Princess Anning's recruitment of horses ended quietly.

It is a matter of royal face, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace dare not discuss it openly, but they inevitably want to mumble a few words in private. Such as "This Xu Zhuangyuan is so stupid that he let go of a great opportunity to ascend to the sky", "Princess An Ning is really in love with Xu Zhuangyuan", "Concubine Xian Niangniang was angrily reprimanded by the emperor and lost face, and the people in Changle Palace will be unlucky".

And so on and so forth.

Princess An Ning was not well from her illness, and after this incident, she was even more bedridden.

Queen Ye pretended to visit the sick twice, showing worry and concern, but her heart was very happy.

She and Concubine Ji Xian have been fighting openly and secretly for many years, and King Qin is famous and the most saintly, comparing the crown prince Murong Yang, who is the prince, to the gloom. Princess An Ning is the emperor's youngest daughter, and the emperor has always loved Princess An Ning. Although she is the lord of the six palaces, Concubine Ji Xian has gained a firm foothold in the palace with a son and a daughter, and has become her confidant.

Every time she thought of Concubine Ji Xian's mother and son, she gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart.

This time, Princess An Ning was rejected for marriage, and Concubine Ji Xian was angrily scolded by the emperor again, which can be said to be a clean loss of face. How could Queen Ye be unhappy?

Chen Yuanzhao is the aunt and nephew of Queen Ye, and Xu Zheng is Chen Yuanzhao's uncle, so Xu Zheng can be regarded as a member of the prince's faction.

Empress Ye privately summoned the prince into the palace and told the prince to take good care of Xu Zheng: "Concubine Ji Xian is narrow-minded and must compare, and she will never let go of Xu Zheng in the future." If she wants to deal with Xu Zheng, we will do the opposite. Secretly keep Xu Zheng. ”

Don't say anything else, it's good to keep Xu Zheng to add blockage to Concubine Ji Xian and King Qin!

The prince also felt that this matter was wonderful, and nodded happily: "This matter will be handed over to the son." ”

Empress Ye smiled and nodded. He said in a low voice: "King Qin is the best at figuring out the holy will to do what he likes, although you are the prince, in the heart of your father, you may not be as good as King Qin." In the future, act more according to the wishes of your father. ”

Speaking of King Qin, the smile on the prince's face narrowed a little, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the queen mother, the son knows what to do." ”

Dayan's world is his, and it is simply wishful thinking that King Qin wants to compete with him for the throne!

The emperor sat in the Chongzheng Palace. He looked at the fold with a calm face.

The several eunuchs who were waiting on the side all knew that the emperor was in a bad mood these days, and they stood tremblingly, and no one dared to make the slightest movement at this time. lest they be angered.

There was silence in the Chongzheng Palace. There was only the sound of the emperor flipping and folding.

"Bastard!" The emperor didn't know which one he saw. Throwing the fold to the ground with a snap, Tie Qing with an angry face: "A bunch of bastard things!" ”

Several eunuchs looked at each other, and no one dared to comfort the emperor in anger.

The emperor's chest rose and fell sharply a few times, and his eyes were full of anger: "Someone is coming." Go and summon King Qin! After a pause, he said, "Summoning the prince too!" ”

Immediately someone was ordered to retreat.

The king of Qin led the errand of the household. At this time, it must be in the household department, and it will take at least half an hour to go back and forth. The prince entered the palace to visit Queen Ye today, and he was in Yanfu Palace, but he came soon.

The prince entered the Chongzheng Palace, his eyes swept away, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

A piece of music was thrown on the ground, and the emperor's face was gloomy and ugly.

I don't know what kind of twist and turn it was, but it made the emperor angry!

"Erchen has seen his father!" The prince respectfully greeted. He asked with concern: "I don't know why my father is angry?" ”

There was still anger in the emperor's voice: "You pick it up and take a look." ”

The prince took the order and squatted down. Pick up the fold. Then I looked at it, and the more I looked at it, the more frightened I became, and my expression gradually became solemn.

After a while, the emperor asked coldly: "Have you ever heard of this before?" ”

The crown prince replied: "Back to my father, the ministers don't know about these things. Erchen only knew that there was a drought in Shandong, and the political envoy of Shandong asked the court for disaster relief, and his father ordered the household department to allocate money and grain, and Shandong had silver and grain relief, and there was no starvation to death, and the disaster situation was basically stabilized."

"Steady?" The emperor sneered: "I also thought that the disaster situation had stabilized." But look at the folds of the joint book written by these local people in Shandong, what is written on it! ”

"Most of the money allocated by the imperial court was embezzled, and the food for disaster relief was not new grain or grain for the next year, but old grain that had been moldy and spoiled for many years. In this way, many people were starved to death without food. In order to escape the famine, the people left their hometowns and left their homes. For a mouthful of food, he is willing to sell his sons and daughters. There was even a tragedy of changing children and eating them. Hunger is everywhere, and it is miserable. ”

The emperor's tone gradually became excited, containing terrifying anger: "I have succeeded to the throne for more than 20 years, and I dare not say that I am a wise ruler of the world, at least not a mediocre and useless emperor. Nothing like this has ever happened! Now that there are even tragic things like cannibalism, I can really 'live forever'! ”

Speaking of the last sentence, the emperor gritted his teeth, and the green tendons on his forehead were exposed, obviously extremely angry.

The prince's heart was pounding when he heard this.

No wonder the emperor is so angry! It turned out that the disaster in Shandong was already so serious.

These Shandong officials are also bold and reckless, and they are just greedy for ink on weekdays, and even dare to be greedy for money and food for disaster relief. Now that things have come to this point, under the emperor's thunderous anger, I don't know how many officials will fall to the ground!

The prince was shocked, but he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart.

The Ministry of Households is responsible for allocating money and grain for disaster relief. The person in charge of the household department is the King of Qin, and the King of Qin is absolutely inseparable from this matter

The prince's mind was racing, and he said: "Please also ask my father to calm his anger, don't be angry with the dragon body because of this matter." ”

"How can I calm my anger!" The emperor said coldly: "This matter has always been the responsibility of King Qin, I have to ask King Qin in person today whether he knows these things!" ”

The crown prince pretended to intercede for King Qin: "The third brother has always been shrewd and careful in his work, and this time he must have been deceived by the officials below to make such a big deal." ”

The crown prince seemed to intercede for King Qin, but in fact he did not have any good intentions. The household department is in charge of the imperial court's tax money and grain, and since the king of Qin took over the household department, the household department has been operating without leakage, and the prince wants to insert people into it, but he has not succeeded.

Now that there is such a mistake, of course the prince will not let go of the good opportunity to fall into the well. First cut off King Qin's wings in the household department, and when the household department vacated the vacant seats, it would be much more convenient to install his own manpower.

The emperor snorted coldly: "You don't have to intercede for him." When he comes, I'm going to ask for clarity! (To be continued......)

PS: The battle for the throne has officially begun, and the following will be the most exciting and climactic part of the book. Two shifts a day, one shift of 2,000 words. Everyone sees the highlights, don't complain about being slower and less. Because I want to write wonderful, I can only write ~O(∩_∩)O~ carefully and slowly