In order to keep Yan Lai from being perfunctory, Ji Changye secretly reminded: "This matter is a matter of people's livelihood, and it cannot be ambiguous. If you need any help, come to the king."

The disaster will not only cause the lives of the people to worry, but also cause the people's hearts to be weakened, and turmoil will be inevitable, threatening the rule of the DPRK and the central government, and the people will not be able to make a living. Therefore, we must solve this problem quickly, and the first thing is to let these officials make real achievements, and not do nothing.

"Yes, the lower officials will not live up to the teachings of the prince. Thinking of the tiring journey, the two princes and this lady are already physically and mentally exhausted. If you don't dislike it, the lower officials dare to leave the prince and the lady to rest here." Yan Lai bowed his hand, but he just mentioned it casually, after all, there are problems here, how could the desolate and uninhabited let Ji Changye and them stay and suffer? At this point, he was ready to send him off.

If you don't think about it, it backfires.

Because the disaster relief is imminent, Ji Changye wants to put aside the matter of visiting Ji Qimu for the time being, and then set off after solving the problems here.

So he proposed to the other three, "Why don't we stay first, and then we don't have to leave until this is properly arranged."

"It's just that Brother Jiu ...... there" and Yu Jin are still a little worried, after all, the desolation here all the way makes him know that Ji Qimu must be struggling to live here, as the best friend in the past, if he didn't visit him, he would definitely feel guilty for a lifetime.

Ji Changye comforted, "When he was sent to that bitter cold place, I had already asked my secret guards to take care of him, although life was not as good as God's Jingzhong, but it was not hard. Besides, Lao Jiu is smart and capable, so it is definitely not a problem to survive." It's just that it's not as luxurious as before, and there are no other changes to the rest.

He Yujin was moved when he heard the consequences, and after weighing the severity of the two things, he still chose to stay and follow Ji Changye to solve the problem of the disaster together.

He thought to himself that Ji Qimu would definitely understand them.

Song Qian and Changfeng had no other opinions, so under Yan Lai's stunned look, they decided to stay.

At this time, even if Yan Lai didn't want to accept it, it was already a sure thing, so he had to respectfully invite them into the inner courtyard, who let him bring it up himself?

After settling them down, Yan Lai was ordered to investigate the theft of the silver taels, and several people discussed what to do next, after all, the investigation of such a figure is too slow and is likely to be ineffective, but they have no good way.

"You can't put up a notice to find the person who stole the silver back then, right? How could they admit it to themselves?" He Yujin said helplessly, as if this showed that there was no good way.

At this moment, they seem to be in a puzzle and do not know what to do.

At this time, Ji Changye spoke: "Now the basic thing is to find the people who have handled these silver taels first, and there will always be some clues. It's also the easiest, and we're going to use it now."

Otherwise, they can only ask the court, but at that time, the matter of Ji Changye's deception of the emperor will be exposed, and they may not be able to help the people at that time, and it is easy to fold themselves in, so they can only do this.

Song Qian thought for a moment and then echoed: "This is the only way. It's just that after so long, I'm afraid that some people have forgotten what happened at the beginning, and some don't want to be entangled in trouble, so they hide the facts. It's better for us to lie that the thieves at that time have been caught, and if there are complicit among them, they will definitely panic, and then we will know the truth about what happened back then."

"What Song Niangzi said, I agree with it." And Yujin said.

Ji Changye agreed, and decided to do what Song Qian said. But want to find those who came before. It also depends on Yan to come, so the group waited anxiously, but there was no news for a long time, and seeing that it was evening, it was not too early for them to go to rest first.

The next morning, Ji Qirui hurried back to the imperial capital. Before stopping, he changed into clean and decent clothes and entered the palace to prepare to meet the emperor, but because the emperor was discussing the frontier with the ministers in the early dynasty.

So Ji Qi

Rui went to the study first and waited.

Unexpectedly, the emperor didn't wait for Xiao Xirou first, the other party's actions were cautious, and it seemed that he quietly got the news of his return and came to visit him.

"The Queen Mother." Seeing that there was no one around, Ji Qirui greeted him.

Xiao Xirou looked at Ji Qirui, who had lost a lot of weight because of following Ji Changye outside in the past few days, and couldn't help but feel distressed, touched his face and said, "It's really hard for you these days."

"The queen mother is serious. But the queen mother, why is her face so bad? But not feeling well? Erchen will go and ask the imperial doctor to come and check the pulse." Ji Qirui was about to leave the study as he spoke, but was stopped by Xiao Xirou by the arm,

Ji Qirui looked at Xiao Xirou puzzled and asked, "What is the queen mother doing? What should I do if I get down?"

"The queen mother is fine, but I'm worried about you these days and can't sleep. Now that I saw that you were safe, the queen mother was relieved. But you, who hurried back this time, but what happened?" Xiao Xirou asked worriedly, for fear that something would happen to Ji Qirui.

Ji Qirui looked around cautiously, and then answered Xiao Xirou's question in a low voice: "Erchen found out that Ji Changye was pretending to be sick. I thought that I would come back to report to my father, and I would definitely be able to cure Ji Changye's sin!" He looked determined to win, and he was very proud.

However, Xiao Xirou looked serious and dissuaded him from giving up this idea: "What your father hates most is the calculation and murder between siblings and relatives, if your father knows that you are following Ji Changye in private, he will definitely be angry. Besides, His Majesty wants to be generous to Ji Changye, how about knowing that he is pretending to be sick? There is no evidence and no loss, at most a fine is a few dollars, but you are different." She tried hard to persuade her.

Fortunately, Ji Qirui listened to her words, and realized how impulsive his actions were, after all, it is not a bad thing to have a hole card in his hand, and Ji Changye's crime of bullying the king is his hole card. When Ji Changyehu landed in Pingyang, he took out these by himself and it was his fatal blow.

"Erchen knows, thank you for your mother's teachings, Erchen will definitely remember it." Ji Qirui agreed to Xiao Xirou's suggestion.

It just so happened that at this time, the emperor returned from the previous dynasty.

After knowing that Ji Qirui and Xiao Xirou were here, he sighed helplessly outside the door, thinking to himself what did they have to do to find him? In memory, there don't seem to be many good things.

After a moment of hesitation, the Emperor walked in.

"Your Majesty."

"Join the Emperor."

The Emperor walked around the two to the bookcase and said to them, "Get up. Is there something coming to me?"

Ji Qirui and Xiao Xirou glanced at each other, but in the end they didn't say anything about Ji Changye pretending to be sick and bullying the king, but after thinking for a while, they replied: "Back to my father, my son came here to see your mother's body. and brought some nourishing top-grade products," Although none of these are available, Ji Qirui still said without changing his face, it looks like the real thing.

Xiao Xirou also hurriedly said good things for her son on the side: "That's true, Your Majesty, the prince really has a heart." Look at the book

But the emperor did not want to talk about it, after all, the political affairs of the previous dynasty had bothered him so much that he naturally did not have the strength to listen to such inconsequential matters, so he said, "I thought you were here to tell you what I told you." As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Xirou meaningfully.

The other party immediately understood what he meant, and bowed back, "The concubine will retire first." When Xiao Xirou left, the still worried eyes signaled to Ji Qirui and asked him to be cautious.

After she left, the Emperor said with reassurance, "Didn't you ask me for instructions to follow the regent? Why did you come back so quickly? But what happened?"

"Back to my father, it was the son-in-law who was unwell for a while, and he felt that the prince had someone to take care of him, and he would come back by himself without anything happening." Ji Changye thought about it and still felt that what Xiao Xirou said made sense, so he continued to lie according to the emperor's words.

The Emperor didn't suspect anything, nodded and replied, "I see. Then why did you come to the palace and not go back to recuperate, what should you do if you did the root of the disease? I'll let the Imperial Doctor show you, don't

It's delayed."

If the imperial doctor is called, then he will be recognized, in order not to provoke the emperor's anger, so Ji Qirui hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you father, but Erchen's condition has been seen by Lang Zhong, and there is no major problem, just need to rest and rest, so there is no need to trouble the imperial doctor and the emperor."

"In that case, then I won't be reluctant, so be it. If there is nothing to do, then you can step down, and I'll go about my business first." After that, he began to look at the fold, not giving Ji Qirui a chance to answer at all, and after seeing that there was nothing to say, Ji Qirui had no choice but to leave here.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Xirou outside did not leave at all, but waited for Ji Qirui here worriedly.

"The Queen Mother."

"It's out. Did you say anything?" Xiao Xirou looked at Ji Changye expectantly, and then stepped forward to ask worriedly.

After knowing that Ji Qirui had told everything that had happened, Xiao Xirou breathed a sigh of relief and took Ji Qirui back to his bedroom.

At the same time, Yan Lai had already found the person involved in the incident according to what Ji Changye said, although some did not want to come, but they could only come because they were afraid of Ji Changye's identity.

"Thank you."

Song Qian brought Yan Lai a cup of tea, and the other party naturally took it, Changfeng hurriedly walked over and said, "The one who handed you the tea just now, but the famous princess regent, do you dare to take it?"

As soon as these words came out, Yan Lai was immediately frightened: "Xia Guan didn't know that this was actually the princess, and he hoped that the princess would forgive her sins."

Song Qian was pouring tea at this time, but she didn't find it, and suddenly Yan Lai appeared in front of her to apologize to herself, and she didn't react for a while. I didn't come over until Changfeng explained it for you.

At this time, Ji Changye appeared in front of everyone, and Changfeng hurriedly stepped forward to investigate what Yan Lai had done.

"Then let them all come to the courtyard and spread the news that the murderer has been brought to justice, and there will definitely be no suspicion among the generals, so they are relieved." Ji Changye couldn't wait to continue the next thing, after all, if he delayed for a day, the people were very likely to have an accident, and in order to prevent accidents, they could only be busy.

"Does this trick really work? Song Niangzi." Changfeng took advantage of Song Qian's lack of other things and asked with interest.

Song Qian replied, "It doesn't matter whether it works or not, at least the scope of our investigation has been narrowed."