Chapter 329 (1/2)
Walking out of the door, Fan Xian tossed the cup of cold tea he was holding
With a splash, the cup landed directly stacked on top of the other cup, with very little tea spilling out
He walked downstairs and said so Zhu, and the two of the the cold stone paths
After seeing Fan Xian off at the palace, Hong Zhu went around Taiji Palace, through the stone arch gate, and went to the royal study to report back on his orders All along the way, he joked with the serving girls he saw, and chatted with the eunuchs He was unspeakably happy The eunuchs and serving girls found this to be a little strange They noticed that since Hong Zhu had begun serving the Eone up and his personality had become steadier and stricter What had happened today for hi that the royal study was not far away, Hong Zhu came out of his daze He knew that his behavior was a bit over the top, so he stopped and grabbed two handfuls of snow froorously and forced the hot skin of his face to cool down It was only then that he felt better He coughed a few ti, an ancestor of palace eunuchs, used to conduct himself With a deadly serious face, he pushed opened the door to the royal study
At thewith Shu the Scholar, and their voices were very loud This Shu the Scholar was certainly brave: he was not willing to give even an inch in front of the E about a river, transferringZhu perked up his ears and waited to one side, not even daring to breathe loudly He could guess what they were talking about for Shu the Scholar to gather his courage and go head-to-head with the Ee the river The palace secretaries had two o co for the Ministry of Revenue to put together the funds before organizing the provinces and counties to call on the people to repair the river However, unexpectedly, the Ministry of Revenue was unable to provide thisof the river Thus, Minister Shang had becoet of public criticis would have had to, at the very least, resign his office
The Qing Kingdoe, yet the national treasury did not have sufficient silver! The palace secretaries questioned the Ministry of Revenue, but the Ministry knew nothing; they only said that the palace had transferred it However, palace spending had always come from the palace treasury… could the palace treasury have possibly fallen into such a state?
The business of the palace treasury involved the Eldest Princess, and involved the face of the royal faating the Cui fa the palace treasury At this moment, the officials of the court could not question the Emperor directly
Thus, Shu the scholar had entered the palace It seemed that the conversation between the ruler and his official was not going shed and faintly said Fan Xian, Jiangnan, and a few other indistinct words Shu the Scholar's expression finally cleared a bit It seemed that he was very confident that after Fan Xian went to Jiangnan, he would be able to solve the Qing Kingdom's financial problems
The old scholar lowered his voice, his face full of concern ”I'h tinan is a complicated matter Even if Commissioner Fan has extraordinary talent, it will take hi out Even if the heavens are merciful next year, what about the year after?”
The E in a few days, there should be enough tie merrily In reality, both ruler and official were experienced and prudent How could they possibly stop worrying just because a young nan?
Besides, Shu the Scholar was actually fighting for s on the surface As the head of the civil officials in court, he needed the Eoing to happen with the palace treasury? And more importantly, after the two recent ru to deal with Fan Xian?
The royal family liked to be s and did not announce them publicly The officials in the court could not handle this; everyone was terrified and needed some kind of firm answer Since the Emperor had explicitly stated the date that Fan Xian would leave Jingdou, he was announcing that the ement of the palace treasury would be certain to start, and would start strongly He was also using Shu Wu to inform the officials of the court to stop the speculation about Fan Xian's identity Regardless of whether he was a bastard of the rebellious Ye fadou So stop guessing, and let theZhu,” The Ehts and asked, ”what reaction did he have earlier?”
Hong Zhu was startled, and immediately answered in a lowered voice, ”Commissioner Fan had tears in his eyes, and he seehed loudly for some ti age, the eunuch was naturally a few points cleverer than the ordinary person He immediately kneho the ”he” was in the Emperor's words: Sir Fan junior, who had just left the palace
The Ehtly severe, but he turned it into a so, he can work for the court without worry”
Hong Zhu sreatly shocked by the Eo serve at the side of the empress” The Emperor said this casually as he rubbed a piece ofbolt had struck the eunuch's heart With a thud, Hong Zhu knelt down and prostrated hi, ”Your Majesty, I… I don't knohat I did wrong Please, killme away”
The Eust ”How i to be the head eunuch over there—I was pro you Look how it scared you… you're not fit for such responsibility!”
Hong Zhu panicked, and knew he had done so Yet, his face remained full of tears and he cried, ”I don't want to be some head eunuch, I just want to stay by you”
”Ah” The Eood about staying by ood” could have been a joke, or it could have been a guillotine Hong Zhu hesitantly lifted his head; there was dust stuck to his tearful face ”Serving beside the Emperor,” he stuttered, ”I…it is honorable”
”Honorable?”
Hong Zhu bobbed his head like a bulb of garlic and sobbed, ”I deserve to die… I shouldn't have been greedy…” He knew very well that none of the masters in the palace cared if the eunuchs took a bribe, but it just depended on how the
”How much silver have you taken?” The Emperor looked at the eunuch's dusty and tear-streaked face, thought it was rather funny and began to laugh
Hearing the laughter, Hong Zhu felt his heart steady a little, and slowly replied, ”In twoof silver”
The Emperor's face suddenly darkened and becaht that 800 ave you the connection for your brother's position? You sure are bold You haven't been by my side for even 100 days, and you've already done all this!”
Hong Zhu's expression was dismal and he abandoned hiuilty, I a the Emperor to spare his life
”Who was it?” The Emperor turned around and kicked off his shoes He sat down on the divan and began to annotateZhu's face was blotchy, and he knew he couldn't hide this He gritted his teeth and said, ”It was… Coe He hu Zhu suddenly crawled over to the Emperor He raised his face and cried, ”Your Majesty, you can kill me if you want—but the heavens will prove, the heavens will prove, I am loyal to Your Majesty I swear that the Coed him to do this Have mercy on him”
Only now did the Eiveness for hihed out loud, and said, ”This child seeht”
The Ely scolded, ”Get out, Fan Xian told o If I hadn't liked your cleverness, he would have chopped your head off long ago Yet, you still ask forgiveness for hi Zhu's astonishment was stuck between aardness and distress; it took hietting out?”