Ying Zheng returned to Xianyang, went into the bell hall, and did not come out all night.

Not only did he not go to Huayang Palace, nor did he go to Zizhu Forest, nor did he go to the garrison camp outside the city.

It is known that this is the calm before the storm. The reason why Xianyang is chaotic is that it is all caused by the selfishness of each family, to put it bluntly, there are too many careerists, and the drama of fighting for power and profit has been brought to the stage.

The crown ceremony has been completed, and the pro-government of Yingzheng has become a fait accompli, and they all understand that power should be returned. Mrs. Huayang is even more prepared, and will hand over those unsightly mundane affairs to Min Dai, and even the city guards will hand them over.

But Ying Zheng has never come out, and let them guess, they can't figure out what Ying Zheng is considering.

In the private treasury, Mi Chen sat alone on the stone box in a daze, thinking about what had happened over the years.

Zhong Dian's large-scale recruitment of troops and horses, the armament of the Praetorian Guard, and the crown of Yingzheng require a lot of money and food support. Yingzheng came from the rivers and lakes, Leng Yue was born, Leng Yue is the poorest force in the world, where did he get the money? The amount provided to the Zhong Dian can barely cope with the expenses, including the private money of those rich princesses.

Calculated in this way, where did the equipment of the Praetorian Guard come from? The Zhong Hall is not capable of expanding at all, but look at the strength of the Zhong Hall now. There are 20,000 people in the inner hall and more than 30,000 in the outer hall. Zhongli is a martial artist, and he doesn't know how to do business, so where does the money come from?

The use of the palace has always been in the hands of Huayang Palace, and with the means of Mrs. Huayang, it is impossible to hand over this part of the power. And Min Dai doesn't like to meddle in mundane affairs, and the status of other concubines is not enough, there must be someone behind him who provides financial resources for Yingzheng.

Bashu merchants? It shouldn't be, Mrs. Ba paid too much for Zheng Guoqu, and it was impossible to provide more money and food. Empress Dowager Zhao Ji of Ganquan Palace? Since Zhao Ji became independent, he would not have anything to do with the Qin Palace, at most, he would let Yiqu do business with the Ba family, and he could barely be self-sufficient.

Then Yingzheng's source of money and food has become Mi Chen's primary concern. At first, he didn't know that the Xianyang Rebellion made Mi Chen hide in the Qin Palace. For this palace, Mi Chen does not believe in Huayang Palace, nor does he believe in Zhongdian, he only believes in the private treasury that he has taken care of for decades.

This private treasury is the foundation of Great Qin, which has been continuously strengthened by several generations of previous kings, no matter how many armies come, or how strong the masters, as long as the library door is closed, the outside world will not be able to enter. Only by hiding here, Mi Chen can feel at ease, and the smell of money that exudes can make Mi Chen feel calm and think about many things.

I wanted to wait for the chaos in the outside world to subside and go out directly to deal with the aftermath. But because of the fight between the ghost grandmother and Xia Ji, Mi Chen was so scared that she didn't dare to go out, and at the same time closely observed this familiar private vault.

When the door of the library is closed, the private library should be isolated from the world, and the sound of the two masters fighting should not be transmitted here. But Mi Chen really heard it, the source of the sound was under the Qin Palace, and it should not be too far from the private treasury. Even if it is separated by a few walls, the sound should not come, but Mi Chen still heard it, which shows a problem, the private library still has a channel to the outside world.

Mi Chen didn't sleep all night, and the search carried out in the private treasury was carried out, and a large number of account books were vigorously checked over the years. There is nothing wrong with the accounts of the past ten years, and all the needs are clear at a glance, what is wrong?

Mi Chen opened a secret compartment, which only he knew here, which recorded the bills of the past fifty years. Under normal circumstances, Mi Chen would not watch it, because the account book was recorded by the Empress Dowager Xuan privately, and if it was known by outsiders, it would definitely cause an uproar.

Politics is as simple as that, the more you know about the relics of something sensitive, the more dangerous it becomes. But Mi Chen can't wait, the reason why Xianyang is so chaotic is that there is a plan behind all this. Countless mysteries, through the fog, still can't be seen.

The reason why Xianyang is so chaotic is nothing more than the result of the Ying Zheng crown ceremony, so we must investigate from the root. That is, Yingzheng's inexplicable use, like money falling from the sky, must have a source.

Seeing this, Mi Chen was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he didn't dare to say a word, only to see the handwriting of two people on the ledger. One is the old handwriting of the Empress Dowager Xuan, which records how much inventory is stored in the private treasury. A bill with many small circles drawn, for some reason such a bill appeared, the handwriting is still new, and the person who filled it out was definitely added in recent years.

Mi Chen turned directly to the end, one with the seal of the Empress Dowager Xuan. Next to the seal, there are two small characters written in Junxiu - Ying Ai.

"Why Ying Ai?" Mi Chen muttered to herself, and she couldn't think of it when she broke her head, how could Ying Ai enter the private library? thought of Ying Ai following Ying Zheng and going to Qi Nian Palace, only after she left, Xianyang became so chaotic. Looking at the various small circles on the ledger again, Mi Chen's eyes widened, and he looked through the boxes with circles like crazy.

After looking at it like this, Mi Chen sat on the ground with blank eyes. These small circles represent that the items inside have been taken away, and only in this way can the money and food in the private treasury be accurately counted.

The people who took it were very smart, they were all in a place that Mi Chen couldn't find, and the only thing that was missing was that they didn't know that there was a secret compartment with bills. Looking at this bill, Mi Chen's whole body trembled, Ying Ai is a small force, it is impossible to move those things, which means that Ying Zheng did it.

Mi Chen unconsciously thought deeply, in history, the only person who could know the secret grid here was the Empress Dowager Xuan...... No, there is another one, that is Qin Wuhou. The reason why Empress Dowager Xuan launched the palace rebellion was nothing more than to kill Empress Qin Wu, and only the dead could keep the secret of the private treasury. But Empress Qin Wu did not die, so the secret of the private treasury must be known by her descendants.

Thinking about it this way, Ying Ai should be the granddaughter of Empress Qin Wu, and Mrs. Huayang let Ying Ai live in Huayang Palace, so she must also have the purpose of surveillance. But Ying Ai is so small, there must be people who collaborate here, Feng Yi, who has been familiar with Ying Ai all the year round, and the previous palace maids are dead, and there is no proof of death, so that Mi Chen can't say it to the outside world.

Now that Ying Ai is following Ying Zheng's side, beyond the grasp of Huayang Palace, with the relationship between Ying Zheng and Ying Ai, it is impossible to do any harm to Ying Ai. What's more, the person who took the smuggled treasury property should be Yingzheng himself.

Mi Chen was in the private vault, and he couldn't figure out how to deal with it for two days. Ying Zheng is already in power, so he has the right to meddle in the affairs of the private treasury, what property does he want to take, Mi Chen can only watch, can he cure the crime of King Qin? But Ying Ai knew that there was an account book hidden in the secret grid, and the paper couldn't hold the fire. If he knew about this one day, Ying Zheng might not do anything to Ying Ai, but he would definitely hold Mi Chen responsible.

Think about everything, connect it, and all your questions can be answered accurately. That is, Ying Ai sent someone to buy off the Wei people a long time ago to persuade Chang Yu to kill Lü Buwei. The army attacked Xianyang, and the people in the embassies of various countries created chaos from it, and their sources should also be revealed by Ying Ai. Ying Ai broke away from Huayang Palace, and taking advantage of this chaos, Mrs. Huayang lit a beacon fire and forced out the Empress Dowager Xia Ji.

Step by step, everyone unconsciously walked into the trap of Ying Ai's design, and they didn't know it.

Qi Chen looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "No wonder she is not afraid to make records in the account book, I don't dare to say this account book to outsiders." If you don't say it, the king will be kept in the dark, and everyone will be used by her, what should I do? ”

A soft voice came from the ear, saying, "It's very simple, burn the ledger and erase the traces." ”

Mi Chen's eyes widened, and an extremely beautiful girl appeared in front of her, how did she get in?

In fact, she can't complain about Scarlet Yue, she is not familiar with the Qin Palace, since she wants to avoid Yingzheng, she naturally has to take the secret road. Originally, she returned the same way and walked from the secret passage to the outside of Xianyang City, but the secret passage where the ghost grandmother was located was not even blocked by Xia Ji, which aroused her curiosity.

With curiosity, I found the Yiling Hall and saw Zhao Cui reading the classics in the secret room. didn't alarm Zhao Cui, walked along the secret passage to the private warehouse, and heard Mi Chen's complaint, and it was related to his Ying Ai sister, so he said it.

Scarlet Moon chuckled: "There is no place in the world that I can't go, if I want to live, just act as if this incident has not happened." Don't ask me who I am, my existence, even Natsuhime is afraid. Ying Ai is my sister, and you can't harm him, otherwise the Mi clan will inevitably be destroyed by me. ”

With that, Scarlet Moon turned around and closed the small door with her hand. Mi Chen looked very carefully, and at the moment of closing the door, he saw Zhao Cui's hazy figure in the distance. It turns out that there is a secret passage leading to the private treasury in the Yiling Palace, and the Yiling Hall is the palace where Qin Wuhou was during his lifetime.

hurriedly burned the ledger, and even carried out a big cleaning in the private treasury to sweep away all traces of entering through the small door. He can't say anything about this, and he has to persuade Mrs. Huayang to dislike Ying Ai, there are some people in the world that they can't provoke. The tone of that girl, Mi Chen listened very sincerely, saying that it was impossible to fake the Mi clan when she wiped out the Mi clan.

When Mi Chen erased the traces, Ying Zheng was also thinking about a problem, how to deal with Chang Yu and others.

Chang Yu must be dead, because Zhongli has already secretly executed the two babies, and this hatred is no longer good. The positions of power of Lü Buwei, Changpingjun, Mi Chen, and others must also be banned, and they must come up with an excuse that makes sense.

Once in power, you will have to monopolize power, and you can no longer live the days when you were controlled everywhere before. Whoever dares to stop will be punished.

Before that, he had to go to Huayang Palace and Zizhu Forest to negotiate with those two. If these two still refuse to relinquish power, then the rest of the things cannot be carried out, and only by letting those two issue an edict will this position be justified.

This night, Ying Zheng did a lot of things, and it was impossible for him to expose Ying Ai to others. Ying Ai is leading this chaos, and he can't let outsiders know that this is his promise to Scarlet Moon. He doesn't care what others think, he has to protect his sister first.

To put it bluntly, Chang Yu can only be a fool because this person is too stupid. Even if Ying Ai instigated behind the scenes, letting 10,000 guards innocently bury outside Xianyang City, the crime is unforgivable.

Before returning to Xianyang from Yongcheng, Zhao Ji repeatedly told Chang Yu that he must die, otherwise he would not be able to settle the hearts of Yongcheng people. There are so many people dead, if it weren't for Zhao Ji's presence, Ying Hao wouldn't have been able to hold it down.

Yongcheng needs to be stable, and Zhao Ji is personally in charge to calm down this matter. But she always has to find out someone and put all the blame on that person, so that she can stabilize people's hearts. And that person, except for Chang Yu, no one else can replace him at all.

Thinking about all this clearly, Yingzheng took Zhongli and walked to the residence of the queen mother of the two palaces.