Chu Han thought for a while and said, "I heard that it was built when the eldest lady and the eldest lord got married, and now this house has been around for more than ten years."

"Oh! It's been more than ten years! "Xia Li thinks that since it is a house built by himself, it is most likely that there will be a secret room or something?" Who built it? ”

Chu Han shook his head, "I don't know, the slave was bought later, I don't know these things"

Xia Li said secretly: "I'm afraid it's not easy to find the person who built the house, and I can't find it."

"Chu Han, have you ever been to the courtyard of the big house?" In the past, she went to the big room and took a quick look, and didn't pay much attention to some details.

The little girl shook her head, "How can the slave and maid have been there!" No one else is allowed to go to the courtyard of the big house, and even ordinary subordinates are not allowed to enter, and those who go are all the people of the eldest lady."

"Really? What about the eldest lady Xia Yue! ”

"I heard people secretly say that even if the eldest lady and the eldest young master go, they are not allowed to move around casually, and the subordinates who go to follow up must be more disciplined and are not allowed to enter and exit casually."

"Oh! Is it! "It seems that this secret room is undoubtedly located in the big house, but how to find it is still a problem.

She and Dafang have already formed a feud, and it is impossible for people to let her in, and it is impossible for her to be thick-skinned and forcefully entered.

It seems that I want to go to the big house to find a better time.

As far as she knew, there were more than ten secret guards in the big room Li Honglian, and there must be a lot of Uncle Xia Xiangye, it was easy to beat these people, but it was a little difficult not to be discovered by them.

For a while, Xia Li couldn't think of a better way, so he could only wait to find an opportunity to go in.

……

Xia Zhi'an went to the court today, thinking that he would discuss the matter of General Nanming, but he didn't think about it before he could discuss it, and he heard a report from outside that Cao Yi, the prefect of Henan, went to Beijing overnight to ask to see the emperor.

The emperor and the ministers were surprised, because Henan is not a short distance from here, how can it take three or four days to get to the capital, this person came overnight and didn't know what?

"Hurry up," the emperor shouted to the guards at the door.

After Cao Yibuzi, the prefect of Henan, hurriedly entered the house and bowed to the emperor seriously, he asked the eunuch next to him to ask for instructions.

Everyone didn't know what the fold said, but they saw that the emperor's face became more and more ugly when he held the fold, the beauty turned white, and his chest was panting and undulating, it seemed that the emperor was angry, but I didn't know what this adult said, and he made the emperor angry like this.

The officials in the hall below were all wondering, I don't know what Cao Yi said?

After the emperor finished reading it, he raised his head, slapped the fold in his hand, and the fine white marble inlaid with gold hummed a few hairs, and then picked up the fold on the table, threw it vigorously and hit the head of the eldest prince and shouted:

"Look at what you did well, last night it rained heavily in Henan, the river rose, washed down the canal, flooded all the surrounding fields, not to mention, and washed away most of the people's houses, now Henan is full of victims, mourning all over the wilderness, I pulled out tens of millions of taels of silver for you, is this how you built the canal? You spent all my money there, displacing the people, leaving them homeless, is that what you are doing as a prince for your people? You say, let me make it clear to you."

The emperor was really angry, so angry that his chest was tight and short, and he was a little out of breath when he said such a few words.

Eunuch Li beside him hurriedly stroked the emperor's chest and said, "Your Majesty, you are lightly angry, don't be angry, there is something that can't be said well."

The emperor gasped and said, "Do you think he looks like a prince?" To treat my people like this, will I dare to teach him such a country in the future? ”

At this time, there was no sound in the hall, and who dared to speak out again at this time would undoubtedly be looking for death.

However, the emperor's anger was not finished, and he yelled there: "Tell me a word, what do I feed you for?"

Xia Xiangye looked at the ministers, but no one dared to raise his head and say a word, he was considered a big one among the officials, so he could only stubbornly say:

"Your Majesty, the eldest prince is still young, and he may not be very thoughtful, most of the hired personnel are unreliable, so that the quality of the canal is not up to par, but the eldest prince also went to guide him personally."

Everyone can hear that this is said to the eldest prince.

Cao Yi, the prefect of Henan Road, answered:

"When the eldest prince went, Cao introduced the most famous local canal master, who was personally led by him, and this master took the lead in the past, but the height of the canal every year is two adults long, and this year's height is only less than half, maybe the prince didn't expect such a heavy rain this year, resulting in a flood of rain."

The eldest prince took the fold in his hand, and when he saw what was written on it, his face was stagnant, and he would think that this year could rain so much, last year was a great drought, and according to the rainfall of previous years, the height of this canal was enough, but who would have thought that this would happen!

At this time, hearing Cao Yi say this, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Father, Erchen didn't expect such a big rain this year, Erchen didn't expect it?" Erchen really didn't expect it? ”

The eldest prince originally heard what his father said yesterday, and he wanted to send someone to remedy it, but who would have thought that such a night, that side would actually flood the house, it was really unlucky.

Xia Xiang said there: "The eldest prince is inexperienced, the first time he went to Henan to repair the canal, and he will know next year, but then again, who can predict that it will rain!" ”

When the emperor heard Xia Xiang say official words, he said angrily: "How to solve it, I don't listen to the official words"

Xia Xiangye's face was hot when the emperor said, he can say that the eldest prince is not, and he will have to rely on the eldest prince in the future!

Cao Yi said there: "The emperor said that he had given the eldest prince 10 million taels of silver to repair the canal, so can the remaining silver and two ministers use it to save the victims?"

When the eldest prince heard this, he was furious: "The remaining silver taels? Then what is the remaining silver, let His Highness use it to repair the aqueduct."

Cao Yi said there: "But the minister heard from the master who repaired the canal that such a high level of the canal is enough for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, maybe he miscalculated"

Although the words of the prefect of Henan were inexplicable, as soon as these words came out, they stirred up a thousand waves, which quickly condensed into a pimple in the emperor's heart, and made the ministers tremble.

How dare this person say anything, but he actually provokes the eldest prince in public, does he not want to live?

The ministers muttered in their hearts, but they were all hidden behind and no one dared to talk nonsense.

The emperor gritted his teeth and said in public: "Check it for me, check it for me, check it for me to know if the silver taken by the eldest prince is used for the canal."

In the final analysis, the emperor still doesn't believe that his son is a person who is greedy for ink and silver in the treasury, and a prince who is greedy for ink even in his own treasury is not worthy of being the lord of this country.

Xia Xiangye said there: "Your Majesty, the current time should be to discuss disaster relief strategies, not the time to pursue responsibility!" ”

The emperor seemed to be ruthless and said: "No, I want to do it at the same time, I don't believe it, there are really people who dare to covet my silver, no matter who it is, they will be guilty with it."