Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 402 Bad news

Ten days later, the notebook written by Cheng Yuanzheng was sent to Kyoto.The rain in Ling'an has stopped, and the flood has also tended to stop. Cheng Yuanzheng led the people to build the flood discharge channel according to the method agreed with Zhao Ying before. The people of Ling'an spontaneously searched for the whereabouts of Zhao Ying and Lu Ran, but there was no news after all. , Two people do not know whether they are alive or dead.

The emperor's face sank like water, and the memorial in his hand had been deformed by his pinching.Originally, he only wanted to train his prince, but he didn't expect such a result. Now Zhao Ying's life and death are uncertain, but being involved in such a big flood, the chance of surviving is probably very slim.Thinking of Zhao Ying's resolute face before leaving, the emperor's eyes couldn't help but get moist.

"Report to Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zheng has sent more people to Ling'an to search for the whereabouts of the third prince, and I hope His Majesty will take good care of the dragon's body!" The eunuch at the side said respectfully, with a bit of worry in his tone.

The emperor said in a deep voice: "Feng Cheng Yuanzheng is the governor of Ling'an County, and he will be fully responsible for the flood. As for the third prince, he must see people when he is alive, and corpses when he is dead!"

And in the General's Mansion at this time, Jing Ning also showed a bit of sadness on his face, is this really fate?What should come can't be avoided. She vaguely remembers Zhao Ying's upright figure before leaving, but at this time, that figure may never be seen again. Although she is already Xiao Lin's wife, she doesn't want to see it either. Until Zhao Ying ended up like this.

At this moment, Xiao Yuan's cheerful voice sounded: "Sister-in-law! My brother has sent a letter!"

Jing Ning was startled when she heard the sound, she quickly took the letter and read it carefully.It turns out that Xiao Lin can't return to Beijing right now. Although he won the battle, the remaining Qi army has not withdrawn. Instead, Li Shang presided over the confrontation with Zhao army, so he will stay at the border for a while, but it is estimated that he will not Another large-scale war broke out.

Jing Ning sighed slightly after reading it, feeling a little subtle in his heart, on the one hand, he was happy for Xiao Lin, but on the other hand, he was a little worried about Chen Zhi's situation, now that Qi State was defeated, and the second prince died on the battlefield , Emperor Qi is old, and there will be another bloody storm in the court of Qi State.

What Jing Ning thinks is right, there are indeed undercurrents everywhere in the current state of Qi, and all forces are ready to move, especially the few princes in the palace.The second prince used to act domineeringly and had his own power in the court. He was always over the heads of the princes, acting like a successor, so he was always resisted by the princes.

But at this time, the spearhead that could unite the princes disappeared, and everyone began to think about it separately.The first prince ran to the prime minister's house when he had nothing to do, the fourth prince was going to marry the eldest daughter of the Minister of War, the sixth prince was serving the emperor diligently every day, the seventh prince was still young, but his mother's family had He visited many princes and generals of Qi State.

Only the third prince and fifth prince Chen Zhi looked like they had nothing to do with them, looking very leisurely.

"Fifth brother has improved a lot in chess recently, I'm afraid I'm going to lose this game." The third prince smiled and looked at Chen Zhi who was opposite, his slender fingers casually dropped a piece on the board, quite like breaking a can. mean.

Chen Zhi laughed lightly when he heard this, and said, "Brother Huang let me go."

The third prince simply put down the chess piece in his hand, leaned to the side and looked at Chen Zhi in front of him.Chen Zhi was dressed in red, his black hair was casually tied with a red string at the back of his head, his charming peach eyes were innocent and pure, and the smile on his lips was also very warm.The third prince looked at himself, the emperor who was a little more beautiful than a woman, and was a little absent-minded for a moment.

"Brother Huang?" Chen Zhi raised his eyebrows, and swayed his slender fingers in front of the third prince.

The third prince came back to his senses, with a look of shock on his face, he restrained his expression and said: "Once the news of the second brother's death came, the others couldn't sit still. Right now, the threshold of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion is probably too high." It's going to be trampled to pieces." There was a bit of sarcasm in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled down slightly.

Chen Zhiwen's eyes flickered slightly, and the smile on his lips increased instead of diminishing.

"I'm afraid Father doesn't like them doing this."

The third prince nodded, with a look of deep approval.Indeed, the second prince has just left, but the princes did not show a little bit of sadness. Instead, they were all as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, as if they had caught up with some great good thing. The more ruthless they are in his eyes, so the third prince has almost stayed behind closed doors these days, and today he called Chen Zhi to play chess together because he couldn't get bored anymore.

"I don't know what the father thinks in his heart. The current chaos is really easy to shake people's hearts." The third prince's face was a little worried. There are undercurrents in Qi State, both internal and external, which is really worrying.

"Brother Huang, don't worry, Emperor Father is such a shrewd person, he must arrange it freely. You and I should enjoy some leisure time. When Emperor Father's order comes out, Brother Emperor may not have time to play chess." Chen Zhi smiled warmly, he picked up the flagon and drank while talking, his chic appearance made the third prince envious for a while.

In his eyes, Chen Zhi is just a child who hasn't grown up yet, a younger brother who needs his protection, not his own competitor, which makes him feel a little lucky, but fortunately, Chen Zhi is such a man who has nothing to contend with. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to feel the feelings between brothers.

"Fifth brother is right, no matter what, let's not get drunk with fifth brother today!" The third prince was infected by Chen Zhi's chicness, he smiled heartily, and drank wine on his own.

A bit of inexplicable color flashed in Chen Zhi's eyes. He was not as indifferent as he appeared on the surface, but he understood that if his behavior was too ostentatious at this time, it would inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of other princes. But it's very bad, so at such a sensitive juncture, the best way is to do nothing, keep a low profile, and use static braking as the best method.

Let a few of them fight to exhaustion first, so that they can benefit from it.Thinking of this, Chen Zhi couldn't help being dazed, and he didn't come back to his senses until the third prince called him.

"I just want to say to Brother Huang, if you are rich, don't forget each other!" Chen Zhi teased the third prince with a smile, and the third prince waved his hand with a very hearty smile.

"At that time, whatever Fifth Brother wants, just ask for it."

Chen Zhi showed a harmless smile, and continued to talk to the third prince with some irrelevant words. He suddenly became a little curious. If the third prince knew that the emperor he had always regarded as a child had such deep thoughts, what would he do? Thoughts?Chen Zhi imagined that scene, the smile on his lips deepened a bit, and a bit of mischief flashed in his eyes, he was really looking forward to it.

(End of this chapter)