The concubine is soft and charming, and the prince is willing to seduce her

Chapter 81 The Emperor Takes Charge
At night, the Qianqing Palace was brightly lit, and Ande was waiting outside the door himself, not allowing anyone to enter and disturb.

The emperor threw a booklet at the prince with an unpleasant expression, "Take a look, this is all the good things the Ministry of Revenue has done in the past two years."

As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Zhang Yuan took all the money of the Ministry of Revenue and lent it out at high interest.

The disaster in Jiangzhou City this time was unexpected. The money he had lent out had not yet been repaid on time, and he had no way of making up for the deficit in the Ministry of Revenue's account books.

Wei Qingye looked at the account book and found something strange in it. There was a hint of interest in his phoenix eyes, "At the beginning, Zhang Yuan lent money privately, probably to plug the hole in the Ministry of Revenue, but later on, the people who borrowed money became ministers in the court and even royal relatives, and gradually the income was not enough to cover the expenses.

Isn't it possible that someone has discovered this and used it as evidence to blackmail me?"

The emperor rolled his eyes at him and slammed the table anxiously, "At this time, are you trying to absolve Zhang Yuan of his guilt by saying this?"

Wei Qingye shook his head, stepped forward, and returned the account book and roster. "I am just discussing the matter at hand. Father, please don't think too much about it."

The emperor just stared at him, his eyes sharp and majestic.

Wei Qingye was not afraid at all and continued, "It is true that the person standing behind Zhang Yuan is Prime Minister Nan, but he is also the most proud son of Mr. Zhang. He cannot afford to destroy the integrity of the Zhang family."

The emperor pinched his brows with a headache, sighed and said, "You little brat, you asked me to come back this time, not just to let me take charge, right?"

Wei Qingye leaned against the imperial desk and reached out to touch the account book. "The Crown Prince is going to collect the debt. Without the Emperor sitting firmly behind the scenes, I feel uneasy."

The emperor was so choked by this unconventional approach that he was speechless.

However, there seems to be no better solution at present.

"I have a gentle personality and noble character, and your mother is also well-educated and well-mannered. How could she give birth to a son like you who is so different in style?"

The words he just said didn't sound like those of a prince at all. Instead, he acted more like a bandit leader.

Just as the prince turned around to leave the palace, the emperor's voice came from behind him.

"Wait, you haven't told me what to do with Zhang Yuan yet?"

Wei Qingye turned around, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "Why should we deal with him? Isn't it better to keep him to settle this mess?"

At least half of the people on this account book are royal relatives, and killing one to warn the rest will not scare them at all.

In the end, the person goes to hell, the money disappears, and someone else is left to take the blame for the mess.

When he does things, he prefers to get it done in one go.

The emperor looked at the current prince as if he saw himself in the past. He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said calmly: "Then just go for it. Even if you turn Jingzhou City upside down, I will support you here."

Ande entered the palace only after seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince leave.

The emperor had a smug look on his face, and he couldn't suppress the curled corners of his lips.

Ander refilled the cup next to the emperor with hot tea. "Your Majesty, you seem very happy?"

The emperor's brows relaxed and he smiled unabashedly, "This brat is finally showing some humanity now, unlike the stern and lifeless look he had in the past few years."

Ander originally wanted to continue to follow the emperor's words, but in the blink of an eye, the emperor had a sad face.

"Why are there still so many memorials that haven't been reviewed? I shouldn't have let that brat go!" The topic changed so quickly that Ander didn't have time to react.

The emperor turned his head and stared at him sinisterly, and whispered, "Starting tomorrow, send all these memorials to Chongming Palace. I get up early to attend court, and he stays up late to review the memorials. It's perfect."

Ander suddenly remembered something and asked quietly: "Your Majesty, do you still want the little prince?"

"He's already that big, how can he still be small..."

As the emperor spoke, his voice gradually died down, because he just realized that the little prince that Ander was talking about was completely different from the one he was talking about.

"Humph, how can reviewing memorials delay having a child? It's obvious that he just didn't work hard enough."

Ander: ...

The next day, the prince's condition improved and he entered the court with a pale face.

Old Master Zhang walked out of the room and knelt in front of the palace: "I beg the Emperor to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to show mercy and release my disappointing grandson from prison."

Soon after, other ministers also seconded the motion.

The emperor took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him and glanced at the prince. He asked sternly, "Prince, why are you imprisoning the grandson of old tutor Zhang?"

Wei Qingye walked forward, looked at the old man in his sixties or seventies kneeling on the ground, and sneered, "Zhang Yuan spent a fortune on Chu Fengtai, and other young masters from noble families were also very generous, but have you ever thought about Jiangzhou City, which is thousands of miles away?
Due to natural disasters, the harvest was lost and the people were unable to get enough food.

If you want me to release him, you can use the money to redeem him. I won’t take a single cent of this money, I will use it all for Jiangzhou City.”

Even the highly respected Old Tutor Zhang was reprimanded mercilessly by His Highness in the court, and the other court officials were so frightened that they dared not say a word.

At this moment, the emperor suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with the style of the prince, the bandit leader!
What happened in the court soon spread to the harem. Before the Crown Princess could figure out what was going on, she heard a quarrel outside.

Qi Fuyao rushed in with her skirt lifted up, her pretty face showing a bit of arrogance, "Eldest sister, you refused to let me sleep with you before, but now that the Crown Prince has recovered, can we put this matter on the agenda?"

The Crown Princess's face looked a little ugly. She didn't want to create a rift between the sisters in front of the servants.

She sat on the spacious chair and waved to Qi Fuyao, "Sister is doing this for your consideration. Fuyao, don't rush this matter."

When Qi Fuyao heard the Crown Princess's words, which meant that she was asked to wait again, she said angrily, "Sister, don't forget why my father and mother asked me to enter the palace."

Manager Yin quickly asked the servants to go away first, for fear that the second young lady would say something shocking and say something that should not be said and let others know.

Qi Zhaoying looked at her with cold eyes, "Of course I know the purpose of the Qi family letting you enter the palace. Do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a fool who can be manipulated by you?
Do you think he couldn't guess it, or that the concubines in the East Palace didn't know?"

Qi Fuyao immediately stood up, with a mocking look in his eyes, "According to what the Crown Princess said, when the Crown Prince wanted to confer the title on me, you tried your best to stop him because of my own good, right?"

"Don't think I can't see the little calculation in your heart. Aren't you worried that I will gain the favor of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the future and threaten your position as the Crown Princess?"

"You——" Qi Zhaoying never expected that her sister would think of her like this, "You really did not have such good intentions."

Qi Fuyao turned around and walked out with a rage. The Crown Princess's powerful voice came from behind her, "Qi Fuyao, if you don't want anything to happen to the Qi family, then stop doing these little tricks behind your back."

Qi Fuyao paused and ran to the side hall without looking back.

(End of this chapter)