"Your Majesty, disaster relief is a matter of national importance. I will do my best and will not let Your Majesty down."
Hearing this, the Fifth Prince couldn't help but smile triumphantly, and didn't forget to give Yan Qing a provocative look.
If you dare to offend this king, I will not let you off easily.
Yan Qing smiled back, with something in his eyes.
Before the Fifth Prince could react, Xu Heshan said, "Your Majesty, this is a matter of national importance. As ministers, we should do our utmost to help, rather than throwing the responsibility onto one person."
The Fifth Prince looked at Xu Heshan angrily. How could he forget that Yan Qing’s master was also here?
Xu Heshan added, "As ministers of the Nine Provinces, we must serve the country and the emperor with all our hearts and souls until our death!"
The emperor was very pleased with Xu Heshan's words, and immediately asked Xu Heshan and Yan Qing to be responsible for disaster relief, and asked all the ministers in the court to contribute their efforts and money.
No one wanted to contribute, nor did they want to spend money, but since the emperor had said so, they naturally couldn't just sit there doing nothing.
The look in their eyes when they looked at the Fifth Prince was not good.
But when the Fifth Prince looked towards them, their faces were replaced with flattering smiles.
No matter who you offend, you wouldn’t dare offend the Fifth Prince.
The matter was settled, and everyone's faces were filled with worry.
"Yan Qing." Xu Heshan called Yan Qing as soon as he walked out of the palace.
Yan Qing saluted Xu Heshan and said, "Thank you, Master, for helping me out just now."
"Now is not the time to be polite. What are you going to do?" Xu Heshan asked.
This matter is of great importance. Even if you do it well, you may not get the emperor's praise, but if you do it wrong, you will bring about fatal disaster.
Although the emperor asked everyone to work together, he also let Yan Qing take responsibility. If Yan Qing did not do a good job, wouldn't it be exactly what the Fifth Prince wanted?
Yan Qing didn't dare to make any boasts. With a worried look on his face, he unknowingly arrived at the examination room.
He was stunned when he saw Doudou, who looked like a glutinous rice dumpling, running towards him quickly from the crowd that was much taller than him.
He instinctively opened his arms to Doudou, but Doudou ran past him and came behind him: "Mom!"
Yan Qing laughed at himself. Why did he do such a thing?
"Brother, are you here to pick me up too?"
Doudou came to him at some point and spoke to him happily.
Yan Qing raised the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Yes, I just got off the court and came here unknowingly."
"I just finished the exam." Doudou said.
"How is it? What do you think?" Yan Qing asked.
"It's pretty good." Doudou said.
Yan Qing patted Doudou's head and said, "Junior brother, you are so smart. These questions will not be difficult for you."
"That's not the case. I think the key is whether the answer is good or not. There is one thing I'm not quite sure about. Why don't you explain it to me, senior brother?" Doudou asked.
"Okay." Yan Qing put aside his own affairs and explained it to Doudou seriously.
Doudou was listening with great interest and didn't even realize when he got into Yan Qing's car and followed Yan Qing back to the Yan family.
Xie Yunjiao also came over. She wanted to take Doudou home because she had several exams to take.
"Yan Qing, I heard about the disaster relief. If you need any help, feel free to come to me," said Xie Yunjiao.
Yan Qing said: "Not yet. If I really need you, I will find you."
Yan Qing thought to himself, this is really unexpected. It has only been a short time since the court session ended, and people have already known that the emperor has sent him to provide disaster relief.
Yan Qing chatted with Doudou for a while and then sent Doudou back.
Not long after Doudou and Xie Yunjiao left, Yan Qing's uncle came over.
He knew about Yan Qing's situation and came to find Yan Qing to find a solution.
"As you know, the Lin family today is no longer the Lin family of the past. It looks strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and cannot come up with so much money for disaster relief.
"Add to that the sudden snowstorm this year, and grain can't be shipped to Beijing. Rice prices are sky-high right now!" said the eldest master of the Lin family.
Yan Qing's face darkened. As a prince, he naturally had never worried about rice, but he also couldn't believe that the price of rice here was so high just after the disaster was reported.
"Uncle, you're the biggest rice merchant. As long as you have enough rice..." Yan Qing saw the sudden change in the Lin family's eldest master's expression, and his heart tightened. "Could it be that even you have no more grain?"
The eldest master of the Lin family nodded awkwardly. He felt that he was really sorry for Yan Qing.
"It's my uncle who's wronged you. I saw that people were buying rice even though it was priced so high, so..."
Yan Qing knew that he couldn't blame his uncle at this time. If his uncle knew that he needed the rice, he would not sell it no matter how high the price was.
But it is strange that even if there is a disaster and the rice cannot be transported to Beijing for a while, no one in the streets would hear the news so quickly and buy all the rice.
unless……
"Uncle, do you know who bought it?" Yan Qing asked.
The eldest master of the Lin family said, "I asked someone to check. Originally, the rice was purchased individually, but those individual customers transported all the rice they bought to Prince Duan's Mansion."
"Prince Duan's Mansion..." Yan Qing's face darkened.
Isn’t Prince Duan’s Mansion the home of the Fifth Prince?
He must have known about the disaster a long time ago and deliberately pushed him out to harm him.
"If I knew he bought it, I would never sell it to him." The eldest master of the Lin family said through gritting his teeth.
Everyone in the Lin family knows that Zhao Qian covets Yan Ning.
The Lin family has many sons and daughters, and only the grandson Yan Ning is a girl. Everyone in the Lin family treats Yan Ning like a treasure, so how could they be willing to marry Yan Ning to a bad man like Zhao Qian?
"We can only think of other ways now." Yan Qing said.
"Don't worry, my dear nephew. Although your uncle did something wrong, he is trying to make amends. I have asked people to buy up all the rice on the market, even loose grain. No matter how much it costs, I will collect enough rice for you." said the eldest master of the Lin family.
"Thank you, uncle!" Yan Qing said gratefully.
If it weren't for the powerful Lin family supporting them from behind, he and his sister wouldn't even have the chance to grow up.
"Uncle." Yan Ning was discovered and had no choice but to come out with a smile, "I asked someone to make some tea for uncle to dispel the cold. Uncle, please drink it before leaving."
"Ning'er is thoughtful, but my uncle is busy, so I won't drink it. Let's do it next time." said the eldest master of the Lin family.
"Then I'll give you this hand warmer. It was just lit and is still warm." Yan Ning said.
The eldest master of the Lin family took a look at the hand warmer handed over by Yan Ning. The outer cover was plain green with no embroidery on it. It looked like it was for men.
Proof that she had been thinking of giving it to him for a long time.
The eldest master of the Lin family did not refuse and said, "Young lady is considerate, unlike those in my family who are like wild monkeys and make me worry all day long."
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