The Duan family and the Bai family have secretly formed an alliance for more than a few days, but the two families have concealed it very well, and every time they get together, they choose different times and places, and even if others want to catch them, they can't find clues.

One is a far-sighted and exquisitely skilled national teacher, and the other is a general who protects the country on the battlefield and has great military achievements.

Moreover, everyone in Kyoto City knows that the Duan and Bai families are red-faced and thick-necked because of the poisonous arrows, and they are the sworn enemies of Dingding, and not long ago they were quarreling in the court over the allocation of funds for the locust plague, so no one would have thought that they had formed an alliance.

Of course, these were all strategies that Duan Qirui came up with to relax his hostility.

In recent days, Kyoto City has been a mixed bag, with a few happy and a few sad.

A month ago, the king of Zhou invited himself to Jiangxi as an envoy to manage the flood control, and he even put down his arrogance to the emperor, if the flood control in Jiangxi is not good, he will stay in Jiangxi and never go to Beijing.

Although Jiangxi is adjacent to the river, but the soil is problematic, nothing can be grown, coupled with the changeable climate and harsh environment, Queen Zhuang Daiqing is distressed and distressed after hearing about it, but she did not stop it, she knows that her children never do things that they are not sure of.

As Zhuang Daiqing thought, King Zhou did what he said, he worked tirelessly in the local area, built a set of dead water conservancy facilities, and the flood was solved, and the people of Jiangxi no longer had to live a frightened life, and won the hearts of the people for a time.

King Zhou returned to Beijing with great glory, and the emperor was very happy, and he rewarded him in front of all the courtiers, which aroused suspicion in the hearts of the whole court - didn't the saint want to pass the throne to King Zhou? After all, among the princes, King Zhou is the most favored, and his mother is the queen.

But what about the prince?

Thinking like this, the guards of the ceremony hurried to the palace, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the prince has returned from the south, but it's just ...... It's just that the insecticide prescription was misused, and all the drugs used were ineffective, and the locust plague in the south was gradually expanding! ”

Listening to what the guards said, there was a sudden sound of gasping above the court, in order to make the medicine, the imperial court allocated tens of thousands of taels to smash it in, plus the disaster relief and grain, the treasury was almost empty.

The most important thing is not that the silver has been wasted, but that the locust plague situation is getting worse and worse, so that the imperial court has to invest more manpower and financial resources, and the longer the battle line is stretched, the greater the consumption......

It can be said that the prince's visit is not only useless, but also helps!

"Bastard!" The emperor slammed the table, the teacup fell to the ground and shattered all over the ground, his face was red with anger, his chest was bullied more and more, and he raised his hand and said: "Retreat from the dynasty and summon the prince's imperial study for ceremonies!" ”

The ministers looked at each other, and their hearts were very clear, but no one dared to say a word, and they retreated one after another.

I'm afraid this prince is going to be abolished......

"The father is angry, and the eldest brother didn't do it on purpose." Fu Wenlang, the king of Zhou, sighed, with a sad face, and saluted respectfully: "The son of the minister retires." ”

"You wait." The emperor was still frowning, not knowing what to think, and said coldly: "You go to the imperial study with me." ”

"This ......" King Zhou was stunned, but he still responded.

Just after the emperor turned around, the handsome face that was originally hesitant and worried instantly became distorted, and King Zhou's eyes flashed sharply, his eyes were cold, and the corners of his mouth were sneering.

Fu Wenxiu, Fu Wenxiu, let's see how long you can sit on the throne of the prince!

……

The Imperial Study.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, several pieces of music smashed on the crown prince Fu Wenxiu, and the emperor stood in front of the table with his hands in his hands, his face turned into the color of pig liver with anger, and he pointed to the people in the place and scolded: "This is what you did well!" The joint letter of the people in the disaster area, the impeachment of the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government, the prince, is this how you promised me, and this is how you fulfilled the duties of the future son of heaven?! ”

On the cold marble palace bricks, Fu Wenxiu had not had time to change his court clothes, his hair was slightly messy, and the black halo under his eyes showed the hard work and fatigue of these days. It's just that in the face of the emperor's scolding, he always knelt on the ground with his head down and didn't refute a word.

"Why don't you answer what I asked? Dumb yet! Fu Hong looked at the person kneeling on the ground, the distress in his eyes flashed, and he turned to be still serious and angry: "You don't have anything you want to explain to me?!" ”

"Back to my father, the locust plague is because the sons did not do a good job, so that tens of thousands of people have no food to eat, and the sons are willing to accept all punishments." Fu Wenxiu said calmly, looking at the emperor with a heavy gaze, honestly, without a trace of panic.

"Accept all punishment? Can you afford it! Fu Hong slapped the table angrily, again and again, as if he was going to knock into people's hearts.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver, thousands of people in the south, as well as ministers in the court, the Son of Heaven must be guilty of the same crime as the common people if he makes mistakes, not to mention the prince, he must give an explanation to the courtiers, to the people, and to the people of the world.

But......

Looking at the somewhat dead young man who was kneeling under the seat with low eyebrows but calm, he felt a sour feeling in his heart for no reason, and Wen Xiu's eyebrows reminded him of his deceased wife, and all kinds of past memories came back to his heart.

"Ah Hong, in the future, our child will be the best monarch in the world, and then you will retire to be the emperor, and you and I will go out to travel together, okay?"

Fu Hong took the woman into his arms, rubbed his fingertips against the woman's fair and delicate face, and his eyes were full of doting: "I will definitely train our children to become talents, and then take you to see the beautiful scenery of the world." ”

But Wanwan, now that yin and yang are separated, how can you see the beauty of the world.

Fu Hong closed his eyes, since he couldn't see the beautiful scenery, at least he had to fulfill his deceased wife's previous wish......

"Father." A voice pulled Fu Hong's thoughts back, and Fu Wenlang, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, although the eldest brother is the prince, but after all, he has no experience in dealing with the locust plague, and it is normal to make mistakes. Wen Lang is here to beg his father to give his eldest brother a chance to atone for his sins, I believe that after this lesson, the eldest brother will definitely deal with the locust plague! ”

"Wen Lang." Looking at the young man who was half-kneeling on the ground, pleading with him, Fu Hong sighed: "If Wen Xiu is half as sensible as you, my father will be relieved......

Fu Wenlang smiled elegantly: "Father praised it, the eldest brother is the dragon and phoenix among the people, the future Ming Jun of the Great Liang, now he just lacks experience, besides, the locust plague has even failed many veteran-level ministers, and the eldest brother is still too young." ”

"You're used to speaking for him!" The emperor snorted, although he said so, his expression was still a lot more relaxed, he glanced at Fu Wenxiu who was kneeling on the ground, and said again: "Since Wen Lang said so, I can give you another chance for the sake of your young face." ”

Fu Hong's eyebrows jumped, his eyes were full of anticipation, and he stared closely at the expression of the dead young man kneeling on the ground, for fear of missing a trace, and said in a deep voice: "Wen Xiu, don't let your father down again......

He is going down the steps of the prince again, as long as he should go down, it can be regarded as an explanation to the people of the world - the prince is still young and inexperienced, and he is willing to try again and cure the locust plague.

However, Fu Wenxiu raised his head, directly ignored the hope in the emperor's eyes, knocked deeply, and said solemnly: "I'm afraid that my son will disappoint my father, and the locust plague will not be able to take it again!" ”

Fu Hong was slightly stunned, and then the whole person was angry and shocked: "What? You, you say it again! ”

Fu Wenxiu raised his head, there was no half a wave in his quiet eyes, and his voice was extremely calm: "The world says that my father has two good sons, the prince is kind-hearted and treats the people well, and the king of Zhou is martial and strong, and he governs the country in a good way, but does my father know how he feels when these words fall into the ears of his sons?" ”

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, a little helpless: "What kind of house is kind and kind to the people, it's just an incompetent person to whitewash his own words." The locust plague is a stupid and blunt minister, using the wrong prescription, causing heavy losses to the beam, making the people suffer, the third brother said that I am young and inexperienced, why don't I say bluntly that I can't do anything at all, and I am a waste? ”

"Bastard!" Fu Hong was furious, raised his hand and threw the teacup on the table to Fu Wenxiu, because his angry voice trembled a little: "It's you who are not doing things well yourself, but in the end you want to be angry with Wen Lang who intercedes for you!" Do you know how well he managed the floods in Jiangxi, and what qualifications do you have to anger others! ”

"Then the father and the emperor can let the king of Zhou go to cure the locust plague."

"Rebel, do you talk to your father like this!" Fu Hong was so angry that he couldn't stand on his feet and had to lean against the table.

Seeing this, Fu Wenlang hurriedly stepped forward to help, and said with concern: "Father, beware of the dragon body!" ”

Fu Hong shook off his hand, pointed to the people on the ground, and asked word by word: "I asked you the last time, about the locust plague in the south, do you accept it, or not!" ”

Fu Wenxiu kowtowed, looked at the other party with a dead gaze, and said solemnly: "The son is incompetent, please ask my father to ask for another master." ”

"You rebel!"

"Taifu, Taifu, you can't go in, the emperor is ceremonial with the two princes...... Hey, Taifu! ”

The door of the imperial study was suddenly pushed open, the little eunuch did not stop anyone, looked at the emperor in horror and nervousness, and said crampedly: "Your Majesty, I told Taifu Wei that you don't see anyone, but Taifu ...... him."

At the door of the study, an old man with gray hair stood upright, and after meeting the emperor's gaze, he saluted respectfully and said, "Minister Wei Jin, see the emperor!" ”

Fu Hong was getting up, and he had the intention of killing, but when he saw that it was Wei Jin who broke in, his expression eased slightly, and he waved his hand to let the eunuch go down, only glanced at Wei Jin, and sighed: "Taifu taught the prince poetry and book etiquette, how can he teach himself not to understand the rules?" ”

Wei Jin took two steps forward, knelt on the ground with the prince, and said in a deep voice: "The minister has failed the emperor's grace, and it is the minister's fault that he failed to educate the prince well, and please atone for the emperor's sins!" ”

Fu Hong had something to say, Wei Jin was an old man in the officialdom, how could he not hear it, he glanced at the prince and explained: "This locust plague, the minister went with the prince, knowing that the prince has been sleepless for the locust plague, how do you know that the prescription has been developed, but when he was about to make the potion, he was secretly dropped, the minister thinks that this matter is not the fault of the prince alone, and please ask the emperor to investigate!" ”