Chapter 245 A stillborn baby, dying with regret (1)
Pa, before he finished a sentence, a memorial fell heavily in front of him, which shocked him so much that he almost cried out!
"Lan Hongye, you did a good job!" Emperor Xuan Jing said angrily, "What do you have to say?"

Lan Hongye was a little puzzled, but since the emperor was furious, there must be nothing good, he hurriedly admitted his mistake, "I deserve death for my crimes! I deserve death for my crimes!"

"What is your crime?" Emperor Xuan Jing became more and more angry, and asked sharply.

"..." Lan Hongye was dripping with cold sweat, choked for a moment, and said after a while, "I'm stupid, please make it clear, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Xuanjing was furious, "Look for yourself!"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty..." Lan Hongye groaned inwardly, picked up the memorial tremblingly and opened it, glanced at it in a hurry, and his face turned pale: the memorial said that he had embezzled 3 taels of silver for rebuilding the river channel to fill his own pocket , resulting in project delays, the consequences are dire!
Don't forget, the flood season is coming next year, and the consequences of the disaster caused by the floods last year have not been completely eliminated. The relief money allocated by the imperial court is also a considerable amount. The reconstruction of the river is related to the lives of the people of Xichi Kingdom. For such an important matter, Lan Hongye actually only cared about himself and embezzled the project money, which is unforgivable!
Jun Yeli is naturally aware of this matter, but Lan Hongye really did this, he was also quite angry, and said coldly, "Master Lan, the reconstruction of the river is no small matter, how can you abolish the public for personal reasons, If the project cannot be completed before the flood season, the people will be displaced and their families will be destroyed, who will bear the consequences?"

Lan Hongye's throat was dry and his head was dizzy, so he couldn't speak!At the beginning when his daughter insisted on helping her with the project money, he thought that once the incident happened, everything would be over, but if he didn't help, his daughter would look for life and death, and there was nothing he could do!
Originally, he still had a fluke mentality, thinking that as long as he quickly figured out a way to complete the reconstruction of the river channel, nothing would happen.But who would have thought that people are not as good as heaven, how can such a thing be concealed! "Minister, I should die—"

"It's good that you know you deserve to die!" Emperor Xuan Jing clapped the dragon case, "Before you die, return all the silver that you embezzled privately. If there is anything wrong with the reconstruction of the river, I will punish your nine clans!"

"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!" Lan Hongye turned pale and kowtowed, "This minister deserves to die! The Emperor executes this minister, and I have no complaints. I beg the Emperor to spare my family..."

"Lord Lan!" Jun Yexu frowned, "Your family's life is your life, but the lives of those people who suffered from the flood are not your life? Why don't you just go back and hand over the money you embezzled privately? What's the point of just begging for mercy? use?"

Jun Yeli's expression was cold: he knows where the silver taels went, he knows better than anyone else, even if he sells Lan Hongye, he still can't get 3 taels of silver now, and he will explain this matter today I can't come down.

Lan Hongye was shaking like a fallen leaf in the wind and rain, his face was ashen, and he was desperate.

"Lan Hongye!" Seeing that he was still hesitating, Emperor Xuan Jing naturally thought that he wanted money rather than his life, so he "suddenly" stood up angrily, "At this point, you still refuse to admit your mistake, right? Good! Come on!"

"Here!" The guard immediately entered the hall, bowing his head and obeying orders.

"Immediately take the imperial guards there, ransack the Lan family, get back 3 taels of public funds, and confiscate all the rest of the family property!" Emperor Xuan Jing swung his sleeves, uttering a decisive word.

"According to the order!"

Lan Hongye's whole body went limp and he collapsed.

He has no money, nothing, and if he doesn't come back by then, what will he, what will he do?There is no way to hide the deal with Haijiao Xiaolou!

"Father, calm down!" Jun Yeli cupped his hands upwards, "It's important to take care of the dragon's body."

"Yes, Father!" Jun Yechen also answered, "This time, Lord Lan committed a serious crime, and Father will do it according to the law. Don't be angry and spoil the dragon body."

Emperor Xuan Jing sat down angrily, with a pale face and did not speak.

At this time, a servant's shrill voice sounded at the entrance of the hall, "The Empress Dowager is here!"

"Why is the queen mother here?" Emperor Xuan Jing was slightly stunned, and immediately got up to greet him. The two brothers Jun Yeli also knelt down together, "See the queen mother (grandmother)."

The empress dowager's noble and dignified face was sullen at this moment, she waved her hands and said, "The emperor please rise up."

Emperor Xuan Jing helped her to sit on the chair, and said, "The queen mother is not resting in the harem, how come here in person?" The queen mother always knows the general situation and never interferes in the affairs of the government. Now her face is full of anger, there must be something important happening.

The Empress Dowager said, "Originally, the Ai family would not interfere with the affairs of the government, but the emperor has always strictly prohibited people in the palace from interacting with people in places like Cape House, but there are people in this harem who knowingly committed crimes and ruined the reputation of the palace. How can you not be angry!"

Jun Yeli pursed the corners of his lips, and sneered secretly: It seems that in terms of the attitude towards Xiaolou, apart from him, even the Queen Mother, who has seen big storms and waves, is not exempt, and is ashamed to be with him.Fortunately, it was him that Zi Ning met, otherwise the day when she knew her true identity, there would be a breakup.

"Really?" Emperor Xuan Jing was also surprised and angry, "Who is the mother talking about?"

The queen mother gave Lan Hongye a cold look, "It turns out that Lord Lan happened to be here, and the Ai family just asked, Concubine Lan De made a deal with Haijiao Xiaolou, and spent a lot of money to beg for a son, do you know about it?"

Emperor Xuan Jing was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it back and forth, and immediately became furious, "Lan Hongye, you are so courageous!" It turned out that this rebellious minister actually gave the project money to Haijiao Xiaolou to help Concubine Lan De conceive a dragon. fetal!Such ulterior motives, making trifling matters of state affairs, is simply, simply——

"Damn me! Die me!" In this situation, Lan Hongye couldn't justify himself, except to kowtow and admit his mistake, he couldn't say anything.

"Sure enough!" The Queen Mother gasped with anger, "Your Majesty, how can there be such an undisciplined courtier in this court, and the harem should never keep such a calculating concubine, it is my misfortune in Xichi..."

"Quiet the empress, my son will definitely punish me severely!" Emperor Xuan Jing tried to persuade with kind words, "Please return to the palace to rest, the empress, don't be angry."

"What a crime, what a crime!" The queen mother stood up tremblingly, and said as she walked, "I have pity on those refugees..."

Sending the Queen Mother away, Emperor Xuanjing couldn't hold back his anger the more he thought about it, and said sharply, "Come here, take Lan Hongye into the sky prison, and I will interrogate him in person later!" It is important to deal with the river reconstruction right now, otherwise it will be too late up!

"Yes!" The guard stepped forward, dragged Lan Hongye away, his eyes had already been dull, his soul was gone, he was like a living dead.

"Chen'er!" Emperor Xuanjing yelled in a deep voice, "The reconstruction of the river course is no small matter, I will leave it to you to do it, and it must be completed before the flood season arrives!"

"My son complies with the order! My son will do it now, and I will leave first." Jun Yechen straightened his chest, as if he was determined to win.The emperor entrusted him with such an important matter, so he naturally valued him as a prince, so he must perform well to make everyone look at him with admiration!

(End of this chapter)

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