Empress Fenghua

Chapter 593
"Bold Chen Shuhua!" Hua Chong shot the case, and Chen Shuhua knelt on the ground in fright. She didn't know why, but was frightened by Hua Zhong's momentum.

"Empress..." Chen Shuhua's voice was submissive, and she was completely different from the domineering look just now, "I don't know what mistake I made, please forgive me, Empress!"

Wan Rong frowned and closed her eyes impatiently, this idiot, she is good enough to admit her fault before people accuse her of her crimes!Can you still run next?I'm afraid he can only let Huazhong slaughter him!
Hua Chongpi smiled, "You said you didn't know what mistake you made? Mrs. Chun, read this account for everyone!"

Zhao Yu frowned and took the ledger, flipped through a few pages and read, "Empress, these are just ordinary expenses..." Zhao Yu didn't find the key to it, fearing that after reading it, the situation of heavy expenses would cause trouble. embarrassment...

Hua Zhong smiled leisurely, "It seems that Mrs. Chun didn't see the mystery, so I might as well explain it to you! This account book shows the things just spent last month, among which Yunzhu Palace Relying on the emperor's favor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs made a floor-to-ceiling silver mirror, the whole body is sterling silver, and the workmanship is top-notch. It is not enough, and it needs to be inlaid with gems and pearls. He also took away a pair of moon shadow gauze bed curtains under the pretext that the emperor couldn't sleep well. After the moon shadow yarn was taken away, they said that the bead curtains in the house had loosened and fallen off for a long time, and took away a pair of emerald jade glazed bead curtains. The precious glazed eight-treasure porcelain vase in the past, the golden nanmu red box, the flying swallow stepping on the cloud Brocade screen, Double-sided embroidered fan in Lingbo Pavilion, green blood bracelet, snow-covered night shirt, silkworm silk cloth..." When Hua Zhong said this, everyone lowered their heads, Hua Zhong sneered, "Wait for these rare treasures All the strange treasures were brought into Yunzhu Palace by you last month, is what I said wrong?"

Chen Shuhua was embarrassed, "The empress is right or wrong! Some things are indeed in the concubine's palace, but they are not what the concubine wants, but the emperor said to reward the concubine..."

"No problem!" Hua Zhong smiled and waved his hands, "I'm just talking about it, is it possible that I still care about you coming back? But what I want to pursue is Madam Ru!"

Wan Rong's eyes tightened, and a thin layer of sweat could not help but appear on her forehead, "But please tell the empress!"

"Behind these seemingly complicated objects, it's actually just a question of how much money!" Hua Zhong said disdainfully, "Mrs., you have been in the harem for many years, and you can be said to have seen through the situation in the harem. It’s not an exaggeration. I would like to ask you, roughly, how much money do you think these things need to be enough?”

Wanrong twitched the corners of her mouth, "It's really a concubine for a while..."

"You really can't tell, can you?" Hua Zhong snorted coldly, "If you can't tell, I will tell you for you, and I will also help you recall! Last month, these things in Yunzhu Palace alone cost 10 yuan. Two silvers! Isn't it?"

Wanrong's dark eyes tightened tightly, "Probably... it's this number, even the concubine can't remember it clearly!"

"The account book is clearly reviewed and recorded by you, I'm afraid it's not wrong!" Hua Zhong couldn't help laughing, "It's just a little Shuhua's monthly expenditure in the palace is 10 taels of silver. It seems that I The Ling Kingdom is really rich and the people are strong! But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that there is something wrong behind the record of silver taels!" Hua Zhong straightened up and said indifferently, "Bai Chongrong, your palace can Have you ever had Yan Nanchun's incense burner?"

Bai Qiang frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her head, "Never!"

"Have you thought it through?"

"Chen Qie remembers clearly that although these things were not handled by Chen Qie, the incense burner in Chen Qie's palace has been used for many years. It was opened by peacocks. There has never been any Yan Nanchun!"

Hua Chonghong's lips tugged, "Qu Meiren, do you have any Hehe Ruyi glass pendant in your palace?"

Qu Meiren was taken aback for a moment, and was suddenly at a loss, her delicate face was full of fear, look at this and that...

Hua Zhong sneered, "Qu Meiren, you have to think about it, this Hehe Ruyi glazed pendant is not ordinary, it's so expensive! It's worth..." Hua Zhong glanced at Wanrong who was trembling, "It only costs 300 taels!"

Qu Meiren knelt on the ground with a common voice, "Empress, what's the matter! The emperor doesn't dote on his concubines, how dare they go to the House of Internal Affairs to get such expensive things, even if they have the cheek to do so, they may not I'll take care of it!"

Hua Zhong stretched out his hand to signal Qu Meiren to stop crying, and his eyes suddenly turned cold as he scanned the crowd. "None of you have received these things, but these things from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are coming in and out every day, and disappearing out of thin air every day. So where did these things go?" Hua Zhong raised the ledger in his hand. "It's clearly recorded in this account book. You have a lot of things in each house except your monthly expenses!"

Everyone knelt on the ground with a plop, "The Empress is aware of the wishes of my concubines!"

Hua Chong leaned forward, looking at Wanrong's pale face with dark eyes, "Mrs. Ru, you are in charge of this account, although it's not for you to personally watch who takes what and who writes down what, but at least you can cooperate with me." Liugong, so many valuable things are missing, you have to give me an explanation!"

Wanrong trembled all over, "The empress is so enlightened! The concubines only check the account books every month, but they don't know whether they have received anything from each palace! There are so many things in the palace, and the concubines can't go one by one. Asked!"

"What does Madam Ru mean to say that you don't know these things?" Hua Zhong sneered, "If that's the case, isn't it corruption by the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Come, go and call the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to me!"

A sneer hung on the corner of Zhao Yu's mouth. In fact, she had already understood Hua Zhong's intentions, but the head of the House of Internal Affairs, Eunuch Huang, was Wan Rong's confidant, would he confess Wan Rong?Did Wanrong really tamper with those things?Then she is really courageous, this is not a small sum!
Eunuch Huang was brought in disheartened, and after paying his respects to the masters, he sneaked a glance at Wanrong, who looked indifferent, and quickly knelt on the ground.

"Xiao Huang, the head of the servant's internal affairs office, I don't know what the empress's order is when she summons the servant?"

Hua Zhong smiled brightly, "Eunuch Huang, how dare I say that I have some orders for the first time here, but I just want to ask you something!"

Eunuch Huang's thin body is like hemp sticks, but his big eyes are extremely bright, "The empress is really a slave, I dare not!"

"Eunuch Huang, as the head of the House of Internal Affairs, does he know what crime it is to embezzle financial affairs and make messy accounts?" Hua Zhong raised the corners of his lips and looked at him with interest, "What is the crime of cooperating with concubines in the harem to mortgage gangsters and withholding monthly regulations? "

Eunuch Huang was shocked, "This, this..."

Hua Zhong laughed mockingly, "It seems that Eunuch Huang didn't memorize it by heart! Then you might as well let Ben Gong teach you. Either of these two crimes is enough for you to regret for the rest of your life, oh no, maybe you can't even regret it. There is no chance of reaching it!" Hua Zhong stood up and walked past the crowd with great interest, "Perhaps all the concubines have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and have not heard of one of the incidents of the Snow Clan Rebellion. The Snow Emperor announced the identity of the Dark God Afterwards, he was buried in Wan'an Lingshan Underground Palace. The dark god Xue Mufan found out the secret work left by Xuedi in the palace for his own self-interest, and used a method to threaten Mrs. Qiuliang who knew the secret every day. What method do you think it used?" Hua Zhong looked at everyone's puzzled faces and smiled slightly, "That's right, only people like Xue Mufan can think of that kind of method, and no one else can think of it!"

"Xue Mufan hooked Mrs. Qiuliang's chin with a steel wire, and hung her on the beam. The whole body was suspended in the air. Only the chin was the highest point of the whole body, which looked like fishing..."

Hua Zhong's face suddenly turned cold, "Today, I will follow the example of the dark god Xue Mufan, and let you all see what real punishment is! Come here, take a steel wire to penetrate Eunuch Huang's chin, and drop him on the beam superior!"

Eunuch Huang paled in shock, fell to the ground, and was stunned for a moment.

Hua Zhong smiled sweetly, "Liuli, remember to keep your feet off the ground!"

"Yes!"

"Empress, spare your life! Empress, spare your life!" Eunuch Huang hurriedly crawled to Hua Zhong's feet like a dog, "Empress, spare your life! This servant knows his mistake! This servant will never dare again!"

Hua Chong patted Eunuch Huang on the shoulder, "Eunuch Huang, don't be in a hurry, tell me what's going on, and I will see clearly!"

Eunuch Huang burst into tears and said, "These are, all of these are caused by Madam Ru to instigate the slaves! It is all the same that Madam Ru ordered the slaves to forge accounts..."

"Nonsense!" Wanrong yelled at the table angrily, her face was pale, and her hands hidden in her wide sleeves were trembling...

(End of this chapter)