The young crown prince stepped forward three times, hurriedly leaned over and said, "Auntie Hurry up and exempted the gift. You see this palace, there is no need to be so restricted."

Jiang Chengjia followed the trend and replied with a low voice: "Thank you Your Highness."

The boy stood in front of the door of the secret room, his eyes fell on the girl. After a moment of stagnation, he looked at Chengmian and frowned and said, "Cousin, why did the Emperor come with you? Do you know that the guards in the East Palace are now... are guarding against the Jiang family everywhere? You are so arrogant and bringing the Emperor to the East Palace, can you consider the consequences?"

Cheng Mian lowered his eyes and bowed, saying, "I know that the Crown Prince is concerned about the Jiang clan, but he is trapped in the Eastern Palace and cannot help him. He can no longer sit still. So I made his own decision and brought the county lord here."

The prince calmed down his face, took two steps back, and turned around and walked towards the inside.

Jiang Chengjia listened silently to the conversation between the two brothers, and his anxiety slowed down slightly. The moment she saw the prince, she originally thought that the young man would ask Cheng Mian first, why she appeared in this dark room tunnel that only Cheng Mian and the East Palace knew about? And she became vigilant about her.

However, the prince seemed to have no mind that she knew the secret of the secret of the East Palace and Chengmian privately forged this secret passage, which made her breathlessly relieved. From this, it can be seen that the prince still trusted the Jiang clan with extreme confidence, and the Eastern Palace did not believe that Jiang Mansion would commit acts of robbing prisons and committing the saint's will.

Outside the secret room door, it is directly connected to the Prince's Palace study, and there is also a pearl curtain as a notification and reminder, which is top secret and safe.

Jiang Chengjia stood back behind Chengmian, pushed the wooden wheel under him, and followed the prince out of the secret room.

The palace covered with long gauze curtains is cold and quiet. The furnishings are very simple and clear, which shows that the prince does not like complicated things and has an open and honest personality.

The three of them walked speechlessly and walked to the other side of the book pavilion that was completely opposite to the secret room. The prince then stepped down and turned around and looked at them again. The young crown prince silently, with a powerful look on his face, staring straight at Jiang Chengjia: "Auntie... must have come for the sake of the sir."

Jiang Chengjia bowed slightly and bowed and said, "Your Highness is wise. I am indeed here for my brother."

The prince put his hands behind his back and said lightly: "Auntie, if you have anything to ask for, just say it bluntly."

"I..." Jiang Chengjia lowered his head and lowered his eyes, lifted up his skirt, knelt down and bowed: "I want to invite Your Highness to the palace."

Her sudden worship ceremony made the prince a little surprised. The young crown prince hurriedly bent over and wanted to help her up, but he heard the woman burying her head and said hard: "Your Highness, the situation is urgent, and there is no need to delay any delay..."

"Auntie... what can you do if you let me enter the palace now? If I go to ask Your Majesty to forgive the Jiang Mansion, I will inevitably be scolded sternly. Maybe the upper and lower parts of the Eastern Palace and even the Cheng family will be implicated because of the gentleman alone. I believe that the gentleman would not want to see such a scene appear. Fortunately, now... Mr. is not in the capital, and you and your master's wife are also hiding. When the storm subsides slightly, I will enter the palace to plead with you, which may make the father's anger fade and gain a glimmer of chance." The prince stood up and refused bluntly.

Jiang Chengjia said: "Your Highness is concerned about the overall situation, and I know it well. However, I am asking you to enter the palace, not to ask you to plead with Your Majesty."

The prince was stunned, turned his head down and looked at her, and said strangely: "You don't want me to enter the palace to plead with you, so why do you want me to go this trip?"

"I want to... let Your Highness enter the palace and meet with the Lord of the Shao Mansion." Jiang Chengjia said.

"Yin Licheng?" The prince was even more puzzled.

Jiang Chengjia: "It's this person. As long as your highness agrees to go to the palace and meet this person, the current situation... may still have a chance to reverse it."

The prince's eyes gradually became lighter, he stared at her and said lightly: "Auntie, tell me... What exactly do you want me to meet Yin Licheng?"

Jiang Chengjia continued to kowtow and answer: "I want your highness to bring me into the palace and secretly surround the Shaofu Palace."

"You want to surround the young master's mansion? What a courage!"

When the prince heard the words, he was shocked and couldn't help but think: Mr., this sister, isn't it crazy? In order to save the Jiang clan, he has started to make trouble?

"Your Highness, please listen to me in detail..."

"In the Shaofu, the tax on mountains, lakes and ponds has been greatly reduced... It is not as good as in previous years. Even the treasures that contributed to the emperor did not meet the requirements of the treasury every year. Can Your Highness know why this is?"

The prince paused again and said in surprise: "The taxes for the Shaofu government have been reduced? Isn't it because His Majesty issued an order to reduce taxes, reduce the cost of the palace, and stop giving birth to the people?"

"This is the case, but it is not. I and even the Shui Pavilion behind the Jiang Mansion have already noticed the abnormality here, so I began to investigate the matter three years ago. Shui Pavilion secretly visited the places where the Shaofu Shanze tax was implemented, but found that... the taxation in various places in the Wei Dynasty has not been reduced at all, but has increased significantly compared with previous years."

The prince opened his eyes wide and said angrily: "What? The Wei Dynasty has suffered from frequent wars and people are living in poverty. Years of natural disasters have caused internal and external troubles in the country. At this time, the young mansion's dog slaves dared to be so harsh on people's livelihood? That Yin Licheng still wants life?!!"

"Your Highness calms down. Although Yin Shaofu has committed a crime of dereliction of duty, it is not the culprit of increasing taxes on mountain and lakes and causing chaos in people's livelihood."

The prince's expression was slightly frozen, and he stopped his anger and asked coldly: "What does the emperor mean?"

Jiang Chengjia lowered his head and spoke silently, but did not answer in time.

The prince's steps trembled slightly, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Is it..."

He stared at Jiang Chengjia intently, clenched his fists: "Auntie Huang suddenly mentioned that the Shaofu increased the tax on Shanze in the mountains and lakes at this time... Is he trying to say that this was done by Taiwei Deng and the Deng clan?"

The girl kneeling on the ground curled her lips slightly and said, "Your Highness is smart, you will know your intentions as soon as you guess."

Cheng Mian was beside him, and was frightened and said in horror: "Teng actually dared to put his hand into the inner palace? He is so bold? But he still takes the imperial power seriously?"

The prince held his palm, and the blue veins on his back bulged. His young and firm face darkened three times. He gritted his teeth and said, "I never thought that... my father favored Deng for many years, and Taiwei Deng and the Deng clan members would do great deviants one after another! It was so hateful!"

"Your Highness... This time, the prison robbery of prison in the execution ground was obviously caused by Deng. They took the blame to Jiang Mansion for no reason... and even implicated the entire Dongfu Office and the Censorate. This afternoon... I got a definite news. In order to calm the resentment and hatred of the people in Luoyang City towards the Deng family... Deng Qing has led Deng Yuan into the palace to meet His Majesty. The two brothers plan to take advantage of the opportunity of the fall of Jiang Mansion to push the charge of the Laba explosion... on their brothers, so that the anger of the people in the capital and even the ministers in the capital will be transferred to Jiang Mansion. If His Highness had not helped the young man, I am afraid that my brother would not escape the conviction and imprisonment." Jiang Chengjia struck while the iron was hot, and mentioned Deng Qing and Deng Yuan's entry into the palace. Naturally, she said the reason why she asked the prince to enter the palace to meet Yin Licheng.

The young crown prince was shocked and said, "What? Deng Qing and Deng Yuan dared to enter the palace to accuse the teacher of the Laba explosion? Although Wang He surrendered himself, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this case was inseparable from Deng's family. Where did they get the courage to frame him like this?"

"Your Highness must not be angry. It's because your brother is at a disadvantage. The explosion case may...it does not have anything to do with Deng. There are many doubts in this case, and there are still many things to be investigated." Jiang Chengjia told everything the truth.

The prince looked strange and confused, "If it had nothing to do with Deng, why did Taiwei Deng insist on Wang He's crime so much? He wanted his father to close the case so urgently... Isn't there a ghost in his heart?"

"Your Highness, please let me tell you in detail. When Wang He went to the Eastern Prefecture Office to surrender, his elder brother was ordered by His Majesty to settle the case, and pronounced Wang He as the real murderer of the case, and sentenced him to quell the anger of the people in Luoyang. However, before the case was closed, the elder brother believed that the culprit who ignited Deng Yuan's private residence was not a member of the Deng family. Therefore, Wang He suddenly went to the Eastern Prefecture Office to confess his guilt, which caught his elder brother off guard and was very confused. Although the case had been convicted, the elder brother never gave up looking for the truth of the case. After a few months of investigation, he learned... The elder brother was anxious to push Wang He out of the charges...

All this is because the entire Deng family still received eight boxes of treasures from Su Bian when the floods in Yangzhou were rampant. His Highness knew how serious the floods were in that year. The thirteen states of the Great Wei Dynasty were all implicated, and the two sides of the river were particularly serious, and Yangzhou was the first to be affected.

As the governor of Yangzhou, Su Ren could still collect and plunder 4,000 stones of wealth to the Deng Mansion under such circumstances... It was no longer as simple as accepting bribes. If Your Majesty and the ministers knew that Deng's family had been so unscrupulous and filled their private warehouses, it would have caused a shocking wave in Luoyang and even the entire Great Wei Dynasty. By then, even if Your Majesty wanted to protect Deng, he would not be able to ignore the protests of the court officials and the people.

Once Deng is charged with such crimes, it will eventually be the result of a demotion of his title and official position. The entire clan will be criticized by thousands of men and cursed by thousands of men. After the explosion, the Tingwei Mansion, the Commander's Office, the Dongfu Mansion and other officials are all pursuing the case. Deng is not careful and may reveal the secret, so he will be anxious to provoke Wang He to take charge of the crime, and to calm the storm as soon as possible and to divert his attention from everyone."

The prince heard too much information today, and it was a little difficult to accept for a moment: "Two years ago, the flood along the river was so serious... All the people in the world were worried about the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The father was also uneasy every day, kneeling in the temple to pray for blessings... The 70% cost of the palace was reduced to be used to provide disaster relief and people. How dare Deng... At this time... Su Ren... worked in Yangzhou for several years. I wonder how much suffering his people... suffered and how many wrongs he suffered?"

The young crown prince was heartbroken and could not control himself. He felt that his heart was dull and beat his chest and stamped his feet could not eliminate the grief and anger in his heart.

"Father...What kind of person does Father favor? How much do he know about these things?" the prince murmured to himself and asked repeatedly.
Chapter completed!