"Father, I know my fault." After Bai Yueyao finished speaking, I looked at him in surprise. Why didn't he tell the truth to the emperor?
Could it be that the two days he and I spent in Fengming Country were not really about investigating the national conditions of other countries?
Oh, why am I still deceiving myself? In fact, I have already thought about Bai Yueyao's actions in the past two days, but I am still deceiving myself and looking for reasons to spend two days with Bai Yueyao!
"Second Emperor, you are already in your twenties, but you are still so playful. I really make my father worried about you." After the emperor finished speaking, he sighed. As the emperor exhaled, I clearly understood
See Prime Minister Zi's eyes sparkling with joy.
I clenched my fists tightly and then looked at the Emperor: "Your Majesty, I have something to report to you."
"Say it."
"The recent floods in Baiwen County have left the people in dire straits. The second prince and the soldiers fought on the front line of the flood fight for days and nights without rest. Later, there was a shortage of food in Baiwen County, and the second prince only ate a few meals of clear water and white porridge for several days...
"After I finished speaking, my eyes were filled with tears. The tears were half true and half exaggerated. Then I gently wiped my eyes with my sleeves: "Finally, when I came back, the second prince was exhausted and stayed in bed for two days before he was delayed in returning.
Holy lord, I am not showing off the achievements of the second prince by saying these words. I just hope that the emperor will not blame the second prince for the delay in the past two days."
After I finished speaking, the senior officials were slightly stunned. I think they were stunned because Bai Yueyao usually played night and night in the palace and lived a debauched life, but he went to Baiwen County to work so hard. But
How could they know that the former Bai Yueyao was faking it?
Of course, I only learned about it recently.
I sighed in front of the emperor.
"Why does Lan Hanlin sigh?"
"Your Majesty, I want to apologize to the people of Baiwen County." My tone became more and more exaggerated. This time, even Bai Yueyao didn't know what medicine I was selling in my gourd. Everyone in the imperial study room
Everyone looked at me in surprise, and then I knelt on the ground.
"Excuse me?" The emperor looked at me inexplicably.
"Yes, exactly, well, the people of Baiwen County made a slip of the tongue and called out to the Second Prince..." My words aroused everyone's interest in the middle of my words.
"What did you shout about?" the emperor asked me anxiously.
"I called you the prince..." After I finished speaking, I lowered my head to cover up the smug smile hanging on the corner of my mouth. I peeked at Prime Minister Zi, his expression was full of anger, but instead
Bai Riyuan's expression was still expressionless.
"Prince? Hahahaha, how can I be surprised? How can I be surprised? It seems that my father has underestimated my second prince. I really didn't expect that the second prince is so loved by the people."
"Thank you, Father, for your approval." Bai Yueyao knelt down after saying that, and he knelt beside me. Then he whispered beside me: "You are really good at acting."
Humph! He said I was acting? Isn’t he even better? He was talking about detecting intelligence, and he just went out to play for two days in vain!
"Each other, each other!" I whispered to him.
"By the way, did Lan Hanlin just say that Baiwen County is short of food? Why is there still a food shortage in Baiwen County after I allocated several million taels?" Okay, the main event begins. I took a peek at Bai Yueyao, what does that mean?
Ask him, he says, or I say.
He glanced at me, then stood up directly. It seemed that he had said so, and I also stood up, and then took a few steps back to the side.
"Father, Baiwen County has never received any funding from Father!"
"Oh???" The emperor looked at the ministers on the left and right in disbelief. I clearly noticed that the expressions of several of those ministers had changed.
"Father, some people must be lining their own pockets, right?" As soon as Bai Yueyao said these words, the faces of some ministers were filled with panic.
The emperor's expression was also full of anger. He slammed the table in front of him, and everyone in the imperial study knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, calm down."
"Prime Minister Purple!!!"
"Wei Chen is here."
"I will leave it to you to investigate where the Baiwen County funds went."
No, no! It absolutely cannot be handed over to Prime Minister Zi. This case is a good opportunity to get rid of the supporters around the eldest prince. If it is handed over to Prime Minister Zi, wouldn’t it mean that officials are protecting each other? But I am Hanlin and I cannot manage this.
Case, I patrolled the court, who else can be trusted? Who is an upright official? And who is not the eldest prince? Yes!
I stepped forward in two steps and stood in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zi is the prime minister of a country. There are many things that need to be handled by the Prime Minister. I proposed that this case..."
"Do you want to go to trial?" Prime Minister Zi interrupted me with an angry roar next to me.
I looked at Prime Minister Zi and gave him a friendly smile: "How is it possible? I am a Hanlin official and I know my own rights. That's why I have the guts to recommend the most suitable person to the emperor to hear this case."
"Who is more suitable than me?"
"Hey, what is the implication of Prime Minister Zi's words is that all matters in Yunlong Kingdom can be handed over to Prime Minister Zi?"
"Of course!" After Prime Minister Zi said this, he realized that he had made the biggest mistake. Then he immediately looked at the emperor with a pale face. I was not talking. Haha, now the silence is better than the sound.
I have to say that Prime Minister Zi was played by me again this time.
The emperor looked at Prime Minister Zi angrily, and then at me: "Lan Aiqing, who do you want to recommend?"
"Haha, Huang Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, this case is related to officials' corruption and perversion of the law, so it is most appropriate for the case to be tried by Huang Shangshu."
"Well, Huang Aiqing."
"Wei Chen is here."
"Then the case will be handed over to you for trial."
"I obey the decree." After Huang Shangshu finished replying to the emperor's words, Huang Shangshu and I smiled at each other. Currently, only Huang Shangshu in the court is the most suitable to hear this case.
And Prime Minister Zi doesn't dare to take this case now. After all, he just said such disrespectful words, and the emperor will be more advantageous if he doesn't kill him, so now he can only keep silent.
Hey! I’m now keeping an eye on Prime Minister Zi. As long as there is a slight chance, I will pull him down from the position of Prime Minister!!
In this secret battle, Bai Yueyao was slightly better than Bai Riyuan, but Bai Riyuan had never launched any offensive. Was he too low-key? Or was he hiding a secret? Or was it not the right time?
I feel that two nameless air currents in the court are devouring each other. I also feel that the originally weak air current is now slowly getting stronger...
I thought that Bai Yueyao and I would show a proud look when we sang together this time, but no, instead his expression became more and more solemn.
It wasn't until the emperor finished talking about something that I had forgotten about that I learned why Bai Yueyao's expression was so solemn!