Chapter Seventy-Two: Striving for Merit
The Royal Palace at this time.
"I heard that the third brother has not yet arrived in Fengyuan County, so he must have encountered some trouble on the way, so why don't I let Erchen take a team of generals to support the third brother."
The crown prince knelt respectfully in front of the emperor, and the expression on the emperor's face was a little pensive.
Although the third child did a good job when he was provoking in Fanbang before, he always looked sick and weak, if these victims rioted, the emperor was also worried that Bailichen would not be able to suppress these people.
And if you don't go to Fengyuan County now, you will exceed the scheduled itinerary, so after thinking about it for a while, the emperor still nodded.
"Since you have this thought, I naturally can't refuse you, so you can take your personal guards to support the third child, so that the third child can arrive in Fengyuan County as soon as possible."
The prince couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, thinking that the queen was really like a god, and originally thought that the emperor would not agree to go by himself, but he didn't expect that according to the explanation given by the queen mother, the emperor immediately agreed.
After getting off the court, she hurried to the queen's palace.
"The queen mother is really like a god, and the son admires it!"
The prince's face was full of joy, revealing a bit of ambition, this time he took his personal guards to support Bai Lichen, and he must snatch the merits in Bai Lichen's hands, so as not to make him show off in front of the emperor.
Hearing the prince's words, the queen was also a little relieved.
"Okay, it's good that you know what Bengong means, when the time comes, you must not act rashly like last time, otherwise something will definitely happen at that time, you follow Bengong's words, stay over there honestly, find the right time, take the credit, and return to the capital first when the time comes."
The queen's plan was simple but effective, and the emperor would naturally be pleased if the crown prince made some achievements during this disaster relief.
Even if Bai Lichen said that he did these credits, but with the name of the crown prince, it would only make the emperor think that Bai Lichen was too-for-tat.
"The reason why your father has always liked this Bailichen is because he looks like he is indisputable, like the first queen......"
Saying this, the queen's hand grabbed the chair tightly, and her face was a little hideous.
The prince didn't dare to speak, and his queen mother's face was the most ugly when she talked about the queen!
"Don't worry, the queen mother, the sons will definitely do everything according to what the queen mother said."
The news that the prince led the team to support, and the secret guards left by Bai Lichen, who stayed in the capital, immediately flew the pigeon and passed the book to Bai Lichen.
The look on his face did not change, and the prince's move seemed very reasonable in his eyes.
He definitely didn't want to let himself take the credit for this time, so he couldn't wait to do it as soon as he received the news that he hadn't arrived in Fengyuan County yet.
"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes over, what should we do?"
"Don't worry too much about it, if this idea is the queen's idea, she will definitely tell the prince to wait for the opportunity, hibernate and not move, I will send someone to watch the movements over there."
Mu Qing always felt that something was wrong, she didn't want to go all the way with Bailichen, and finally found a way to relieve the disaster, so she was taken away by the prince who was killed halfway.
"The emperor seems to like you a little more, if ......"
Bai Lichen shook his head, thinking in his heart that although Mu Qing was smart most of the time, he was still a little too naïve about these.
"My father values me, because I have been sick and weak for so many years, so I can be said to be powerless for the throne, but after all, my identity is just a prince, not a prince, if the struggle for power and throne appears, my father will inevitably be disgusted with me a little bit."
It was rare to say a long list of words and explain this matter to Mu Qing, but the latter still listened to it in the rain and fog, and she didn't understand it very well, she has never been good at these things that compete for power.
In the past, my sister used to laugh at her ......
Thinking of her sister, Mu Qing couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in her heart, the relationship between her sisters before she crossed over was very good.
If it weren't for the fact that I had a car accident and died......
I don't know if my sister is very sad in her heart.
Seeing that Mu Qing's face leaked a little sad, Bai Lichen over there mistakenly thought that she was doing this because she couldn't understand the words in her mouth, and unconsciously comforted her.
"You don't have to worry about it, this kind of thing doesn't have much to do with you in the first place."
Mu Qing just nodded, feeling a little surprised by Bai Lichen's comfort.
However, this kind of emotion has always come and gone quickly, but in half an hour, Mu Qing returned to his original state.
She doesn't have much time to remember the past now, what she can do is to successfully make herself live well in the chance to live again.
"I know, you just have to be careful, it's not easy on the prince's side."
Mu Qing could only say one sentence, and then he didn't say anything more.
Just like Bai Lichen said, it really has nothing to do with herself, or she can't do anything about it.
After Bailichen and his party arrived in Fengyuan County for about seven or eight days, the prince who was quick to whip up the horse came with everyone.
He brought a lot of grain and grass, but he did Fengyuan County a great favor.
When Mu Qing heard that Mu Qing had discovered this kind of fern that could be used as an ingredient instead of food, the prince's eyes lit up instantly, isn't this the best time to seize the credit......
As long as you know the treatment and effect of this fern, you will be able to say these things in front of your father first, and attribute the credit to yourself, so as not to let this Bailichen seize the opportunity in front of your father.
"Third Imperial Princess, I'm curious about this fern, how did the Third Imperial Concubine know."
When the prince went to the county government to investigate the situation of the drought in Bailichen, he approached Muqing.
In fact, Mu Qing was reluctant to say it, but the identity of the other party overpowered him, and it seemed that if he didn't say it, he might have to do it directly.
At the moment, she can't tear her face with the crown prince yet.
She reluctantly explained the matter roughly.
The crown prince obviously did not give up the previous idea of wooing Mu Qing.
"If you think clearly one day, the queen mother and I will welcome the three imperial concubines."
His words made Mu Qing's body shudder, if it weren't for the fact that the prince was still powerful now, she would have driven people out a long time ago.
After the person left, the heart on the side looked at it a little nervously.
"Niangniang, is this really okay, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is asked to seize the credit of the third prince at that time......"
"This is also a matter of no way, His Royal Highness told me before, if the prince asks me anything, I will answer truthfully, he must think that this incident will not happen to him."
Bai Lichen's idea is not wrong, after all, instead of choosing to take risks and compete with the prince, it is better to first Taoguang and raise obscurity, although there are many people in the court who support the three princes, but now there is no huge power on the prince's side.
The drought in Fengyuan County is the most serious, or the source of famine, because Fengyuan County is the main food supply place in the southern half of the country, and if there is a production problem in Fengyuan County, the surrounding counties will lack food supply.
"It hasn't rained in two months?"
Mu Qing frowned when he heard the news.
It is no wonder that the closer to Fengyuan County, the more the fern grass picked by the soldiers is more and more shriveled, not as fertile as the fern grass in Linqi Town, presumably because the groundwater here has even dried up a lot, and even the fern grass that basically does not rely on rain to feed has declined.
"Even if you can pick ferns for a while, it's not a long-term solution, and if you keep delaying like this, sooner or later this place will ......."
Mu Qing's expression was a little worried, presumably because the climate was abnormal, but although she was a modern person, she couldn't observe the weather, and she couldn't guess the reason why it didn't rain, or when it would rain......
"Since the woods in Linqi Town are moist and the trees are relatively sparse, why don't we just cut down the woods and change them to planting farmland, the grain in our hands, the imperial court is responsible for providing food, and when the harvest comes, it will be ......."
The prince's idea was very simple and rude, and he even thought of cutting down all the trees in Linqi Town directly.
Bailichen naturally would not agree.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't help but think too simply." He pointed to the forest, "I don't know if the prince is mistaken, Linqi Town is located in a low-lying area, plagued by floods all year round, if it rains a lot, there are often flash floods, washing away the city, so Tai-Zu ordered a batch of trees to be planted here to stop the flash floods." ”
actually proposed to cut down the trees planted by Tai-Zu, the prince's words made the surrounding people laugh in secret, and the prince's face turned a little whiter, and his eyes looked at Bai Lichen with a bit of viciousness, he didn't expect Bai Lichen to embarrass himself in public!
"The third brother is still knowledgeable, presumably because he had nothing to do in his illness before, so he read a lot of books, and the third brother knows about this Tai-Zu planting trees."
The prince's original intention was to satirize Bai Lichen's poor health, and he didn't learn and didn't know how to do it in the past few years, so he read idle books.
But I didn't expect Bai Lichen to smile.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's memory may really not be very good."
"This example of the Tai-Ancestor planting a tree, I learned it with the prince when I was a child, why did His Royal Highness the Prince forget? It's no wonder that it's been many years. ”
Bai Lichen's words were tantamount to a slap in the face of the prince, he opened his mouth and didn't say a word for a long time.
There was a lot of discussion among the people around, some of them were the Praetorian Guards who came with the prince, and some were the soldiers of Bailichen.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard that he didn't like to study when he was young, and at that time, he was punished by the Crown Prince and Master Taifu every day, but it was His Royal Highness the Third Prince......"
"Yes, it's just a pity that His Royal Highness the Third Prince's health gradually deteriorated, so the position of the crown prince was given to the second prince...... The emperor must have no choice, the Nine Emperors are young, and the Fourth Emperor is a ...... who can only eat."