Chapter 29 The prince was frightened and knelt down to worship Zhizhi

Xie Zhizhi understood. Now that the emperor was dead, the court was in chaos. The prince was still the prince. If he had no intention, he would ascend the throne directly. But what if he had intention?

Then the officials would have reason to object.

After all, the prince does not have the ability to get the recognition of everyone. In addition to the prince and the third prince who have the greatest chance, there are two princes who are younger than the dog emperor.

Judging from the situation now, the Third Prince wanted to use the talk about ghosts and gods to prevent the Crown Prince from ascending the throne.

Following the guidance of the storyteller just now, the people went to their relatives to confirm it, and then arranged a few people to fan the flames, so it was easy for them to think in that direction.

But it was none of her business. She was going to go back to the palace later and watch the show.

Breakfast was urgent now, and soon the waiter brought baskets of steaming hot cakes, meat pie, bird's nest and shark's fin.

The delicious smell blinded Xie Zhizhi's eyes, and the three of them tried hard to eat.

…

Teahouse news.

One person tells ten people, ten people tell a hundred people, a hundred people tell a thousand people.

The general's house was searched and hundreds of guards died mysteriously, their money disappeared, and all the items in the queen's bedroom were missing. A heavy rainstorm occurred at night, which not only drowned people but also washed away more than a dozen people.

The Xie family was just exiled yesterday, and so many unlucky things happened within a short period of time. Why?

As the rumor spread, the word "divine punishment" appeared.

In addition, some people got the news that the emperor was burned to death by a strange fire. What else could it be but the divine fire?

After Chengxi's death, people became even more irrational, with a certain rhythm, gradually causing unrest among the people, and spreading words that were unfavorable to the prince.

…

The imperial palace.

The prince did not sleep the whole night because he saw the treasury was emptied. He happily rushed there, but all he saw was an empty shell with only ashes left.

The national treasury that he had been longing for was gone. At that moment, the prince felt that the throne was no longer important!

If you ascend the throne, you will have to face the dilemma of having to spend a lot of money to govern the country!

The national treasury is empty, and the money that was kept for my mother has also disappeared. Where can I find the money to fill such a huge gap?

This morning, heavy rains caused damage to many government buildings in the Imperial City, and repairs will cost a lot of money.

I'm so worried.

The prince immediately blocked all information about the national treasury to ensure that no one would know about it.

From now on, we can only take one step at a time.

When the court was dismissed the next day after the fire, all officials knew that the emperor and the imperial concubine were dead.

It's impossible not to be shocked.

This happened too suddenly and too strangely, and everyone has their own thoughts at the moment.

A plan to seize power quietly began in everyone's hearts.

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When the prince returned to the imperial study, he did not pay much attention to the rumors spread by the officials. His mind was full of thoughts on how to deal with the gap in the national treasury.

Xie Zhizhi quietly came to the imperial study and hid in the space. She saw the prince holding his hands, with a worried look on his face. The dark circles under his eyes looked like half a giant panda.

Oh, are you worried about the national treasury?

This expression is really wonderful, the eyebrows are wrinkled like caterpillars.

Then let the troubles come even more violently!

The entire imperial study is luxuriously decorated, with many bookshelves and valuable and rare antiques everywhere, most of which are unique and extinct books.

There is only one copy in the world!

The first thing she did was to use the same trick again. She moved to the back of the prince and picked up a high-powered fan to blow it over.

On the other side, the crown prince thought that he should be able to conceal the truth about the national treasury by increasing taxes after ascending the throne, but he didn't expect that a cold wind suddenly blew on his back, chilling his bones.

The prince immediately turned around and glared at him fiercely: "Who!"

But there was nothing there. At this moment, the wind blew on the left side of my neck again. I turned around again, but still saw nothing.

The strange things that happened yesterday began to emerge in my mind. It seems that the officers and soldiers of the Censorate also had such an experience!

The prince was startled all of a sudden, and he leaned over and shouted, "Come here! Guards! Guards, let me in!"

Hearing the prince's anxious tone, the two guards quickly ran in and asked, "What do you want, prince?"

The prince thought, he was too masculine, and he would not dare to approach even if there was such a thing. "Just stand there and don't move. All the guards outside, come in!"

A dozen guards rushed in and blocked the door of the imperial study. No one knew what the prince was going to do.

Just standing there at the door.

Suddenly, the prince discovered that the bookshelf on the left was missing! ! ! !

Gone!!

His whole body froze, his eyes turned away stiffly, and he asked the guards: "Can you take a look over there to see if there is anything missing..."

Before the guards could even speak, Xie Zhizhi collected items from wherever the prince was looking, making sure he felt "specially cared for".

After all, the original owner had received a lot of "special care" from the prince.

Like mother, like son.

Soon, the guards also discovered that items in the imperial study were mysteriously disappearing.

"Madam...this, this, this is missing too!"

The guards present were almost frightened to death.

The prince was so frightened that he almost cried. He put his hands together and bowed: "Who is this great immortal? I am the prince of Daxing. I am sorry for not coming in person. Welcome, welcome."