Feng Guche was already dissatisfied with Prime Minister Shen's high achievements, and now that Shen dared to bypass him and directly arrange the use of the Ministry of Revenue's treasury funds, he was even more furious.
Feng Guche, who harbored murderous intent towards Prime Minister Shen, coldly asked, "Is there any evidence for all of this? Tomorrow, go and bring me the memorial from the Minister of Revenue. There's no need to alarm Prime Minister Shen. I want to know what exactly happened."
Zhu Qin, who quickly lowered his head to accept the order, was overjoyed. Previously, Feng Guche had been dissatisfied with Prime Minister Shen because his achievements overshadowed the emperor's.
Furthermore, because Prime Minister Shen overstepped his bounds and even dared to interfere in the Emperor's private affairs, and even dared to lead the ministers to coerce Feng Guche into reinvestigating the matter of the Prince of Libei at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, he harbored resentment.
If something like this happens again, it's almost a certainty that Feng Guche will harbor murderous intent towards Prime Minister Shen.
Feng Guche suppressed his anger and rubbed his temples. He should have ordered someone to bring the Minister of Revenue over for questioning immediately today, but he was too tired and angry, so he decided to put the matter aside for now.
"If there's nothing else, Zhu Qin, you may leave," Feng Guche said somewhat impatiently.
To everyone's surprise, Zhu Qin seemed to have no intention of leaving. He stepped forward again, and said in a serious and worried tone, "Your Majesty, I have sent spies from the Imperial Observatory to monitor Prime Minister Shen's every move. Today, they saw Prime Minister Shen secretly meeting with Marquis Mu..."
As Zhu Qin spoke, he carefully observed Feng Guche's expression. "My men dared not follow too closely, for fear of alerting the enemy. Therefore, they did not know what Prime Minister Shen and Marquis Mu discussed after their secret meeting."
"Insolence!" Suddenly feeling his blood rush to his head and somewhat enraged, Feng Guche stood up abruptly. In his fury, he swept everything on the table to the ground.
In Feng Guche's view, Feng Mozhan had just revealed that Lord Mu might be involved in the case of the Prince of Libei back then and had the intention of colluding with the enemy and betraying the country. Then Zhu Qin told him that Prime Minister Shen had a secret meeting with Lord Mu. In his view, this was an extremely dangerous signal.
Even more suspiciously, Prime Minister Shen had begun to overstep his bounds by directly ordering the Ministry of Revenue to transfer treasury funds without his approval. This made Feng Guche even more suspicious that Prime Minister Shen might have ulterior motives and was plotting something with Marquis Mu.
Now the Shen family holds immense power, and apart from Emperor Feng Guche, the vast majority of officials in the court follow Prime Minister Shen's lead.
Now that he has directly mobilized the Ministry of Revenue's treasury funds, and with Lord Mu and Shen Nanzhi also holding military power, it's hard for Feng Guche not to doubt Prime Minister Shen's loyalty to him.
In Feng Guche's view, perhaps Prime Minister Shen was no longer satisfied with being prime minister under him and seemed to want to take control of the entire court. In order to make it legitimate, he was probably going to rebel against him together with Marquis Mu, who held a large army, and promote Feng Xilan to the position.
Once Feng Xilan ascends to the throne, Shen Biyun, being Prime Minister Shen's younger sister, will be able to legitimately seize control of the government under the guise of assisting Feng Xilan.
Thinking of all this, Feng Guche's anger filled his chest, making his eyes widen in a terrifying way.
"Kill...kill..." Perhaps due to excessive anger, Feng Guche, who was in a fit of rage, suddenly felt his whole body stiffen, his breathing became labored, and his words became incoherent.
Before Feng Guche could finish speaking, Zhu Qin hurriedly looked up and saw that Feng Guche, in his rage, seemed about to fall straight backward. He was terrified and cried out, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
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