Chapter 431: Food Recovered

The emperor looked at everyone in front of the palace with a gloomy face. He was very happy when he received the letter from his son, thinking that Xiaohua would be back soon.

I never thought that this would happen. When I thought about the food my son brought being embezzled by others, I couldn't suppress the anger in my heart.

Seeing the emperor so angry, no one dared to look up.

In fact, many people knew about this matter, but they didn't tell it to the emperor because they didn't want to get into trouble.

It takes more than one or two people to tamper with the food. Apart from the one in the harem, who else can be so bold?

No one can predict the current situation, so in order to save my life, I pretended not to see anything.

General Cheng secretly glanced at Tutor Sun beside him, and the two of them looked at each other with understanding.

Although they had heard about this matter and had indeed investigated it, the problems occurred in the fiefdoms of the second and third princes, so it was obvious who did it.

Even though they were angry, they couldn't say anything since it involved the prince. It would be bad if they ended up being rejected by everyone.

Seeing that the emperor was so angry, he was probably unaware of what was going on behind the scenes. In order not to get involved, the two chose to remain silent, just like everyone else, keeping their heads down and not looking up.

Seeing these two old guys shrinking their necks like turtles, obviously not wanting to get involved, the emperor glanced at them coldly.

"I wonder what Grand Tutor Sun and General Cheng think?"

The more you retreat, the more I will call you, and see how you can hide.

When his name was called, General Cheng, who was licking his lips and savoring the half elbow of pork at home, raised his head.

"Your Majesty, I know nothing about this matter!"

Tutor Sun also came over and echoed.

"Even I have never heard of it!"

Seeing that these two old guys were not going to tell the truth, the emperor curled his lips in sarcasm.

"Oh! In that case, I order you two to take full responsibility for this matter. Report to me after the investigation is complete. Anyone involved will be punished with exile of their entire family at the very least, or beheaded at the worst, and their nine generations will be banned from serving as officials in the court."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the court, and everyone looked up in surprise, as if their heads were broken.

“…………”The emperor was really angry this time.

In the past, such things would just result in a demotion or a reduction in salary. How could such a severe crime be imposed? This is really infuriating.

“…………”General Cheng and Grand Tutor Sun’s eyes also lit up.

The two of them looked at each other and understood what was going on: the emperor was really going all out this time.

If that's the case, then this matter can be taken care of. Just as the two of them were exchanging glances.

There were constant screams from the crowd, and more than a dozen people fainted, with some seriously injured foaming at the mouth.

“…………” The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.

He stared coldly at the people who had fainted. It was obvious that they were frightened. It seemed that they were all related to the food issue.

His gaze turned to Grand Tutor Sun and General Cheng again.

Seeing that they seemed to be looking for excuses to refuse again, he simply shut them up.

"Don't tell me you're old and weak. You're two years younger than me!"

In the past, if these two old guys didn't want to get involved in something, they would always use this excuse to put him off.

It's okay once or twice, but after a long time, people really think they are easy to fool.

"Well...I obey your order!"

"I obey the decree!"

Tutor Sun and General Cheng looked at each other and obediently accepted the task.

The emperor had seen through everything, so it was no longer possible to make excuses. Moreover, since the emperor had truly made up his mind this time, it would be much easier for them.

In the next few days, General Cheng and Grand Tutor Sun sent their trusted confidants to various parts of the country to gather information.

In just a few days, he had a thorough understanding of the whole story.

Just as they had investigated before, the withholding of grain only occurred in Jinzhou Prefecture, the fief of the second prince, and Pingzhou Prefecture, the fief of the third prince.

The grain in other places was distributed in full to the people, and there was no withholding.

After several days of investigation, nearly 30 officials were found to be involved in the incident. The emperor was furious when he learned about it.

He directly sentenced them to death, saving their families the suffering of exile. Although he was very angry, he did not want to implicate innocent people.

Fortunately, we acted early and the grain was still hidden in the warehouse and had no time to be sold.

Therefore, in the next few days, Jinzhou Prefecture and Pingzhou Prefecture staged another act of providing food subsidies to the people.

They originally thought that their families could only get more than 200 kilograms of grain, but they did not expect that the court would give them more than 1,000 kilograms. Some families with large populations even received 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms. The people were both shocked and excited.

I was originally worried about how I would live in the future, but now I am completely relieved.

The emperor was also relieved. Now that the people's food and clothing problems had been solved, he felt relieved and was naturally very satisfied with the performance of General Cheng and Grand Tutor Sun.

It seems that I will have to leave important matters to these two old foxes in the future. I am really not disappointed.

The ones who suffered the greatest losses were the second prince Han Mulei and the third prince Han Mucheng.

They had already found grain merchants from other countries and were waiting to transport the grain from the warehouse, but they unexpectedly were discovered by the emperor.

Even though they completely denied all responsibility, those thirty or so officials, who were their trusted aides whom they had cultivated over the years, were all beheaded, which was a considerable loss.

But the people were very relieved after hearing the news, and they had no sympathy for those who took away their life-saving food.

The news quickly spread to the Far North. After Han Muchen heard the news, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the food was found and the people would not go hungry.

Now he can focus on his family.

He glanced around the crowd but didn't see any trace of his mother, and even Chuchu was not there. He turned to look at Feng Qi.

"Where are mother and the others?"

They haven't left here for the past two days, and I don't know where they have gone now.

Feng Qi pointed to the courtyards built in front.

"He's helping people farm over there!"

"Farming?" The man frowned and glanced in the distance.

He ran over without hesitation, not knowing what they were up to. If he had really believed them, he was afraid that the people would have no harvest this year.

He walked over quickly, and before he reached the greenhouse in front, he heard the voices of Qin Chuchu and Jing Fei shouting and yelling.

"But don't bury the soil too deep, or the seeds won't sprout!"

Qin Chuchu pinched her waist and directed the woman in front of her to plant cabbage in a serious manner.

Concubine Jing followed along like a follower, agreeing with him.

"That's right, if it's buried too deep, it won't come out!"

When Han Muchen entered the greenhouse, he saw the two of them working together, directing the women in front of them to do their work.

Seeing her son coming, Concubine Jing pointed at the greenhouse in front of her with a proud look on her face.

"Chen'er! Look, we've planted all these!"

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