, and asked the prince to check the accounts of the minions. The prince has long seen that the slave is not pleasing to the eye, and he will definitely take this opportunity to step on the slave and cut off the mother's right arm. Therefore, the slave is in a hurry to go back and forth to the mother today, please make a decision as soon as possible! ”

Jin Ling'er knew what was going on as soon as she heard it, it must have been Liang Fang's greed that annoyed Chen Jianjun. And Chen Jianjun now looks soft and boneless, and he has no heart to deal with Liang Fang at all, so he wants to push the mess to Chen Youcong.

But when Jin Ling'er is in need of manpower now, she doesn't plan to pursue Liang Fang's personal enrichment. In her opinion, greed is not a bad thing, as long as you are obedient. Those who insist on sticking to some integrity, disobedience, and always making trouble are hateful.

Compared with Liang Fang's greed, she cares more about Chen Jianjun's superficial stiffness with Chen Youcong, but when she really encounters something, she first thinks that Chen Youcong is a reliable manpower. I'm afraid Chen Jianjun didn't realize it himself, but he still believed in Chen Youcong's character and insight in his bones.

This made Jin Ling'er feel very uncomfortable. She asked: "You said that the emperor didn't want to see the prince so much, why did you still think of asking him to check the accounts?" ”

Liang Fang's eyes rolled, and he bent down and said: "According to the view of the servants, although the prince is stubborn with the emperor in private, he is not messy in front of outsiders, and he has a good reputation everywhere. Let's just say that the Dragon Boat Festival a few days ago, it is clear that the three princes have been doing their filial piety in front of you and His Majesty the Emperor, and the prince just sat on the side without moving, and some people said that he was generous, and he was not surprised or annoyed by the three princes. Some people say that he is simple and dedicated, he doesn't care about food and clothing, and only does things with his heart. Some people also say that he is filial because he serves the Queen Mother wholeheartedly. Those who touted his good reputation, I don't know what they were thinking, could it be that they saw that the emperor was not in good health, and wanted to follow Li Shimin and force the emperor to be the emperor, but he himself could not ascend the throne as soon as possible? ”

When Jin Ling'er heard this, her brows tightened. Let the emperor be the emperor, he will be the emperor himself, and he will be beautiful! It seems that it can't be delayed any longer, and the matter of abolishing the prince must be accelerated!

Jin Ling'er snorted coldly and said, "Isn't he relying on a good reputation now?" Then ruin this reputation to him first! Let's see how he can hold on! ”

Liang Fang flattered: "Niang Niang Gao Jian! ”

said that he wanted to make the reputation of the prince stink, so that he could naturally abolish the prince, but where to start? Jin Ling'er hesitated. It felt like it was trickier than anything she had done before.

Why? It's just that under Jin Ling'er, there is no one who can speak in the front court. Although Liang Fang is her person, firstly, Liang Fang has just been promoted, and he has not yet gained a firm foothold, and secondly, Liang Fang is in charge of the West Factory, and those people in the West Factory are good at getting some hands and feet in private, but they have no chance to speak in the court at all.

Although the people of the Jin family have been awarded official titles, most of them are in name only, enjoying the court's fortunes, but they don't have to do errands. Those old and young masters of the Jin family only think that this kind of day is extremely happy, and no one is really willing to come out and do things well. They only hope that there will be another imperial concubine or even a queen in their family, so that the wealth of the Jin family can continue for another few decades, and everything will be fine.

These people who don't know anything about government affairs, you let them accuse the prince of what things he did inappropriately, what things he didn't do well, and said that the prince can't do anything at all, and all his political achievements are fame and reputation, and someone has to be willing to believe it?

The imperial concubine thought about it for two days, and finally gritted her teeth, since she couldn't come up openly, it would be good to have yin behind her back. These people in Xichang, if you let them build bridges and pave roads, it will definitely not work to provide disaster relief and comfort to the people, but if you let them fan the flames, step on the stalk, and spread rumors, then they are all good hands.

Every month, Chen Youcong would go to Xuanmiaoguan once or twice to meet Zhang Weizhao. It is inconvenient for them to come and go in the palace, so they can only meet in this way.

He sometimes arrived later than Zhang Weizhao, and sometimes arrived earlier than Zhang Weizhao, chatting and drinking tea with Zhang Rongkun, talking about the past and the present.

Zhang Rongkun is a wise and knowledgeable person, and Chen Youcong finds it very easy and interesting to chat with him, and he can often benefit from it, which is a rare opportunity for him to relax.

On this day, he arrived earlier than Zhang Weizhao, and sat in Zhang Rongkun's study, and Zhang Rongkun told him about the strange things he encountered during his early travels. Chen Youcong and Feng Hao listened very attentively.