Song De and Lin Shuang looked at each other quickly.
Everyone knows that Liu Qing is Song Huan's follower.
When he entered the palace to meet the saint at this time, he must have come to rescue Song Huan!
Song Huan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Liu Qing was here.
"Father, as long as you meet Liu Qing, all the truth will be revealed!"
"My son's innocence can be confirmed!"
Looking at Song Huan's sincere expression, Emperor Liang was doubtful and said: "Pass Liu Qing!"
"Father, please wait a moment!" Song Huan opened his mouth to stop Liang Emperor, and suddenly turned to Lin Shuang on the other side, "Master Lin, you keep saying that those imperial merchants are illegal gatherings!"
"But what if I can prove that these royal merchants are indeed here to participate in the sponsorship negotiation meeting as I said?"
Lin Shuang obviously didn't expect that Song Huan would ask him this question at this juncture!
"this……"
"If His Highness can really prove it, then it can be regarded as a good deed for me, Daliang!"
"Wei Chen just received the report and acted according to the rules."
"Prince Rong really wants to blame Wei Chen, right?"
Song Huan said calmly: "Why can't I blame you?"
"You just tainted the innocence of those royal merchants, but you actually ignored my explanation and insisted on arresting them!"
"I would like to ask Mr. Lin, which member of the public did you receive the report?"
"In other words, there are no reports from the masses at all!"
"It's the instructions of someone with a heart!"
As he spoke, Song Huan raised his head and looked directly into Song De's eyes.
Song De knew that he was wrong and looked away, not wanting to look at Song Huan too much.
Lin Shuang's heart trembled, and he was a little panicked!
The matter was originally very simple. The second prince had an order and he acted in accordance with the order.
It's good now that this matter has actually come before the Holy One!
How does this end?
Lin Shuang himself doesn’t know!
He silently moved his gaze to Song De, who was aside. However, Song De's eyes were wandering and he did not intend to look at Lin Shuang at all.
Lin Shuang understood that at this juncture, it was absolutely impossible for the second prince to protect him.
You can only save yourself!
Faced with Song Huan's questioning, Lin Shuang could only squeeze out a few words through his teeth: "If it is really Wei Chen's fault, then Wei Chen will apologize to His Highness in public!"
"I hope that Your Highness will be able to ignore the faults of small people and forgive the mistakes of minor officials!"
Song Huan didn't say much. It was obvious that a light apology would not satisfy Song Huan!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this Lin Shuang is the subordinate of General Xu Rong who was installed in Dali Temple.
If Lin Shuang is not severely punished after this incident, then he will definitely use his position as the prime minister of Dali Temple to cause trouble for Song Huan one after another!
If you cut the grass without removing the roots, you will plant the seeds of future troubles for yourself!
However, how to punish Lin Shuang depends on how Emperor Liang punishes him!
Song Huan immediately said to Emperor Liang: "Please ask my father to see Liu Qing immediately. He will replace my son's words with facts and explain clearly to my father!"
Emperor Liang was obviously impatient and waved to Xue Hai: "Bring Liu Qing in."
"yes!"
Soon, Liu Qing was seen trembling and followed Xue Hai in.
"Young man Liu Qing, please pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"Long live your majesty!"
Although Liu Qing often visited the palace and went to the Imperial Academy to accompany him, he never met Emperor Liang alone.
At this moment, facing this majestic Ninth Five-Year Master, Liu Qing was frightened and felt cold sweat pouring out from every pore in his body!
Emperor Liang raised his hand calmly: "Without any courtesy, please go down alone!"
"Liu Qing, I ask you, why did you enter the palace holding Prince Rong's token?"
Liu Qing quickly glanced at Song Huan beside him, and quickly replied to Emperor Liang: "Actually, before I came to see the emperor today, I didn't even know that Prince Rong was here!"
"This afternoon in Changchunfang, Prince Rong organized a sponsorship meeting for the project in the Xijiao Industrial Park."
"Furthermore, the prince ordered me to collect all the sponsorship fees and hand them over to the Holy One immediately."
"This is the breakdown of today's sponsorship fees. Please give me a clear understanding!"
As he spoke, Liu Qingcheng stretched out his hands in fear, took out a book of accounting details, and handed it to Xue Hai.
Emperor Liang took the detailed book from Xue Hai's hand, and after just flipping through it, Emperor Liang's eyes immediately widened!
"Seventy-three million taels of silver?"
"Fourth, are these the sponsorships you raised at Changchunfang this afternoon?"
When he heard this amount, Song Huan was slightly shocked!
His original estimate must have been no more than fifty million taels of silver.
After all, except for the two big guys, Shen Mei and Chen Xin, the other merchants are just a few hundred taels.
Unexpectedly, the final sponsorship fee was as much as 70 million taels!
It seemed that Song Huan's unintentional move of slapping Lin Shuang angrily had unknowingly attracted a wave of goodwill to himself.
"Yes, Father, these royal merchants have spent more than half of their family property just to support our Daliang steelworks and glazed workshops!"
"Aiming to promote the industrialization process of our beam!"
"In the future, every piece of steel produced by our company should have their names engraved on it."
"Because they are our unsung heroes in Daliang!"
"but--"
At this point, Song Huan changed the subject and turned his attention to Lin Shuang and Song De, who were shocked and stunned.
"My son has long explained to Mr. Lin the true intention of these royal merchants gathering here."
"But Master Lin not only didn't believe it at all, but he went even harder and humiliated these imperial merchants in public!"
"If I hadn't stopped them, those imperial merchants would be in the dungeon of Dali Temple, suffering inhumane abuse!"
"They have made their own contributions to Daliang Sheji, but now, Dali Temple wants to use torture to extract confessions from them!"
"You said, isn't this going to chill the hearts of these red-top businessmen?"
Under Song Huan's heart-wrenching accusation, Lin Shuang was dumbfounded, and Song De was also completely dumbfounded.
Lin Shuang couldn't figure it out despite racking his brains. He was just following the second prince's orders, and he was beaten for no reason. He was obviously being reasonable!
How come it's all my fault now?
And Song De never expected that Song Huan could raise more than 70 million taels of sponsorship in just one afternoon!
Such a huge sponsorship fee was worth it, not to mention slapping Lin Shuang in the face, but even beating him until he couldn't stand up!
Song De expressed regret in his heart. If he had known this, he should not have listened to Zhou Yingkai's slander and attacked the fourth child.
Even if you want to regret it now, it's too late!
