No matter how magnanimous an emperor is, he cannot tolerate his own brother having any connection with a rebel.

Although...Prince Gong may not know.

But if you don’t know, the sin will only be greater.

This means that Prince Gong never asked about the source of the silver and just took the money as it came. How stupid would one have to be to do such a thing?

Chang Ning came quickly.

After all, he is the Prince of State, and his duty station is in the Cabinet Hall.

“Bang!”

As soon as Chang Ning entered the room, a teacup broke at his feet.

Chang Ning's heart skipped a beat, and he no longer cared about the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, and quickly knelt down.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Chang Ning was feeling uneasy, his mind racing over what he had done during this period.

But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out what he had done wrong to offend Kangxi.

Kangxi stared at Chang Ning for a long time with a gloomy face before asking,

"Changning, is the clan office short of your salary?"

Hearing this incoherent question, Chang Ning was immediately frightened. Could it be that he had received too many gifts of ice and charcoal recently?

He didn't dare to answer, but just buried his head a little deeper.

Kangxi stood up, picked up the secret memorial, walked slowly to Chang Ning and squatted down.

"What is the relationship between Zhaojia Fuerguo Chong and you?"

Chang Ning suddenly raised his head, glanced at Kangxi, and quickly lowered his head.

"Your humble servant acknowledges your guilt!"

"Admit your guilt?"

Kangxi's face was as gloomy as water, and he sneered.

"Then tell me, what crime did Forgo Chong commit?!"

Chang Ning is also a bachelor.

"Your Highness shouldn't have reached out to the port."

He was not very panicked. After all, he only made some money, which was just a drop in the bucket compared to the entire project.

"What else?"

besides?

Chang Ning frowned. What was wrong with his third brother? Was it because he made too much money that made his third brother dissatisfied?

That's not necessary to be so exaggerated.

Chang Ning couldn't understand it, but he didn't dare to disobey Kangxi's wishes, so he poured out all the "filial piety" he had received during this period.

Kangxi only felt his temples throbbing.

If the man in front of him wasn't his only surviving brother, he would have strangled the thing to death right now.

Out of sight, out of mind.

After Chang Ning finished speaking, he glanced at Kangxi's face nervously, and found that Kangxi's face looked very bad, so he became even more nervous.

"No more?"

“No more.”

Kangxi took a deep breath, then stood up and kicked Chang Ning on the shoulder.

"ah!"

Chang Ning screamed and fell directly onto the broken porcelain pieces.

Liang Jiugong couldn't bear it any more and turned his face away——

This must be disfigured!

Chang Ning covered his shoulders in disbelief.

"Third brother?!"

"Don't call me Third Brother! Where did I get a brother as stupid as a pig like you?"

Kangxi was furious, staring down at Chang Ning, but his words were merciless.

"If you hadn't been so short-sighted and lazy in pursuing Galdan during the siege, my uncle wouldn't have died. If I hadn't remembered that you also have Aisin-Gioro blood flowing in your veins, do you think I would have cleaned up your mess?"

At that time, Chang Ning led his army to defeat Galdan. Fearing that Galdan would fight back desperately, Chang Ning followed the advice of his entourage and did not pursue him directly.

Instead, he chose to contact reinforcements to besiege Galdan.

On the battlefield, it is natural for Chang Ning not to want to put himself in danger.

But in fact, if he had ordered a pursuit, he might have been able to capture Galdan alive.

There would not have been a situation where Galdan fought desperately to counterattack and killed Tong Guogang.

Logically speaking, Tong Guogang's death could not be blamed entirely on Chang Ning, so at that time, Kangxi pushed all the responsibility to the two deputy generals around Chang Ning.

Now he brought up the old matter again, which made Chang Ning panic. He endured the pain and said,

"Your Majesty, this is not entirely my fault. Isn't it hurtful for you to say this?"

"Whether it's your fault or not, you know it in your heart!"

Kangxi didn't want to argue with him anymore, so he threw the secret letter in front of Chang Ning's face.

"Look at it!"

The arm that Chang Ning had been kicked in could no longer move. He stood up trembling, and with difficulty opened the secret letter and began to read it.

When Chang Ning saw that the silver collected by Forguo Chong was sent by the White Lotus Demon after looting the caravan, his eyes went dark.

"Third brother, please believe me. I just accepted some tributes and did nothing else!"

Seeing Chang Ning struggling to kneel and crawl over to hug his calf, Kangxi's anger did not diminish at all.

If he had not experienced Chang Ning's self-exposure just now, he would just be angry at Chang Ning for taking any money he could get, but after hearing it, he was extremely disappointed with Chang Ning.

"I consider you and my second brother my right-hand men. I favor you so much every day. The tributes from all over the country to the palace have never been short of what Prince Gong's mansion has. What are you doing with all that money?"

"Are you expecting to take it to the underworld after death?!"

Chang Ning burst into tears,

"I know I'm wrong. I'll never steal money again. Please have mercy on me!"

Apart from anything else, if the old men in the royal family knew about this, they would definitely not let him off even if he was innocent and had done nothing.

Kangxi's forehead twitched a few times, and then he kicked Chang Ning away, his voice cold and without a trace of warmth.

"You should go back first. You don't need to go to the cabinet anymore in the future."

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