In the Taihe Palace, all the civil and military officials were solemn and silent.

Even the emperor on the dragon chair looked at Jiang Huaiyin's face cautiously.

Jiang Huaiyin was dressed in a court uniform embroidered with a four-clawed golden dragon, standing at the forefront of the hundred officials, and his innate powerful aura seemed incompatible with several officials around him.

At this time, his eyes drooped slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The emperor coughed lightly, "The Queen Mother advocates that everything in the New Year's ceremony be simple, according to the regent's opinion, this move is feasible?" ”

Jiang Huaiyin blinked and raised his eyes to look at the emperor.

"Back to Your Majesty, this king thinks that in recent years, the Western Zhao has frequently made trouble on the border, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty is also ready to move.

Jiang Huaiyin said in an orderly manner, slowly turned to look at the hundred officials behind him, and said quietly: "What's more, it's not that I can't afford to pay the expenses of a year, how it has been in the past years, and what it will be this year." ”

The words fell, and his gaze fixed on the face of Li Xiang opposite.

Li Xiang's face was expressionless, and he stepped forward and bowed his hand to the regent: "What the prince said is extremely true, but although the two countries of Zhao and Jin have been on the rise in recent years, compared with the Qianguo, they are still hitting stones with eggs. The prime minister thought that there was no need to overturn the Queen Mother's idea of advocating simplicity because of the border riots between the two countries. ”

Shen Guogong responded at the right time: "Minister, second." ”

A group of Jiang Huaiyin's opposing officials all took a step forward and said in unison: "Weichen seconded the proposal." ”

Jiang Huaiyin's feminine eyebrows and eyes were slightly raised, as if he had already predicted their movements, and asked in a gentle tone:

"Li Xiangzi is a civil servant, and I'm afraid that the entire court can't find a second person for his ability to talk about soldiers on paper, but Shen Guogong is a military general, right? Grandpa Shen has been in the Eastern Jin Dynasty Frontier for three years, right? Why is it delayed? Do you want this king to say it in detail? ”

The Eastern Jin Dynasty was a small country, but the border fortresses were easy to defend and difficult to attack in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and in the past few years of confrontation with the Qianguo, seven out of ten times were the Eastern Jin Dynasty slightly superior.

If it weren't for the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Qianguo, that border would have been included in the map of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Jiang Huaiyin beats people in the face, and scolds people only in the heart.

deliberately exposed the fact that Shen Guogong deceived himself and refused to face it, and also mocked Li Xiangming by the way.

But the two can't refute it yet.

Some officials were not convinced, and they had the courage to fight for the two, "But the battle situation at the border does not conflict with the New Year's Ceremony." Yuchuan last year drought, Yanzhou the year before the flood, the treasury has allocated a lot of silver taels, now it is empty. The Queen Mother loves the world and recommends frugality, and Weichen is very understanding of the Queen Mother's move. ”

"The people of Honglu Temple, their hands have reached out to the household?" Jiang Huaiyin faced the passionate speech of the official, sat still, and glanced at him coldly, "Hubu Shangshu, should you give this king an explanation, and give Your Majesty an explanation?" Why does Honglu Temple know that the treasury is empty? ”

Lord Yin of the Household Department immediately replied: "Lord Qiqi, Weichen doesn't know where Lord Xu got the news. In addition, the disaster relief funds are all in the account books, and although a lot of silver taels have been allocated for the disaster in the two places, it is still a small amount of money in the national treasury. ”

"That's weird." Jiang Huaiyin opened his legs and walked towards Lord Xu, "Then where did Lord Xu get the news that the treasury was empty?" ”

Lord Xu knew that he was speechless, and cold sweat was dripping on his forehead.

How could he forget that the household department was the first department that Jiang Huaiyin was in charge of!

"Wechen, Wechen—"

Lord Xu hesitated for a long time, Jiang Huaiyin's distance was getting closer and closer, and the invisible sense of oppression made his thoughts confused, and he couldn't hold back a reason.

Everyone held their breath, just standing still and watching Jiang Huaiyin walk step by step.

It wasn't until Jiang Huaiyin stopped and stood in front of Lord Xu that he chuckled meaningfully: "It seems that Honglu Temple has been comfortable for too long, and he has forgotten what His Majesty avoids the most." ”

Since ancient times, there has been only one biggest avoidance of emperors, and that is the bottom line of someone who violates the person in power.

Jiang Huaiyin automatically ignored his threat to the emperor, and looked at the nervous Lord Xu: "Your Majesty, it is a matter of the treasury, and this king thinks that Honglu Temple should be properly investigated." ”

Hearing this, Lord Xu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, staring at the ground with his eyes, not daring to raise his eyes, "Your Majesty is clear, Weichen has no second heart for Your Majesty!" It's just that based on the judgment of the expenditure of the treasury of Qianguo over the years, Weichen knows nothing about the household department and the treasury! ”

The Emperor's face trembled.

Whether Lord Xu has a rebellious heart or not, he knows it.

It was Jiang Huaiyin who could question it, and he was right, if the emperor didn't give an order, the consequences could be imagined.

will definitely be said by Jiang Huaiyin that Lord Xu was instructed by him!

The fist on his lap was clenched tightly, and the emperor closed his eyes deeply.

When he opened his eyes again, his expression was not angry and arrogant, and his gaze crossed the hundred officials and fell on Lord Xu in the middle and rear.

Just as he was about to speak, a terrible voice interrupted his imminent reprimand for Lord Xu.

Just hearing this voice, the emperor didn't know whether to be grateful or angry.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty is going to be the master of your concubines—"

The queen's dejected voice came from outside the hall, echoing in the Taihe Hall where the needles could be heard, attracting everyone's attention.

Lord Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to relax his vigilance.

Jiang Huaiyin raised his eyebrows and hooked his lips, quietly retreated to his original position, and waited for the show to be staged.

"Your Majesty—" After a few breaths, the figure of the queen finally appeared in front of the palace gate.

Her hair is crooked, and her former graceful and luxurious face is now frightened.

Ignoring the rules of the harem and not interfering in politics, he stumbled into the Taihe Palace, and before he walked in front of the emperor, his legs were weak and he knelt down.

"Your Majesty, seventeen people died in Changchun Palace overnight, and the concubines and concubines please call the shots!"

The crowd was in an uproar! Seventeen dead?

Seventeen lives are insignificant to the royal family.

The location of the crime is in the heavily guarded palace, so it has to attract attention.

The Praetorian Guards immediately rushed out towards the commander, standing beneath the dragon case, in a protective posture.

Gonggong Ji was also a spirit, taking a step closer to the emperor, trying to use his body as a shield to block the emperor's side.

The emperor was frightened, and the previous crusade against Lord Xu was completely forgotten, and he pointed to the empress and asked, "You, do you say it again?" ”

"Seventeen! Seventeen people died in Changchun Palace! ”

The queen burst into tears, and her courage was about to be broken.

When I woke up in the morning, the palace maid who was waiting to change her clothes saw one person, and the rest were missing.

The queen was originally upset by what happened to Murong Xi and Concubine Li yesterday, and immediately questioned the whereabouts of the palace people with a cold face, and threatened to punish them well.

Not long after, the palace maid who went out to investigate returned to the palace with a strange smell, and the queen looked at her coldly, and the skirt was obviously wet, and she was even more angry.

"Presumptuous, see a ghost? Scared to pee your pants and dare to come to see Hongu? ”

The palace maid trembled all over, and she couldn't keep her kneeling posture, "Back to the queen, outside, outside-"

The palace maid seemed to be overwhelmed by a ghost, her apricot eyes were wide open, she was trembling violently from head to toe, and she couldn't say a complete sentence.

The queen was angry, slapped the table hard, got up and walked out of the palace on her own.

As soon as Fang opened the door, the queen was dumbfounded.

The bloody smell of the courtyard was blown in front of her by the cold wind of winter, and then she saw more than a dozen corpses crisscrossing the courtyard, all staring at her without a blind eye-