Pei Yao stayed in Biluo Zhai for an hour and a half before leaving.

I'm busy now, even if I'm idle, I can't rest for so long, and I have to get down to business.

In fact, this is considered a disruption of the plan.

Originally, he planned to sit for half an hour and leave, didn't he look at Fang Yu's new Hanmei picture, point to the east, point to the west, and the time passed in a flash.

Before leaving, Fang Yu tidied up the sleeves he had rolled up when he was painting, and said in a low voice.

"His Royal Highness also promised to paint a portrait of the concubine in winter, and when His Highness is busy for a while, he is not allowed to break his promise."

"Lonely nature is a good word."

Looking at the gentle and lovely woman in front of him, Pei Yao couldn't help but reach out and touch the top of her hair.

Fang Yu raised his eyes and smiled at him.

After Pei Yao left Biluozhai, not long after, on the side of Weiyang Pavilion, a little maid quickly stepped into the house and whispered a few words to Yun Rou outside.

Then, Yun Rou lifted the curtain and entered the inner room.

"Concubine Fang, Your Highness has returned to the front yard."

In the room, Yang was practicing calligraphy in front of the bookcase, and when he heard the sound, the pen in his hand paused, and then continued.

"I thought Her Highness would stay with her today."

"How so." Yun Rou stepped forward and helped Yan Mo, "Your Highness is busy with government affairs, and going to Biluozhai is just to take a look at the second girl by the way, isn't Your Highness going to lunch today with the eldest prince." ”

Yun Rou said this, but Yang shook his head when he heard it.

"It takes so long to see the child, after all, His Royal Highness likes the Fang family, so he will sit for a long time in Biluozhai, look at Zhao Liangdi, why did His Royal Highness take the eldest prince to the front yard to see, not to Jiang Xuexuan."

Listening to Yang's words, Yun Rou was choked and pursed her lips for a while.

However, this time, Yang continued lightly.

"But in the final analysis, if there was no second girl to raise with her, His Highness would not have gone to her today, this child can indeed win a little more attention from His Highness."

"If it wasn't for the crown princess who deliberately made a hindrance from it, the second girl would definitely be raised under your knees now!" Yun Rou immediately said indignantly, and then her eyes flashed slightly and she lowered her voice and said, "Actually, it's not like the side concubine can't snatch the second girl back." ”

As soon as she said this, Yang shook his head.

"This child has nothing to do with me, I don't have to work hard, not to mention that the Fang family is well raised, what does His Royal Highness do to give the child to me again, if you use the He family's method, the Fang family is smart, I am also afraid of losing my wife and losing my soldiers."

Speaking of this, Yang finally stopped his pen, looked at a poem he had copied, smiled with satisfaction, and said in a low voice.

"As for this child, it is best to give birth to himself."

Hearing this, Yun Rou hooked her lips and smiled, "But isn't it, how can you have a relative born by yourself, should the concubine ask the imperial doctor to come to diagnose a safe pulse this month?" ”

"Don't worry, time is still shallow, and it's a shame to be wrong." Concubine Yang said lightly.

Yun Rou nodded and said nothing.

In the next six or seven days, Pei Yao didn't set foot in the backyard again.

I'm busy ahead.

The eldest prince made a fuss about concealing the disaster and not reporting it, and after Prime Minister Li Cheng went back, he immediately handed over a letter to the eldest prince.

is worthy of being an old fox who has been up and down in officialdom for many years, and Li Mu still has two brushes.

After his teaching, the eldest prince followed the urgent report sent back, and the description of the disaster was more detailed than the letter submitted by the northern officials before, as if it had taken a lot of effort to carefully investigate.

Moreover, the eldest prince mentioned that he has begun to dispatch local granaries, open warehouses to release grain, and provide relief to the victims.

With this letter, Emperor Chengjing came to the spirit.

Under the leadership of Li Mu's faction, it was said that the letter handed over earlier was ill-intentioned, intended to divide the hearts of the monarch and the minister's father and son.

At this time, Lu Chuan naturally would not move.

It was another game, and in the end, the eldest prince took off the hat of concealing the disaster and not reporting it, but the person who presented the folds was not punished by Emperor Chengjing.

Just when Li Mu, the eldest prince and others were temporarily relieved that this matter had been resolved, the second prince rushed to the northern disaster area with another group of people.

The two brothers met, and the atmosphere was not bad.

First, the eldest prince had received Li Mu's letter before, and he didn't have much hostility towards the second prince in his heart, and secondly, because the second prince was very respectful to him, as if he had come to be his pawn.

During this time, the eldest prince was also very tired, he had never been so hard, to be honest, he didn't adapt to it at all, and now he is very disgusted with the environment in this disaster area.

The northern border of Daqi was dry and cold in winter, and now the drought is even more so, and there is a plague in several places, and the people are everywhere, and the environment is even worse.

So after the second prince came, as soon as he offered to do things for him, he didn't even think about it, so he divided some hard work.

For example, the on-the-spot inspection of the situation of the victims, the degree of improvement of the disaster situation, and the estimation of how much food and medicine the imperial court needs to allocate again, etc., most of which were handed over to the second prince.

The eldest prince himself sat directly in the post station and waited for the news, and finally moved his mouth and pen to make a report to the court.

Of course, he didn't forget to draw cakes for the second prince, saying that when he returned to Beijing, he would definitely invite him to take credit in front of Emperor Chengjing.

This good brother is a family.

The second prince naturally thinks about the eldest prince, no.

So he mentioned his father-in-law Lin Shengshu, who was a waiter in the household department.

"The eldest brother went north and worked hard, but the prince is in charge of logistics in Beijing, and he has always been good at inviting merit and fame, and his father's reward was divided by him, I am afraid it is not enough to comfort the eldest brother's hard work."

"What should I do in your opinion?" The eldest prince frowned and asked.

The second prince lowered his voice and said, "My brother's father-in-law is in the position of Zuo Shilang in the household department, and the eldest brother knows that the matter of transferring money and grain this time, Shangshu Chen Sui handed over most of it to him, as far as I know, the prince may be suspected of enriching his own pockets." ”

"How dare he embezzle money and food for disaster relief?!" The eldest prince glared, "For such a big matter, why don't you write to inform your father and punish him for a crime!" ”

Seeing that the eldest prince was excited, the second prince hurriedly stopped him.

"Big brother, don't be impatient, and listen to what my brother has to say."

After calming the people, the second prince lowered his voice and continued.

"In my opinion, instead of exposing him now, it is better to borrow his hand and put this silver in his own pocket, and then this huge amount of money will be pressed on his head in one fell swoop, and he will not be able to be suppressed even more, and there will be no place to turn over?"

Hearing the second prince say this, the eldest prince pursed his lips and frowned, and did not answer for a while.

Naturally, he wouldn't listen to the words of the second prince so easily, not to mention that the stakes were so high, he should also ask Prime Minister Li Cheng in Beijing first.

So after a moment of silence, he waved his hand and said, "My father hates corruption the most, I can't do this, don't mention it again, I just didn't hear it today." ”

Seeing him say this, the second prince's eyes flashed, bowed his head in response, and silently withdrew from the eldest prince's room.

Soon after he left, the chamberlain of the eldest prince went out, and after a short time, two officials who were very close to the eldest prince returned with the chamberlain and entered the room together.

There was no conclusion for a while as to what the eldest prince was thinking, but in the past six or seven days, a major event had happened in Kyoto City.

An abandoned Taoist temple on the outskirts of the city, which was temporarily used as a foothold by displaced people from the north, showed the plague.

The reason for the discovery was that some sick victims went to the city to beg and died of illness on the streets.

(End of chapter)