Chapter 86 Is this considered telepathy?
The next moment, Pei Yuan asked, "Eunuch Cai, I have seen and checked the accounts of the Five Cities Garrison. The income and expenditure are clear, and there can be no problem."
Cai Chong said, "Your Highness, please don't worry. This servant led men to search the entire Five Cities Garrison and found another account book in the room of Deputy Commander Qiu Gang. This account book has clear income and expenditure records and the signature of the Sixth Prince."
Furthermore, this servant also found 10,000 taels of silver notes in Qiu Gang's room, as well as his private account, which recorded the specific amounts of bribes he had received.
Cai Chong bowed and presented all the accounts and the memorial compiled by the Ministry of Revenue.
Shen Chu breathed a long sigh of relief.
Pei Yuan actually understood her subtle hint, and not only that, he turned the tables on her and struck back.
Without a doubt, this Qiu Gang must be the man that Prince Heng planted in the Five Cities Garrison, right?
It must have been targeted by this big bad wolf long ago, right?
Would you say they're telepathically connected?
After reading the account books, Emperor Longqing flew into a rage and slammed the account books down on Qiu Gang's head.
"You, Qiu Gang, have the audacity to frame the Sixth Prince?"
Qiu Gang kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
He had clearly placed those silver notes in the Sixth Prince's room, but for some reason they had returned to his room.
And his private accounts, which he hid very well, how could they have been found?
Shen Chu suddenly spoke up, "Does Deputy Commander Qiu really trust your comrade that much? Does he really believe he won't betray you?"
Qiu Gang's face turned deathly pale. Thinking of his parents, wife, and children, he instinctively turned to look at Zhao Dewen, "Is it...?"
Zhao Dewen looked at Qiu Gang with a pained expression, "Deputy Commander Qiu, you're so foolish. Framed a prince, which is a serious crime that results in the confiscation of property and exile. Don't you care about your family at all, even if it's not for your own sake?"
Qiu Gang was stunned for a moment, and swallowed back the question that was on the tip of his tongue.
Now that things have come to this, his guilt is undeniable, but we can't implicate anyone else.
Keeping Zhao Dewen around will at least provide some care for his family.
Qiu Gang tacitly agreed with Zhao Dewen's words, saying, "Your subject confesses his guilt."
Zhao Dewen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You were just about to frame the Sixth Prince when Shen Chu found information about the Sixth Prince's embezzlement and bribery. Isn't that too much of a coincidence?"
The Longqing Emperor also felt that everything was too coincidental. "Shen Chu, how do you explain this?"
Shen Chu had long anticipated that things would be exposed and that Zhao Dewen would pin the blame on her.
She calmly replied, "Does Lord Zhao mean that he suspects I conspired with Qiu Gang?"
Zhao Dewen: "I just think it's too much of a coincidence."
Shen Chu turned her head directly and said, "Qiu Gang, tell me, have we met before? How did we contact each other? What clothes was I wearing? What did we say?"
Faced with Shen Chuyi's barrage of questions, Qiu Gang's eyes flickered, and he stammered.
Things changed too suddenly; he never expected the plan to fail, and his attempt to frame Shen Chu at the last minute was bound to be full of loopholes.
The Longqing Emperor was furious. He grabbed a paperweight and smashed it on Qiu Gang's head, demanding, "Tell me honestly if you have any accomplices?"
Qiu Gang dared not implicate Shen Chu any further, and said with a deathly pale face, "It was all done by your subject; I had no accomplices."
Seeing that his attempt to frame Shen Chu had failed, Zhao Dewen was somewhat disappointed, but he knelt down to beg for forgiveness with a look of annoyance on his face.
"Today, Shen Chu suddenly came to me with materials, saying that he had found evidence of the Sixth Prince's crimes. I was momentarily misled by Shen Chu and almost misunderstood the Sixth Prince. I beg Your Majesty to punish him."
He understood His Majesty's thoughts well; these ambiguous words were most likely to arouse His Majesty's suspicion.
As expected, the Longqing Emperor once again showed a suspicious look, "Chenchu, where did you get those materials? I want to hear the truth."
Shen Chu looked terrified. "Your Majesty is wise. The memorial was indeed written by me, but the materials were provided by Lord Zhao."
Lord Zhao said that if I do not follow his arrangements, he will give me a poor performance evaluation at the end of the year and then send me to a remote and impoverished place.
"I am not afraid of being demoted, but I fear that I will no longer be able to witness Your Majesty's majesty's power and receive Your Majesty's teachings as often as I wish."
A soft snicker sounded from the side.
Shen Chu knelt on the ground and gently turned her eyes to look over.
Pei Yuan sneered and uttered three words: "sycophant."
Chen Chu.....
Zhao Dewen's face paled, but he resolutely denied it. "Your Majesty is talking nonsense. I didn't. Shen Chu, you said I threatened you to impeach the Sixth Prince. Where is the evidence?"
"You can't just spout nonsense in front of His Majesty, can you?"
Shen Chu: "Lord Zhao often uses year-end performance reviews as an excuse to coerce his subordinates into obeying his orders. Your Majesty can send someone to the Censorate to inquire, and you will know that what I said is not untrue."
"Even the matter of me being threatened today must have been heard by someone in the Censorate."
Zhao Dewen sneered, "Nonsense! I have served in the Censorate for many years and am deeply loved by my subordinates. How could I possibly threaten people with performance evaluations?"
Emperor Longqing frowned and whispered a few words to Cai Chong.
Cai Chong turned and left.
Zhao Dewen's anxiety subsided.
If he let Shen Chu continue talking, he would be even more worried.
But when he went to the Inspectorate for questioning, he was confident that those people there wouldn't betray him.
After all, they've all worked under him for years; who hasn't had something on them that he can't hold against them?
When Eunuch Cai returned from questioning him, there was no evidence to prove that he had threatened Shen Chu, so Shen Chu had no choice but to take the blame for framing the prince.
As long as Shen Chu, this thorn in his side, is removed, the Inspectorate will still be a place where he can control everything.
Zhao Dewen glanced at Chen Chu smugly.
Cai Chong returned quickly this time. "Your Majesty, this is the confession of the entire Censorate. It lists the things that Censor Zhao coerced them to do, and it has the signatures and fingerprints of everyone."
Furthermore, Qian Liang and others can testify that Lord Zhao did indeed summon Lord Shen into his room today and watched as Lord Shen finished writing the memorial impeaching the Sixth Prince.
"Impossible." Zhao Dewen's expression changed drastically, and he blurted out.
The Longqing Emperor was furious and threw the confession heavily in Zhao Dewen's face, saying, "You, Zhao Dewen, what do you have to say now?"
Zhao Dewen's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.
He was familiar with everything listed in the confession, and it was indeed something he had instructed his subordinates to do.
He was familiar with the signatures of his subordinates, but he couldn't understand why the people in the Inspectorate would betray him and choose Shen Chu.
"What exactly did you do?" He glared angrily at Shen Chu, his eyes filled with hatred as if he wanted to devour him.
Shen Chuyan looked completely innocent. "My lord was worried that I would tip off the Sixth Prince, so he never allowed me to leave your sight. How could I have had time to do anything?"
Yes, he didn't even have time to do anything.
Zhao Dewen's expression suddenly changed.
No, Shen Chu had left his sight.
When changing clothes.
But there was no one in his duty room. He just changed his clothes and came out to exchange a few pleasantries with Qian Liang. How could he have let those people betray him?
Zhao Dewen couldn't understand it, but the one thing he did understand was...
"Chen Chu, you deliberately tried to harm me!"
He glared angrily at Shen Chu.
Shen Chu lowered her eyes, concealing the emotions within them. "I didn't, I didn't, sir, don't talk nonsense."
She passed the imperial examination with top honors and was determined to join the Inspectorate to seek justice for her father. How could she not want to know more about the Inspectorate?
She had been prepared for Zhao Dewen's actions for a long time and had not originally planned to expose them so soon. However, he forced her to frame Pei Yuan, so she had no choice but to get rid of Zhao Dewen first.
While changing her clothes, she took out the data she had compiled over the years, which recorded the things Zhao Dewen had ordered everyone to do over the years.
Of course, these are all things that can't be discussed openly.
She placed the documents under her official robe and instructed Qian Liang to tidy her clothes.
When Qian Liang tidies up his clothes, he will surely see these things, and the contents recorded are not just about Qian Liang's affairs.
Then, thinking about her going to the palace, Qian Liang would definitely be worried, thinking that he was going to go to the palace to complain and wipe them all out.
When they were worried, Eunuch Cai went to ask who would still be willing to cover for Zhao Dewen.
Of course, you should first distance yourself from the situation, the cleaner the better.
Zhao Dewen couldn't understand the key point and wanted to defend himself further.
The Longqing Emperor, however, was too lazy to listen and said coldly, "As your superior, you have coerced your subordinates, abused your power for personal gain, fabricated charges, and framed a prince. You shall be immediately stripped of your original post, flogged fifty times, and exiled to Lingnan."
Zhao Dewen's vision went black, and he almost fainted from fright.
"Wait a minute!"
Pei Yuan, who had been lazily watching the show from the sidelines, suddenly stopped the imperial guards who came in to drag people away.
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