Not long after, Liu Xianxian was brought into the palace by the people sent by the emperor. When she heard about the salary of the third prince, she brought all the account books in the palace with her.
In the imperial study, the emperor drove the two of them aside, and then asked Liu Xianxian in person: "Liu Xianxian, King Huan said that the monthly salary issued by the Ministry of Revenue is entrusted to you for safekeeping. Is this true?"
Liu Xianxian looked at Mo Wenhuan and said truthfully: "Go back to the emperor, this is indeed the case."
The emperor then asked: "Do you know how much silver the Ministry of Household Affairs distributes every month?"
"Back to the emperor, the prince's annual salary is ten thousand taels of silver. When converted, it is eight hundred and thirty-three taels a month."
The emperor nodded, and then handed her the account book of the Ministry of Accounts: "If this is the case, then why is the expenditure of the Ministry of Accounts twice as much as what you said?"
Liu Xianxian took the account book and looked at it carefully. Soon, she understood the cause of the matter. It turned out that someone had changed the account book of the household department and changed the monthly salary of the Three Princes' Mansion. No wonder Mo Wenhuan was crying, it turned out that he was framed. .
"Back to the emperor, the third prince's monthly salary is uniformly distributed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is indeed eight hundred and thirty-three taels, not a penny more. My wife takes care of the money for the third prince every month and maintains the three princes' palace. Expenses, every expense was recorded.”
With that said, Liu Xianxian handed over the account book he brought and continued: "Your Majesty, these are the expenses of the Three Princes' Mansion in the past six months. I remember every income and expenditure clearly. Your Majesty can check it in person."
The emperor took the account book and looked through it.
Liu Xianxian continued: "In addition to the food and clothing expenses, the repairs of the mansion, and the monthly expenses of servants and maids, the Three Princes' Mansion will also spend two hundred taels of silver every month to do good deeds."
The emperor raised his head in surprise: "Is there any good deeds done in the Three Princes' Mansion?"
Liu Xianxian nodded, glanced at Mo Wenhuan's round eyes, and said, "Yes, my wife does good deeds for the third prince every month, mainly distributing rice to the people in the Powahanyao area, and building bridges and paving roads. ..."
Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but look at Mo Wenhuan with admiration.
"King Huan, why didn't you tell me these things earlier?"
Mo Wenhuan, who was suddenly praised, immediately said happily: "Thank you for the compliment. The reason why I don't like my father is because the ancients once said that benevolent people are fearless, and kind people are selfless. They help others without asking for anything in return. Sons and ministers never Why should I talk to my father if I want to repay you?"
Mo Jing'an's face twitched, and his throat felt as if he had swallowed a fly.
The next second, the emperor suddenly frowned, stared at the account book and asked, "How come the expenses of the Three Princes' Mansion last month were greater than their income?"
Liu Xianxian continued: "Going back to the emperor, because the expenses of the Third Prince's Mansion are huge, and occasionally there are times when the income cannot be made ends meet, the minister's wife often takes out her dowry to support the family, which can be regarded as doing good deeds with the Third Prince. This is the minister's wife's private treasury, every time I also remember every expenditure clearly.”
The eunuch on the side immediately started reading the account book in Liu Xianxian's hand.
After a while, the emperor asked: "How is it?"
The chief eunuch replied: "Your Majesty, what the third princess said is true. The third princess spends hundreds of taels of silver every month to subsidize the family, including the birthday gift given to the queen. All the third princess paid for it from her own dowry. ......."
After hearing this, the emperor immediately closed the account book. There was no need to read the account book. Knowing that Liu Xianxian used dowry to subsidize the expenses of the three princes' palaces and did good deeds to the people every month, there was no need to question him anymore. After thinking for a moment, the emperor said : "Okay, Liu Xianxian, this matter has nothing to do with you. You can go back first."
The emperor planned to let Liu Xianxian go back first, but unexpectedly, Liu Xianxian's eyes fell on the account book in the household department, and she did not move.
"Wait, Your Majesty."
The emperor was surprised and said: "What's wrong?"
A flash of surprise flashed in Liu Xianxian's eyes, and then she handed the Account Book to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, look..."
Immediately afterwards, Liu Xianxian stretched out her finger and handed it to the emperor. There was a piece of black ink on her finger.
The emperor couldn't help but frown.
Liu Xianxian immediately said: "Your Majesty, my wife-in-law's fingers carefully rubbed the handwriting on the account book just now, and she found that the ink opened with just one swipe, and there was only the third prince in the row... I thought there was someone there. I just changed the handwriting in the account book and deliberately framed the Third Prince, and look at it, Your Majesty, the added words are even squeezed in the middle of the horizontal lines, so it was obviously filled in by that person forcibly."
After saying this, the emperor also stretched out his fingertips and wiped it, and sure enough, the writing on the account book opened as soon as he wiped it.
Seeing this, Mo Jing'an's face turned dark.
Mo Wenhuan's eyes lit up: "Really? Let me see..."
Having said that, Mo Wenhuan eagerly went to try it, and sure enough, as Liu Xianxian said, the writing on it opened up as soon as he touched it, as if someone had filled it in overnight.
"Father, someone has indeed framed me. Look, the ink has really been painted on, hahaha..."
The emperor gave him a cold glance and said coldly: "I am not blind."
Idiot, the three of them just stared at the account book for a long time, but they didn't see anything fishy. As a result, Liu Xianxian discovered something was wrong as soon as he arrived. How dare he be so embarrassed?
Thinking of this, the emperor's face became even colder.
Mo Wenhuan, however, had no eyesight at all and said with a naive smile: "Father, my grievances have been cleared. Does my father believe me now?"
The emperor did not answer his words, but looked at Mo Jing'an coldly. When things developed to this point, the emperor had already guessed who was the culprit. When he met the emperor's cold eyes, Mo Jing'an trembled with fright, his eyes filled with emotion. Full of panic.
However, the emperor quickly looked away, looked at Mo Wenhuan and Liu Xianxian, and said, "You go back, I will make my own decision on the rest."
"Thank you, Father."
After Mo Wenhuan and Liu Xianxian knelt and thanked them, they turned and left the imperial study. Before leaving, Mo Wenhuan glared at Mo Jing'an fiercely, and then smiled proudly.
Mo Jingan was too busy taking care of himself to bother talking to him.
The emperor waved everyone to leave the imperial study, and suddenly he and Mo Jing'an were the only two people left in the room, and the room was too quiet.
"father......"
Mo Jingan was about to speak when he heard the emperor shout angrily: "Kneel down before me!"
