Chapter 1744
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"Your Highness, Official Su wishes to see you." At this time, Mo Li's voice came from outside.
"Tell him to come in." Chu Xuanchen let go of Yun Ruoyue and helped her sit in a chair.
As soon as Mo Li opened the door, Su Cheng led a group of servants carrying gift boxes and walked in in fear and trepidation.
As soon as he walked in, he knelt in front of Chu Xuanchen and said in a tearful voice, "Your Highness, this official had eyes but failed to recognize Mt. Tai. I didn't know that you were His Highness The Emperor of Li, so I mistakenly accepted your gift. When this official thought of my previous actions, I deeply regret it. This official came here specifically to return those gifts. "
Chu Xuanchen raised an eyebrow and glanced at the brocade boxes containing gold ingots. "Wang said that he wanted to give them to you, so these things are yours. Why do you need to return them?"
Su Cheng immediately shook his head in fear. "No, how can this official accept gifts from Your Highness? This official didn't know before. Please forgive me, Your Highness. "
Logically speaking, he should be the one giving gifts to The Emperor of Li and should be the one bribing The Emperor of Li, but he had done the opposite.
Chu Xuanchen looked at the brocade boxes and suddenly discovered that there were a few unfamiliar blue brocade boxes inside.
He walked over and opened them to see that there were many antiques and jade objects inside. Each one was a rare treasure.
He immediately asked, "These treasures weren't given to you by Wang before. What's going on?"
Su Cheng hurriedly flattered, "Your Highness, this is this official's gift to you. This official carefully selected and prepared them with great care. Please accept them, Your Highness. "
"Impudent! You dare to knowingly break the law and bribe Wang? What kind of person do you think Wang is? Do you think Wang is a corrupt official? "Chu Xuanchen angrily flicked his sleeves, his brows filled with killing intent.
Su Cheng was startled. "Does Your Highness not like the gifts this official prepared?"
Everyone loved money. He thought that The Emperor of Li also loved money, so he took the initiative to give him a gift.
Unexpectedly, The Emperor of Li didn't want it!
Was he really as upright and selfless as the rumors said?
Chu Xuanchen snorted coldly, "Wang has never accepted bribes. Lord Su, you don't have to put in so much effort to curry favor with him. It was better to exchange these treasures for food and feed the people. That way, Wang will still think that you are a good official! "
"Yes, yes. Your Highness, please calm down. This lowly official understands. This lowly official will exchange these treasures for food and give them to the people to eat! "Su Cheng hurriedly said.
When he saw Chu Xuanchen's ashen face, his face turned green with fright.
He didn't expect that he would lose a granary and so many treasures instead of being able to deceive them.
Chu Xuanchen already had evidence of his bribery. If Chu Xuanchen mentioned it in front of the emperor, he would lose his position as an official.
"Lord Su, time is of the essence. Hurry and gather all the officials. Wang wants to discuss disaster relief and flood control with everyone this afternoon, "Chu Xuanchen said.
After waiting for so long, he could finally get down to business.
"Yes, Your Highness. This lowly official will do it right away." After Su Cheng finished speaking, he looked hesitantly at Yun Ruoyue. "But Princess Consort, didn't you say that this lowly official's head wouldn't hurt as long as I did good things? Why does this lowly official's head still hurt after giving out all the food? "
Yun Ruoyue said, "On the day you had a headache, did you give out porridge?"
"No. This lowly official hasn't given out porridge for the past few days. This lowly official has given out all the food. There's no more food left, "Su Cheng said.
"That's right. You haven't done any good things, so how can your head not hurt? If you don't want your head to hurt, you have to do good things every day, every month, and every year. Even if there's no more food, don't you still have your family property? You can sell your family property to help the people. "
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