However, if King Duan chooses to come back directly and not stay in Gushui City to deal with the plague, then Lou Yunxian will signal his subordinates to impeach King Duan for "dereliction of duty".

When the time comes, they will be able to attack King Duan, saying that he abandoned the people of a city for fear of contracting the plague, and lived alone.

How can such a person be worthy of a heavy responsibility?

Such an experience will definitely become a lingering stain on Duanwang for the rest of his life, and it will become the best handle for Lou Yunxian to attack Duanwang in the future.

I believe that the emperor and ministers will definitely consider this when choosing the crown prince in the future.

So no matter whether Duanwang chooses to stay or come back, for Lou Yunxian, this is an excellent opportunity, and he will definitely not let it go.

However, in the court, Lou Yunxian still looked like he had nothing to do with himself, standing quietly in the corner with his head bowed, without saying a word.

Yang Jian and other officials who advocated timely rescue had an inexplicable feeling, as if there was an invisible hand behind their backs manipulating these remarks.

Otherwise, how could so many people offer to give up a city?

Wang Chengzhi withdrew his gaze from Lou Yunxian, looked at Yang Jian, and continued.

"Lord Yang, don't wronged me!

His Royal Highness King Duan cared for the people, disregarded his own safety, and sent back a letter indicating that he had already carried out anti-epidemic matters in Gushui City, and it was a blessing for Lan Tingguo to have such a prince! ”

As he spoke, Wang Chengzhi turned to face the emperor, bowed down and saluted, and then said: "But Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Duan Wang set out this time with the mission of controlling the flood and disaster relief, not the plague.

His Royal Highness King Duan acted without informing the emperor, although it was for the sake of the people, but it was also reckless after all.

If His Royal Highness King Duan unfortunately contracted the disease, what would it be? ”

"Lord Wang! You're cursing His Highness Duanwang! Yang Jian was so angry that the top of his head was about to smoke, he shouted, pointed at Wang Chengzhi, and almost burst out with swear words.

Wang Chengzhi sneered lightly: "Lord Yang said that he was joking, I was just explaining a possible thing."

It's a fact that anyone who is in Gushui City can get sick.

There's a plague there, and it's not child's play, and it's not the time to be rash!

I hope the emperor will think twice! ”

As Wang Chengzhi's voice fell, the people behind him said in unison: "I hope the emperor will think twice!" ”

Yang Jian and the others didn't dare to show weakness, and hurriedly shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, there are people all over there over there, and His Royal Highness King Duan!" ”

At this time, the emperor who was sitting above looked at the civil and military officials below with half-squinted eyes, his face was expressionless, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The emperor didn't speak, and the people below also maintained the action of saluting just now.

There was a sudden silence in the courtroom.

Just when some of the old ministers were already feeling back pain, the emperor finally spoke.

"There are more than 100,000 people in Gushui City, all of whom are the people of Lanting Kingdom, and it is impossible for me to give up them all.

However, the plague must be taken seriously, and in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic to other places, it is necessary to close the city.

Since King Duan has taken over this important task on his own initiative, then I will also leave this matter to King Duan. ”

After that, the emperor sent another message and asked people to prepare some supplies and send them to Gushui City as soon as possible.

However, due to the suddenness of the plague, the supplies that could be raised were limited, and it took some time to prepare.

This was all expected by Lou Yunxian.

From that day on, he began to operate secretly, so that the preparation of supplies took several days longer than expected.

And this time the delivery of materials is not supervised by Lou Yunsheng, passing through so many cities along the way, and how much will be left when he finally arrives in Gushui City, it is not something that Lou Yunsheng can say.

That night, a banquet was being held in the Three Princes' Mansion, with noisy drums and singing and dancing, which was very in line with the image of the Three Princes Lou Yunxian's greed for pleasure.

He sat crooked in his armchair, with a scantily clad beauty half-leaning on top of him, and handed him a glass of fine wine for him to drink down.

Knowing that things were going smoothly under his hands, Lou Yunxian was in a very happy mood.

"Heh, God really help me."

As Lou Yunxian spoke, he laughed, pulled the beauty beside him, and pressed it up.

The musicians and dancers not far away are still performing, and it doesn't affect the chaotic picture here.

Diametrically opposed to the lively banquet on Lou Yunxian's side, Gushui City, which is thousands of miles away, will become particularly quiet at night.

Aside from the coughing sounds of the quarantine area, only a few whispers of conversation could be heard, as well as the footsteps of patrolling.

Lou Yunsheng, who was in the courtyard at this time, was frowning and looking at the letter in his hand, his expression was very solemn.

Yu Muhuai, who had always avoided being alone with him before, took the initiative to step forward and asked this time.

"Lord Wang, what happened to make you so displeased?"

Lou Yunsheng sighed, handed the letter to Yu Muhuai, and said in a deep voice: "Look at it." ”

Yu Muhuai took the letter.

This was sent by Lou Yunsheng's secret guard quickly, and the letter briefly described the events of the court in the past few days.

After reading this letter, combined with Zhong Ci's previous memories and the assassination incident he encountered not long ago, Yu Muhuai sorted out the whole thing almost completely.

She sighed and told Lou Yunsheng what she thought.

Lou Yunsheng frowned, thought for a while, and said, "You mean, the driving force behind this matter is my imperial brother, Lou Yunxian?" ”

Yu Muhuai nodded.

"Lord Wang, Gushui City is not a small city, it has a large population, and its geographical location is also very important.

The court can gather so many people at the same time to express their intention to give up a city, there must not be a simple force behind this.

The most important thing is that you are in Gushui City, if something happens to you, who is the most beneficial. ”

Lou Yunsheng put his hands behind his back and looked up at the starry sky.

Under the starry sky, Gushui City is experiencing an unprecedented crisis, but the night sky is no different from usual.

Compared to the vastness of the sky, everything in the world is so small.

But for the people in Gushui City, this time is so long and difficult.

"Ah Ci, when I was a child, I was very envious of the royal brother.

No, to be precise, I envy everyone, everyone but me.

The palace is so big, but for me, there is no place. How I longed for freedom and the world outside the palace.

But one day, when I really left the palace, and when I arrived in the Chen Kingdom, I found that I wanted more.

What I want is Lan Tingguo, I want the world, I want power.

Man's desires are endless, bigger than this vast starry sky. ”

Yu Muhuai stood aside, also looked up at the starry sky, and said a soft "um" in agreement.