Chapter 28 Jingzhao Yin, is this true?
Liu Shuang was furious and kicked Qiuyue. Qiuyue knelt down in pain. Liu Shuang raised his hand and tried to hit her in the face.
However, before the slap landed, her wrist was grabbed fiercely. "Auntie, why are you so angry so early in the morning? How did my maid offend you? Why do you come here to beat her so early in the morning?"
Jiang Nanyuan appeared out of nowhere, which scared Liu Shuang, Luzhu behind her, and Aunt Xu.
Why is she really here? Could it be that she wasn't the one last night?
No, that's impossible. She saw her face last night. She couldn't have been wrong. That was definitely her.
"Auntie, are you hot? Why is your forehead covered in sweat? Let me wipe it off for you."
As Jiang Nanyuan spoke, he took out a handkerchief from his bosom and was about to wipe the sweat off her forehead.
Liu Shuang subconsciously dodged for a moment and asked in fear, "Why are you here?"
Jiang Nanyuan was puzzled. "Auntie, what are you talking about? This is my yard. If I'm not here, then where is it?"
By the way, Auntie, is there something you want to talk to me about? Why do you look so pale? Are you sick?
Qiuyue, go and ask the palace doctor to come and give Auntie a thorough examination."
"Yes." Qiuyue got up from the ground and was about to go out.
"No, I'm not sick. I just suddenly remembered that I have something else to do. I'll leave first."
After Liu Shuang finished speaking, she hurried away with her maid and old woman. Only after leaving her courtyard did she look at Lu Zhu and Aunt Xu, "Did you all see what happened just now? I wasn't dreaming, was I?"
Luzhu and Aunt Xu were also in a daze. They were also involved in what happened last night. The moment they saw Jiang Nanyuan come out, they were so scared that their eyeballs almost fell to the ground.
"Aunt Liu, something bad has happened. The Second Young Miss is missing."
Just at this moment, Jiang Xiuxiu's maid Yu Lian came running over to report.
"What? Tell me clearly, why did the Second Young Lady disappear?"
Yu Lian told Liu Shuang what happened last night. She didn't see Jiang Nanyuan's face last night and didn't know that the person who came was Jiang Nanyuan. She just knew that someone had controlled Jiang Xiuxiu.
It was really one crisis after another. Liu Shuang didn't care about Jiang Nanyuan anymore and ran quickly towards her own yard.
On Jiang Nanyuan's side, after Liu Shuang left, she wiped her hands with the handkerchief in disdain, "Qiuyue, come here."
Jiang Nanyuan hooked his finger at her, then whispered a few words in her ear. Qiuyue nodded, took the silver given by Jiang Nanyuan and went out.
Liu Shuang, just wait, the best is yet to come.
After a busy morning, Jiang Nanyuan felt a little sleepy again. She yawned and went back to the house to rest.
What she didn't know was that during the few hours she slept, the palace was in chaos.
This morning during the court session, the emperor suddenly had the urge to reward Jiang Nanfeng. The beauty he sent last night pleased him very much.
However, when Wu Hai went to the warehouse to get something, he found that the treasury was empty. He was so scared that he sat down on the ground.
He stumbled and ran to report to the emperor, who was also shocked when he heard about it.
He asked the secret guards to call the imperial guards and detain all the ministers who were attending the court in the hall.
He took Wu Hai and ran towards the national treasury. When they arrived, all the secret guards guarding outside the treasury knelt on the ground.
When the emperor saw this, he ran to the treasury like a madman to check. When he saw the scene inside, he sat on the ground in despair.
It was over, everything was over. How could all his treasures be gone? Who on earth was so bold as to steal them from the palace?
"Wu Hai, can you send someone to check if my precious pills are still there?"
Wu Hai nodded and winked at another eunuch, who immediately went to check.
After he left, Wu Haishang went over and helped the emperor up. "Your Majesty, please don't worry. This thief is so rampant. There are so many things in the treasury. How could he possibly transport them all out?"
After Wu Hai's reminder, the emperor also felt the same way.
Yes, how is it possible that so many things disappeared overnight?
As to how he knew it overnight, it was because he had someone come to the treasury to take something yesterday.
"Come here, search for me. Even if we have to dig three feet underground, we must find that thief."
With so many things, he must have hidden them somewhere.
As soon as the emperor gave the order, the entire palace became busy, and the leader of the imperial guards led his subordinates to search every part of the palace.
Even the ministers detained in the palace were not spared and were searched one by one. Although they knew it was impossible for them to hide the evidence on their bodies, they still had to do their best to reassure the emperor.
In the end, they dug up the entire palace but still couldn't find those things.
In a rage, the emperor killed the secret guards in the palace and beat those who were present with sticks. This scared the ministers who were attending the court very much. They were afraid that the emperor would vent his anger on them if he was displeased.
Who on earth is so powerful? Not only that, but he is also so bold that he can steal even in the palace.
The ministers below were all guessing.
The emperor punished all the servants who had failed to take good care of the treasury, and then his eyes fell on the ministers under him. Now that the treasury was empty, he set his sights on these ministers under him.
"My dear ministers, you have seen that the national treasury has been robbed, there are floods in the south, and drought in the northwest. The disaster cannot wait, this is a top priority.
My dear ministers, please take the world into your heart. Tomorrow, those above the fifth rank should each bring 10,000 taels to the palace, and those below the fifth rank should each bring 5,000 taels. Those who cannot reach this amount may resign."
He knew that many of these people had embezzled money privately, and many times he turned a blind eye.
When everyone heard the emperor's words, they looked at each other in bewilderment, especially the ministers whose homes had been emptied by Jiang Nanyuan. Their homes had been emptied of their belongings, so how could they still come up with so much silver?
However, if he couldn't come up with the money, he would lose his official position, and he was in a dilemma.
Especially for Jiang Nanfeng, it was not easy for him to climb up all the way. This official position is very important to him and he must not lose it.
But he really couldn't come up with the money unless he got Lin Zhixue's share of the dowry as soon as possible.
"Father, I have something to say."
The second prince stood up at this time, and everyone's eyes looked at him.
"Speak." The emperor had a terrible headache at this moment and just wanted to leave the court as soon as possible.
"Father, to be honest, my house, as well as the houses of several adults present here, were all looted by thieves a few days ago. I simply cannot afford the silver."
"Your Majesty, my residence was also robbed. I just went to Jingzhao Prefecture to report the case yesterday."
"So do I."
One after another, they knelt down and agreed. The emperor didn't know about this yet. He was shocked to see so many people kneeling down. How could he not know about this?
"Jingzhao Yin, please come out and tell me, is this true?"
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