After a while, Hang Rui slowly raised his head, his face pale and his eyes were full of fear.

"Your Majesty, the inner minister is wronged. Hang Rui really doesn't know what to do to let the emperor misunderstand the inner minister!"

Hang Rui said aggrievedly: "Since the emperor handed over the imperial kitchen to the Neicheng, the Neicheng has been diligent and dared not slacken at all."

"snort!"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly and his face was full of anger.

"Yes, since you, Hang Rui, started to take charge of the imperial kitchen, you have done your best. Anyone who has seen you Hang Rui in the palace will be pleased to do your duty."

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Hang Rui couldn't help but lower his head tightly. At the same time, a hint of pride flashed in his eyes in the place where the crowd could not see.

"But, we have lived for so many years and have never seen it before. A duck egg costs five taels of silver."

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could finish his words, Hang Rui quickly looked up and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a panic on his face. His face looked like earth, and he was so scared that he was half scared.

"A duck egg can be worth two cents, so it's already sky-high. We didn't expect that the duck egg we ate would cost five taels of silver to buy! Hang Rui, is the duck egg you bought the golden egg laid by ducks grown up with gold? Also, these chickens, fish and other meats are more expensive than the other, and we're so scared!"

As he said that, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Hang Rui angrily, "Hang Rui, these duck eggs and meat that are more expensive than dragon liver and phoenix marrow, we are not worthy of eating them as the emperor!"

The more he spoke, the more angry Zhu Yuanzhang became.

"The whole palace knows that you, Hang Rui, are the most serious and responsible in your work. Who would have thought that your Hang Rui's diligence and responsibility are all for these things!"

"Your Majesty, please spare me. Your Majesty is a clerk who has let down his trust!"

Hang Rui kowtowed repeatedly, knocking muffled sounds from the ground.

"Tell me, how much have you been greedy these days?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked slowly.

"Your Majesty, the Inner Master has no corruption. It has only been a few dozen... more than one hundred taels since the previous two days!"

Hang Rui said quickly.

"More than one hundred taels?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but stared at him again.

"More than one thousand taels!"

Hang Rui thought Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it, so he trembled and said in a low voice.

"More than one thousand taels?"

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be confused.

I heard that the blue veins on my forehead rose slightly and said in a cold voice: "How many exactly?"

"this?"

Hang Rui trembled again and said hurriedly: "The inner minister dares not deceive the emperor, it is 11,500 taels!"

"How many?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao heard this, they were both shocked.

Even, there is a feeling of hearing it wrong.

A small imperial kitchen manager can actually embezzle 11,500 taels of silver!

Moreover, how long will it take for the Ming Dynasty to start to be established?

If you want to embezzle so much silver, you will need to embezzle at least eighty taels of silver a day!

After calculating in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang's face became more and more gloomy.

At the same time, Zhu Biao also looked full of surprise.

Unexpectedly, there is such a huge corruption in the palace!

"Where are those money hidden?"

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes, relieved his mood deeply, and asked in a cold voice,

At this moment, Hang Rui had already collapsed on the ground, and was extremely frightened, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang could spare his life.

Therefore, what Zhu Yuanzhang asked, he said.

"Back to the emperor, all the money is placed under the bed in the inner court!"

"I have been a child and my family is poor and I have never eaten enough. Therefore, I want to save more money. Every night, I have to touch the silver ounces carefully to sleep with peace of mind!"

Hang Rui looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a begging look and quickly explained.

Zhu Yuanzhang's mind was full of more than ten thousand taels of silver at this moment.

"Erhu, take someone with you and follow us to have a look!"

Therefore, after hearing this, he stood up, said coldly, and walked out first.

Zhu Biao quickly followed.

Behind him, Hang Rui also stood up quickly and followed quickly.

...

In the palace, the eunuchs all lived in straight rooms.

As the head of the imperial kitchen, Hang Rui is also a big eunuch. Therefore, he also has an independent room.

From the Imperial Study Room to the straight room of Hang Rui, you have to pass through a large area of ​​palaces.

Zhu Di, Zhu Ren and others were sitting absent-mindedly in the palace, looking at the books in their hands.

Suddenly, I heard a very low noise outside the hall.

Then, he couldn't help but slowly got up, lay down at the window, and looked out.

"Father?"

Seeing the little eunuchs, they were all looking in the direction with curiosity on their faces. Zhu Di and others couldn't help but panic. They actually saw their father walking in front of them with anger on their faces.

Behind him, there was also a big brother with an angry face.

At the end were Hang Rui with a desperate face and Erhu with a cautious look on his face.

"Second brother, my father is angry!"

"I saw it, my father is not angry with us!"

"Third and fourth brother, tell me, did Hang Rui make something wrong that made his father so angry!"

"I don't know either!"

"Father and elder brother, are you going to the direct room where the eunuchs live this time?"

Song Lian was not here at this time.

Therefore, the actions of Zhu Di and the four brothers became much bolder.

As Zhu Yuanzhang and others left, Zhu Di and others had sneaked out of the hall, but they still looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was leaving with curiosity.

"You guys say that the father is so angry, why are you going to the straight room to do? It smells so smelly there!"

"Second brother, third brother, why don't we follow and take a look?"

"Hmm? This method is feasible!"

“Absolutely feasible!”

"Wait, I'll take Miliyan!"

"Qianli Liyan, I'll bring it with me..."

With bursts of excited voices, Zhu Biao and Zhu Chuang and the four brothers followed with curiosity as if they were doing something mysterious.

As for the little eunuch who was serving behind him, he had already looked frightened.

However, they did not dare to say anything more to Zhu Di and other demon kings.

I just followed silently.

...

In front, Zhu Yuanzhang, with Zhu Biao, Hang Rui and others, hurried to the direct room area where the eunuchs in the palace lived.

"Your Majesty, here!"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could ask questions, Erhu had already walked up quickly, pushed open the door of the house, and walked in.

Behind him, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao followed in quickly.

Judging from the decorations inside the house, Hang Rui, the head of the imperial kitchen, is OK in the palace.

The good items in the room are comparable to those rich families outside the palace.

At this moment, Erhu, who had already entered, had already taken people to search the room by himself.

Then, after seeing Zhu Yuanzhang come in, Erhu directly lifted the bedding on it.

Then he gently buckled it with his hand, and with a bang, a large bed board was buckled down by Erhu, revealing the two large wooden boxes under the bed board.

There is also a huge copper lock on each wooden box.

"key!"
To be continued...