Rebirth: The paranoid war king was controlled by the crazy female protagonist

The next day, Qing Yu arrived at Jiang Mansion by carriage.

She passed by the courtyard where Shen Han happened to be drinking tea.

"Aunt." Qing Yu bowed slightly.

Seeing her coming back, Shen Han stood up and greeted her with a smile, "The princess is back, please sit down."

"Thank you, aunt." She sat down at the place Shen Han indicated.

"Aunt, I have something to discuss with my father. Where is my father?" Qing Yu went straight to the point. She felt bored staying in the Jiang Mansion for a moment longer.

"Your father will be back soon, sit down and rest for a while."

She nodded, and Shen Han's attitude was as if the quarrel that day had never happened. He was very polite to her, but too polite.

After a while, Jiang Zhuo came back, with Jiang Mo following beside him. As soon as he saw her, his face was full of resentment. Shen Han understood and went down with Jiang Mo.

"Father."

Just as Qing Yu was about to lean forward, Jiang Zhuo quickly pulled him up, "Come on, Qing Yu, there's no need to be polite with your father."

"Did you see His Majesty yesterday?" Jiang Zhuo asked impatiently.

"Well, Qingyu has already done what my father asked me to do. As for the rest, it depends on what Your Majesty does."

"That's great, my daughter. I believe you will succeed." Jiang Zhuo patted her shoulder with relief.

Qing Yu lowered his head, with a forbearing look on his face, as if he wanted to say something.

"What's wrong, daughter? What's the problem?"

After careful consideration, she said, "Father, if I succeed, can you tell me the cause of my mother's death?"

After he finished speaking, Jiang Zhuo's expression suddenly stiffened, and the hypocritical smile on his face disappeared.

"Let's talk about it when you succeed."

Obviously, Qing Yu was not satisfied with his words. She leaned down and knelt, "Father, please promise me."

Jiang Zhuo glanced at her with displeasure, but due to her current power, he remained silent.

"Father, you know, I can also tell Brother Zhou the truth."

"What? Do you want to threaten your father?" Jiang Zhuo pressed his contemptuous and cold tone against her body.

If it had happened before, she would have suffered physical pain.

"Qing Yu dare not. Qing Yu just wants to know the truth. There is no other way." She acted quite fearful, but still insisted on what she had in her mind.

Jiang Zhuo was silent for a moment, then bent down to help her up, and a hypocritical smile returned to the corners of his lips.

"My dear daughter, I promise you that as long as this mission is successful, I will tell you the truth."

"Yes, thank you, father." Her tough pupils were filled with tears. This was the truth she had been waiting for, the truth Jiang Qingyu had been waiting for.

After giving instructions, Qing Yu left, and Jiang Mo then came out of the house.

Even if I didn't know their specific conversation, I could guess that Jiang Qingyu's visit was definitely not for good.

"Father, are you really going to listen to Jiang Qingyu?"

“It seems to be different this time.”

"Why?" Jiang Mo didn't quite understand.

Jiang Zhuo narrowed his eyes and pondered, "Jiang Qingyu proposed to exchange the success of this plan for the cause of her mother's death."

"Isn't it... supposed to be like this?" In Jiang Mo's opinion, this is the case, otherwise why would Jiang Qingyu willingly stand on the side of the Jiang family.

"No." Jiang Zhuo saw the key point at a glance, "She never mentioned it before, but this time, she mentioned it."

He even wanted to threaten him.

……

In a blink of an eye, it was time to go to court again. Everyone gathered in the hall in court clothes and hats.

"Another three days have passed. Have you, my dear ministers, reached a conclusion?" Xiao Yanzhou looked at the people below.

Wu Changshi spoke first, "Your Majesty, I have investigated these days and determined that very little of the relief funds previously allocated actually reached the people."

One could hear Wu Changshi's grief and indignation just from his voice.

"Wu Changshi means that someone embezzled the relief funds?"

"Wu Changshi, if you don't have evidence, you can't speak nonsense in the court!"

"Yes, Wu Changshi, how can you suspect that the ministers embezzled money just based on a few words from those unruly people?!"

After Wu Changshi said this, the three ministers began to retort him one after another.

Wu Changshi was naturally unwilling to be outdone. "I have repeatedly investigated and found that it is nonsense. Diseases are more common in this season. Winter is coming. Now we can't even get enough food, let alone money to treat illnesses and prepare for the cold winter."

"If he had not reached the point where he could not survive, why would he have spent more than 20 days to reach Yongqing City just to tell me the situation!"

"Beianshi is not the only hard-working mountain village. If they don't continue to work hard and rely on the imperial court's disaster relief funds every year, it would be too unfair to other mountain villages."

"If every unsatisfied mountain village is like him, how should the court solve the problem?"

"..."

After only a brief moment of calm, they began arguing again.

Eunuch Li was observing the situation from the sidelines. He immediately raised his voice and said, "Silence!"

Instantly, everyone shut up.

Xiao Yanzhou then spoke slowly, seemingly unaffected by them, "I asked you to come here to solve the problem, not to quarrel."

"Your Majesty." Jiang Zhuo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up.

"Since Wu Changshi proposed allocating funds, but also said that someone embezzled money, may I ask how Wu Changshi can prevent this from happening again?"

"I will personally send someone to supervise the investigation." Wu Changshi promised solemnly.

But Jiang Zhuo's questioning did not end there. "Well, even if Wu Changshi can complete the task, what happens next?"

"As far as I know, that remote village has been in poverty because it has no source of livelihood. This has solved the immediate problem, but it has not solved the root cause of the problem at all."

"Jiang Qing is right. Keep allocating funds is not a solution. Does Wu Changshi have any suggestions?" Xiao Yanzhou questioned Wu Changshi again.

"this…"

"It seems that Wu Changshi has no other options. Could it be that Wu Changshi was deceived by that villain's words?"

Hearing this, Wu Changshi suppressed his anger and said, "What does Lord Jiang mean by this? If it weren't for the remoteness of the mountain village, how could there be no evidence?"

"Your Majesty, please give me some time. I will definitely find evidence."

"Okay, then it won't be too late to allocate funds after we find the evidence."

"Your Majesty is right." Seeing this, Jiang Zhuo and others quickly agreed.

"Your Majesty, you can't do this!" Wu Changshi leaned over anxiously.

With Xiao Yanzhou's help, Jiang Zhuo seemed to be more confident in his chances of winning and Jiang Qingyu's efforts behind the scenes.

"Wu Changshi! His Majesty has already agreed. What is your purpose in being so steadfast?!" Jiang Zhuo suddenly raised his voice and rebuked.

Seeing this, Wu Changshi knelt on the ground in panic and pleaded politely, "Your Majesty, the mountain village is far away from Yongqing City. If I wait for you to find the evidence, it will take at least a month to go back and forth, but the villagers can't wait until then. Please think twice!"

Suddenly, Xiao Yanzhou's gaze fell on Wu Changshi, like a cold blade.

"Wu Changshi, are you forcing me?" His concise but sharp words suddenly made the people present feel cold.

"No, Your Majesty. I am willing to prove it with my life that after this allocation, I will investigate it thoroughly within a month and deal with all subsequent issues."

"Your Majesty, please give me a chance, and also give those more than 200 people a chance." Wu Changshi repeatedly assured that he would succeed.

Jiang Zhuo noticed Xiao Yanzhou's gloomy expression and realized that the time had come. "It seems that Wu Changshi is very busy with official duties and is too tired. It's time to rest. Someone come."

Jiang Zhuo raised his voice to call the guards, even though Wu Changshi still had no intention of giving up.

"Your Majesty! Please think twice!"

"Why don't you bring it down?" Jiang Zhuo quickly signaled.

Just as the guards were about to take action, Xiao Yanzhou above them suddenly spoke up, "Wait a moment."

"His Majesty…"

Jiang Zhuo was about to say something, but he stopped him with his hand.

Xiao Yanzhou hesitated for a moment and turned to look at Xiao Yanqing who had been silent.

"Prince Xiao, what do you think about this matter?"