Princess Consort Is No Pushover

Unexpectedly, it was still a dead end.

Immediately, the imperial guards came up and dragged them all out.

After disposing of these people, Emperor Hongyuan glared at the queen angrily, "Queen, as for you, although this matter has nothing to do with you. But Mrs. Wei is your sister, and her fault is your fault. Who told you to treat her? Lack of discipline, allowing her to be arrogant outside! From now on, you will go to the Taimiao Temple to contemplate for a month, and you will have to copy the Buddhist scriptures a hundred times. You will be fined another five hundred thousand taels of silver for disaster relief, are you convinced?"

Of course the queen was not convinced in her heart, but on the surface she had to say, "Yes, the concubine knows!"

At this moment, Emperor Hongyuan looked at Chu Xuanchen, "King Li, today is your deadline for fundraising. How much have you raised?"

Chu Xuanchen glanced at the queen, and said: "Going back to the emperor, I only raised fifty thousand taels of silver."

"What? I asked you to raise 1.8 million taels of silver, but you only raised 50,000 taels. Why?" Emperor Hongyuan asked angrily.

Chu Xuanchen raised his eyebrows calmly, "Because all the money was raised by the queen. On the first day of fundraising, the minister had already set out the bouillon, invited all the important ministers and nobles to come to dinner, and encouraged them to donate. But they have already donated to The queen refused to donate money to the minister. Fortunately, Taifu Han and the others donated some silver to the minister, otherwise it would be difficult for the minister to raise 50,000 taels."

When Emperor Hongyuan heard this, he was taken aback for a moment.

The queen hurriedly said: "King Li, I trust me and want to donate the silver to me. This is my business, it's not that I'm trying to embarrass you on purpose."

"I know, but I am extremely worried when I think that so much money is useless on the common people." Chu Xuanchen said.

Seeing this, Taifu Han hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, according to the old minister's opinion, since the empress has already raised the silver and the time is urgent, why do you need to ask Li Wang to raise it. I think that the empress should give the money raised by the empress to Li Wang , Let King Li take it to the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief."

Grand Master Li also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, now the people outside are full of grievances, and the people are displaced. If the flood is not cured, I am afraid it will shake the foundation of the country."

Zhang Fuyin also said: "Your Majesty, the money raised by the empress is also for the victims. However, because of Mrs. Wei's incident earlier, the empress also lost the hearts of the people. I think that the money should be handed over to King Li for disaster relief. The common people are convinced. And this matter cannot be delayed any longer. If it continues, I am afraid that the public anger will not be appeased. I heard that there are already disaster victims plotting a rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River!"

When the queen heard this, she immediately gave Zhang Fu Yin a hateful look.

Emperor Hongyuan also knew that the fire was imminent at this time, and the disaster must be rescued as soon as possible.

But when he thought that the money raised by the queen was finally used by Chu Xuanchen for disaster relief, and Chu Xuanchen gained a good reputation for nothing, he felt very uncomfortable.

But uncomfortable is uncomfortable, and now the people are the most important.

No matter how uncomfortable he is, he has to be close to the people first, otherwise he won't be able to sit on the dragon chair stably.

He said: "Okay, since everyone said so, then I decided to give the three million taels of silver raised by the queen, plus the five hundred thousand taels of silver she fined, to King Li to take them to the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief. King, I entrust this burden to you, you must not let me down!"

Chu Xuanchen immediately cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will definitely make good use of the donation and use it for the people. I will never do things like Mrs. Wei, who deceived the superior and concealed it, and filled his own pocket."