Queen Changsun stood up and knelt in front of Li Shimin, and said with some shame: "Your Majesty, if such a problem occurs, I have a great responsibility. Please punish me!"

Li Shimin quickly helped Empress Changsun up and said, "How can I blame you for this? There are many accounts this year, so isn't it normal for some problems to arise? You were pregnant before, but your old illness relapsed later, and it is inevitable that you made some omissions."

"Your Majesty, I am the master of the harem. It is my responsibility to lead the harem and manage the internal affairs office well. If I don't do it well, I haven't done it well. Those are not excuses. If your majesty doesn't punish me when I make a mistake, what will happen to me in the future?

Manage the harem?" Empress Changsun said stubbornly.

"We are not talking about punishment now. The most important thing is to find out how much corruption those evil slaves had and how many people participated." Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, the managers who are registered in these accounts will be clear once you ask these people." Empress Changsun said.

"First, count down who handled the problematic accounts," Li Shimin said.

As Empress Changsun said, it is not difficult to find out as long as those in charge are taken down.

"I, my concubine, will go now." Queen Changsun said.

"What's the hurry? Don't even look at what time it is now. Just do it tomorrow." Li Shimin said.

Although Empress Changsun is eager to investigate the corruption problem, it is already dark now and she can only wait until tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Li Shimin went to court, and Empress Changsun couldn't wait to do the statistics.

After reading several account books, Empress Changsun's face turned pale. There was no need for statistics. Basically everyone in charge of purchasing was involved.

After Li Shimin dismissed the dynasty, he was worried about Empress Changsun and went directly to the Li Zheng Hall.

"How is it? Are the statistics finished?" Li Shimin asked.

Empress Changsun looked very ugly. She forced a smile and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for the procurement. Except for a few people, the rest are involved. This is the list."

If there were only a few people involved, it could be said that she was negligent. With so many people involved, it was no longer a matter of oversight.

Li Shimin took the list, glanced at it, handed it to Li Mu, and said calmly: "Let Li Junxian arrest the people according to the list, and interrogate them to find out how much they have committed corruption."

"Yes." Li Mu took the list and went out quickly.

He knew that this time things might not be trivial.

So many people were involved, but no news was revealed. I don’t know how many people were involved.

He had served Li Shimin for many years and knew Li Shimin very well.

Li Shimin is not the scariest when he is angry, but it is when he seems very calm that he is the scariest.

Li Junxian took the order and went to arrest people for interrogation. Within an hour, the confession and the list of other participants were delivered to Li Shimin.

"Bang!"

After seeing this, Li Shimin got up and slapped the case in anger, his face ashen.

"Your Majesty, please calm down." Empress Changsun consoled her.

"Calm down your anger? Look at what these people have done, how can you calm me down?" Li Shimin directly handed the confessions to Empress Changsun.

Empress Changsun took the confession and read it. Her face became uglier as she read it.

Those purchasing eunuchs who falsely reported prices are considered a trivial matter in this confession.

In addition, they also united with eunuchs in various palaces to falsely report consumption.

Obviously I didn't use that much, so I doubled it and reported it.

They have been doing this for several years, with more and more people participating, and a chain of interests has been formed.

These people even secretly took some precious items from the palace and sold them.

"Your Majesty, these people have deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates for so many years, but I have not noticed it. Please punish them." Empress Changsun knelt on the ground and said.

"Oh, why are you asking for forgiveness again? Let's wait until this matter is settled." Li Shimin helped Empress Changsun up and said.

"Let Li Junxian arrest people according to the list. If anyone stops them, arrest them all." Li Shimin said.

As soon as Li Shimin gave the order, the whole palace was in a panic, and guards in every palace were arresting people.

Concubine Yang was talking to Li Ke in the palace, when a maid ran in with a worried look on her face and said, "My queen, a group of forbidden troops suddenly broke in and wanted to arrest Eunuch Zhang."

"What's going on?" Concubine Yang asked with a frown.

"This slave doesn't know." The palace maid shook her head and said.

"Let's go and take a look." Concubine Yang said.

Although Eunuch Zhang was not her confidant eunuch, he had served her for several years.

She couldn't let him be taken away without any reason.

At the same time, she also wanted to find out what happened and whether she was involved.

Li Ke saw this and quickly followed.

Arriving outside the palace, two guards held Eunuch Zhang on their backs and were about to walk out.

"What's going on?" Concubine Yang asked aloud.

"Mother, help me, help me." When Eunuch Zhang saw Concubine Yang coming out, he shouted loudly.

Although he still didn't know why he was being arrested, it was obviously not a good thing, and he had a ghost in his heart, so he was naturally afraid.

The captain of the imperial guards who led the team bowed and saluted, and said: "See you, my dear concubine, the young one is here to fetch someone in the name of your majesty."

When Concubine Yang heard that it was Li Shimin's order, she could only watch Eunuch Zhang being taken away.

"Mother, please go ask your father and see what's going on." Li Ke said.

"Don't go." Concubine Yang grabbed Li Ke and said, "No matter what the matter is, asking now will only show that we have something secret in our hearts. It won't be long before we naturally know the reason."

People in the harem, concubines, and the princess's palace were arrested, even in the Ganlu Palace.

Among these people, in addition to eunuchs, there were even some palace maids.

More than a hundred people were arrested sporadically.

Li Zhengdian

"Queen, please spare my life. For the sake of my serving you for so many years, please spare my life." A eunuch knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing until his forehead started to bleed, but he still didn't care.

Li Shimin sat there without saying anything, letting Empress Changsun handle it herself.

Queen Changsun said calmly: "Chen Shun, how many years have you been with me?"

"It's been eight years since I returned to the Queen. I beg the Queen to spare my life." Chen Shun kowtowed, his nose dripping with tears.

"Yes, it has been almost eight years. When you were still in Prince Qin's Mansion, you were serving me. I thought that I was treating you well, so I promoted you to the position of Director of the House of Internal Affairs. You will receive a monthly salary plus rewards.

Added together, there are eight strings instead of ten strings, right? Isn’t that enough for you?"

"Those palace maids and eunuchs gave you gifts, do you think I don't know about it? I've missed you and served me for many years, and I didn't do anything too much. I kept turning a blind eye. Who knew that you not only didn't know

You restrained yourself, but instead intensified your restraint and extended your restraint into the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I have been completely disgraced by you."

Queen Changsun said these words very calmly, but the more she said this, the more uneasy Chen Shun was.

"Empress, I know I was wrong, please forgive me for my life." Chen Shun knew that it was useless to say anything now, so he could only keep begging for mercy, hoping that Empress Changsun would spare his life for the sake of her past love.

"Tell me, how much have you embezzled in total over the years?" Queen Changsun asked.

"Go back to my wife, I have embezzled a total of almost 10,000 yuan. All the money was given to my brothers outside to buy properties." Chen Shun cried bitterly.
Chapter completed!