I rely on gossip to save the country

Although the governor didn't know whether it was true or not, he couldn't keep talking about it. After all, he was the one who was not joking.

At this time, Ajiu escorted Prime Minister Guo into the Golden Palace, "Master, Guo Huai has been arrested, the Prime Minister's residence has been searched, and 650,000 taels of stolen silver have been found. Ajiu has brought all of it back to the palace."

When everyone in the court saw Prime Minister Guo Huai who had been captured, they felt the atmosphere was very depressing and an uneasy feeling permeated the hall.

Xie Chuyue sat lazily on the dragon throne, looking nonchalantly at the ministers with different expressions below, and coldly ordered: "Bring all the stolen silver to me."

The imperial guards quickly received the order and carried the heavy boxes into the Golden Throne Hall.

Hongye looked at the large boxes being carried up and said in surprise, "Oh my God, the Prime Minister has embezzled so much. Is he trying to save his life?"

The court officials from Nanyue Kingdom were also shocked: Did the little princess really copy? And she copied so much?

It has to be said that they were more gloating.

Go ahead and copy, the fire won’t burn them anyway, and they enjoy seeing these people suffer.

The officials of the Beili Kingdom were filled with anxiety. It was over. They were greedy too. Would they be the next? What should they do? What should they do? What would they do if they were found out?

Chu Jinghong licked his lips and a smile flashed across his lips. No matter what, these had to go into his ministry, and no one could snatch them from him.

This Ministry of Revenue is just an empty shell. Her Royal Highness the Princess is very calculating. She made him guard an empty shell and slowly prop it up.

Xie Chuyue: [Tsk tsk tsk, their expressions are so wonderful. System, who do you think I should copy next? ]

Everyone below was silent. Who would dare to speak at this time?

Xie Chuyue stared at everyone with a smile, making their hair stand on end. Just when they were about to kneel down, they heard Xie Chuyue's voice: "You all say you are innocent, let's do the math now, and after the math you will know how much of your innocence is fake."

Prime Minister Guo knelt in the hall, his face pale and decadent, and the light in his eyes had gone.

Xie Chuyue calmly analyzed, "According to the regulations of this dynasty, the annual salary of a second-rank official is 400 taels of silver. In addition to various rewards and additional rewards from the monarch, Prime Minister Duan's annual income will not exceed 1,000 taels. However, the gold and silver in these boxes alone amount to 650,000 taels. This wealth is even comparable to the annual tax revenue of a state in Beili Country.

Those of you who want to defend or plead for Prime Minister Guo, or want to redress his injustice, can first explain the origin of this huge amount of silver."

All the civil and military officials in the court were silent. The courtiers from Nanyue Kingdom still supported their own little princess, so they did not say anything. And at this time, it was impossible for the courtiers from Beiqi Kingdom to come out and plead for Prime Minister Guo.

The Queen has made it so clear, they would be foolish to speak out again.

Even if the officials on the prime minister's side wanted to speak up for him, they didn't dare to do so, for fear that they would be implicated next. They were all trembling with fear. Faced with the boxes of hard evidence placed on the throne, they couldn't even bring themselves to bring up the excuse of "frame-up."

If it was just an account book, or a few boxes of gold and silver treasures, or even a secret letter, they could say they were framed. But the hundreds of boxes full of silver, as well as the gold, silver, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings in front of them were all searched out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. How could they say they were framed?

If someone really framed them on such a large scale, it would not be worth it for them.

Xie Chuyue looked at the boxes of gold, silver and treasures, and the smile on her lips was about to be suppressed, but she still tried hard to suppress it. At this moment, she really wanted to pounce on the silver: [Hahahaha, these small changes are all mine, I am rich, I am rich! ]

System: […………] He didn’t want to care whether this host was having a seizure or not.

Everyone in Nanyue Kingdom: …………We all heard it, there’s no need for you to laugh so wildly.

But these officials are so bold that even they have never embezzled so much money.

Beiqi courtier: What's going on? It looks like Her Majesty is very angry, the corners of her mouth are twitching.

Someone who was considered to be very angry, thought that all these were embezzled, and he was furious: [There are so many gold and silver treasures, and the king is fooled by fools. This court is really rotten. It seems that none of these people can escape. I will deal with them one by one. ]

System: [Host, I will show you everything these officials have done after the court session ends. It will be easier for you to take action.]

Xie Chuyue: [Okay! ]

Xie Chuyue looked around with a cold look in her eyes, "Guo Huai, the evidence is irrefutable, do you plead guilty?"

Guo Huai's face was pale at this moment. He never thought that he would come to this point. He always thought that even if the empress wanted to confiscate the property, she would have to have enough evidence to convince everyone, and then she would dare to confiscate it after investigation. But she did not say a word and directly confiscated the property while recording the evidence, leaving him no chance to breathe.

Unexpectedly, he was defeated by a yellow-haired girl.

"I know my crime, I deserve death, please, Your Majesty..." He wanted to ask for a lighter sentence, saying that even though he had no merits, he had worked hard, but the queen had just taken office, what did his merits and hard work have to do with her? Thinking of this, he shut up instantly.

He knew that this time, he could not escape death.

Xie Chuyue was too lazy to pay attention, and looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Since Guo Huai pleads guilty, then the whole family will be executed in three days!"

When Guo Huai heard this, his eyes went dark and he fainted instantly.

The imperial guards who came in from outside received the order and pulled Guo Huai down.

There was a deathly silence in the hall.

Moreover, Xie Chuyue looked at everyone and reminded them again: "Next, I hope that all of you can actively hand over the stolen goods. Otherwise, I will personally confiscate your homes!"

All the ministers bowed their heads to show that they would obey the imperial order.

The courtiers of Nanyue State knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Seeing so many people kneeling, other court officials had no choice but to kneel down as well, and they all exclaimed, "Your Majesty is wise."

Xie Chuyue raised her hand slightly, signaling the ministers to stand up. "Alright, if you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"

"Your Majesty, I respectfully send you off!"

Xie Chuyue just glanced at everyone indifferently, then stood up and left.

Even if these people have something going on, they won't come to report it now. They are probably thinking of going back quickly to find a way to deal with themselves.

After the court session, the ministers all looked unhappy and left with their own thoughts.

Some people, still frightened, decided to hand over the stolen money as soon as possible; others took a chance and tried to escape punishment.

Xie Chuyue did not play by the rules. She went straight to the imperial study after leaving the court. She wanted to use the evidence to search the houses. The silver she got today was too attractive to her. If she searched every house, she would definitely become rich.

As soon as she arrived at the imperial study, Chu Jinghong followed her, followed by Hongye. Xie Chuyue felt a headache when she saw the two of them. She rubbed her eyebrows, pretended not to see them, and walked out of the imperial study.

As he walked, he cursed in his heart: "I'm so annoyed. It's these two again. They must be up to no good. Maybe they are eyeing the silver I just confiscated today. Humph, I haven't even warmed it up yet, how can I give it to them? Forget it, I'll just pretend I didn't see them."

Chu Jinghong and Hongye looked at each other:………………

Her Majesty, what is the difference between this and trying to cover up one's ears and steal a bell?

But why is Her Majesty so inexplicably cute?

"Your Majesty, where are you going? We have something to discuss with Your Majesty." Chu Jinghong calmly grabbed someone who was about to slip away from them.

Seeing that she couldn't escape, Xie Chuyue roared, "I have nothing to discuss with you. I wish you two a happy and hot life. Get out of here! Don't show up in front of me. You two are the last thing I want to see now."

Hongye looked at Xie Chuyue angrily and stamped her feet: "Your Majesty, you are biased. You were biased in the princess's mansion. You are still biased here."

Xie Chuyue: …………

Hongye's words successfully confused Xie Chuyue. How was she biased? When did she become biased? What did she become biased towards?

"Nalan Hongye, what do you mean by that? If you don't explain the reason, I'll have you beaten with a stick."

Hongye said aggrievedly, "Your Majesty, look, you dare to be mean to me. You arranged tasks for me and Master Chu, but why didn't you arrange tasks for Ajiu and Master Xi? It's obvious that you want to favor only them two. Humph! Isn't this partiality?"

Xie Chuyue scratched her hair in annoyance. Is this going to end? "How many times have I told you that Ah Jiu is my personal bodyguard? I have assigned him other tasks. Who will protect me personally?"

Chu Jinghong silently added the next sentence, "What about Master Xi? Master Xi doesn't know martial arts and can't protect His Majesty."

System: [Host, are these two people sick? Why do they keep harassing me? They want to drag me into everything. I don't think I have offended them.]

The system was speechless. He was just a broken machine, so why did the two of them keep clinging to him? They wanted to drag him along with them in everything they did.

Xie Chuyue: [Just treat them as if they are sick, or just as if they are having a seizure.]

Both of them: …………

"Your Highness, if you don't assign any tasks to Young Master Xi, we will stay in the imperial study and not leave." After Hongye said this, she didn't care about anything else and sat down next to Xie Chuyue's legs.

Chu Jinghong was also looking around, as if looking for a place to sit.

Xie Chuyue rubbed his forehead with a headache, "Alright, get out of my way quickly. I will find him a job after I return to the palace, and he will be an official in the court like you guys."

Hearing this, Hongye quickly stood up and clasped his fists towards Xie Chuyue: "Okay, your majesty is wise, I'll take my leave!"

He said that and slipped away quickly!

Xie Chuyue turned around and glared at Chu Jinghong who was still standing aside and said, "I have already promised you, why are you standing here? Why don't you get out of here?"

"Your Majesty, I am short of silver. To be more precise, your Ministry of Revenue is short of silver." Chu Jinghong completely ignored Xie Chuyue's anger.

Xie Chuyue: [I told you this guy is after my money, just look at it! ]

Chu Jinghong: ………… “Your Majesty, please let me search the house.”

Chu Jinghong had his calculations clacking. He told him to search the property, and he would take half and keep the other half. This way, his Ministry of Revenue could be sustained.

"I don't agree."

Chu Jinghong just looked at Xie Chuyue quietly. The two sides were in a stalemate and neither was willing to give in.

In the end, Xie Chuyue compromised and angrily threw a pile of evidence into Chu Jinghong's arms, "Go to these noble families and copy these evidences."

Chu Jinghong quickly flipped through it and found it okay. The money these families had embezzled was quite a lot, enough for him to embezzle some.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave now. I will not be in Your Majesty's presence anymore. I am an eyesore to Your Majesty."

Xie Chuyue gritted her teeth and said, "Get lost!"

After Chu Jinghong left, the system appeared as an adult, "Host, are you really going to let me enter the court?"

"If you don't enter the court, do you want those two to annoy me to death?" Xie Chuyue said to the system as she walked out.

The system shut up after hearing this.

After the civil and military officials returned to their mansions, they did not even have breakfast and hurriedly sorted out the stolen goods. However, before they had done so for a while, they heard from servants that the Minister of Revenue and Her Majesty the Queen personally led people to search and confiscate the properties of each mansion one by one.

At this moment, everyone was not only afraid, but more of awe. Her Majesty the Queen did things based on her mood, and now they were doomed.

Even if they destroyed the evidence now, it was too late because soldiers had already surrounded their mansion.

In this way, Xie Chuyue did not even attend the court. It took him three consecutive days to comb through all the aristocratic families and court officials with ill intentions.

It can be considered that the court has been cleaned up.

Then he promoted some truly talented people.

In the days that followed, all the civil and military officials in the court reported everything to their superiors, and they even dared not take bribes.

This does not include some bold people, but the Prime Minister who was inexplicably supported by Her Majesty the Queen later reported it to the authorities. The Queen asked them to pay ten times the amount of silver as punishment, and after that, no one dared to do it again.

And this Prime Minister is none other than the system.

In this way, Beili Kingdom gradually got on the right track. Until one day, during the morning court, all the civil and military officials were suddenly surprised to find that they could actually hear the voice of their Queen.

They were all shocked and terrified. No wonder Her Majesty the Queen knew so much about what they had done.

It's clear that the Queen in their family knows everything.

In the court of Beili Kingdom, all the civil and military officials were discussing heatedly, when suddenly they heard a surprised voice from their Queen.

Xie Chuyue: [Tong, what did you say? Who ran away with whom? The granddaughter of Duke Rong? ]

Duke Rong: ………What happened? His granddaughter ran away with someone. Who did she run away with? How come he didn’t know?

All the civil and military officials in the court, who had been discussing animatedly, shut up at this moment. They wanted to hear what was going on.

The system standing below, wearing a dark red court dress, rolled up its sleeves and said, "Yes, host."

Xie Chuyue still didn't understand until now: [She is a daughter of a Duke's mansion, but she actually ran away with a poor scholar. What's this about love? This little girl has been brainwashed by the heroine. ]