Rebirth of the Abandoned Concubine: The Poison Goddess Doctor

Chapter 222 Old Resentment, Emperor's Anger

Tang Zhongchen said: "The spies found the military map, and instead of running away immediately, they took the risk of going to your place to search. Could it be that you have something more important than the military map?"

Qi Changsheng broke out in a cold sweat instantly, normally he would never be so sensitive, but those millions of taels of gold and silver had just been discovered, he couldn't be more sensitive.

Qi Zhou couldn't help swallowing, and unconsciously held his breath.

Tang Zhongchen was very thoughtful. Originally, he just asked in doubt. After seeing their reactions, he became really suspicious and stared at their expressions carefully.

Qi Erye has been here to entertain guests just now, and he didn't know what happened, but he still instinctively covered up: "Could it be that something left by father leaked the news?"

It is not easy for others to ask what Duke Qi left behind, but Emperor Ming had no scruples: "What did the old Duke leave behind?"

Qi Erye replied: "It was written by my father, and it recorded my father's half-life experience of marching and deploying troops. It is just a herb, and I haven't had time to organize it into a book."

The eyes of all the generals present were bright. Qi Guogong has marched for [-] years, and he is very experienced in combat in the Western Regions. His handwriting is invaluable to the generals, and even they are moved!

Emperor Ming also showed an interested look, and said, "When it's sorted out, present it to me."

Qi Erye said: "Father's original intention was to dedicate it to the emperor."

Tang Zhongchen felt a little strange, why Qi Guogong's handwriting was not given to Qi Changjin, but to Qi Erye who had never led a single soldier.But this is an internal matter of the Qi family, and outsiders can't control it.

"Let's leave the rest to Tang Aiqing," Emperor Ming said, "Since the military map is not lost and the bride has been found, Qi Changjin can continue with your wedding."

Cheng Ge said unwillingly: "Your Majesty, this does not prove that Qi Changsheng is innocent, he is still very suspicious, he..."

"Old Cheng Ge," Emperor Ming interrupted him, and said calmly, "You don't need to say anything more about this matter, Tang Aiqing will continue to investigate. Today is a good day for Qi Changjin, and this matter cannot spoil the celebration."

Cheng Ge could only bow his head and say, "Yes."

Qi Changjin said: "Your Majesty, please take your seat, and I will offer you a glass of wedding wine."

Emperor Ming glanced at Yingchu, and said: "Okay, the Empress Dowager regrets not having Hua Yingchu's wedding wine, so I will have a drink on behalf of the Empress Dowager."

The implication is to give Hua Yingchu the great honor, not Qi Changjin.

All the leftovers from the banquet were removed and replaced with a new table, and the singing began again on the stage, with the gongs and drums clanging and clanging in a hurry and densely, and Wu Sheng's spear dance was in full swing, reaching a wonderful section.

The troupe specially made up this new play for General Qi's wedding. Wu Sheng is a well-known actor in the capital.

The opera was sung very wonderfully. After watching it for a while, everyone gradually became fascinated. Some people couldn't help clapping their hands and applauding when they saw the wonderfulness. Emperor Ming didn't care, so everyone gradually let go. The atmosphere of destruction slowly returned to liveliness.

After the banquet, Emperor Ming got up and drove back to the palace, accompanied by Tang Zhongchen. After entering the palace, he went directly to the imperial study.

As soon as the door was closed, Tang Zhongchen said: "Your Majesty, I feel that there must be something strange in Qi Changsheng's secret room, and they must be hiding something ulterior!"

Emperor Ming smiled: "Since it's a secret room, it's natural to keep it secret."

Seeing the emperor's expression, Tang Zhongchen knew that the emperor understood better than him, so he didn't say much.Although Er Ye Qi seemed to be very convincing in covering up, but Qi Zhou's and Qi Changsheng's ability to conceal their emotions was obviously not in place, and the nervousness and panic in their eyes were too obvious.

"Your Majesty." A respectful voice sounded from outside the door.

Emperor Ming said: "Come in."

An Ouchi guard opened the door and walked in, knelt down in front of the dragon case.

"How?" Emperor Ming asked.

The Ouchi guard said: "The servant found a lot of rare jade objects in the secret room, as well as dozens of boxes of gold and silver."

The most important thing about a secret room is its concealment. Once exposed, no matter how delicate the mechanism is, it can't stop someone with a heart.Emperor Ming had many capable people under his command, this one big internal guard was proficient in strange skills, there was almost no door he couldn't open.

The reason why Emperor Ming stayed in the Qi Mansion to watch the show was to hold everyone back and give the guards enough time to enter the secret room.

Tang Zhongchen gasped when he heard dozens of boxes of gold and silver.

Emperor Ming didn't change his face, Duke Qi's mansion has deep roots, not to mention gold and silver, if someone told him one day that the Qi family had hidden thousands of weapons, he wouldn't be surprised.

The guard took out one ingot of gold and one ingot of silver from his sleeve, and said: "I dare not take more, I only took two ingots to show the emperor."

Eunuch Chang Shun took the two ingots of gold and silver and presented them to Emperor Ming.

Emperor Ming picked up the silver dollar, saw the marks that had been filed off at the bottom, put it down with a calm expression, and picked up the gold ingot to look at it, his expression suddenly changed.

Perhaps it is because gold is precious, so I am reluctant to file off too much. The year number on the bottom of this gold ingot is still vaguely discernible. Long turned around, and natural and man-made disasters continued. According to Qin Tianjian's advice, he changed his reign name "Yongding" to "Tianyou".

When the first emperor died suddenly, he ascended the throne hastily, and the throne was unstable. Under the insistence of the queen mother, he had to entrust the burden of relief to the north to Prince Chen, and allocated him 50 taels of gold and silver.

However, the disaster-stricken areas in Beidi were full of starvation, ten cities and nine empty places. He sent imperial envoys to investigate and uncovered a long list of corrupt officials. However, less than 40 gold and silver were recovered, and the remaining more than [-] were missing.And in that embezzlement case, Prince Chen was proven innocent, only charged with the crime of lax supervision, and the punishment was neither light nor heavy.

At that time, he had doubts about Prince Chen. One was that the people he sent searched all of Prince Chen’s mansions, but they didn’t find any doubts. Second, he was distracted by many other things at the time, so he had to give up. .

After this difficult year passed, he immediately changed his reign name from "Tianyou" to "Yongning", wishing that Dayan would live in peace forever.Therefore, the official silver engraved with the year name of "God Bless" is only available in that year.And the official bank of unknown origin that needs to be concealed is only the missing more than 40.

Emperor Ming held the gold ingot tightly, his face was gloomy and terrifying, no wonder he couldn't find any evidence in Prince Chen's mansion, Li Cangze actually hid all the stolen money in Duke Qi's mansion!
"Your Majesty, even if this gold ingot was produced in the first year of Tianyou, it may not necessarily be related to Prince Chen." After seeing it, Tang Zhongchen said impartially.

Emperor Ming glanced at him coldly: "In the first year of Tianyou, how many gold ingots were produced in total? Except for the more than 40 that were missing from Li Cangze's hands, where did Qi Xiushen get so much official silver from that year!"

Qi Xiushen was the name of Second Master Qi. When Emperor Ming mentioned him and Li Cangze, his tone was full of murderous intent.

Tang Zhongchen lowered his head and said, "It's because I didn't think thoroughly, the emperor is right."

He served the emperor, and he understands better than anyone else how difficult the emperor's life was in the year he ascended the throne. Natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, the people complained, and there were even rumors that the emperor was immoral, so the heavens punished him. The emperor's dragon chair is in jeopardy.Prince Chen's failure to help Beidi undoubtedly made the emperor's situation worse, and the throne was almost lost.

The emperor walked over almost step by step, not to mention the hardships and hardships, and of course he would be worried about what happened back then.

It is too arbitrary to blame Prince Chen on the basis of only one gold ingot engraved with the year name of "God Bless".The emperor may not be unaware of the doubts inside, but the matter just catered to the emperor's wishes, and the emperor was willing to turn a blind eye to the doubts.

In the final analysis, it was the emperor who had a heart knot, as long as he grasped a trace of evidence, he wanted to vent out the grievances of the past.

(End of this chapter)