The emperor now has only two younger brothers, one is the eighth prince Yuwen Yi who is only nine years old, and the other is the prince Yuwen Xi. The tall and mighty person in front of him is impossible to be only nine years old, so he can only be Prince Xi.

I heard Yuwen Jie mention him before, but he was not very friendly. He Chang'an also mentioned two days ago that Hua Chun was quite curious about this person. So when he was talking, she turned her head and looked at him secretly.

He is about the same height as Yuwen Jie, but he is not as good-looking as the emperor. His eyebrows are too strong and he shows a sense of ruthlessness. His voice is a little low, without any youthful aura at all, as if he is as mature as a thirty or forty years old.

"I went out of the palace the day before yesterday. When I saw that the people were not fed to fill their stomachs and their clothes were not covered, I asked me to ask about the reason. Someone replied: The harvest was all over the bureaucrats, and the people could not eat rice, and there was no meat. I felt deeply saddened, so I asked someone to investigate the corruption of the officials in Beijing."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the officials in the court changed.

Hua Chun raised his eyebrows and thought to himself that Prince Xi is also a passionate fool. If the officials in Beijing are corrupt, no one can escape except her in the court. According to the principle of being outnumbered, this will definitely be suppressed and retaliated, just like her.

Where did he get the courage?

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, the Grand Master Tang next to him said, "The prince is the king of the fiefdom, not the official in Kyoto. Can you inform the emperor in advance for intervening in the supervision?"

It is obvious that there is no such thing, otherwise Yu Wenjie would not have looked unhappy.

"The emperor has always loved the people, but things happened suddenly. My brother did not offend the power and wanted to seize power. I would like to forgive me." Yuwenxi said.

The emperor looked at him with deep eyes, supported his chin with his hands, and said lightly: "Tell me the results of the investigation."

"Yes." Prince Xi bowed: "There are many accounts of the Ministry of Revenue and the large amount of disaster relief silver must still be stranded in the capital. I have this booklet here, so please check it out."

Taishi Tang's face was slightly pale and he subconsciously looked at Li Zhongtang. The latter looked calm and seemed not nervous at all.

Prince Xi has been in the palace for no reason. Who would have thought that this would happen today? Prince Xi has always supported the empress dowager and his fiefdom also has his own military and financial resources. It is not something that court officials can impeach.

Many people's faces began to turn pale, and Grand Master Tang regretted it even more. If he had known, he would have listened to the Prime Minister's words and followed the Prime Minister's laws to provide disaster relief, and he would not have been forced... Alas!

No one knew what was written in that booklet. Everyone was secretly looking at the emperor's expression, trying to see some clues.

However, this emperor was a facial paralysis, and Hua Chun knew that no matter whose name was on the booklet, he would not have any special reaction, so it would be better to stare at Prince Xi.

However, I don’t know if her eyes were too hot, but Prince Xi turned his head to look at her and smiled slightly at her.

Hua Chun was stunned, couldn't help but shivered, and looked at him in confusion.

This laugh is not a friendly one, and it has nothing to do with being friendly. Hua Jinghua probably knew Prince Xi early in the morning, so is this laugh considered a greeting?

Just as he was thinking, Yuwen Jie closed the memorial: "This matter will be discussed after resigning from the court. Now let's discuss other matters first."

"Yes." Prince Xi nodded and retreated to the queue next to him.

The court was quiet. Someone wanted to start a report, but when he was handed over this booklet by Prince Xi, he lost his mood and was silent.

Seeing this, Eunuch Qin had to shout: "Retreat the court without any trouble!"

Everyone knelt down and bowed. Yuwen Jie stood up but did not leave. He looked down and said, "Tai Shi Tang, Minister Ding Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, General Li... and Prime Minister Hua, stay."

The person named was filled with a deep heart, but Hua Chun was puzzled. Why did she do? It was obvious that this tone was related to Prince Xi’s booklet, but she was not corrupt, she was clean and honest!

With a straight body and no fear of being tilted, Hua Chun responded very openly, and then stood there watching the person who had not been named after the name flew away.

Master Tang's face was covered in sweat, and finally came to Hua Chun's side, shouting tremblingly: "Prime Minister Hua."

"Hmm?" Hua Chun looked at him: "Tao Shi."

"I... regret it." Grand Master Tang whispered.

What? Hua Chun looked at him for no reason. He hadn't talked to her for half a month. He suddenly said he regretted it. Who knows what he regrets?

"Brother of the Three Emperors." The emperor above spoke: "Are all the words written in this book true?"

"It's true." Prince Xi said: "The emperor can send someone to search now, and the things must be in your mansion and cannot escape."

There were more than a dozen ministers standing below, and they all turned pale when they heard this. Yuwen Jie saw their reaction and knew that Yuwenxi had not wronged anyone.

However, Hua Jinghua, who was on his right hand, looked at him in a normal face, and he even looked at him in a daze.

"Prime Minister Hua." The emperor couldn't help but ask him more: "Aren't you always honest? Did Prince Xi wrongly accuse you this time?"

Hua Chun frowned and looked up and asked, "Is there a name written on the booklet?"

Yuwen Jie nodded.

"Why?" Hua Chun was puzzled and looked at Prince Xi: "Since he became an official, he has never received any gifts from anyone, and he has never accepted bribes. He is honest and can be seen by heaven and earth. I dare to ask the prince, what has the embezzled me?"

"Thirty thousand taels of silver." Yu Wenxi said: "This time, the disaster relief funds were paid. I checked the place where I went, and it was right that I had gone to Hua Mansion."

Thirty thousand taels! Hua Jinghua’s monthly salary is only 30 taels per month. If she really takes this huge amount of money, why would she do to serve the emperor with her head? Wouldn’t it be better to just take the money and escape with it?

He rolled his eyes seriously and said, "Emperor, I guarantee it with my own life, but I don't know about this."

"Catch the thief and get the stolen goods." Prince Xi said: "You guys don't have to be busy quibbling. Just stay in the Xuanzheng Hall for a day and ask the emperor to send someone to search the house. When we find the amount lost in the accounts and the money that does not belong to you, it is not too late to talk about the others."

Corruption is too common. Although in the Daliang Criminal Law, the punishment for corruption is serious and it is necessary to be demoted and exiled, under the protection of "the law does not punish the masses", the court is basically still full of officials, just looking at the more greed, and the obvious and inconspicuous differences between greed and greed.

If someone else stabbed the emperor in front of this matter, the emperor would have a great chance of suppressing it. After all, killing so many officials at once will cause damage to the vitality of the court and many things will be in chaos.

But the person who reported it was Prince Xi, who was intimate with the emperor on the surface but actually secretly competed with him. If Yuwen Jie was not severely punished, there would inevitably be words about "the emperor supported the corruption of officials" and the people's hearts were disintegrated, which would be even more terrible than losing officials.

So even though many of them were old ministers and important officials in the court, Yuwen Jie could only instruct Huo Zichong to lead people out of the palace and search all the mansions according to the list in the booklet.

"The third emperor brother comes with me." Yuwen Jie said.

Prince Xi nodded and followed the emperor to leave Xuanzheng Hall. Then a palace servant brought in a chair and asked every adult to sit down. Then there were heavy troops around the outside, and even the flies could not fly out.

These old ministers in their thirties, forties and fifties were trembling on the chair, looking no different from the chickens that were about to be slaughtered. They sat for an hour and there was no movement outside.

Taishi Tang sat down and thought for a long time, but from the initial panic, he had become calm and doubtful now.

"Prime Minister." He said: "I suddenly felt something was wrong."

"Hmm?" Hua Chun sat bored and was already yawning.

"If my husband's name was in that book, Li Zhongtang would definitely not be able to escape." Tai Shi Tang frowned: "But it was just me and Shangshu Ding, and there were no Li Zhongtang and General Meng."

Hua Chun raised his eyebrows and remembered it. These old ministers have always been part of the same party. They are together when they support her and when they exclude her. So why are only Taishi Tang and Shangshu Ding now being taken by Prince Xi?

Could it be an internal strife?

Master Tang's eyes kept moving, his expression became more and more nervous. He reached out and grabbed Hua Chun's sleeve and said, "No matter what happens next, the Prime Minister remembers to be careful with those people from Li Zhongtang."

This made people feel cold behind their backs, and Hua Chun shrank his shoulders. Li Zhongtang and the others couldn't get along with her about disaster relief. The rest of the time seemed pretty good. They helped to carry her out of the palace before, right? Why did Grand Master Tang say this?

But, you must be careful of others, and this sentence applies everywhere. Hua Chun nodded obediently.

Then Grand Master Tang didn't say much and thought about things in silence.

It was noon and the palace servants sent lunch in. Many people took the opportunity to inquire about the situation outside. However, the palace servants knew nothing and only said that the emperor and the prince had left the palace together and had not come back yet.

The dark clouds pressed over Xuanzheng Hall and never dispersed. This group of people may have experienced the most difficult moments in their lives. Many of them have collapsed and have to surrender themselves.

"At worst, it's just exile, and there's no need to torture like this!" A slightly smaller official from the six ministries said, holding his hair, "I want to go out!"

The atmosphere here is so psychologically stressful, and Yuwen Jie is really cruel. Hua Chun shook her head, but fortunately she didn't do anything wrong.

It was not until the evening that the emperor and Prince Xi finally returned.

"Prepare an order." As soon as Yuwen Jie entered Xuanzheng Hall, he didn't even look at the people kneeling in front of him. He walked up to the dragon's position and said, "Whatever you should do is follow the law."

"Yes!" Prince Xi responded with a smile, turned around and glanced at the kneeling person below.

Hua Chun raised his head alone, looked at the emperor curiously and asked, "What did the emperor find out in Hua Mansion?"

Yuwen Jie lowered his head and looked at him deeply: "Thirty thousand taels of silver, some gold, silver and jewelry, and some antiques, and all priceless."
Chapter completed!