Even the loyal king could not have imagined that the people under him were so audacious.
After the disaster relief funds were allocated, they were exploited at every level, leaving very little for the people.
Floods were rampant, the people suffered terribly, and public anger was widespread.
He was impeached by more than a dozen memorials.
The staff member felt a chill run down his spine. "Your Majesty, please calm down. Although His Majesty has entrusted this matter to the Crown Prince, it is not easy to raise 600,000 dan of grain and transport it to the three states in such a short period of time."
"The Crown Prince may not be able to succeed. Besides, the people under the Crown Prince may not be capable either."
King Qin's face was as gloomy as water. "Have you forgotten that the Crown Prince has the support of the Marquis of Anguo. With their advice and plans, what can't he accomplish?"
Staff: "..." What can they do? Let An Guohou's people turn against them?
How is that possible? An Guohou's men only obey An Guohou.
The King Qin now only hopes that the Crown Prince's subordinates are useless and that the Marquis of Anguo is powerless to save the situation. He desperately hopes that the Crown Prince will mess things up.
At the same time, Xue Jingwen excitedly found Jiang Qingyao.
"Good Qingyao, you are really the God of Wealth of the Xue family. You are right. The prince has taken over the disaster relief work in the three states."
"Our Xue family is finally going to board the prince's ship!"
Suddenly he remembered that Marquis Anguo had gone to the front line and the wedding date had been postponed. Qingyao might be sad, so he shouldn't show too much happiness.
Xue Jingwen forced the corners of his mouth to be raised down, and for a moment his expression looked a little funny.
Little did he know that Jiang Qingyao didn't look discouraged at all. She smiled at him, told him not to get too carried away, and gave him some detailed advice.
"Don't worry about me, I'm fine. Besides, the Marquis is fine too. He's very capable and will definitely return victorious."
"I'm going to the temple to pray for him someday."
Xue Jingwen smiled again: "Then we in the Xue family should also go and pray for the Marquis of Anguo."
The entire Xue family, including their servants, prayed hundreds of times, and they just didn't believe that God couldn't hear them!
On the other side, the prince's staff purchased 250,000 dan of grain from the Xue's Trading Company, and the gap was suddenly reduced to 350,000 dan. Raising grain was smoother than expected.
The prince tilted his head: "Xue's Trading Company?" It sounded unfamiliar.
The staff nodded and said, "It's the maternal grandparents' home of Marquis Anguo's fiancée."
The prince's eyes changed immediately. He secretly took note of the Xue family.
"My future master's wife, whom I have never met, is a formidable one."
The aide was surprised and said slowly, "Your Highness, are you referring to the fact that Miss Jiang dined with His Majesty?"
The prince nodded slightly.
"It's easy to please others, but pleasing my father...that's too difficult."
"Perhaps Marquis Anguo has said something to the emperor, but if the emperor dislikes her, he would never invite her to dinner."
There must be something unique about this person to make both Marquis Anguo and the emperor like her.
The prince stroked the armrest of his chair, his eyes flickering, "Yongle also said she was interesting."
Princess Yongle is not the type to praise others easily.
"Prince An is back?" the prince asked again.
Staff: "Yes, Prince An returned to Prince An's Mansion yesterday afternoon."
"The journey to the western border was long and bumpy. Prince An became seriously ill halfway through due to unfamiliarity with the climate. If he had continued on to Lanzhou, he would have been stranded along the way."
"We have no choice but to send him back to see the imperial physician so that he can have a good rest."
The prince's expression was very calm, and he was very clear about Prince An's incompetence.
"Who was given the task of suppressing the pirates?"
Staff: "Captain of the Tiger Guards."
The Crown Prince smiled faintly and said, "It seems that from the beginning, Father didn't intend to let Prince An be responsible for this matter. He just wanted to find a reason to punish him."
The person that my father had chosen from the very beginning was the Captain of the Tiger Guards, and he also anticipated that Prince An would mess things up.
"What did Prince An do to make Father so displeased?"
The prince thought for a moment, and the spy responsible for collecting information and intelligence reported to him that the night before Prince An was punished by being suspended from office and confined to his house, Marquis Anguo went to the Ningyuan Earl's mansion.
Could it be related to Jiang Qingyao?
Prince An has a good reputation, but his brothers and sisters all know what kind of person he is in private.
Extremely hypocritical, cruel and lustful.
The prince suddenly understood, "So that's how it is!"
All the small pieces of information are connected together to form a complete picture.
Marquis Anguo said that he beat Prince An because he spoke rudely, but in fact, it was not true. He was afraid that Prince An had done something offensive to Jiang Qingyao.
For the sake of Jiang Qingyao's reputation, Marquis Anguo will not reveal it to anyone, nor will he allow anyone else to leak any information.
As for Prince An who was beaten, he was even less likely to tell anyone about it. His misconduct led to a beating, which would only make him a laughing stock and he deserved the scolding.
It happened that the day after Prince An was beaten, the emperor sentenced him to death.
Outsiders all thought that the people promoted by Prince An embezzled disaster relief funds, and because of their poor use of people, they angered the emperor and were confined to his house for a month. But in fact, it was done intentionally by the emperor's father to cover up the incident of the whipping of Prince An by Marquis An.
No one knew why Prince An avoided seeing guests, nor did they know that he was beaten by Marquis Anguo, and it was even more impossible to guess that all this was because Prince An offended Jiang Qingyao.
It not only saved Jiang Qingyao's reputation, but also allowed Marquis Anguo to vent his anger. In the end, only Prince An was injured.
"Hahahahahahaha..." The prince clapped his hands and laughed.
The staff was confused: "..."
"Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so happy?" He couldn't figure it out.
The prince suppressed his smile and said, "Send someone to secretly protect Miss Jiang. Don't let her get hurt in the slightest."
Jiang Qingyao's importance in the teacher's mind is beyond his imagination. Since this is the case, he must never let anything happen to her.
They could only send people to protect him secretly to prevent King An’s revenge.
The staff member whispered, "As you command."
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