When everyone heard this, they all started talking.
"So that's it. Let me just say that His Highness Prince Li has always been the hero of the common people. There is no way he would just die without saving his life.
It turns out that he trusted the Queen and did not argue with the Queen, but the Queen did this to us!"
"In order to curry favor with the queen, those nobles and wealthy people donated all their money to the queen.
The queen raised millions of taels of silver in just three days.
But she made us drink this kind of porridge. I think the money must have been embezzled by the Queen and Mrs. Wei together!"
"Yes! This money must have been embezzled by them! Otherwise, why would they give us rotten porridge?"
The people roared excitedly again.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wei Guo hurriedly said: "Don't listen to Chu Xuanchen's nonsense! We have not embezzled disaster relief funds at all.
The Queen has sent all the money to Jiangnan for disaster relief!"
"Did the queen transport the money to Jiangnan for disaster relief?
when did it happen?"
Chu Xuanchen suddenly asked.
Mrs. Wei's eyes flickered and she rolled her eyes.
She had done something sinful and was very flustered when it was revealed, "It happened yesterday. Yesterday, the empress ordered people to transport money to Jiangnan so that she could buy food for disaster relief in Jiangnan."
The people in Jiangnan are more miserable and pitiful, so of course she has to help them first!"
Chu Xuanchen sneered, "I heard that you raised three million taels of silver in three days. It's impossible for all this money to be shipped to Jiangnan, right?
Didn't you leave some for the victims of the Imperial City?"
Mrs. Wei Guo's eyes flickered even more, "Who said we raised three million taels?
We only raised two million taels, and we have the account books to prove it.
There are only two million taels, which is not even enough to help the people in Jiangnan. How can it be enough to help the victims of the imperial city?
So the empress allocated some money to provide disaster relief in the imperial city, and the rest was all shipped to the south of the Yangtze River! Chu Xuanchen, please don’t talk nonsense, lest you ruin the reputation of the empress!"
At this time, not far away, a middle-aged man wearing a blue official uniform suddenly ran over, leading a team of officials escorting the prisoners.
Yun Ruoyue took a closer look, wasn't that Zhang Fuyin?
Why is he here?
It seems that this should have been planned by Chu Xuanchen a long time ago.
This man is really powerful, most people would be better off not to go against him, lest they be tricked to death without even knowing it!
As soon as Zhang Fuyin ran over, he said: "I'm here to see you, Your Majesty.
Your lord, I led people to Mrs. Wei Guo's villa and found that she had hidden nearly three million taels of silver in the cellar! When I sent people to search, I saw Gao Yang, Mrs. Wei's confidant, stealing money from the cellar.
money, so the lower officials arrested him.
As well as the accountant and the thugs who were guarding them, I also arrested them and asked the prince to deal with them!"
After Zhang Fuyin finished speaking, he led the tied Gao Yang, the accountant and the thugs to kneel on the ground.
As soon as they knelt on the ground, they began to cry and howl, shouting about their injustice.
"This matter was all done by Mrs. Wei alone. We didn't know anything. We just followed her orders and it's none of our business!"
"Yes, Mrs. Wei threatened us.
If we don't embezzle money for her, she will kill us, how dare we not do it?"
"Gao Yang, you guys are eating the inside out, I'm not kind to you, how dare you betray me?"
Mrs. Wei glared at several people angrily.
Especially Gao Yang, she trusted him very much, but she didn't expect that he would betray her.