Princess Consort Is No Pushover

As soon as the common people saw that King Li led people to surround the Chen family, they gathered together to watch the excitement.

"What's going on here? Why did His Royal Highness Prince Li lead troops to surround Chen's residence? Master Chen is a well-known upright official."

"I don't know, but Li Wang probably wouldn't do this for no reason, it must have his intentions."

"King Li is an imperial envoy, so he is here to investigate Chen Xi?"

"Chen Xi is an upright official. I saw someone send him a basket of Chinese cabbage just now. What is there to investigate about such an upright official?"

"Let's see the situation first."

At this time, Chen Xi was admiring the basket of Chinese cabbage, and the wealthy businessman who gave the gift was looking at him flatteringly, "My lord, I know that Chinese cabbage is your favorite. No, I gave you another basket, do you like it?"

Chen Xi looked at the gold and silver treasures hidden under the cabbage with a happy face, "Of course I like it. I don't like meat, but I like cabbage. You have a heart."

"My lord, then the cooperation we talked about last time..."

"Don't worry, that cooperation will of course be sold."

"My lord, it's not good. King Li led troops to surround the Chen residence, saying that he wanted to investigate you!" At this moment, the panicked voice of the housekeeper of the Chen residence sounded outside.

"What? King Li is here? Hurry up, hide these things!" Chen Xi jumped up from the chair suddenly, looking terrified.

"Master Chen, this king has already seen it, it's useless for you to hide!" At this moment, a cold voice came from outside the courtyard.

As soon as the words fell, Chu Xuanchen, who was dressed in military uniform, had already led the Xuance army and walked in with awe-inspiring momentum.

Behind them, followed by a bunch of ordinary people watching the fun.

When Chen Xi saw this, his face turned earthy with fright and his back felt cold, "My lord, you...why are you here?"

Chu Xuanchen walked in coldly, and glanced at the basket, "If I don't come, I don't know that you, a famous and upright official, are a big moth. Mo Li, open his basket of cabbage and show it to the common people!"

When the common people heard this, they rushed in and stared at the basket expectantly.

They were watching a play outside just now, but when the butler opened the door, King Li asked them to follow in, saying that he wanted to arrest corrupt officials in front of them.

They rushed in and squeezed Chen's house to the brim.

After Mo Li took the order, he walked up to Chen Xi, and he brought the basket in front of the people, and picked off the cabbage on it with his sword.

As soon as the cabbage was picked apart, bags of gold ingots and silver were exposed, and those gold ingots shone like gold, dazzling everyone's eyes.

Everyone immediately exclaimed, "My God! Under the cabbage, there are actually gold and silver treasures hidden. It turns out Mr. Chen is not an honest official at all, but a corrupt official!"

"I thought he was clean and honest, but I didn't expect him to take bribes in the name of delivering vegetables. This trick is really clever!"

Chu Xuanchen looked at Chen Xi coldly, with a bloodthirsty killing intent on his face, "Chen Xi, this king caught you on the spot for taking bribes, what else can you say?"

When Chen Xi and the wealthy businessman who gave the money saw this, they were so frightened that their bodies went limp, and they almost couldn't stand up.

Chen Xi hurriedly said: "My lord, don't be angry. I didn't embezzle the officials. These... These treasures are indeed what he wanted to bribe the officials, but the officials refused. The officials are clean and honest, and I hate this kind of atmosphere the most. I just told him about him and told him to take the treasure back quickly. I didn't expect you to come, my lord!"