"Your Majesty! Xi Chu wants to send an eighth-order martial artist to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! ”

When the messenger heard that His Majesty the Emperor was going back to Jinling, he subconsciously shouted.

After shouting this voice, he was stunned, and he was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground.

But he didn't regret it.

His Royal Highness the Prince's urgent letter, he must deliver it on time and without error!

"Your Majesty, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince learned of this, he sent a small one to send three hundred miles to expedite the fold, please check it out for Your Majesty! Determine! ”

The messenger mustered up courage and held a letter with trembling hands.

Zhang Chengqian stared intently at the letter for a long time, as if he wanted to see it as a flower.

It was Empress Chen next to her who faked a cough heavily, and he came back to his soul, and his body shook.

Without waiting to call the chief guard to get the fold, he himself jumped off the chariot and snatched the fold from the messenger's hand.

After reading it carefully, his complexion changed drastically.

"Your Majesty, is the assassin true or false?"

Empress Chen inquired nervously beside her.

"If this Xichu assassin is real, it is for the crown prince, and it has nothing to do with the Second Highness......"

"Shut up!"

Zhang Chengqian, who had never really scolded Empress Chen, suddenly became angry, not only Empress Chen was stunned, but even everyone else present was stunned.

After a while, his complexion also changed drastically.

Judging by Your Majesty's bad mood, the assassin's story must be true!

Empress Chen was scolded, and she was still thinking about what to say to ease the embarrassing atmosphere.

Syllable!

A slap landed on her face without warning, knocking her to her knees.

"Your Majesty is angry!"

"I don't know what the concubine did to collide with Your Majesty, and it made Your Majesty so angry, I hope Your Majesty will take care of the dragon's body!"

Empress Chen is used to being low and small.

Even though it was the first time in these years that she was slapped, she still maintained her consistent posture.

She knew that as long as she confessed her mistakes, was humble, and obedient, His Majesty would not be angry with her.

"Anger? Look at the good things you've done! ”

Zhang Chengqian threw the fold in Empress Chen's face.

"When I left Jinling, I encouraged everyone to donate grain to stabilize the morale of the army, and let the soldiers escort them with all their might, what did you say at that time, the queen said at that time, in recent years, the harvest has not been received, and you can only donate 1,000 stone of grain."

"I received a report from Jinling yesterday, saying that the second child promised 100,000 stone grain as soon as he returned to Jinling City, and I was still worried about him, I couldn't raise so much food, I didn't expect it! Just your Chen family's granary in Jinling has hoarded 60,000 stone grain! ”

No wonder!

No wonder the second child's mouth dared to blow such a big cowhide.

These 60,000 stone grains are still seen by Zhang Junlin, and it is not known how much grain he has hoarded in private.

"I asked the queen to donate grain, you only donated 1,000 stones, but the Chen family hoarded a huge amount of grain, and the warehouse rats grew stronger than pigs, what do you want the Chen family to do? Well? ”

This is a heart-wrenching statement.

Empress Chen was so frightened that she picked up the fold and held it high above her head, trembling all over her body and replied.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... The matter ...... This matter ......"

"You don't know? Good! I went to ask the national abbot to tell me that he had hoarded so much food, enough for the Chen family to eat for ten lifetimes, did he want to hoard grain and raise troops or did he want to take the opportunity to resell it to make a fortune? ”

Can't ask!

Empress Chen didn't expect such a play at all, and she didn't discuss with her parents in advance how to answer consistently.

If he says the wrong thing, it will arouse His Majesty's suspicion.

Not only is the Chen family finished, but even the two princes will be implicated, and there is no hope of ascending to the throne.

"Your Majesty, this matter is a concubine......"

"Your Majesty! You're going to be the boss of the old man! ”

Before Empress Chen could finish the matter, when she heard her father's wailing, she was frightened and hurriedly turned her head to look back.

I saw my father coming quickly, and Chen Da, an old slave in the center of the house, was helped by someone and limped over.

Both of them looked angry, as if someone had robbed her of a million gold, which puzzled her.

Although the Chen family started at the end of the line, it is now the mother's family of the mother of the country, not to mention that it can be domineering in Jinling, even if it is to avoid the war in the north, it is also the highest treatment of the royal family.

Why are you so aggrieved...... And Chen Da.

Didn't Chen Da guard the granary in Jinling? Why is it here? Looks like you've been beaten?

Empress Chen is one head and two big, and she hasn't solved the matter of His Majesty's inquiry, and her father has come to add to the chaos again, is it really ......

"What happened to the ruler of the country, so that I was the master for you, tell me about it."

Zhang Chengqian asked with interest, but there was suppressed anger in his eyes.

Seeing this, Empress Chen was just about to remind her father to say less and make fewer mistakes.

But I saw that my father had already opened his throat and howled.

"Your Majesty, that Zhang Junlin deceived people too much, and actually robbed all the grain of my Chen family, Your Majesty wants to make the decision for the old decay!"

What?!

Empress Chen's breath was suffocated, and her qi and blood surged.

The third prince, who was submissive in front of her, dared to do such a bold thing?

She subconsciously blurted out and sued directly.

"Your Majesty! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no form......"

"He's not? Didn't he send an IOU to the Chen family on behalf of me? Does the abbot not know about this, or pretend not to know about it? ”

Zhang Chengqian kicked the fold in Empress Chen's hand, and kicked Empress Chen to the ground.

"The Chen family hoarded 60,000 stones, and after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince learned about it, due to the need to stabilize Jinling, he made an IOU for me, and it was clearly written in the fold."

"Also, the second prince promised to donate 100,000 stone grains in public, and he also bought all the medicinal materials of the Zhang family at the usual price of one percent!"

"I praised the second prince for his good skills yesterday, but today I understand that the second prince's ability is even greater than mine! The Chen family only had 60,000 stones of grain, and I don't know whose 40,000 stones he would borrow to make up for the 100,000 stones. ”

One by one, they all treat him as a dead man, don't they?

He hasn't even driven the crane to the west, but he has begun to unite with the Chen family to win the hearts of the people?!

Zhang Chengqian's angry eyes swept over the powerful families present, and he deliberately stared at the head of the Zhang family, Zhang Fang, the head of the household department.

Zhang Fang had just learned of this incident, and his brain was "buzzing", and his body was already kneeling on the ground more agile than he thought.

"Wechen don't dare! Wechen ...... Weichen went north with His Majesty, and there was only one son in the family...... It should be that kid who is eager to save the people and serve the royal family, definitely for the sake of the second prince's face. ”

During the war, selling medicinal herbs at a price of 10% is tantamount to cutting meat.

Zhang Fang didn't know what happened in Jinling, but he knew his son Mo Ruo's father.

Zhang Wen boasted that he was making a lot of money, if it weren't for the second prince going to Zhang's mansion to ask for medicine, this would never have happened!

Second Prince!

Chen!

He wrote it down!

"Your Majesty! The concubine's family has hoarded 60,000 stone of grain, and she also wants to solve His Majesty's crisis in times of crisis, and she has no bad intentions! ”

"Really? But I listened to the country's uncle complain just now......"

"It's my father who didn't express it right, he wanted to say it...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forcibly issued an IOU, which was to put our Chen family in injustice, and the 60,000 stone grain was originally intended by the second prince to be donated to the people in the name of His Majesty! Right! Donate! ”

Despite being forced to donate food, my heart was dripping blood.

But Empress Chen could only suffer this dumb loss.

The grain has been snatched away by Zhang Junlin, and it is impossible for her to really let His Majesty make an IOU again.

I can only swallow this evil breath and calm His Majesty's anger...... Tell the Second Highness again, even if the assassin doesn't come, he will poison Zhang Junlin, the broom star!

"Guozhang, is the queen right?"

Zhang Chengqian got cheap and didn't forget to sell well.

"If the Chen family has no intention of donating food, I will personally send you an IOU."

“…… No, no, no. ”

Under the gaze of Empress Chen, Chen Guozhang shook his head like a rattle.

Dare to ask His Majesty the Emperor to give an IOU to the Chen family?

I'm afraid that the Chen family will be wiped out directly, and there will be no need to return it forever.

Zhang Chengqian saw that the Chen family was quite obedient, and he was satisfied, and looked at those powerful families.

The powerful family really can't be provoked, but the imperial power can't be offended!

"The 100,000 troops guarding everyone north are still short of food and grass, I have been thinking about this problem in recent days, and I have a headache, this eighth-order martial artist of Western Chu is chasing behind, if there is no food and grass, how should the chariots and horses move forward?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also worried about this matter, if there is no grain and grass to stabilize the Jinling defenders, they are afraid that they will follow to the north together, and when the eighth-order master of Western Chu will attack, will you have the strength to fight?"