"Before that..." Just as the people around him were about to rush forward, Yu Nanqing took out an envelope from his bosom: "Your Majesty, why don't you take a look at what's inside first?"
Emperor Yuanhe frowned, hesitating as he confronted Yu Nanqing.
Intuitively, Emperor Yuanhe felt that what he had was not a good thing.
Yu Nanqing smiled: "If the Emperor doesn't want to see it, then he can have it circulated among the officials in the hall."
Emperor Yuanhe then raised his hand and waved it. Liu Rencai stepped forward tremblingly, sweating profusely, and took the envelope, handing it over.
Emperor Yuanhe opened the letter with a heavy heart, but after only one glance, his face darkened and his brows furrowed even more.
The thin envelope contained more than one sheet of paper, listing evidence of the crimes committed by court officials in exploiting the people, accepting bribes, and enriching themselves at exorbitant prices.
In addition, there were gambling dens, forming cliques, keeping male prostitutes, and even official collusion.
And coincidentally, this involves the Ministry of Revenue abusing its position to amass wealth. Every year, the Ministry of Revenue would manipulate taxes and military provisions, and the accounts it submitted were false accounts made in collusion with officials in the court.
For this reason alone, his death is not a pity.
The more Emperor Yuanhe read, the angrier he became. He subconsciously felt that this was impossible. How could he possibly believe Yu Nanqing based on just a letter? This was just a means for him to exonerate himself.
However, before he could speak, Yu Nanqing spoke first: "I have investigated the witnesses and physical evidence. As long as Your Majesty returns to the capital, I will present all the evidence to you. What Your Majesty has is only the tip of the iceberg."
"You..." Emperor Yuanhe couldn't help but clench the letter in his hand, unable to suppress the anger in his heart: "When did all this happen!"
Although he was furious at failing to take Yu Nanqing's life, as the ruler of a country, his authority was not to be challenged.
If what Yu Nanqing said is true, then these corrupt officials simply don't respect him, the emperor, at all!
Yu Nanqing ignored Emperor Yuanhe's words and instead said, "As for the assassination attempt at the hunting grounds, if Your Majesty wishes to know the details, you can simply order an investigation. Why rush to summon me here to question you?"
He smiled as he looked at Emperor Yuanhe, whose face was already filled with anger: "If Your Majesty comes to investigate, I will certainly tell you everything I know without reservation."
After saying this, he respectfully recited a poem: "I have other matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now."
And so, amidst the pale faces of everyone present, Yu Nanqing slowly left the venue.
“Your Majesty…Your Majesty…” Eunuch Liu tentatively looked at Emperor Yuanhe.
Emperor Yuanhe's gloomy eyes were filled with the impending storm, and his face was flushed with anger. He tightly clenched the letter in his hand and coldly swept his gaze across the faces of everyone in the room.
The ministers had no idea what Yu Nanqing had shown them. One second they were saying they would arrest Yu Nanqing, and the next they just watched him walk away.
Everyone lowered their heads and dared not say a word.
On the other side, as soon as Yu Nanqing left the imperial tent, Tanaka handed him a handkerchief.
Yu Nanqing took it and carefully wiped the bloodstains off her hands.
Last night, I finally managed to wash myself clean when I returned to the camp, but now it's stained again, and even my newly changed clothes are covered in bright red blood. Yu Nanqing took a deep breath and asked, "Is the Princess awake?"
"No one has come to report this yet."
"Okay." He'd better go wash up one more time before Su Wanyan wakes up.
But just then, Xiao Bu suddenly appeared in sight, looking somewhat flustered: "Your Highness!"
Yu Nanqing looked up and heard Xiaobu report: "The Empress has arrived. She said she came to see the Princess Consort. I stopped her outside the tent, but she is the Empress after all. If we make her wait too long, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to others."
Yu Nanqing's brow twitched slightly. Thinking of how Emperor Yuanhe had made things difficult for him in the imperial tent, he said, "Just make an excuse to refuse. If she wants to wait, then let her go."
Upon hearing this, Tanaka and Kobu exchanged a glance.
If this were to actually happen, I fear the Empress would later turn against the Princess Consort.
But after only a moment's hesitation, he took a small step, lowered his eyes, and bowed respectfully: "Yes."
Su Wanyan didn't know how long she had slept. When she slowly woke up, she heard clanging and banging sounds coming from outside the tent, and footsteps were also more frequent than usual.
She yawned slightly, and when she turned her head, she found Yu Nanqing sitting on the chair by the bed, looking at a book with a bored expression.
Looking through the tent's skylight at the still-bright sky, he sat up abruptly: "What time is it?"
"It's not noon yet, there's still plenty of time, you can sleep a little longer," Yu Nanqing said with a smile, looking up.
Su Wanyan took a small breath, her expression still a little dazed from just waking up: "I'm hungry."
"I'll go get you some food." Yu Nanqing put down her book, got up, and went outside the tent.
Su Wanyan rubbed her eyes, and the next second Qiuye and Huangye came in with hot water for washing up: "Your Majesty."
Su Wanyan casually lifted the blanket, asking curiously, "Why is it so noisy outside? What happened?"
Qiu Ye handed over a sandalwood cup and a cup of fragrant tea, saying, "His Majesty ordered us to return to the capital this morning. Everyone is packing up and taking down the tents right now."
So that's how it is.
It makes sense; after something like this, it would be strange if the spring hunt could still proceed.
"Your Highness," Qiu Ye suddenly leaned closer to Su Wanyan and said in a low voice, "The Princess has been found. It was the Prince Consort who brought her back. She was covered in injuries when she was brought back, and we don't know what happened to her at the hunting grounds."
Qiu Ye was still shaken, but thankfully her mistress returned safely.
However, these words startled Su Wanyan: "What do you mean?"
Seeing this, Qiu Ye and Huang Ye were also taken aback. They looked at each other and then remembered that their mistress had only returned late last night and had gone to sleep as soon as she got back, and had been asleep until now.
The Empress Dowager is unaware of the Princess's disappearance.
Then he explained to Su Wanyan, "Your Majesty, the Princess disappeared after entering the hunting grounds with you and the Prince. Even after the Emperor returned, he couldn't find her. The Emperor sent people to search all night, but they couldn't find her. It wasn't until this morning that the Prince Consort brought the Princess back."
Su Wanyan thought it was unlikely. Didn't the Eldest Princess return to the camp with Emperor Yuanhe?
She asked curiously, "What do you mean by 'covered in wounds'? Is the Princess injured?"
"Yes." Qiu Ye nodded repeatedly: "She was badly injured. The imperial physician saw her and found that her tendons in her hand were severed and her neck was also slashed. I heard that she is still unconscious. In addition, she has burns all over her body. When the prince consort brought her back, her face was wrapped in bandages. This matter has already spread."
burn.
The first image that flashed through Su Wanyan's mind was Yu Nanqing.
Huang Ye handed over a damp towel, which Su Wanyan took in a daze. She asked urgently, "Is there anything else I don't know? Tell me quickly."
Qiu Ye thought for a moment and said, "Oh, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yuanning's family also went missing. She was found one after the other, just like the eldest princess."
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