What happened?" Tie Butian asked. The expression written on his face was extremely grave.
"Well…" All of the officials who had kneeled down continued keeping quiet and didn't dare to say a word. They just kept on banging their heads on the floor as they said, "We have sinned! We deserve to die ten thousand times over…"
"Is anyone going to tell me what happened?" Tie Butian asked as he stood up slowly from his throne and he looked at them with an icy gaze.
"It really isn't a very big deal." The elderly prime minister of Iron Cloud, Huang Fu Ming said as he stroked his beard. He was among the few who still remained standing. He casually said, "Your Majesty, it is because Minister Chu had the treasury sealed and arrested Lian Cheng Gui. Moreover, all of the books from the treasury are being investigated by Bu Tian Pavilion…"