Helian Yanran looked at Bai Sheng's departing cheerful back, thoughtful. Yanbo looked like he wanted to talk and stopped.

"What's wrong?" asked Helian Yanran.

"Yuan Niang, in fact, His Royal Highness the Twelfth is quite good...... Yanbo tried to squeeze out a smile and said.

"So what? What do you want to say?" Helian Yanran raised her eyebrows slightly and asked.

"His Royal Highness the Twelfth is handsome, and now he has a heart for Yuan Niang. If Yuan Niang is also interested in him, it is better to ......"

"Why don't you really do it?" Helian glanced at her and said, "In this case, I will not mention it again in the future." ”

Yanbo rarely heard Helian Yanran's stern tone, and hurriedly knelt down to admit his mistake: "Yanbo knows his mistake, please punish Yuan Niang." ”

"Your Highness and I are just cooperating with each other and taking what we need. What really moved Zero's mind was the benefits I could bring to him. His Royal Highness is a wise man, and he will not easily give birth to any love between men and women. And I, a person with a dead heart, how can I be interested in anyone? From now on, you just have to do what you have to do, and you don't have to worry too much about the others. ”

"Yanbo strictly obeys the teachings of Yuan Niang. Yanbo looked at the girl in front of him, and tightened his eyebrows, but he didn't say more.

Bai Sheng took the two guards given by the emperor to the Hubu Yamen again.

When the porter saw him coming again, he passed on the message with a smiling face. The head of the household department led the official office up and down to greet him. Bai Sheng walked in front with his hands, entered the signing room with a familiar car, and sat down on the official hat chair behind the table with a big grin, with a gentle smile on his face, which made the head of the household department feel cold on his back.

"Chen Shangshu, why have you been standing? Sit down, sit down. Bai Sheng greeted warmly, without the slightest consciousness of being a guest, as if he was the master here.

"In front of His Highness, there is a place for the lower officials to sit. It's good for the lower officials to stand, it's good to stand. Chen Shangshu felt that today's Twelve Princes were inexplicably a little terrifying, don't just dig some pit and wait for yourself to jump in, right? The more I thought about it, the more Chen Shangshu felt that there was such a possibility, and stood more straight.

Bai Sheng showed a smile that he thought was quite kind, and said, "Chen Shangshu is my minister of Dayue, let you stand like this, how can I sit steadily? Forget it, I will stand with Chen Gong." He really stood up as he spoke.

Where can Chen Shangshu let the twelve princes stand with him, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please sit down." The lower official will sit down here, and this will sit down. As he spoke, he moved a circle chair and sat down opposite Bai Sheng.

Bai Sheng also sat down, just looking at him and laughing, laughing so much that Chen Shangshu's heart was furious. After a long time, Chen Shangshu couldn't stand it anymore, and took the lead in breaking the silence: "Your Highness, about the disaster relief silver ...... matter."

"Chen Gong is doing things according to the rules, I understand. There are no rules, there is no circle, everything is in accordance with the regulations of the household department, how to come, no hurry. Bai Sheng said with a smile.

Chen Shangshu couldn't help but wonder how today's Twelve Princes became so easy to talk to. Although he didn't get angry openly in the first two days, anyone could see that he was not happy. Chen Shangshu couldn't figure out what Bai Sheng's idea was, so he had to respond with a smile: "Your Highness is so sensible, which makes your subordinates admire." ”

Bai Sheng nodded and said, "The flood in Wanhuai Mansion this time is quite serious. As a result, many farmlands were submerged, houses collapsed, and many people were killed or injured. It is also miserable, the fields are gone, the grain is not harvested, the houses are collapsed, there is no place to live, the injured have no money to see a doctor and no medicinal materials to treat, and even their lives are about to be lost. How can the people of Anhui live their lives? Bai Sheng's face showed compassion.

Chen Shangshu hurriedly answered: "What His Highness said is extremely true. The lower officials are also well aware of the suffering of the people of Anhui and Huai, and always remember the matter of disaster relief and silver. However, the number is huge, and I really dare not have any mistakes. The people under him are not doing well, and the subordinates are also very troublesome. I can only ask Your Highness to wait, wait. Chen Shangshu didn't want to deliberately embarrass Bai Sheng, but he was forced by the pressure of the fifth prince and the sixth prince respectively. He had no intention of getting involved in the partisan strife among the princes, but he also had to give some face. Naturally, the matter of disaster relief should not be sloppy, and he knew how much of a temper the emperor had lost his temper because of this, and the lump on his forehead had not completely disappeared, so how could he turn his head and forget this lesson? He had already prepared silver taels, and only waited for the day before the departure of the twelve princes to offer them. In this way, the explanation of the two princes was completed, and the business of the court was not delayed. Even if the emperor knows, he won't be too harsh on him.

"Chen Gong doesn't have to be nervous. Bai Sheng comforted, "I'm just sighing." Besides, Duke Chen also knows my quasi-princess, the current county lord of Wenxi. Those on the side dare not say that there is really no shortage of money. It's a big deal, let her go out for the court first. ”

The county lord of Wenxi is a new upstart at the moment, and this letter is worth 300,000 taels of silver, 4,000 stones of grain, and hundreds of carts of medicinal materials. Looking at the twelve princes and the honorable little faces, Chen Shangshu was very disdainful in his heart, but he had to flatter: "Your Royal Highness and the county lord Gao Yi will definitely achieve a good story." ”

Bai Sheng took out a piece of paper full of words from his sleeve, and suddenly changed his words: "However, the imperial court has already promised to allocate 400,000 taels, and if you say it, you can't break your word, otherwise how can you win the trust of the people in the future? I have here a note stating that because the household department was unable to raise two taels of silver, he borrowed 300,000 taels from the Helian clan and returned it the next day. I also bothered Chen Gong to sign it. The county lord of Wenxi can send an order to transfer the silver taels today. ”

After Bai Sheng finished speaking, he handed the note to Chen Shangshu, who took it, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he felt. He finally understood where the unease was coming from. The Twelve Princes came prepared, and they were extremely well prepared. If he signs this note, he will lose the face of the household and even the entire court, and once the emperor knows about it, he will never let him go easily.

"Xia Guan greatly admired the county lord Wenxi's move to share the country's worries, but he had already asked the county lord to give out a lot of money and goods, and it was not good to borrow so many silver taels. The lower official is already supervising this matter, and he will not delay His Highness's departure. Chen Shangshu immediately said.

Bai Sheng listened to it but looked serious: "Chen Gong's words are wrong. The disaster relief matter is urgent, and according to the current progress of the household department, it is uncertain when the arrears will be paid. I can't afford to take that risk. Chen Gong should sign it quickly. ”

"Your Highness, this is not necessary......" Chen Shangshu wanted to say something. Bai Sheng glanced at the guards on both sides. The two understood, one stepped forward and pressed Chen Shangshu firmly on the chair to make him unable to move, and the other took cinnabar, grabbed Chen Shangshu's hand and dipped it, lifted it and pressed it on the note. The speed of the movement made Chen Shangshu react for a while.