Chapter 84
The news that Liu Dequan was imprisoned instantly spread throughout Shengjing. No matter what, Liu Dequan was also the patriarch of the Qinghe Liu family, and he was also the leader of the merchants in the Yong Dynasty.

In the Yong Dynasty, there was no merchant with a special status like Qinghe Liu's, and he was an imperial merchant. When Liu Dequan went out on weekdays, who would be rude to him?If the official position is smaller, I'm afraid there will be some who curry favor with Liu Dequan.

And Liu Dequan was arrested without warning this time, which really made the businessmen who knew the news in Dayong Dynasty tremble with fear.

This incident caused an undercurrent to surge in the city of Shengjing in an instant, and it became the most attention-grabbing incident in Dayong today.

When Rong Yuan rode his horse to the palace with a sullen face on the second day, he found that the eyes of the people looking at him became more and more complicated, and these eyes were more mixed with fear and pity.

No matter what faction it is, there will always be people with unclean hands and feet, and the fourth prince is like a sharp sword in the hands of the emperor, always with the sharp edge out of the sheath, smoothing out obstacles and thorns for the emperor.

But for the fourth prince, such trust may not be a good thing.

No emperor who enthroned would be a lonely person without the support of the officials behind him. Now the other princes all have positions in the six ministries, have contacts with the officials, and have also attracted a group of people in private.Among all the princes, only the fourth prince has no faction and is alone.

With a sharp sword without a scabbard, and a prince who keeps offending his officials, how could there be a possibility of becoming a great treasure?
In front of the Meridian Gate, all the courtiers got off their sedan chairs and got off their horses to wait. The Forbidden Palace dripped, and the palace bell rang, making a long and dull sound. Only then did Jianmen lead the Forbidden Army to open the palace gate.After entering the hall, the supervisor in the hall guided the inspector and other officials, and after the waiter praised them, Zhu Yi along the steps called down one by one.

In this way, the officials entered the court according to their ranks, facing the emperor sitting on the throne, and after the etiquette officer chanted, the officials kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times.

At the beginning, it was a normal discussion, until a servant mentioned Liu Dequan's imprisonment, all the officials' eyes fell on the fourth prince.

"I already know about this."

The emperor on the throne also looked at Rong Yuan, "What do you think about this matter?"

After the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, a censor stepped out, "My Majesty, I think that Liu Dequan is daring, and he must be severely punished to make an example to others!"

After the censor finished speaking, all the ministers began to second the proposal.

The emperor was noncommittal, and did not make a decision on the spot, but left Rong Yuan behind after the court, and let him follow him into the side hall.

There were already people waiting in the hall, and when they saw the emperor coming, they stood up from their chairs.

"You don't need to be polite, brother, come, come, fourth, come and see your uncle."

Although the emperor said that there is no need to be too polite, Prince Zhongshun still politely saluted before standing up and looking at the fourth prince.

"This is the fourth child? He really is very handsome, quite like the emperor's youthful demeanor!"

He looked at Rong Yuan with a smile, "This time is also thanks to the fourth brother, otherwise this king's face..."

Although the lost concubine was a concubine who had never been valued in his family, but she was also of royal blood, and it was a shame to be surrounded by a group of people like this!

"However, since the culprit has been caught, Brother Huang, for the sake of the royal family's face, we should behead him as soon as possible."

Prince Zhongshun did not say this to avenge his concubine daughter. As a famous romantic prince, there are countless women around Prince Zhongshun, and the concubines and daughters he gave birth to are countless, otherwise the concubine would not be lost. It took so long to react.

But this incident really made him feel ashamed.

So what Prince Zhongshun meant was to deal with it as low-key as possible, and deal with it as soon as possible, so as to save night and dream.

If it gets out, it will be his people who will be lost!
When talking about this, the emperor nodded and looked at Rong Yuan.

"Your uncle should say so. Since you have all the evidence in your hands, then deal with it as soon as possible."

Rong Yuan was silent for a while, kneeling on the ground without saying a word.

He knew very well why both the court and Prince Zhongshun wanted to deal with Liu Dequan as soon as possible, but...if Liu Dequan was dealt with like this, how would he catch the person behind the scenes?
And... the poison on Luo Qianqing's body... what should I do?
"Father, Liu De is a businessman all over his body. If he hadn't been backed by someone, how could he have such courage? Besides, judging from the accounts found and the money received, there is a huge gap between them!"

He pursed his lips and did not look up at the expressions of the emperor and Prince Zhongshun.

"Since Liu Dequan built the gold-selling cave three years ago, there has been a daily flow of 20 to more than 6000 silver! In a year, there are nearly 6000 million taels of silver! And the treasury's one-year The income is only [-] million taels, and this is because last year was a good year!"

A little-known gold selling cave accounts for nearly a quarter of the national treasury's annual revenue, which is simply shocking!

And this place was just found out from an inconspicuous murder case... And if there is any other place behind this, how do you know...

Hearing Rong Yuan's words, Prince Zhongshun suddenly fell silent.

Although he wholeheartedly wanted to kill Liu Dequan earlier so as to preserve his reputation, but what the fourth prince said was indeed very serious, and he should not talk about state affairs indiscriminately, so as not to cause trouble.

The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at the fourth prince, staring at his back that was still straight even when he knelt down, his eyes flickered slightly.

"Fourth...you are getting a bad reputation abroad..."

The emperor did not take up Rong Yuan's words, but talked about another matter.

Originally the commander of Yu Lingwei, the image of the Fourth Prince Rong Yuan in the minds of the officials is quite frightening. After all, who has no ghosts in their hearts?Not afraid of anything else, but afraid of being approached by the fourth prince!

Therefore, all over the court, there is no official who loves to associate with the fourth prince!
Now that the fourth prince has arrested Liu Dequan with one hand, it has left a heavy shadow in the hearts of all the officials. Liu Dequan had dealt with many officials in Shengjing before, not to mention the officials, even the princes had beaten him Communicative.

Now that Liu Dequan has been arrested, the group of people are worried, fearing that the Fourth Prince will torture him to extract a confession and force him to say something that shouldn't be said.This is also the reason why Liu Dequan was arrested this time, not only did no one obstruct the rescue, but everyone wanted to kill Liu Dequan earlier.

It's really...the fourth prince's reputation is too fierce, they are afraid!

(End of this chapter)

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