Donggong Zhangjiao

Chapter 153 The Plague
Pei Yao stayed in Bi Luo Zhai for an hour and a half before leaving.

I'm busy now, even if I sneak away, I can't rest for so long, and I have to be down to business.

In fact, this is a mess of the plan.

Originally, he planned to sit for half an hour and then leave. Didn't he just read Fang Yun's new painting of cold plums?

Before leaving, Fang Yun tidied up the sleeves that were rolled up when he was painting, and said in a low voice.

"His Royal Highness also promised to draw a portrait of the concubine in winter. When His Royal Highness finishes working for a while, he is not allowed to break his promise."

"Gu naturally keeps his word."

Looking at the gentle and lovely woman in front of him, Pei Yao couldn't help reaching out and stroking the top of her hair.

Fang Jun raised his eyes and smiled at him.

After Pei Yao left Biluozhai, not long after, a little maid from Weiyang Pavilion quickly stepped into the room and whispered a few words to Yunrou outside.

Then, Yun Rou raised the curtain and entered the inner room.

"Side concubine, Your Highness has returned to the front yard."

In the house, Mrs. Yang was practicing calligraphy in front of the desk. Hearing the sound, the pen in his hand paused, and then continued.

"I thought His Highness would stay with her today."

"How could it be?" Yun Rou stepped forward and helped to grind ink, "His Royal Highness is busy with government affairs, so he just went to Bi Luo Zhai to see the second girl, isn't His Highness having lunch with the Eldest Young Master today?"

When Yun Rou said that, Yang shook her head when she heard it.

"It took so long to look at the child, after all, His Highness likes Fang Shi, so he sat in Biluozhai for a long time, look at Zhao Liangdi, why did His Highness take Eldest Young Master to the front yard, not Jiangxuexuan?"

Listening to Yang's words, Yun Rou was choked up, and she pursed her lips for a while.

But this time, Mrs. Yang continued calmly.

"But in the final analysis, if the second girl hadn't been raised by her, His Highness would not have gone to her place today. This child can indeed attract more of His Highness's attention."

"If the concubine hadn't deliberately obstructed it, the second girl would definitely be under your knee now!" Yun Rou immediately said angrily, and then her eyes flashed slightly and she lowered her voice, "Actually, it's not that the side concubine can't take the second girl back .”

When she said that, Yang shook her head.

"This child has nothing to do with me, so I don't need to bother with it. Besides, Mrs. Fang is well-raised. What is your Highness doing to give the child to me? If Mrs. He's tricks are used, Mrs. Fang is smart, and I will take care of it." I'm afraid I'll lose my wife and lose my army."

Speaking of this, Yang finally stopped writing, looked at a poem he had copied, smiled very satisfied, and said in a low voice.

"As for this child, he is the best born by himself."

Hearing this, Yunrou smiled, "Isn't that right, how can there be any relatives born by myself, this month's side concubine, do you want to invite the imperial doctor to check the peace pulse?"

"Don't worry, time is still young, and it would be embarrassing to make a mistake." Concubine Yang said flatly.

Yunrou nodded and said nothing.

In the next six or seven days, Pei Yao didn't set foot in the backyard again.

I'm busy ahead.

The matter of the eldest prince's concealment and failure to report the disaster caused an uproar. After Prime Minister Li returned, he immediately delivered a letter to the eldest prince.

As expected of an old fox who has been up and down in officialdom for many years, Li Mu still has two brushes.

After his instruction, the eldest prince immediately sent back the urgent report, which described the disaster in a more detailed manner than the memorial presented by the officials from the Northern Region, as if he had spent a lot of thought and carefully investigated it. of.

Moreover, the first prince mentioned that he has already started to dispatch the local granary, opened the granary to release grain, and helped the victims.

With this letter, Emperor Chengjing regained his spirit.

Under the leadership of Li Mu's faction, it was said that the letter handed in earlier was ulterior motives, intended to separate the hearts of the monarch and his ministers, father and son, and so on.

At this time, Lu Chuan would naturally not move.

It was another game, and in the end the eldest prince took off the hat of concealing and not reporting the disaster, but the person who submitted the memorial was not punished by Emperor Chengjing.

Just when Li Mu, the first prince and others breathed a sigh of relief for the resolution of this matter, the second prince rushed to the disaster area in the north with another group of people.

The two brothers met, and the atmosphere was not bad.

One reason is that the first prince had already received a letter from Li Mu before, and he didn't have much hostility towards the second prince in his heart, and the second was because the second prince was very respectful to him, as if he had come to serve as his pawn.

During this period of time, the First Prince was also very tired. He had never been through such hardships. To be honest, he hadn't adapted to it at all. Now he disliked the environment of this disaster area very much.

Daqi's northern border is always dry and cold in winter, and it is even more so now that there is a drought. There are also plagues in several places, and there are victims everywhere, and the environment is even worse.

So after the second prince came, when he proposed to do something for him, he didn't even think about it, so he distributed some hard work.

For example, on-the-spot investigation of the situation of the victims, the degree of improvement of the disaster situation, and the estimated amount of food and medicine that the court will need to allocate, etc., most of which were handed over to the second prince.

The eldest prince himself sat in the station waiting for the news, and finally used his words and pens to make a report to the court.

Of course, he didn't forget to make a cake for the second prince, and said that he would give him credit in front of Emperor Chengjing when he returned to Beijing.

This is a good brother and a family.

The second prince naturally also thinks about the eldest prince, right?

So he mentioned Lin Shengshu, the father-in-law who worked as a servant in the Ministry of Households.

"Brother made a trip to the north and made a lot of hard work, but the crown prince is in charge of the logistics in Beijing. He has always been good at asking for credit and fame. His father's rewards are taken away by him. I'm afraid it won't be enough to reward elder brother for his hard work."

"Then in your opinion, what should I do?" The eldest prince asked back with a frown.

The second prince lowered his voice and said, "My younger brother's father-in-law works as the left servant in the household department. The elder brother knows that the transfer of money and food has been handed over to him by Shangshu Chen Sui. As far as I know, the prince may be rich. Suspected of private pockets."

"How dare he steal money and food for disaster relief?!" The eldest prince stared, "Such a big matter, why don't you write a letter to inform Father and punish him!"

Seeing that the eldest prince became agitated, the second prince hurriedly stopped him.

"Don't be impatient, brother, and listen to my brother."

After comforting him, the second prince lowered his voice and continued.

"In my opinion, instead of exposing him now, it's better to use his hand to put this money in his own pocket, and when the huge sum of money is pressed on his head in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be more oppressive?" For him, there is no place to turn over?"

Hearing what the second prince said, the eldest prince pursed his lips and frowned, and did not answer for a moment.

Naturally, he would not listen to the Second Prince's words so easily, not to mention that the matter was so important, he should ask Prime Minister Li in Beijing first before speaking.

So after a moment of silence, he waved his hands and said, "Father hates corruption the most. I can't do this. Don't mention it again. I just pretend I didn't hear it today."

Seeing what he said, the second prince's eyes flickered, he bowed his head in response, and silently exited the eldest prince's room.

Not long after he left, the eldest prince's servants went out, and not long after, two accompanying officials who were very close to the eldest prince came back with the servants and entered the room together.

What the eldest prince's thoughts are, there is no conclusion for a while, but in these six or seven days, a major event happened in the capital city.

Plague appeared in an abandoned Taoist temple on the outskirts of the city, which was temporarily used as a foothold by refugees fleeing from the north.

The reason for the discovery was that some sick victims went to the city to beg and died on the street.

(End of this chapter)