Xia Zhengqi dismissed his attendants and whispered, "Don't worry, Cheng Wan. You don't have to pretend to be sick in the mansion. I found a substitute for you and asked him to pretend to be you in the mansion. You have more important tasks to do."
The prince's eyes lit up: Dad, what are you talking about?
"Just now at the morning court, I handed over the disaster relief matter to Grand Tutor Jiang, Jiang Rong, and Sun Chaogui."
"You select 100 capable men from the Crown Prince's guards. I will also give you Cheng Feng and 100 secret guards to command."
"Make your preparations first. Three days from now, you will lead these people in disguise and secretly depart for Jiangxia Province. You will secretly monitor Grand Tutor Jiang and the governor and governor-general of Jiangxia Province to see if they are doing anything fishy with the disaster relief efforts."
"This is the secret decree and the Shangfang sword. You can take it out to prove your identity when you are in danger. In special circumstances, I allow you to execute first and report later." Xia Zhengqi said, taking out an envelope from his arms, and took out a sword from his waist and handed it to the prince.
The prince suddenly understood, tears of excitement filling his eyes: "I will obey your command and will not fail you!"
Since the age of 7, when the world changed drastically and his father, who was originally an idle prince, was pushed to the throne, Xia Chengwan's life has undergone earth-shaking changes.
My father, who was kind-hearted, was suppressed by the old ministers in the court, and his face no longer had the happiness of the past.
On the surface, those ministers were respectful and polite to the emperor, but behind his back they mocked him for being a soft persimmon who had no say in important court affairs and was controlled by a few elders in the court.
For more than a decade, Xia Chengwan even felt that his father was a soft persimmon who was not smart enough or tough enough, and was not much better than a puppet.
Now he never expected that his father had actually discovered Master Jiang's conspiracy and had come up with a countermeasure.
It seems that he has underestimated his father over the years.
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