The prime minister looked at the prince. He didn't expect that the prince was so clear-headed about this matter.
"I didn't expect that you could see through His Majesty's heart so clearly in this matter. I guess you should know what to do."
"Although His Majesty seems to have never been in charge of Jiangnan affairs, he still sent the prince. He wants to solve the epidemic in Jiangnan, but there is really no good way now. Why don't you find a cure for this disease for me?"
Since ancient times, there has been no way to cure epidemics.
Unless all the people are killed and all the belongings are burned to ashes, the current situation can be resolved.
But now, in order to demonstrate his own virtue, Your Majesty will never attack those patients lightly, let alone take their lives.
This cannot be solved by the most extreme means.
"I will help the prince to look for it, but so many people have not found one... I am afraid that you and I are just trying to catch the moon in the water."
"The Prime Minister is joking."
The prince looked at him and lowered his voice.
"Nowadays, everyone in this world, whether it's your Majesty, me, the prince, or Miss Shen, wants a cure for this disease, but the teacher also said before that there has been no cure for the disease since ancient times."
"What the prince means is..."
The prince pointed in the direction of the Imperial Hospital.
"Teacher, you said that the Imperial Hospital is busy enough on weekdays, and now they have to do their best to develop a way to cure the epidemic. If I guess correctly, they should be very busy at this moment, and they can't even move their hands or feet."
"Of course."
"But I just happened to meet Doctor Zhang from the Imperial Hospital a few days ago, drinking at a colleague's house. I heard from his subordinates that the two brothers even drank until dawn before they separated drunkenly. How can they perform their duties after drinking all night?"
"Perhaps Doctor Zhang was taking a day off that day."
The prime minister suddenly understood what the prince was talking about. It turned out that everyone was just following the superficial rules.
"Your Majesty has ordered that no one should rest until the unspoken antidote is found. Teacher, sometimes people should not be too stubborn. It will be good for you and others."
"I understand, old minister."
The prince patted the prime minister on the shoulder and said, "I have to go to pay my respects to the queen, so I will leave first. Teacher, you should go back and rest early. We will be busy later."
"yes."
The prince went to the queen's palace.
The Queen looked at the Crown Prince with a reproachful tone, "What's going on? How could the Prime Minister say such a thing in the court? Do you know how worried your mother was about you and the Prime Minister when she heard this..."
"What does the Prime Minister's words have to do with my son? Even if... Your Majesty blames the Prime Minister for this, my son will not be implicated."
"He is your teacher. Everything he has done over the years is for you. Even if this matter has nothing to do with you, His Majesty will never think that this matter was not done with your permission. You, child..."
"Father can be suspicious of me, and can think that everything his son does is unreasonable, but no matter how your majesty guesses, as long as his son does not reveal his true colors, he will always be safe."
The Queen was still a little worried about the Prince. "I heard from people that your people in Jiangnan did some dirty things. Let's not talk about it for now. How could they control the whereabouts of Wang Ye and Miss Shen? They treated the people so badly..."
"This matter is over."
The prince stood up and looked at the queen who was obviously panicked.
"Father has already punished me, and has told me about these things. I have also proved to father that all this was just the reckless behavior of his subordinates, and it has nothing to do with me."
"Did your father believe it?"
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. It's my father who needs me as his son, and it's His Majesty who needs me as the Crown Prince, so nothing will happen to me."
What the prince said does make sense. As long as he is around, things will be much easier.
"That's good! As long as His Majesty doesn't blame you on purpose, nothing will happen. You should be more careful in the future."
The Queen only knew that the Emperor blamed the Prince last time and kept him confined to his residence because General Fu had done something inappropriate.
"I heard from my subordinates a few days ago that you sent General Fu to Jiaojiao to appease the people in the south of the Yangtze River, but he ran back halfway through the appeasement. What happened? Is he really so unworthy of being appointed?"
When Fu Hengyu was mentioned, the prince's expression became somewhat ugly.
"No, it was because an epidemic broke out among those people. He was afraid that the matter would get out of hand, so he came back early to inform his son."
"Is it really just a notification?"
He nodded. Even though the queen had many doubts in her heart, she finally did not speak because she saw that the prince did not want to talk to her.
At this moment, Nanny Qin stepped into the Queen's Palace.
"The Queen Mother said that she hadn't seen the Queen for a long time and she missed her. It just so happened that the palace got a tea that the Queen liked very much today, so she specially asked this old servant to invite the Queen to taste it together."
The prince stood up and looked at Nanny Qin in front of him. He was about to refuse on behalf of the queen, but he heard her speak.
"The Queen Mother's kindness is so kind that I can only refuse it easily. Please tell the Queen Mother that I will come after changing my clothes."
Nanny Qin nodded, then turned and left.
The prince looked at the queen with some worry, "The Queen Mother has not been very kind to you this year, why do you have to... Moreover, what my son has done now has displeased the Queen Mother. I heard that the Queen Mother has been staying with Princess Yong'an recently, and she asked you to come over at this time..."
Everyone knows it.
Although the Queen and the Queen Mother seemed to have always been in harmony, they had been secretly targeting each other for many years.
Although the Queen Mother did not manage the affairs of the six palaces on the surface, she actually sent people to monitor the Queen's actions.
"But what can mother do?"
She looked at the prince with a somewhat pitiful look.
"In order to protect you, I could only pretend to submit to the Queen Mother's tyranny. Over the years, I could only follow the Queen Mother and be her dirty pawn."
There was no way out back then.
For the sake of her only son and the throne of the Eastern Palace, the Queen had no choice but to join hands with the Queen Mother.
However, she did not expect that a single thought would lead to the tragedy of that year, so that even after the passage of time and many years, the empress dowager was still able to control it firmly.
"You have spent quite a bit of time in the palace today. Go back early. I heard that you married a concubine a few days ago. Mother has never seen her. Bring her to the palace when you are free. After all, she is your first woman."
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