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All the ministers in the hall were sweating profusely. They held their breath and dared not make a sound.

Your Majesty has been on the throne for more than 20 years and has never drawn his sword to kill anyone in the court.

The emperor's eyes were red, filled with cold murderous intent: "Zou Xue, if you don't speak up, I will immediately make your blood spill three feet and kill all nine generations of your Zou family."

The emperor's lips trembled and his voice was as cold as ice.

Zou Xue couldn't stop crying, and his face was covered with tears.

He knelt on the ground and cried loudly, "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to speak, but I have something to hide."

"If you don't tell me, then you want to die?" It's already this time, what's the secret you can't tell me?

The emperor moved his hand, and the tip of the sword penetrated into Zou Xue's skin, and blood immediately oozed out of Zou Xue's body.

His face was pale, and he dared not move. "Your Majesty, when His Royal Highness Prince Chen was still alive, he forced me to move the national treasury and gave it to Prince Chen."

Ministers:! ! !

There was silence in the hall.

All the court officials looked at the Minister of Revenue in shock, with different expressions on their faces.

Even Xin Rui looked at Zou Xue in shock.

He thought that since the matter was exposed, Zou Xue would have no choice but to plead guilty, but he didn't expect that Zou Xue actually made up a lie and pushed the blame on King Chen.

However, this was not what Xin Rui wanted to hear.

"This is absolute nonsense!" The emperor was furious and trembling with anger.

King Chen is already dead, yet they still use him as a shield?

For a moment, the emperor couldn't tell whether he was angry or heartbroken.

He was holding the sword, his body swaying.

Si Yan gently supported the emperor and said, "Master Zou, His Royal Highness Prince Chen died of illness during the Lantern Festival. How can I force you to give him money?"

Zou Xue wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Si Yan, "Lord Si Yan, you don't know that on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, which was the day after I had just finished counting the national treasury, His Royal Highness Prince Chen threatened me and asked me to transfer 13 million taels of silver from the treasury to him, saying that I had to return it to the national treasury within a month."

Zou Xue sniffed and tried his best to remain calm, "His Highness Prince Chen said that if I don't give it to you, he will kill my whole family. I am just a minister, how dare I offend Prince Chen?

"Prince Chen repeatedly promised to repay the money within a month. This old minister had no choice but to transfer the money from the national treasury to His Highness Prince Chen. Who would have thought... who would have thought that His Highness Prince Chen would die of illness..."

Everyone looked solemn.

This means that the silver was taken away by King Chen, and since King Chen is dead, the silver can never be returned?

"You bastard..." The emperor kicked Zou Xue, "You lost the silver from the treasury, and you're putting the blame on my dead son?"

The emperor's anger suddenly erupted. If he didn't want to be labeled a tyrant, he would have immediately killed Zou Xue, the corrupt official.

"Your Majesty, this is the truth!" Zou Xue knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor. "For such a serious matter, I dare not speak nonsense..."

The Prime Minister has already said that even if His Majesty issues an order to raid his house and exterminate his clan, the Prime Minister will break him out of prison and take good care of his family.

Therefore, he would rather offend His Majesty than offend the Prime Minister.

But Zou Xue didn't notice that the moment he said that the silver was given to King Chen, Xin Rui's expression had already become unhappy.

The emperor felt dizzy and had a splitting headache, as if his head was about to explode, and his chest was also aching.

With a clang, the sword in the emperor's hand slipped to the ground.

"Father!" Prince Xin and Prince Yong said in unison.

"Your Majesty!" the courtiers shouted in unison.

Si Yan said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, please go back to the throne and rest. I will make sure everything comes to light."

Eunuch Gu and Hu Wen hurried forward and helped the emperor sit back on the throne.

The emperor walked with heavy steps, as if there were a thousand pounds of weight under his feet.

For the first time, he felt that he, as the supreme emperor, was so incompetent.

He had been led by the nose without anyone noticing, and even his son had been used...

Now that King Chen is dead, he still has to bear the blame for others.

Si Yan's voice rang out in the hall: "Lord Zou, I'm afraid this is unacceptable. If His Royal Highness Prince Chen is truly forcing you, Lord Zou should immediately report this to His Majesty for disposal, rather than secretly diverting the treasury silver to Prince Chen. More than thirteen million taels of silver is no small sum. Lord Zou lost the treasury silver, and his entire clan will be executed."

Zou Xue immediately argued, "Lord Si Yan, I wanted to report to His Majesty, but Prince Chen's men have been following me, staring at me intently, so I have no chance.

"Of course, I am also at fault. I have always harbored hope, thinking that once His Royal Highness Prince Chen replenished the funds, I would be able to give an explanation to His Majesty. Who could have known that His Royal Highness Prince Chen would actually pass away due to illness..."

Zou Xue knew that it was impossible for him to survive, but he also wanted to die in a dignified manner.

The money wasn't meant for him to eat, so why couldn't he push it onto King Chen?

The Fifth Prince Qi Guangan said coldly, "It has been over half a month since Prince Chen passed away, and the Minister of Revenue has not yet reported this to Your Majesty. It is truly unbelievable."

Zou Xue raised his eyes to look at the emperor: "Your Majesty, I know that I have committed serious crimes and I am ashamed to see Your Majesty. I only ask Your Majesty to consider that I was forced to do this and be lenient with my family..."

The emperor stared at Zou Xue coldly without saying a word. Will he give him a lighter punishment?

Impossible.

Si Yan asked, "Lord Zou, since you personally gave the silver from the national treasury to Prince Chen, did this silver enter Prince Chen's mansion?"

Zou Xue confirmed: "Yes, he entered Prince Chen's Mansion."

Xin Rui's expression became even uglier...

If he fails to handle it properly, Zou Xue might ruin his business.

Si Yan said calmly: "As long as we enter Prince Chen's Mansion, it will be easy."

Xin Rui suddenly said, "Master Zou, even if Prince Chen wanted to embezzle this much silver, he couldn't just put it in Prince Chen's mansion, right?"

When Zou Xue received Xin Rui's look, he was a little confused for a moment.

Of course, this silver is not in Prince Chen’s Mansion. Wasn’t it all taken away by the Prime Minister?

As for giving it to King Chen, that was made up by him.

Why did the Prime Minister speak like this?

Song Yi, the Minister of Rites, seemed to have noticed something and could not help but speak: "Your Majesty, after Prince Chen passed away, all the property in Prince Chen's mansion was counted, and no silver was found at all."

Zou Xue opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, perhaps Prince Chen has already used it for other purposes?"

The emperor raised his hand to support his forehead, his mind was in a mess and he really wanted to kill someone.

Si Yan looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the silver is not lost."

The emperor cheered up and said to Si Yan, "My dear Yan, can you find this silver back?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Si Yan glanced at Xin Rui gently, "As long as the silver enters Prince Chen's Mansion, it can be recovered."

Xin Rui: ...

Is this woman going to make things difficult for him again?