In the end, each of the three parties sent an official to Wanzhou.

Along the way, the closer to Wanzhou, the more bleak and bleak it became. Corpses littered both sides of the official road, and the victims who were lucky enough to be alive were also scrawny and faltering. The bark and grass roots of the trees have been dug up, and as far as the eye can see, all the barren mountains are bare and lifeless, and the people who watch are terrified.

This situation and this scene made the disaster relief officials ready for the worst.

However, after actually entering the boundary of Wanzhou, the situation here is better than the places along the way.

Although there are countless refugees gathered in Wanzhou City, they are ragged and unkempt, but their eyes are bright, and there is no despair of falling into death.

The disaster relief officials were puzzled, and the victims looked at them as if they were looking at a god on high, pious and reverent.

"W-what's going on?" Shen Zhao couldn't help but touch his face, why did these refugees look at him like this?

Shen Zhao is a third-grade official and a supporter of the second prince. Although the Shen family is not a wealthy family, it is also a scholarly family. Shen Zhao was sent to leave Beijing as an official in the early years, and he also dealt with the people, but at that time, the eyes of the people were more full of fear and trembling.

The first time he was looked at with such trusting eyes was an experience that Shen Zhao had never had for many years as an official.

"Send someone to check the current situation of this Wanzhou City!" Shen Zhao instructed his entourage.

The retinue soon returned, and it was not difficult to inquire about it.

"Someone has already taken a step forward in Wanzhou to give soup for disaster relief? Purple Cloud Villa? Shen Zhao pondered silently for a moment in his heart, "This name sounds like a force in the rivers and lakes?" ”

"This ......," the entourage looked embarrassed, "the subordinates are going to ask again?" ”

Shen Zhao paused, "No need! Since it is a disaster relief and there is no conflict with us, don't worry about it! ”

Perhaps because of the leading role of Ziyun Villa, the wealthy families in Wanzhou City have more or less built soup kitchens, with them as the foundation, as soon as the disaster relief money and food of the imperial court arrived, they were arranged step by step, and everything went very smoothly.

The people who had thought of fleeing in the direction of the capital heard about the gloomy situation outside the city, and they were reluctant to leave.

The situation in Wanzhou quickly stabilized.

The three officials restrained each other and kept a close eye on each other, but let the money and grain allocated by the imperial court be used for the reconstruction and restoration of Wanzhou to the greatest extent.

King Cheng and the others received the news from their own people from Wanzhou, knowing that it was really impossible for the disaster relief money to fall into their own hands, so they finally gave up and refocused their attention on the struggle for power in the court.

In the early years, the eldest prince and the second prince made a fuss in order to compete for the position of the crown prince, and their heads were bleeding, but before the day they could canonize the prince, the emperor died.

Although they tried their best to hide the news of the emperor's death, they all knew that the emperor was gone, and the crown prince was like chicken ribs, and there was no longer any interest in them to compete for.

Now, they are fighting for the throne and the dragon chair.

King Cheng's sudden addition really caught the two princes off guard, and after a vicious fight, each other's forces were lost.

The three forces were evenly matched, and they reached a stalemate for a while, but the emperor's death could not be concealed for too long!

In this situation, the staff of the eldest prince suddenly proposed, "Although the position of the crown prince is like a chicken rib, it is also difficult to fight for it, and the second prince and King Cheng will not easily let His Royal Highness become the crown prince." However, the position of the prince is much simpler! ”