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.

He cupped his hands and then lowered his head before he explained the in and out of the matter to Zhai Tianyu, " Three days ago, the young master of the Liu family, Liu Yu Nan was ordered to bring forty taels of gold which were collected as tax from officials and the county magistrate of the imperial city. He was supposed to bring these taxes to the Ministry of Finance.

Your majesty, you are already aware of the fact that the commoners are dying under the frigid cold and they have nothing to eat!"

" These taxes were going to be used for the betterment of the commoner. However, when Master Yu Nan appeared in the ministry, he did appear with a wooden box but the wooden box did not have any gold taels inside it! It was completely empty! I believe that the Liu family had deliberately hidden the money!"

" They are getting more and more bold! Now that they have escaped penalties one after another, they must have thought that no one dares to make a move on them!"

Ji Yang only breathed after he was done speaking. It was a good thing that Liu Yu Nan was an arrogant good for nothing. He was also corrupted thus even if he did not steal those gold taels no one was going to believe him!

When Zhai Tianyu heard that forty thousand gold taels went missing he felt his heart thump. Everyone knew that forty thousand gold taels meant more than four million silver taels, if the money was lost then what would happen to the commoners? Wouldn't they all freeze to death?

What was more the same thing happened last time and under the order of Ji Yang, the taxes were increased as he explained why it was needed. Zhai Tianyu did not want to agree with it but he was called by his grandmother to the courtyard and his grandmother brainwashed him very accurately. Read exclusive content at novelbuddy.com

She first told him that there would be times when he would have to make harsh decisions for the betterment of the commoners.

Then she told him about how his father had to face the charges of ruining the country when he tried to help the countrymen and how the scheme helped the imperial city in the end.

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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