The prince personally handed over the steps, but Yan Shiyue remained motionless, his mind spinning rapidly.
The bone-loosening medicine, the interlayer barrel, the guard's eyes, the warehouse soldier's movements... Minister Zhou's flattering smile, the young Wen Cheng's stunned expression, and Lin Fujian's expression at that moment...
In the end, it all turned into a pool of blood when the soldiers in the warehouse were killed.
Sima Long couldn't help but ask, "Prime Minister?"
Yan Shiyue calmed down and looked up at the prince: "No, I can't leave until the matter is clarified."
"Prime Minister!" Jia Xuanjing couldn't help but ask, "Does the Prime Minister really have to fabricate a deficit? Forgive me for being frank, but isn't this a bit... of a false accusation?"
Yan Shiyue waved her hand, "Let me ask you again, was that guard really not ordered by you?"
Sima Long really swore to heaven this time: "I swear, if it was me who ordered it, I will not die a good death!"
She looked at him with strange eyes. Then she nodded and went out, waving to the shadow guard and whispering a few words to him.
Several shadow guards followed the order and left.
...
...
The prince asked, "Fuyan?"
Yan Shiyue said, "Brother, don't be anxious. I hope more than anyone else that the Ministry of Revenue will not be in deficit... But now that the matter has come, I absolutely cannot be 'ignorant'."
The prince frowned: "What do you want?"
Yan Shiyue said: "Wait a moment."
It was already dark, and neither the prince nor she had eaten lunch or dinner. Sima Long and Jia Xuanjing kept exchanging glances, but they had no idea what she wanted to do.
Until a shadow guard rushed in quickly, knelt down, and raised the imperial sword high above his head.
The prince was stunned.
Since Yan Shiyue was granted the Imperial Sword, he has never used it once.
She took a long breath, stood up and bowed, took the imperial sword in her hand, and then strode out, saying loudly: "Here is the imperial sword, hold it as if I were here in person!"
Everyone knelt down in astonishment.
The Crown Prince and Sima Long also came out quickly and knelt in greeting.
Yan Shiyue said: "Huo Qijing!"
"I am here."
Yan Shiyue said: "Capture Sima Long, Jia Xuanjing and their gang!"
Huo Qijing gave the order quickly. With the imperial sword in hand, the Dragon Guards naturally did not hesitate to capture them all.
Yan Shiyue said again: "Take down all the treasury soldiers!" She pointed at the guards and said: "Take down all the treasury guards!"
The prince was stunned.
No wonder she wanted to get the Imperial Sword. Without the Imperial Sword, even with Huo Qijing, she couldn't do such a thing.
Sima Long was incredulous: "Prime Minister! Are you trying to force a confession out of me?"
Jia Xuanjing also said: "Prime Minister, isn't it a good thing that there is no deficit? Why do you insist on creating a deficit?"
Yan Shiyue helped the prince up and said coldly, "You just said that the guard didn't kill people because of you. I believe you. You are not so stupid! But... there are so many people in the Ministry of Revenue from top to bottom. Even if there is really 'profit' to be gained, how much can a small guard get? Just for this, he would not hesitate to kill to silence him?"
She spoke each word carefully: "So, I really can't imagine how big that number would be."
Sima Long and his companions were speechless.
The prince was also enlightened. He suddenly understood what he had thought was wrong before.
The shadow guard led a group of people over and saluted, "Master, the imperial physician is here."
Yan Shiyue said: "Let them check the warehouse soldiers."
Someone took Ku Bing to the next room and asked the imperial physician to examine his anus.
After a while, the shadow guard brought Ding Jiu over. Ding Jiu bowed and said, "Master, I brought four 500-jin scales and four 300-jin scales."
Yan Shiyue nodded: "Gu Xiao."
"My disciple is here."
"Go into the treasury and count it again."
"yes."
Eight large scales were carried in, and Ding Jiu also brought people in to help. For a while, the ears were filled with the sound of clattering.
The prince had mixed feelings.
Sometimes he really couldn't tell how he felt towards Yan Shiyue.
Sometimes she was so smart and tough. Unless she was willing to coax him, in front of her, he, the crown prince, really had no dignity at all.
Soon, Qing Wei came out and handed her a silver ingot.
It felt light in my hand and deflated when I squeezed it gently. It was a fake ingot made of hollow tin.
It turned out to be a fake. They temporarily detained her just to put the fake ingots in, right?
Yan Shiyue handed it to the prince, and the prince's face darkened as soon as he took it.
Sima Long could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.
Suddenly, someone got crazy, stood up, and yelled, "You bitch! What's it got to do with the hard-earned money that men earn? You can eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks, but we can't even eat meat! You are rich but unkind..."
The dragon guard rushed forward and slapped the man, who immediately fell backwards.
But then, someone nearby cursed, "You're right! What a vicious and cruel Fu Niangniang! She's so cruel that she cut off my financial resources! You deserve to die without any descendants! It's retribution that you can't give birth to a son! It's retribution!!"
Huo Qijing was furious. He took a few steps forward and kicked the man several feet away. He vomited blood immediately.
Yan Shiyue said coldly: "A Jing, there's no need to hit him. I've never seen anyone stealing things so confidently. Let them scold me and see what they can say!"
Huo Qijing clenched his fists and looked around at everyone grimly.
The guards were frightened by his aura and all lowered their heads. No one dared to speak anymore.
They kept lighting the lights until dawn, and the ground was filled with fake gold ingots.
Gu Xiao quickly calculated it, took a breath, and looked at her without daring to speak.
Yan Shiyue and the prince stood up at the same time and looked at his abacus.
Thirty-five million nine hundred thousand!!
It was a total shortage of more than seven million taels! More than seven million! !
The prince could hardly believe his eyes and murmured, "But, but was it wrong?"
Gu Heng quickly added the other set again. Looking at the numbers on the abacus, the prince felt bitter in his mouth.
A total of more than seven million taels!
He couldn't believe it, let alone imagine how angry Emperor Ming Yan would be.
Emperor Ming Yan waited for a whole day and night, but did not see the Crown Prince and his companions return. It was not until the morning court session was almost over that he heard that the Crown Prince and Yan Shiyue were waiting outside.
Emperor Ming Yan knew that it was definitely not good news, so he called the person in directly.
Everyone knew what happened yesterday, and when they saw the two of them, they all looked over.
The two men knelt on the ground, and the prince's voice was trembling, "Father, your Majesty, I and your son checked the treasury overnight and found a deficit..." He hesitated, closed his eyes and said, "Seven million seven hundred and fifty thousand taels."
Even though he was mentally prepared, Emperor Ming Yan was still shocked by this number.
He was surprised and asked, "How much?"
The prince whispered, "Seven million, seven hundred and fifty thousand taels."
Emperor Ming Yan said nothing.
Yan Shiyue sensed something was wrong, and when he looked up, he discovered that Emperor Ming Yan was shaking.
Yan Shiyue was stunned and said anxiously: "Aye! Aye!"
She rushed over and hugged him, only to feel his whole body fall heavily into her arms.
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