Not only the ministers who held great power in the court, Wen Qiao also noticed that there was a person standing at the end that he didn't expect.

He walked straight to the middle position, like the emperor made a big salute, "Weichen has seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

At the same time, Wen Qiao was quickly relieved, now among the emperor's several sons, only the third prince is of the right age, and in recent months, the third prince has been in the limelight, and it is not surprising that he can come here.

The emperor looked down with a majestic face, he accepted Wen Qiao's salute, and said, "Wen Qiao, you are here."

Although the emperor's words were like this, but the companion was like a tiger, Wen Qiao naturally did not dare to simply listen to the emperor's words.

So he folded his hands together and bowed to the emperor who only scholars like to use, and replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty's words, something happened to happen in Weichen's house today, and Weichen is not in the capital, so it's too late to delay."

At the end, the third prince suddenly sighed, "It seems that the prince is really a busy man, not only busy with the affairs of the court, but also busy with the affairs of the family." ”

The words of the third prince were thorny, and the other ministers present couldn't help but exchange looks.

As the emperor's usual place to deal with official affairs, the imperial study is the best in the world in terms of both the environment and the furnishings inside, and the panes on the left and right sides can see the good scenery outside.

And the light in the imperial study is even better, illuminating every corner.

The prime minister who was standing at the top of the bottom squinted his eyes while slowly smoothing his beard, he turned his head to look at the three princes who were far away from him, and said unhurriedly: "The third prince is wrong."

"As the saying goes, governing the country and the family is leveling the world, although this governing the family is the lightest word in this sentence, but he is also the most important, try to ask a person who can't even manage his own family, so how can he enter the court as an official to manage so many important things in the world?"

Almost instantly, the third prince's brows lowered a little, and a pair of eyes rolled out of a pair of imperceptible yin owls.

He opened his mouth slightly, and the emperor's majestic voice above sounded again, interrupting what he wanted to say, "Okay, I didn't call you here today to let you quarrel in front of me!"

Seeing that the emperor had spoken, the other people didn't dare to say anything more, so they just closed their mouths, turned around and stood in the direction facing the emperor.

Wen Qiao took the initiative to find the position at the end of the column opposite Xiang Gexing and stood over.

The Emperor's purple lips moved slightly, and his voice spread to every corner of the entire imperial study, "Do you know what I came here for today?" ”

The few people standing in the imperial study now were suddenly called to the palace today, and they naturally had some doubts in their hearts, but now in front of the emperor, no one dared to say their guesses in their hearts.

Fortunately, the emperor did not play dumb riddles with them this time, and after finishing speaking, his eyes swept over everyone's body sharply, and no one answered.

He then replied to himself: "This morning I sent an urgent letter of 800 li from the government office in the south, and there was a sudden flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and a large number of displaced people have already flowed out of the south."

The imperial study was silent in an instant, and the emperor's words made everyone's faces change the look that was originally good, and no one could laugh anymore, and no one could afford to joke. They all frowned and had bitter faces, with embarrassed expressions.

No one dared to speak first, because the flood was not like the usual days when the court just talked big words.

No one spoke in the imperial study for a long time, and the emperor's expression became solemn, and he spoke in a slow but unprovoked tone, and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have anything to say?"

The emperor's eyes slowly moved back from Xiang Gexing, and finally fell on Wen Qiao's body, and after a few seconds, he slowly retracted.

Xiang Gexing inexplicably felt that his face was burned by the emperor, the matter of the flood was related to countless ordinary people, if it was not handled properly, it would harm those poor people.

Xiang Gexing silently thought about it, lowered his head slightly and took a step to the side, raised his hand and replied: "Your Majesty, at this time, you can only deal with the flood first!"

The emperor has been in a high position for decades, and he naturally knows that he should be the first to deal with the floods, but at the moment he is embarrassed by another problem, he glanced at Ge Xing with an inexplicable look in his eyes, and said: "What you say now is light, but who are you going to send to the south?"

There was a new round of silence in the study, and this time everyone bowed their heads in unison. Leaving the capital to go elsewhere has been a thankless task since ancient times.

In the end, it was done, and after being rewarded by the emperor, the other officials in the court were secretly bound to be a little jealous of that person.

If it can't be done well, and the emperor is not happy, it will be a matter of losing his head. No one wants to answer, no one wants to go.

The emperor's eyes were so overwhelming that several people didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that they would accidentally get into this big trouble.

"Prime Minister?" The emperor touched his hand, his expression was unpredictable, "What do you think?" ”

Xiang Gexing was suddenly named by the emperor, and after being shocked for a moment, he quickly calmed down, he pondered for a moment, and suggested: "Those old ministers in the court are naturally not good, they are too old to stand the long journey. Naturally, if you don't have enough ability, you can't do it, and I'm afraid that when you send them, you won't be able to shock those local officials. ”

"So you must be a person who is not very old, and his ability is not strong, and it is best to have some identity in the court."

The emperor and Xiang Gexing have been together for decades, and the two have worked together since they were teenagers, and after so many decades, they can naturally understand each other's thoughts.

As soon as these conditions came out, several older ministers present secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

First of all, they were excluded from age, and then they finally didn't have to worry about being chosen by this big task from heaven.

Everyone had different thoughts, just silently waiting for the emperor's final choice.

I don't know how long it took, the emperor suddenly looked at the third prince who had been standing at the end and had not had a strong sense of existence, "The third one." ”

The third prince was suddenly named, and he tried to control the expression on his face so that he didn't let himself be rude in front of the emperor, he stood up with his head down, and responded: "Father."

However, the Emperor did not continue, he shook his head, as if muttering to himself, "You can't. ”

The third prince didn't speak, and he didn't know if the emperor couldn't say whether it was his ability to do things or something else. He didn't dare to think that it was because of his own ability that the emperor could say such a thing, but his face still stiffened uncontrollably.

The emperor swept around with an uncertain expression, and finally said without warning: "Wen Qiao, why don't you go this time?"