When Emperor Yuan heard the system say that there was a corrupt official, he subconsciously wanted to call Jiang Yueyang, but was stopped in time by the Queen Mother.
He just offered to send the guest away, and now he wants to ask him to stay. Is he afraid that Jiang Yueyang won't be suspicious?
【Who is it? 】Jiang Yueyang asked.
【Marquis of Pingxi.】
Jiang Yueyang had no impression of Pingxi Hou, and asked in confusion: [Is there such a person in the court? ]
[Yes. But he only came once on the first day of the host's court session, and he never came to the morning court session again.]
Jiang Yueyang nodded. No wonder she had no impression.
Emperor Yuan's face immediately turned gloomy, and he couldn't help but secretly call himself a fool in his heart.
Pingxi Hou seldom attended court before Jiang Yueyang became an official, so he never doubted him even when he didn't come to court afterwards.
What money did he embezzle?
[The son-in-law of Pingxi Hou was the governor of Yanzhou. Three years ago, a serious earthquake occurred in Yanzhou, and many places were reduced to ruins.]
The system's voice faded away, and the Queen Mother winked at Aunt Shang.
Aunt Shang followed without making a sound and even said hello to Jiang Yueyang when she passed by her.
She walked past Jiang Yueyang and walked ahead, so Jiang Yueyang didn't realize that she was following him in the opposite direction.
The system continued: [The court allocated money to Yanzhou and ordered the Yanzhou governor to help the people rebuild their homes.
The Marquis of Pingxi thought he could make some profit from it, so he teamed up with the governor of Yanzhou to tamper with the building materials.
They didn't dare to tamper with the houses where people lived, so they cut corners on the bridges and dams.
Years ago, a stone bridge in Yanzhou broke. The governor of Yanzhou concealed the incident and imposed forced labor to repair the bridge. As a result, the emperor and other high officials in the capital did not notice anything.
Jiang Yueyang shook his head and said, "I think the Minister of Personnel can resign. How do they evaluate officials? Such a corrupt official actually got the high position of governor."
[It is because they hold high positions that they become corrupt officials. On the other hand, even if the lower-ranking officials wanted to be corrupt, they do not have the ability or courage to do so.]
How much did they steal?
[I saw a secret room full of gold, silver and jewelry, but I didn’t count the exact amount.]
[They are unlucky to have met me.] Jiang Yueyang smiled happily, [Let me think about how to tell His Majesty about this. No, I'd better tell my father and let him do a great deed.]
Everyone started to discuss how to tell Minister Jiang about this without arousing his suspicion.
Aunt Shang, who was walking in front, waited for a while, and after making sure they had finished talking, she turned the corner and went in another direction.
She went back to Ning'an Palace after a long detour, and relayed what Jiang Yueyang and the system had said to the Emperor and Empress.
When Emperor Yuan heard that Jiang Yueyang wanted to leave the credit to Minister Jiang, he curled his lips sourly.
She clearly said before that she would tell me!
At that time, on the other side, Jiang Yueyang met the Crown Prince and the Third Prince on the way to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Thinking about the gifts that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had given her in the past few days, she felt that she needed to explain things to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
The third prince spoke first: "Jiang Yueyang, why are you coming from the direction of the harem?"
"I want to talk to the Queen about something."
Seeing that there was no one around, Jiang Yueyang bowed to the prince and asked, "Your Highness, may I have a word with you?"
The prince couldn't help but feel happy. This was the first time Jiang Yueyang took the initiative to talk to him.
The third prince tactfully avoided the question after hearing this.
Jiang Yueyang said carefully: "Your Highness, the gifts you sent are too expensive. I am flattered, but also terrified."
Hearing this, the smile on the prince's lips gradually fell.
"I don't have any aspirations, nor do I want to be the most noble woman in Daxia. I hope Your Highness will grant my wish."
The prince looked at her, and after a long silence, he asked with difficulty, "If I... were not the prince, would you be willing?"
"Your Highness, there are no ifs in this world."
"Jiang Yueyang!" the prince roared.
Jiang Yueyang was frightened by the prince, and the third prince instinctively ran over to stand between the two of them.
"Royal brother..."
The prince realized that he had lost his composure, took a deep breath and lowered his voice, "You just need to answer me, are you willing?"
Jiang Yueyang pursed her lips, "I... don't want to."
After a while, the prince lowered his eyes and replied, "Okay, I will do as you wish."
When the Third Prince saw that the Crown Prince was not in good condition, he waved his hand to signal Jiang Yueyang to leave, while he stood quietly there with the Crown Prince.
After an unknown amount of time, the prince started walking, but not towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
The third prince followed him silently, and Jiang Yueyang finally spoke out.
I wonder how long it will take my brother to let go?
"Third brother." The prince spoke slowly.
"Brother, you say."
"I've been thinking these past few days... am I really attracted to her, or do I just want to keep her by my side for my own use?"
The third prince said nothing and waited quietly for his answer.
The prince laughed at himself twice and said nothing in the end.
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Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Jiang Yueyang stood there in a trance, and Shangshu Jiang called her several times but she didn't respond.
There was no other way, Minister Jiang, who was really worried, pulled Guo Yuanzheng over.
Seeing her dazed look, Guo Yuanzheng pulled out a silver needle and pierced her hand without saying a word.
"oh!"
Jiang Yueyang screamed in pain and slapped him with her backhand.
"Bang!" The whole audience fell silent.
Jiang Yueyang had fully come back to her senses by now, because the five finger marks on Guo Yuanzheng's face were very obvious.
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