After the abbot finished speaking, he put his hands on the ground and pressed his forehead against the gold bricks on the ground. He said that if he said anything false, he would go to Abi Hell after death and would not be reincarnated.
In Buddhism, this is considered a serious oath.
The emperor stared at the abbot and asked, "Is there anything else?"
The abbot shook his head, "That's all the poor monk knows. Your Majesty, the poor monk has already explained everything he needs to explain."
The emperor asked: "What about transporting rocks? I heard that there were fifty cars. As you just said, it was because the Great Buddha Temple has been uneasy recently that you thought of transporting those rocks back to the temple to build the Buddha's platform?"
The abbot nodded, "Your Majesty, it's absolutely true. I'm afraid that the thousand-year-old temple was destroyed due to the poor monks' lax management. I want to put this matter on the agenda quickly so that I can seek the Buddha's blessing and peace of mind."
After he finished speaking, he swore again, "Your Majesty, there really will be no more."
The emperor asked King Xiang Ruian, "What do you think?"
King Ruian said after careful consideration: "I think what the abbot said is true. Ten years ago, the Great Buddha Temple was going to go to war to build the Buddha's altar. I think the princess who listened to me mentioned it. This happened. Son. As for Master Puhui of the Great Buddha Temple, he indeed went on a trip ten years ago and has not returned yet."
The emperor asked Ye Guixue and Su Rong again, "What do you think?"
Su Rong said: "Your Majesty, if you ask me, my opinion is that no matter whether what the abbot said is true or false, you cannot judge the matter based on his words. Believe him or not, you still need to investigate thoroughly."
The emperor nodded and said to King Ruian: "Send a sea arrest document to arrest Pu Hui. This case is still for your investigation."
King Ruian said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, I cannot handle such a big case by myself. I ask your Majesty to send more manpower to me."
The emperor looked at King Ruian's face, which looked exhausted and about to cry. He sighed, rubbed his brows and said, "Who do you think you can send to help you?"
King Ruian immediately looked at Su Rong, "I ask Miss Su Qi for help."
Su Rong raised an eyebrow and immediately said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am a woman."
"But you are..." King Ruian almost blurted out that you are the princess of Nanchu, how can you be the same as ordinary women? Ordinary women take care of their husbands and raise children without getting involved in government affairs, but you are different. You will return to Nanchu to get involved in government affairs in the future. But as he spoke, he did not say it in front of the emperor, because so far, he did not know the emperor's specific plans for Su Rong.
However, although he did not say it out loud, everyone present understood the meaning of his unfinished words.
The emperor nodded and said to Su Rong: "There is currently a shortage of available people in the court. You are my niece and the princess of Southern Chu. I will inform the world of your identity in the near future. Since the prince recommended you, these major cases were originally caused by you. It's involved, it would be appropriate if you came to investigate the case. I believe you can work with King Ruian to get to the bottom of this case, what do you think?"
Su Rong finally understood. It turned out that King Ruian asked her to come with him with the intention of dragging her along with him to investigate the case. However, it was a good thing for her. She could investigate the people involved in the case openly and thoroughly. All personnel can also take the opportunity to clean up the eldest prince, second prince and their factions and clear obstacles for the prince.
However, although she was willing, she did not readily agree and asked the emperor, "If your majesty informs the world about my identity, you will face pressure from the Wei Dynasty. I heard that the national treasury is not rich. If the Wei Dynasty raises troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult to pay for the army." It's difficult to deal with it. Does your Majesty have any countermeasures?"
The emperor said: "You don't need to worry about this matter. The prince and the Ministry of Revenue will find a solution."
Su Rong thought to herself, you really know how to say that money is so difficult to get, so just leave it to the prince. Before today, she might still have trouble raising money for the prince, but after today, she got a thousand boxes of gold for nothing. There is no need to worry too much about the prince.
This is really thanks to the person who hid the gold.
She nodded and said obediently: "Since Your Majesty said this, I can't refuse. But I am a soft-spoken person. Unlike the prince who has a title and prestige, I'm afraid that some people will not accept my investigation. Can Your Majesty give me a token or something?" Yes, I can also scare people so that the case can be successfully investigated."
She didn't say she wanted to be granted a title. She was the princess of Southern Chu, so there was no need for the emperor of Daliang to grant her a title.
Hearing this, the emperor thought it was reasonable, took out a token that said "I am here in person" and handed it to Su Rong, "Here, here is this for you."
Su Rong was stunned. She didn't expect that she would try to get a token, and the emperor actually gave her such a token. A token like my own presence is much more powerful than Shang Fang's sword.
King Ruian was also a little frightened, wondering if His Majesty didn't know that Su Rong was very close to the East Palace, right? Even if I didn’t know it before, I should know it now. Is it possible that now we have completely given up on the idea of the eldest prince, the second prince, and suppressing the prince to completely delegate power to the prince?
Ye Guixue was also a little surprised. After all, he had just told Su Rong that this was Princess Zhenmin whom Your Majesty had begged so hard for. Otherwise, the princess would not have agreed to marry Da Wei. If that was the case, maybe Daliang and Nanchu would marry him. Even if the battle of the Wei Dynasty was fought head-on, it might not really destroy the country. Could it be that the way he treats Su Rong now is based on his guilt towards Princess Zhenmin? Otherwise, why would you trust me so much?
Su Rong did not move, looked at the emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, just give me an ordinary token."
"I'll give you this. You are my niece. Your mother has made great contributions to saving the country in Daliang. I also believe that you will not be harmful to Daliang." The emperor continued to hand the token to her.
Su Rong was silent for a moment, reached out to take it, and said thank you instead, "Thank you, uncle, for trusting me."
The emperor was a little excited when he heard her call her uncle. His eyes were slightly red and his body was trembling slightly. He opened his mouth and said after a long while: "Okay, okay, when I hear you call me uncle, it's as if my cousin is standing in front of me and calling me." Nickname..."
His eyes were moist and filled with tears. He choked slightly and said, "It's me, it's me who has been sorry for her. All these years..."
Su Rong looked at him and saw that he was choked with sobs in the middle of his words and could not speak out the rest of the words. She held the token and looked at his appearance, unable to stir up any emotion in her heart, she was very cold and calm.
She didn't share the same emotions with him.
She had no feelings for the emperor, her uncle, and her memory of her mother was very weak. She could not hate him much. After all, from his position, he could not say that what he did back then was completely wrong, but she could not say anything to comfort him. .
Before she met him, she was not happy. She felt that if she suppressed the prince too much, he would be a foolish king. But after seeing him, he didn't have any ill intentions towards her, and his mood didn't seem to be fake, so she wasn't unhappy anymore, and of course, she wasn't too happy either.
What she hopes most is that he can stop being confused, stop suppressing the prince, delegate power to the prince, and prevent Daliang from declining.
Having a strong backer is the key to her going to Nanchu to seize power and gain a firm foothold. She hoped that one day in the future, she and Yan Huisheng would attack the Wei Dynasty and beat the Wei Dynasty until it cried for father and mother, and begged for mercy. This was what she would like to see the most.
The emperor quickly calmed down and said to King Ruian: "Send all these monks to the Prison of the Ministry of Justice. Ruian, tell the Minister of the Ministry of Justice that if anything happens to one of them, I will take the head of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice."
King Ruian thought that your majesty should have said this a long time ago, otherwise the minister's mansion would not have become a prison cell for prisoners. There have been too many prisoners in the mansion these days, and his princess was extremely dissatisfied with him, so she said okay Living in a mansion really doesn't feel like home.
However, the Zongren Mansion, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Jingfu Yamen were ridiculously turned into decorations. If he didn't want anything to happen to the prisoner, why not just put him under custody in the mansion himself!
King Ruian breathed a sigh of relief and immediately responded, "I'll go right away."
The emperor waved his hand.
After King Ruian left, the emperor looked at Su Rong and Ye Guixue. They were standing together. The handsome man and the beautiful woman complemented each other. He said to Ye Guixue: "I will leave Su Rong to talk for a while, and let someone take you out first." palace?"
Ye Guixue shook her head, "I can still wait for Your Majesty to talk to Xiao Qi for a while. I will take her back to Shen Mansion later."
The emperor nodded and ordered someone to take Ye Guixue to the cubicle to wait.
(End of chapter)
