"Zhu Aiqing, listen to what you mean, is it because the prince didn't take care of the Ministry of Rites? Or should I not hand over the Ministry of Rites to the prince? Yes? ”

Calm words, revealing chilling majesty.

Frightened, Zhu Ji immediately knelt down and prostrated on the ground, "Weichen didn't dare to ......"

"Don't dare?" Emperor Jianyuan sneered, "Yes, I handed over the Ministry of Rites to the crown prince, but are you the squire of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Zhu Ji nodded repeatedly.

Emperor Jianyuan then looked at Song Fu, "Is Song Aiqing still the secretary of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Song Fu: "Yes. ”

Emperor Jianyuan: "Since one of you is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and the other is a scholar who is in charge of the Ministry of Rites with the prince, why do you only know that the prince is to blame when something happens?" ”

Zhu Ji immediately replied with a trembling voice: "If the tribute is lost, Weichen is also responsible." ”

Song Fu: "The minister is also responsible, and the minister has no way to discipline the officials under him." ”

"I am deeply pleased that the two Aiqing can have this realization." Emperor Jianyuan's voice was strong, "Of course, the crown prince is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and he has the greatest responsibility. ”

"It's just that things have happened, and it's useless to shirk responsibility and argue about right and wrong, and the top priority should be to recover the lost tribute and find out the people who stole behind the scenes!"

Next, the crown prince and the officials of the Ministry of Rites responded "yes" again and again.

Emperor Jianyuan: "I order you to find out the lost tribute as soon as possible, but whoever passes through it, give me a good check!" ”

The crown prince and the ministers of the Ministry of Rites: "Yes. ”

After everything was said, Emperor Jianyuan waved his hand and sent everyone away.

On the same day, the crown prince led people to search the capital for the lost tribute, and did not return to the East Palace until late at night.

In the next few days, he was even more busy.

Even if the concubines of the East Palace wanted to compete for favor, they couldn't even see a figure.

Jiang Shishi has no intention of competing for favor, these days, the imperial dining room has changed the method to make nourishing meat dishes for her every day.

Except for the bear's paw and deer whips, Jiang Shishi really can't get out of her mouth.

But it was not wasted, and it was rewarded to those palace maids and eunuchs who loved to eat.

The rest of the food went into her stomach.

Three days later, the imperial court received the news that the kings of Chu and Shu were about to enter Beijing.

Seeing that the two vassal kings were about to enter Beijing, the Ministry of Rites had not yet found the lost tribute.

At this moment, Pei Xuanling and Fan Songkang were sitting in a pavilion in the Ministry of Rites to discuss things.

The pavilion is shaded, and there is a rockery on the side, and all kinds of strange-shaped stones are piled up around the rockery.

Fan Songkang: "In the past few days, the ministers have searched the mansions of your colleagues in the Ministry of Rites, and we have searched everything that should be searched anyway, but we have not found the two lost pieces of jade. ”

Pei Xuanling's thick eyebrows frowned slightly, and his eyes fell on the stone pile at the bottom of the rockery, "Is there a few more stones in this stone pile?" ”

Fan Songkang looked at the rockery, only to see that the rockery was several zhang high, there was a fountain of living water at the top, and there was a small pool around it, and there were many koi fish in the pool.

The rockery is made of all kinds of strange-shaped stones, and even the pond on the side is surrounded by various stones in a circle.

The stones came in a variety of shapes, large and small, adding up to hundreds of stones.

After looking at it for a while, Fan Songkang also noticed that something was wrong.

He also approached the stone pile and looked at it, "It seems that there are a few more stones, but which ones are more, Wei Chen didn't see it for the time being, why did His Highness suddenly mention this?" ”

"The ancients had clouds, and the most dangerous place is often the safest place...... Pei Xuanling said.

Hearing this, Fan Songkang was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to understand something, "Chen, let's find a few trustworthy people, let them quickly help find it!" ”