Heavy rain began to fall at that time, and the thunder rolled up the heavy clouds and slowly covered the entire capital.

Some of the courtiers came early, so they hid under the eaves outside the palace gate to avoid the rain. The lanterns carried by the people were blown around by the strong wind, and finally they were lit up by a flash of lightning in the sky.

"Have you heard, there was water in the palace yesterday."

"Oh? Which temple? Didn't burn any important people, did you? ”

"Which one else is the one who is in the limelight in front of you."

"Oh," the listener immediately became interested, glanced left and right, bent down to the person, and asked in a suppressed voice, "What about that lady?" Something's okay? ”

"The news hasn't come out, but if you think about it, last night wasn't a dry solar term, and everything that could be burned in the palace was very close, so why did she just walk there. I'm looking at it, it's ten likely...... It was the one who did it. As he spoke, he pointed inside the palace walls.

The two looked at each other, and each understood who he was referring to.

"Adults have been waiting for a long time." Father-in-law Qing suddenly appeared, and the startled two hurriedly took a step back to the side and stood with a few other people.

"This rain is coming quickly, please go to the Siyang Hall for a while, and then go to the main hall when the time comes."

"It's still proper to celebrate father-in-law." A few people praised a few words, and a eunuch came with an umbrella to bring people in one by one.

Gonggong Qing only stayed at the end, looked at the people who were still talking about Concubine Rong just now, and silently wrote down their names.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, but there is a faint momentum that cannot be stopped. Although none of the courtiers were late, when everyone came in, the sleeves and corners of their clothes were wet, and the main hall was also wet with rain.

Emperor Wen came as usual, and after sitting down, he glanced down: "What about the third prince." ”

On the side, a little eunuch ran to Gonggong Qing with his head hanging down, handed him a note, Gonggong Qing glanced at it, leaned over and whispered to Emperor Wen: "The note handed by the people in the palace of the Third Highness said that His Royal Highness had a cold last night, and he burned up this morning, and now he is still sick in bed, and he really can't get up." ”

Emperor Wen responded, and his eyes fell on Zhou Jin.

"Fourth."

"The son is here." Zhou Jin took a step forward.

"It's raining so hard, so I don't have a wound."

"It's okay, please rest assured."

Seeing that Emperor Wen cared so much about Zhou Jin, the second prince was a little unhappy, he had always resonated with the prince in this matter, so he glanced over there.

I didn't get a reply.

The prince lowered his head and pestle there, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Ahem." The second prince coughed lowly, thinking that you should be able to hear it now, but the prince still ignored him. The second prince came up and took a step to the side, but before he could talk to the prince, he scolded:

"Dick! What are you doing! The court is not honest! Is there anything to be handed over? ”

"Uh...... Erchen ......, "The second prince didn't understand where Emperor Wen suddenly got such a big temper on himself, wasn't he just good to Zhou Jin?" "Erchen...... It's just that the prince's clothes are wet, so I want to care about it. ”

"Heh, care about other people's kung fu and do your own things well first. How's the errand you were doing? ”

"Still ...... It's still a work in progress. ”

This answer obviously did not satisfy Emperor Wen: "Useless things." ”

The second prince was scolded for no reason, standing there and looking up and down left and right, I don't understand, what's wrong today, why is everyone not right?

Unbeknownst to me, it was just a little wind that was wrong that morning, and a bigger rainstorm had gathered and was faintly ready to start.

The rain was not as many people imagined, it was just a brief rainstorm that has been uninterrupted since the beginning of the day. The rainfall was so heavy that officials from the Ministry of Industry had already begun preparations to strengthen the embankments on both sides of the river.

As a result, before the embankment could be reinforced, the bridge over there suddenly collapsed.

When Emperor Wen received the fold from the place, he threw it to the ground. The bridge collapsed, and eleven people fell into the raging river, their lives unknown.

"Just let the rain pour for a day, and the bridge collapsed? Are you kidding me? ”

"The old minister doesn't dare." The Ministry of Industry Shangshu knelt there, wiping his sweat anxiously.

"When was the bridge built, and who did the errands."

Emperor Wen's tone was very calm, and the meaning of his words was to investigate the matter to the end.

Heavy rain is a natural disaster, but the collapse of a bridge is **. Originally, there was a danger that the embankment might burst due to this rain, and the Ministry of Engineering had sent people to reinforce it overnight, but there was no accident on that side, and eleven people died here. If the rain doesn't stop, and then it affects the grain crops, what, is it for me to make a sinful edict!

"Yes...... Two years ago, sponsored by the Ministry of Industry, too ...... Overseer of the Prince. ”

The matter was so big that the Ministry of Industry did not dare to take over the matter by himself, and the prince was in front of him, so he didn't rush up to work hard without the Ministry of Labor. What's more, he is not the prince's person.

sold the prince, and the Ministry of Industry knelt there and waited for Emperor Wen to get angry.

The result was a dead silence.

The Ministry of Works' inner uneasiness became heavier and heavier, and finally heard the voice squeezed out of Emperor Wen's teeth: "This is not a thing." ”

It's only been two years since the normal bridge was built, and no matter how heavy the rain is now, it can't be overwhelmed overnight, so it's obvious that there's something wrong with it. Prince...... With so much money in his hand, he is even greedy for this kind of silver.

Well, that's good.

"Someone, bring the prince to me."

The meaning of these three words is a bit unclear, and when used on others, it is basically a bundled treatment, but it is used on the prince......

The leader of the Praetorian Guard received the order and quietly glanced at Gonggong Qing, and Gonggong Qing sent the little eunuch on the side to tell someone: Just bring it well.

Zhou Zhao sat in his room with a pale face, with a pile of wine jars at his feet: "Did he summon the prince?" ”

"Yes, I heard that the emperor is very angry."

"Well," he rubbed the corners of his eyes, and then sneered twice: "It's not enough, to deal with the prince, such a little bit of a door is not enough, don't look angry now, he hurts him." The more he talked, the more ruthless he became, and finally gritted his teeth, "There are so many of us, we can't afford a prince!" ”

The subordinates saw that the third prince already had a faintly crazy appearance, but he didn't dare to say a word.

Since hearing the news that Concubine Rong was burned to death in the palace, the third prince has become what he is now, his usual mildness and elegance have been swept away, he is drunk and violent, and he is more like his father, the moody emperor who sits high on the dragon chair.

He was drunk, but his mind was unusually clear. The resentment of the love xù sustained him from falling, but he had already collapsed.

"Did someone send it to the prince?"

"Yes, in the afternoon, the prince has secretly sent someone to arrange her to live in Xixiang Hutong."

"Good, good." Zhou Zhao picked up the wine jar on the side, raised his head and took a big sip, the wine flowed down his neck, he was drunk and laughed. (To be continued.) )