The news that the emperor ordered Liu Yan to enter the palace to accompany the king quickly spread throughout the court and the public.
The civil and military officials exploded for a while.
The crown prince has always been a knot of the successor of the Southern Qi Dynasty. Now that the crown prince has not been deposed, the emperor sent an order for the eldest grandson Liu Yan of King Jin to enter the palace to accompany the king. What does this mean? Could it be that the emperor intends Liu Yan to succeed the crown prince as the successor of the Southern Qi Dynasty
Besides the crown prince, the emperor also has several young princes. Although the young princes seem to have no climate nowadays, but... they are the emperor's own sons after all. Could it be that the emperor really decided to choose an heir from the clan? Don't count on those young princes anymore
Everyone thought again that after the early court today, the emperor called Ye Chang to the imperial study room, and then heard that Ye Chang had contradicted the emperor, which caused the emperor to become furious and smashed the imperial study room. Order Liu Yan to enter the palace to accompany the king to drive...
Is Ye Shizi related to this matter
All along, the emperor loved Ye Shizi very much. Everyone thought that after the prince's accident, Ye Shizi broke the case of the noble concubine Yue and stood up for the emperor. After that, the emperor obviously loved and treated Ye Shizi more favorably. Ye Shizi supervised the household department on behalf of the emperor. , many people privately speculated that the emperor probably wanted Ye Shizi to be the successor of the Southern Qi Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, today, Ye Shizi angered the emperor, and the emperor sent an order for Liu Yan to enter the palace to accompany the king, the meaning could not be more obvious.
For a while, officials in the ruling and opposition parties felt that their future official careers required more thought.
Although the news that Liu Yan entered the palace to accompany the king's driver shocked everyone, the huge ink corruption case was the top priority. Officials from the household department were dispatched almost in full, and according to Ye Chang's list, the officials were divided into three or six grades, and they went to each prefecture to collect the supplementary silver and enter it into the account.
The officials who were greedy for Mo Shao hurriedly counted the money in the house and paid it back.
The corrupt officials, in addition to counting the bank deposits in the government, also sold off fertile land, shops, and even the jewelry of the women's family members, so as to make up for the silver.
Officials who were more greedy and had more than one million taels of silver came out of the palace with pale faces, insisted on returning to the mansion, and all fainted at the gate of the mansion.
Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is one, and King Pingjun is the second.
After Qi Shu came out of the Su Mansion, he ran back to the Pingjun Palace, waiting at the door for Pingjun Wang who returned to the mansion. When he saw his father with a pale face, being helped out of the carriage and then fainted at the gate of the mansion, his blood surged up for a moment, and he stepped forward and pulled his father up from the ground, shaking him shoulder, and said angrily, "Father, tell me, how did you get so much money? Where did all the money go?"
Seeing Qi Shu's frightening appearance, the steward said with a pale face and shaking his body, "Little Junwang, be gentle, Junwang...can't he stand you shaking like this?"
"Can't stand it?" Qi Shu said angrily, "When he was greedy, why didn't he think that he would not be able to bear it one day? He greedy for so much silver taels, up to three million, where did he go? Where did he go? Dad, tell me ?”
King Pingjun was unconscious, he didn't know whether he was frightened or shocked, so he couldn't answer him naturally.
Princess Pingjun ran out from the inner courtyard crying, saw Qi Shu's frightening face, and shook Prince Ping like the wind blowing leaves, she ran forward in a hurry, pulled Qi Shu away, and said angrily, "Shu'er, What are you doing? Your father finally came back alive, do you want to shake him to death?"
Qi Shu let go of his hand angrily, looked at Princess Pingjun, and said with red eyes, "Mother, do you know? My father was greedy for three million taels of silver. Yinzi, he won’t die, if he doesn’t go up, not only he will die, but our Qi family and nine clans will all be punished!”
Princess Pingjun's eyes widened in shock, then she looked at King Pingjun, then at Qi Shu, "Is this... true?"
Qi Shu said, "What did I lie to you for?"
Prince Ping rolled his eyes at the thought of three million taels. How can there be so much money in the mansion? There was no one million taels, and he didn't come up in one breath, rolled his eyes, and passed out.
Qi Shu looked at his parents who passed out, wanting to cry but not crying.
The butler looked at Qi Shu, "Little Duke, what should we do?"
Qi Shu waved his hands weakly, "Take my father into the living room and splash cold water on him to wake him up. Send my mother to a room in the backyard and ask someone to take care of her."
The housekeeper replied yes, and quickly ordered someone to carry Prince Pingjun to the living room, and send Princess Pingjun to the backyard room.
Qi Shu followed into the living room. The servants in the mansion didn't dare to pour water on King Ping.
Prince Ping was shocked and woke up by the cold water.
Qi Shu stepped forward, put both hands on Prince Ping's shoulders, stared at him with red eyes and asked, "Father, where did you spend so much money?"
Prince Pingjun's face was dripping with cold water. He looked at Qi Shu, shook the corners of his mouth, and was speechless.
"Say it!" Qi Shu shouted.
Prince Ping's face was pale.
"Do you want our Qi family to be punished by the nine clans?" Qi Shu hated and angered, "Do you know that if it weren't for my friendship with Ye Chang today, you would have beheaded outside the Meridian Gate long ago! "
King Ping immediately burst into tears and cried, "Shu'er, it's my father's fault... I shouldn't be a father... I shouldn't be confused..."
"You said, where did those silver coins go?" Qi Shu clasped his shoulder tightly, staring at him and asking.
Prince Ping shook his head with the corners of his mouth trembling.
"What do you mean by shaking your head? All the flowers are gone? Where did the flowers go? Don't tell me you don't know!" Qi Shu was furious.
King Ping closed his eyes and said, "For my father... I have raised a few outer rooms for my father..."
"What?" Qi Shu's eyes widened, and he clasped Duke Ping's shoulders, almost tearing off a piece of flesh. He said in disbelief, "How many outer chambers?"
King Pingjun's face turned pale from the pain, and he was in agony, "... yes."
Qi Shu heard her teeth grinding loudly, "How many outer rooms?"
Prince Ping said hoarsely in pain, "Seven."
Qi Shu almost fainted. He stared at him, gritted his teeth and asked, "Even if it's raising seven outhouses, it shouldn't cost so much, three million taels..."
Prince Pingjun said, "It's been more than ten years... seven outhouses, still heirs... I don't know how it was spent..."
Qi Shu looked at Prince Ping, if he had a sword by his side, he would wish to kill his own father with the sword. He never thought that this would be the result under the pressure. He let go of his hand and sneered, "Seven outhouses? How many children? Where are they all? Address? What's their name? Who are they?" ? You'd better explain everything, and let our Qi family and nine clans pay for the money you spent on raising money from your outer room, you are really my good father!"
King Pingjun trembled violently, and cried, "How did I know...how did I know that Ye Chang would overturn the old case..." After saying that, he opened his eyes suddenly, and looked at Qi Shu, whose bloodshot eyes could kill, and said, " It's Ye Chang, it's him who is restless and kind, it's him..."
"Shut up!" Qi Shu yelled, kicking over the table beside him.
The table fell down and hit Prince Ping's leg, causing him to howl suddenly.
Qi Shu looked at King Pingjun with a piercing expression, "Corrupting Mo's national treasury for disaster relief, such a huge amount, but in turn blaming the pickets? Why did the emperor let him supervise the household department on behalf of the emperor? Just to investigate you corrupt officials , you enjoy the glory and wealth, but you do things that are not as good as pigs and dogs. Those silver taels are allocated from the household department, and they are all used for disaster relief. They are life-changing money for the people. How are you different from animals?"
Prince Ping's majesty as an old man was disgraced today, and Qi Shu angrily scolded him, so he could only keep silent.
"Say! Tell me who spent your money." Qi Shu shouted angrily.
Prince Ping trembled and said, "Shu'er, they...they are all your aunts, brothers and sisters, you..."
Qi Shu suddenly pulled out the sword hanging on the wall, swung it down, knocked over the table, and looked at King Ping with bloodthirsty eyes, "If you don't tell the truth, wait until I order someone to find out, and none of them will think about it." If you live, you have to die! They will die earlier and faster than you and our Qi family!"
King Pingjun was frightened and said tremblingly, "I said... I said..."
Qi Shu said to the housekeeper, "Take a pen and write it down!"
"Yes..." The housekeeper hurriedly looked for a pen, and it was the first time he saw Qi Shu like this. He was frightened by him and dared not delay.
Not long after, under the pressure of Qi Shu holding the sword, King Pingjun revealed the whereabouts of the seven outer chambers, seven outer chambers, and seventeen children, more than the children in the Prince Pingjun's mansion. He looked at Pingjun Wang's wimpy face and said disappointedly, "You are really my good father. I am ashamed to have a father like you!" After finishing speaking, he threw his sword and staggered out of the meeting living room.
After leaving the living room, Qi Shu stood in the courtyard blowing the cold wind. The cold wind in winter hit his face like a knife.
The butler then followed, stood behind him, and whispered, "Little Duke."
Qi Shu glanced back at him, saw that he was holding rice paper in his hand, and his face was paler than the rice paper, he said sadly, "Do you know about father's keeping of the outhouse?"
The housekeeper quickly said, "I only know about two people, no... I don't know there are so many..."
Qi Shu closed his eyes and said, "Give me the list."
The housekeeper hurriedly presented the list.
Qi Shu took the list, glanced at it, and shouted in a cold voice, "Come here."
"Little County King!" The bodyguard came up close.
Qi Shu gritted his teeth and ordered, "Take all the guards and leave the mansion with me."
"Yes!" The man went immediately.
Qi Shu walked towards the door, and at the same time ordered the housekeeper, "Prepare the horse!"
The steward hurriedly ordered the horses to be prepared, and at the same time tremblingly followed behind Qi Shu, trotting and said, "Little Duke, you... don't be impulsive..."
Qi Shu turned around and kicked him, kicked him to the ground, and said murderously, "Get out! Talk nonsense to me again, I'll kill you first."
The butler lay on the ground, and suddenly he didn't dare to speak, and even endured the pain.