Qingdai knelt on the ground, crying and comforting, "My queen, don't worry, take care of yourself first. You are the queen, and you can ask other princes to be raised by your side in the future. It's the same."
When Queen Duan heard this, she gradually stopped crying and her eyes gradually turned cold. This was the only way for her to go.
"Tell my father to find a way to kill Wang Yuanpan," he said bitterly. "That bastard has been playing tricks on me for nine months. I'm going to make sure he dies!"
"Yes, my lady."
In Zhongcui Palace, when Concubine Liang came in, Concubine Shu was lazily leaning on the chaise longue, with a palace maid beside her making her rouge.
"Long live Sister Shufei."
Concubine Shu glanced at her coldly and said, "Sister Concubine Liang is so arrogant that you can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor."
Concubine Liang sat down on the soft chair beside her without any hurry, and whispered in her ear: "Sister, do you think the midwife in the palace only received a share of the silver?"
Concubine Shu rolled her eyes at her. She couldn't ask directly.
"Don't worry, sister. I've already had this midwife removed from the palace. This way, we're all safe."
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. The two were so excited because the queen didn't give birth to a legitimate prince that they wanted to get drunk.
They can explore each other's paths at the same time.
"Sister, have you heard that sister often sends nourishing food to Shen Wanrong, right? Sister Shufei?"
Concubine Shu said calmly, "As I said before, in the palace, the competition for beauty, power and wealth depends on one's ability."
Concubine Liang smiled and said, "That's exactly what I wanted, sister... Shall we go together to congratulate the Queen tomorrow?"
"Okay, then we must go and congratulate them."
At noon, in Prince E's mansion.
The housekeeper suddenly ran in and said anxiously, "Your Highness, this is terrible. The eight shops in our mansion have been sealed by the government office."
Prince E asked in surprise, "Did you tell me the reason?"
"The shopkeeper said it was because they hadn't paid the taxes for the past two years."
Prince E was confused. He had clearly negotiated with Lord Liu, the Third Secretary, to defer tax payments, so how could he be investigated all of a sudden?
"Prepare the carriage. I'm going to ask Lord Liu."
There are eight shops and tens of thousands of taels of tax silver in two years. How can we not be anxious?
But when he arrived at Lord Liu's residence, he couldn't even get through the door. "Prince E, our Lord hasn't returned from the palace yet."
Prince E suddenly felt uneasy. Could it be that someone had reported the fact that he bribed Lord Liu and did not pay taxes to the emperor?
"Which bastard sued me?!"
In the Yangxin Palace, Xuan Ling sat in the seat of honor.
Below them stood the three officials from the Three Commissioners of Salt and Iron, and the Ministry of Revenue.
"Your Majesty, I have sealed off the shops of Prince E's Mansion and ordered them to pay the taxes as soon as possible."
Xuan Ling threw him an impeachment letter, "Master Liu, please take a look. Dozens of shops in the capital have been repeatedly delaying the payment of taxes. You've made a good account of it and are so bold. You're deceiving the emperor!"
The face of Mr. Liu, the Third Secretary, was as pale as paper. He knelt hurriedly and picked up the memorial on the ground tremblingly to examine it carefully.
The rules and regulations listed above made him collapse to the ground.
"Your Majesty, I plead guilty. Please have mercy on me!" Lord Liu was terrified and kowtowed repeatedly begging for mercy.
Xuan Ling said in a cold and dignified manner, "Announcement, Liu Yongquan has committed embezzlement and corruption, and his crimes are unforgivable. He shall be immediately executed outside the Meridian Gate."
Lord Liu obediently took off his official hat and kowtowed in thanks, saying, "I thank the Emperor for not implicating my entire clan. I thank the Emperor for his great grace."
As soon as he finished speaking, two guards came forward and dragged Lord Liu out of the hall.
Xuan Ling picked up the memorial handed over by the Ministry of Revenue and carefully checked the amount of tax owed by the Prince of E's Mansion.
"The Prince of E's Mansion has three days to pay all taxes, otherwise the shop will be confiscated."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The corners of Xuan Ling's lips rose slightly. He would never let go easily of anyone who bullied Yan Yan.
Not only that, he also carefully planned a month-long psychological warfare plan.
Yanyan, you can't escape from my palm...
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