Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 426 Chen Ce is in prison again
Mou Bin was somewhat surprised, but more confused.

Emperor Hongzhi summoned him and actually asked him to arrest Chen Ce and put him in prison. Mou Bin was unsure what Emperor Hongzhi meant.

What should be done with Chen Ce after he was arrested? Seeing the furious look on Emperor Hongzhi's face, was he going to kill Chen Ce or what? Mou Bin was completely confused.

"What are you still doing here? Go catch him!" Emperor Hongzhi said sternly.

Mou Bin hurriedly said: "Yes!"

After Mou Bin left, Emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and then said to Huai En, "Go and give Mou Bin some hints, arrest him and treat him as if he were outside."

Huai'en has served Emperor Hongzhi for so many years, so of course he can guess Emperor Hongzhi's current mentality.

Although he didn't know how Chen Ce had offended Emperor Hongzhi, looking at Emperor Hongzhi's expression, he probably felt a mixture of love and hate for Chen Ce. Moreover, Chen Ce had made so many contributions to the Ming Dynasty before, so Emperor Hongzhi certainly wouldn't be willing to do anything to Chen Ce.

He said hurriedly: "I will go and inform Commander Mou right away."

Not long after Mou Bin left, Huai En came over in a hurry. In fact, Mou Bin walked slowly, deliberately waiting for reminders from the palace.

"Eunuch, you are finally here. What does the emperor mean by this? I am so confused that I don't know how to deal with Chen Ce at all."

Huai En smiled and said, "Lord Mou is very thoughtful, so I naturally cannot figure out what the Lord is thinking. But what I can tell Lord Mou is that it is enough to just arrest him and pretend to do something. Don't really treat Chen Ce like a criminal."

Mou Bin suddenly understood and said, "Thank you for your reminder, eunuch. I know what to do now."

……

Not long after Chen Ce returned to Huaihua Hutong, he was taken to the Imperial Prison by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

He probably also knew that Emperor Hongzhi had figured out his intentions. So many people died in Zhejiang, all because of his own hands. He knew very well how much blood was on his hands.

As for how Emperor Hongzhi would deal with him, Chen Ce didn't care about that. Anyway, the arrow to the southeast had already been shot by Chen Ce, and there was no turning back.

In this war against the Japanese invaders, Emperor Hongzhi had to fight even if he didn't want to!
After Chen Ce entered the imperial prison, Mou Bin did not make things difficult for Chen Ce. He found him the most luxurious cell, then smiled and said to Chen Ce: "Mr. Chen, please bear with it for a while."

Chen Ce nodded, cupped his hands and said to Mou Bin, "Commander Mou, could you please take me to tell my family that I have to take care of some things in the palace in the next few days and may not be able to return, so that they don't worry."

Mou Bin smiled and said, "Okay!"

……

Warm pavilion.

"Your Majesty, Chen Ce was arrested by Mou Bin and imprisoned. He did not resist, nor did he ask why. He stayed quietly in the prison."

Emperor Hongzhi hummed without comment, and seemed to remember something, and said to Huai En: "Ask Liu Wentai to Jinyiwei to check on Chen Ce's health in the next two days."

Huai En: "..."

Your Majesty, why are you doing this? If there is a prisoner in the prison, would you send the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital to personally go and treat him?
"Here."

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have thought of something, and said to Huai'en: "Go and bring me the account book of the treasury."

"Here."

After a while, the treasury account book was delivered to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi murmured, "I want to see if Chen Ce's method of checking accounts is really so magical."

He casually opened the treasury account book and flipped through a few pages at first, and then his speed became faster and faster, and his expression became more and more unsightly.

At last, Emperor Hongzhi threw the treasury account book on the desk, his face flushed red, and angrily said, "Go and call Li Guang!"

According to Chen Ce's method of checking accounts, Emperor Hongzhi clearly discovered that the account books of the treasury were all fake!

Li Guang didn't know what was going on yet. He hurried to the warm room and said, "This old servant greets His Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi threw the account book at his face and shouted angrily: "Explain to me! How much money did you embezzle?!"

Li Guang fell to his knees. He didn't dare to refute Emperor Hongzhi. He quickly admitted his guilt of corruption, but he didn't admit that he had embezzled too much. Bang, bang, bang.

Emperor Hongzhi kept kowtowing. Seeing him like this, he felt sorry for him and said angrily, "Give me back the money you embezzled! If I find out that you embezzled money again in the future, don't blame me for not remembering our friendship."

"Yes, yes, I thank the emperor for his forgiveness."

Li Guang really couldn't understand why Emperor Hongzhi was so sure that Li Guang was corrupt just by looking at the account books.

Huai En was also very curious.

Emperor Hongzhi asked Huai'en, "Are you curious? Why do I know how to read account books?"

Huai En hurriedly said: "I dare not."

"Because of Chen Ce."

Emperor Hongzhi narrowed his eyes. This kid really knew everything. He could check fake accounts in this way. So... the Three Departments of Zhejiang?
"Humph! Go to the Imperial Guard Prison."

"Here!"

Jinyiwei.

Mou Bin was also confused. The emperor had just ordered the Jinyiwei to arrest Chen Ce in the morning. It had been less than a day, and Emperor Hongzhi came in the evening. What was the point of arresting Chen Ce?
In prison.

Chen Ce sat quietly on the straw mat. Footsteps were heard outside, and Emperor Hongzhi came to Chen Ce's cell alone with his hands behind his back.

The cell door was opened and Emperor Hongzhi signaled Huai'en to leave.

"I pay my respects to the emperor, long live the emperor."

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Chen Ce coldly and sneered, "Do you know why I want to arrest you?"

Chen Ce nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise. How could my little tricks be hidden from your wise eyes?"

"I am guilty, please punish me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi teased, "You are guilty? What crime? How come I don't know?"

Chen Ce pondered for a moment and said, "The death of the people in the southeast is not unrelated to me."

"Sure enough! All of this is indeed your plan!"

"Chen Chunjian, you are too arrogant! You are so bold that so many people died in the southeast, and you can end it with just one word of guilty?"

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "I am willing to exchange my life for the lives of the people in the southeast. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

"you!"

Emperor Hongzhi pointed at Chen Ce and said, "Do you think I dare not kill you? You challenge my bottom line again and again?!"

Chen Ce said: "Of course the emperor dares to kill me, and I dare not challenge the emperor's bottom line."

"Instead of being bedridden later, if he is executed early, it will be a relief for me and also an explanation to the people in the southeast."

Emperor Hongzhi sneered, "You wish! Do you think you can get away with it so easily? I won't allow it!"

"Tell me, what else are you planning? Don't always treat me like a fool!"

Chen Ce thought about it, shook his head and said, "It's really over this time."

"Really?"

"Ah."

Emperor Hongzhi still didn't quite believe it, and said calmly, "Stay here and reflect on yourself!"

(End of this chapter)