Detective Ghost Empress

Chapter 483: The missing taels of gold

Zhai Tianyu wanted to start implementing the method of banking as soon as possible but surprisingly he did not get a chance to implement it as the second he attended the morning court, he saw Prime Minister Ji kneeling along with the rest of his fraction in the middle of the court.

"What's going on?" Zhai Tianyu asked with a slight furrow between his brows as he looked at Ji Yang who was kneeling on the ground. He was gone for only a few days, what happened during these three days?

What Zhai Tianyu did not know was that the information about him spending the night with Liu Hui Ying had long spread throughout the imperial palace. Ji Yang who had been calm and rational throughout the entire time could not help but panic. To his delight, a case that could catch Liu Hui Ying and her father arrived in the county magistrate's office and he dared not to ignore it!

This was a God-given opportunity for him and the Ji family, even if they could not implicate Liu Hui Ying they would be able to dethrone her. And once that woman was dragged down the throne, let's see how she would deal with it!

Once the halo of the Empress was snatched away from her, Liu Hui Ying would be like a fish waiting to be chopped up in their hands!

Zhai Tianyu saw that Ji Yang seemed to be planning something but he could not say anything for the time being, he turned his head to look at Zhai Heng and when he saw the latter shook his head, Zhai Tianyu felt his heart squeeze. Given that Zhai Heng had such a solemn expression the matter must be serious.

If not Zhai Heng would not look so serious.

" Your majesty, you need to hand us, commoners and officials justice!" Ji Yang started to speak solemnly.

Back then Zhai Tianyu did not know better and thought that his grandmother was speaking the truth after all he was only nineteen years old that year and he did not know anything. He believed his grandmother because she had always stood beside him.

With the increase in taxes they promised that they would help the commoners and give them a comfortable life but now that the money was stolen, wouldn't the commoners be upset with them? In case they rebelled who would be the one to suffer?

Zhai Tianyu felt a headache. He did not understand what was happening but he could see that there was something wrong with the case, how could forty thousand taels vanish in an instant just like that?

He turned to look at Liu Dong Ming who stood calmly on the side before turning to look at Ji Yang as he asked in a neutral voice, " The taels were counted and accepted by the Official Yu Nan?"

" Yes, Your Majesty," the officer who was in charge of handing the money to Liu Yu Nan stepped forward and then knelt in front of Zhai Tianyu. " Official Liu Yu Nan counted and accepted the taels in front of me and my colleague, he also signed the tally."

As the officer spoke, he handed the tally in his hands to the eunuch who followed Zhai Tianyu. Eunuch Li who received the tally acted importantly the second the paper fell in his hands, he straightened up his spine and then rushed up the stairs of the platform where Zhai Tianyu's throne was kept.

" Here Your Majesty," Eunuch Li handed the tally to Zhai Tianyu who took it and sure enough saw the name Liu Yu Nan written on the tally. His head throbbed and he could not help but feel frustrated. Just a day before he spent a nice, cozy afternoon with Liu Hui Ying but now would he have to throw her to the cold palace?

Just thinking about it made his heart hurt. Along with a certain part of his body, he knew Liu Hui Ying and he also knew that the second she was thrown into the cold palace, the one who would suffer would not be her but him!

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