[Qing Chuan] Mu Emperor's Grace

No matter how dull Chen Xincheng was at this moment, he knew that Hongli was angry.He prostrated himself on the ground and mourned: "The emperor... the emperor... I dare not have such an idea, I just..."

Chen Xincheng hesitated, unable to explain why for a long time.

"Just what? I rushed to ask me to check the accounts, lest I don't know how beautiful these books of yours are? There is simply no money here."

Chen Xincheng could only keep kowtow, and when he raised his head tremblingly, even Hongli was gone.Only He Shen was left on the side, looking at him with a gloomy face.

"My lord..." Chen Xincheng wiped the ashes from his face, and slumped on the ground exhausted.

"Master Chen, what do you want me to say about you? I specially rushed to inform you before the east tour, so that you are ready to pick up the driver. Is that what you did?"

Chen Xincheng's brows were frowned, and he said with a bitter face: "My lord, didn't you prepare the ledger specially to please the emperor, did you not want to please the emperor?"

Seeing him answering solemnly, He Shen couldn't laugh or cry.

"Master Chen, I asked you to prepare, but I didn't want you to present the newly made account books in front of the emperor as soon as you came. Isn't this telling the emperor clearly that the government's accounts are tricky?"

Chen Xincheng was weeping, as if he saw his official career come to an end.

He Shen couldn't care about Chen Xincheng at the moment, it took him a while to follow the guards' trail and find Hongli's whereabouts.

The huge lake was covered with thick ice, and Hongli stood alone in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, looking lonely from afar.

He Shen just wanted to go forward, but was stopped by the guards by the lake: "My lord, the emperor ordered that if you come, you are not allowed to go to the pavilion."

He Shen forced a smile and said, "I have something important to do with the emperor, can you accommodate me?"

The guard shook his head with a straight face: "I'm sorry and my lord, the king's order must not be violated."

He Shen looked at the people in the pavilion, and suddenly shouted unwillingly: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the slave has something important to report, Your Majesty... let me go."

However, Hongli acted as if he didn't hear his call at all, and didn't even look back.

He Shen yelled for a long time, his voice was a little hoarse, but Hongli was still indifferent.The guards at the side watched, and couldn't help persuading him: "My lord, please go back."

He Shen lost his mind and walked back along the way he came. He was in a trance when he suddenly heard voices coming from ahead.

"I really don't understand why Huang Ama suddenly became so angry. Didn't she just make a few books temporarily?"

"Brother Fifteen, you are getting more and more stupid. He took the initiative to present the account book, which is obviously a guilty conscience. If there is no problem with the account book, why would you think of asking Huang Ama to read the account book? How do you say that? , This is called self-reporting."

"Shi Ge'er is right, but these are not the most important." As soon as Yongzhen finished speaking, he heard footsteps coming from the side of the road, and hurriedly shouted: "Who?"

He Shen calmly walked in front of the three of them, bowed and said, "He Shen has met all the elder brothers, Ge Ge."

Seeing that it was He Shen, Shi Gege smiled playfully and said, "Master He is usually busy with errands, so it's very rare to meet him once."

Compared with Shi Gege's warm acquaintance, Yong Xin and Yong Yan's reactions were much colder, they just nodded slightly.

After saying hello, Shi Gege recalled what Yongzheng hadn't said just now, and asked with a smile: "Brother Twelfth, you said that these are not the most important, so why is Huang Ama so angry?"

Yong Xing glanced at He Shen meaningfully: "With Chen Xincheng's qualifications, someone must have mentioned the matter of rebuilding the ledgers. Those two piles of ledgers cannot be completed in a day or two." .And inside this palace, many buildings have been refurbished, and there is a sense of welcome everywhere. Huang Ama's anger is not only due to Chen Xincheng's actions, but also the person who informed Chen Xincheng."

Every time Yong Xing said a word, He Shen's heart sank a little.The route of the east tour was decided by him after discussing with the important ministers in the court and after the emperor's review.Zhuozhou is only a small place, and it is rare for an emperor to visit or stay here.But what Chen Xincheng did this time was to be sure that the emperor would stay in Zhuozhou.

Even Yongzheng can see the trickiness in this, let alone Hongli.As for who the whistleblower is, no one is more suspicious than He Shen, who is in charge of the Eastern Tour.

The four people present at the moment, except Yong Yan, all understood the situation in front of them.Shi Gege looked in the direction He Shen had just walked over, and asked softly, "Did Master He already see Huang Ama?"

He Shen smiled wryly and shook his head: "The emperor...doesn't want to see slaves anymore."

Shigege pondered for a while, then rushed to Heshen and said, "Follow me."

He Shen followed behind the ten princesses and returned to the lake where Hongli was.When the guard saw He Shen, he was about to stop him, but was stopped by Shigege: "You don't let He Shen go in, what about me?"

All the guards didn't dare to stop her, and responded respectfully: "Princess, please."

The tenth princess tiptoed up to the lake pavilion, jumped up like a cat and covered Hongli's eyes.

Hongli held down her hand, and his depressed mood disappeared. He laughed and scolded: "Shigeer, you are getting more and more naughty."

Unexpectedly, Shi Gege turned his head away, ignoring the emperor behind him.Hongli didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to push her and said: "This temper is getting worse, why are you ignoring people?"

Shi Gege then turned around and muttered: "Could it be that Xuhuang Ama doesn't see people and doesn't allow her daughter to ignore people?"

While speaking, his eyes kept glancing towards the lake.

Hongli followed her gaze and saw He Shen standing by the lake as expected.

Seeing that he found He Shen, Shi Gege hit the rails while it was hot: "Ama Huang, He Shen wants to see you, so please let him come over."

Hongli frowned, and said in a deep voice, "He asked you to be a lobbyist?"

Shi Gege shook his head quickly: "No, it was my daughter who offered to help him."

Hongli looked at his little daughter's bright eyes, and there was a bit of innocent longing in it, which made people unable to refuse: "Forget it, let him come over."

After all, it was a child, Hongli agreed, and Shi Gege happily waved to the lake.When He Shen entered the pavilion, he wisely left the space for the two of them, and made a face to He Shen before leaving.

Looking at the back of his youngest daughter leaving, Hongli frowned and said, "I never thought you would have such ability to invite the tenth princess to intercede for you. This daughter of mine seems to have always been very close to you, and she also I don't know why?"

He Shen said with a smile: "Princess Ten is kind-hearted and extremely intelligent. She is willing to be close to this servant, which is the blessing of this servant."

Hongli glanced at him when he heard the words, and said coldly: "No matter how profound the blessings are, if you don't cherish them, there will always be a day when they will be exhausted."

Under his sharp gaze, He Shen suddenly said: "This slave is guilty."

Hongli paced back and forth in the pavilion, and asked in a puzzled manner, "Oh? What is your crime?"

He Shen gritted his teeth and said, "Slaves shouldn't have privately disclosed to Chen Xincheng the route and location of the emperor's east tour."

Hongli restrained his anger and asked, "How much money did you get from Chen Xincheng?"

He Shen took out 3000 taels of silver notes from his sleeve and handed them to Hongli: "The money that Chen Xin gave to the servants is all here, a total of 3000 taels."

Hongli was originally angry, but when he saw those banknotes, his anger subsided a little.

"You keep these banknotes close to your body all the time?" Hongli asked in surprise.

"The slave didn't spend any money. I wanted to find a suitable time to present it to the emperor, but I didn't want the emperor to have eyes..."

A gust of cold wind blew, Hongli looked at the cold ground under He Shen's knees, sighed, and stepped forward to help him up.

"He Shen, tell me, why did you do this?"

"The servant thought, in this way, everything the emperor sees during his eastward tour will be good and joyful. The queen mother is happy, the emperor is happy, and the princes are also happy."

Hongli sneered: "Good thing? He Shen, are you really ignorant or fake ignorant? I tell you, you are called deceiving the emperor, and you will be killed for the crime."

Seeing that Heshen stopped talking, Hongli said again: "Let me ask you again, if I don't find any clues today, what do you plan to do with the 3000 taels of silver notes?"

He Shen was taken aback for a moment, he knew the meaning of Hongli's words, but Hongli didn't believe him.In an instant, he suddenly understood that maybe Hongli didn't believe every word he said today.

Hongli didn't believe that he would hand over the bank note, and he didn't believe the reason he said.But he couldn't tell Hongli that since he was in charge of the general affairs of the Eastern Tour, he had trouble sleeping and eating.Take the one in Zhuozhou as an example, if he didn't inform Chen Xincheng in advance, when Hongli wanted to look at the account books on a whim, he would definitely find loopholes and problems in the accounts.Zhuozhou is just a small place among many provinces, and after that, it will pass through more and more places.There is an old saying that if there are clouds and clear water, there will be no fish. Every place will have some problems to some extent.When these problems were discovered one by one by Hongli, He Shen couldn't imagine how the always arrogant emperor would react.

He even had no way to tell Hongli that people can't help themselves in the court.He used to think that he could say no to Tan Mo with integrity, but when he really entered this circle, he found that things were not that simple.

There are very few big corrupt officials like Cathay Pacific. Most people in the officialdom have minor problems, but no major problems.Whenever this happens, He Shen will turn a blind eye.He is carefully maintaining a balance, trying to please all parties.Meeting Hongli's eyes, he kept silent with interest.

"Since the emperor doesn't believe what the slaves say, why bother to ask?" Even during the busiest time preparing for the Eastern Tour, He Shen had never felt such deep-seated exhaustion.

"Why should I trust you? Do you think I don't know how much money you and Shen have stolen from me. This is only 3000 taels for one Chen Xincheng. There will be countless "Chen Xincheng" along the way. What kind of innocence do I pretend to be in front of me?"

He Shen looked straight at Hongli in disbelief, for a moment he couldn't even care about the dignity of the monarch and his ministers.Since he came to this era, he has been trembling and trying his best to keep his bottom line.Now it was completely overthrown by Hongli's words. The frightening thing is that he didn't realize that all the defenses were weak until this moment.

Looking at He Shen's pale face, Hongli felt both distressed and faintly pleased, as if he had finally vented the pent-up breath in his heart.

"Then the emperor... how do you plan to punish the slave?" He Shen's eyes focused on a spot of light in the distance, and his voice was full of powerlessness: "Should the family be confiscated and sent to prison, or exiled into the army?"

Hongli was stunned, he was keenly aware of something wrong.He Shen's reaction was beyond his expectation, neither arguing hoarsely nor begging for mercy.That eloquent mouth became dumb at this moment, and the pale face and slack eyes made Hongli flustered inexplicably.

Hongli paused, and said, "Aren't you going to say anything?"

There was a mocking smile on He Shen's lips, and he said slowly, "If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about."