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Chapter 136 Hard evidence
Relying on being the elder brother, King Qin would show off his elder brother's prestige from time to time.

King Yan was upset, and his face remained calm, and he responded calmly, "What case is the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

"How are you pretending in front of me!" Qin Wang sneered: "You secretly investigated the affairs of the household department, and there have been rumors in the court. Hearing that the fourth brother felt wronged, he even sued you in front of the father, saying that you stretched your hand. It takes too long, and even the affairs of the household department have to be taken care of.”

Hanwang is not a good thing either.

Responding to King Yan with his front foot, he turned his head and let out the wind in secret.

The officials of the household department all knew that King Yan was investigating the case, and all of them have tightened their scalps recently.There are so many people talking, how can such things be hidden from the King of Qin?

Yan Wang is not easy to mess with.

The king of Qin was aggressive, and the king of Yan smiled lightly: "Elder brother has heard about it, so why bother to ask me again. Whatever the elder brother hears, that's what it is!"

King Qin: "..."

King Qin's eyes turned cold, and his voice sank: "Second brother, you and I are brothers and sisters, so don't separate us because of trivial matters."

King Yan smiled: "Brother is right."

Keep silent about the progress of the Ministry of Accounts case.

King Qin's eyes flashed, and he took a deep look at King Yan.

Among the four princes, only King Yan could be his opponent.

King Yan usually doesn't show off his mountains and dews, he doesn't win over courtiers, and he doesn't like to hold any banquets, and puts all his energy on the Ministry of Punishment.In the past ten years, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has almost no backlog of cases, and there are very few unjust and wrongly decided cases.

Even King Qin had to admit that he was dedicated to being in charge of the Ministry of War, but he was far less capable than King Yan.

At the beginning of the year, Mr. Wu Ge led all his ministers to submit a memorial to ask for a crown prince, but it didn't work.Emperor Long'an summoned General Yuan and Prince Fu to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and kept the memorial.

This dangerous signal made King Qin feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, and became more and more afraid of King Yan.

The two brothers waited for less than half an hour before Eunuch Shen came to pass the oral order: "The emperor ordered the slaves to invite the two highnesses to enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony for an audience."

King Qin and King Yan restrained their thoughts, agreed, and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony together.

At this time, it was dark.

Boundless darkness enveloped the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Dozens of palace lanterns are burning in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, illuminating the hall as bright as day.

Emperor Long'an, who was dressed in a dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair, with deep wrinkles around his eyes, and a pale complexion that was recovering from illness.

In front of his son, Emperor Long'an refused to show his weakness and tiredness, and insisted on supporting the majesty of the emperor.

King Yan and King Qin entered side by side, and bowed their hands together in salute: "I have seen my father."

Emperor Long'an hummed lightly: "They are all flat."

When his sons stood up, Emperor Long'an glanced at King Qin's face first: "It's so late, you didn't hold a banquet in the mansion, why did you come into the palace?"

The King of Qin likes to hold banquets, and eight out of ten days are full of singing, dancing and feasting.When Emperor Long'an mentioned it at this time, it was a bit sarcastic.

The King of Qin was startled secretly, and hurriedly responded in a low voice: "Father, the dragon is not in good health, and my ministers are always worried about it. There is no interest in having a banquet. Tonight, when the soldiers are in the Yamen, the sons will immediately enter the palace, and come to feed the father. Please be safe."

Emperor Long'an was flustered, he didn't know which sentence King Qin said was not to his liking, and his face darkened: "My illness has been cured, and I am still far away from death."

King Qin's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly cupped his hands to plead guilty: "My son only cares about my father's dragon body, and has no other intentions. Please calm my father."

Speaking of which, the King of Qin is suffering~forced.At the beginning of the year, the wave of memorials asking for the establishment of the crown prince, not only did not allow him to get his wish, but made Emperor Long'an feel dissatisfied.In the past six months, he has often received cold reception.

Emperor Long'an snorted, and looked at King Yan again: "Why did you enter the palace so late?"

King Yan took out the booklet wrapped in yellow cloth from his sleeve, and said respectfully: "I was ordered to secretly investigate the household department, and found this account book. After reading it, I was also shocked. I didn't dare to delay for a moment. The palace will present the account book to the father, and ask the father to have a look."

Account books?

What ledger?
King Qin was startled, and a heavy shadow suddenly cast over his heart.

Eunuch Shen took it from King Yan, opened the yellow cloth, took out the account book, and presented it to the royal case respectfully.

Emperor Long'an's expression was as serious as water, and he reached out to open the account book.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony fell silent.

There was only the slight sound of Emperor Long'an turning over the account books, and Emperor Long'an's increasingly rapid breathing.

King Qin raised his eyes quickly, seeing Emperor Long'an's angry eyes flashing coldly, his heart sank again.

Having been the son of Emperor Long'an for 40 years, he was very familiar with Emperor Long'an's temperament and knew that this was a sign of Emperor Long'an's anger.

The account book that King Yan specially sent to the palace is definitely not something to be taken lightly!

What is recorded in this account book?
Snapped!
Emperor Long'an took the paper weight and patted it heavily on the solid imperial case.

King Qin's eyelids twitched suddenly, and he reflexively wanted to kneel down and plead guilty.

King Yan has already opened his mouth to plead guilty: "My son should not have stained the eyes of the father with the account book, and made the father Longyan furious. Please calm the father!"

There was a cold light in Emperor Long'an's eyes, and he sneered again and again: "It's none of your business, what crime are you asking for. I thought I was too old and foolish!"

Anyway, in Emperor Long'an's place, the prince who is favored or not favored has to be in fear.Of course there is family affection between father and son, but before father and son, there are monarchs and ministers.

When Emperor Long'an was angry, King Qin and King Yan knelt down together: "Please calm down, Father."

Emperor Long'an's breathing became disordered, and he coughed a few times. Eunuch Shen at the side hurriedly stroked Emperor Long'an's back, and ordered his servant to pass on the imperial physician.Emperor Long'an waved his hand, and after his breathing calmed down, he said angrily: "How can I not be angry?"

"I ask myself that I don't treat the officials of the six ministries too harshly. The Ministry of Households is in charge of the taxes, taxes, money and grains of Daqi. They live in big houses, eat delicacies from mountains and seas and buy some fertile land. I'm not mean enough to make officials poor."

"But what did they do to me?"

"The money allocated by the Ministry of Households every year is at least tens of millions of taels. They have to deduct [-]% of every sum. What's more, they dare not even touch the life-saving money allocated to relieve the victims."

"If it weren't for Liang An's secret report, I would still be kept in the dark. They are treating me like an old fool. They want to mess up the court, want to suck the blood of the court, and want to force my people to rebel ~ rebellion!"

The last few sentences were almost roaring.

After Emperor Long'an shouted, he coughed violently again.

Eunuch Shen's complexion changed, and he immediately sent a message to the imperial physician.

King Qin and King Yan knelt on the ground, and they did not dare to get up without Emperor Long'an making a sound.Hearing Emperor Long'an's cough, King Qin and King Yan raised their heads and exclaimed:
"Royal Father must not be tempted in vain! Please take care of the dragon's body, Royal Father!"

"Father, please calm down! The dragon body is important!"

Emperor Long'an made a whirring sound in his throat, anger shot out from his eyes, he coughed for a moment, and then ordered: "Come here, pass on my oral order, let Xue Lin lead people to the Wu residence immediately, and bring Mr. Wu into the palace."

(End of this chapter)