Princess Consort Is No Pushover

Hearing these accusations, Emperor Hongyuan and the ministers were shocked.

Emperor Hongyuan looked at the porridge and was furious. He slapped the table angrily, "Is this for people to eat? Mrs. Wei, what's going on here?"

Mrs. Wei Guo was startled, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, calm down, this rice noodle was bought by my subordinate Gao Yang, Gao Yang bought this rotten rice without telling my wife to fool the people, it has nothing to do with me!"

Gao Yang hung there, not daring to speak.

Emperor Hongyuan stared at Mrs. Wei Guo with a gloomy and cold face, squeezed the dragon chair fiercely with both hands, and gritted his teeth: "Where's the queen? She told me a few days ago that she was working hard to raise money and wanted to help the victims. How did it become like this? Come on, hurry up and tell the queen!"

Eunuch Xu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this servant has already sent someone to communicate."

As soon as he finished speaking, the queen dressed in red had already hurried over leading the crowd.

When she saw Mrs. Wei Guo who was tied up, her face turned pale and her heart trembled.

Could it be that Mrs. Wei Guo and her embezzlement of money have been exposed?

She hurried forward and greeted Emperor Hongyuan, "My concubine greets the emperor. Your majesty, I don't know why King Li tied Mrs. Wei to the palace? Did Mrs. Wei commit any crime?"

Just now, when Eunuch Xu saw that King Li had tied Mrs. Wei into the palace, he sent someone to tell her.

When she heard this, she was immediately angry and angry, and hurriedly led people to the imperial study.

"You came just in time, I want to ask you. The victims said that you and Mrs. Wei raised three million taels of silver, but let them drink this kind of porridge. What's the matter?" Emperor Hongyuan said angrily.

The queen quickly took a look at the porridge, her heart trembled in shock, "Your Majesty, the concubine didn't leave the palace, so I don't know what happened."

Having said that, she quickly looked at Mrs. Wei Guo, and winked at her, "Sister, tell me, why is the rice porridge I asked you to serve like this? Are you also deceived?"

Mrs. Wei Guo quickly nodded, and stared at Gao Yang angrily, "Sister, I handed over the porridge to Gao Yang, and I gave Gao Yang 120,000 taels of silver. I told him to buy rice and noodles for charity, but the result was He actually bought this kind of rotten rice, he must have deducted a lot of money from it."

Speaking of this, she hurriedly begged the emperor for mercy, "Your Majesty, this matter was all done by Gao Yang alone. He embezzled the relief funds and bought this kind of rotten rice for the people to eat. This matter has nothing to do with the concubine, but it is also It’s the concubine’s fault. It’s the concubine’s lax supervision of his servants that’s why this kind of thing happened. Don’t worry, your majesty, the concubine can leave the palace right away, buy rice and noodles to give to the common people, and restore her reputation this time.”

Zhang Fu Yin immediately said: "Don't bother Mrs. Wei, when these rotten porridge aroused public anger. The official saw that His Highness King Li had already paid the money himself, and gave good porridge to the people, saving the face of the royal family. .”

When the ministers heard this, they immediately looked at Chu Xuanchen with admiration, and all gave him thumbs up in their hearts.

Emperor Hongyuan was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that Chu Xuanchen also served porridge.

He gave him a serious look, and said: "King Li, you did a good job. But with regard to the rotten porridge, could it be that Mrs. Wei was deceived by Gao Yang? Mrs. Wei and the Queen have been working hard these days He was so busy planning disaster relief that he didn't even have time to sleep. They were so sincere, but this kind of thing happened in the end. It must be that this subordinate was blinded by the money and bought rotten rice behind their backs. Give it to the people!"