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Chapter 1049
Chapter 49 Natural Disasters in the Northwest
After leaving the imperial garden, the fourth prince left the palace in a carriage.

The carriage passed through the bustling market in the capital. The fourth prince didn't know why, but he thought of He Lanshan again, thinking that she didn't know what efforts she was making to see Gu Liuyun at this moment.

After entering the palace, the fourth prince spent the next few days sending people to secretly investigate Gu Liuyun's affairs.

When he had just received the news about Gu Liuyun, before he had time to seriously discern and think about it, he suddenly heard something from his confidantes that made him laugh out loud.

"You said the third prince was really grounded?" The fourth prince stood up abruptly, unable to hide the happy expression on his face.

No wonder the figure of the third prince has not been seen in the court for the past two days. At first, he was still guessing the reason in his mind, thinking that it might be because the emperor was furious last time, and he got sick and recuperated at home, but he didn't expect that it was the result of being directly grounded .

"Your Highness, I heard that there has been movement in Dali Temple recently..." Although the door and window of the study room were closed, the confidant of the fourth prince approached him cautiously and spoke.

"What's the matter, tell me!" The fourth prince frowned, feeling a little anxious.

"Just yesterday, I heard that the emperor issued a secret edict to dismiss the official position of the Minister of Dali Temple and be replaced by the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. In addition, I heard that He Qinzheng was promoted as Shaoqing in an exceptional way."

Although his voice was not loud, the words clearly fell into the fourth prince's ears.

"He Qinzheng?" The fourth prince was taken aback, and he had to say that these two things shocked him.

He turned around and walked a few steps in the study with his hands behind his back. It turned out that the Dali Temple Minister was secretly assigned by the emperor to investigate Gu Liuyun's affairs, and the matter was leaked to the third prince. His relationship is not insignificant.

It's just that the fourth prince knew that if it was just a general investigation, the emperor would not be able to do this. The only possibility is that the emperor might have colluded with the sect of the third prince and Dali Temple, so he resigned in anger.

To him, this was a blessing from God, which was equivalent to removing a powerful arm of the third prince without any effort.

The fourth prince became happier the more he thought about it, thinking that he was really blessed by God this time, he didn't need to do anything, his father was already helping him clear up his dissidents.

But what the Fourth Prince didn't know at the moment was that the things that made him happier were yet to come.

Two days after hearing that the third prince had been placed under house arrest and that the Minister of Dali Temple had been dismissed, the emperor specially summoned him alone.

The huge palace was resplendent and majestic. After the four princes saluted, the emperor gave him a seat, and only the father and son spoke to each other.

"You already know about your third brother." The emperor asked in a low voice.

The fourth prince was startled, he didn't know why there was an invisible pressure in his heart, the last time the third prince was scolded by the emperor for saying something wrong was still vivid in his memory, he didn't dare to answer indiscriminately.

After a short thought, the fourth prince stabilized his mind, and replied with a calm smile, "Third brother hasn't been in court for the past few days. I heard that he is sick. It's just that I wanted to visit, so I learned that the third brother..."

"It's Zhen." Seeing that he spoke in an orderly manner, calmly and calmly, the emperor nodded in satisfaction, "It is indeed Zhen who put your third brother under house arrest."

"You were also at the scene that day. I believe you know what happened." The emperor asked again, and this time the fourth prince answered without any hesitation.

"Yes, my son understands." The fourth prince knew in his heart that in front of the emperor, blindly pretending to be stupid is not acceptable, and it would appear too dishonest. On the bright side, everyone of them knows it well, and he said It doesn't look good if you don't know.

The emperor was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and finally explained his purpose for calling him here today.

"Last time I learned from your third brother. I really don't trust them to handle this matter. I leave it to you to handle the matter of thorough investigation of General Ye. I hope you don't let me down!"

These words full of ardent hope made the fourth prince startled, he quickly got up from the chair, and suddenly knelt down on the main hall.

"My son should do his best, fulfill his mission, and live up to his father's entrustment!" The fourth prince kowtowed heavily on the ground, his heart full of joy and pride.

He thought it was another signal from the emperor that he would establish himself as the prince.

He secretly told himself in his heart that no matter what the purpose is this time, he must thoroughly investigate Gu Liuyun's affairs. If Gu Liuyun is innocent, he will definitely return his innocence. If he is guilty, he will definitely not show favoritism. fraud.

"Get up." With a satisfied smile on his face, the emperor came from behind the table to the front, pulled him up with his own hands, patted the fourth prince's hand lovingly with his generous palm, and his eyes were full of earnest hope.

Inside the hall was a scene of a loving father and son being filial. At this time, the father-in-law who was guarding the door and serving the emperor received an urgent report from the northwest.

The father-in-law didn't dare to open it, but he still asked the general who came to deliver the urgent report first.

"There was a severe drought in the Northwest, and the insect plagues reappeared. Many people were destitute. On the way here, I also saw victims who went south to save their lives."

It was the general who ran all the way in a hurry, and before he said a few words, he was panting and thirsty, and even wiped the sweat from his head.

He swallowed hard before continuing, "In order to stabilize the situation in the northwest, in case someone would take the opportunity to invade our border, the commander-in-chief has urgently seconded some gentry's food in the northwest, and used part of the military salary to buy food, cook porridge and distribute it to local victims."

"But the commander-in-chief reckons that going on like this is not a long-term solution, and this time the natural disaster is not small, so let me come back to meet the emperor in person and report the situation in the northwest truthfully."

Sure enough, it was an extremely urgent situation, and the situation of the military, the people and the disaster could not be ignored for a moment. Hearing the anxious tone of the general, the father-in-law became anxious in his heart.

He squeezed the memorial tightly with one hand, turned his head and glanced at the closed palace door, he thought that the fourth prince had been in for a long time, and he should have chatted with the emperor, so he asked the general to wait outside the door, and went in first up.

When he entered, he saw that the emperor had a smile on his face and was holding the fourth prince's hand. It seemed that he was in a good mood and that he had finished talking about important matters, so he quickly bowed and handed the memorial with both hands.

"My Majesty, this is an urgent memorial sent by Master Tao, the Northwest General Soldier, please take a look at it." He happened to be standing next to the Emperor, and the memorial he presented with both hands was within reach of the Emperor.

Seeing his anxious expression, the emperor was still a little curious before opening the memorial.

Some time ago, I heard that everything in the northwest was stable. Although there were occasional minor frictions with the Northwest States in the past ten years, there had been no large-scale conflicts or wars.

(End of this chapter)