"What's wrong?" As if someone stepped on his tail, Zhong Xi jumped up first, and then shouted loudly, "This was just taken out from the East Palace warehouse. How could there be a problem? It must be you. The number of people is wrong, or your people hid the money while our family was not paying attention. Huh! If you want to frame our family, you are really blind."
Of course, Zhong Xi would not admit all this at this time, but even slapped him in the face.
He has already decided on the three hundred thousand taels of silver, as well as the Supreme Membership. Since this is a task handed down by His Highness the Crown Prince, it must be completed well. Besides, it is also a matter of great benefit to himself when executing the order. He was not alone in doing this, he felt that he was right.
He is from the East Palace, and he believes that as long as he is tougher, the young Shen Ao will definitely give in. Just like those officials who came to the East Palace to pay homage to the prince, who would not keep their heads as low as possible in front of him, even if they are I don’t want to make friends with myself, and I don’t want to offend myself.
It was a mistake to look at Shen Ao the same way he looked at other officials.
Three hundred thousand taels of silver is neither too much nor too little. At least in Shen Ao's eyes, these three hundred thousand taels of silver are nothing. But he will not suffer such a loss. Who knows if this is Dong Gong's influence? Deliberately fooling yourself. If you admit it like this, people will call you an idiot and a fool later. You really did your best and suffered a loss without getting any benefit.
One of the purposes of doing business is to make money. Knowing that you are being cheated and yet not daring to resist is definitely not Shen Ao's style.
Shen Ao's face quickly turned cold, "Eunuch Zhong, don't mention it again and again to the East Palace Treasury. Doesn't it mean that there will be no problems with the silver taken out there? Couldn't it be that you are in the process of withdrawing the silver? Did you get 300,000 less?"
"How is this possible? There were many people present at the time, and the boxes were carried out after being checked." Zhong Xi said as if the East Palace was not going on a business trip.
"But here are boxes of items for inspection. These silver coins have never passed anywhere. I think anyone who doesn't have a problem with their eyes can see clearly." Shen Ao shot back.
"Who knows? Anyway, the money has been pulled back. Now please go through the formalities quickly. His Highness the Crown Prince may be impatient." Zhong Xi lamented in his heart that Shen Ao was so meticulous in his work that he didn't even order the things he had ordered. The money had been moved away, making it impossible for him to frame the blame. Now he could only use the name of the prince to suppress Shen Ao, hoping that he would bow his head.
Shen Ao didn't know if other officials would bow their heads, but he would never bow his head. How could he do something that clearly made him the one to be taken advantage of? Shaking his head, Shen Ao said in a very firm tone , "With 300,000 yuan less, it is absolutely impossible to apply for a supreme membership card. If you must apply for it, you will have to trouble Eunuch Zhong to go over and make up the difference. Naturally, you will give me the membership card with both hands."
Shen Ao had no intention of giving in, and Zhong Xi became a little angry after hearing this. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to make up for his shortcomings. This was not his first initiative, and layer-by-layer peelings were already commonplace in the imperial court.
The one million taels allocated by the superiors came down, and after passing through several government offices, half a million taels were finally distributed, which is considered good. This time he sent 10 million taels, but it was only 300,000 less. That's all, Zhong Xi doesn't think he has gone too far. But Shen Ao insists on it. What does he mean?
Do you look down on yourself? Or do you look down on the prince behind you?
At this point, Zhong Xi, who couldn't retreat, decided to pass on the conflict. When he looked at Shen Ao, there was a hint of ferocity in his eyes, "Mr. Zhongguo, our family has delivered the money truthfully, but now you are acting like this." You gave me various excuses, and even tampered with the silver verification process and took away three hundred thousand without permission. Tell me, what on earth do you want to do? Do you really not take His Highness the Crown Prince seriously?"
If before, Shen Ao thought that the mistake occurred in the issue of Dong Gong Deku, but after hearing these words, he was 80% sure that the problem probably occurred in the father-in-law in front of him.
It is said that Shen Ao also knew about the layer-by-layer peeling. Zhong Xi had gone all out to make the trip. It was not that he was unkind and made the other party busy in vain. The reward must be rewarded, but it would never be as much as three hundred thousand taels. .Not to mention, the other party paid 300,000 yuan, but didn’t even say hello. Do you really think you are being taken advantage of?
He secretly wanted to collect the money secretly, but now it didn't work out. Instead, he turned the tables and put the blame for the lack of money on Guo Changlong and himself. This was something Shen Ao could never agree to. She stood up and leaned forward. , only half an arm's length away from Zhong Xi's head, "Eunuch Zhong, you must be very clear about what happened. Now you want to blame us and put all the blame on us. What do you think?" Does it fit?"
Being stared at by Shen Ao from close range, for some reason, Zhong Xi's heart beat faster and faster, so much so that later he did not even dare to look directly into Shen Ao's eyes.
He didn't dare to defend himself, so he could only use his last trump card. Instead of looking at Shen Ao, he pretended to be calm and said, "What? Doesn't Mr. Zhongguo not want to accept the money or accept the kindness of His Highness the Crown Prince? What if? In this case, our family will transport the money back. If this is the case, do you know what the consequences will be?"
as a result of?
Needless to say? Naturally, the face of the Prince of the East Palace has been lost.
These bullock carts are going through the streets and alleys, under the banner of the East Palace, so that everyone knows it, but now they have to transport all the money back. Can others not think wildly when they see it? At that time, some people will inevitably wonder, The prince's face was greatly humiliated. He didn't even give money to others, so how could he be embarrassed?
Of course, Shen Ao knew this result very well. If this was the case, the prince would definitely hate himself. Even if he found out that the problem was not his fault, he would still hate himself if something happened, and he would not stop fighting if he didn't.
But if things were to go away like this because of fear, Shen Ao would not agree. He would never do this kind of thing where he would suffer the consequences of being dumb. "Come here, invite Her Royal Highness the eldest princess."
Shen Ao finally decided to call the eldest princess over, so that he would have a witness. No matter what decision he made and what the consequences were, he would not be too passive.
Why did you choose Guochanglong as your partner in the first place? Isn’t it just to avoid such troubles?
Shen Ao sent someone to inform the eldest princess, but Zhong Xi did not stop her. The princess was naturally a great person in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of him, a popular prince, it was just that. He believed that this was Shen Ao. Ao had to compromise, just to find a way for himself.
The eldest princess happened to be at the Guochanglong General Store. She came over after hearing that the prince had applied for a supreme membership. Another large sum of money was credited to her account, and she was planning to use the money to go to the palace to please the royal brother.
Unexpectedly, the good news did not come, but that Shen Ao wanted to see her. Along the way, she also learned what had happened. When she heard that three hundred thousand taels of silver were missing, she felt It's a bit unbelievable. Either it's a little more, or it's completely open to make up for it. What's going on with the three hundred thousand taels missing?
Before anyone arrived, the eldest princess had already made a calculation in her mind. The problem was that it was impossible for the Crown Prince and Shen Ao to be involved. With so many people present and the money never being moved away, it was impossible for such a large sum of three hundred thousand taels to be transferred. Whoever hides it, there is only one result. The problem lies in the East Palace, and it is very likely that it will appear in the eunuch named Zhong Xi.
She walked to the square next to the warehouse and saw Shen Ao and his party. As soon as the eldest princess arrived, she nodded lightly to Shen Ao, indicating that she would handle the matter, and then her cold eyes fell on Zhong Xi. He asked, "Eunuch Zhong, what is going on? If there is really a problem, just state it and we can all find a way to solve it together."
The eldest princess believed that Zhong Xi had a problem, and gave him a chance to change things. That is to speak out about the problem, and she would deal with it as appropriate.
The eldest princess asked forcefully, but Zhong Xi's expression did not change at all. There were hundreds of people in the square at this time. Once he admitted his mistake, the matter would inevitably be spread. If he was accused of being greedy for money, he would be there. If you can't pick it off anymore, how can you talk about the future? What future?
At this moment, the only thing to do is to refuse to admit it and to use the name of the prince to suppress others.
"I have met Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess. There is nothing wrong with the money. The fault will definitely lie with these people who check the money." Zhong Xi first met the ceremony according to the rules, and then he looked like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water. The evil person first He said complainingly.
With such determination, the eldest princess also showed a trace of confusion. Could it be that there is nothing wrong with Zhong Xi? The eldest princess then turned around and looked at Shen Ao.
Nodding slightly, Shen Ao said: "Two inspections and one proofreading, the results are the same, three hundred thousand taels missing."
"Yeah." The eldest princess trusts Shen Ao. Not to mention three hundred thousand taels, she won't care too much even if it's three million taels. Not to mention that the matter involves the prince, and there is no way to be careless. Then That is to say, there is indeed a problem with the money, and Zhong Xi may also have a problem, but what should I do if the other party refuses to acknowledge the debt?
To say that the eldest princess is worthy of being the eldest princess, she made a decision after just thinking about it briefly, "Since the amount is wrong, our country Changlong cannot accept this money, and the Supreme Membership Card cannot be applied for, so why don't you ask someone to send it back to you?" Go ahead."
The eldest princess is not prepared to give the prince any face. Thinking about it, although she is the prince's biological aunt, why does the other party put her in his eyes? In the eyes of the prince, Prince Xiang and others, the eldest princess is just a woman. .In a patriarchal society, what do women count? They only need to please their father and everything will be fine.
