The King of Qin relied on himself as the elder brother and showed off his elder brother's prestige from time to time.
King Yan was unhappy, and with a calm expression on his face, he responded calmly: "What's the case in the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
"Why are you pretending in front of me!" King Qin sneered: "You secretly investigated the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs. There was already a rumor in the court. I heard that my fourth brother felt aggrieved, and even complained to you in front of my father, saying that you stretched out your hand.
It’s too long, and even the household affairs department has to be taken care of.”
The King of Han is not a good person either.
He responded to King Yan with his front foot, turned his head and secretly let out the wind.
The officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs all know that King Yan is investigating the case, and they have all tightened their heads recently. There are many people talking, how can they hide such things from the King of Qin?
King Yan is not someone to be trifled with either.
King Qin was aggressive, but King Yan smiled faintly: "Brother, since you have heard about it, why bother to ask me again? Whatever you heard, brother, that's what you heard!"
King Qin: "..."
King Qin's eyes turned cold and his voice became darker: "Second brother, you and I are brothers. Don't alienate our brotherhood over trivial matters."
King Yan smiled: "That's what eldest brother said."
He kept silent about the progress of the Ministry of Household Affairs case.
King Qin's eyes flashed and he took a deep look at King Yan.
Among the four princes, the only one who could rival him was King Yan.
King Yan usually kept quiet, did not win over courtiers, and did not like to hold banquets. He focused all his energy on the Ministry of Punishment. In the past ten years, the Ministry of Punishment had almost no backlog of cases, and there were very few unjust and wrong cases.
Even the King of Qin had to admit that while he was in charge of the Ministry of War, he was conscientious, but he was far less capable than the King of Yan.
At the beginning of the year, Mr. Wu Ge led all his ministers to submit a memorial, requesting the establishment of a crown prince, but it did not work. Emperor Long'an summoned General Yuan and Prince Fu to the Taihe Palace, and kept the memorial without publishing it.
This dangerous signal made the King of Qin sit on pins and needles and became more and more fearful of the King of Yan.
The two brothers waited for half an hour before Eunuch Shen came to deliver the message: "Your Majesty ordered your servants to invite your two highnesses to come to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for an audience."
King Qin and King Yan each gathered their thoughts, responded, and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony together.
By this time, it was getting dark.
Boundless darkness shrouded the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Dozens of palace lanterns were burning in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, illuminating the hall as bright as day.
Emperor Long'an, wearing a dragon robe, was sitting on a dragon chair, with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and his face looked pale as if he had just recovered from an illness.
Emperor Long'an refused to show weakness and fatigue in front of his son, and insisted on maintaining the majesty of the emperor.
King Yan and King Qin entered side by side and saluted together: "My son, I have seen my father."
Emperor Long'an hummed, "They're all flat."
When his sons stood up, Emperor Long'an glanced at King Qin and said, "It's so late. Why did you come into the palace if you didn't hold a banquet in the palace?"
The King of Qin liked to hold banquets, and eight out of ten days were spent singing, dancing, and drinking. Emperor Long'an mentioned this with some irony.
The King of Qin was secretly frightened, and hurriedly responded in a low voice: "My father is not in good health, and I am always worried about him. I am not in the mood to hold a banquet. Tonight, the soldiers have gathered in the Yamen, and my son will immediately enter the palace to come to my father."
Goodbye."
Emperor Long'an was in a state of moodiness and anger. He didn't know what King Qin said that he didn't like, and his face darkened: "My illness has been cured, and I am still far away from death."
King Qin's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly handed over his hands to plead guilty: "My son only cares about my father's dragon body, and has no other intentions. Please calm down my father's anger."
It seems that the King of Qin was also suffering. The wave of memorials asking for the crown prince at the beginning of the year not only failed to make him get what he wanted, but also made Emperor Long'an dissatisfied. In the past six months, he has often been treated coldly.
Emperor Long'an snorted and looked at King Yan again: "Why did you enter the palace so late?"
King Yan took out the book wrapped in yellow cloth from his sleeve and said respectfully: "I was ordered to secretly check the household department and found this account book. After reading it, I was shocked. I didn't dare to delay for a moment and entered. The palace will present the account book to the emperor for his inspection."
Account book?
What account book?
King Qin was startled, and a thick shadow suddenly cast over his heart.
Eunuch Shen took it from King Yan, opened the yellow cloth, took out the account book, and respectfully presented it to the imperial case.
Emperor Long'an's expression was as calm as water, and he reached out to open the account book.
The Hall of Supreme Harmony became quiet.
There was only the slight sound of Emperor Long'an flipping the account books, and the sound of Emperor Long'an breathing more and more rapidly.
King Qin quickly raised his eyes and saw Emperor Long'an's face filled with anger and his eyes flashing coldly, and his heart sank again.
Having been Emperor Long'an's son for forty years, he was very familiar with Emperor Long'an's temperament and knew that this was a sign of Emperor Long'an's anger.
The account books that King Yan specially sent to the palace are by no means trivial!
What is recorded in this account book?
Snapped!
Emperor Long'an took the paper weight and slapped it heavily on the solid imperial case.
King Qin's eyelids suddenly twitched, and he reflexively wanted to kneel down to apologize.
King Yan had already taken the initiative and apologized: "My son should not have stained my father's eyes with the account books, which made my father Long Yan angry. Please calm down your anger!"
Emperor Long'an's eyes shone coldly, and he sneered again and again: "It's none of your business, what are you asking for? You think I'm just old and confused!"
Anyway, in Emperor Long'an's place, the princes who were favored or not had to be wary. Of course there was family affection between father and son, but before father and son, there were monarchs and ministers.
Emperor Long'an became angry, and King Qin and King Yan knelt down together: "Father, please calm down."
Emperor Long'an's breath was disordered and he coughed several times. Eunuch Shen beside him was busy rubbing Emperor Long'an's back, and asked his servant to send the imperial doctor. Emperor Long'an waved his hands, and after his breathing calmed down, he said angrily: "How can I not be angry? "
"I ask myself whether I treat the officials of the six ministries well on weekdays. The Ministry of Households is in charge of taxation, money and food. They all live in big houses, eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, buy some fertile land, and that's it. I am not so mean as to want the officials to live in poverty."
"But what did they do to me?"
"The money allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs every year amounts to tens of millions at least. They deduct 10% of every sum. What's even more outrageous is that they even dare to touch the life-saving money allocated to provide relief to the victims."
"If it weren't for Liang An's secret act, I would still have been kept in the dark. They are thinking that I am an old fool. They want to bring trouble to the imperial court, suck the blood of the imperial court, and force my people to rebel!"
The last few sentences are almost a roar.
After Emperor Long'an shouted, he coughed violently again.
Eunuch Shen's expression changed and he immediately called the imperial doctor.
King Qin and King Yan knelt on the ground, and they did not dare to get up without Emperor Long'an making a sound. Hearing Emperor Long'an's cough, King Qin and King Yan all raised their heads and exclaimed:
"Father, you must not let your anger go to waste! Please take care of your dragon body!"
"Father, please calm down! The dragon body is important!"
Emperor Long'an made a whirring sound in his throat, with anger in his eyes. He coughed for a moment and then uttered a command: "Come here, please pass on my command and ask Xue Lin to lead people to the Wu Mansion immediately and bring Wu Langzhong into the palace."
