Chapter 49 All Good Things Must Come to an End

But let’s talk about Yan Shixu.

After the disaster victims in Fuzhou were settled, agricultural production was also restored in an orderly manner.

During this period, he also secretly discovered that the governor Huo Yunqi and his family were exploiting the people, selling official positions and titles, and disregarding human lives.

Huo Yunqi himself was carrying the life of a young woman on his shoulders.

Seeing that she was young and beautiful, Huo Yunqi wanted to take her as his concubine.

The woman refused to obey and bumped into a stone lion in front of the governor's mansion, dying on the spot.

Many people know about this, and you will find out once you check.

And that woman actually had a fiancé.

Her fiancé is a kind and loyal son. He has been searching for evidence of Huo Yunqi's crimes in the past two years, wanting to make him pay with blood.

Upon learning that the prince had come to Fuzhou in person, he stopped Yan Shixu's horse in the street and presented him with a thick stack of evidence.

Yan Shixu was investigating Huo Yunqi, and these evidences undoubtedly sped up his progress a lot.

When he saw the evidence, he immediately had Huo Yunqi tied up.

After some verification, it was found that every item was true.

Yan Shixu ordered his men to raid the Huo family's house and confiscate all the money in the mansion, which was all used to help the victims.

As for their whole family, Yan Shixu ordered people to take them to the capital, along with the evidence of their crimes, to wait for the emperor's decision.

Huo Yunqi is really a person who doesn't know his own life. The previous governor of Fuzhou was beheaded in public, but he chose the same old path.

After discussing with several close confidants he brought with him, Yan Shixu decided to promote Wang Yangde, the governor of Jiujiang County, to the position of governor of Fuzhou.

The vacant position of Jiujiang County Magistrate was filled by Li Chongshan, the County Magistrate of Yanmen County.

These two people made outstanding contributions in this disaster relief.

During these months, Yan Shixu also saw the talents and integrity of the two people.

With them in charge of Fuzhou, I think when I come back here in the future, Fuzhou will definitely be a different place.

After everything was arranged, Yan Shixu ordered several officials who had come with him to Fuzhou to provide disaster relief to return to the capital first.

He himself went to Jizhou with Zhang Sicheng and several close confidants.

Prince Lin Yan Shilin was quite surprised to learn that his royal brother had come to his fiefdom.

He knew that his royal brother was going to Fuzhou to provide disaster relief, but he didn't know that he would change his route.

Yan Shilin immediately put down the brush in his hand and galloped to the city gate to greet him.

The two brothers hugged each other, patted each other's backs, and their eyes were a little red.

The last time we met was at Yan Shixu’s wedding.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

After the princes took up their fiefdoms, they were not allowed to return to the capital without imperial decree.

Yan Shilin and Yan Shixu were the same, and neither of them was favored by the emperor.

The emperor had the children born to Yang Guifei to enjoy his company every day, so how could he still remember his son Yan Shilin?

In the past three years, there has not been a single imperial decree asking Yan Shilin to return to the capital.

Before Yan Shilin became a vassal, he had a very good relationship with Yan Shixu.

Their ages were only a few months apart.

Before the age of twelve, the two studied together, ate together, and slept together.

Later, Yan Shixu was made the crown prince and became busy, so the two of them no longer stayed together every day.

"Ah Lin, are you doing well in Jizhou?"

Yan Shilin almost burst into tears. He looked up at the blue sky for a while, and soon a smile appeared on his face.

"What's wrong with that? Here, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so I can live freely and carefree."

Yan Shixu patted his shoulder, knowing that he was telling the truth.

Yan Shilin is free and easy-going and loves freedom.

Jizhou is far from the capital, and no one cares about him. He is free, which is not bad.

Yan Shixu looked around and praised: "You have managed Jizhou very well. I have come all the way here and I have seen that this state is stable and prosperous."

Yan Shilin felt a little guilty when he heard this.

"This is all thanks to the Governor of Jizhou. My royal brother knows this. I just like to travel, enjoy the scenery, appreciate poetry and paint. How could I know how to take care of these things?"

Yan Shixu shook his head and laughed.

The two walked all the way to Prince Lin's Mansion, where Princess Lin's wife Ye Caiwei and a group of servants from the mansion greeted them at the gate.

Seeing the prince returning home with her husband, Ye Caiwei bowed gracefully.

Yan Shixu helped her up and smiled very gently.

"No need to be so polite, sister-in-law."

Seeing his wife, Yan Shilin hurried forward to support her.

"Didn't I tell you to lie down in your room? What are you doing? Be careful of the baby in your belly."

Seeing how nervous he was, Ye Caiwei blushed.

"Your Majesty, my brother is still here!"

Yan Shixu, who was standing by, was surprised: "Is my sister-in-law pregnant?"

Yan Shilin's face was filled with the joy of becoming a father.

He nodded and smiled, "It's been more than two months. I wrote a letter back to the capital, but my brother was in Fuzhou and didn't see it."

Upon hearing this, Yan Shixu was also happy for him: "Congratulations, A-Lin."

Yan Shilin also smiled and said, "Royal brother, I think we should be happy together! My eldest nephew is more than five months old now. This fate is really amazing. Royal brother is three months older than me, and now your child is also three months older than mine."

Now that you put it that way, it’s true.

The fate in this world is truly wonderful.

Seeing Yan Shilin carefully helping his younger brother and sister-in-law into the palace, Yan Shixu couldn't help but think of Wen Li'er.

I don’t know how that little fool has been doing these past few months.

Thinking of her temperament, Yan Shixu chuckled.

It must be eating well and sleeping well.

This heartless guy wrote several letters back to the palace.

She didn't even write a reply.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to return to Beijing to witness the birth of his child.

After staying in Prince Lin's mansion for six days, he said goodbye to Yan Shilin and Ye Caiwei during the banquet and set off to return to Beijing.

Yan Shilin knew that all good things must come to an end.

He suppressed his reluctance and watched Yan Shixu leave.

After this farewell, I don’t know when we will meet again.

I just hope they can all be well and live long into old age.

Yan Shixu rode at full speed all the way to the capital. After traveling for almost a month, he was only three days away from returning to the capital, but he went to Xizhou again.

Xizhou is close to the capital, so it is naturally more prosperous.

The prince did not tell Prince Yu that he had come to Xizhou, and simply found an inn to stay in.

At night, Zhang Sicheng, who was sent out, returned in the dark.

He knocked on Yan Shixu's door with a serious expression.

"Your Highness, it is indeed as you expected. Prince Yu is a very ambitious man."

Yan Shixu nodded and waited for him to continue.

Zhang Sicheng said, "He is very popular among the people of Xizhou, and many wealthy businessmen support him."

"Your Highness, you are aware that Prince Yu has been on the battlefield and holds a certain influence in the military. The most unacceptable thing is..."

Zhang Sicheng paused for a moment and told us the most important discovery of the day.

"There are a total of 50,000 troops stationed in Xizhou, all of whom obey his orders. Just today, Prince Yu personally inspected the military camp and inspected the soldiers' training. There are also over 30,000 war horses in the camp, and he has also purchased a number of mares."