Chapter 289 Confrontation in Court
Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
Li Shengtian was indignant: "Your Majesty, Xiao Yi is so arrogant. He was so arrogant that he drove Vice President Chen out of Xiaoshanheyuan. This was already shaking the Xiaoshanheyuan's fundamental!"
Tian Xiao added fuel to the fire: "Your Majesty, you don't know. When Chen Shuiwen left, the mentors of the entire Xiaoshanheyuan and more than two-thirds of the disciples took the initiative to leave with him. It can be imagined how unpopular Xiao Yi was. It was so disappointing that he drove Chen Shuiwen, who had worked hard and made great contributions to monopolizing the power!"
On one side of the two.
Chen Shuiwen was kneeling on the ground, his face was full of grief and despair, his shoulders twitched, and he was crying: "Your Majesty, I am not greedy for the position of deputy director. It is because I have tried my best to make the Xiaoshanheyuan over the years. I have regarded Xiaoshanheyuan as my home. Xiao Yi drove me out of Xiaoshanheyuan for no reason, and I am heartbroken..."
Li Shengtian said righteously: "How can such a person be in charge of Xiaoshanheyuan? I beg your Majesty to take back Cheng's order and let Chen Shuiwen continue to manage Xiaoshanheyuan!"
Tian Xiao said loudly: "Your Majesty asks you to take back your life!"
Emperor Gan sat upright behind the desk.
Squinted his eyes slightly.
Listening quietly as the three of them said and said, he didn't say anything, nor could he see any emotional changes.
Li Shengtian hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I heard that Xiao Yi has also deposed His Highness Yang Jin. This son is simply indecisive and does not take His Majesty seriously at all!"
"Yes, even the prince dares to say that he will be abolished. This is to rebel!" Tian Xiao said.
"Rebellion? The two adults can't afford it!"
Xiao Yi's voice came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, Xiao Yi is asking for a meeting!"
Emperor Gan raised his eyebrows, opened his squinting eyes slightly, and said, "Come in!"
"yes!"
Xiao Yi struded into the imperial study room with his head raised.
Hold your head up and your chest up.
The body is as tall as pine and cypress, and the backbone is like a sharp sword through the sky.
Xiao Yi bowed to Emperor Gan and said, "Xiao Yi has seen Your Majesty!"
"Um!"
Emperor Gan had no joy or sorrow, and could not see any other emotions, and said lightly, "Xiao Yi, Lord Li, Lord Tian, and Chen Shuiwen sued you for taking over the power of your own selfish desires and forcing Chen Shuiwen to leave Xiaoshanheyuan. Is there any such thing?"
Xiao Yi glanced indifferently at the three of them and said, "Yes!"
"Your Majesty, look at it, he admits it!" Li Shengtian said.
Tian Xiaolian said: "Bold Xiao Yi, Chen Shuiwen is the vice president of Xiaoshanheyuan granted by His Majesty. Who gives you the power to drive him away?"
Emperor Gan said nothing.
Xiao Yi looked at the two of them with a calm face and said, "Is this enough power given to me by Your Majesty?"
"What power does Your Majesty give you?"
Li Shengtian sneered, "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, you dare to speak sarcastically before His Majesty? Your Majesty is a wise king of a generation. How could he give you such power?"
Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows: "Mr. Li means, if this power is really given to me by Your Majesty, he will be a fool?"
“That’s natural…”
Li Shengtian nodded subconsciously, and he regretted it as soon as he said it.
“Bold!”
Xiao Yi had already shouted and shouted, and his roar was like thunder, which made Li Shengtian's face suddenly turn pale, "Li Shengtian, who are you? How dare you insult Your Majesty as a fool?"
Li Shengtian looked pale and quickly denied: "You, you, you fart. Did I ever say that Your Majesty is a fool?"
Xiao Yi bowed to Emperor Gan and said, "When His Majesty asked me to be the president of Xiaoshanheyuan, he said that Xiaoshanheyuan was fully responsible. Since he was fully responsible, then even if he was going to expel the borers of Xiaoshanheyuan, even if he killed him, outsiders could not say anything wrong. You said that Your Majesty is a wise ruler and could not give me such power. Now this power is given to me by Your Majesty, so don't you say that Your Majesty is a fool?"
"I, I..."
Li Shengtian was sweating coldly and hurriedly looked at Emperor Gan.
Emperor Gan said with slightest voice: "It is indeed the power I give him!"
Plop!
Li Shengtian knelt directly on the ground, his head pounding on the ground: "Your Majesty forgive me, I have no such intention. This is all Xiao Yi is distorting me..."
"Okay, Li Aiqing doesn't need to do this. You are my loyal minister, so I naturally trust you!"
Emperor Gan waved his hand and asked Li Shengtian to get up. He looked at Xiao Yi and said, "Xiao Yi, although I have given you power, you will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one who will be the one
"yes!"
Xiao Yi nodded and said, "The royal family allocated 10 billion taels of silver to Xiaoshanheyuan every year, but according to my verification, it was found that Xiaoshanheyuan spent only 300 million taels per month. There is a surplus of more than 6 billion taels of silver every year. Chen Shuiwen has been in charge of Xiaoshanheyuan for more than ten years. In theory, it should be left with no more than 100 billion taels of silver, but now the warehouse only has a few million taels of silver..."
"What?"
"Millions of taels of silver?"
Even Li Shengtian and Tian Xiao were stunned, and the two glared at Chen Shuiwen fiercely.
Chen Shuiwen didn't tell them the news!
Chen Shuiwen was prepared and said loudly: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have never greedy for a penny. It is true that over the years, Xiaoshanheyuan's monthly expenses were only 300 million yuan, but the rest of the allocation of 10 billion taels of silver was used for the ancestor worship ceremony. These were clearly listed in the account book. As long as the account book is checked, the innocence of the subordinate can be proved."
Xiao Yi said: "Then you take out the account book!"
The account books were all burned with the fire in the warehouse.
Where is the account book?
However……
Chen Shuiwen smiled sinisterly and took out a thick account book from his arms. The account book looked like it was a while ago. He sneered in his heart: Fortunately, I was smart and had already prepared both the real and fake account book.
The real account book has been burned.
The fake account book is exactly this book in his hand.
Xiao Yi's sword eyebrows condensed.
Chen Shuiwen looked at him provocatively.
Emperor Gan opened the account book and it did record all the expenses in detail. Among them, the expenses for one ancestor worship ceremony alone was nearly 7 billion. Emperor Gan frowned and said, "The ancestor worship ceremony actually costs 7 billion?"
"Your Majesty doesn't know that everything used in the ancestor worship ceremony is the highest specifications, so the expenses are naturally greater!"
Chen Shuiwen wailed with pain, "Your Majesty, I am loyal to Your Majesty! Not only is my subordinate not greedy, I am not even able to support the expenses of Xiaoshanheyuan. My subordinates are paying out of their own pockets to make money. But as a minister, I should solve his problems, and my subordinates never complained to Your Majesty to cry for poverty. But Xiao Yi used this as a threat, and even burned the warehouse to try to destroy the account book and accused his subordinates. It was really unfair!"
Li Shengtian said sternly: "Your Majesty, how can such a loyal minister be slandered and framed by others? Please ask Your Majesty to make the decision for Chen Shuiwen!"
"Please let Your Majesty be the decision!"
Tian Xiao also said.
Emperor Gan frowned and looked at Xiao Yi: "Xiao Yi, what do you think?"
Looking at Chen Shuiwen and the other two who were very tacitly matched in front of him, Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes, raised his lips slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a way to prove my innocence!"
Chapter completed!