Just when Wang Xiao was shocked, a young eunuch quietly walked in and handed a booklet to Xiao Cheng.
Xiao Cheng took it casually, opened the book and flipped through it, but couldn't help but shook his head and said:
"In my treasury, even a clean rat cannot stay. But in the treasury of the Grand Master's Mansion, a total of 5.8 million taels of silver were found. This is really..."
Wang Xiao lowered his eyelids, his expression became calm again, and he said with a clear conscience:
"All expenditures in the country are drawn from the treasury of the Taishi Mansion. Disaster relief money, military rations and salaries, official salaries, and even the expenses of His Majesty's palace are all drawn from the treasury of the Taishi Mansion.
The treasury is the treasury of the Yun State! As for my daily expenses, I use my salary, and I have never used a penny in the treasury..."
Xiao Cheng didn't even raise his head, he continued to flip through the account book in his hand, and responded casually:
"I believe what the Grand Master said!"
Xiao Cheng's casual words directly blocked what Wang Xiao was going to say, leaving Wang Xiao slightly stunned.
But when he looked up at Xiao Cheng, he found that Xiao Cheng's face was calm and there was no sign of disbelief.
Wang Xiao opened his mouth and said again:
"There should still be 5,843,000 taels of silver in the treasury. Your Majesty's people must have been greedy for 43,000 taels, and their hands and feet are still a little dirty."
Xiao Cheng was not surprised at all when he heard this, he just nodded and said:
"Forty-three thousand taels? Well, it's not too much. The Forbidden Army was responsible for ransacking the house this time. Zhong Li was originally in charge of the Forbidden Army, so how good can military discipline be? Previously, it was hard to make too big a move and couldn't be trained.
The Forbidden Army has no choice but to let it go, and everything will be fine from now on."
Xiao Cheng didn't care, because he knew that this person who was so bold as to be greedy for this money must have reached out a lot in the past. He asked Cheng Bushi to check, and then ransacked the house. The money he got back was at least 50,000 to 60,000 taels, which was stable.
No compensation for sure!
At this time, Xiao Cheng became interested, put down the account book in his hand, looked at Wang Xiao, and said curiously:
"I suddenly have a question. Grand Master still has the time to ask this and that, so he is not worried about his current situation?"
When Wang Xiao heard this, he chuckled and said:
"Since Your Majesty did not kill the minister immediately, for the sake of the stability of the country, he will never touch the minister in the short term."
Wang Xiao is not stupid, and he can obviously figure out the key. He has been in power for twenty years and has promoted people all over Yun Kingdom, Chaotang Prefecture and County.
Although these people may not necessarily all work for Wang Xiao to the death, if Xiao Cheng punishes Wang Xiao for treason and usurping the throne, as long as a small part of these people are worried about being punished, they will continue to do one thing and the other in a series of ways.
If you rebel, it will be a big deal.
So now, no matter how much injustice Xiao Cheng suffered before, he could only save Wang Xiao's life first.
When Xiao Cheng heard what Wang Xiao said, he nodded and said with a half-smile:
"I won't kill you easily at this time, but that doesn't mean I won't kill you in the future! But Grand Master can still be so calm. It seems that you still have another trump card in your hand!"
When Wang Xiao heard this, his face froze slightly, and then he forced a smile and said:
"Your Majesty is really worried too much. Now that he has reached this point, what other trump card can he have? It's just a matter of finding out when the matter comes to a close."
Xiao Cheng shook his head, but was unwilling to continue discussing this topic. He changed the topic and suddenly said:
"The grand master is from the Yin Yang family. In that case, why not take a look at my luck at this time?"
When Wang Xiao heard this, he thought Xiao Cheng was showing off to him the change in their status, and secretly thought that the emperor was still young after all. He calmed down and agreed:
"Now that Your Majesty has assumed great power, it is a time of great fortune."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Xiao Cheng suddenly smiled.
The next moment, Xiao Cheng thought, and in the sight that only he could see, the huge turntable moved accordingly, and various colors of brilliance shone one by one.
Then, a white light shone in front of Xiao Cheng's eyes.
[White Ceka, determined to serve the country
Card effect: After using it, within three years, the minister's loyalty will increase by 1 every three months, and the troops will not rebel (...)
Card description: Sacrificing one’s life to fight for the country’s calamity, seeing one’s death as if one were returning]
Xiao Cheng blinked his eyes, his heart filled with great ecstasy.
Now that he is in control of the court, he still has not punished Wang Xiao for his crimes. Isn't it because he is afraid that his cronies will lead the rebellion without stopping?
You know, among the large armies currently stationed at the Yunli border, they are all generals promoted by Wang Xiao himself. If any fool is worried about being accused and keeps going to Beijing without doing anything, he will be in big trouble!
Although this card is white, it is very effective. Give yourself three years, can't you still defeat the border army?
Thinking of this, Xiao Cheng couldn't help but smile, gave Wang Xiao a thumbs up, nodded repeatedly, and praised:
"Awesome, really awesome!"
Wang Xiao frowned slightly and looked at Xiao Cheng doubtfully.
What does this mean?
Xiao Cheng couldn't care less about Wang Xiao's doubtful look, and had a thought in his mind that he would use Ceka.
But at this time, the shining white Ceka in front of him showed no movement.
Xiao Cheng's smile faltered, and his brows gradually furrowed.
After carefully looking at the card, Xiao Cheng discovered that there was a line of small words behind the brackets behind the card's effect.
[…(Conditions of use: At war with the enemy country.)…]
Xiao Cheng twitched the corner of his mouth, snorted coldly, glanced at Wang Xiao, shook his head and said:
"Haha, the Yin Yang family is nothing more than that!"
After saying that, he fluttered his sleeves and left.
Wang Xiao looked at Xiao Cheng's leaving figure, his brows gradually furrowed with a puzzled look on his face.
Is the little emperor's brain really not sick?
When Xiao Cheng walked out of the side hall where Wang Xiao was under house arrest, the young eunuch beside him quickly came to greet him.
"Feng Bao hasn't come back yet?" Xiao Cheng said casually.
The little eunuch said quickly:
"not yet."
Xiao Cheng nodded, remained silent for a moment, and suddenly said:
"Where will Concubine Zhang be placed?"
"Your Majesty, the concubine and Empress Zhaoyi have been placed in the Changqiu Palace. They are nearby and have special personnel to take care of them."
Xiao Cheng nodded, flicked his sleeves, and said:
"lead the way!"
Upon hearing this, the young eunuch quickly took Xiao Cheng to the Changqiu Palace.
Probably for the convenience of the imperial guards, the place where Wang Xiao was under house arrest was not far from the place where Nan Rongshu and Princess Zhang were under house arrest, just a few steps away.
Seeing Xiao Cheng coming in person, the imperial guards in front of the palace door quickly saluted, and then opened the palace door at Xiao Cheng's signal.
Compared with Wang Xiao's place, the supervision here is obviously much stricter. After all, Wang Xiao is only proficient in martial arts, so there is no need to worry about escaping. And Nan Rongshu here is an eighth-level master.
Just in case, Xiao Cheng even took action himself, using the power of a Yang finger to block the meridians throughout her body.
The palace door opened, and what he saw face to face was the palace maid Ling'er who looked wary.
