Under the strict defense of Xiao Hao and Hang Yidong, Ning Junqi did not find another opportunity to deal with them.

Except for the occasional run on Ning Junqi by the prince's faction in the early dynasty, everything else is normal, although they have no way to fight back against Ning Junqi's previous vicious actions, it doesn't mean that they can't "kindly" point out Ning Junqi's mistakes in front of their father.

The days passed peacefully, and in a blink of an eye it came to July.

During this period of time, the prince married the daughter of the left governor of the Inspectorate, Lord Yu Shitang, and Ning Junqi also married the daughter of the squire of the military department and Song Tinghe at the same time.

However, the newly promoted third princess looked down on Song Tinghe's status as a peasant girl very much, and squeezed her everywhere, and the three princes also spent a lot of effort to stabilize the relationship between the two, but let the prince watch a good show.

Night, study.

Ning Junqi looked at the latest news on the table, the corners of his mouth hooked up a slight arc, he looked like he was smiling, and his eyes were vicious.

A plan emerged in Ning Junqi's mind.

On the second day, the morning pilgrimage.

The emperor has been a little emaciated recently, and he has been covering his mouth with a bright yellow handkerchief and coughing in a muffled voice.

The big eunuch on the side was extremely worried, and wanted to step forward to check on the emperor's situation, but was restrained by the emperor with a look.

The big eunuch had no choice but to say to the ministers below: "There is a book, and there is nothing to retreat from." ”

As soon as the words fell, a courtier stood up from the neat queue: "Weichen has something to play." ”

"This year's rainy season is too long, and the rainfall is more than in previous years, especially in the Jiangnan area, Weichen just received news yesterday that some coastal areas in the south of the Yangtze River have been flooded, countless houses have been damaged, and the people have also suffered many casualties, please Your Majesty send people to Jiangnan for disaster relief."

When the emperor heard the minister's words, his brows furrowed unconsciously, what happened this year? Now it's a drought, and now it's a flood, is it because I, the emperor, am not qualified to do it, so God has punished him?

Taking advantage of the emperor's pondering moment, Ning Junqi gave the officials of his faction a look, and the man instantly understood, and took a few steps forward and said: "Your Majesty, there is a candidate here in Weichen, that is, Lord Qin of the household department, he has experience in disaster relief before, if he is sent there, he will definitely be able to end the disaster as soon as possible." ”

The Emperor listened to him and stroked his gray beard, as if considering the feasibility of this matter.

The crown prince frowned slightly, this Lord Qin he had heard of it before, he was a subordinate of the second prince before, a few years ago because of famine, he went to the west for disaster relief, and the task seemed to be completed beautifully, but the most people died in the western region.

And after the fall of Erhuangzi, this Lord Qin turned his head and entered Ning Junqi's camp, what was Ning Junqi's intention in sending this person? But no matter what the hell he was doing, he couldn't let Ning Junqi get his wish.

At this time, Hang Yixuan and Xiao Hao, who were standing in the main hall, glanced at each other without a trace, only to see Hang Yixuan gently shake his head at this Xiao Hao, and Xiao Hao's eyes immediately became solemn.

The crown prince glanced at Xiao Hao, who was looking at him firmly, and made up his mind, so he said respectfully to the emperor: "Father, the sons and daughters think that this matter can be handed over to Commander Xiao, the situation in the northwest was so bad at the beginning, Commander Xiao and Mrs. Xiaohua took a few months to solve the matter perfectly, I believe that he will be able to handle the flood better." ”

As soon as the prince's voice fell, he heard the courtier who recommended Lord Qin retort: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't say that, Lord Qin has had experience in disaster relief before, and as far as I know, Commander Xiao has only completed the credit of repelling Beimu now, and has not provided disaster relief at all. The emperor, Weichen still recommends Lord Xiao. ”

The prince snorted coldly: "Lord Lian, are you born to know that you can read and write without going to school?" I don't think so, right? You say every day that the younger generation of officials are unreliable, but if you don't even give us young people this opportunity to grow, how can they grow to the height that you recognize? ”

"Or is all this just an excuse for you not to want Commander Xiao to go to Jiangnan for disaster relief? Could it be that Jiangnan has some ulterior secrets? ”

After such a series of questions from the crown prince, Lord Nalian was full of anger and said loudly: "Your Royal Highness the prince, do you think that the lives of the people and the land of Dayong are used for experiments by young officials?" You don't have the people in mind at all! ”

The two became more and more tense, and when the emperor saw this, he patted his dragon chair fiercely, and then held the handle of the dragon chair with one hand and covered his mouth and nose with the other, wanting to cover up a series of coughing sounds from his throat, and the big eunuch hurriedly went up to support the emperor.

There was a commotion among the ministers below.

The crown prince no longer confronted Lord Lian, and looked at the emperor in the high place worriedly: "Father, the emperor ......"

The emperor propped himself up, pushed away the support of the big eunuch, and said to the two people below: "Okay, don't quarrel anymore!" ”

"Xiao Hao, come out!"

Xiao Hao stood up, clasped his hands together, hung his head slightly, and looked respectful.

"Xiao Hao, let me ask you, are you willing to go to Jiangnan for disaster relief?"

Hearing the emperor's question, Lord Lian's face was anxious, but the corners of the mouth of the third prince who hung his head curled up an inconspicuous arc.

"Wechen is willing."

Hearing Xiao Hao's affirmative answer, the emperor did not make a decision immediately, and after thinking for a while, he asked the general of Dingguo who was standing aside: "General, are you willing to let Xiao Hao go to Jiangnan?" ”

"Your Majesty, you are the master of Dayong, no matter what it is, Your Majesty can decide for yourself, and you don't need to worry about the relationship between me and Xiao Hao."

It seems that the emperor's temptation has become the emperor's concern for the father-son relationship between him and Xiao Hao in the mouth of the general of Dingguo.

After getting the answer from the general of Dingguo, the emperor said directly: "Since this is the case, then leave it to Xiao Hao at this time, and go to the next court." ”

After speaking, the emperor began to cough violently again, and the great eunuch helped him to walk towards the back of the main hall.

Seeing that the emperor was also gone, the officials in the palace began to leave one after another.

After Xiao Hao greeted the general of Dingguo, he walked quickly to the side of the prince and Hang Yixuan, and the three of them walked out of the hall together, and just after walking a few steps, Xiao Hao said directly to Hang Yixuan: "Do you know about this Lord Qin?" Why else did you just shake your head at me? ”

Even the prince on the side poked his head curiously, although he knew that there was something wrong with Lord Qin, but he couldn't find any evidence, at this time, he heard Xiao Hao's question, and immediately asked, "What did he do?" ”

Hang Yixuan looked at these two people with a curious look, and Hang Yixuan couldn't help but shake his head: "You have been in the court for longer than me, haven't you even figured out the situation of the people under the local government?" "What is the difference between your appearance and the soldiers who went to the battlefield without a gun?

Looking at Hang Yixuan's incredible expression, both of them smiled awkwardly, and then the prince said righteously: "Isn't this you?" I've decided that I'll leave all these things to you in the future. ”

Hang Yixuan smiled fakely, saying that he was not happy to be reused by the prince.

After the fight, Hang Yixuan straightened his expression and said, "This Lord Qin is acting in a high-profile manner, and yesterday he also claimed that he had just married a concubine in the seventh room. Such a virtuous person, if you inquire casually, you will know that this person is unreliable. ”

"This Lord Qin loves to go to the Qinglou to drink, according to a prostitute in the Qinglou, Lord Qin got drunk one day, and it was Lord Qin who she took care of, it is said that when Lord Qin was talking in his sleep, he said that he had privately swallowed three million taels of silver for disaster relief during disaster relief, leaving only tens of thousands of taels of silver to be sent to the serious place in the disaster area."

"In my opinion, this is very credible. That's why I hope you can stop Lord Qin from going to Jiangnan this time. ”

Hang Yixuan looked at the prince and Xiao Hao, and saw that both of them looked at Hang Yixuan with an expression of "you are like this", Hang Yixuan didn't know why, and asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

"You're going to the Qinglou?"

"Rare, rare, I always thought you were a decent gentleman, but I didn't expect it, tsk."

These three "tsk tsk" are very soulful.

Hang Yixuan was speechless, he didn't understand what kind of brain circuit the two people around him were, they were obviously talking about business, but the next second he had nothing to say.

Xiao Hao, who knew that he couldn't joke too much, immediately regained his seriousness and said to him, "I know." But there is another question, why did these three princes send him out knowing that there was a problem with this Lord Qin? He has always cherished feathers before, and we can't catch his handle, why are we thinking about making money now? ”

The prince's eyes lit up, yes, Ning Junqi was so cautious before, how could he put such a big loophole in front of them now? Isn't it a drunkard's intention to drink?

In the main hall, Ning Junqi looked at the backs of the three of them gradually drifting apart, and his expression was inexplicable.

Lord Lian walked to Ning Junqi's side guiltily, lowered his head and said, "Third Highness, it's useless to be small, and you haven't even done this little thing you ordered." ”

Lord Lian was ready to be questioned by Ning Junqi, but he didn't expect that in the next second, a gentle voice sounded from Lord Lian's ears: "No, you did a good job." ”

A pair of big palms also patted Lord Lian's shoulder.

Even the adults didn't react, and as soon as they looked up, they saw the third prince with a gentle smile, and saw the third prince continue to speak: "Keep it up!" Then, he turned around and left, but the moment Ning Junqi turned around, his warm and sunny expression immediately turned into a smile of successful conspiracy.

And Lord Lian stood in the main hall, looking at the back of the third prince with tears in his eyes, thinking to himself, the third prince is really a good person.