After Jing Zhe finished speaking, Su Xinping, relieved, stepped forward again and bowed to Emperor An, saying, "Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will grant me permission to do what I just said!"
"This one..."
Emperor An was somewhat troubled. At this crucial moment, he absolutely could not let him return to Jinxi, but what reason could he give?
We can't just openly tear off the mask of civility!
The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I became, so I went to see Jing Zhe.
Jing Zhe immediately stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, you mustn't!"
Why?
Emperor An and Su Xinping spoke in unison, but their expressions differed.
One was filled with a mixture of excited curiosity and outrageous dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince of Jin owes a debt to Wenxiangju, and his movements must be restricted, so he cannot leave the capital!"
"..."
Emperor An finally understood why Jing Zhe had laid so many seemingly "useless" groundworks; it was all for this!
"Your Majesty, he's talking nonsense!"
Then, Su Xinping glared at Jing Zhe angrily: "Jing, you just said that travel restrictions would only be imposed if the debt exceeded two thousand taels. How much do I owe? When did my debt exceed two thousand taels!"
Jing Zhe glanced at him and said, "Only Shi Zi can talk about owing money so confidently, right?"
Then he sneered, "However, Shizi's memory is probably not very good. If the debt is less than two thousand taels, Shizi wouldn't dare to restrict your travel even if I gave him a hundred lives!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
Su Xinping was furious and almost swore, but when he saw Emperor An glance at him, he quickly changed his words: "When did this young master owe you two thousand taels of silver?"
"Persimmon definitely doesn't owe two thousand taels!"
Su Xinping's complexion eased slightly, only to hear Jing Zhe change the subject, saying, "It's not two thousand, it's five thousand taels!"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Su Xinping's face flushed red, and he was so angry that he even laughed.
"This is utter slander! Absolutely utter slander!"
Emperor An knew that Jing Zhe never fought an unprepared battle, so he deliberately put on a stern face and said, "President Jing, the Prince of Jin's heir is my imperial nephew. If you dare to wrong him, I will not let you off easily!"
"Your subject dares not!"
Jing Zhe bowed, then took out an account book from his clothes and handed it to Emperor An: "Your Majesty can take a look. This account book records everything clearly. Don't let anyone wrongly accuse me!"
"Alright, let me see!"
Emperor An took the ledger, glanced at it, and raised his eyebrows slightly, but then lowered them again, returning to normal. Because the movement was so quick, an ordinary person would not have noticed.
Emperor An did this because the account book clearly stated "one thousand taels" in black and white!
"Your Majesty, is it five thousand taels? I haven't lied, have I?"
This guy even dares to shamelessly ask me if he didn't lie?
If no one had been there, he would have loved to pull out Jing Zhe's Emperor's Sword and stab him a few times!
You lied to me, and now you expect me to cooperate?
However, he still sighed in the end, after all, Jing Zhe was helping him: I can't turn a blind eye to your performance!
He coughed and said seriously, "This...it really is five thousand taels. What President Jing said is true!"
As he spoke, he threw the ledger on the table as if it were burning his hands, gesturing for Jing Zhe to take it back quickly.
Su Xinping was completely bewildered by Emperor An's words.
Really... five thousand taels?
He knows best whether he himself owes that much money, but even Emperor An has said so…
Could these two be acting against me?
Seeing Jing Zhe take the account book back, he immediately said, "President Jing, give the account book to me. I want to see if you're lying!"
How could Jing Zhe do as he wished?
He sneered, "You have quite the nerve, Persimmon! You even dare to doubt His Majesty?"
"This...I...this prince does not have it!"
Su Xinping stiffened his neck.
"No? His Majesty saw it with his own eyes and said it himself. You still don't believe him? Isn't that doubting His Majesty?"
"..."
While Su Xinping remained silent, Jing Zhe handed the ledger to the two members of the current affairs department and said, "You two also write down the accounts in this ledger, and publish them together in the current affairs section when we get back!"
"Yes, President Jing!"
The two employees took the ledger, glanced at it, and then their expressions were exactly the same as Andi's!
This... says one thousand taels!
"What are you staring at? Hurry up and memorize it!"
Jing Zhe urged them on, then gave the two of them a wink.
Having worked under Jing Zhe for a few days, the two commune members were quite familiar with Jing Zhe's temperament. The news that Jing Zhe had temporarily altered the accounts to cheat Zhang Xuehou and Yu Haixing had already spread throughout the newspaper, so they had naturally heard about it. Therefore, with just a glance from Jing Zhe, they understood.
On the surface, it was a pretentious record-keeping, but in reality, the "one" in the ledger was changed to "five" with a pen!
Because the two of them were facing away from all the ministers and towards Emperor An, their little actions went unseen by others, but were clearly observed by Emperor An!
It's true that like president, like members!
Emperor An thought to himself, "President Jing, since the Prince of Jin's heir wants to see it, let him see it! Your obstruction makes it seem like I'm helping you deceive people!"
Jing Zhe and Emperor An seemed to have developed a tacit understanding, and naturally knew that the account books had been corrected, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "Since Your Majesty has said so, then we have no choice but to do it this way!"
He then took the account book and threw it into the hands of the dazed Su Xinping. "Here, take a look. See if His Majesty has lied to you!"
"..."
Su Xinping felt like he was sitting on a wax statue, because he knew that whether the account book was real or fake, he would not get the better of him, but he was still angry and couldn't help but open the account book.
"How...is this possible?"
Upon seeing the glaring "five thousand taels" on the ledger, Su Xinping's mental defenses crumbled instantly.
"Impossible...impossible...I don't owe that much! It must be you, you must dislike me and deliberately changed it!"
Su Xinping pointed at Jing Zhe and said madly.
"Persimmon, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want! I never lie, and all the officials in the court know that. I even signed a guarantee for it. Don't slander me out of thin air, Persimmon! Isn't that right, Your Excellencies?"
As the saying goes, when Jing Zhe is in trouble, help comes from all directions.
As soon as he finished speaking, all the ministers echoed his sentiments.
Jing Zhe nodded in satisfaction, then his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he said in a cold voice, "It's Shi Zi who's in debt. He owes such a huge sum of money and not only refuses to pay it back, but he also repeatedly defies the law. He doubted His Majesty earlier, and now he doubts me. What, in your eyes, is the law of Da'an so weak? Or do you think the law of Da'an can't control you? Or can't control the people behind you?"
Who is behind Su Xinping?
It was naturally the Prince of Jin.
With just one sentence, the King of Jin was placed on the opposite side of Anguo.
The saying "Killing someone is just a matter of beheading them" is truly devastating.
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