There were no stupid people present.

How could everyone not hear the sound of the strings that were out of the conversation between Chen Xiao and the eldest prince?

Especially the emperor, he squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Xiao and the eldest prince, but said nothing.

He was also very curious. Facing the olive branch offered by the eldest prince, would Chen Xiao accept it or not?

But from now on, it seems that Chen Xiao does not intend to accept the olive branch offered by the eldest prince.

This inevitably surprised the emperor!

In his opinion, Chen Xiao had offended his other princes.

If even the eldest prince is going to offend him now, wouldn’t he be prepared to help any prince in the future?

According to normal principles, no one seems to be so stupid that he offended all those who are likely to be emperors in the future.

But in fact, Chen Xiao did this and didn't seem to care about it.

Seeing that the eldest prince's face looked a little bad, Chen Xiao didn't care much, but continued to eat on his own.

The eldest prince is worthy of being a character. After restraining his smile, he calmly put down his wine glass and said:

"Since Lord Chen thinks that this wine is not good, I can't force it."

As he said that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it himself.

Chen Xiao still didn't say anything else, and he seemed to be a little unwilling to pay attention to this eldest prince.

Not to mention others, even the Ninth Princess is a little confused.

But in this situation, she couldn't ask anything.

The dinner party has to continue!

The emperor opened up the topic and talked to the eldest prince about some things about the border!

The eldest prince smiled and talked freely, reporting many things about the border to the emperor. The emperor became more and more happy after hearing this.

The banquet lasted until very late.

After the emperor left, everyone left one after another.

After sending Long Jiuling to the Nine Heavens Palace, Long Jiuling sent away the palace maids on both sides!

Then he looked at Chen Xiao and said:

"At the banquet, I saw that you seemed to be quite dissatisfied with the eldest brother, which made me a little confused.

You have no social relationship with him, so how could you make such an unpleasant thing when you meet for the first time?"

When Chen Xiao heard Long Jiuling ask him, he smiled and said:

"You girl? How could you know about this?"

When he said this, Long Jiuling was even more confused and asked:

"You seem to say that there is something I don't understand. What's the matter? Can you tell me?"

Curiosity made Long Jiuling question Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao took a deep breath and said, "I haven't told your father about this matter yet? Tell you in the future? Don't tell him~"

Long Jiuling nodded seriously, as if he realized that the problem was a bit serious.

Then he heard Chen Xiao say:

"Your father arranged me to the Ministry of War? The purpose is to let me investigate the Arsenal Division in the Ministry of War because he received the news? The Arsenal Division seems to have huge amounts of corruption!

After a period of careful investigation, I found that the Arsenal Corporation had huge accounting problems, which did not correspond to the amount of more than 10 million taels of silver."

Hearing this, Long Jiuling had already looked very surprised after all, 10 million taels of silver? That is definitely not a small amount!

Chen Xiao continued to speak, "After my investigations? and my analysis, I almost aimed at the eldest prince.

I have a great reason to suspect that he is the mastermind behind Arsenal, that is to say, "The embezzled funds of Arsenal" are very likely to be invested in the eldest prince's pocket."

When he heard this, Long Jiuling's face was already very ugly. He stared at Chen Xiao and said:

"If the eldest brother really embezzled one thousand taels of silver? This is definitely a big deal."

Chen Xiao said: "If that's the case, I won't target him? But the key is that I was assassinated a few days ago!

Just as I was investigating the corruption case of the Arsenal Corporation, I was assassinated by assassins disguised as soldiers from the army who were well-trained and had been on the battlefield for a long time."

Having said that? Chen Xiao looked like Long Jiuling and asked:

"Tell me, what are the soldiers who often go to the battlefield in this Dragon Kingdom?"

Long Jiuling said without thinking:

"There must be those soldiers guarding the border. They often have various frictions with soldiers from other countries when they are on the border.

If you don’t talk about big battles, just talk about small battles, there are definitely countless.”

Chen Xiao nodded with a smile and said:

"Yes, then think about it, why at this critical moment, some soldiers from the border suddenly came to assassinate me? Who did they accept?"

Long Jiuling frowned slightly and said:

"In other words, is it the eldest brother who sent someone to assassinate you?"

Chen Xiao nodded and said, "Apart from that, I can't think of any possibility."

Long Jiuling nodded slightly and said:

"If this is the case, then this great brother is too brave. You know, as a member of the royal family, he will never let him go with such a huge amount of corruption!"

Chen Xiao said: "More than that, you have to understand that what he embezzled is the silver of the Arsenal Department. The Arsenal Department is specialized in the replacement, manufacturing, storage, and research and development of weapons and weapons.

In the country, this is the weapon power of an army. If you say so, you should understand the importance of the Arsenal Division.

The eldest prince embezzled the Arsenal Department, which undoubtedly gave the money to the Arsenal Department to make and develop weapons, and was criticized!

In this way, can the quality of the weapons manufactured and developed by the Arsenal Corporation be guaranteed? Think about it, if you cut corners on weapons, how serious will the consequences be?

On the battlefield, soldiers are the power, and the weapon is the power of soldiers. If there is a problem with the soldiers' weapons, how can they fight like this? Wouldn't it be that standing on the battlefield becomes the enemy's board? "

When he heard this, Long Jiuling had already realized the seriousness of the problem.

Yes, this is not only a matter of corruption, but also about the weapons used by the soldiers and the winning or losing direction of the war.

In this way, it directly concerns the survival of the country.

Thinking of this, Long Jiuling looked at Chen Xiao and said:

"This matter is so serious, so when are you going to report it to your father?"

Chen Xiao shook his head and said, "The incident has happened, and there is no rush. Besides, I don't have enough evidence to directly prove that the corruption of the Arsenal Department is related to the eldest prince.

So I have to continue investigating. Besides, the eldest prince is back himself, and he will always show his huge foot. Once I catch him, he will naturally be finished."

Long Jiuling understood Chen Xiao’s intention and sighed, but he didn’t know what he was talking about!

Chen Xiao rubbed Long Jiuling's forehead and said:

"You don't have to worry about these things, I will naturally have my way of dealing with them."

Long Jiuling heard this and said, "I just think that in the end, none of the father's sons are reliable. So who can the throne be entrusted to in the future?"

Hearing this, Chen Xiao smiled, but he was not interested in the throne.

So he spoke, "Your Majesty's sons are so abnormal, it's really sad. But you, the princess, seem very normal.

Why not do this? I will assist you and we will find a way to let you sit in the Queen's seat. How about it?"
Chapter completed!