Dahan first prince

Chapter 124 How can the widow not be in a hurry? !

Even though Guanzhong is covered with ice and snow is falling heavily, Liu Ying turned around in a low-key manner and returned to the Taiwo Palace in Weiyang Palace: Phoenix Hall. The news of "Zheng Guoqu has been repaired" still spread like wildfire in Guanzhong and Chang'an.

In the homes of farmers in the countryside, I don’t know how many people in Maodong are looking forward to the beautiful scene of abundant grain and rice after this autumn and a sharp drop in grain prices;

In the mansions of Chang'an Gaomen, there are many high-ranking officials and noble relatives, full of expectations, waiting for the prosperity of Guanzhong after the autumn harvest.

It is true that there is only one Zhengguo canal, and the entire Guanzhong farmland cannot be fully irrigated with canal water.

But with an intact and unimpeded Zhengguo Canal, after the autumn harvest, the hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land owned by hundreds of thousands of farmers in the Weibei area on both sides of the Zhengguo Canal alone can produce enough for the entire Guanzhong. Enough rice for half a year!

For the common people, the completion of the Zhengguo Canal means a bumper harvest in Weibei, an abundance of grain and rice in Guanzhong, a drop in grain prices, and peace and prosperity for the people.

As far as Yu Chaotang is concerned, the repair of the Zhengguo Canal means that after the autumn harvest, the agricultural tax will be more abundant, and the official food and salary can be fully distributed. If something unexpected happens, the Chaotang can also be fully prepared to deal with it.

But just in this peaceful place, the whole Guanzhong is full of longing, waiting for the time of spring in February, but there is also one person who is worried about it...

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Changle Palace, Xuande Palace.

Looking at the man in front of him with a terrified expression, he knelt tremblingly in the center of the hall, the eight-year-old Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi was full of anger and anxiety.

"More than two months!"

"More than two months!!!"

Full of resentment, she howled twice, and saw Liu Ruyi angrily getting up from the soft couch, there was no trace of the innocence of a young man between her brows, mouth and nose.

"The Zhengguo Canal is more than three hundred miles long, and it has been more than two months since autumn and September!"

"You didn't even get close to the edge of the canal?"

"Is this why the widow and you are so generously paid?"

"It's because when you have something to do, you make such a mediocre and incompetent appearance, kowtow and apologize to the widow in front of you?!!!!"

There was another unstoppable roar, Liu Ruyi still didn't feel a little bit of anger in her chest, but angrily grabbed the inkstone at hand and smashed it down!
The ear-piercing sound of breaking resounded through the hall, causing the maids and eunuchs in the hall to kneel down in a hurry, pressing their heads tightly on the ground, not daring to look up at Liu Ruyi at all.

I don't know if she was startled by the sound of the inkstone breaking, but within a short while, Madam Qi's graceful figure also appeared at the gate of the palace.

After scanning the hall for a while, looking at the fragments of inkstones all over the floor, and then at Liu Ruyi's furious face, Madam Qi just shook her head and smiled, and walked forward slowly.

Seeing her mother coming, even though Liu Ruyi was furious in her heart, she could only restrain her angry face a little, but she didn't bother to go forward to greet her, she just sat down on the soft couch angrily, turning her head away with a look of resentment.

Seeing this, Mrs. Qi just shook her head and smiled lovingly, then walked forward and sat down beside Liu Ruyi.

"What is it that made my son so angry that he did not hesitate to lose his temper?"

The question in a gentle tone made Liu Ruyi unable to hold back the angry look on her face. With a slightly stiff expression, she turned her head and stared straight at the kneeling figure in the center of the hall.

"Mother asked, why don't you say it quickly?!"

There was another soft huh, which made the man hastily kowtow again, bowing his hands to Mrs. Qi.

"Ma'am."

"In autumn and September, the prince was ordered by His Majesty to repair the Zhengguo Canal. The king feared that this might make the prince look good in the court, so he sent the young man with him to slightly disrupt the construction of the canal... ·”

As he said that, the man turned sideways again, and looked at Liu Ruyi with innocence and resentment written in his gaze.

"But the king doesn't know!"

"Little one, the ten miles along the north and south coasts of the Zhengguo Canal are actually equipped with soldiers who prepare for bandits and captains. Every five miles, dozens of soldiers from the Southern Army camped!"

"The small one is ten miles away from the canal, and the thieves, captains and soldiers of the Southern Army have to go forward to interrogate the small one, and ask if the small one is the Weibei people who came to build the canal."

"If the little one says no, he will be driven away immediately to prepare for the bandit soldiers and the southern army jailers; if he says yes, he will be driven to the edge of the canal again, thinking that it will be a labor force for repairing the canal..."

Halfway through the man's words, Liu Ruyi raised his eyebrows angrily again!

"What?!"

"The widow sent you to destroy the canal. It's good for you, but you can't destroy the canal, and you still go to repair the canal?!"

Seeing Liu Ruyi's anger flared again, the man quickly waved his hand: "No, no!"

"The original intention of the small is to pretend to repair the canal, so that it can get close to the canal, and then wait for the opportunity to destroy and hinder things."

"Unexpectedly, when I went here, I went with the Weibei people to build the canal during the day; at night, the canal was also guarded by the guards of the officials and slaves of the Shaofu."

"Small desires to destroy obstacles will eventually lead to no good opportunities..."

"As of the day before yesterday, when the construction of the canal was completed, the crown prince had exhausted all his efforts in the construction of the canal, and left the officials and slaves of the Shaofu to die along the canal in Zhengguo."

"The little one wanted to stay but couldn't, so I had to go back to Chang'an quietly and report the matter to the king..."

After saying that, the man finally kowtowed to the ground with ashen face, as if he gave up struggling, waiting for Liu Ruyi's anger to come.

Seeing that Liu Ruyi was extremely annoyed, there was a weird smile on his face, and he looked sideways at Madam Qi beside him.

"Mother, listen, listen!"

"Hundreds of people, for more than two months, got the order to destroy and block the canal repair, and they all became the crown prince's canal repairer!!!"

As she spoke, the smile on Liu Ruyi's face suddenly faded, and she groped her side in a frenzy, wondering if there was anything else she could throw down.

If for a while, Liu Ruyi couldn't find a suitable object, the anger on Liu Ruyi's face only increased, and finally, regardless of Madam Qi's face, she suddenly slapped the table in front of her!
"What do you want me to do?!!!!!!"

With a howl at the top of his lungs, Liu Ruyi supported the table in front of him with both hands, and stared into the hall with wide eyes, wishing he could swallow that person alive.

Seeing this, Madam Qi stood up shaking her head and sighing, she sat Liu Ruyi on the soft couch from her shoulders, and immediately waved her hands to the hall without any trace.

With Mrs. Qi's permission, the person kneeling and crawling in the hall kowtowed again as if he had been pardoned, without raising his head, maintaining the posture of kneeling and kowtowing, and slowly crawled out of the Xuande Hall.

After a while, the maids and eunuchs in the hall raised their heads from the ground one after another, straightened their knees slightly, and exited the hall tacitly.

When only Mrs. Qi, Liu Ruyi, mother and son were left in the hall, Liu Ruyi's anger finally eased a little.

It's just that on the face that has not disappeared from the anger, there is actually a trace of depression and a little helplessness...

"Crazy~"

Seeing Madam Qi doting on her smile, she took Liu Ruyi's hand and held it between her palms, all of which gently comforted the furious Aizi.

"Your Majesty ordered the canal to be repaired, that lowly servant girl is very cautious, how could she not be on guard?"

"If you want to destroy it but fail, my son won't be so angry. Is it better to criticize it with bad manners?"

Unexpectedly, when Liu Ruyi heard this, a little anxious look appeared on her face.

"Mother doesn't know, now in Chang'an, how can the prince repair the canal?"

"——If the father and the emperor were not still alive, the prince would build the Zhengguo Canal, and the court would hate to say that the prince's achievements in building the canal can be compared with the three emperors and five emperors!"

"Guan Zhongmin said more about the prince's benevolence and kindness, which is quite like his father and emperor's love for the people; in the future, he will definitely be a wise king and hero!"

"So, why are you not in a hurry?"

"How can you not be angry?!"

The more he talked, the more anxious Liu Ruyi became.

"If you stand by and watch, and wait for your father's royal class to return to the court, I'm afraid the crown prince will win the court and all the people in Guanzhong look forward to it!"

"At that time, Mo Yan's position as the crown prince was the title of King Zhao, and it would be difficult to preserve his son..."

After saying that, Liu Ruyi slapped his knee again angrily, and turned sideways full of depression.

On the contrary, when Mrs. Qi heard the words, her face was completely calm.

Seeing Liu Ruyi turned her head to the side again, Madam Qi only smiled and sat upright, and slowly picked up the tea bowl on the desk.

"But it's just a canal, why should my son be so anxious?"

"Could it be that the position of crown prince and heir is a result of a consensus among all officials in the court?"

"Or all the people in Guanzhong, who can be the prince and heir, and who can inherit the position of emperor?"

As she said that, Madam Qi straightened up with a silent expression, and there was a smug look of contentment between her brows.

"That lowly maid is only building a canal, but to His Majesty, she is still nothing more than a lowly maid!"

"When your majesty's class teacher returns to the court, mother will cry twice, beg a few times, and your majesty will issue an imperial edict, what will happen to that lowly servant girl?"

Speaking of this, Madam Qi did not forget to put on a confident look, and gently took Liu Ruyi's hand, and turned Liu Ruyi back to face her.

"My son, don't worry~"

"As soon as His Majesty's class teacher, the first to bear the brunt is the matter of Yi Chu abolishing the queen!"

"At that time, my mother will live in Weiyang as a queen, and my son will be a prince and prince, and he will follow your majesty around."

"It's not a few years old, your Majesty's palace chariot is driving, my son, I will take the position of ninety-five supreme!"

"And the mother can also be the empress dowager of the Han Dynasty, the mother of the world..."

"Ok?"

Seeing that her mother still didn't realize the importance of Zheng Guoqu, and she was still silent in the dream that a mother is precious to her son, Liu Ruyi felt endless bitterness and helplessness in her heart.

What exactly does Zheng Guoqu mean?
What does it mean that Liu Ying has repaired Zheng Guoqu?
Even though she was only nine years old, Liu Ruyi was well aware of this.

But even so, what can Liu Ruyi do?

"Ugh······"

"If it weren't for the lack of help from the mother clan, the prince's canal repair would not have gone so smoothly..."

Shaking his head secretly and sighing bitterly, these slightly reproachful words were still not uttered by Liu Ruyi.

Pretending to be "I am at ease with my mother here", and listening to her mother describe a bright future, Liu Ruyi found an excuse and respectfully bid farewell to her mother, Mrs. Qi.

But the matter of Liu Ying repairing the canal was not eliminated from Liu Ruyi's mind.

——My old lady didn't know how powerful it was, so she didn't care about it. Liu Ruyi could only rely on Liu Ruyi for the rest...
(End of this chapter)