Chapter 169 I will never let you bear
it alone Seeing the snow, Xiao Miluo didn't know what it felt like to be sad. She was just happy and ran to catch the snow.
Xiao Chenliang was playing, and when he saw his aunt doing this, he stretched out his hands without fear of the cold and caught the snowflakes to play with:
"Cool, cool, flowers, white flowers, mother, look."
Xiao Chenliang wanted to show the snowflakes in his little hands to Zhu Xuntao like he was presenting a treasure.
But Xiao Chenliang's body was hot, and he didn't run for a few steps before the snowflakes melted into snow water in his palms.
Xiao Chenliang was dumbfounded at first, and then his mouth clenched, and he was about to cry.
Zhu Xuntao calmed down and went forward to coax the little fat boy:
"Chenliang, don't cry, these are snowflakes, they will melt anyway, we can catch them again."
The little fat boy listened to Zhu Xuntao the most, so Zhu Xuntao just coaxed him.
Xiao Chenliang grinned and pulled Zhu Xuntao to play with him in catching snow.
Looking at the snowflakes falling into his palm, Zhu Xuntao sighed: "It's really a heavy snow."
If Xiao Miluo was sighing, then Zhu Xuntao's words became a prediction.
Not to mention other places in Yong Dynasty, the capital city did snow every year as Minister Zhao said.
But no matter which year, the first snow is not as heavy as this year.
It was only an hour, and the snow from the sky not only did not stop, but also showed no trend of decreasing.
Seeing the snowflakes becoming denser, Minister Zhao, who had been staring at the sky, suddenly stopped talking.
This, this is weird.
When Minister Zhao finished washing up and was about to sleep with his new concubine, he accidentally looked out.
The lights hanging on the eaves of the corridor dimly illuminated the snow in the sky. Not only was it still dense, but more importantly, it had turned into heavy snow.
Minister Zhao: "..."
"Father."
The prince saluted the emperor, but was stopped by the emperor.
"Father, you should know the current situation. What Master Mingdeng said is true."
This day, despite all precautions, still came.
Even though Zhu Xuntao had already warned him in his heart, the prince was mentally prepared.
But the prince was particularly depressed as he could see that the snow was getting heavier and heavier, with no sign of stopping.
He was not happy at all, but was deeply worried.
"Fortunately..."
The emperor sighed. Fortunately, he believed the words of the prince and Master Mingdeng and issued the order early.
As long as no one disobeyed the imperial order, there would not be many people who died in this heavy snow.
If something happened, the patrol officers could find it as soon as possible and organize people to treat it.
"Did Master Mingdeng tell you when the snow would stop?"
The prince shook his head helplessly.
"Master Mingdeng only said that this year the Great Yong Dynasty will encounter a heavy snow disaster that occurs once in a hundred years..."
Zhu Xuntao said so, without mentioning how many days the snow would fall. The prince was not in the mood to listen to other news at that time.
"…"
The emperor's heart stagnated, and he felt very uncomfortable:
"It turned out to be a snowstorm that happens once in a hundred years. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
What the prince said before was not so serious.
The prince smiled bitterly:
"Everything is just the prediction of Master Mingdeng. I have no real evidence."
"Father, you just transferred a little money and hoped that the people would pay more attention to the snow, but it has caused such strong opposition from Minister Zhao."
"If I said that this is not only a snowstorm, but also a once-in-a-hundred-year snowstorm, I am afraid that even rumors of burning me to death would spread."
Who can predict such a disaster?
Especially the prince is in this identity, he will be regarded as a monster.
As long as this situation occurs, many people will use this to attack the prince.
So, how dare the prince say such a thing? If
he really dared to say it, his father would not believe it, and he would not be able to implement the idea of allocating money to let the people from all places patrol at night.
Because his father would not accept such "evil words to confuse the people".
The emperor did not completely understand the prince's dilemma, so after saying this, he did not say anything else, let alone train the prince.
It was not easy for him to be the emperor, and it was not easy to sit in the position of the prince.
"If what Master Mingdeng said is true, I am afraid it will be a sleepless
night tonight." At this moment, the emperor was in no mood to sleep, and he had to worry all night.
Just as the emperor worried, he could not sleep well all night and woke up from time to time.
Whenever the emperor woke up, he would ask the people around him how the snow was outside.
The answer he got every time was the same: it
was still snowing, and it was snowing very heavily.
The snow was probably one foot deep.
This was the answer the emperor got the last time he asked his personal eunuch.
One foot deep, it was actually one foot deep!
In just one night, the atmosphere in the capital took a sharp turn for the worse, and most people had solemn expressions on their faces, with only one or two exceptions.
Needless to say, Xiao Jingzhan and the prince were the first to know the situation and knew it best.
He didn't fall asleep the whole night while hugging Zhu Xuntao.
Similarly, even if he didn't make a sound, he knew that Zhu Xuntao couldn't fall asleep either.
The couple just stayed there stiffly, without changing their movements.
When they woke up the next day, the two who didn't sleep well were both half stiff.
Looking at the thick snow outside the house, Zhu Xuntao opened his mouth for a long time, but couldn't utter a word.
Because at this point, she didn't know what else she could do.
Before leaving the court, Xiao Jingzhan hugged Zhu Xuntao tightly:
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything. Even if the sky falls, there are still tall people to hold it up. I will never let a little girl like you suffer any injustice."
After comforting Zhu Xuntao, Xiao Jingzhan took heavy steps to go to court.
Someone murmured to Minister Zhao, fortunately the emperor had foresight and allocated money early to let all places and parties take strict precautions against snowfall.
If the people had not been prepared for the heavy snowfall last night, how many houses would have collapsed and how many people would have been killed by such a heavy snow?
Before last night, although not everyone could express their unreasonable handling of the emperor's money like Minister Zhao did,
they only dared to suppress their complaints and dissatisfaction in their hearts.
Today, many people in the court admired the emperor very much and felt that the emperor was the emperor and made wise decisions.
This money was spent so well and it was worth it.
Therefore, when the heavy snow fell, the atmosphere in the court, which should have been solemn, became somewhat relaxed due to the flattery of the ministers to the emperor.
For this reason, the faces of the crown prince and Xiao Jingzhan became even uglier.
In addition to the crown prince and Xiao Jingzhan, there was another person who seemed particularly quiet in the court, and that person was Minister Zhao.
As for the reason, there is no need to explain it in detail.
Minister Zhao, who felt that he had lost face, was almost more depressed than the weather.
The emperor was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with him, and Minister Zhao knew it.
Last time, because of the Zhu Xuntao incident, Minister Zhao lost his daughter's position as the crown princess.
Until today, Minister Zhao still feels resentful and thinks that the emperor's treatment of him was too much.