After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

The nun said expressionlessly, "This is already the lowest grade of incense. I saw that the donor was dressed in ordinary clothes, so I brought this low-grade incense forward."

Then she pointed to the row of tall incense sticks on one wall and said, "The most expensive of those incense sticks cost one thousand taels of silver. Even a rich family would not think one thousand taels of silver is too expensive. Why do you think a mere one hundred taels of silver is too expensive?"

I feel that I am being despised, and that the despise is justified.

So I said a little unhappily, "Then I won't burn incense. One hundred taels of silver outside can buy me enough incense to last me a lifetime, but here I can only buy three sticks. Who can't do the math?"

After saying that, I wanted to leave.

The nun shouted, "This person is blaspheming the gods. She deserves death. Arrest her!"

As soon as the nun finished her words, more than a dozen burly nuns rushed out from the corner.

Looking at these ferocious nuns, I couldn't help but frown and said with a look of surprise: "Is this a Buddhist temple or a bandit's den? Does His Majesty know what you have done?"

The nun in front of me snorted and said, "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Even His Majesty can't take care of us here."

Before I could say anything, a voice suddenly shouted from behind me: "What a big tone!"

I turned around and saw that it was Zheng Yan!

The nuns in the temple of course recognized the prince, and they all knelt down in fear, shouting, "Long live the prince, long live the prince, a thousand thousand live the prince."

Zheng Yan walked up to me, looked at the nuns kneeling on the ground with an angry face, and said loudly: "If I hadn't come here in person, I wouldn't have known that you actually wanted to sit down and rule the land."

The nun kneeling on the ground was shaking with fear and dared not utter a word.

At this moment, a nun in her thirties, wearing a brocade robe and a golden brocade hat, with a pretty face and a thin body, came hurriedly in from the back hall with another group of nuns.

After this group of nuns came in, except for the one leading them, all the others knelt on the ground.

Zheng Yan's face was dark. He stared at the golden nun in front of him and said bluntly, "Master Miaoyin, since Mingyue Temple was handed over to you, bad rumors have been spread from time to time. Father has always turned a blind eye to it because you pay a lot of tribute to the court every year. Now you are so bold as to act like a local emperor?"

I didn’t expect that the nun in golden clothes in front of me was actually Master Miaoyin!

Although both are royal temples, Master Huijing's dress is much more low-key than Miaoyin's. It seems that Miaoyin is only interested in making money and has lost even the most basic moral bottom line.

Miaoyin smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince also knows that Mingyue Temple pays a lot of tribute to the court every year. If it weren't for Miaoyin's good management, where would the money come from to pay the tribute?"

Unexpectedly, in the end it became the court's fault.

Zheng Yan was so angry that he was speechless. Facing Miaoyin, whose tongue was as beautiful as a lotus, he was indeed not in the same league as her.

I looked at Miaoyin and said, "The money paid as tribute to the court is less than one-tenth of the income of Mingyue Temple. Where did the other nine-tenths go?"

Miaoyin's face changed, and her long and narrow phoenix eyes looked at me like a poisonous snake.

Such a person could become the abbot of Mingyue Temple. I can't help but suspect that the former abbot was either blind or bewitched by Miaoyin.

Miaoyin said unhappily, "Who are you? How can you speak here?"

I asked Zheng Yan: "Do you think I can speak?"

Even though I look weak now, I once dared to hit even the prince. Zheng Yan knows how violent I am.

Zheng Yan straightened his chest and instantly became strong, saying, "You ask who he is? He is the imperial supervisor in front of my father. He even dared to hit me. Do you think he can speak?"

This so-called Imperial Supervisor History was made up by Zheng Yan, but it is true that I beat him.

I couldn't help but silently give a thumbs up to Zheng Yan's wit.

Miaoyin's expression became even uglier. She looked at me and said with some disbelief, "He is so young, how could he be the Imperial Supervisor?"

Zheng Yan's eyes darkened and he said, "Are you doubting what I said?"

The sixteen-year-old Zheng Yan's imperial power is not enough to intimidate such evil people. It's time for me to take the stage.

I raised my hand and slapped Miaoyin on the face. Miaoyin was stunned. She looked at me in disbelief and said, "How dare you hit me?"

I put my hands on my hips and said angrily, "I'm going to hit you! As the abbot, you don't care about the peace and quiet of the temple. You can do anything dirty and filthy for money. The gods here have been defiled by you. How can they dare to accept your incense offerings and bless the people?"

Miaoyin's eyes were bulging, and she pointed at me and said, "You are talking nonsense!"

"I'm talking nonsense?" I was so angry that I slapped her in the face again and said, "You let your guests commit adultery in the temple, is that nonsense? You raise the price and force sales and purchases, is that nonsense? You make the quiet place of the temple dirty, is that nonsense? As the abbot, you keep an adulterer outside, is that nonsense?"

As soon as I said this, there was an uproar. Everyone looked at Miaoyin in disbelief. A temple abbot had an adulterer? This was explosive news!

Miaoyin's eyes turned red with anxiety, and she pointed at me with a ferocious look on her face: "What evidence do you have to accuse me of having an adulterer? If you can't tell me, don't even think about leaving here today!"

"Oh, you dare to threaten the imperial officials? I will make you convinced!" I was also angry. He was still stubborn even when he was about to die!

When the prince travels, he must have a lot of personal soldiers and imperial guards to protect him. I said to Zheng Yan, "Can I borrow your soldiers?"

Zheng Yan waved his hand generously and said, "Use it as you like."

So I shouted, "All soldiers, listen to my orders."

The soldiers Zheng Yan brought with him shouted in unison: "I am here!"

"exist!"

I said, "Take people to the house of a family named Lu Jingtian in the western suburbs and bring Lu Jingtian back. Also, all the silver in their family is hidden in a dark room behind a painting of a cow rider in the study. It is estimated that there is a lot of it. Remember to bring a few more carriages to carry it."

As soon as I finished speaking, Miaoyin's face turned pale, her legs went limp, and she fell to the ground.

After receiving the order, about thirty soldiers left the team and went to the western suburbs to capture people.

Zheng Yan looked at Miaoyin like this, what else did he not understand? He just didn't understand why I knew so much, so detailed.

Zheng Yan looked at me suspiciously, then waved his hand and said, "Take Miaoyin and the others back to the capital and hand them over to Lord Li for punishment."

The soldiers rushed over and surrounded Miaoyin and the group of nuns kneeling on the ground.

At this moment, Li Jin and his men rushed in from outside the door. Without even taking a breath, he shouted, "I am late, please forgive me, Your Highness."

Zheng Yan looked at Li Jin in confusion and said, "I didn't summon you, why did you show up?"