The blacksmith lady is killing people in the harem, and her son is responsible for it.

The next day.

Great meeting.

The emperor sat at the top and continued to listen to the reports from the court officials.

The ministers also knew that the treasury had no money, and they were slow to advise the emperor on whether to send troops to Taizhou.

Anyway, that was the situation and the emperor was aware of it, so several officials reported some new memorials sent in from other regions.

It's nothing too serious.

Zhao Zhen was ill and did not attend court today.

The emperor originally thought that there was no other important matter today and planned to continue discussing the affairs of Taizhou.

Then Censor Geng from the Censorate stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

The emperor looked at Censor Geng curiously and said, "My dear Geng, please speak."

Censor Geng leaned forward and spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the Crown Princess Qin of the Eastern Palace for competing with the people for profit!"

As soon as Censor Geng said this, all the ministers in the hall looked over.

The emperor did not expect that someone would impeach Qin Wan. Although he did not think highly of Qin Wan, he also felt that she was quite obedient.

Apart from seducing the prince, everything else is pretty good.

There is also a big clock in the emperor's palace. He can often hear the clock ringing at certain times. The clock is much better than an hourglass.

"Censor Geng, please tell me in detail."

The emperor had a blank expression on his face, making it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

Censor Geng was also fully prepared, and he knew that the Imperial Envoy Doctor Su was standing behind him, so he had no burden at all, so he said, "Your Majesty, the Chaoxi Hall in the capital is the property of the Crown Princess.

The clocks in Chao Xi Tang are very powerful. A small clock was sold for 30 taels of silver, and this is the cheapest clock. The large clocks in Chao Xi Tang cost thousands of taels of silver. "

"Chaoxitang not only has stores in the capital, but also in Henan Province, Jiangnan Province, Huainan Province, and Shannan Province. This shows how widely Chaoxitang is distributed."

"Your Majesty, ordinary people can live for a year on five taels of silver, but the cheapest clock in Chaoxi Hall costs 30 taels of silver, which shows the huge profits of clocks. Qin is the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace, and will be the mother of a country in the future. She is so greedy and competes with the people for profits. She is really not worthy of being the Crown Princess."

Censor Geng's goal was to have the Emperor depose the Crown Princess.

Ministers from aristocratic families have long been eyeing Chaoxitang.

They also bought the clock and secretly developed it, but the craftsmen always made mistakes when they dismantled the clock and put it back together.

Even if it is put back, the clock will not work and will become a decoration.

This makes people who want to imitate it very angry.

Therefore, the clock in Chaoxitang has no competitors now.

Another thing that makes people jealous is the degree of update of the Chaoxitang clock, which is astonishing.

Chaoxitang launches new products every month, which makes people who don’t even understand the original clock styles even more angry.

The clock in Chaoxi Hall can now actually set time. With this research speed, how can they catch up?

With the introduction of Censor Geng, many ministers immediately jumped out.

Today is a good day!

It is also a good time to impeach the Crown Princess. Since the Crown Prince is not here, there is no pressure to impeach the Crown Princess.

"Your Majesty, officials cannot engage in business. The court has long had clear regulations. Although the Crown Princess is a woman, as the head of the East Palace, she must set an example for the people of the world. Such greed for money, extravagance and debauchery are really unworthy of the position."

"Your Majesty, Chaoxitang is making such huge profits. What does the Crown Princess want to do with this money? Your Highness, do you know the inside story..."

When someone takes the lead, there will naturally be others who take advantage of the situation.

Following Qin Wan's matter, the story led to Zhao Zhen.

Not all ministers in the court supported the crown prince. Some of those who stood on the side of the second prince also left.

"Your Majesty, what Lord Song said is true. Chaoxi Hall is ostensibly the Crown Princess's property, but the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are one and the same. I'm afraid Chaoxi Hall is actually the Crown Prince's property."

"Your Majesty, why don't you invite the prince here? If Chaoxitang is the prince's property, can it be used to finance the national treasury and solve the problem of an empty treasury?"

At this time, ministers in the court began to step forward one after another, regardless of the reason.

Minister Lu originally wanted to talk about Qin Wan's donation of 300,000 taels of silver, but when he heard a minister mention the matter of Chaoxi Hall filling the national treasury, he also became interested.

If the national treasury has this hen that lays golden eggs, it will be easier to raise money in the future.

The emperor sat on the throne and heard the discussions of the ministers in the court, but he was not happy.

The emperor never thought of seizing Qin Wan's workshop because he couldn't bring himself to do so.

In fact, the emperor felt guilty. Although he was proud of his high status, he did not take Qin Wan seriously.

But he knew in his heart that Qin Wan had contributed to the success of the Zhao family.

Even if he tried to forget it a thousand times, he couldn't erase it.

Imperial Censor Su Xun stood up. He saw that the Second Prince's faction had already thrown dirty water on the Crown Prince. This was not what he wanted to see. The only person he wanted to deal with was the Crown Princess.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is so busy that he probably doesn't know the actual revenue of Chaoxi Hall. However, the Crown Princess is indeed competing with the people for profits. She is not upright and should be punished."

Xiao Jingrui glanced at Su Yushi and stood up, "Your Majesty, the Crown Princess knows that the people of Taizhou have been attacked by pirates and the national treasury is short of military supplies. She is willing to donate 300,000 taels of silver as military pay for the troops sent to Taizhou."

As soon as Xiao Jingrui said this, all the ministers in the court were in an uproar.

Someone immediately stood up and said, "Lord Xiao, please don't make up stories out of thin air!"

"Yes, this is three hundred thousand taels of silver. Could it be that Lord Xiao can still be the master of the Crown Princess?"

As soon as these words came out, they were full of malice, directly throwing dirty water on Xiao Jingrui and Qin Wan.

Xiao Jingrui immediately retorted, "Master Fang, please be careful with your words. How can you make up the Crown Princess so casually?"

Lord Fang also realized that this was a grand court meeting, and he knew he had said something wrong, so his momentum weakened. "Lord Xiao, I was just speaking based on facts. Who else knows about the Crown Princess's donation of 300,000 silver coins? I'm afraid she didn't know someone was going to impeach her, so she made up an excuse."

Minister Lu retracted his thoughts and stood up, "Sir Fang, I heard with my own ears about the Crown Princess donating money. Yesterday, during the meeting in the East Palace, the Crown Princess knew the difficulties in the court and generously donated money.

I wanted to present this to Your Majesty today, but Lord Geng got there first."

Censor Geng was unhappy. "Minister Lu, did the Crown Princess really propose to donate 300,000 taels of silver? That's not a small amount."

Censor Geng didn't believe that Qin Wan had so much money.

Minister Lu did not look at Censor Geng and said, "Your Majesty, whether this is true or not, please ask the Crown Princess to come into the palace and we will know once we ask her."

The emperor pondered for a moment before saying, "Please invite Crown Princess Qin to enter the palace!"