Tang Che carried Ying Bao out of the bedroom and knelt down with everyone to receive the order.
"It is God's destiny, the emperor decreed:
My position as the eldest princess is related to the reputation of the royal family. Princess Qingzhu lived among the people and was unfortunately killed by a traitor. The fourth prince Tang Che had been searching for many years and finally took Tang Ying back. Today, Tang Ying lost her mother when she was young. I felt sorry for her, so I specially named her the eldest princess. When she sees the princess, she feels like seeing me, to comfort her in the pain of losing her mother.
Today, I am given a hundred acres of fertile land and a thousand taels of gold to show my status as a princess.
Admire this. "
After Xiao Lizi finished reading the imperial edict, boxes after boxes of gold and silver jewelry were carried into the warehouse of Huaiying Palace, followed by a group of palace maids, all of whom were arranged by Tang Yuan to serve.
This battle is comparable to the time when Tang Qingzhu was favored.
The status of the eldest princess is second only to the prince, which shows how much Tang Yuan loves this little princess who has just been found.
Within half a day, rumors spread throughout the capital that the current emperor had found Princess Qingzhu's daughter, and she was named the eldest princess early the next morning.
But now Da Qin has not yet established a crown prince.
At the court meeting the next day, Tang Yuan looked at the courtiers below. One head was bigger than the other two.
Does he not want to establish a crown prince?
totally not!
I thought he had been on the throne for more than ten years and had more than a dozen sons. Every time he established a prince, one died, and now only four sons are dead!
I originally wanted to pass the throne to Qingzhu, his only daughter, but now Qingzhu...
How dare he stand up again? If he stands up again, he will probably never succeed again!
Those four sons are still not interested in the throne. One is interested in the battlefield, one is eager to fight with him, one is full of the smell of copper, and the other just wants to follow Qingzhu. Now that Qingzhu is gone, he has become Yingbao's follower again. .
When Ying Bao came back, he helped him get rid of the household department, and even cured his stubborn physical illness in the past few years. Although the cure was quite shocking, with Tang Qingzhu's ghost spirit in front, Qingzhu's daughter, Naturally, the blue is better than the blue!
Now they actually say that they shouldn't make a three-year-old baby the eldest princess? !
"The position of the eldest princess is second only to the crown prince. It is really difficult for a three-year-old baby to convince the public!" The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel took a step forward and knelt on the ground. "Please take back your order, please."
"Please, Your Majesty, take back your order!" All the officials agreed.
Tang Yuan sat on the dragon chair without anger or authority, and glanced at the officials lightly, hitting the heartstrings of them every word.
"My daughter was exiled to the house of a concubine of the Household Secretary of the Ministry of Finance because of King Linnan's attempt to force him into the palace four years ago. She died without a complete body, and there was still a daughter. After returning to the capital, she brought me a great gift. My dear friends, please Want to take a look?"
All the officials looked at each other.
The Minister of Libu secretly thought, is it possible that Hubu was caught with some pigtails?
Impossible, he is just a three-year-old kid who has just been weaned, but it is true that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance has not gone to court today.
There was a vague uneasiness in my heart, which was confirmed after a moment.
I saw His Highness Tang Feng, the third highness who always acted like a transparent person every time he went to court, striding in from outside the palace and kneeling in the palace.
"Your Majesty, last night I discovered that the Ministry of Revenue had embezzled disaster relief funds and fertile land taxes for decades, and had colluded with officials from various places below. There are so many accounts. The account books are all here. I just haven't found the stolen money yet. I hope your Majesty will give you permission." My son, go search the mansion!"
Xiao Lizi took the account book in his hand and presented it to Tang Yuan. Tang Yuan turned it over twice, his face instantly darkened, and he threw the account book directly in the face of the Minister of Libu.
"How do you choose officials from various places, Minister of Personnel?! Could it be that you are colluding with the officials like the Ministry of Revenue!" Tang Yuan was furious.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel trembled all over, and quickly picked up the account book on the ground and looked through it. The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and a chill came from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
A fierce look flashed in the eyes of the official minister, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, this account book must be a forgery. How can you hide so much stolen money!"
"Since the Minister of Civil Affairs is so sure, he is not afraid of searches. Feng'er, I have given you the handwriting, just go and check! I will see the stolen money within half a month."
Tang Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that these old foxes would not show their tails easily, and his second son would have to suffer a little this time.
"My son, take your orders!"
Here Tang Feng was in full swing, imprisoning Shangshu and his family, and the entire capital was searching for stolen money.
Over there, Tang Yi went to Shao County without stopping after being scolded by Ying Bao that night.
Traveling day and night, the two-day journey was suddenly shortened to one day due to quick work.
After arriving in Shao County, Tang Yi saw from a distance that the leader, Hu Ren, was transferring the last belongings at the gate of the County Lord's Mansion, preparing to run away.
Tang Yi did not step forward to stop him, but followed the carriage and horses transporting property from a distance.
As he followed, he discovered that a black dog was as sneaky as him. They looked at each other and decided to ignore each other, and followed with extreme caution.
Seeing Hu Ren arriving at a courtyard outside the county town, he looked around before going in before he felt comfortable going in.
Not long after, another man came out of the hospital and left quickly.
Tang Yi intuitively told himself that there was definitely something wrong with that man, so he snapped his fingers: "Qiudong, you two, follow him."
Before he finished speaking, two more black figures appeared in the direction the man left and then quickly disappeared.
There was no one around the courtyard, so Tang Yi flew into the courtyard with a leap.
The courtyard was quiet and there was no one. After walking around, I found that the big black dog had also come in and was lying on the ground sniffing around.
Tang Yi followed the big black dog around and around the courtyard. Finally, the big black dog stopped under a pine and cypress tree in the backyard and frantically dug the soil underneath with its paws.
The dog hadn't even scratched twice before Tang Yi heard the sound of moving things from the front yard.
"Be careful! If you break something inside, your legs will be broken!" Hu Ren followed tremblingly on crutches, directing the boys who were moving things.
Tang Yi grabbed the big black dog Destiny by the back of his neck and flew to the cypress tree.
Fortunately, the cypress tree is old enough that it requires three people to hug it. It is an evergreen tree with lush branches and leaves, and the figures of one person and one dog are completely covered.
A group of boys moved seven or eight boxes and stopped under the pine and cypress trees. Hu Ren stepped forward, patted left and right, and then reached into a tree hole to fumble for something.
The ground suddenly cracked, and the entrance to a cellar was revealed to everyone.
Hu Ren greeted the boys to move things down.
Tang Yi curiously looked down from the cellar entrance from the tree. Under the dim light, he saw boxes after boxes of gold and silver jewelry stacked inside the cellar.
The box containing gold, silver and jewelry was different from the box the boys were moving inside. It was longer and wider.
Tang Yi felt that those boxes looked familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere.
It seems to be a box used to store weapons!
"Woof!" The big black dog in his hand suddenly barked.
Everyone in the cellar heard the sound and went out, and saw a man on the tree crown covering the dog's mouth that made the sound with both hands.
Tang Yi now has the heart to eat dog meat.
The boys instantly opened the boxes in their hands, took out the crossbows and pointed them at the people in the tree.
Seeing the weapons in the box, Tang Yi felt cold in his heart.
Just when the cold arrows were all shooting at him, the flying knives flying from nowhere stopped all the cold arrows. In an instant, two secret guards appeared and got into the cellar, killing more than a dozen boys.
Hu Ren, who was hiding behind, saw that the situation was not good, turned around with a cane and wanted to run away, but was blocked by Chun Xia.
Tang Yi jumped down from the tree with the big black dog in his arms, and directly gave the big black dog a sinus.
The big black dog was still a little aggrieved after being beaten, and he grunted and stared at him sideways.
Suddenly the big black dog arched up and started sniffing around, circling back and forth in the box.
Tang Yi looked around. There were more than twenty boxes filled with gold and silver jewelry neatly placed in the cellar. Tang Yi glanced at them and was not interested in those gold and silver jewelry.
When he just came in, he smelled a cold, damp smell of rust in the cellar, and saw that the walls around the cellar were covered with moss. He suspected that there must be something mysterious underneath the cellar.
Sure enough, after approaching, the innermost part turned out to be a small prison. There were two wooden cages inside, holding a dozen girls in ragged clothes. Their hands and feet were tied, and their mouths were stuffed with cloth balls.
The two girls in the wooden cage made him suspicious.
He remembered the tearful woman he met on the way to Shao County, and her words, "The traffickers abducted my girl," kept echoing in his ears.
This Hu Ren is so cunning and cunning, and it must not be easy to hide him in such a secretive way.
Tang Yi turned around and asked Hu Ren: "Where did these girls come from?"
Hu Ren was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed a few times: "These are... all sent by people who have naughty children at home. As for the details, I don't know the details."
"Not sure? Do you don't want to recruit or don't dare to recruit!"
The long knife in Tang Yi's hand was instantly placed on Hu Ren's neck, which made Hu Ren tremble all over with fear, and the cold sweat on his head flowed down his face.
"That's all, you are so arrogant now. When you get to the Ministry of Justice, I'll see how you can still be so arrogant!" Tang Yi kicked the man to the ground.
Outside, Chun and Xia were counting the stolen goods when they suddenly discovered that the gold and silver on them were engraved with the two characters "disaster relief" written by the imperial court.
"Master, these gold and silver jewels are all disaster relief money embezzled by this person." An Chun handed the gold in his hand to Tang Yi and looked at it, "Those crossbows are also weapons only owned by the Ministry of War."
An Xia then said: "Those girls' breaths are weak, and some of their bodies are already stiff..."
Tang Yi felt blood rushing to the top of his head, and kicked Hu Ren hard again. Feeling uneasy, he took the crossbow and shot him in the thigh.
"ah--"
The sound of weapons penetrating into bones and Hu Ren's screams and wails slightly calmed down Tang Yi's anger.
The big black dog also bared its teeth and bit into Hu Ren's other leg, tearing and dragging the person around, biting off a piece of flesh.
Hu Ren fainted from the pain.
On the other side, Tang Ying, who was wandering around the palace, bumped into a rockery eunuch talking to another palace maid.
"Hasn't His Highness the Fifth Prince told the Holy One about that?" The palace maid looked around and whispered to the eunuch.
Tang Ying couldn't see the eunuch's face from her angle, so she could only listen.
"Shhh! Our Highness has been following the eldest princess all day since he came back. Where can he mention that matter?"
The eunuch was a little anxious and kept pacing back and forth, "Is it possible that the girl arranged by the empress did not capture the Fifth Highness?"
