Emperor Yuanfeng hummed, and looked at his son who was standing there in a daze, almost about to cry, with an unfathomable look. He suddenly smiled and called him, "Xiaowu, come closer."
The Fifth Prince was trembling with fear, his soul almost flew away. He glanced anxiously at the place where the golden jade burial garment was placed, which was no longer there. He was so confused as to not be able to utter even a complete sentence.
He gritted his teeth and walked to the desk under the gaze of Emperor Yuanfeng, then fell to his knees with a thud: "Father! I will die for you!"
"What do you mean by life or death?" Emperor Yuanfeng was confused and raised his hand lazily and casually: "You know the golden jade dress from the palace banquet, right?"
At the palace banquet that year, the late emperor was old and moody due to his headache, and everyone was afraid of bringing bad luck to him.
However, the late emperor took out this golden jade burial suit on New Year's Eve when his descendants were paying New Year's greetings.
Emperor Yuanfeng seemed to smile a little: "At that time, your great grandfather said that the sixth child was most like me!"
The Fifth Prince had beads of sweat on his forehead. He pursed his lips, which turned pale with nervousness.
Of course he knew what happened next.
No matter what thoughts and purposes the late emperor had in mind when he said this, he eventually awarded the golden jade burial suit to the deposed emperor, and then supported the deposed emperor to ascend the throne.
After the Deposed Emperor ascended the throne, Emperor Yuanfeng, who had been praised so highly by the previous emperor on New Year's Eve, certainly suffered a bad fate and was bullied in every way by the Deposed Emperor.
Being ostracized and scolded were just child's play. When the situation was at its worst, I heard from the Imperial Concubine that Emperor Yuanfeng, who was a prince at the time, worried every day that he would not live to see the next day. If it were not for Empress Hu's cleverness, who made the deposed emperor and empress happy, how could Emperor Yuanfeng be where he is today
After five years of forbearance, Emperor Yuanfeng finally escaped the torture of being deposed emperor and was exiled to his fiefdom after the efforts of many parties.
Although the deposed emperor still treated him very harshly, the princes' guards were repeatedly reduced and the relevant teams were repeatedly compressed, but Emperor Yuanfeng finally endured it bit by bit and finally got his day to come out.
It goes without saying what this golden jade burial suit means to Emperor Yuanfeng at this time.
When the Fifth Prince heard his father say this, he was so frightened that he couldn't help crying out in anxiety: "Father, I really just wanted to make you happy. I didn't know that this thing was the golden jade burial suit that my grandfather had back then. I don't know how the Lei family got it..."
"Get up." Emperor Yuanfeng smiled faintly at his son, not knowing whether he heard or not: "Go back to see your mother, don't tell her about this."
The fifth prince agreed with a sad face and walked out of the east side hall absent-mindedly.
Not long after, Eunuch Chen tiptoed in from outside and called out, "Your Majesty."
"Have you found out clearly?" Emperor Yuanfeng did not even raise his head, but still opened a memorial, looked at the method of dealing with the refugees, and wrote a comment in red with a faint look.
"Yes." Eunuch Chen stood by and polished it for him, saying softly, "Young Master Lei had indeed boasted that he had a top-quality jade garment at home a long time ago, and he took it out to tease the nobles and their brothers in the villa. The Fifth Prince happened to see it when he was out of the palace, so Young Master Lei presented it to His Highness."
As a eunuch who can serve in the presence of the emperor, his ability to read people's words and expressions is absolutely first-rate, and Eunuch Chen is the best in this field. He has followed Emperor Yuanfeng for many years and is his confidant, so he naturally knows what is bothering him.
This golden jade burial garment had been nowhere to be found before, but it turned out to be in the home of a minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and was even shown off by their children. What does this mean? !
It turned out that his own belongings were in the warehouse of the Minister of Revenue.
All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are the king's subjects. The thunder cloud has overstepped its authority.
Emperor Yuanfeng sneered, "It's inevitable that the Ministry of Revenue complains to me every day about being poor. Look at how much more refugees there have been from last year to this year. They write to me every year to urge me to practice frugality, but they themselves are getting rich. They are truly loyal!"
If it were a normal time, even if Eunuch Chen had become the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, he would not have criticized a third-rank official. But now it was different. If you don't beat a drowning dog, what else should you beat? The Emperor Yuanfeng's intentions were clear to him. He was a eunuch, and the most important thing a eunuch should do was to understand and be considerate of the Emperor's intentions.
As for the rest, who cares
Eunuch Chen lowered his eyes: "Chen Dong has already led people to surround Lei Yun's residence. If he is a traitor, he deserves to die!"
Lei Yun, who deserved to be put to death, had no idea how serious the situation had become. He had clearly gone to the Ministry of Revenue in a serious manner, but not long after he checked in, the captain guarding the gate outside came in hurriedly to report that someone had come to his house.
Normally, Lei Yun would not allow his family to come to the government office to look for him. His family also knew this rule, so they came at this time... Without even bothering to read the court newspaper, Lei Yun immediately said, "Bring him in!"
After he finished speaking, he also walked out. As soon as he got out of the door, he saw his second brother running towards him without any manners at all.
"What a disgrace!" He shouted in a low voice. Before he could teach him a lesson, Master Lei II had already rushed towards him: "Brother, something happened! The house is surrounded by the palace guards. Now you are only allowed to enter but not leave!"
No matter how calm Lei Yun was, he couldn't help but be surprised: "This is impossible!"
Who is so bold as to surround his house out of the blue
Master Lei Er's lips trembled, and after a while, his face turned pale and he shook his head: "Really, really, big brother, you should go home and take a look, our family is finished!"
Lei Yun wanted to kick his mute brother, but he could not care less about that. He hurriedly ordered a sedan chair and went back home. When he arrived at the door, he suddenly felt his eyes go dark and he almost fainted. Just as his second brother said, the door was surrounded by a lot of palace guards in three layers inside and outside, looking so mighty and inviolable, which was frightening.
Having anticipated that something serious must have happened at home, Lei Yun still tried his best to calm down and pulled his younger brother. With the old and young at home, he definitely couldn't run away. But his second brother... He took a deep breath and told him: "Go to the back street to find Lao Qi and ask him to take you to see the second master. Go!"
Master Lei Er was so scared that his nose and tears were all over his face. He was still reluctant to move, but Lei Yun kicked him hard: "Why don't you go quickly? Do you want to die here?!"
He had no choice but to run away, looking back every few steps.