Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 196 Stealing Chickens Can't Lose Rice!

"Okay, stop arguing." Baili Qingcang frowned and shouted coldly, frowning and looking at Lin Yue and Zhao Kun, who were on the ground with ugly faces, and his tone was extremely dissatisfied, "You said before that the amount of money in Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua's family Huge, now is it clear where it came from?"

Lin Yue and Zhao Kun's faces became even more ugly. Not only did they fail to cause any harm to Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua this time, but they made the emperor feel more sympathy and trust for them. They must be talking about them.

"Report to the emperor, the humble minister is guilty."

"Hmph, if you enter the palace aggressively, it's over if you just admit your mistake lightly. If Princess Zhaohua and Chu Aiqing fail to distinguish in time, wouldn't I be deceived by you?"

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes to look at Lin Yue, then turned her head to Baili Qingcang and said, "Father, Master Lin is a minister of the humerus of the imperial court. It is not surprising that he can keep abreast of the dynamics of various families in the capital, but I am a little puzzled." , I don’t know if I can ask Mr. Zhao for advice.”

"Well, you ask." Baili Qingcang nodded in agreement.

A trace of coldness flashed in Shen Ninghua's eyes: "Master Zhao, although my princess's mansion is not an iron bucket, it is well managed. May I ask, how did you find out that a large amount of money has been invested in my mansion?"

Zhao Kun's complexion changed, and he said inwardly that he was bad, and sweat dripped from his forehead unconsciously: "Return to the princess, this is the news I heard from others."

"Oh? It's strange that something about my princess' mansion spread to the outside world so quickly. I don't know who Mr. Zhao heard from?"

"Yes……"

Lin Yue interrupted: "Your Highness, the ministers are really worried about the people in the south of the Yangtze River, so they were confused for a while. I really don't know that the princess and Master Chu have done so many good things for the country and the people..."

Chu Junyi sneered: "Lord Lin, I actually have the princess' question in my heart, and I also want to know, how do you know that there is a huge amount of silver taels in my house? Logically speaking, this batch of silver taels will not arrive in the capital. Two days, and we haven't even figured out the number yet."

Lin Yue gritted his teeth: "Master Chu, we don't know where this news came from, we only know..."

Shen Ninghua frowned, her voice turned cold, and she interrupted Lin Yue directly: "Could it be that Master Lin and Master Zhao are suing us based on the information they don't know?"

"This……"

"Lord Lin, Lord Zhao, both of you are court officials, so you don't know how to investigate the case. There is no evidence, so you dare to go to the hall to confront the emperor?"

The corners of Shen Ninghua's lips curled up coldly in his heart. The two had already prepared witnesses and testimonies, and even more specific evidence. However, the premise of all this was that the money was indeed obtained by searching the common people. Then the emperor will definitely be furious when he sees these evidences!
It's a pity, now that the ins and outs of this sum of money are clear, it is a charitable sum to be sent to the Northwest for disaster relief, so there is a big problem with these evidences!They dare not take it out!

Chu Junyi's expression was condensed: "Your Majesty, there are specific arrangements for where the money in Weichen's hands comes and goes, and there are even specific ledgers for how to earn it. If the Emperor needs it, Weichen can ask someone to send the account books into The capital is here for your reference, I really want to know now, what is the evidence in Mr. Lin's hands?"

Lin Yue knelt on the ground, only feeling a cold air rise from his knees and hit his back. He is now forced to the edge of the cliff by Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi. If the evidence is presented, it will be a false accusation. To say that there is no evidence is a false accusation. It is not so easy for them to get away with the name of framing the princess and the imperial court official.

"Your Majesty, this matter is due to my negligence, my humble minister..."

Outside the door, a loud announcement sounded:
"The Empress is here!"

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes slightly, and a turmoil flashed in her peaceful eyes. The Empress finally couldn't sit still in her Ningkun Palace.

"Empress, why are you here?" Baili Qingcang looked cold, his eyes swept over Lin Yue and Zhao Kun, and he knew it in his heart, but he couldn't help being startled:

He just mobilized the imperial guards, and actually attracted the Zhao family and Lin Yue, the two old enemies, to cooperate. If one day he wants to mobilize the crown prince and the third prince, can these two families unite and pull him down as the emperor? throne?
Zhao Huiying bowed and bowed gracefully, her elegant figure was extraordinarily beautiful: "The concubine has seen the emperor and heard that Ninghua has entered the palace, so she wanted to come and have a look. She was rewarded by the emperor for her meritorious service in saving her, but the concubine has not yet rewarded her." Woolen cloth."

"You are here for this matter?" Didn't the Queen come here for Zhao Kun?
"Yeah, I didn't expect the emperor to be discussing matters here. It's the wrong time for the concubine to come. It's all because the people below didn't do a good job. They didn't tell me in advance that the emperor was discussing something, which made the concubine lose her manners."

When interrupted by the queen, Zhao Kun didn't react, but Lin Yue immediately understood that they were not framing Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua, but were deceived by the people below. The emperor doesn't believe it, but he can't even behead two court officials for an unsuccessful frame-up, right?
Lin Yue leaned over, his voice choked with sobs: "Your Majesty, this humble minister is guilty, and he went to question Master Chu in a hurry without investigating clearly. It was because I heard that the impact of this incident was too bad, so I was too impulsive for a while. "

Baili Qingcang narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean by that?"

"Reporting to the emperor, a subordinate reported that he had received news that Mr. Chu had embezzled millions of taels of silver from Jiangnan, and found witnesses and testimonies. Hearing this, I was really angry. Jiangnan suffered a catastrophe. Being mermaid, that's not going to make things worse, so I called my colleagues to go and find out."

Zhao Kun's face brightened suddenly, and he hurried forward to explain together:
"Reporting to the emperor, I am also very strange. I was at home, but someone came to tell me that a large number of silver coins had entered the palace of Princess Zhaohua, and brought witnesses at the same time. I originally wanted to investigate, but I didn't expect Master Lin has also heard about Master Chu, and when we think about it together, we always feel that things are weird, so we have a confrontation in front of the emperor, now that I think about it, I was really too impulsive, this is someone deliberately provoking."

Lin Yue added from the side: "Your majesty, the ministers were deceived and almost misunderstood the princess and Lord Chu. They are really stupid. Please punish me."

Shen Ninghua looked coldly at the two kneeling on the ground, only admitting their mistakes, her heart was full of sarcasm, she really deserved to be the two masters who have stood on the court for so long and never fell down. No matter how many people learn, they are not smart!
Baili Qingcang looked at Lin Yue and Zhao Kun, his heart full of excitement, but he did have concerns. If the two did not plead guilty, they would not be able to kill two court officials for Ninghua and Chu Junyi.

"In this way, you are also being deceived?"

"Yes, Your Majesty is wise."

"Well, since you were also deceived, let the two of you investigate the case of framing the princess and the minister. Within three days, give me a satisfactory result, understand? Queen, do you have anything else to do? , go back to your Ningkun Palace if you have nothing to do."

Zhao Huiying lowered her head: "Yes, the concubine is resigning."

"Princess Zhaohua and Chu Aiqing have done good things for the country and the people. They were framed for not seeking fame and fortune. I have clear rewards and punishments. Those who should be rewarded should be rewarded, and those who should be compensated will not be treated badly. In this way, rewarding Princess Zhaohua with gold One thousand taels, ten bolts of silk, two boxes of tribute jade and porcelain, double the salary of Zuo Du Yushi Chu Junyi, and one thousand taels of silver."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Baili Qingcang sighed, and looked at Lin Yue and Zhao Kun who were on the ground: "You two lovers, why don't you go down to try the case?"

"Yes, Wei Chen retire."

After leaving the Golden Palace, Zhao Kun wiped the cold sweat off his brow, raised his head and wanted to talk to Lin Yue, but saw Lin Yue hurried away with an embarrassed expression on his face.

The queen returned to Ningkun Palace, Fangxue quickly served tea: "Your Majesty, is everything going well?"

"Successful?" Zhao Huiying's complexion became more and more uneasy, "This time I really stumbled!"

"Did Master Zhao and Master Lin miss it?"

"Not only did they miss, but they almost lost all of themselves. If it wasn't for this palace, the two of them would have been seized by the emperor and imprisoned."

"Ah, why is it so serious?"

Zhao Huiying slammed the teacup in her hand to the ground: "I told them a long time ago that if they can't hit with one blow, they must not take it lightly. Who are the imperial guards? They are the team that protects the emperor's family and life. They hit the bottom line and were about to kill people, but these people bumped into them with their heads in their hands. Isn’t this a rush to seek death? I told the prince earlier to calm down, but I didn’t expect him to be so anxious!”

"Madam, calm down."

"Chu Junyi, Shen Ninghua, hum, these two are really powerful, they are like two stones, smooth and hard, without even a gap. I thought that without the support of the Xiao family, Chu Junyi would not be able to succeed. But looking at it now, without the Xiao family, he has emerged instead, and has become more and more like a fish in water. After this rectification of the imperial guards, I am afraid that he will become a celebrity in front of the emperor in a single leap."

"Niang Niang, no matter how proud that Chu Junyi is, he is just a courtier. You are the master of the harem. Don't get angry with them. If you get angry, you won't be worth it."

Zhao Huiying took a deep breath and sat on the seat, her eyes were sharp and abnormal: "You are right, I am the master of the harem, and after so many years in the harem, big and small storms have come, and I can still be in front of the door." Capsized while standing? Fangxue, send someone to keep an eye on Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua, don't startle the snake, I don't believe they are really watertight!"

"Yes, ma'am."

In the Princess Mansion, Shen Ninghua was playing with a set of jasper teacups, with obvious love in her eyes.

Chu Junyi sat beside her, with warm love in his eyes: "Ninghua, do you like jade?"

"Jade has a spirit, so I like it naturally."

"Ah, it looks like I'm going to build a jade bed in the mansion."

Shen Ninghua flew over with a cold look: "Although Lin Yue and Zhao Kun have been dismissed for the time being, there are still many follow-up matters. Didn't you say that you want to transport all the money to the northwest for disaster relief? You actually said that you must do it, don't go arrange?"

"It was already arranged when the news was released." Chu Junyi watched Shen Ninghua's movements, and the white jade teacup set off her jade-colored fingertips, which was so pleasing to the eye that he couldn't bear to take his eyes off.

"Then you have nothing else to do?"

"Yes, I'm waiting for dark."

"What are you doing when it gets dark?" Shen Ninghua frowned.

Chu Junyi smiled: "Didn't Bai Yu say that you went to bed very late before, I will accompany you, and let's see what you are doing by the way?"

Shen Ninghua's face darkened: "Qingque, see off the guests."

"Hey, Ninghua... We've just been in trouble together... Okay, okay... I'll go by myself..."

(End of this chapter)