"And if His Majesty doesn't even trust you, then will he also be suspicious of the Song family, Prince Ning's Mansion, and the Duke of Wei's Mansion?"
Shen Zhixiu said meaningfully: "He even started to be on guard against the Crown Prince."
"Last month, the second young master of the Jiang family, who had gone to supervise the river works, returned to the capital. The deficit of 300,000 taels of silver was wiped out from the account books with just one word from the Emperor."
"Since last year, the Crown Prince has exercised his authority as military supervisor, allowing him to conduct random inspections of defense deployments and military accounts. A few days ago, the Emperor issued an order revoking the Crown Prince's authority."
Su Qingyu felt that this was not a good sign. A change in the crown prince's position could easily shake the foundation of the country. From the powerful to the common people, everyone would be affected.
Shen Zhixiu continued, "I don't know where the emperor heard the rumor, but it says that there are nine-colored lotus flowers on the Tianshan Mountains in the northwest. If a woman consumes them, her beauty will remain forever. The emperor has already ordered the Northwest Army to send a team to search the Tianshan Mountains."
Su Qingyu's heart grew heavier after hearing this. What was the emperor trying to do? Was he going to imitate that tyrant who didn't care about the lives of his people and devote the entire nation's resources just to make a beautiful woman smile?
"Then what is the Third Master going to do? When the people arrive, should we first follow the order and settle them down, or..."
Shen Zhixiu thought for a moment and said, "I'll go into the palace and send the person back."
Su Qingyu was shocked, "Third Master, are you going to disobey the order?"
Shen Zhixiu's face was firm, and it was obvious that he had thought it through.
"I must go to the palace and talk to His Majesty. If this continues, something serious will happen."
"Besides, I absolutely cannot accept these two people. I can't mess up my family just to obey the emperor's order."
As a minister, it is his duty to submit memorials and give advice.
As a husband, you should be worthy of your wife and children.
In fact, even if today's incident had not happened, he would have planned to find an opportunity to have a deep talk with the emperor.
Since everything happened at the same time, he would just do it together.
Su Qingyu was a little worried, feeling that things would not go so smoothly.
As the two were discussing, a servant came over to report, "Third Master, Eunuch Hu from the palace has come to deliver an imperial decree. Please go and receive it, Third Master."
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