Once the locust plague that only appeared in the history books appeared, it was more terrifying than floods and droughts for the Great Xia Dynasty, which was founded on agriculture.

The prince was so busy that when he sent people around to help the disaster, he found that there were rumors in the capital again.

This time, the rumors were menacing, and it was clear that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was the reincarnation of the "Broom Star".

First of all, in the winter of the twenty-sixth year of the Ming calendar, when the crown prince first began to supervise the country, the Great Xia Dynasty encountered a snow disaster that occurred once in hundreds of years.

In the summer of the twenty-seventh year of the Ming calendar, a once-in-a-century drought broke out in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the twenty-eighth year of the Ming calendar, the three northern states actually ushered in an unprecedented locust plague!

These natural disasters have come round after round, and finally some of the gossip officials who had remained silent before, and the grandfathers of the four major families began to fidget.

The people of the Great Xia Dynasty were convinced that natural disasters were caused by the inhumanity of the superiors.

If the emperor is in power, in the event of such a natural disaster, most of them will have to send down the "edict of sin".

And the prince encountered more than one natural disaster!

It is estimated that the "guilty edict" alone is no longer effective, and he is not yet the emperor, so he is not qualified to issue the "guilty edict".

What the hell is he supposed to do?

When he was upset, the queen ordered someone to pass him to see him.

"How is your son's election of the concubine going?" The queen has lived in the deep palace for a long time, the emperor has been half-dead for many years, and there is a queen mother who is not a few years older than her, but more capable than her, so the only thing the queen can pay attention to is her grandson.

The prince was choked. He has been busy with state affairs these days, and he has long forgotten these things, it is the crown princess who is in contact with the people of the Zongren Mansion and the four major families.

"Queen Mother, there is chaos outside, and the sons are busy taking care of state affairs, how can they have the time to manage the affairs of the princess?" The prince was a little impatient.

He only hoped that it would be enough for the queen mother not to take off his hind legs, and as for being a helper and helper, he had long stopped counting on it.

"It's messing up outside?!" The queen was taken aback, "What's the mess?" Why doesn't Hongu know?! ”

The prince took a deep breath. Shaking his head and said: "Queen Mother, you are in the deep palace, and you don't know that the situation outside is excusable. It's definitely not peaceful out there now. Erchen has just received news that the locusts in the three northern states are making a lot of noise......"

"Locust plague?!" The queen was taken aback. "What the hell is going on? First the snow disaster, then the drought, and this year there was a locust plague?! ”

Even his own queen mother said this, and the prince's heart sank.

Is this really a hurdle that can't be passed?

If...... The second brother is not in this world, will he be able to sit back and relax?

The murderous intent in the prince's heart flashed.

But soon, he dismissed the idea again.

Not to mention that the second brother was strictly protected by the Queen Mother in Jiangnan, as the crown prince, he did not have the strength to kill the second prince in Jiangnan quietly, and even if he had this strength, it was not appropriate to act rashly now.

Because he knows. Killing the second brother at this moment will not solve the problem at all, but will set himself on fire and make the four major families stand against him.

What can he do when that time comes? You can't kill all the men of the clan. Let them have to praise him as emperor, right?!

There is also a god general's mansion in the four major families.

He is really killing on his side, and the Divine General's Mansion is not a vegetarian.

In short, there are four major families watching from the side, and it is impossible to stand by and watch the affairs of the same room in the royal family.

Because the four major families are not directly related to the royal family, their positions are more objective and more focused on the interests of the entire country.

Thinking of this, the crown prince couldn't help but think of the blood oath made by the ancestors of their Xia royal family and the ancestors of the four major families when Great Xia was founded. There is also the vow that the four major families shall not marry the royal family, which is really prescient!

Such an oath formed a balance between the interests of the four major families and the royal family that was difficult to break, thus ensuring that the country of Great Xia would not fall for more than a thousand years.

In the long river of history, how many glorious dynasties have been more than 500 years. In just over 20 years, it disappeared without a trace.

Only their Great Xia Dynasty is still standing between heaven and earth, and there is no scene of the next life.

The role played by the four major families in this cannot be underestimated!

So what is he going to do?

"Really. Why do you think you're so unlucky? Your imperial grandmother finally agreed to cede power and let you be in charge of the country, but you encountered these troubles one after another. I think your imperial grandmother had fifteen years when she was in court, right? There has never been such a mess once...... "The queen glanced disgruntled at the sky outside the main hall, as if to reproach God for being unreasonable and giving her son so many problems!

The prince smiled wryly, "Yes, it's really bad luck, it's the sons who began to supervise the country, and these things have been ...... one after another."

The prince's voice stopped abruptly, and the aftermath was still echoing in the queen's ears, but the prince's thoughts were already drifting away.

He suddenly remembered a thought: Did the imperial grandmother suddenly give him power on purpose?!

In the fifteen years that the imperial grandmother was in power, the crown prince didn't believe that nothing had happened, and he didn't believe that the Great Xia Dynasty had been smooth for fifteen years!

He was not a fool and knew that these natural disasters were beyond people's control.

Since it is uncontrollable, it is normal to come out from time to time at that time.

But why didn't these natural disasters spread when the imperial grandmother was in power, and as soon as he was in power, these things became a basket that could pierce the sky?!

Thinking of the cold snow disaster in the winter of the twenty-sixth year of the Ming calendar, it was obviously when the imperial grandmother was in power, he was just a person who cleaned up the mess, how could he be planted on his head?!

The prince suddenly realized. He thought he understood the intention of the imperial grandmother to give up power in the winter of the twenty-sixth year of the Ming calendar......

This is the so-called "do more wrong, do less wrong, don't do good"!

Only by letting him take power can he make mistakes, and the imperial grandmother will have a legitimate reason to punish him!

And punishing him, of course, paved the way for his second brother......

When the prince thought of this, he was angry in his heart, and he thought of the eccentricity of the imperial grandmother, which added a little bitterness.

Depressed to the extreme, the prince was blessed to the heart, and suddenly thought of the idea of "treating others in the way of others".

Since the queen mother used the way of ceding power, she let the prince come to the stage and be scrutinized. Bury the pawns that make him make mistakes.

He might as well follow the example and let the second brother also come to the stage!

If the second prince had been a monk in Jiangnan, it would not be easy for him to catch his mistakes.

So, let's let him be vulgar......

"The Queen Mother. It has been so long since the events of that year, and Erchen plans to propose to the imperial grandmother that the second brother return to the world. The prince changed his words and proposed with a light smile.

The queen's willow eyebrows were upside down, "No! ”

Back then, they finally caught the mistake of the second prince, and they thought that they could hit the second prince with one blow and put the second prince to death.

But I didn't expect that the queen mother, who raised him, actually tried her best to protect him, and did not hesitate to give up a lot of benefits to the queen's maiden family. Even the biological mother of the second prince, Jiang Guifei, did not hesitate to hang herself and die on behalf of the second prince......

Finally, the Zongren Mansion, the Queen, and the Prince. There are also four major families who compromised together and let the second prince become a monk as a punishment.

"I really don't know why the Queen Mother loves him so much?!" The queen was indignant, "You, like him, are the blood of His Majesty. You're still serious! When Jiang Guifei gave birth to the second prince, she was just a little Jieyu! Her concubine. Or did you give birth to the second prince, where can you compare to your background?! ”

The queen said that the queen mother was not, and the prince was not easy to answer, so she had to smile bitterly: "The queen mother, the wood has become a boat, and it is useless to talk about it now, I still want to think about how to overcome the current difficulties." ”

"Difficulty? What's the difficulty now? The queen was puzzled. Aren't you a good prince of the prison country? Could it be that the Queen Mother said that she wanted to take the jade seal back? ”

The queen became nervous, "You can't hand over the jade seal." Your father is seriously ill, and you should have been in charge of the country, the queen mother...... The Queen Mother is old and should live for her old age. Don't let her work anymore. ”

The prince just wanted to sneer when he heard this.

It was as if these things were what he wanted to do. You can do the same!

The prince opened his mouth, and wanted to say a few cruel words, but when he saw the queen mother's concerned and nervous expression, the words swirled in his mouth and changed. He comforted the queen, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, your sons will handle this matter properly." He added: "Mu'er's marriage, the son will let his mother concubine enter the palace to discuss with the queen mother." ”

It can be regarded as finding something to do for the queen, so as not to let her think about it and help her.

Coming out of the queen's palace, the prince went straight to see the queen mother.

The Queen Mother's Anhe Palace has always been heavily guarded, and even the prince and queen cannot enter and exit at will, so they must first ask for instructions, and only after the Queen Mother agrees will they be sent in.

But this time, the prince only ordered someone to pass on a message, and the queen mother immediately sent a female official Yao to take him in.

After seeing the Queen Mother, the prince saluted first, and then said sincerely: "Imperial grandmother, the second brother did something wrong back then and violated the ancestral teachings, so he became a monk to atone for his sins. After so many years, he has been concentrating on the Buddha, last year he helped Jiangnan to pray for rain, and this year he heard that he is thinking of getting rid of locusts in the three northern states. He has made so many contributions, and Sun Er thinks that it can be regarded as compensating for his sin of disobeying the ancestral teachings. It's time for him to return to vulgarity. ”

The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief.

The prince is still knowledgeable and has no stubborn resistance.

If he still refuses to give in, and personally proposes to let the second prince return to the vulgar, the queen mother has more powerful tricks waiting for him......

Of course, now he took the initiative to let the second prince return to the vulgar, which is the best result.

It would be bad if both sides would lose and lose.

The queen mother's side is not yet fully prepared, and the prince's side has just come back to the senses, and it still needs time to slowly lay out, so the two sides hit it off on the matter of the second prince being vulgar.

At the beginning, there were only two people who insisted on executing the second prince, the prince and the queen, and the Zongren Mansion and the four major families had already planned to open up to the second prince after Zheng Xiangrong's death.

But the second prince was indeed heartbroken and sad at that time, especially when he learned that Zheng Xiangrong was actually one corpse and two lives, he was even more lifeless.

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