Unexpectedly, there is still a dead end.

Immediately, the royal guards came up and dragged them all out.

After dealing with these people, Emperor Hongyuan glared at the queen, “The queen, as for you, although this matter has nothing to do with you. But Mrs. Wei is your sister. Her fault is your fault. Who told you to treat her? Lax control, let her be arrogant outside! From now on, you will go to the Taimiao for a month and copy the Buddhist scriptures a hundred times. You will be fined another 500,000 taels of silver for disaster relief. Can you be convinced?"

The queen was of course not convinced, but on the surface she had to say, "Yes, the concubine knows it!"

At this time, Emperor Hongyuan looked at Chu Xuanchen, "King Li, today is your deadline for fundraising, how much did you raise?"

Chu Xuanchen glanced at the queen and said, "Back to the emperor, the minister only raised fifty thousand taels of silver."

"What? I asked you to raise 1.8 million taels of silver, but you only raised 50 thousand taels. Why is this?" Hongyuan asked angrily.

Chu Xuanchen raised his eyebrows calmly, "Because all the silver has been raised by the Queen. On the first day of fundraising, the minister had already put down the booze, and invited the important ministers and nobles to come to dinner and encourage them to donate. But he had already donated it. The queen refused to donate money to the minister. Fortunately, Taifu Han and the others donated some silver to the minister, otherwise it would be difficult for the minister to even raise fifty thousand taels."

When Emperor Hongyuan heard this, he was taken aback.

The queen hurriedly said: "King Li, people trust this palace and want to donate silver to this palace. This is their business, but this palace is not deliberately embarrassing you."

"The minister knows, but the minister thinks that so much money is not used on the people, and the minister is extremely worried." Chu Xuanchen said.

When Taifu Han saw this, he quickly said: "The emperor, in the opinion of the old minister, since the queen has already raised the money and the time is urgent, why not call King Li to raise money. The minister thinks that the money raised by the queen should be handed over to King Li. , Let King Li take to Jiangnan for disaster relief."

Taishi Li also said: "Yes, the emperor. Nowadays, people are resentful outside, and the people are displaced. If this flood is not cured, I am afraid it will shake the foundation of the country."

Zhang Fu Yin also said: "The emperor, the empress Empress also raised funds for the victims. But before the incident of Mrs. Wei, Empress also suffered a great loss. The minister believed that the donation should be handed over to King Li for disaster relief. The people are convinced. And this matter can't be delayed any longer. If it is dragged on, I am afraid that the popular anger will not be quelled. The minister has heard that in the Jiangnan area, there are already victims plotting a rebellion!"

When the queen heard this, she gave Zhang Fuyin a look of hatred.

Emperor Hongyuan also knew that the eyebrows were burning at this time, and disaster relief must be done as soon as possible.

But when he thought of the money raised by the queen, Chu Xuanchen was finally asked to use it for disaster relief, which made Chu Xuanchen a good reputation, and he felt very uncomfortable.

But the uncomfortable returns to the uncomfortable, and now the people are the most important.

No matter how uncomfortable he is, he must come close to the people first, otherwise his dragon chair will not be stable.

He said: "Well, since everyone said so, then I decided to give the Queen's three million taels of silver for charity, plus the 500,000 taels she fined, to King Li to take to the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief. Wang, I entrust this burden to you, and you must not let me down!"

Chu Xuanchen immediately handed over, "Please rest assured, the emperor, the minister will make good use of the donated money and use it for the people. The minister will never do that like Mrs. Wei Guo, doing that to deceive the top and conceal the bottom and fill his own pockets."