Chapter 380: The Little Scholar in Disguise as a Man and the Amazing Emperor 37
Cha Jiu wasn't really angry.
I'm just a little tired.
Yelu Zongzheng held her in his arms and coaxed her softly, then used his warm hands to massage her sore lower back, and soon he coaxed her into submission.
The two of them lay in each other's arms in the quilt and talked about checking the accounts.
"I have already read the last batch of account books in the warehouse, and the accounts are very flat." Cha Jiu said.
Yelu Zongzheng looked at her quietly: "But you still saw the problem."
"Yes." Cha Jiu raised her eyes, looked back at him and said seriously: "These account books have been altered."
The person who altered the account was very skilled. If an ordinary review officer had looked at it, it would have probably been concealed.
But Cha Jiu could see the clues at a glance.
Not only that, she also took out the court's income and expenditure for the corresponding years in the accounts and compared them to restore the modified account books.
This hole in the account was the largest ever encountered since the investigation of the Ministry of Revenue, with an amount reaching one million taels of silver.
During the same years when the money disappeared, the former servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion opened pawnshops, money houses, casinos and brothels in various state capitals.
It is obvious where the money went.
Yelu Zongzheng's eyes became increasingly dark and cold, and his chest was filled with depression. "When I came to Beijing to take over the national treasury, there was only 800,000 taels in the treasury. I never thought that a minister of the former dynasty would be richer than the court."
Cha Jiu added: "Besides, the Prime Minister's Office is all about making money from money. I'm afraid they have accumulated a lot of money over the years. However, this is not entirely a bad thing."
She didn't finish her words.
But Yelu Zongzheng immediately understood what she meant.
The prime minister was overthrown, his house was raided, and all the money he had earned over the years was confiscated into the national treasury, which actually benefited the fishermen of the Yuan Dynasty.
"I rushed to the palace today to find out who changed the accounts. You'd better send someone to protect them as soon as possible to avoid being silenced by the Prime Minister."
Yelu Zongzheng immediately sent someone to handle it.
After saying so much, Cha Jiu felt a little dry and hoarse in his throat.
But she just moved her fingers and pressed her throat, and the prairie dog beside her immediately understood her need.
He walked to the table with his strong, naked body, poured some hot tea, and returned to the bed to feed her one mouthful after another.
"Do you want more?" After feeding half a cup, the big dog asked attentively.
Cha Jiu shook her head.
Yelu Zongzheng raised his head and drank the remaining tea in the cup.
Cha Jiu couldn't help but said angrily: "It's not like there aren't extra cups and tea, why do you always drink what I leave behind?"
Yelu Zongzheng was struck by her shining eyebrows. The gloom he had just felt due to the Prime Minister's corruption was completely gone. He grinned and said shamelessly, "I just like to drink what you have left and eat what you don't eat."
In the Central Plains, husbands are the most important thing in the world, and men will never eat what women leave behind.
People on the grassland don't care so much.
Food is hard to come by and scarce, and we have no time to cherish every bite. Why should we care about so many things like male superiority and female inferiority?
What's more, for Yelu Zongzheng...
Cough cough.
If he gets hungry, he will even eat Cha Jiu alive.
Who would care about eating something that is stained with saliva?
I can't wait to eat a few more bites.
How sweet my heart is.
"Disgusting." Cha Jiu cursed with a smile, and pushed his solid chest with her soft, boneless hand.
It can't be pushed at all.
Instead, Yelu Zongzheng grabbed her hand, stroked it from the back of her hand to her pink fingertips, and then kissed it gently.
At this moment, the voice of Eunuch Zhang suddenly came from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, Lord Chen has sent news from outside the palace regarding Lord He's family affairs."
Lord Chen was the deputy leader of the secret guards and was sent by Yelu Zongzhen to look after the He residence and protect the safety of Shen and He Yanyang.
Yelu Zongzheng pulled down the curtain to block Cha Jiu, and then said, "Come in."
Eunuch Zhang hurriedly lowered his head, held the secret letter in both hands and presented it, without even glancing at the situation behind the curtain.
Although he had already guessed that the "Mr. He" in front of him was not a man, but a beautiful girl.
Alas, sometimes there is nothing you can do if you are too smart.
Since it was related to the He family, Yelu Zongzheng did not open the secret letter immediately, but handed it to Cha Jiu first.
Cha Jiu was stunned for a moment, then took it and opened it, his face gradually showing joy as he read the message.
"My brother is awake." She suddenly raised her head and looked at Yelu Zongzheng with bright eyes.
Yelu Zongzhen was also stunned.
Before he could react, his arms were empty. Cha Jiu quickly put on his clothes and hat, ran out of the hall, and in the blink of an eye he disappeared.
Yelu Zongzheng did not blame anyone.
He fully understood Cha Jiu's eagerness to see his brother.
But he felt a little lonely. For the first time, he hated himself for being an emperor and not being able to accompany her out of the palace freely.
Watching His Majesty's face turn from sunny to gloomy and filled with loneliness, Eunuch Zhang sighed silently in his heart.
At the same time, Xiao Shunzi walked into the hall with a smile on his face and respectfully reported to Yelu Zongzheng: "Your Majesty, Lord He left in a hurry just now and accidentally left his official hat behind, so he told me to come back and get it later."
Come back later
Yelu Zongzheng's eyes lit up, the gloom on his face disappeared, and he returned to his desk with a smile to continue reading the memorial.
Judging from the situation, I guess I have to wait until Cha Jiu comes back before I can go to sleep.
So Eunuch Zhang lit the candle for him, and he and Xiao Shunzi quietly left the hall.
"You kid!" After leaving the palace, Eunuch Zhang pulled Xiao Shunzi a few steps away and said in a low voice: "When did you know about this?"
Even Eunuch Zhang himself was helping Yelu Zongzheng prepare a soup for men to drink to avoid having an heir, and only then did he realize that Lady He was a girl.
This adopted son has always been slow to react, how could he know this?
As a result, Xiao Shunzi looked confused when he heard it: "What do you know?"
Eunuch Zhang was stunned. He carefully looked at Xiao Shunzi's expression and was even more surprised when he was sure that he really knew nothing.
"Since you don't know who Lord He is... then how did you know that Lord He would return to the palace to please His Majesty?"
Xiao Shunzi blinked his eyes, saying innocently, "Didn't you say that, godfather? Your Majesty is close to Lord He. If he knew Lord He would come back, he would definitely be happy."
Eunuch Zhang's temples were throbbing: "...you didn't notice anything strange at all."
Xiao Shunzi: "Didn't you, godfather, say this? Your Majesty and Lord He..."
"Okay." Eunuch Zhang interrupted, patted his shoulder meaningfully and said, "Fools have good fortune."
He underestimated the future of his adopted son.
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On the other side, Cha Jiu was hurrying out of the palace.
The palace gates have long been locked, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without Your Majesty's order.
But the black jade pendant with dragon pattern that Yelu Zongzheng had given her earlier could represent the emperor's status, and she could enter and exit the palace freely at any time.
When Cha Jiu was sitting in the carriage on the way home, holding the jade pendant, she was surprised at Yelu Zongzheng's intentions.
——I can't enter and leave the palace at will to accompany you.
——But you will always have free access to me.
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I will resume posting twice a day tomorrow. I have been busy celebrating the New Year at home these past two days.
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