Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Difficulties of the East Palace

Without waiting for Li Ying to object, Ling Cheng of the Stable Pastoral Department hurriedly came out to object: "Your Highness, you can't sell horses, now the horse market is the lowest price moment, what we need is urgent money, once sold at this time, those BMW horses can only be exchanged for the price of ordinary horses, Your Highness's loss is difficult to make up, and it is still not on the account of the treasury."

"Yes, you can't sell horses!" Li Ying slammed his fist on the palm of his hand, pointed at everyone and said, "You guys think of other ways for me."

"Something else?" A young Zhan Shi came up with an idea indiscriminately: "Otherwise, first embezzle the money and money of all the personnel in the East Palace?" I'll ...... then."

Before his words fell, more than a dozen cold eyes immediately swept over him, and he immediately left, staring at Shao Zhan Shi all over his body, which offended the majority of colleagues and was even more unflattering.

The prince didn't pay attention to everyone's expressions, lowered his head and muttered, "This way? Still not good, the distribution of the money is still in the next month, and in a few days, the household department of Shangshu Province will send people to Taifu Temple to check the use of various palaces and palaces, and the distant water cannot cure the near thirst. ”

An attendant ran to the palace to report: "Taifu Xiaosong is here."

When Li Ying heard this, her expression was very excited, and she hurriedly said, "Hurry up and invite Master Xiao to come in."

Taifu used to be in the phase, and now he is still in charge of the household department of Shangshu Province, and the teacher will definitely be able to help him through the difficulties.

"Your Highness," Xiao Song began to inquire as soon as he entered the hall, "This morning, His Majesty proposed to check the expenses of the palaces and palaces, and recover the coins owed to the Taifu Temple. The prince pondered deeply, and came to ask the prince, did you also embezzle the money from the treasury?"

Li Ying naturally couldn't hide it from the teacher, so she had to bow her head and admit: "Teacher, the student owes money to the treasury, and now he is discussing with everyone how to fill the loopholes, and I hope the teacher can give rescue!"

Xiao Song walked up to the prince and asked in a low voice, "How much do you owe?"

"That's more than six million dollars in total."

The old lady gasped, only to feel a little dizzy in front of him, and two Zhan Shi hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

Mrs. Xiao sighed: "Si Qian, do you know why His Majesty suddenly proposed to check the coins owed by the kings of the palaces to the treasury?"

Si Qian is the character of the crown prince Li Ying, and Taifu Xiao will only call out his expression when he is particularly disappointed.

Li Ying bit her lip and said in a deep voice: "I know, someone must be suing behind my back."

"You know very well, this thing is coming at you!" Xiao Song chopped his feet helplessly: "But why do you want others to grab the handle?" The money and silk allocated by the East Palace every quarter are enough for you to replace old things, reward your subordinates, and raise good horses, so why do you need to spend it on Taifu Temple? You've fallen into someone else's pocket. ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly and quietly withdrew from the hall, leaving only this pair of masters and apprentices, and some words were inconvenient for them to hear.

Li Ying hurriedly bowed to the teacher: "The student already knows that he is wrong, and he asks the teacher to rescue him."

Xiao Song looked at the caisson and pondered for a long time, then stretched out his hand and grabbed the prince's sleeve and said, "Heiqian, after the court visit tomorrow, don't go, go to the apse in person to confess to Your Majesty." Owing six million money to Taifu Temple is not a big deal for Your Majesty, and he will definitely forgive you. ”

When Li Ying heard this, her body shook violently, and her heart was also flustered, and he didn't know his situation in front of Aya at all. Aya is the favorite of Concubine Wu Hui, who has been instilled with slander all day long, and the heirs of these disgraced concubines can be said to be walking on thin ice in front of him. Six million dollars is nothing for a favored prince, but for him, it can be a sin for any excuse. Buying horses, losing his mind, and spending extravagantly, he could not bear any big hat buttoned on his head.

The position of the crown prince has long been coveted, as the crown prince, how could he make such a mistake!

Li Ying shook her head bitterly: "Teacher, things are not as simple as you think, the prince's mistakes will be infinitely magnified, and I can't bear the consequences!" Once revealed, it is my foundation that is shaken!"

"Your Highness." The old lady was exhausted, and saluted the prince with both hands: "But you know that if you conceal it and don't report it, once you are found out, the sin will be even more serious." Your Majesty may tolerate you making such a mistake as profligacy, but will never tolerate you deceiving him. ”

"No!" The prince took two steps back, sat down on the steps and shook his head: "There must be another way, as long as the arrears of the Taifu Temple are repaid, there will be no problems."

The question is, where does he go to raise the six million money?

Xiao Song shook his head helplessly, he had already come up with a way for the prince, although it was a strategy, it would not shake the prince's roots, but unfortunately the prince would definitely not listen to him when he was like this.

"Your Highness, the old minister has retired, you can think about what I said."

The prince is in a dilemma, and the methods currently in front of him are not available, only what Taifu Xiao said does make some sense. But even if he truthfully admits his mistakes to Aye, Aya should admit not to pursue them, but this matter will inevitably leave a shadow on Aye, and his mistakes will often be mentioned, and it will inevitably become his unworthy pretext for being a prince in the future.

After Xiao Taifu left, the prince hurriedly sent people to the Ewang Mansion and the Guangwang Mansion, hoping that the two brothers could embezzle the money and save him from this emergency. But the news from the palace people said that the two princes were also too busy to take care of themselves, and they owed more or less money to Taifu Temple, which was really a difficult brother.

The people in the East Palace were panicked at the moment, the prince was sitting on the steps and his heart was in turmoil, and these prince's close ministers standing in the Jiade Hall quarreled with each other, but they couldn't think of a practical solution.

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Li Siye and the others sat in the duty room waiting for the shift change, and as soon as the hour came, the sound of dripping outside the inner mansion increased sharply, followed by the sound of a copper cymbal.

Several of them stood up at the same time, carrying their knives to their waists, and the Garter Hall was on guard in front of them.

A few people who rotated with them stood on both sides of the steps outside the temple gate, Li Siye stepped forward to hand over the guard, and the replaced brother took a breath and whispered to him: "Be smart, it's a mess inside, don't hit the knife!" ”

Li Siye asked him curiously in a low voice, "What's going on inside?" ”

This Qianniu showed the seriousness of the matter with his eyes, and left the Garter Hall as if he had fled.

Li Siye stood steadily, his eyes looking ahead, pretending not to be interested in the situation in the hall.

Li Ying suddenly got up from the steps and strode outside, and the chamberlain hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Your Highness, where are you going?" ”

"I'm going to relax, stay here, and never think of a way!"

The chamberlain hurriedly followed, and stretched out his hand to greet the few Qianniu standing guard: "Quick, hurry up, protect the safety of Your Highness!" ”

The prince did not leave the palace, but ran to the stable pastoral office of the East Palace, took out his favorite green horse from the stable, did not put on the saddle, turned over and rode on the horse, and dragged the reins of the horse to gallop in the back garden of the East Palace.

His method of relieving pressure was good, but it hurt Li Siye and the other thousands of cattle, and a few of them did not get into the saddle, and rode crookedly to chase after them.