With a loud "bang", King An knocked all the tea sets on the table to the ground.
The official who reported the report was startled and said in horror: "Your Majesty."
King An sneered coldly and said with gloomy eyebrows: "What do you mean there is no news?"
"A fourth-grade magistrate ran away right under your noses?"
"Also, what do the people sent to Suzhou say? Is there any news?"
The official who reported back said tremblingly: "Huang Shaoyu is not familiar with water. He might have died long ago if he fell into the river, but we haven't found his body yet."
"The Suzhou Prefecture has confirmed that his younger brother Huang Shaoqiong is dead, and his uncle is old and frail. Don't worry about the rest."
Seeing that the officials below were still trying to fool him, King An immediately roared: "Are you sure? Then why did someone report to me that Huang Shaoyu's uncle has been rescued and is missing now?"
"The Ministry of Household Affairs initially allocated 200,000 taels of the 500,000 taels for disaster relief in Henan. Later, when he heard that the disaster was serious, the emperor asked for an additional 300,000 taels, making a total of 500,000 taels. But now Huang Shaoyu's first book
The memorial said that he only received less than 100,000 taels, and the other 20,000 taels were raised from local wealthy businessmen."
"But what you handed over to me was only 300,000 taels! So where did the hundreds of thousands taels go?"
The official immediately knelt down and said with fear: "I don't know, I don't know. I always act according to the rules and I never dare to take it for myself."
"The silver came to Xiaguan through the hands of Master Yan from the Ministry of Accounts. The official also wrote a receipt to Master Yan, which is three hundred thousand taels."
"The two hundred thousand taels in front did go to the disaster area. I would never dare to lie to the officials. It must be corruption by the local officials in Henan. The prefect who was investigated before has committed a lot of corruption. I beg the prince to investigate clearly."
King An clenched his fists, his eyes full of anger.
"The three hundred thousand taels I have already invested in shipping and doing business, and I can't get them back for the time being. You and Yan Haoguang go and find a way for me. If not, I will never be done with you."
When the official heard this, he panicked instantly and kept wailing.
"My lord, please forgive me. I can't even get the three hundred thousand taels of silver by selling Xiaguan, let alone the worthless belongings in Xiaguan's family."
"Your Majesty, Mr. Yan's family has a title, and Duke Kang's mansion can fill it."
The Duke of Kang's Palace is the natal family of Princess An, and Yan Haoguang is the uncle of Prince An. At present, only the Duke of Kang's Palace can rival her.
But at this moment, the royal palace chief Shi came hurriedly to report.
"Your Majesty, there is news from the palace that the Emperor has received Huang Shaoyu."
"What?" King An exclaimed, his expression suddenly changed.
At the same time, the official's body was shaky and he almost fainted.
It only took a short moment. King An quickly grabbed the official and said, "You have never received the three hundred thousand taels of silver. Do you understand?"
The official was shaken and disoriented, and said in horror: "I... the lower official... the lower official knows."
…
The academy is already cleaning the courtyard and planting flowers and trees.
Although the finishing work can be carried out smoothly, since Lu Yunhong is not here, Wang Xiu is ready to wait for him to come and pick up the red silk.
However, what I didn't expect was that on March 18th, Magistrate Zhou and Ji Yunwei came to the villa in a hurry and excitedly invited Wang Xiu to the academy.
It was said that an important guest came to the academy, and they had already sent someone to invite Lu Shouchang.
The squires from around Wuxi also rushed over, waiting to greet the distinguished guests.
Wang Xiu thought that the eldest princess's retainers had arrived, but he didn't show any signs of his appearance and just let them greet him.
Rongrong and Nannan first changed her into a solemn long-sleeved shirt, a shawl, a bun, a hair crown and a gold hairpin, making her look like a lady.
Wang Xiudao: "Isn't this too grand?"
Nan Nan said: "No. The person coming here is from the capital, so grandma should show her momentum and never be looked down upon by others."
Wang Xiu: "..." That's fine.
When she went out, she found Zhou Xu and Ji Yunwei waiting, and she was confused for a moment.
"Who is this person?"
Zhou Xu was extremely excited, his eyes were as bright as stars, but he didn't dare to say it clearly.
Ji Yunwei suggested: "It's always a person who is unattainable. Otherwise, we would go and show our courtesy ourselves, and who cares whether my sister-in-law goes or not?"
What he said was as if he couldn't show his courtesy now without Wang Xiu with him.
But Ji Yunwei is the son of the Minister of Hubu, so he can’t go, so who can go?
Just when Wang Xiu was confused, the sound of a carriage came from outside the door.
Qian Liangcai hurriedly came to report: "Madam is here, waiting for grandma to go to the academy with her."
Wang Xiu was stunned: "Why are you waiting for me?"
Ji Yunwei smiled and said: "Because my sister-in-law has the most credit. Without my sister-in-law's money, this academy would never have been built."
Wang Xiu heard this and walked out in a daze.
She saw her mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen, waving to her from the side of the carriage: "Axiu, come and sit with mother."
Wang Xiu got on the carriage and saw Ji Yunwei and Zhou Xu jumping on the horse and leading the way.
When I arrived at the academy, I saw my father-in-law Lu Shouchang leading Mr. Dong standing in front, followed by all the minor officials and squires.
Seeing her coming, everyone hurriedly greeted her, and Wang Xiu's jaw dropped in shock.
Darling...it can't be the prince here, right?
No, no, the prince is responsible for supervising the country and cannot leave the capital easily.
Could it be the eldest princess??
Wang Xiuzheng was stunned when he unexpectedly heard someone shouting in front of him: "Axiu!"
Wang Xiu looked up and saw the eldest princess sitting in the phoenix frame. She was wearing a yellow peony and gold phoenix dress that dazzled her eyes.
The palace people around her looked at her kindly, as if they were waiting for her to come forward and pick her up.
Wang Xiu exclaimed: "Your Highness, the eldest princess?"
"Why are you here?"
"Where is the young master? Is he okay?"
The eldest princess stood up from the phoenix frame and stood up before Wang Xiu came to her.
Lu Shouchang and Magistrate Zhou also quickly led everyone to kneel down, and the sound was deafening.
Just as Wang Xiu was about to salute, the eldest princess held Wang Xiu's hand and said, "I want to give you a surprise, but I don't know that you are sleeping in at home. Do you really deserve a beating?"
With that said, he patted Wang Xiu's hand and asked everyone to get up first.
Wang Xiu was ashamed and said quickly: "It's my fault. I didn't expect His Highness to come, and I was wondering why Magistrate Zhou and Ji Yunwei came to call me."
"Your Highness must not do this next time. You should have someone tell me in advance so that I can come and wait for Your Highness earlier."
The eldest princess said: "They are usually waiting for me, and today I am also waiting for you. Although I am a little impatient, when I see the huge academy in front of me and think about the letters you wrote to me, I know that you
You didn’t lie to me.”
"In that case, it doesn't matter if I wait for you for a while."
With that said, he pulled Wang Xiu to the plaque carried by the palace attendants.