Xiao Chengyi's move can be said to have relieved the tension on the treasury, and I believe His Majesty is also very happy.
In the palace.
After Yuan Hao came to court, he heard that Xiao Chengyi had won one million taels of gambling silver, and gave 500,000 taels of it to Mu Rufeng as military pay.
When he heard the news, he felt a little unhappy. After all, when Xiao Chengyi got the money, the first thing he thought of was Mu Rufeng.
And he has always ignored an important issue, that is, does Xiao Chengyi know about what he did to Xin Ruyi?
How could Xiao Chengyi be sincerely loyal to him if he knew about it?
Yuan Hao was already suspicious, but now because of Xiao Chengyi's move, he couldn't help but think more.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhou Quan hurriedly walked in and said, "Your Majesty, the new number one scholar has sent us 400,000 taels of silver, saying it is to honor your Majesty and serve as the national treasury."
"oh?"
Yuan Hao was startled, and the doubts in his heart dissipated a lot. He asked: "Why are there only 400,000 taels?"
Zhou Quandao: "I heard that the Number One Scholar gave one hundred thousand taels to his sister, Princess Huihe. In short, he didn't keep any of the one million taels."
Yuan Hao suddenly realized: "So that's it. I've heard for a long time that the number one scholar dotes on his sister. I've finally seen it today. It's a pity that the princess hasn't got hairpin yet. Otherwise..."
Thinking of the last time, he wanted to use Mu Yunan and Yan Jingxuan's disappearance together as an opportunity to create public opinion so that he could marry them. Who would have thought that Yan Jingxuan came back later, but Mu Yunan was attracted by her?
His brother Xiao Chengyi was found.
Since the two of them had not spent one night together, it was not easy for him to grant the marriage.
Fortunately, Mu Yun'an hasn't gotten hairpin yet, so the marriage can be postponed for a while. What he is most worried about now is how to make Yan Jingxuan legitimately become Beichen's crown prince?
Before that, he must first seize the rights of Yongninghou.
Yuan Hao narrowed his eyes and said to Zhou Quan: "Go and announce the eldest princess in."
Zhou Quan said yes, then turned around and retreated.
Soon the eldest princess came. She stayed in the palace last night and did not leave the palace. When she heard that His Majesty wanted to see her, she did not delay. However, Yuan Hao did not let her get up immediately after seeing the ceremony.
The eldest princess knelt on the ground, feeling a little uneasy in her heart. She heard Yuan Hao ask: "You must also know what happened in the capital while you were away from the capital. You have always been on good terms with the Han family after the deposed emperor."
, why didn’t I see you interceding for her after returning to the palace?”
The eldest princess hurriedly said: "The crime committed by the Han family is a capital crime. Your Majesty has done your best to keep the blood of the Han family, so why should I ask my sister to plead for mercy?"
Yuan Hao raised his eyebrows and asked in a cold voice: "Then do you know why I retained the blood of the Han family?"
The eldest princess shook her head, but a layer of cold sweat broke out behind her back: "My sister, I don't know."
"Ha~"
Yuan Hao snorted coldly and said in a much sharper tone: "That's because the deposed Queen Han knew about Jing Xuan's life experience and used it to blackmail me. The assassination of Jing Xuan before was also done by the deposed prince. I still want to ask you.
, how did Han learn about it?
Only you and I know about Jing Xuan’s life experience, but you were afraid of him because of the previous incident, so you leaked Jing Xuan’s life experience to the deposed prince?”
The eldest princess's expression changed. She leaned forward and pressed her forehead against the cold ground, saying, "Brother Huang Mingjian, my sister knows that Brother Huang loves Jing Xuan, how could she do such a stupid thing?"
Yuan Hao had a sullen face and said in a cold voice: "Will you admit it only if I announce the deposed prince and confront you on the spot?"
As he spoke, he swept the memorial on the table down and said, "Do you really think I'm a fool? Don't you know what you did?
I thought you were my sister, so I tolerated you a lot, but I didn't expect you to be so bold as to take Jing Xuan's idea, which is simply an unforgivable crime."