Great Ye Empress

Chapter 265
The emperor gritted his teeth.

The Censor's desk is really a thunderous case!

"Your Majesty..." Standing in front of Xie Yunchu's group of Niu Yushi, he saluted the emperor and said, "Now, the matter involves the prince, and according to Xue Zhi's ledger, the amount of embezzlement in the First Prince's Palace is huge, and it is definitely not a steward who dares to It is greedy, so Wei Chen and others came here and dared to ask Your Majesty to give a decree, asking the eldest prince to cooperate with the Censor Desk in investigating the case."

As soon as Censor Niu finished speaking, Eunuch Gao came in from outside the door and walked along the edge of the hall to the emperor's side.

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Gao stepped forward and whispered to the emperor, "The eldest prince asked for an interview, saying that there is an extremely important matter, and he wants to meet His Majesty..."

Hearing this, the emperor's face became more and more ugly, and he knocked on the table with the ledger in his hand: "He still has the face to see me!"

Eunuch Gao hurriedly stepped forward and covered his lips, and said in the emperor's ear: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince has two ledger books from Xue Zhi's hands, one is for the third prince, and the other is for the fifth prince. The ledger is said to have been placed at the gate of the mansion this morning. Your Highness feels that it is about the face of the royal family, so please take a look at it in private."

Hearing this, the emperor's frown suddenly stretched out, and he looked down at Xue Zhi's ledger in his hand.

The emperor put the ledger on the table, his anger subsided a little, and said: "Go and see first!"

Censor Niu raised his head, and the group watched the emperor go to the apse.

Li Shaoqing frowned, turned his head and said to Xie Yunchu, "It should be the first prince's consort to deliver the letter."

Xie Yunchu responded in a low voice.

"Now we have all the evidence and evidence! No matter what the First Prince and His Majesty say this time, it will be useless." Wang Shilang said with a sullen face.

Their hard work these days is nothing, but how many people have died in the disaster-stricken area? !

How many vegetable shops have been made, and the matter of flesh and blood? !
The picture album of Li Nanyu's Li Nanyu in Longxi is still circulating in the market, and Wang Shilang was fortunate enough to read one.
As an official, Wang Shilang was even more heartbroken.

Inside the apse.

The eldest prince knelt in front of the emperor and presented the ledger to the emperor in person.

The emperor flipped through the two ledger books at will, and signaled Eunuch Gao to take the people out. Then he asked, "This ledger... was it forged by you, or did someone really put it in front of your house?"

The eldest prince thought of Mr. Lu's explanation, and he must confess to the emperor.

The eldest prince's eyes were red: "Back to the father, the son made a forgery, the father and the son are wrong! The son knows that this incident has become a big one, and the son does not want to defend himself, just worried about this matter. Spreading it out would damage the face of the royal family, that's why I came up with this strategy. As long as the emperor asks the Imperial Court to sacrifice wine to identify the handwriting, he says that these accounts are fake, and the face of the royal family will be preserved. ... all the servants are willing!"

"Do you know that Wang Zongsheng, the manager of your house who reconciled accounts with Xue Zhi for you, has been investigated, and Wang Zongsheng's wife and brother have also been arrested... Everything was recruited in the Censor Tai prison!" The emperor was extremely annoyed, Hit the eldest prince with two ledgers.

The eldest prince didn't dodge either. He suffered for a while and hurriedly kowtowed: "Father, please calm down!"

"Quiet your anger?! How can I calm my anger... You are greedy for a little money for disaster relief! But you are greedy for a grain of food... Not a single copper plate has reached the hands of the victims!" Son! It's the prince! Isn't it rich enough?"

"Father Emperor Mingjian, not only the son is greedy, but the third brother is also greedy, the son is not greedy for this money!" The eldest prince said aggrievedly, "Furthermore, this is not because the son wants to be greedy, it is sent by the people below. Yes, the son swears that this is really not the son's initiative to be greedy! No matter how greedy the son is, he can't be so mad that he will not give food to the victims! Those people are also the children of the father!"

"Father!" The eldest prince's voice was already choked, "The son is willing to take out all the money in the house and tell the officials and the common people that the father's private treasury provided money for disaster relief, and the father gave the son a chance to atone for his sins!"

The First Prince kowtowed heavily.

"Your Majesty, the third highness and the fourth highness are here, and they said they have something important to see your majesty!" Eunuch Gao's voice came from outside the partition.

"Okay, two more..." The emperor's expression became more and more gloomy, and he glared at the eldest prince, "Let the third and fourth come in!"

The eldest prince lowered his eyes and frowned, why is the fourth child here?
The eldest prince quickly picked up the two ledger books on the ground, respectfully placed them in front of the emperor, and returned them, knelt down.

Soon, the third prince and the fourth prince were also invited in, and Gao Gonggong closed the palace door outside the door.

The third prince glanced at the eldest prince, who was kneeling on the ground with red eyes and a red forehead. The third prince lowered his eyes, knelt down quietly, and took out the two ledger books: "Father, my son, at noon today... The account book left by Xue Zhi was found in front of the mansion, which records the accounts of the relationship with the fourth child, which is related to the face of the royal family, and the son did not dare to delay, so he asked the fourth younger brother to enter the palace immediately... to meet the father and emperor!"

As he spoke, he held up the ledger of "Xue Zhi" and the fourth prince.

The eldest prince's eyebrows twitched. He clearly had the second and fourth children's account books sent to the third child. Why did the third one only bring the fourth child's account book, and even called the fourth child over!

The third prince is not a fool. Could it be that he still does not understand the meaning of the first prince?
The eldest prince was originally opposed to him, and this time, joining forces with him is just to get what they need, so taking "Xue Zhi" and his account book to find the emperor, it has little impact.

The fifth prince and the others can probably see that they are not interested in the throne, and they want to prove to the clear streamers in the court that they can be a good official even if they are from the royal family.

The eldest prince took the account books of these two people, but let him take the account books of King Yan and the fourth prince...

The fourth prince has already had his thoughts on the throne, and he also has his own small share of power. He holds the account book... Maybe people who are not sure about the fourth prince think he deliberately framed the fourth prince and thus confronted him, isn't it? Let the First Prince benefit?

Besides, King Yan Xiao Zhiyan, Xiao Zhiyan was the first one of their brothers to be crowned king, and the birthmark on Xiao Zhiyan's face could not be the crown prince, and now Xiao Zhiyan has a high prestige among military generals. Besides, who can't see that Xiao Zhiyan is about to take over the Imperial City Division!

The eldest prince asked him to hand over Xiao Zhiyan's account book, and waited for him to meet Xiao Zhiyan... The eldest prince would go and sell Xiao Zhiyan well, draw Xiao Zhiyan to his side, and strengthen his own strength.

The third prince is not so stupid!
Therefore, after getting this so-called "ledger", the third prince went directly to the fourth prince and told the fourth prince that the ledger was found at the gate of the mansion today.

(End of this chapter)