Cui Weizhen was a celebrity before the emperor, and he was personally conferred the title of Uncle Jing Ning. As an eunuch, Eunuch Xu did not dare to really turn people away, just like he could not refuse his master's visit to the house.
Ye Zhenzhen wanted to see what was hidden inside Prince Jingning's Mansion, which had been blocked by the county magistrate in every possible way.
What puzzled her was that the palace was completely orderly, and the servants behaved in a proper manner. Both the courtyard and the buildings were well maintained, and every place was cleaned. It was obvious that the house was regularly cared for.
Do maintenance.
But after walking around, she felt something was a bit inconsistent, but she couldn't tell where it was.
Until Cui Weizhen made the point: "Prince Jingning's Mansion covers an area of more than 300 acres. There are countless pavilions, pavilions, and exotic trees in the palace, not to mention the dazzling array of rare treasures and furnishings in the buildings and palaces."
, extremely extravagant. When I look at it today, Prince Jingning’s palace seems to be an empty space with only a false name.”
Ye Zhenzhen suddenly realized that something was wrong - the palace was too empty!
Except for various buildings and pavilions, there were no unnecessary decorations. It looked like they had been looted. Ye Zhenzhen thought that after the palace was confiscated in ancient times, the property would be put into the emperor's private treasury.
I didn't think much about it for a while, but now after listening to what Cui Weizhen said, it seemed like it was something else.
The ancient county magistrate's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he could hardly control the panic on his face. However, Eunuch Xu was calmer than him. Although there was a flash of panic in his eyes, he still managed to steady himself and said: "Uncle, I don't know something. King Jing
After Prince Ning's Mansion was sealed, most of the property was filled into Emperor Taizong's private treasury, leaving only some large items that were inconvenient to take away. In order to facilitate management, the successive stewards of the Prince's Mansion returned them to the warehouse for storage, and they have been there for hundreds of years.
There has been a lot of wear and tear since it came down. If uncle wants to see it, we can also open the warehouse for you to check."
What can be found by opening the warehouse for inspection?
Not to mention that they couldn't really spend time counting the things in the warehouse. Even if they did, they probably wouldn't be able to find anything. The eunuchs in the palace are the most shrewd. If something is embezzled, they will know it.
After all the effort, those things are probably "worn out" after hundreds of years.
Even so, they couldn't sit idly by and let this eunuch completely greedy everything. Later, they would ask Zhang San to bring someone over to take care of the warehouse. The most important thing now was something else.
Cui Weizhen's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he fell on Eunuch Xu with a penetrating gaze: "I have something unclear, and I would like to ask Eunuch Xu for advice. The Jingning Palace covers an area of more than 300 acres. I have just walked around.
It was found that it was only over 250 acres, where did the remaining space go?"
The atmosphere suddenly became solid and tense. Ye Zhenzhen was stunned. Did she hear it correctly? The area of the palace has actually decreased?
She didn't know whether to lament the audacity of some people, or the horror of Cui Weizhen's humanoid measuring instrument. He just walked around the palace!
Bang!
A loud noise suddenly broke the stalemate. Ye Zhenzhen quickly looked back and saw that it was Magistrate Gu who had fainted——
Based on his previous words and deeds, it is reasonable to guess that he was frightened and fainted.
It seems that there must be something unspeakable about the sudden shrinkage of Prince Jingning's palace.