For a moment, the ministers began to argue about who should go to suppress the bandits.

Suddenly, the guards outside the palace shouted: "Eight hundred miles, urgent!"

Eight hundred miles express!

Upon hearing these words, all the ministers in the court fell silent immediately, and the atmosphere in the hall changed.

All the civil and military officials looked solemn, looking at each other.

The emergency report received at this time could not possibly be good news.

The Emperor's face turned pale and he ordered in a deep voice, "Present it."

A eunuch stepped forward quickly, holding an urgent memorial in both hands and respectfully handed it to the emperor.

The emperor took the memorial, unfolded it quickly, and after taking a glance at it, his expression became even uglier.

The emperor angrily slammed the armrest and roared, "When the governor of Pingliang learned that the relief grain had been robbed, he led 3,000 elite soldiers to suppress the bandits, but all of them disappeared!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down." Seeing the emperor's expression, the court officials hurriedly knelt down.

"Calm down, how can you ask me to calm down? What's the point of me keeping a bunch of useless people like you?" The emperor put in a lot of effort and provided money and food to the drought this time.

As a result, the money, food and even the people were gone.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to forgive me."

"You really deserve to die." The emperor was so angry that he wanted to kill those bandits himself.

Lu Songwu said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the governor is missing. The most urgent task is disaster relief, especially for the people in the disaster area."

"Duke Lu is right."

The emperor was angry with all the civil and military officials in the court. They all knew how to flatter him and none of them was useful.

The Prime Minister was always good at guessing the Emperor's intentions. Seeing this, he boldly said, "Your Majesty, the terrain of Black Wind Mountain is treacherous. Prince Su is the only one who can suppress the bandits this time."

As soon as the Prime Minister said this, all the civil and military officials in the court fell silent.

They also knew that Prince Su was the most suitable, but the emperor didn't want to. But now that the prime minister said so, should they follow?

Of course the emperor doesn't want to, but he can't just abandon the people, right?

Lu Songwu also said at this time: "His Royal Highness Prince Su is brave and good at fighting. If he is the one transporting the grain, the bandits will definitely not have the courage to rob it again."

If he was robbed again, no one would blame his son.

Moreover, since Prince Su is going to suppress the bandits, there might be a chance that his son will come back.

Well, since Duke Lu said so, it must be correct.

"With Prince Su here, what's there to fear from a small bandit?"

"yes!"

"That's right."

The emperor looked at his ministers, gritting his teeth in hatred. What a waste! What a bunch of waste!

But his face was full of excitement, "My dear ministers, you are right. Come, draft the decree!"

Upon seeing this, all the civil and military officials in the court praised the emperor for his wisdom.

The imperial edict was issued to Prince Su’s Mansion on the same day.

Chu Jinghuai seemed to have expected this. He took the imperial edict expressionlessly, said nothing, and turned around to walk inside.

"Your Highness..." The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict stood there in a daze. What did this mean?

He looked at the guards and servants of Prince Su's Mansion, hoping that they could answer his questions, but they either looked up at the sky or lowered their heads.

What bad luck! The eunuch who delivered the decree sighed and left. Anyway, the decree had been delivered, and whether Prince Su listened to it or not was up to him.

After Chu Jinghuai entered the room, he casually tossed the imperial edict to the housekeeper, "Ask the princess to come and see..." He stopped mid-sentence, "Forget it, where is the princess?"

Chen Jingxi was busy in front of the grill at the moment, flipping skewers of barbecued meat in his hands.

She twisted her waist and muttered something, as if she was reciting the secret of barbecue.

“BBQ beer, crayfish, air conditioning, WIFI, cantaloupe.”

"Drink today, beer and skewers are a great way to enjoy yourself."

The maids and servants beside her were amused by her appearance and laughed secretly with their heads down.

The princess is so talented.

The aroma of the barbecue was so tempting that they swallowed their saliva from time to time.

"What are you doing?" Chu Jinghuai walked up to her and asked softly.

"Barbecue!" Chen Jingxi turned around and asked, "Do you want to try it?"

Chu Jinghuai nodded.

"Brush with oil."

"There's a trick to grilling meat well. Do you hear the sizzling sound? That's when you add the spices."

"No, you can't put it on with a spoon, you have to use your hands. Spread it like this. This is the soul of barbecue."

"so?"

"That's right."

"Flip it over quickly, it's about to burn."

Chu Jinghuai listened to the instructions in an orderly manner.

Chen Jingxi smiled with satisfaction as he watched him learn very well.

You don’t know until you see it. It’s so shocking that your heart skips a beat.

Damn, this good-looking man looks good in everything he does.

This hand looks good too. The skewers grilled with such a beautiful hand must be very delicious, hehe.

Chen Jingxi couldn't help but swallow a few more times.

Chu Jinghuai looked at her staring at the meat like a puppy and smiled unconsciously.

"Okay, let's eat."

Chen Jingxi took it and stuffed it into his mouth. "That's right, excellent people learn things faster than others."

Chu Jinghuai smiled and said, "I roasted chicken when I was a kid."

"As a prince, you roast chicken yourself and eat it. Then the life of a prince is not very good."

After Chen Jingxi said this, he almost choked.

Suddenly I remembered what Mrs. Zhou once said, Chu Jinghuai is a child who is not loved by his father and mother, and is a miserable child.

Chen Jingxi reached out to touch his head to comfort him, but found that he was a little tall, so she patted him on the shoulder.

"Your Majesty, I will protect you from now on. Just tell me what you want to eat."

Chu Jinghuai frowned.

"Things from your childhood are in the past. Don't keep them in your heart. If you have anything to say, just say it out loud. It will be fine once you say it out loud."

Chu Jinghuai asked, "What?"

"You told me about your miserable childhood, how you didn't have enough to eat and how the palace maids withheld your food."

"Where did you hear this, Princess?"

"Uh... in the storybooks, I read it in the storybooks, it said that those unfavored princes and princesses often didn't have enough to eat, so they ran to the imperial kitchen to steal food."

"Princess, you should read less of what I said in the future."

"What's wrong?"

"Perhaps, but this situation will not happen to me."

Since he was five years old, he had dealt with all the palace maids and eunuchs who did not give him food or tried to drug him.

"How could the princess know this?"

"This life is too boring. I just have some fun to enrich my life. That's it."

Chen Jingxi knew what she said was ridiculous, so she quickly changed the subject, "Aren't you busy today?"

"I will go to Pingliang soon."

"So suddenly, are you going to suppress the bandits?"

"Um."

"Then I wish His Majesty a successful start."

Chu Jinghuai sighed, "You woman have no conscience at all."

Chen Jingxi thought about it and she really didn't know what to say.

Should she care about him and encourage him at this time, but when the words came to her lips, they became so pale and powerless.

Maybe she really isn't a good wife.

She thought for a moment, and finally said, "I don't know what to say. I'm not good at talking about this. Please come back soon."