Su Tang's brows knitted together, "How could he be burned? When did it happen?"
"On the night when Prince Cheng'an went to the small courtyard in the south of the city," Xie Boting replied.
When Xie Boting said this, there was something else Su Tang couldn't guess.
It must have been that Prince Cheng'an accidentally exposed Mrs. Jia's stay in the small courtyard in the south of the city, and the Duke of Song Dynasty found out about it.
The Duke of Song Dynasty couldn't spend money to hire Dr. Jia, and they who protected Doctor Jia were separated from the capital again. Doctor Jia was just the fish on the chopping board of the Duke of Song Dynasty. They confidently went to the small courtyard in the south of the city to catch Dr. Jia, but Mrs. Jia
He was not there at all and burned down Xie Boting's courtyard in a fit of rage.
This was because he thought that if he burned the small courtyard that Xie Boting lent to Dr. Jia to live in, Dr. Jia would show up, but it was a miscalculation.
Su Tang said, "There is no need to go to the small courtyard in the south of the city. Please invite Prince Chengan to come to Jingmoxuan."
Xie Boting's favorite person, Su Tang believed that Prince Cheng'an would not reveal that she was Dr. Jia.
"That's fine."
Xie Boting had no objection to Su Tang's arrangement. He was afraid that Prince Xin'an and the others would be impatient, so he got up and went to the study. Can Su Tang let him just leave like this? After finally getting the people back, Su Tang stopped him and said, "
You haven’t said anything about the jade pendant yet.”
Xie Boting didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He sat back and said, "This jade pendant belonged to the eldest young master of Zhenguo Palace. It was sealed in the warehouse of the Ministry of Household Affairs and was stolen. The emperor was going to send it back. I remembered that you liked the piece in his hand."
Jade pendant, I will give you this almost equivalent reward."
Su Tang was embarrassed.
I have never seen such a narrow-minded emperor.
Didn't I just take a jade pendant from him? It wasn't for nothing. It's been so long and I still remember it.
Although this jade pendant is very beautiful, she doesn't want it because of such an unpleasant experience.
If you want to reward her, why not reward her with something else?
After Xie Boting left, Su Tang handed the jade pendant to Banxia and asked her to take it off and put it away. Then she picked up a piece of cake and ate it, and asked Fuling, "What happened to the third wife's natal Mingdehou Mansion?"
At first she wanted to eat this thing and then leave Beijing to find someone. Now that she is back, how can she not make up for it in time?
Banxia also looked at Fuling with curiosity, and Fuling said, "I don't know the details. I heard from Xu's mother that the whole state was flooded the year before last. The imperial court allocated 300,000 taels to the whole state for disaster relief, but more than half of it was embezzled.
The prefect is Ming
Recommended by Dehou, the old lady of Mingdehoufu celebrated her birthday early last year. The governor of Quanzhou came to Beijing to celebrate her birthday. On the surface, he only sent a Buddha statue carved from red sandalwood. In fact, he paid tribute to the old lady of Mingdehoufu.
Eighty thousand taels."
"The governor of Quanzhou has a habit of keeping accounts. The account books were stolen more than a month ago, and this incident came out. It is not yet proven that the Mingde Marquis Mansion was involved in embezzlement of disaster relief funds, but it is a certainty that he accepted bribes."
Accepting bribes is a serious crime, but it is not on the same level as embezzling huge amounts of money for disaster relief.
Once the connection is verified, what awaits the Marquis Mingde is to confiscate his family, exile him, or even exterminate his family.
No wonder the third wife rushed back to Mingdehou's Mansion in such a hurry that day. Such a big thing happened, so it's strange that she was not in a hurry.
Su Tang doesn’t believe this, but the Mingdehou Mansion doesn’t know. The prefect of Quanzhou is just a fourth-rank official, and his annual salary is only a small amount. The old lady of the Mingdehou Mansion gave her 80,000 taels as a gift on her birthday. Mingdehou Mansion can
Don’t you know that those 80,000 taels are the people’s fat and the people’s anointing?
If you accept the money even though you know it came from a shady source, you should pay a heavy price for your greed.
The imperial treasury was already empty, and the money allocated was tight. Most of it was lost to corruption. Su Tang could not even imagine how many people died of hunger and starvation. If these corrupt officials were not severely punished, it would not be enough to make the people angry.
Fu Ling continued, "Marquis Mingde was imprisoned and is now being held in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. The other people in Marquis Mingde's mansion are banned in the mansion. They hand over money to buy rice and grain every day. No one is allowed to go out without the emperor's permission.
Take a step into the Mingdehou Mansion."
Now that they were talking about the incident at Mingdehou's Mansion, Poria casually mentioned the old lady's birthday banquet, "After the incident at Mingdehou's Mansion, the old lady did not plan to hold a big birthday banquet. She was afraid that people would say that the Jingnan Prince's Mansion also took the opportunity to make money. The news is unknown.
How did it reach the ears of the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother said that the prince was loyal to the court and asked the old lady to just hold the birthday banquet without worries. After all, there are only a few people who are greedy for ink. It cannot be that the old lady of the civil and military families of the court will not live up to her birthday. "
"The old lady just held another birthday party." This chapter has been completed!