A bold son-in-law doting on his concubine and destroying his wife?The ashes are scattered!

The King of Yue did not expect Leng Lanzhi to appear. He was stunned for a moment before explaining: "I don't know what happened. I only stopped to ask about the situation when I heard there was movement here."

He was slightly vigilant in his heart.

How could it happen by such a coincidence?

But he soon relaxed again.

Just come if you're here, it's okay if she's here.

It just so happened that her biological sister was the witness to accuse the prince of misappropriating funds from the household.

He was thinking this in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He smiled and asked Leng Lanzhi: "Jialuo, why are you here?"

Leng Lanzhi said lightly: "I just came out of the palace. I was tired of walking the original way, so I wanted to change my mood."

The King of Yue thought that the change of mood she was talking about was referring to the prince being fascinated by Qiu Wenwen, and he felt more and more relaxed: "I see, since we are here, let's see what happened together."

At that time, officers and soldiers had already pushed the sneaky man out.

The King of Yue's determined expression froze for a moment when he saw the man, and his smile froze.

Leng Lanzhi showed a surprised expression: "Hey, isn't this Fifth Brother's adviser? I remember his name is...Xu Shifan?"

The King of Yue had a sullen face and did not answer Leng Lanzhi's question. Instead, he looked at Xu Shifan coldly: "What are you doing here?"

Logically speaking, the person caught should be from the Prince's Mansion or Leng Lanzhi. How could it be Xu Shifan?
Xu Shifan was about to speak when Leng Lanzhi said calmly: "Didn't Fifth Brother just say that this person is sneaking around the door of the household and must have evil intentions? Maybe he has some murder weapon hidden on his body and wants to attack the household. unfavorable."

Immediately he ordered to the officers and soldiers below: "Search yourself!"

The king of Yue's heart skipped a beat.

Although he didn't know what happened specifically, he felt that people must not search Xu Shifan and quickly stopped him: "I remembered it. In the evening, I sent him to do something nearby. There is absolutely no trace of Xu Shifan on him." I didn’t bring anything with me, and it won’t be detrimental to the household department.”

Leng Lanzhi shook his head slightly, looking very concerned: "Fifth brother, you know people, know faces, but don't know hearts. If you trust him, he must be worthy of your trust."

Immediately he said to several officers and soldiers: "Search!"

"Yes!"

The officers and soldiers immediately controlled Xu Shifan tightly and rolled over him.

Soon, someone dug out something, which turned out to be a pile of banknotes.

The face value of each bank note is 1000 taels, and there are 180 bank notes, totaling 18 taels.

Leng Lanzhi's face immediately darkened: "Come here, escort this thief who stole the money from the household treasury to Dali Temple!"

Then he looked at the King of Yue expressionlessly: "Fifth brother, so this is what you sent him to do? You are really punished!"

The expression of the King of Yue changed: "I don't have it!"

Leng Lanzhi smiled coldly: "Yes, it doesn't matter what you say, and it doesn't matter what I say, it only counts if my father says it!"

Not long after, the palace received the news.

Emperor Jianliang was furious and immediately ordered people to investigate the matter thoroughly.

People from Dali Temple went to the Hubu treasury to check the accounts, and sure enough they found that there was a shortage of 18 taels in the Hubu treasury.

The most important thing is that everything put into the warehouse, whether it is money or items, whether it is banknotes or silver bullion, is marked.

If it is a silver nugget, the bottom of the silver nugget will be engraved with the words "official silver". If it is a bank note, the government will not only check the face value of the bank note when it is stored in the warehouse, but also record the banker and ticket number of the bank note.

The 180 banknotes found on Xu Shifan's body were all banknotes deposited by the Ministry of Accounts, and there was no way to deny them.

Xu Shifan was a member of the King of Yue, and the King of Yue personally admitted that night that he had sent Xu Shifan to work near the Ministry of Household Affairs.

With all this going on, even if Emperor Jianliang wanted to believe him, he couldn't unconscionably say that this matter had nothing to do with him.

The king of Yue was almost furious.

The key is, he doesn't even know what happened?

He sent Xu Shifan out that night to create the illusion that there was a thief from the Ministry of Revenue, so that people from the Ministry of Revenue could investigate the treasury and expose the prince's misappropriation of public funds.He had no idea why Xu Shifan took 18 taels of silver from the Ministry of Accounts!
The most important thing is that he did arrange for a suspicious person to hang out near the household department, so that he could find a reason to investigate the household department and even directly frame the prince.

Because the person he was looking for was originally the guard of the Prince's Mansion.

Who knows why the thief turned into Xu Shifan? !

At that time, the queen and the prince were also wondering about this question: "Jia Luo, what is going on?"

Leng Lanzhi smiled and said: "It's very simple. I just took advantage of their conspiracy and treated them with their own medicine."

The King of Yue wanted Xu Shifan to work overtime and break into the Household Department at night, creating the illusion that a thief had entered the Household Department. In this way, the Household Department could legitimately conduct a large-scale search to ensure that no important information, files or valuables were lost.

And this investigation will reveal that 18 taels are missing from the warehouse.

Leng Lanzhi had been waiting for the King of Yue to take action. When her subordinates discovered that there were always people sneaking around the household department in the past few days, she asked He Shangshu to leave a suitable time to take action, and asked He Shangshu to make a move before the estimated time. The thief heard the discussion of the people in the household department.

"It's strange. Just now these banknotes were 18 taels less. Why do they appear again? Did I count them wrong?"

"Hey, you must have counted it wrong! The warehouse is checked every day. If there was really so much money missing, it would have exploded long ago."

When Xu Shifan heard these conversations, he became suspicious. After prying open the door of the account department's warehouse, he specifically counted the banknotes and then checked the account books placed in the warehouse. He found that the number of banknotes was completely correct. I got thinking and took away a banknote worth 18 taels.

Then, he was caught red-handed.

As for the traitor in the Prince's Mansion, although she could not find out his identity in advance, he would be caught as soon as he acted.

The current situation is that the King of Yue cannot save Xu Shifan, otherwise it will be difficult to explain his motivation for saving people.

Not only could they not be saved, they had to be killed and silenced.

Otherwise, there is no guarantee that Xu Shifan will not say something that he shouldn't say.

The prince sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect Lao Wu to hide so deeply."

In the past, he only guarded against the third child, but this really fulfilled the saying, a dog that bites should not bark.

After rarely entering the palace, he finally thought of Qiu Wenwen.

Whenever he thought of Qiu Wenwen, he couldn't control himself and wanted to see her immediately.

Seeing her son's anxious look, the queen was furious in her heart: "The imperial doctor said that she needs to take a good rest recently. Moreover, as a folk woman, she must learn the rules well before she can be the biological mother of the prince's heir.

Don't disturb her during these days and let her learn the rules. "

The prince looked happy: "Did the Queen Mother agree to let Wenwen enter the prince's residence?"

The Queen said vaguely: "When she successfully gives birth to an heir, she will be allowed to move into the Prince's Mansion."

Weird.

There are still more than eight months. Maybe the prince will get tired of not seeing each other for such a long time.

On the other side, Qiu Wenwen was extremely anxious when she heard about Xu Shifan.

She scolded Xu Shifan in her heart, but she also understood that just scolding him in her heart would have no effect, and she had to find a way.

Either fish the person out, or... let the person never speak.

***
When Leng Lanzhi heard Liusha's report, a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.

Is Qiu Wenwen too concerned about the King of Yue?

Although she belonged to the King of Yue, and the King of Yue might even be kind to her, but...she was now a woman pregnant with the prince's heir.

Although there is still a Crown Princess and a child in the Crown Princess's belly on her head, she may not be unable to compete.

Her behavior is illogical.

Unless...she has a deeper relationship with people from the Yue King camp.

"Find a way to let her meet the King of Yue." (End of Chapter)