Chapter 841 Embezzlement of public grain, two concubines
At this time, Concubine Gao's confidant female officer also came over and said: "This slave has finally found the princess."
Immediately afterwards, she bowed to everyone again and said: "Second Princess, the Imperial Concubine has ordered her servants to invite you into the palace."
The second princess saw her in a hurry and asked, "Why does the mother-in-law want to see this princess?"
Therefore, the female officer also told the story of Concubine Gao being bullied by Mu Lingwei.
In an instant, after the second princess heard this, her eyes became cold again and she said angrily: "Uncle, this Mu Lingwei is my princess's nemesis. She even dares to bully her mother and concubine. How long should I tolerate her?"
Gao Yehong also squinted his eyes slightly, but still couldn't believe it, and asked: "Is the imperial concubine really defeated by her hands?"
The female officer was also very embarrassed and said respectfully: "General Qi, it's like this. The situation was sudden at that time. The servants were also accompanying the empress. Unexpectedly, she didn't pay attention to the empress at all. The empress dared to blame the emperor and didn't dare to disturb her.
, later on, this matter was spread, as if someone did it on purpose."
Gao Yehong also fell into deep thought. The imperial concubine was the most calm and composed, how could she do such a confused thing?
The person who spread the news must be the queen's family, and this was the time when the queen was gloating about the misfortune.
How could she give up this opportunity.
He also didn't understand the heart of a mother. After her daughter had been wronged so much, she would naturally want to get it back.
Immediately afterwards, another female official said: "The Queen has also sent word that a banquet will be held for the eldest princess in the palace in two days to formally introduce the eldest princess to everyone."
"What? We're going to hold a banquet for her."
Suddenly, the second princess's eyes turned green with anger, and the queen began to pretend to be a nice person. Could she also be fawning over Mu Lingwei?
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At the same time, the housekeeper of Gong Shangshu's house was already waiting at the gate.
Even though he stretched his neck, he didn't even see Princess Yun Le appear.
Regarding the name of the eldest princess, they only heard her voice but not her person. They did not know that she was Liang Ling.
Even if Gong Shangshu's family members have met the eldest princess, they don't know who she is.
At this time, Princess Yunle was still mysterious.
So Gong Shangshu also walked out anxiously. He also disguised himself to make sure that no one was following him, and then he relaxed a little.
Princess Yunle invited him to meet at a century-old restaurant, and asked him to ask Gao Yehong to personally release Yan Qi. If he didn't go, the entire Shangshu Mansion would be filled with people waiting to confiscate the family and exterminate the family.
He was thinking: Who is Princess Yunle, and why does she want to save Yan Qi?
When Mu Lingwei arrived at the Century Restaurant, she recognized him at a glance from a distance. He was also looking around, looking very funny.
She got off the carriage, stepped forward to greet him, and said calmly: "What are you looking at, Master Shangshu?"
When Gong Zhenyuan saw her coming, he was stunned for a moment. When he saw her face clearly, he said: "You are Miss Liang..."
Ms. Song accompanied her and said in a deep voice: "Master Gong, please see clearly, this is Her Royal Highness Princess Yun Le."
Suddenly, he felt his pupils tremble and almost fell to the ground, stammering: "Are you the eldest princess?"
Liang Ling is the eldest princess, and the eldest princess is Liang Ling. She is the emperor's daughter.
At this time, Gong Zhenyuan felt that his whole head was filled with paste, and he didn't know how to think anymore.
No wonder she knew everything he discussed with Yan Qi.
His back was instantly soaked. She knew, did the emperor know?
Gong Shangshu was also very uneasy inside.
He quickly saluted again and said, "I'd like to see you, Your Royal Highness, the eldest princess."
Mu Lingwei held Miss Song's hand, her eyes raised high, her back straight, a cold light shot out from her eyes, cold and majestic, she also walked directly past him and said in a deep voice: "No courtesy."
"Yes." Gong Zhenyuan was frightened to death when he received her letter, and now he was even more frightened to death when he saw the real person.
In fact, Mu Lingwei just followed common sense and peeled off the cocoons to find out the flaw.
Just like this, Gong Zhenyuan also believed it, and he had to believe it, because she mentioned the emperor in every line of her words, and she could clearly tell the process of doing business with Yan Qi, so he couldn't afford to gamble.
Also, she actually guessed that the moldy food was related to the Gao family and the second princess. Did the emperor also know about it?
The emperor did not pursue the matter because he had other plans.
All his guesses were confirmed the moment he saw the "eldest princess" was Liang Ling.
When they arrived at the private room, Ms. Song poured her a cup of hot tea and said, "Princess, please."
Mu Lingwei glanced at her and said, "Go and get me a glass of cold water. I will talk to Lord Gong for a while and don't let anyone disturb me."
The female official of Song Dynasty said: "Yes."
After a while, Ms. Song also found her a glass of water and placed it in front of her: "My slave is right by the door."
"Well, let's go out," she said.
As a result, only Mu Lingwei and Gong Shangshu were left in the box.
I saw that Gong Shangshu suddenly became trembling, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
Mu Lingwei remembered that when she first met him, he was very comfortable getting along with businessmen, very talkative, and even full of integrity. If they didn't have a close relationship, no one would know that he was also a corrupt official, but his method of corruption was different and his appetite was not big.
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Just listen to her say: "Master Gong, please sit down."
"Just stand there, sir."...
"Sit down." She said solemnly.
Gong Shangshu did not dare to push it any further and sat further away.
Mu Lingwei said again: "Sir, please tell me what happened to the moldy food! Since my father asked me to investigate secretly, he doesn't want to make the matter a big deal. I am also responsible for the matters you discussed with Yan Qi.
Don’t know anything.”
Gong Shangshu was very nervous and clenched his fists tightly.
After waiting for a moment, he said: "The emperor still has not given up investigating the case. The truth is that the deputy general embezzled public funds."
Mu Lingwei's lips curved into a slight smile, she was calm and unhurried. When she saw his eyes dodge, she knew he was lying. The emperor should have known it at the time.
She added: "The country of Yunyue Kingdom belongs to my father. How can he let it go if someone makes trouble under his nose? Mr. Gong, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, should know whether the national treasury is sufficient for a country."
How could he not find out how important it is?"
"Of course, if this matter has nothing to do with Gong Shangshu, my father will not implicate the innocent. As long as you are loyal to my father, my father will ensure that your Gong family will be filled with glory for generations to come."
"But whenever someone wants to persecute his country, harm his people, or even deprive his soldiers of enough food, he will punish them severely." Mu Lingwei's voice was cold and unhurried.
But her eyes were firm, and there was a sharp cold light in her eyes, which made Gong Shangshu suddenly startled.
The emperor has always severely punished officials who took bribes.
Gong Shangshu wanted to keep his black hat and thought that the emperor had sent her to investigate the case secretly.
He pinched his fingers and then said softly: "At that time, the official had already found the head of the second prince-in-law..."
After hearing this, Mu Lingwei thought to herself: "So that's it. It turns out that the second prince-in-law embezzled the public funds used to buy food for the soldiers and used very little money to buy moldy food as shoddy goods. However, after this incident was exposed, it was
The emperor found out, another deputy general took the blame, and the matter was settled."
This time, the grain that Yan Qi gave to Gong Shangshu was actually not included in the purchase list, because it was a benefit to Gong Shangshu. They may think that giving grain without money is not considered corruption.
What a joke!
However, the second princess sent people to monitor her and she had already targeted the Yan family. She knew that the Yan family was doing business with Gong Zhenyuan. In the end, she exchanged the batch of moldy food for good food. This was a self-defeating move and gave Mu Lingwei a chance.
The gap that opened up allowed her to guess the secrets of the second princess and the Gao family.
It's just that she didn't expect that it would be the second prince-in-law.
The list in her hand was also the real list given to Yan Qi by Gong Shangshu. There was no rice on it. If Yan Qi was calm enough, he could at least prove his innocence and refuse to admit it.
But they all ignored it.
However, since the second princess and Gao Cheng were determined to catch him, they could not tolerate his sophistry. When the people came to the Yamen, they would also label the white ones as black.