After the prince's birthday, he once again devoted himself to busy government affairs. Since the beginning of June this year, heavy rains have fallen frequently in Huainan and other places, and the rivers have swelled.

Recently, there has been a lot of arguing between the DPRK and China over whether or not to allocate money to local prefectures. After the emperor sat firmly in the imperial case, he watched the ministers arguing in the court, and refused to express his position lightly.

The crown prince stood on top of His Majesty Dan, looked at the ministers under the rank with cold eyes, and remembered all the extraordinariness of the appearance.

The disputed part of the ministers of the DPRK and China lies in the fact that one side believes that at the beginning of the year, a special fund for the construction of water conservancy has been earmarked, and now it is still asking the imperial court to reach out, and it must be greedy for the previous money. The embankment that should have been repaired was not repaired, and when I saw that it was raining heavily, I panicked when it was about to cause a flood, and asked the court for money. You are beautiful, you must deal with this matter strictly, spit out the greedy money to me first, and then mention anything else.

On the other hand, the other side believes that the money allocated to the construction of water conservancy at the beginning of the year is not much, and Su Zhoucheng, who is still the secretary of the order, said sarcastically: "The little money given at the beginning of the year can simply make up for the 180-meter embankment, and you can also count on strengthening the embankment to prevent heavy flooding." ”

Besides, even if the money was greedy, the embankment was not repaired. At present, there is a hidden danger of flooding due to heavy rains in Huainan, so we should first allocate money to repair the embankment and pass through this year's rainy season, and then deal with corrupt officials.

Su Xiang glanced at Du Shilang, who disagreed with his political views, "I can't even tell which is more important, what face stands on the court, and what face does it have to the people of the world." ”

The prince silently praised his father-in-law in his heart, he stood firmly on his father-in-law's side.

Du Shilang, the younger brother of Du Guifei, the former right servant of Shangshu, was transferred to Menxia Province last year to serve as a menxia squire.

Cui Mao was killed due to illness, and Shen Congzhi, the original servant, took over as the secretary, and the position of the servant was temporarily vacant, and his position was shared by two servants.

This Du Shilang was severely suppressed by Su Zhoucheng in Shangshu Province before, and his rights were all hollowed out. Since he went to Menxia Province, he began to fight against Su Zhoucheng. In the political hall, as long as Su Zhoucheng agrees, he must oppose it.

"Huainan is thousands of miles away from the capital, how can you just rely on a few Taishou words." Du Shilang squinted at Su Zhoucheng, "In case the situation is exaggerated by people with ulterior motives, in an attempt to deceive the court and defraud money, hehe......"

The prince didn't like Du Shilang's smile, he pursed his lips and didn't make a sound.

The emperor was very satisfied that his son was not in a hurry to jump out to make a statement, and after the dispersal of the dynasty, he deliberately called the prince to him, and asked kindly: "Qilang, what do you think about the matter of Huainan?" ”

The prince thought for a moment, "Erchen thinks that Su Xiang's words are more reasonable. "He's not biased towards his father-in-law, he really thinks he has a point.

"Why is it reasonable?" The Emperor then asked again.

"The heavy rain in Huainan is the most urgent thing, and it can be postponed." According to the prince's thoughts, is this issue still being put in the court for so many days? Directly sent an angel to lead the troops to Huainan to press the money. If this is the case, the money will be transferred to the local guards, and they will come back after they have strengthened the embankment. If it's not true, just pull it back.

"What if Huainan's danger is made up?" The Emperor asked expressionlessly.

The prince suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled, "How so? Didn't the imperial history of Gangnam Province send a secret letter back to Daddy? ”

Emperor:...... This time he couldn't pretend anymore, he glared at his son, "The eyes are so sharp." Zhengse asked again: "What if the imperial history of Jiangnan Province is also in the same stream, and it is hidden from the king at the same time?" Or, the imperial history of Jiangnan Province did not send back the news in time, and you need to make a decision, what should you do? At this time, the emperor really taught the crown prince.

The prince lowered his eyes and thought for a while, "Daddy often teaches his sons and ministers to put the people first, and if it is not determined that the Taishou in Huainan and other places will jointly bully the king, the money for the construction of the river embankment still needs to be allocated." ”

The emperor touched his beard and nodded, "Yes, everything has a light and a heavy, as a monarch, it is necessary to clarify the priorities and make trade-offs." ”

The crown prince bowed his head and stood solemnly, "Erchen understands. ”

The son had a good attitude towards teaching, and the emperor was very pleased, and said gently: "Qilang, come and sit." He also wanted to hear his son's thoughts on what happened next.

When the emperor used the affairs of the court and China to teach and hone the crown prince, Su Yan was very happy. Since that day, she got the emperor's promise, so she happily went to the library every day to find books, and then took them back to Jiuqu Palace to read.

On this day, she took the palace people as usual, selected more than a dozen books in the library, happily took people out of the library, and suddenly found a thin and small figure, hiding behind a tree, secretly looking this way.

"Twelve?" Su Yan recognized at a glance who the thin figure was.

The moment the Twelve Princes were discovered, they quietly shrank back, and looked at Su Yan with big dark eyes with a little panic.

She smiled and beckoned to the Twelve Princes, "Twelve, come here." ”

The first reaction of the Twelve Princes was to turn around and want to run, but they rubbed their toes hesitantly, and then slowly rubbed out from behind the tree, and said in a small voice: "I've seen the crown princess." ”

Su Yan stretched out his hand to pull him up, took a handkerchief and gently wiped his dirty little face, and said with a smile: "Just call me the seventh sister-in-law." She just didn't see the twelve princes' torn robes and the redness and swelling at the corners of their mouths, but asked with a gentle smile: "Twelve Lang, is there something wrong for a while, can you do the seventh sister-in-law a favor?" ”

The Twelfth Prince shook his head vigorously and replied in a small voice, "It's okay." ”

Su Yan touched his head and grabbed the shrunken little hand, "Let's go back to Jiuqu Palace first." ”

"Search, he must be hiding around here." An arrogant children's voice sounded along with the sound of noisy footsteps.

"Yes, search!"

Su Yan found that the little hand held by the Twelve Princes tightened slightly, and the whole person shrank behind her. She simply stopped and instructed the palace people around her, "Go and see who is coming." ”

The palace people took the order, and after a while, they came over with a string of small tails. When the little tails saw Su Yan, they all lowered their heads and saluted unevenly, "I've seen the crown princess." ”

"No need to be polite." Su Yan's gaze swept over the few little princes in front of him, and Ling Zheng secretly stared at the twelve princes with his eyes, and they all shrank their heads, before they smiled: "Just call me the seventh sister-in-law in the future." ”

The youngest thirteenth prince raised his little face with baby fat, and called out with a smile, "Seventh sister-in-law." "The crisp children's voice, showing a cute smile of wine vortex, makes people's hearts soft.

The mother of the thirteen princes came from the Shen family in Kyoto, and was selected into the palace for her beauty, and she has always been very popular with the emperor. When she first entered the palace, she was named Jieyu, and after giving birth to the thirteen princes, she was immediately promoted to one of the nine concubines.

Because of his mother, the thirteen princes were very fond of the emperor among the young princes, and they saw the emperor more often. Children who have been pampered since childhood are generally very courageous. He took a few steps forward, tilted his little head and asked curiously, "Seventh sister-in-law, where are you going to take the twelfth brother?" We still have classes. ”

Su Yan looked at the thirteenth prince's dark round eyes funny, half-bent down, and nodded his little nose, "I'm going to ask Twelve Lang to do me a favor, so I forgot that you still have to go to Hongwen Hall to study, thank you Thirteen Lang for reminding me." With that, she straightened up and ordered, "Li Ping, you go to the Hongwen Pavilion to take a leave of absence for Shishilang, and then ask Mr. clearly what article he wants to teach today." ”

"Yes." Li Ping responded respectfully, turned around and left.

Su Yan touched the twelve princes who had been hanging their heads, and said softly: "Don't worry, Twelve Lang, the seventh sister-in-law will teach you the lesson you left behind today." ”

The eyes of the little princes on the side lit up, not only can they not go to class openly, but they can also go to Jiuqu Palace to play, uh, no, it's a help for the princess. How could this kind of good thing fall on the twelve, they looked at the eyes of the twelve princes, full of malice, so that the twelve princes unconsciously shrank behind Su Yan.

Seeing this, Su Yan stretched out his hand and patted the back of the twelve princes, and said to the little princes with a smile: "I don't know how many younger brothers, would you like to help the seventh sister-in-law together?" ”

"Okay."

"Yes."

Several little princes nodded one after another, and the thirteenth prince still had the courage to come to Su Yan's side, take her hand, and by the way, squeeze the twelve princes away from Su Yan, raised their little faces, and sternly promised: "Seventh sister-in-law, I will definitely be very serious." ”

The Twelve Princes were squeezed away, and they didn't dare to return to Su Yan's side, and even felt that they had shrunk back. Taking advantage of Su Yan's inattention, the Nine Emperor Princes glared at him viciously, and hinted with his mouth, "You are not allowed to go to Jiuqu Palace." ”

The Twelve Princes shrank down, bit their lower lipes, and were very reluctant to leave Su Yan. The taste of the bowl of longevity that the seventh sister-in-law ordered to serve him before was still lingering in his heart, and now the seventh sister-in-law wants someone to help, even if he is beaten by the ninth brother and them a few times, he will go.

Su Yan asked someone to ask for leave for a few princes, and then stopped the twelve princes and the thirteenth princes, and said with a gentle smile: "Okay, let's go." ”

The thirteenth prince pursed his lips and was very unhappy. It's good that the seventh sister-in-law is holding him alone, why do you have to hold twelve. With a look full of malice, he looked at the Twelve Princes. You are so uninteresting, waiting to come out of the Jiuqu Palace, and then let someone clean you up.

Su Yan's Zhai car stopped at the gate of Changle Palace, she led the two little princes into the car, and ordered the guards to take the rest of the princes before ordering people to open the way and slowly go to Jiuqu Palace.