with words in mind

Chapter 81 The Case of Bai Ling Palace Maid 2
The next day, the sky was just bright, and everything was still shrouded in a blue breath, waiting to wake up and get warmer. The little father-in-law who cleaned walked into the cold palace and came to the front of the room. When he saw the shadows of three white flowers twisting and fluttering, he was shocked. Jump!Fall back!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

He moved on the ground for a while in horror, got up randomly, and ran out trembling!

When the sun finally began to shed golden light, the adults entered the Xuxiong Hall one after another, including Qi Ming.

The crown prince, dressed in a dark yellow and black gold patterned costume, led the guards slowly up the hall steps and sat down in the eyes of everyone.The guards stood tall and straight, standing beside the prince.

Prince: "My lords, is there any new countermeasures for the aftermath of the flood in Pengzhou?"

Su Zhou, Minister of Works, bowed and said, "Reporting to His Royal Highness, the flood has been brought under control, and the biggest aftermath problem is how to resettle the refugees. The prefect of Pengzhou and the inspector and censor both proposed to set up simple houses to resettle the poor refugees, and then to the local wealthy businessmen. Landlords buy vacant houses and sell them at half price to refugees who still have money to spare.”

Prince: "Well, it's not uncommon for the imperial court to buy some of the houses. The biggest problem is those simple houses for refugees who are alone. Are there any design drawings?"

Su Zhou: "Simple houses are basically huts combined with grass huts and wood and stone. They are all reusable materials, and they can be sold for building houses after being dismantled. Fortunately, it is summer, and quilts are not in short supply. Pengzhou The prefect organized another donation of old clothes and purchased a large amount of food from neighboring towns, alleviating the problem of food and clothing for the refugees.”

Prince: "Well, in such a crowd, can the life safety of the refugees be guaranteed?"

Su Zhou: "The government officials who deal with the flood have been withdrawn, so they can manage the refugees and take care of them in shifts. There should be no problem."

Prince: "Well! It's okay to be resettled for the time being. It's just that simple housing is a very long-term solution. The livelihood of the refugees still needs the government to bear the burden, and the court will continue to use the silver relief at that time."

"Brother Huang." Qi Ming bowed, "After the catastrophe, a large number of laborers will be needed to build houses. The strong refugees can be selected for construction, the weak can serve as logistics, and women and children can also be assigned to weave clothes. The rest The old and the young are temporarily relieved by the government, so that the burden on the government can be eased.”

Yuan Xiao, the minister of households, said in a stern tone: "King Yi'an's words are naive! Building a house requires a lot of money, and it still needs to be paid by the court! Besides, those refugees can't even eat, so where do they get the strength to work?! Said that the court not only did not solve their problems, but also squeezed their labor force!!”

"My lord, that's too bad!" Guard Yan stepped forward, "The newly built houses are originally for refugees, and these houses can be lent to refugees. Once the refugees settle down, they can start production, and pay the money every year to buy the borrowed ones. For houses, the government can exempt some taxes or reduce housing prices, although the imperial court still needs to invest in building houses, but after years, the silver taels can be recovered.”

Qi Ming, who had been staring at Yan Guard, smiled and said, "This can not only mobilize the enthusiasm of the refugees, but also solve the housing problem."

Yuan Xiao: "What if the refugees can't pay for the house after a few years?!"

Yan Huwei: "The house will be recovered at that time, and the original house owner will be compensated at the price of the rented house. The recovered house can be sold again."

"It's so good!" The Prince praised, "In the past, disaster relief silver has always gone and never returned, but this batch of silver taels can solve the problem just by going out for a while! Guard Yan really has an extraordinary insight! You deserve credit!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Guard Yan kneeled on one knee and said respectfully.

Yuan Shangshu had nothing to say this time, he gave Yan Huwei a hateful look, lowered his head and returned to his original position.

Prince: "King Yi'an, is there a candidate for the magistrate of Anyan Town?"

"My brother recommends this person." Qi Ming respectfully presented the book, and Eunuch Liu took it and handed it to the prince.

The prince looked at the information in the document carefully: "Zhu Qi. His family was poor, but he was able to pick up gold without any ignorance. He sent a hundred taels of silver to the government office. The integrity is commendable. Minister of Officials, what do you think of this person?" He handed the document to Eunuch Liu.

Liu Gonggong sent the document to Deng Juli, the official minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

After reading the document, Master Deng said to King Yi'an: "This person is a Jinshi last year, and he is from the same hometown as Zai."

Qi Ming smiled and said, "That means the prime minister's hometown is a treasured land, and capable people and sages are born in large numbers."

It has been known that the prime minister approached King Yi'an in the early years, and it seems that the two have formed an alliance. Deng Curie thought so, and smiled and said to the prince: "This person is very good, the prime minister has always discerned right from wrong, and was just and honest. Presumably Zhu Qi will also be the successor." Let them form an alliance and watch King Yi'an fight with the prince!
"That's it!" The prince settled down.

Yuan Xiao in the crowd glanced at the Prime Minister's silhouette with hatred, with ruthlessness and disgust in his eyes!

"Brother Huang, now that this matter has been resolved." Qi Ming stepped forward, "Yan guard should return to his younger brother."

Guard Yan, who had been standing still, looked at Qi Ming, slightly surprised, and said with his eyes: Hey!Fox, I just entered the palace, and I haven't finished my investigation yet!Why are you pulling me out of the palace so quickly?

The prince glanced at Guard Yan and said to Qi Ming: "No hurry, Guard Yan has made another contribution today. This palace still needs her to do more to help this palace solve problems!"

"In the future, the younger brother will often come and go in the palace, so he will definitely bring her with him." Qi Ming's brows were stiff but he still smiled, "The emperor can see her every day, and let her help the emperor!"

fox!You are standing and talking without back pain!Want me to dress like this every day?The beard will not be broken, all of my people will be broken!Besides, how can I investigate the forces in the palace in depth with only the time of the court? !

Yan Guard's expression was changeable, staring at Qi Ming anxiously and frowning!

The prince who observed all this said slowly: "Second emperor brother, don't be stingy. Last night, Ben Gong had a good chat with Yan Guard, and we haven't had enough fun yet. Of course, Ben Gong has to leave a message for a few more days!"

Talking very happily, Qi Ming's smile turned a little colder, staring at the guards with a chill.
Yan Guard, who was not afraid of the cold at all, gave Qi Ming a positive look and knelt down on one knee to petition: "This subordinate is willing to relieve the prince's worries."

Seeing this, Qi Ming withdrew his smile, frowned, and stared at Yan Guard closely.
Some of the ministers stood up: "King Yi'an, this guard is all yours for meritorious deeds, and I didn't treat you badly, so why compete with the prince!"

"Yes, King Yi'an, you only returned to the court, don't go beyond the norm, and don't let the prince's hard work!"

"That's right, it's just a guard, is there still a shortage of Yi'an Prince's Mansion?"

Yan Huwei listened and felt that everyone seemed to dislike seeing the fox. Thinking of what the Queen Mother said yesterday, she looked at Qi Ming and was slightly moved. But she still needs to stay in the palace.
"Everyone is right," the crown prince interrupted. "Second emperor, the guardian of this palace has been reserved. Don't worry, I will return to Zhao in a few days! If there is nothing to do today, just retire to the court."

"Respectfully send His Royal Highness the Crown Prince—"

The Crown Prince led the guards to the call of the ministers, passed Qi Ming, and walked out of the Xuxiong Hall.

Guard Yan looked back at Qi Ming. The corners of his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, but there was a trace of reluctance in his eyes. After a while, she resolutely followed the prince and disappeared on the horizon of the palace.
Back at the Yi'an Prince's Mansion, after processing the official documents, Qi Ming still had no appetite for lunch, so he paced in the Yanming Courtyard.
Xiao Ren stood under the shade of the tree and said, "Master. Has the princess come back yet?"

"If you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb." Qi Ming said coldly.

"Master, that's not what your subordinates mean." Xiao Ren defended, "If the princess hasn't come back, you can enter the palace! Pick up some excuses and make trouble in the east palace. Even if you can't see it, let the princess know that you are nearby. , making her aware of your existence is also a strategy!"

When Qi Ming heard this, he slowly turned his head squinting and said, "It turns out that there are times when dumb people are useful!"

"Well, master, my subordinates are only secret guards, never dumb!" Xiao Ren said aggrieved!

"Ha!" Qi Ming was in a good mood for a moment, looked at Xiao Ren and chuckled, "Other people's secret guards are like dumb, it's just you, showing off your existence!"

"Master also said that it is someone else's secret guard, but his subordinate is your secret guard, it's different!" Xiao Ren flattered.

"Thank you for saying it well this time, this king will not compare you with other people's dark guards!"

In the afternoon, the Prince and the Guard Yan were drinking tea and eating snacks after having lunch.

"Yeah~ Lan Xue's craftsmanship is really good, and she can compete with Aunt Chef!" Yan Huwei said with a mouth full of Longjing Crisp.

The prince smiled and wiped the corners of his mouth with a towel for guard Yan: "Look at you, your mouth is full of food, why is it still the same as when you were a child?"

Seeing this scene, Yan Mo couldn't help thinking of his eldest brother and stared blankly at the white handkerchief in the prince's hand.
Yan Mo: "If eldest brother is still here, I will be like you. I like to take care of me. I like to laugh at me."

The prince suddenly stiffened, clenched the towel tightly, retracted his gaze, and muttered, "Brother Zixuan"

Yan Mo picked up the mung bean cake on the coffee table, his nose was a little sour: "Big brother also likes to eat mung bean cake, his frown and smile. I will always think of it, but the memory will fade. It's been ten years. I almost can't remember his appearance. But since I met Brother Jin." She said looking up at the prince, "When I was a child, my elder brother was somewhat similar to you. If he grew up, would he be as gentle and reassuring as you?"

The prince looked at Yan Mo in amazement, then a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, his left hand hid under the corner of his clothes and clenched the hem of his clothes!

"His Royal Highness, the palace servants are here to report, and King Yi'an asks to see you!" Bai Xue stood at the door with low eyebrows and bowed.

The two of them retracted their thoughts, and the guard was standing up to greet him: "Fox? What is he doing here?"

"Wait!" The prince held Yan Mo, looked at her for a while, and suddenly smiled, "He must want you to go back to the palace, why don't we..." He added Yan Mo's left ear and whispered a few words.

"Pfft!" Guard Yan couldn't help laughing out loud!
The prince took a plate of mung bean cakes to Bai Xue, and smiled: "Let my father-in-law pass this to King Yi'an, and say that this palace is gone!"

Bai Xue stared at the cake and blinked a few times before taking it: "Yes."

Outside the East Palace, Qi Ming, who received the mung bean cake, had a dark face!
Bai Xue bowed his head and said, "Master said that he is not seen, please come back, His Royal Highness Prince Yi'an."

Qi Ming took a deep breath, calmed his mind, looked inward with the mung bean cake, and walked away helplessly.
Starting from the outer courtyard of the East Palace, many palace servants looked sideways and saw King Yi An walking with a plate of mung bean cakes.
"I heard that King Yi'an is also a rare beautiful man in the world. When I saw him today, he was indeed extraordinary!"

"You go out of the palace when you are young, and you don't have a chance to see him. If the prince moves him back to the court, you will see it in the future!"

"Ha ha ha! Unlike the prince, he already has a princess!"

"Yeah, yeah! I heard that it was the lord that the princess took the initiative to ask for!"

"Which noble is Princess Yi'an? So bold?!"

"I think it's better to be a prince. His eyebrows and eyes are full of tenderness, and he is so charming! Haven't you heard of it? King Yi'an's methods are changeable and his scheming is deep. Such a master is the most difficult to serve!"

"I don't want to serve you! The palace is outside the palace. Only when you leave the palace can you enter the palace!"

"Hey! Speaking of a difficult master, Li Guicai, who passed away a few years ago! Xiaolu was her maid-in-law during her lifetime, and she was always beaten and scolded. Even if she was beaten into the cold palace, only Xiaolu followed her, beating and scolding as usual. , no less."

"Don't say it! Don't you know? The cold palace is haunted recently! A few white sash appeared out of thin air! Hanging on the beam, it looks like a hanged ghost! It is said that the soul of Li Guiren is at work!"

"You little girls! Don't gossip in the palace!" Eunuch Cui, the guard in the service room, passed by the palace maids and scolded softly, "Do you want to die, go to work!"

"Yes." A few palace maids owed their bodies and shut up and left.
The next day, the prince brought the guards to get acquainted with Yushu Pavilion, Antique Building, Royal Tea House, Yuguofang, Yuxiangfang, Huafangzhai, etc. After returning to the East Palace to rest for a while, Baixue came to report again.

"His Royal Highness! King Yi'an asks to see you!"

The prince took a plate of lotus cake that had been prepared long ago and gave it to Bai Xue, and said with a smile, "Take this to King Yi'an, and say that this palace is gone!"

"Wait!" Guard Yan stopped Bai Xue, "Lan Xue, give me a pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

After a while, Qi Ming, who was standing outside the gate of the East Palace, received the cake again. He looked at the closed window edge of the inner courtyard, but left with a livid face.
The window edge opened lightly, Yan Mo stuck his head out, imagining the fox's face and couldn't help laughing.

The crown prince also stuck his head out from behind her and asked with a smile, "Why is the Guard Yan so happy?"

"It's really rare to be able to deflate a fox!" The two smiled at each other.

Qi Ming once again carried a plate of cakes all the way out of the palace.
After he disappeared, several little father-in-law whispered.
"Have you heard? The prince refused to see King Yi'an again!"

"It's really strange that the prince refused to see him but gave cakes? What does this mean?"

"The prince has a good heart and was afraid of hurting King Yi'an, so he gave cakes to comfort him"

"Look at King Yi'an's face, where is the comfort?"

"Yo! It's the Praetorian Guards! Hurry up, hurry up! Stop talking!!"

Back at the palace, Qi Ming sat down in front of the desk with a plate of mashed mung bean cakes on it. Yesterday he found that there was nothing in the cakes, and he was sulking for a while.
Qi Ming opened the lotus cakes one by one, and finally saw something strange in a cake. When he took it out, it turned out to be a note written to him by Yan Mo: Be patient, don't be impatient, the mission is in progress, and I will be back in a few days!
Qi Ming sighed, looked at the courtyard outside the window and said leisurely, "I'll be back soon. Fortunately, you still know you're coming back."

In the evening, in the cold palace, the little father-in-law who was cleaning came to the house again, and he hurriedly pushed open the door: "It has been removed during the day, but it is just the white silk and there are no ghosts. There are no ghosts."

When the crack of the door gradually opened, there were still three "female corpses", boneless and flying, looking so dazzling in the cold light of the night!

“啊啊啊啊——”小公公后退着大叫了一声，“不怕.不怕.就是白绫而已，天杀的！到底是谁，如此恶毒！竟开这种玩笑！！”他一边埋汰着As he stepped in carefully, he tore off those white sashes, "Eunuch Cui really wants me to clean it up, what to say to put an end to the rumors, and the rumors are even worse!" Caught a pair of cold feet!
"Ah ah ah ah ah------"

(End of this chapter)