The whole family travels with me

"Concubine Xian, don't worry. The edict in my hand was left to the Queen Mother by my true father. You can tell at a glance that it is a fake clan member and minister. In order to prevent the last accident from happening this time, I want to wait until the ministers arrive. Open the box and let’s take a look at what our father’s edict says!”

Seeing King An's posture, it was obvious that he had read the edict a long time ago. Concubine Shu could hardly contain her excitement and stared at the brocade box. At the same time, she ordered her confidants to surround King An to prevent anyone from causing trouble.

Seeing her acting like this, Concubine Xian's heart almost sank to the bottom. She turned back to look at Concubine Rou, and saw that she still looked calm and calm. She suddenly became angry and asked, "Concubine, aren't you worried?"

Concubine Rou raised her eyebrows and glanced at her, "What are you worried about? Are you worried about how Yan Kingdom will deal with these internal and external troubles? Or are you worried about how this farce will end?"

Seeing that many people frowned, the Queen Mother said slowly: "The king said when he left the brocade box to the Ai family, there is more than one brocade box, and the one left with the Ai family is just a spare, so the Ai family never I thought this edict would be useful for a day, but naturally I never opened it. The lock on the brocade box needs the king's personal seal to open it."

In other words, King An has never read the content of the edict, so what is he talking about?
Everyone looked at King An inexplicably, and even Concubine Shu's expression froze.

King An didn't care. In his opinion, there was order between elder and younger. If something happened to the eldest and the second child, it would be his turn no matter what. Besides, he didn't make any big mistakes, so there would be no accidents.

Everyone looked at the brocade box expectantly. Sun Zhao suddenly entered the hall with a soldier, "Queen Queen Mother, please hurry up for eight hundred miles. Marshal Chen will lead an army of [-] to attack the Yan Kingdom. The front line can no longer bear it!"

The Queen Mother was so frightened that she almost slipped off her chair and looked at several ministers anxiously, "Dear ladies, how should we resolve this matter?"

Taifu Chen looked sad, "Of course the treasury will allocate money to recruit troops and horses as soon as possible to go to the front line to support!"

Director Shi immediately stood up and said, "What Master Taifu said is absolutely true. It's just that the treasury is empty. I'm afraid I can't get out any money or food!"

"How could the treasury have no money?" Several generals quit their jobs and spoke in a particularly aggressive tone.

Shi Na, the head of the household department, couldn't express his sufferings. He hesitated for a long time and couldn't explain why.

The Queen Mother looked anxiously, "What on earth is going on!"

Chief Secretary Shi could only bite the bullet and reply: "Your Majesty, your Majesty embezzles more than half of the money to build the royal tomb every year."

"Repair the royal tomb? Why didn't we know?" All the civil and military officials looked at each other with the same shocked expression.

The head of household affairs, Shi, knelt down with a plop, "The Queen Mother clearly knows! It's not that the humble position is not revealed, but the king is not allowing the humble position to be publicized. King Ping also knows about this. It has always been planned by King Ping. After King Ping's death, the construction of the royal tomb The progress was put on hold. Later, the king directly ordered me to personally take charge of the project, and he also wanted to speed up the progress. The money spent was like running water, and I couldn't control it at all!
correct!In addition to Prince Ping, Eunuch Liu also knew about it! "

General Dingguo choked out in anger and cursed, "These are dead people you are talking about! There is no proof! Who knows if you are lining your own pockets!"

Shi, the head of the household department, was so anxious that his face turned red, "General! Even if you lend me a hundred courages, I don't dare to empty the treasury! What's more, the household department was controlled by King Ping before, and I was just a worker at most! It's King Ping. It was only after something happened that I was put on top, and everyone was watching! Is it possible that I can still do these things in a short period of time under the king's nose?"

When everyone saw Director Shi Shi wanting to take out his heart and lungs for everyone to see, they knew that most of what he said was true, but some people didn't want to believe it.

Director Shi racked his brains for a long time, then suddenly patted his head and said: "By the way! There is another person, Doctor Cui, maybe he also knows."

Everyone quickly called Dr. Cui over.

Doctor Cui nodded slowly in front of everyone, "The king has indeed been building the royal tomb, but the exact amount of money spent is unknown."

The hearts of all the ministers have completely sunk to the bottom. They all know with their toes how expensive it is to repair the royal tomb. Now they know the whereabouts of the money from the treasury, but it is worse than not knowing. There is still hope of getting it back after being embezzled. Ling That's like meat buns beating dogs and never coming back.The Queen Mother was completely panicked, waiting eagerly for everyone to think of a solution.

Everyone looked at King An.

King An subconsciously retreated, his face turned a little blue, "What are you looking at me for? Hurry up and think of a solution!"

Taifu Chen pondered: "Let's read the king's edict first! After the crown prince is confirmed, the matter will be decided by the crown prince."

"Isn't this right!" King An was anxious, with cold sweat breaking out from his back. He did want the throne, but he didn't want to take on this mess at all, especially when the treasury was still an empty shell. Where could he raise money to recruit troops?If the border was breached by the Chen State, wouldn't he become the king of subjugation and leave an eternal infamy?

Concubine Rou, who had been silent all this time, muttered: "There is nothing wrong. The king should have made the decision on such a major matter. How can anyone else take on such a big responsibility!"

Concubine Xian agreed as if watching a good show, "Isn't that right! Now it's a matter of life and death, and the person chosen by the king will definitely be the most powerful. We all have to believe in the king's vision!"

Taifu Chen looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Please read the imperial edict."

The Queen Mother had long since lost her mind, so she naturally did whatever others said. At this time, no one was looking forward to the edict, for fear of hearing their name from the Queen Mother's mouth.

When the Queen Mother said Prince Shun's son, everyone was dumbfounded.

Taifu Chen even frowned and reprimanded loudly, "Nonsense! The king just imprisoned the entire Prince Shun's family before his death. How could it be possible to appoint Prince Shun's son as the crown prince!"

"Yes, yes! Isn't this nonsense? Princess Shun hasn't given birth yet! She doesn't know whether she is a boy or a girl, how can she be crown prince!" Some veterans shook their heads in unison, secretly scolding King Yan for being confused.

At this time, Imperial Physician Cui said weakly: "Everyone, I have something to say about my humble position, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Ouch! Whenever you fart, hurry up!" General Dingguo was so anxious that his mouth blistered, and he spoke with anger.

Imperial Physician Cui stepped forward and shouted loudly: "King Shun is ill and cannot get a woman pregnant!"

"What! What do you mean by that?" The Queen Mother's eyes widened in disbelief, and her brain, which was already on the verge of failure, could not move at all.

Dr. Cui, "That's literally what it means."

"Hiss!" The sound of breathing came one after another in the hall.

King An muttered absentmindedly, "So the second brother Wang was cuckolded? Two more?"

"This is too unbelievable!" Concubine Xian covered her mouth and her eyes widened.

"No, no! Why did the king make the child in Princess Shun's belly the crown prince?" Concubine Shu, who had a rare IQ, got to the point at once.