Chapter 60 Incompetence is Original Sin
Song Fugui sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, everything is done by this old slave. His Royal Highness likes fresh ones, and most of the maidservants who have been favored by the Crown Prince will not use them a second time. When the old slave sees that they are juicy, he will take it from his heart." They were imprisoned in Fengqiyuan and tortured underground. The old slave thought that they were all wild girls bought from Ren Yazi, and that no relatives would come to the door, so he acted recklessly. It was all the fault of the old slave , damn the old slave!"

"Old bastard, I'll kill you right now!" Feng Xiaoxiao rushed towards Butler Song while speaking.

Seeing this, Wen Moyan hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, and said, "Feng Xiaoxiao, calm down, don't be rude in front of Your Majesty."

Feng Xiaoxiao shook off Wen Moyan's hand, and said angrily: "I don't believe this matter has nothing to do with the prince, I want to ask clearly!"

Seeing that he was about to attack Steward Song, Shuang Feichen said coldly: "Qing Lan, stop him!"

Qing Lan hurriedly stepped forward to stop Feng Xiaoxiao, who was about to strike immediately.

Seeing this, Wen Moyan couldn't help shouting: "Enough! This is the Dragon Palace, not the Tongque Garden where you can make a big fuss! Even if there are 1 of you who don't believe it, I have to tell you clearly that they are not The prince killed it!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Wen Moyan, and even the prince was surprised that Wen Moyan trusted him.

Wen Moyan looked at Feng Xiaoxiao, and said helplessly: "Don't forget, whether it's your sister, Hu Po, or other unfortunate girls, they are all slaves. The prince is their master! According to the laws of the Great Zhou, The master does not have to bear any responsibility for killing his own slave. If the prince killed him, there is no need for him to hide it!"

Everyone froze in place, belatedly remembering the difference in status.

When Shuang Yuanxiu heard this, he nodded hastily and said, "That's right, that's right, that's right, Father, they really weren't killed by my son. If I want to kill them, I don't need to hide them. My son Not guilty!"

Before Emperor Zhaowen could respond, Wen Moyan said angrily: "Are you really innocent? If you didn't give them titles after you saw the color, how dare Steward Song think about them? If not How can you be ignorant of the disappearance of so many maidservants in the Tongque Garden? You have the nerve to say that you are innocent even if a housekeeper can deceive his superiors and his inferiors to commit such evil deeds? To tell you the truth , as a prince, incompetence is the original sin!"

When these words came out, everyone froze.

Even Emperor Xuanwu, who was sitting high, stared at Wen Moyan intently.

Her words "Incompetence is the original sin" kept echoing in my ears.

And Wen Changshan, who was lying on the ground, was so frightened that he almost passed out.

This Wen Moyan is going to drag their whole family to die!
Wen Changshan wanted to open his mouth to stop him, but he felt like someone was choking him, and he couldn't open his mouth at all.

After everyone was silent for a long time, Emperor Xuanwu asked, "What is your name?"

Wen Moyan was shocked, recovered from his righteous indignation, and quickly responded: "Return...return to Your Majesty, my daughter Wen Moyan."

"Very well, then tell me, how should this crime of incompetence be punished?"

As soon as Emperor Xuanwu said this, let alone Wen Changshan, even Shuang Feichen and Shuang Yuanxing put their hearts into their throats.

Women are not allowed to participate in politics, and if they say one more word, it is all arrogance.

But when the emperor asked a question, Wen Moyan had to answer it, he had to say it.

The punishment cannot be severe. After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Emperor Xuanwu intends to forgive the prince.

But the punishment can't be lightened, if Wen Moyan only said one sentence and fined him three glasses of wine, it would definitely arouse resentment from the sufferers.

If the incident spreads in the future, maybe this resentment will be implicated in Prince Qin's residence.

It's really a dilemma, it's hard to ride a tiger.

"Father, my son thinks..." Shuang Feichen wanted to speak up to relieve Wen Moyan.

But Emperor Xuanwu frowned and said, "I didn't ask you, I was asking her."

Shuang Feichen closed his mouth embarrassingly, but his hands under the cuffs couldn't help but clenched into fists.

However, Wen Moyan easily gave a satisfactory answer to the question that everyone found difficult to answer.

Wen Moyan said: "Your Majesty, how to punish is actually very simple. A few days ago, we broke a tea set of His Royal Highness in order to find a maid in Tongque Garden. I paid 5000 taels of silver as compensation that day. I would like to ask Your Royal Highness, a set of tea sets costs 5000 taels, so how much money should be paid for a human life?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone understood.

Butler Song is doomed, there is no one to forgive him.

But the prince can't go to jail, but he can be fined with money!
Hearing this, Shuang Yuanxiu breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said: "Yes, yes, it is the little king who is not strict, and he should be punished. How about it, I will compensate every sufferer with 5000 taels of silver. it is good?"

Wen Moyan sighed and said, "Well, the people all over the world know that His Majesty loves the people like children, but they don't know that in the eyes of the prince, they are not as good as a set of tea sets."

The corner of Shuang Yuanxiu's mouth twitched, and then he said, "1 taels, how about 1 taels per person?"

Shuang Yuanqi on the side couldn't help but said: "They won't be able to earn 1 taels for a few lifetimes. Wen Moyan, you should stop!"

Wen Moyan spread her hands, and responded in a very eloquent way: "I don't care. I'm not the one who suffers, and the money won't reach me. I just don't know if the news spreads to the people, will they feel that in the eyes of the prince, human life is worthless?" It's too cheap, and it's just the money for two sets of tea sets."

Shuang Yuanxiu and Shuang Yuanqi were so angry that their faces turned livid, and they regretted not taking the 5000 taels of silver that day.

Shuang Yuanxiu gritted his teeth and asked, "Then how much did you say?"

Wen Moyan didn't answer, but looked at Hu Po, and asked, "Hu Po, how many girls have disappeared since you entered the Tongque Garden?"

Hu Po lowered her head, and said timidly, "As I know, there are seven of them."

There are seven people who know it, and it is uncertain how many people do not know.

Wen Moyan looked at Shuang Yuanxiu, and said, "How many maidservants His Royal Highness has slept with, I'm afraid you can't remember it yourself. This housekeeper Song probably won't tell the truth. In order to save everyone some time, Let's just choose the number that Hu Po said. Seven people, 5 taels each!"

The crowd was stunned.

That Shuang Yuanxiu couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wen Moyan, are you crazy? 5 taels per person, that's 35 taels of silver, which is equivalent to [-]% of the military salary of the northern army! Besides, you Where can my second brother get you so much money?"

Shuang Yuanxiu also broke his can and said: "Even if you sell my East Palace Prince's Mansion, you still don't have so much money!"

Wen Moyan didn't know how much he was worth as the prince, but the asking price must be higher. If Shuang Yuanxiu didn't feel heartbroken, how could he have a long memory?

(End of this chapter)

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