Uncle, this palace is not going to sleep tonight

Chapter 267

"What!" Murong Rong's face turned pale, and she exclaimed in shock, "Father, you mean that brother is the one who stole rice for himself!?"

Murong Duan closed his eyes and nodded with difficulty.

Murong Rongyan was shocked and said in disbelief: "Why, our Murong family is already very prominent, why did brother do such a thing?!"

"Actually, your brother is also doing it for the good of the Murong family..." Murong Duan looked at Murong Rongyan, and said cowardly, "You have been married to His Majesty for so long, and you are not pregnant, nor have you been conferred an Empress, and the Murong family is another one of His Majesty's." A thorn in my side. In order for the Murong family to prosper, Dad decided to build a family courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River. If His Majesty intends to get rid of me in the future, I will have a way out to resign."

A way out... Now there is no way out.

Although Murong Rongyan is not close to Chu Jinyu, she still knows a little bit about her "nominal husband". Before he became the emperor, he didn't like people to fool him. Now that he is the emperor, how could he allow others to treat him like this? There's filth hiding under the eyelids... The Murong family, this time, I'm afraid they will be wiped out.

The more Murong Rongyan thought about it, the more desperate she became. She stroked her temple with her finger and said, "What about the silver taels? What about the silver taels after selling the rice?"

"The silver was taken away by your brother. When your brother was in the south of the Yangtze River, he probably knew that those officials were bound to the imperial capital, so he hid, and now he can't even find him as a father."

"It can't be done, it's hopeless... If my brother can hand over the money, maybe His Majesty will let the Murong family go, and only deal with my brother... But now those officials are already in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and they will confess to my brother tomorrow, how about it?" It's already too late." Murong Rongyan shook her head in despair, not understanding how such a catastrophe would happen...

Seeing his daughter being so pessimistic, Murong Duan quickly said: "Yan'er, the matter has not reached the point of no return, now you are the only one who can save the Murong family!"

"Me? How can I save it? My brother sold the food for the court's disaster relief at a low price. To be serious, if the people who starve to death due to lack of food are all my brother's sins, His Majesty will definitely not forgive us lightly!"

"So Yan'er, we must let everyone not know that Mingze is the one behind the scenes. If no one knows, Mingze will be safe. We can also get that huge sum of money, can't we?" Murong Duan hurriedly came up with an idea, and then showed a sinister smile.

Murong Rongyan was a little puzzled: "No one knows... But now that those officials have been detained, it is impossible not to confess to my brother."

"If they have mouths, they will confess to Zeming. What if they can't speak anymore?" Murong Duan's eyes flashed darkly.

(End of this chapter)