Chapter 366: Confiscated Property, Imprisoned

Emperor Zhaocheng's face was as gloomy as water, and his eyes fell silently on Prime Minister Gu's face, his eyes were terribly cold.

Xiao Changhai ordered people to move a chair and put it in the yard, and Emperor Zhaocheng sat down on the chair.

Prime Minister Gu didn't dare to say more, for fear of saying more and making more mistakes.

But he still had a fluke in his heart, hoping that what Yan Li said was all her conjecture, and she couldn't really enter the secret vault.

The secret vault where gold and silver were stored was in the innermost layer, and at least six mechanisms had to be opened. The mechanism buttons were all set in the most secret places. How could Yan Li know?

"Why is Prime Minister Gu silent?" Yan Li turned to look at him.

Prime Minister Gu knelt facing the emperor: "I have always been loyal and trembling, and I never dared to do anything that violated the law. I beg the emperor to see clearly! I am wronged!"

Emperor Zhaocheng didn't speak, his eyebrows were deep and unfathomable.

There was no movement in the warehouse.

All the people in the Gu family knelt on the ground, and Emperor Zhaocheng sat on the chair and waited without saying a word.

The temperature in the early summer night is neither too hot nor too cold, comfortable and pleasant, but at this time, the air seems to be flowing with a biting cold, and the temperature is getting lower and lower, making people feel like they are in the polar regions of ice, shivering with cold.

The waiting time is long and tormenting.

Prime Minister Gu and Madam Gu's faces are abnormally pale, and their foreheads are covered with cold sweat.

I don't know how long it took, followed by a sound of footsteps.

Ye Qi strode out of the warehouse and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, Princess Nanyang said exactly, the warehouse of the Prime Minister's Mansion is indeed shining with gold, like a small treasure land."

As soon as the voice fell, Prime Minister Gu's whole body softened: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I am wronged-"

"In addition, there are several lists." Ye Qi presented the list with both hands, "Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Yan Li stood by the door, his eyes fell nonchalantly on Prime Minister Gu's face, his expression indifferent and lazy.

Tianshu had already opened and destroyed all the mechanisms in the secret room. Now the Gu family's storehouse is a room full of evidence of capital crimes, and anyone who wants to enter can enter.

Emperor Zhaocheng took the list without saying a word and began to look through the names and amounts recorded on it.

In which year and month, which local official gave Prime Minister Gu how much gold in the name of birthday celebration.

Which official took advantage of his position to embezzle military pay and gave how much silver to manage relationships.

In which year and month, on Mrs. Gu's birthday, an official was promoted from the local area and presented gold, jewelry and beauties to the Prime Minister.

In which state and city, bullies were rampant, and how much silver the local corrupt officials paid to Prime Minister Gu to suppress the matter and secretly silence the people who came to Beijing to complain.

Prime Minister Gu spent nearly one million taels of silver to raise private soldiers and staff, recruit soldiers for King Yu, win over famous families in various states, and win people's hearts.

All these accounts are evidence of guilt, and also a network of relationships and interests that cannot be cut off under a big tree.

Emperor Zhaocheng closed the account book, silently lowered his eyes and looked at the several account books and rosters in his hand, and did not continue to read.

Such thick books are not only evidence of Prime Minister Gu's guilt, but also the handle he kept to control those officials.

"Come here!" Emperor Zhaocheng stood up and looked down coldly at Prime Minister Gu and his wife, "All the people of the Gu family will be put in jail. I will personally interrogate them in three days!"

Ye Qi received the order: "I obey the order!"

This night was destined to be unpeaceful.

The palace guards brought by King Jing also played a role. The royal guards with knives blocked every exit that could be left in the inner and outer courtyards of the Gu family.

From Prime Minister Gu and his wife to the legitimate son of the Gu family, and then to the servants of the Gu family, no one could escape.

The whole mansion was shrouded in an iron-blooded and murderous atmosphere.

"Prince Jing." Emperor Zhaocheng ordered coldly, "Count the gold and silver treasures in the secret room and add them to the national treasury."

"Your son obeys your order."

Emperor Zhaocheng waved his sleeves and said, "Return to the palace."

Xiao Changhai dragged out his voice and shouted, "Your Majesty, return to the palace--"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Gu knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "I can atone for my crime with my merits! Your Majesty! I have something to say."

Emperor Zhaocheng paused and turned to look at him, his face cold and ruthless, with the majesty and murderousness of an emperor.

"The children of the King of Xijiang, Guo Huai and Guo Hongqiang, came to the imperial capital secretly. They are now hiding in the Prince Xian's mansion--"

"Prime Minister, my father already knows about this." King Jing came over and interrupted him, "Not only does my father know that they came to the imperial capital, but he also knows that they have entered the Prime Minister's mansion. What shameful thing did Guo Hongqiang conspire with the Prime Minister?"

Prime Minister Gu froze, and then he felt cold all over.

He looked at King Jing in disbelief, then turned to look at Emperor Zhaocheng. In a flash, he seemed to understand everything.

What happened tonight was not a coincidence.

So the emperor knew it a long time ago. Not only did he know that Guo Huai and Guo Hongqiang came to the imperial capital, but he also knew that they had entered his mansion?

However, the emperor had not revealed anything in recent days.

And Yan Li.

Prime Minister Gu turned his head stiffly to look at Yan Li, a teenage girl - even if she had married the Ninth Prince as a princess, it still could not change the fact that she was young.

It was this teenage girl who had no power to resist when she was abducted by his men, but was unconscious in a dark secret room, but she was so powerful that she could easily open the secret passage carefully designed by the craftsman and find the place where he hid his wealth?

Prime Minister Gu felt cold in his heart because he guessed some truth.

The news of Yan Li's disappearance spread to the palace very quickly, and Ye Qi came even faster, as if he had known that Yan Li was here a long time ago.

And Ling Ning from the Protectorate Mansion.

He originally ordered his men to silence the witness, but he was rescued at the critical moment.

Who saved her? Why didn't he save Yan Li as well?

Prime Minister Gu closed his eyes, and his vision went dark.

Could he think that Yan Li's capture was actually her deliberate mistake? There were always hidden masters around her, so she dared to go in and out of the military camp alone.

So when she was abducted, Ling Ning was rescued.

That's why the news spread so quickly and the Imperial Guards came so early.

Or... the Imperial Guards' search of the Prime Minister's Mansion was part of the Emperor's plan?

King Jing came so quickly because he knew everything?

What about the secret vault?

Has the secret in the Gu family's secret room been discovered long ago?

Prime Minister Gu sorted out the whole story in his mind bit by bit, and finally came to a sad conclusion.

Yan Li's abduction was fake.

It was true that he took the opportunity to sneak into the secret room and let the Imperial Guards have a logical excuse to approach his warehouse.

Did the Emperor plan to get rid of him long ago?

"Go back to the palace." Emperor Zhaocheng retracted his gaze and turned to walk out, "Yan Li."

Yan Li did not look at the prime minister and his wife any more, and walked away, leaving Ye Qi and the imperial guards to clean up the mess.

Her mission tonight had been completed, and she needed to go back to the Ninth Prince's Mansion early to eat something to calm her nerves.

As for the rest, it was the emperor's own business.

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