Chapter 1323
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That old official was once the Eternal Emperor's trusted aide. He was upright and loyal, and the Eternal Emperor trusted him the most.
"Everything the Crown Prince said is true. Due to the losses from the disaster relief and the urgent situation at the borders, the Crown Prince sought help from an old official near the borders and asked me to prepare money for him. Afterward, the Crown Prince gave his treasures to me as collateral."
Everyone was stunned by the old official's words.
This old official had an extremely unyielding personality and would never curry favor with those in power. Back then, even when the Eternal Emperor had made a mistake, he had dared to point it out. That was why he was trusted by the Eternal Emperor. The First Prince and Second Princess had tried to rope him in, but without exception, they were all chased out.
It could be said that none of the important officials in the court would doubt this old official's words.
As he spoke, the old official had someone bring the mortgage agreement that Ling Yan had signed with him back then to the Eternal Emperor. The letters were marked with incantations that could be used to determine the time and could not be changed.
The Eternal Emperor looked at them one by one and realized that the date of the incantations was the disaster relief period a few years ago.
The evidence was irrefutable.
No one had expected that Ling Yan would have such a trick up his sleeve.
Back then, there was nothing unusual about Ling Yan's disaster relief. The people that the Eldest Prince and the others found and the evidence of embezzlement were fabricated out of thin air. They would never have imagined that the embezzlement was true!
However, the embezzlers were not Ling Yan but Meng Yi and the others. Instead, Ling Yan had mortgaged his own things to fill the gap …
At that moment, the officials in the court, who had been very displeased by Ling Yan's embezzlement of the disaster relief funds, looked at Ling Yan with admiration after hearing all this.
"I did not expect the Crown Prince to be so devoted to the country and the people. We are truly in awe."
The Eternal Emperor looked at Ling Yan with a much gentler expression, and his eyes were filled with concern.
"Yan 'er, since this was the case back then, why didn't you say anything?"
Ling Yan said. "Back then, the Central Dynasty was restless, and General Mo led troops to guard the borders. If I had exposed this matter back then, there would have been changes at the borders."
The Eternal Emperor looked gratified.
The First Prince and Second Princess were completely dumbfounded.
They had originally come to frame Ling Yan, but … they never dreamed that not only did they not get what they wanted, but Ling Yan even made use of their impeachment to make his presence known.
In order to make up for the Disaster Silver, he did not hesitate to use his own wealth to make up for it. In fact, for many years, he had kept his mouth shut, only showing any signs of taking credit.
Originally, no one would know about this, but today … they gave Ling Yan a good opportunity.
The First Prince and the Second Princess looked at each other with anxiety in their eyes.
"Take them away and interrogate them!" The Eternal Emperor no longer looked kindly at Ling Yan. Instead, he looked at Meng Yi and the others coldly.
Those people were quickly taken away.
Mo Yunxian was dumbfounded. Meng Yi and the others who had been sent down were her father's trusted aides. Mo Yunxian had no idea about the disaster relief funds.
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