Qu Miaoling looked at her grandfather's face that had been through vicissitudes and fell silent.

After a while, she said, "Grandpa, don't worry, Miao Ling knows how to measure." ”

"Miao Ling, you have to know what you want, if you don't want to marry Situ Huaibo at all, you must tell your grandfather, grandfather will let go of this old face, and you must also make it clear to the emperor."

Listening to her grandfather's words, Qu Miaoling felt warm in her heart.

Very ironing.

"Grandpa, don't worry, when I get out of the marriage, I will definitely tell you, and I may need your help then."

"Miao Ling, it's all a family, you're welcome."

He was afraid that Qu Miaoling would not be close to him, and he would be ashamed to talk about such a big thing at that time, and in the end, he would not be entrusted to anyone.

Marrying someone who won't bring you happiness.

I chatted with my grandfather about it or not.

Qu Miaoling suddenly said: "Grandpa, my father said that this time you have a big birthday, and he can't come." ”

When Leng Buding heard this name, King Duan curled his lips and sneered.

"Sick? He's afraid of being beaten by me! ”

Qu Miaoling's eyes widened, it was the first time she had heard of it, no wonder Wu Dehou saw his grandfather, just like his uncle saw a cat.

Duanwang didn't give Wu Dehou face, so he told what happened back then, Qu Miaoling pursed his lips and chuckled when he heard it.

King Duan glanced at his delicate granddaughter, and couldn't help but say, "What, do you think I'm too cold?" I beat your father, are you angry? ”

Qu Miaoling heard the tone of her grandfather's words, and quickly grabbed Duanwang's arm and said affectionately: "How come?" My grandfather did the right thing, but my father didn't take good care of my mother, so he should be beaten. ”

As she spoke, she also raised her little fist, filled with righteous indignation.

When King Duan saw it, he knew that he was overjoyed.

"Count you little girl with a conscience."

The grandchildren and grandchildren left together.

The courtyard fell silent.

"Your Highness, the place is simple, please bear with me." Situ Gaoye led Situ Huaibo to a courtyard in the front yard, which was not cleaned much, and there were no maids in the front yard, Situ Gaoye specially called someone from the backyard and was cleaning up at the moment.

"Uncle Huang, it's already very good." Situ Huaibo looked at the small courtyard in front of him, and his heart was dissatisfied. He had the strength to stay in such a vulgar place, but he could also see that this was already the best place they could provide him, and the backyard was definitely better than the front yard, but he was a foreign man, of course, he couldn't live there.

After Situ Gaoye left, Xiao Si and the maids also packed up their things and left.

"Your Highness, the wing room has been cleaned up."

It was the guards brought out by Situ Huaibo who spoke.

"How's it going in the capital?" He left Beijing suddenly, although he had already greeted the emperor in advance, he was still worried that Situ Huaizhu would take action.

Although he is now idle at home and has no serious official position on his body, Situ Huaibo clearly knows that as long as Situ Huaizhu thinks about it, the emperor will definitely agree to his request, so he must take action and strive to make great achievements before Situ Huaizhu can gain a firm foothold in Beijing, so that his status in the emperor's heart will be raised.

But at present, he still has to hurry up and build a good relationship with the people of the Duanwang Mansion.

"Mu Li, where is the gift I prepared?"

"Back to His Highness, they have all been sent over, and they will be placed in the inn outside.

"Okay, you have them all brought over, and I'll visit them now."

Before coming, he did a detailed investigation of the people in Duanwang's Mansion, and he found out everyone's preferences clearly.

King Duan likes the art of war, so he specially found the almost lost art of war from the collector in Beijing, and he wrapped it up and sent it to King Duan personally.

There is also Situ Gaoye, knowing that what he loves most is his wife, he specially prepared for his wife the Dongzhu from the East China Sea to pay tribute, which is crystal clear, as big as an adult man's fist, and it is extremely expensive to look at, and it is a priceless treasure.

Situ Huaibo's actions Duanwang also sensed his intentions, and after communicating with Qu Miaoling, the two unanimously decided to give gifts for the time being in order not to startle the snake, but they didn't owe Situ Huaibo anything, and gave him a return gift.

just didn't tell Situ Huaibo, and personally sent someone to his house.

It is a set of four treasures of the study, collected by Zheng Yuxing, a master of the previous dynasty, and Zheng Yuxing is a master in the calligraphy world, and is the teacher of the current emperor.

If Situ Huaibo gave this thing to the emperor, the emperor would be happy, and maybe he would ......

Watching the gifts being sent out, Qu Miaoling frowned, always feeling that their return gift was lost.

"Grandpa, isn't it too much for us to give him such a heavy gift."

The two stood in the doorway, watching the carriage leave.

"Miao Ling, the return gift should be equivalent, you should know."

How could Qu Miaoling not know that he felt that it was too much of a loss to give such a good thing to Situ Huaibo.

"Miao Ling, there is a give-and-take."

Duan Wang saw Qu Miaoling's thoughts and went directly.

Qu Miaoling nodded, and the two went back to the house together.

"Your Highness, this morning a carriage went out from Duanwang's Mansion in the direction of the capital."

"Send someone to follow and see what King Duan is going to do."

"Yes."

Mu Li left.

Duanwang's 60th birthday banquet was held very simply, except for the family, there was only Situ Huaibo, an outsider.

After the birthday banquet, Situ Huaibo said goodbye and left.

A letter came from Beijing, telling him to hurry back.

And it was too late for Tu Huaibo to say goodbye to King Duan, so he stepped on the horse and left.

In the second capital, the emperor was furious in the imperial study.

In front of him, kneeling were several military ministers.

"Waste, it's all waste, the mountains and rivers are flooded frequently, and the local Taishou doesn't know how to strengthen the river embankment, is he a fool!"

A book was thrown out, and the signature of the payment was to confirm the Taishou of the backer.

"And you, don't you know to remind them to take precautions in advance, have you forgotten last year's tragedy?"

The Emperor cursed breathlessly, his chest flickering.

The river flooded, the river embankment was washed away, the people were displaced, and the losses were heavy.

But it has been two days since the disaster happened, and the Taishou who relied on the mountains and rivers couldn't hide it, so he trembled and presented the recital.

The inspector he sent over didn't know how many kickbacks he had received, but he didn't say a word.

When the East Window incident happened, an eight-hundred-mile expedited was sent, but it was too late, the people complained, and other states and counties were also affected.

With all his strength, the emperor pushed all the folds on the table to the ground.

There was a loud "plop" sound, and the hearts of the ministers trembled, and those with poor psychological tolerance trembled in their shoulders.

"Back to the emperor, the Lanzhou Taishou was derelict in his duties, and Weichen invited himself to arrest him."

One of the courtiers stood up and knelt down.

I wanted to make meritorious contributions, but when the emperor heard it, he became even more angry.

He "snapped" and put the red pen he was carrying on the man.

"Shut up! Why, now that I know that I have asked for my life, Huo Dekang, look at the officials under you! ”

Splitting his head and covering his face, the emperor actually threw all the brushes in his hand on him.

The colors of black and red streaked at his face.

"Come on, put Huo Dekang in prison for me, and wait for trial!"

As soon as the emperor gave the order, everyone was silent, and no one spoke.

The guards blocked Huo Dekang's mouth and dragged him out.

"Now, whoever has any suggestions will tell me that if the floods of the mountains and rivers are not solved, I will ask for your heads."

The ministers looked at each other, they also knew about the mountains and rivers, and they thought that after last year's disaster year, the imperial court also sent troops to spend a lot of money, and finally strengthened the river embankment, who knew that this year it would flood again.

Last year's governance plan has already scratched their heads, and better, they really can't think of it.

For a while, there was an eerie silence in the imperial study, no one spoke, and the emperor's red eyes looked like a rakshasa who had come out of the ground to harm others.

"Are you all pretending to be dumb?"

No one spoke, which made Situ Qingchu how not to be angry.

"Back to the emperor, this is a natural disaster, and no one expected that it would rain heavily for several days, aggravating the flood."

"I don't want to hear anything, I just need to know, what can you do to solve it!"

The emperor began to be unreasonable again, and everyone below lowered their heads, all with sad faces.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the court should send a person to the mountains and rivers, there will be a serious illness after the flood, and the mountains and rivers are too unreliable, and if it drags on, I am afraid that something will happen!"

The one who spoke was the cabinet elder Wang Ge Lao, who was also one of the important ministers of the military aircraft.

Hearing Wang Ge's pertinent words, Situ Qingchu's face softened a little.

"Elder Wang Ge, in your opinion, who is the right person for me to send?"

As soon as Wang Ge Lao opened his mouth, Su Xi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Second Prince is back and wants to see you." ”

As soon as he came in, he didn't have time to kneel, so he said: "Father, the son is willing to go to the mountains and rivers to solve this flood." ”

Situ Huaibo's words were sonorous and powerful, as if the solution to the flood was very simple.

"Er, you can think clearly, this is not a good errand."

Although he said so, the emperor looked at Situ Huaibo, and his eyes gradually became less fierce, but full of rewards.

"Father, sons, are willing to work hard for the stability of the Daling Dynasty."

"Okay."

The Emperor shouted, "Second brother, I will hand over the heavy responsibility to you, you don't want to disappoint me." ”

"Father, rest assured, sons will do their best."

On the way back to Beijing in a hurry, from the post station, he received news from the imperial city, relying on the mountains and rivers to send a big flood, the situation is extremely critical, coupled with the inaction of the magistrates there, seeing that the situation is getting more and more serious, the emperor urgently convened the ministers, and is discussing in the imperial study.

Situ Huaibo did not hesitate, and after paying tribute, he went straight to the imperial study, and broke in without even announcing it.

Say he's ambitious?

Of course not.

He had already figured it out.

He broke in without notification, if it was in the past, his father would definitely be angry, but today is different, he is for national affairs, and he personally asks for help.

This is even more different, the emperor will only be more optimistic about him, as for the punishment?

Unless the emperor has someone more suitable than him.

Now for the people who rely on the mountains and rivers, the only ones who can calm down their frightened hearts are the people of the imperial city, and no matter who the two princes are, as long as they go, it is tantamount to a reassurance.

It can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Moreover, Situ Huaibo has also thought about it, the emperor is so anxious, which shows that the current situation of the backer must be very poor, as long as he handles this matter properly, the emperor will naturally value him.

This also coincided with his intentions.

Coupled with the fact that Situ Huaizhu came back, he decided to give the emperor a dose of fierce medicine, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The emperor's decree came down immediately, appointing Situ Huaibo as the minister of the Qin Mission, and he had the right to make a decision on the spot, and if anyone resisted, he could solve it by himself.

Situ Huaibo raised his two hands high, and after the holy decree, Su Shixi suddenly said: "Your Highness, the emperor has explained, so that you must return safely." ”

"Father-in-law Su, please tell your father, I will definitely deal with the affairs of the mountains and rivers, please rest assured."

After Father-in-law Su left, Situ Huaibo immediately rushed to the mountain river, the mountain river is in Lanzhou, from the capital to Lanzhou, if you hurry up, it will take four days.

After Situ Huaibo arrived, he immediately pressed Taishou into prison, and as for the county order that backed the mountains and rivers, he also threw it in.

The county magistrate saw that he was trembling and didn't say anything, and he flattered him, which was nothing, but the county magistrate's right words revealed his identity.

He actually asked Situ Huaibo's people how Taishou was doing now.

Situ Huaibo immediately ordered him to be locked up, intending to send him to the capital for the emperor's decision.