"The vendor said that the flowers were originally ordered by someone, but the buyer suddenly disappeared, so they were sold at a low price during the flowering period to avoid losing money. Zhao Lou believed it and bought the flowers."
Kangpin's face changed slightly, and she apologized to the emperor: "The eunuch in charge under my jurisdiction actually did something like passing off inferior goods as good ones for his own benefit. It was my fault for failing to supervise me!"
Wu Mi continued:
"I checked the purchase account of the Forestry Bureau. Zhao Lou purchased ten rare orchids, ten rare peonies, and ten rare crabapples... a total of one hundred rare flowers, totaling one thousand taels. In fact, he only spent three hundred taels."
"I found four hundred taels of silver in his residence, and the remaining three hundred taels..."
Wu Mi looked at Concubine Kang and said:
"According to Zhao Lou's confession, he spent three hundred taels of silver to buy a king of orchids and sent it to Jingxi Palace."
Kangpin's face changed instantly, and she immediately knelt down to plead guilty:
"I don't know about this. A pot of orchid was indeed delivered to the flower room yesterday, but I don't know anything about orchids and I don't know its price at all."
Helian Qi said expressionlessly, "Wang Degui, bring the orchid from Jingxi Palace."
Wang Degui took the order.
After a while, Wang Degui came in with a pot of orchids.
This is indeed an extremely rare orchid of the highest quality, with a market value of three hundred taels.
It is consistent with Zhao Lou’s confession.
"Zhao Lou said that this was the first time he had done such a thing, and he was worried that he would be blamed if the truth were revealed, so he offered this orchid as a tribute, hoping that Concubine Kang would turn a blind eye." Wu Mi continued to report.
Zhao Lou confessed all these under torture by the Criminal Justice Department.
Concubine Kang's face turned completely pale.
The crime of negligence is still excusable. But now the matter has developed to the point of accepting bribes...
It is a big taboo.
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