Originally, even if the household was burned to ashes, the emperor did not have to go out of the palace to check it in person.

But now that the household is involved in his Tianwei, he is on fire at this time, and he must take a look at it in person.

The Yamen of the Household Department has been heavily surrounded by officers and soldiers.

Many officials gathered in the vestibule to discuss the matter anxiously.

At this time, the dragon chariot arrived.

"Ministers......"

"Flat! Who is on duty today? The Emperor asked loudly with a wave of his hand.

"Today is Song Mingyuan, the head of the household department, on duty." An official replied.

"What about Song Mingyuan? Come out and see me! ”

"Back to the emperor, Song Mingyuan has just been escorted into the Criminal Department."

The emperor glanced at the household hall, immediately turned around, and said angrily: "What the hell is going on? Who can explain to me, talk! ”

"The Emperor's ......"

A weak voice rang out.

The emperor turned his head and saw that it was a eunuch kneeling on the ground who spoke.

The emperor recognized it at a glance, this little eunuch was wearing the eunuch uniform of the deputy chief, it was Su Xuan.

"The slave followed the fourth princess to check the accounts in the household department today, and after the princess left, the slave accidentally knocked over the lamp, which caused the fire." Su Xuan said.

"Are there any officials who have been injured?" The Emperor asked.

"When I returned to the emperor, no officials were injured. At that time, all the account books of the household department were placed in the lobby, and all the account books were burned. Su Xuan replied.

At this time, an official said angrily: "You knocked over a lamp and burned down the lobby of the household department?" I think you're clearly deliberately setting fire! Please ask the emperor to investigate Su Xuan strictly! ”

Su Xuan looked up at the official who spoke, it turned out to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and thought that he should be unlucky.

At this time, the result that the emperor wanted to see most must be that the account books of the household department were burned.

In this way, the ins and outs of the 500,000 taels of silver cannot be found.

"You said Xiao Xuanzi deliberately set the fire? I ask you, what evidence do you have? The Emperor said angrily.

The emperor wanted to scold him for being a fool, and if it weren't for this fire, the Ministry of Industry would have to lose his head.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu was suddenly stared at, and he only felt a cold swish on the back of his neck.

"If you go back to the emperor, the minister has no evidence." The Ministry of Industry Shangshu could only reply stubbornly.

"Xiao Xuanzi is the deputy head of the Ouchi, with the rank of squire of the military department. You have no evidence, and you want me to be convicted? Didn't you say that if you say anything, I will have to fight for you? The Emperor said angrily.

"The minister is guilty!"

The Emperor felt that it was no accident that this fire was so timely.

This little Xuanzi can be literate and martial, and he is very smart. If you knock over the lamp, it is impossible to burn down the lobby of the house.

Maybe he saw through the mystery, so he deliberately set fire to the account books to relieve him.

At this time, the emperor naturally wanted to favor Su Xuan.

And the emperor did not punish Su Xuan, there was also a full reason.

Su Xuan won the Great Xia document Shu Shiliang with the front foot, and annihilated Tang Tian's 100,000 sailors with the back foot, helping the Wushuang Army to recapture Moon City, and the credit was not small.

As long as the emperor now indicates his attitude, no one will dare to let him punish Su Xuan.

"Little Xuanzi, get up and speak."

"Slaves are guilty, slaves don't dare!"

"I said you dare."

Only then did Su Xuan get up in thanks.

The emperor asked him to get up, and the crisis was resolved.

The account books were all burned, and whatever the princess held in her hand was dead without proof.

The princess may be punished, but it won't be too bad.

"Although you have made great contributions to my Great Yan Dynasty, but today you missed and caused a fire, can you be guilty?" The Emperor asked.

The emperor asked Su Xuan to stand up, first said Su Xuan's merits, blocked the mouths of the ministers, and then asked Su Xuan, it was obvious that he was going to turn a big thing into a small matter.

"The slave is guilty, please punish the saint." Su Xuan replied.

"Ten rods, a penalty of one year, and a demotion to one level, in order to set an example."

"Minion Leader Thanksgiving."

punished Su Xuan for a year and lowered him by one level, which was completely painless for Su Xuan.

Whether this deputy is in charge or not, it doesn't make much difference to him. As long as he is not banned, it means that the emperor does not really blame him.

Su Xuan was also relieved.

Su Xuan was beaten in public, but it didn't hurt or itch.

By the time Su Xuan returned to Wushuang Palace, it was already late at night.

The results of the punishment of Princess Wushuang also came out quickly, and her princess title was not stripped away, but she was grounded for seven days.

As for Song Mingyuan, since he was not present at the time of the fire, the fire naturally did not count on his head.

Since all the account books were burned, the princess's verification results could only be ignored.

Peerless in the palace.

The princess's face was extremely ugly, there were only seven days left, and she was grounded for seven days, and she had to apologize to Song Mingyuan at that time.

"Little Xuanzi, why do you want to set fire? Playing with fire is addictive, isn't it? The princess said through gritted teeth.

The fire in the household must have been deliberately done by Su Xuan. He was so thoughtful, how could he burn all the account books because he knocked over a lamp?

"The princess is angry, if the slave doesn't burn the account book, the princess will not escape the emperor's punishment." Su Xuan replied.

"Could it be that the 500,000 taels of silver are really greasy?" The princess asked.

The servant carefully looked at the account books, and the 500,000 taels of silver did not go into anyone's private pocket, and it was indeed used to repair the palace, and the emperor must have known about it.

Song Mingyuan clearly deliberately lured the princess to check on this, and the princess found out the result, but it was not the Song family that could be checked, but the emperor!

Because of these 500,000 taels of disaster relief silver, the number of people starving to death in the disaster area is 80,000! If these account books are not burned, will it be difficult to make the emperor confess? ”

After Su Xuan said these words, the faces of several people in the Wushuang Palace all became solemn.

If it is really according to what Su Xuan said, then this matter really can't surface.

No wonder when the princess presented the results to her father, her father was furious.

It turned out that she found a problem that couldn't be checked!

In this way, Su Xuan once again relieved her.

If it weren't for Su Xuan, she would have fallen for the tricks of the Song family's father and son.

"Do you still have a way to check the deficit of the household department?" The princess asked.

"The books were burned, and the minions could not check the deficit. However, the slave felt that whether it was a salt and iron tax or a field tax, most of these large revenues and expenditures were no problem. I'm afraid we can't see the real problem. Su Xuan said.

"Could it be that this palace just admits defeat?" The princess was still very unwilling.

"The inchworm bends in order to seek faith; The sting of the dragon and snake to survive also. Endure when you should forbear, and apologize when you should apologize. Su Xuan said.

"My unequaled army's pension!"

"How can you not avenge this arrow? We're just forbearance for a while. ”