Chapter 568 Prince Ping’s quirks

The people sent by the emperor quickly ordered people to pass the news back to the palace, telling the emperor that the warehouse of Prince Ping's palace was empty.

How could the emperor believe it?

It was empty sooner or later, but it was empty within a few days after the imperial edict was issued?

The emperor immediately issued an order and ordered the commander of the Royal Forest Army to lead a team to conduct a comprehensive search in Prince Ping's palace, making sure to find the gold and silver treasures hidden by Prince Ping.

However, a large number of imperial guards searched the entire Prince Ping's Mansion, but did not find the large amount of property. Instead, they discovered the secret in Prince Ping's bedroom.

But the secret room was empty, even the mice had moved overnight.

The leader of the Royal Forest Army became ruthless and ordered people to dig three feet into the ground. Every inch of the land in Prince Ping's Mansion must be inspected carefully, and no trace of the matter could be missed.

In the end, the hard work paid off, and someone finally discovered a secret passage leading outside the city in a dry well in the backyard of Prince Ping's Mansion.

When the news reached the palace, the emperor laughed angrily:

"Okay! Okay! He is really my good son! Are you dissatisfied with my will and want to go against me? Oh, do you think your wings are strong enough to compete with me? Come here, tell me my will, and you will be killed immediately. Prince Ping is being escorted into the palace! I want to see what kind of support he has that he dares to disobey my will!"

Not long after, King Ping, who was escorted into the palace by the imperial guards, fell to his knees on the ground and cried bitterly when he saw the emperor.

"Father! I am unjustly accused! It's not that I want to disobey my father's will, but... it's that my house was robbed last night, and all the property in the storehouse was stolen. I am currently tracing the whereabouts of the thief. , so I won’t have time to report it to my father in the future. My father, what I said is true, my father must believe my father, my father!”

The emperor waved his hand and asked the leader of the Royal Forest Army to lead the people out.

In the royal study room, only the sitting emperor and the kneeling Prince Ping were left, as well as the eunuch chief eunuch De Gonggong standing behind the emperor.

The emperor looked coldly at Prince Ping, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowed. After a long time, he coldly said "hum":

"Third brother, do you think that my father is old and can deceive you at will? I gave you three days to take stock of the property in your house. I don't really want to confiscate all the property in your house. I just want to do it. It’s just for those old ministers to see, if you pay less, or hand over something less valuable, I can turn a blind eye and let you fool me.”

"But you shouldn't be so greedy that you treat me like a fool! You said that the warehouse in your mansion was stolen by thieves. When was it stolen? Why didn't you send someone to the palace to report it? The guards in your mansion and What do the secret guards do? There are so many people guarding such a big warehouse, and you can still have people move all the stuff out of the warehouse right under your nose?"

Prince Ping said aggrievedly: "Father, I really didn't lie to you! Everything I said is true! Erchen's warehouse should have been stolen early yesterday morning. Yesterday morning, the housekeeper took people to the warehouse to take inventory, and found that the warehouse was stolen. There is nothing left in it. I really don’t dare to lie to you, please give me a lesson from my father!”

"Hmph! Since you said that the warehouse was stolen, but the secret guards in the mansion knew nothing about it, how could you let my father believe you? Moreover, what about the secret passage from your mansion to the outside of the city? It took so much money What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

As soon as these words came out, Eunuch De, who had his head lowered behind the emperor, shrank his pupils and raised his head slightly to glance at Prince Ping.

"Father! I don't dare! I don't dare!"

King Ping was so frightened by the emperor's words that he kowtowed his head desperately, regardless of the bruise and pain on his forehead.

"Then how do you explain the reason for digging this secret tunnel? If you can't give me an answer that satisfies me, I will have to suspect that you are ambitious and intend to force the palace to rebel!"

"Father! I don't dare! Even if I kill you, I don't dare to have such treasonous thoughts! Father, I dug this secret tunnel just... just for... for..."

"For what? Tell me quickly!"

"Father, I am digging the secret tunnel to secretly bring the beautiful young man who was collected outside into the palace, so as not to be seen by others, which will damage the majesty of our royal family!"

"you……"

The emperor did not expect that his son would have such a habit of cutting off his sleeves, and he was shocked and speechless for a moment.

Eunuch De did not expect that he would hear such exciting royal secrets.

He couldn't help but shrink back, lowering his sense of presence, hoping that the Emperor and Prince Heping would forget that he still existed here and stop thinking about killing people and silencing them.

In order to dispel his father's suspicion of his intention to rebel, Prince Ping had to expose his special hobby.

Sure enough, this argument was quite convincing. The emperor was only shocked that his favorite son had a habit of cutting off his sleeves, but he had no intention of pursuing him for transferring his property.

To the emperor, Prince Ping was his son, so he naturally would not care about his son's property.

The reason why he ordered King Ping to hand over the looted people's fat and anointing to the state treasury was just to give an explanation to the ministers, so as to avoid those stubborn old ministers from repeatedly submitting memorials and scolding him openly and secretly for favoring King Ping and ignoring the people.

Compared with King Ping disobeying the imperial edict and transferring the looted property, he found the fact that King Ping had a habit of cutting off his sleeves even more difficult for him to accept.

The emperor's eyes were fixed on Prince Ping who did not dare to raise his head, fearing that his thoughts would be revealed, and he asked sadly:

"Ping'er, when did you start to have this habit of cutting sleeves? Why didn't my father know about it at all? You are my favorite son. Although I can't make you the prince, your treatment is not good at all. Worse than the crown prince. As soon as you were crowned, your father gave you a marriage to the eldest daughter of the Minister of Etiquette as your concubine, and also asked you to take in several concubines and concubines. How...how did you fall in love with a man? "

The emperor found it difficult to understand and unacceptable.

The dignified prince actually has such a quirk. If word spreads about it, will the royal family lose its dignity?

Prince Ping lowered his head and said in an aggrieved voice:

"Father, I can't help myself! When I learned that I liked a man, I was very scared. I was afraid that being known would damage the royal family's face. I was even more afraid that my father would blame and dislike me, so ...So Erchen has also tried hard to cure this quirk, but, how can any doctor in the world cure this quirk? Erchen really can't control himself!"

The emperor looked at him with a complicated expression for a long time, and finally sighed:

"Alas! That's it! Get up! You can't be the crown prince anyway. Although I want you to be a happy and idle prince as your mother and concubine wish, I don't want you to do anything too outrageous. In the future, you Be careful when you act. If someone finds out that you have this quirk, for the sake of the royal family, I can't let you off lightly. No matter what, you first let your princess and concubines have more children, so as to extend the royal family's life. Bloodline, don’t let your backyard become cold because of this.”

"Yes, I would like to thank my father! I will definitely remember my father's teachings and never let anyone know about this."

"That's all, go down! The matter of the theft of Prince Ping's Mansion will be handled by Dali Temple. Just wait for the news!"

"Yes, I am resigning!"

In the imperial study room, the emperor pinched his eyebrows tightly and felt weak.

"Xiao Dezi, tell me, have I indulged this son too much? Did I make a mistake?"

The emperor murmured.

Behind him, Eunuch De quickly stepped forward and massaged the emperor's temples to make him feel more comfortable.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare to talk about your Majesty's right and wrong. Your Majesty is wise and everything you do is naturally correct."

Eunuch De's answer made the emperor helpless, but he did not force him any further.

"What? You said that the emperor did not punish Prince Ping, but just asked Dali Temple to deal with the theft of Prince Ping's palace?"

In the backyard of Juxian Building, Qiao Ran looked at Shopkeeper Chen and didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed.