On the day the empress ascended the throne, my body was hung at the city gate

Chapter 4: White flour is replaced with coarse bran. Is that for human consumption?

The treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Ever since Wu Mingyue's wise and mighty old father, Emperor Wu of the world, attacked the Xiongnu from the north and overthrew the six countries to dominate the world.

Countless treasures from all over the world are gathered here, making it an important place for a country.

Only those of royal bloodline are qualified to enter.

Walking into the glorious palace, there is a dazzling array of jewelry and rare treasures with customs from various regions, all symbolizing the past glory of this dynasty.

Yes.

How could such a father listen to the eunuchs' slanderous words and ignore his loyal ministers, as Gu Changsheng said in his notes?

Wu Mingyue's frown couldn't help but relax a little.

The uneasiness in my heart slowly dissipated.

Instead, he became extremely calm.

After all, it was an old incident that was far away from the past and could not be verified.

But it is true that Gu Changsheng seeks to usurp the throne.

How many of the other party’s words can you trust?

But they are all lies to beautify themselves.

"stop."

His eyes fell on the few guards who were hiding in the corner and preparing to leave quietly like thieves. Wu Mingyue flashed a stern look in his eyes and shouted in a deep voice.

The guards trembled, turned and knelt down quickly, and said in unison.

"See Your Majesty."

"I ask you, what are you doing sneakily?"

Wu Mingyue's eyes flashed with a cold light and continued to ask.

At this moment, countless images emerged in her mind of those who persevered in stealing, deceiving the emperor, colluding with foreign enemies, plotting to usurp the throne, and causing harm to the country and the country.

It's not that she's suspicious.

But since she took care of her longevity, she could no longer trust anyone in this world.

"Reporting to Your Majesty... No, it's nothing."

When the guards heard these words, they felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Sweat broke out on their foreheads and they spoke tremblingly.

They just felt that the wise and wise woman in front of them was like an angry lioness, ready to tear them apart and devour them at any time.

Naturally, the guards' behavior could not be hidden from Wu Mingyue's eyes.

His eyes were fixed on something covered by gray cloth behind the guards, and a sneer appeared on the corner of Wu Mingyue's mouth.

"take it out!"

A majestic look appeared on Wu Mingyue's face and she said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, the guards looked at each other and did not dare to disobey Wu Mingyue's order. They all stretched out their hands to lift the gray cloth.

"This, these are cloud fireworks. There are actually cloud fireworks in this season?!"

Wu Mingyue saw what was inside clearly, and she was stunned for a moment.

Cloud fireworks are a very special and rare flower in the northwest border, with four colors of red, white, blue and purple, exuding a faint fragrance.

The flowering time is very short, and can only be seen at night on the edge, so it is called Yunyan.

After hearing Gu Changsheng talk about it for the first time, Wu Mingyue felt happy in her heart for Hua'er, whom she had never met before.

There is bound to be a chance to take a look.

But things have changed since then, and even now that she ascends to the throne of God, she still hasn't gotten her wish.

For a moment, Wu Mingyue couldn't help but feel a little lost.

At this time, the anxious voice of the imperial guard came from afar.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it was General Gu... Gu Changsheng personally cultivated Yunyanhua. He knew that Your Majesty liked it, so he deliberately brought the seeds back from the border and took good care of them."

"But it's only today that the seeds are showing signs of blooming."

"We are preparing to take it away..."

The guards lowered their heads.

In the end, the voice became softer and softer.

Because they know.

Since that incident, the empress in front of her could no longer hear anything related to that general.

After hearing the guards' narration, Wu Mingyue finally came to her senses.She took a deep breath, suppressed the complicated emotions in her heart, raised her hand to stop it, and said, "That's it."

"This is a cloud of fireworks. I was destined to see it. Now it has a tendency to bloom. It can be regarded as fulfilling my wish. You can go back."

"Thank you Your Majesty"

When all the guards heard this, they immediately felt like they were being pardoned and hurriedly thanked him.

It's just that everyone is cautious and doesn't dare to look up.

Because these people could all see that this wise and mighty Empress was not in a good mood.

"Your Majesty, we still have things to do, so please leave first."

The guards retreated one after another as if they had been granted amnesty, leaving Wu Mingyue standing alone.

Her eyes droop slightly.

His slender fingers gently stroked the flower on the ground, feeling the cold touch, and a hint of bitterness appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Can all this be faked between us?"

Wu Mingyue whispered, his eyes falling on the cloud fireworks on the ground, his eyes twinkling.

The sight of Gu Changsheng, who took the trouble to water and take care of this flower in the palace, day and night, seemed to appear before his eyes.

A tear rolled silently from his eye.

Gu Changsheng, I hate you! "

She said through gritted teeth, with murderous intent in her eyes.

The delicate cloud fireworks were crushed into powder.

A gust of wind blew by and disappeared.

Wu Mingyue's face also returned to a calm look again.

She forgot.

In addition to the royal bloodline, Gu Changsheng, the Prince of Fengtian and the former Prince Consort of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is also qualified to enter the treasury.

He even has the power to mobilize the treasury's silver and control the treasury's money and food.

Now I am taking this opportunity to see how much benefit this unprecedented treacherous minister has made for himself.

"Your Majesty, this is the ledger of all Gu Changsheng's expenditures in the treasury in recent years!"

The shadow guard appeared from the darkness and knelt down in front of Wu Mingyue.

Wu Mingyue calmed down the emotions in her eyes, took the account book and looked at it.

Not long after, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth again.

Gu Changsheng, Gu Changsheng.

No matter how perfectly you calculated, there was still a flaw in the end.

Do you think you can clean up such a serious crime of embezzling disaster relief grain depots?
recorded in the ledger.

In the winter months of that year, an unprecedented severe drought broke out in the southern wilderness. There was no grain harvest and hungry people were everywhere.

In order to support the disaster, the state treasury had obviously allocated [-] dans of white flour, but Gu Changsheng replaced it with coarse chaff.

What is chaff?

It was hard for even animals to swallow, and was no different from mud.

How could such a thing be given to others to eat?

"Come here, show off to Nanhuang. I must expose the hypocrisy of this treacherous minister in front of everyone in the world, so that everyone can see what kind of ugly heart he hides under his sanctimonious appearance."

For some reason, Wu Mingyue felt particularly happy at this moment.

The boredom for many days finally found its catharsis.

How is a king, how is a prince?Only the people at the bottom know best.

Since Gu Changsheng could do such an evil thing back then.

The people of Southern Wilderness must have hated him deeply.

Wu Mingyue couldn't wait to hear the criticism from the people in the world.

Thinking of this, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and there was a hint of anticipation between her brows.

This way, it's more interesting
"Yes."

Like an emotionless machine, the Shadow Guard took the order and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)