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Chapter 572 Impeachment
As soon as Lipin saw him, she recognized him.
The account book was retrieved, and Concubine Rou was in a good mood. She sat up, took the cloth ball in her hand, looked at Shen Shuyi and said, "You are indeed smart, but unfortunately, your plan will fail this time."
Shen Shuyi raised her lips and said, "I don't understand what your majesty is talking about."
Concubine Rou didn't care either, she just said: "That little eunuch has good legs and actually shook off the people I sent. If I had been a step later, this thing would have been taken out of the palace by the county lady."
Having said this, there was a hint of deep murderous intent in Concubine Rou's eyes.
Shen Shuyi smiled and said, "I still don't understand what your Majesty is talking about."
As Concubine Rou was unravelling the cloth ball, she said, "I have to admit that the county lady is capable. Apart from other things, her ability to manipulate people's hearts is unmatched by many."
"It's a pity that you are still a little immature."
Shen Shuyi's eyebrows were obedient: "Compared with the queen, I am naturally nothing. I think since I entered the palace today, I have been under the surveillance of the queen."
Concubine Rou was about to speak, but as the cloth was opened, she felt that the touch and shape in her hands were not right.
Her hands moved faster until she had completely opened the ball of cloth, and her expression froze.
Shen Shuyi curled the corners of his lips but didn't say anything in a hurry.
Lipin, who was standing by, leaned over to look, her eyes slightly widened, also in disbelief.
There was no account book in there, but two cakes, two emerald green turtle-shaped cakes!
'Snapped! '
Concubine Rou threw the two pieces of pastries to the ground, and immediately, the two turtle-shaped pastries were smashed to pieces.
"Xiao Haizi! This is the clue you found!"
When Eunuch Hai saw this scene, he was so frightened that his legs went limp and he fell to his knees on the ground.
"Reporting to the queen, this thing has never been in the hands of others since I found it. It is absolutely ..."
Eunuch Hai didn't dare to say anything more.
Concubine Rou's face darkened slightly, and she couldn't help staring at the person. She looked at Shen Shuyi, who was watching the show with a teacup in hand, and couldn't help laughing out of anger.
"The county lady really played this trick to perfection."
Shen Shuyi was a little puzzled: "So the evidence your majesty was talking about was the two pieces of cakes that your servant threw away?"
Lipin couldn't help but say, "Princess Changning, why are you throwing cakes in the palace for no reason? And you have to wrap them with the corner of your clothes!"
Shen Shuyi met Lipin's eyes and said calmly, "I wanted to give this cake to someone else, but I found out that my maid was ignorant and made two turtle shapes. It's not appropriate to give it to someone else, so I had to throw it away."
Concubine Rou watched the two of them talking coldly.
inappropriate?
Is it so inappropriate that it was delivered to her?
How ridiculous!
This is a provocation to myself!
"Then why do you use clothing material to wrap it?" Lipin asked again.
Shen Shuyi smiled and said, "The corner of the clothes just happened to be torn by the gravel on the ground, so I just pulled it off. What's there to explain? Lady Lipin?"
Concubine Li was choked and speechless, but no matter what strange excuse Shen Shuyi made, it could not be used as evidence of a crime.
What's more, the so-called verification is all false. What's important is, where are the account books?
Concubine Rou raised her hand and sent all the servants in the room away, leaving only two trusted confidants.
"The county lady should know what I want." Concubine Rou spoke slowly.
Shen Shuyi said nothing, but looked straight at Concubine Rou, neither avoiding nor giving way.
"I think the county princess doesn't know yet, but right now someone in the court is writing a letter to impeach the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion." Concubine Rou said again.
Shen Shuyi pretended not to know: "Oh? What's the charge?"
“Hoarding coal and making huge profits.”
"So that's how it is." Shen Shuyi finally understood why the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion was impeached today.
This was Concubine Rou's arrangement. Apparently, she had made some preparations since she lost the account book.
Seeing that she remained silent, Concubine Rou continued, "I know that you don't have a deep relationship with the people in the Shen Mansion, but you are very close to the people in the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion. I think the county lady doesn't want to implicate the Marquis Mansion because of her decision."
Shen Shu said indifferently: "The Qingyuan Marquisate has been silent for many years and has not been relied upon by His Majesty. Now that it has revived, there will surely be people who dislike it and get in the way of some people."
"Your Majesty can protect the Marquisate for a while, but not forever. Whether the Qingyuan Marquisate can survive depends on the Marquisate itself."
"As for the hoarding that Your Majesty mentioned, if it is true, then the Marquis' Mansion should be punished. The weather is abnormal now, and the people are displaced, hungry and cold. If the Marquis' Mansion takes advantage of this national crisis to make money, I hope Your Majesty will punish them severely to serve as a warning to others!"
Concubine Rou stared at Shen Shuyi without saying a word. Obviously, from the moment she opened her mouth, she knew that it would not be easy to use the Qingyuan Marquis' Mansion to control her.
Shen Shuyi was far more difficult to deal with than she had imagined.
*
At this moment, in the court.
The ministers were having a heated discussion about the Qingyuan Marquisate's stockpiling of coal.
"The Marquis' Mansion is a noble family, but it is hoarding a large amount of charcoal. Right now, the people in the capital are starving and cold, but the Marquis' Mansion is hoarding the charcoal and not selling it. What is their intention?"
"Yes, the price of charcoal is already sky-high right now. What price do you plan to sell it for? Aren't you afraid that it will rot in your hands?"
"Old Marquis, the Marquis's Mansion is rich, why do you need to earn the hard-earned money of the common people?"
"Your Majesty, the Marquis' Mansion has already opened many charity halls, and has even placed charcoal and medicine in many temples and clinics in the capital. We are definitely not the kind of people who want to make dirty money!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the old marquis's family is loyal and courageous. I believe that they will never act like this!"
"..."
For a while, the two groups quarreled fiercely.
Marquis Qingyuan understood and had to admit that although Sister Yi was young, she was much more cunning than them.
Sister Yi had said before that the Marquis' Mansion is on the rise now, and once the limelight has worn off, there will surely be many people who will try to trip it up. Only if the Marquis' Mansion can survive a few times will it be able to truly gain a firm foothold.
Therefore, instead of passively taking a beating, it is better to take the initiative, make preparations in advance, let someone catch you by the force, and then counterattack at the critical moment to stabilize the emperor's heart.
Emperor Qianwu was annoyed by the noise below and asked, "Master Jiang, do you have any evidence?"
"Your Majesty, I have!"
Immediately, he stepped forward and presented the trading certificates of Zhao Dehai's chamber of commerce, which had hoarded a large amount of coal.
"In addition, I have the assistants in Zhao Dehai's warehouse who can testify. They saw with their own eyes that the Marquis' Mansion purchased a large amount of charcoal several months ago and moved it frequently."
Emperor Qianwu looked at them one by one, frowning, "Old Marquis, do you have anything to say?"
Lord Zhao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I do have something to say. The Marquis's Mansion has indeed stored a lot of charcoal, but the purpose is not to sell it at a high price, but to help the people."
"All the charcoal stored in the Marquis's Mansion is to be sold at the price of two cents."
As soon as Lord Zhao's words came out, many court officials began to discuss it.
The Zuo Jian doctor refuted sharply: "Impossible! If the Marquis's Mansion intended to sell it at the price of two cents, why did they wait until today? Right now, the people in the capital are starving and cold. The Marquis's Mansion is not coming up with this excuse just because we impeached it!"