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One second to remember [Brushstroke Pavilion] [Free of charge, read the wonderful novel!]

"Alright, let's not argue anymore." He frowned as he looked at Lin Yue and Zhao Kun, who had ugly expressions on their faces, and said in an extremely dissatisfied tone, "You said that the value of the silver taels in the Chu Family and Shen Ninghua's family is enormous. Are you clear on the origins of this place now?"

Lin Yue and Zhao Kun's expressions became even more unsightly. Not only did they fail to cause any harm to Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua, they even caused the Emperor to feel even more sympathy and trust towards them.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this humble subject is guilty."

"Hmph, entering the palace in full fury, you could have just admitted your wrongs with a single sentence. If Princess Yaohua and Chu Aiqing were unable to resolve this matter in time, wouldn't I have been deceived by you two?"

"Please calm your anger, your Imperial Majesty."

Shen Ninghua raised his eyes to look at Lin Yue, then turned to Baili Qingfeng and said, "Imperial Father, Lord Lin is the subject of the imperial court's humerus. It is not surprising that he is able to understand the movements of the various families in the capital in a timely manner, but this son is somewhat confused, wondering if I could ask Lord Zhao for help."

"Yes, ask away." Baili Qingfeng nodded in agreement.

A trace of coldness flashed across Shen Ninghua's eyes. "Lord Zhao, although my Princess Mansion isn't a metal barrel, it is still managed in a neat and orderly manner. May I ask, how did you find out that a large amount of silver had entered my mansion?"

Zhao Kun's expression changed as he thought to himself, "Reporting to the princess, this is what I heard from others."

"Oh? "How could news of my princess' residence spread out so quickly? This is rather strange. I wonder who told you this, Lord Zhao?"

"Yes..."

Lin Yue interrupted, "Your Highness, this subject is truly worried about the people of Jiangnan. I didn't know that the princess and Lord Chu had done so many good deeds for the country and for the people..."

Chu Junyi sneered. "Actually, Sir Lin, I have questions for the princess too. I'd like to know how did you know that my estate has so much silver. Logically speaking, it hasn't even been two days since we arrived in the capital."

Lin Yue gritted his teeth, "Lord Chu, we don't know where this news came from, we only know …"

Shen Ninghua frowned and his voice turned cold as he interrupted Lin Yue, "Could it be that Lord Lin and Lord Zhao are using this information to denounce us?"

"This …"

"Lord Lin, Lord Zhao, the two of you are court officials, you should know how to investigate the case, right? Without any evidence, you dare to come to the great hall and confront the emperor in front of him?"

It was a pity that the silver taels were already clear on the sequence of events. Since they were going to be sent to the northwest for disaster relief, then there was a huge problem with the evidence! No matter what, they did not dare to take it out!

Chu Junyi's expression turned cold. "Your Majesty, this humble subject's silver has specific arrangements for where to go, as well as specific accounts for how to earn them. If Your Majesty needs them, your humble servant can send them to the capital for your inspection. Your humble servant would like to know what kind of evidence Sir Lin has in hand right now."

Lin Yue knelt on the ground, feeling a chill run down his spine. He had been forced to the edge of the cliff by Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi, and if he brought the evidence up, it would be a false accusation. If there was no evidence, it would be a false accusation.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject has failed to notice this matter, this humble subject …"

A loud and clear announcement sounded outside the door:

"The empress has arrived!"

Shen Ninghua raised her gaze slightly, a ripple appearing in her serene eyes. The empress was finally unable to sit still in her Ning Kun Palace.

"Empress, why are you here?" With a cold expression, Baili Qingfeng's eyes swept across Lin Yue and Zhao Kun. He already understood in his heart, but he could not help but be shocked:

He had merely moved the imperial guards, and this had led to the cooperation of the Zhao Family and Lin Yue, his two old enemies. If one day he wanted to touch the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, would the two families be able to join hands and pull him, the Emperor, down from the throne?

"Chenqie greets Your Majesty. I've heard that Ning Hua has entered the palace, so I wanted to come take a look. She has done a great service to save Your Majesty, and since Your Majesty has rewarded her, chenqie has not been bestowed anything yet."

"Is this what you want?" Wasn't the Queen here for Zhao Kun?

"That's right, I never thought that the emperor would be discussing this matter here. It's a mistake for chenqie to come here at the wrong time and blame the servants for not doing a good job. To think that they didn't inform me in advance that the emperor was discussing this matter, making chenqie lose her manners."

After being interrupted by the Queen, Zhao Kun didn't react at all, but Lin Yue immediately understood that they were not framing Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua, but had been deceived by the people below. It was all because the people below did not do well.

Lin Yue bent his body, his voice choked with emotions, "Your majesty, this humble subject is guilty. I did not manage to investigate thoroughly and hastily went to interrogate Lord Chu. I was too impulsive when I heard that this matter was affecting me too badly."

Baili Qing Cang narrowed his eyes, "What do you mean by that?"

In reply to the emperor, a subordinate reported that he had received news that Lord Chu had embezzled millions of silver from Jiangnan, and also found witnesses and evidence. When I heard this, I was truly unable to contain my anger, which was why Jiangnan suffered such a disaster.

Zhao Kun's face suddenly brightened, he quickly went up and explained:

"Reporting to the emperor, this humble subject is also very curious, I was at home, but someone came to tell this humble subject that he saw a large amount of silver entering Princess Zhao Hua's mansion, along with a witness. This humble subject originally wanted to investigate, but I did not expect Sir Lin to also hear about Lord Chu's matter, the two of us always thought that the matter was strange, and that's why we had to discuss it with each other before the throne. Now that I think about it, this is too impulsive, someone is purposely provoking us."

Lin Yue added on the side, "Your majesty, your subject was deceived by others and almost misunderstood the princess and Lord Chu. They are extremely stupid, please punish them."

Shen Ninghua coldly looked at the two kneeling on the ground, continuously admitting their wrongs, and her heart was filled with ridicule. As expected of the two family heads who had been standing in the imperial court for so long.

Baili QingCang looked at Lin Yue and Zhao Kun, feeling the tension in his heart. However, he did have some concerns. Since these two men were not willing to admit their deaths, he couldn't kill the two imperial court officials for the sake of Chu Junyi and Ning Hua.

"So you were also deceived by someone?"

"Yes, Your Majesty is wise."

"Mm, since you were also deceived, then let the two of you investigate this case of framing the princess and official. Give me a satisfactory result within three days, understand?" Empress, do you still have anything else? If there's nothing else, go back to your Ning Kun Palace. "

Zhao Hui Ying lowered his head: "Yes, chenqie will take her leave."

"Princess Radiant and her beloved official Chu have done a good deed for the nation. If you don't seek fame, you will be framed, and I will give you a clear reward and reward, and those that deserve it will be rewarded, and those that deserve it will be treated well. In this way, Princess Radiant will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, ten silvers, jade artifacts as well as two chests of porcelain, and the Left Censorate, Chu Junyi, will receive twice the salary and a thousand taels of silver."

"Thank you, your majesty."

Baili Qing Cang sighed, looked at Lin Yue and Zhao Kun who were on the ground, "My two beloved ones, why haven't you gone to court?"

"Yes, this humble official will take his leave."

After exiting the Gold Hall, Zhao Kun wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead. He raised his head to speak to Lin Yue, but saw Lin Yue's embarrassed face leaving in a hurry.

When the Queen returned to Ning Kun Palace, Fang Xue hurriedly served tea. "Empress, did it go smoothly?"

"It went smoothly?" Zhao Hui Ying's face became even more unsightly, "This time I really did a big somersault!"

"Could it be that Lord Zhao and Lord Lin failed?"

"Not only did they fail, they even almost lost themselves. If it wasn't for me going over, I'm afraid the emperor would have already jailed these two."

"Ah, why is it so serious?"

Zhao Hui Ying suddenly threw the teacup in his hand onto the ground: "I told them a long time ago that if they can't hit it with a single strike, they mustn't rashly attack. Who are the guards? This was a team that protected the life and death of the emperor. The emperor had crossed the line and was about to kill them to vent his anger, but these people had suddenly slammed their heads against him. Wasn't this just rushing to their deaths? I already said that I would calm the crown prince down, but I didn't expect him to still be so impatient! "

"Please calm your anger, Empress."

"Chu Junyi, Shen Ninghua, hmph, these two are truly amazing. They are as round and hard as two pieces of stone, with not even a crack." Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua, hmph, they are truly amazing, like two pieces of stone. "After this matter of reorganizing the imperial guards, I'm afraid that with one leap, you will become a popular figure in front of the Emperor."

"My lady, no matter how proud that Chu Junyi is, she is just an official. You are the head of the imperial palace. Don't get angry with them. It's not worth it to lose your temper."

Zhao Hui Ying took a deep breath and sat on his seat, the expression in his eyes were extremely sharp: "You're right, I am the palace master of the imperial harem. After so many years in the harem, large and small waves have all come over. Fang Xue, send someone to keep an eye on Chu Junyi and Shen Ninghua. Don't alert them.

"Yes, Empress."

Inside the Princess' residence, Shen Ninghua was playing with a set of jasper teacups, his eyes filled with obvious affection.

Chu Junyi sat beside her, her eyes warm with love. "Ning Hua, you like jade artifacts?"

"Jade artifacts have souls, of course I like them."

Shen Ninghua shot him a cold glance, "Although Lin Yue and Zhao Kun have temporarily sent them off, there are still a lot of things to do. Didn't you say that you would send all the silver to the northwest to provide relief?"

"It was arranged when the news spread out." Chu Junyi watched Shen Ninghua's movements. The teacup set off by Shen Ninghua's jade fingers was a sight to behold. It was so pleasing that he couldn't bear to look away.

"Then you have nothing else?"

"Yes, I'm waiting for dark."

"What for when it gets dark?" Shen Ninghua frowned.

Chu Junyi smiled. "Didn't Bai Yu say you'd stay up late? I'll stay with you, and see what you're up to."

Shen Ninghua's face darkened. "Bluebird, see our guest out."

"Sigh, congealed … We've just had a hard time together. Okay, okay. "I'll walk by myself..."