The accountant also quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, I have killed all of you. I beg you to spare my life. I just want to make a living."
I have no choice but to do things for my wife and beg the emperor for mercy!"
"Please, Your Majesty, spare my life!"
The thugs also begged for mercy.
"You, how dare you spit on others..." At this time, Mrs. Wei's body had collapsed to the ground. Her face was pale and her whole body was shaking with fear.
When the queen saw this, she immediately knew that something was wrong and the matter was revealed!
Now that all the witnesses and physical evidence are available, the incident has come to light.
Not only could she not protect Mrs. Wei, she would also involve herself in it.
Thinking of this, she gave Mrs. Wei a painful look, suddenly rushed up and slapped Mrs. Wei on the face, "Sister, are you really doing these things?
It is a shame that I trust you so much and entrust you with such an important task as disaster relief.
I didn’t expect that you would embezzle the disaster relief money and squander it. I am so disappointed in you!"
"Sister..." Mrs. Wei Guo was slapped unexpectedly, and her body became weak with fear.
Seeing the pain in the queen's eyes, she immediately knew that her death had come.
The queen was ready to sacrifice her to save herself.
At this time, the queen said angrily: "This year there is a severe drought in the northwest and the worst flood in a century in the south of the Yangtze River. I have been worried about it. I can't eat every day and can't sleep at night. I still eat vegetarian food every day and pray to the Bodhisattva to protect the people."
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The Emperor is also worried about the people every day and has trouble sleeping and eating! I have racked my brains and tried every means to raise funds for disaster relief, and I have also entrusted you with such an important task of disaster relief.
It is because I trust you and think that as the princess of the country, you will be considerate and sympathetic to the people, and will not enrich your own pockets like others.
But on your bad side, you actually used the name of disaster relief to embezzle money, deceive the superiors and deceive the inferiors, and harm the people.
It made people's lives miserable and resentful, and also endangered the reputation of the emperor and the palace.
If you know the law and break it, your crime will be increased!"
Having said this, the queen stared at Mrs. Wei again and lowered her voice, "Sister, when you were doing these things, did you ever think about Jiang Heng, the only son of Duke Wei?
Have you ever done any good deeds for him?"
Mrs. Wei was startled when she heard her son's name.
She knew that by saying this, the queen was asking her to take the blame.
The witnesses and material evidence are all there, so it's useless for her to quibble.
The emperor will not trust her, and will also bring trouble to the queen and harm Heng'er.
She believed that as long as she took the blame, the queen would definitely take care of Jiang Heng for her.
Thinking of this, she looked at the queen deeply and said: "Sister... I'm sorry, I didn't mean it.
I was just temporarily obsessed with money and blinded by lard, so I embezzled disaster relief money behind your back.
Sister, I have let down all your hard work, I am sorry to the Emperor, I am sorry to all the people in the world, I deserve death!"
When she said this, she burst into tears.
Seeing her confession, the queen breathed a sigh of relief.
She said angrily: "It's really you who did it. I'm so disappointed in you!"
Seeing Mrs. Wei's confession, Emperor Hongyuan's face turned livid.
Based on his intuition, this matter must have something to do with the Queen, but Mrs. Wei chose to take the blame for her.
He glared at the queen with hatred, his eyes full of anger.
She was so bold that she dared to embezzle disaster relief funds. Was she afraid that the people's resentment was not boiling enough, or because she felt that his power was too secure?
The common people are the foundation of the country, and many victims of the disaster have fled to the capital. If the public sentiment is further destabilized and the foundation is turbulent, the country will also be overturned.