"Yes." Fei Peng glanced at Green Ivy, who was making a face at him from behind Zhao Shu, blushed, and quickly retreated.

Zhao Shu glanced helplessly at Green Ivy, and was about to make a joke when Prince Yong came in. “Ah Jun, I am going to Chu County to manage the floods. You are alone in the capital, so don’t go out. In a few days, there will be disaster victims entering the city, so be careful that no mobs might hurt you.”

Zhao Shu was taken aback. "Chu County is also suffering from floods?"

"This is your teacher's memorial." He handed Luo Hu's memorial to Zhao Shu and sat down nearby.

He took the memorial, unfolded it, and frowned after reading it. Chu County was the fiefdom of his eleventh uncle, the Prince of Yan. The Prince of Yan's fiefdom was close to the Western Liang of the Prince of Jing. In his memory, the Prince of Yan initially rebelled with the Prince of Jing. Later, the Prince of Yan was shot off his warhorse by Wei Tingsi with a sword. He died after returning home and was not cured.

How dare you not report to the court? What audacity! "Did Your Majesty send anyone to accompany Father?"

"There are also several officials from the Ministry of Works. Most of them went with the Crown Prince and your teacher. I can only pick some young people to go with them. But Chu County is only one county, so it's fine." The young people are those who are not very experienced.

However, he was quite confident, especially since Emperor Mingde had also sent him a copy of the method for firing mudstone that Zhao Shu had mentioned. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, water and soil would suffice.

Zhao Shu's concern was not that the flood could not be controlled, but rather what the Prince of Yan might do.

In their previous lives, there was no such flood. The rebellion of the princes was nothing more than superstitious tales about slaying snakes and starting an uprising. They said they had a dream in which the gods in heaven were dissatisfied with the current emperor and thus rebelled.

Now, they no longer need to dream; such a flood must have angered the gods, who are about to punish the current emperor.

"Let Commander Mo and Uncle Fu accompany you. Later, Ah Jun will write down a few methods for flood control for you. Whether they are useful or not, having methods is not as good as having a solution. Flood control is not as simple as just covering the water with soil."

"Alright, hurry up, your father needs to leave the city tonight." Prince Yong trusted his daughter so much that he hardly needed to think; whatever she said went, as long as she was happy.

Upon hearing the urgency, Zhao Shu immediately ordered someone to bring pen and ink and began racking her brains for ideas. However, since she was not a professional, she could only offer scattered suggestions based on the geographical location of Chu County, which was in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

“Father, please do not change the course of the river without permission. Changing the course could cause floods in many places. We do not seek perfection, but only to avoid making mistakes.”

"Alright, I'll listen to you, Ah Jun. You're all alone in the capital, so don't go out easily, understand?" he instructed again.

"Okay, I understand." Zhao Shu naturally wouldn't tell him that Wang Jiyang had just sent someone to say that he was going to Beiding Prefecture, so she planned to leave the capital immediately to investigate who had tampered with the post station. Actually, there was no need to investigate, but that pawn had to be found out, otherwise it would cause trouble in the future.

Perhaps, turning the tables on them is also a very good approach.

To his surprise, Prince Yong said, "You are not allowed to leave the capital. Your imperial uncle will handle matters of the court. Do you understand?" How could he not know what his daughter was thinking? When will she ever get rid of this overzealous habit?

However, he was wrong. Zhao Shu was not being enthusiastic; she simply wanted to defeat the enemy from the root, so that they would never have a chance to recover!

How could he not obey his father's orders? He nodded hastily and obediently raised his hand to swear, "I will definitely not leave the capital, please don't worry."

"Don't say one thing and do another. If I return and find you've left the capital, I won't let you off the hook." He pretended to be fierce to scare Zhao Shu, who also pretended to be very scared to reassure him.

Uncle Fu quickly packed his things and, together with Mo Qin, led three squads of soldiers to accompany Prince Yong out of the capital. Wu Liang was still at the Sun residence helping Sun Yun to completely control the Sun family and had not yet returned.

After seeing Prince Yong off out of the city, Zhao Shu returned to the Prince's residence, immediately changed into a sky-blue scholar's robe with cloud patterns, and, taking a squad of soldiers with her, disguised herself and left the city without even bringing Chu Chun and the others.

However, once outside the city, to avoid drawing too much attention by taking the official road, she specifically chose a mountain path. Even though it was a narrow mountain path, deep in the dense forest, she was able to encounter a noble person, and one who held a high position in the court.

"What is General Wei doing here?" Zhao Shu glanced at the distant green mountains and the babbling springs; it looked exactly like a bandit's place.

Wei Tingsi's face was somewhat cold, as if he had encountered something unpleasant. He glanced at the guards behind Zhao Shu and said, "Why didn't Shu Shu bring any maids?"

The soldiers who came with Zhao Shu were led by Gao Dan. Even though he was a tough guy who had killed people and robbed goods, he was still shocked when he heard Wei Tingsi's words. "My goodness, what did General Wei just call the princess?"

His subordinates behind him also kept their heads down. It seemed they had discovered something extraordinary during this mission. Just moments ago, they had thought General Wei was very dignified, but after these words, they felt that the dignified General Wei was like someone who had broken a vinegar jar...

Will peeking cause styes? The soldiers were really curious and secretly glanced at Zhao Shu and Wei Tingsi out of the corner of their eyes. Zhao Shu's face was slightly surprised but not angry at first, but now a trace of anger appeared on her face. They had clearly agreed that this title could only be used when the two of them were together, so why break the agreement!

This is dishonest!

"You all clear the way ahead," he instructed Gao Dan and the others.

Gao Dan dared not lead the team ahead, but he couldn't withstand the coldness emanating from Wei Tingsi, nor could he resist his aura. The princess hadn't even spoken yet. At this moment, Gao Dan regretted for the first time that he had taken this mission. If he had known this would happen, he would have led his brothers to patrol around the mansion and run around. Why did he have to come along? He had even lost three bowls of liquor just to be able to come out with the princess.

"Princess?" he asked, bracing himself against Wei Tingsi's coldness and Zhao Shu's anger.

Zhao Shu turned around and glared at him fiercely. "Go on." She couldn't very well curse at him in front of them, could she?

As if granted a pardon, Gao Dan moved with unprecedented speed, leading the group across the opposite mountain peak in just a few breaths.

Just as Zhao Shu was about to argue with him, Wei Tingsi suddenly approached, picked a wildflower and handed it to her, saying sincerely, "I was wrong just now. How about I be punished by being your guard?" Anyway, his master didn't allow him to get involved in the flood.

Zhao Shu: ...I never expected you to be like this, Wei Tingsi!