Chapter 24 The Prince is Really Caring
The atmosphere in the Hall of Supreme Harmony suddenly became stagnant.
The Hall of Supreme Harmony, where court meetings were held every day, is the legendary Golden Throne Hall, and is also the largest and highest-specification palace in the imperial palace.
The inside and outside of the hall are decorated with thousands of golden dragon patterns, golden dragon pillars, dragon gate treasure boxes, and gold brick floors. It is magnificent, solemn and dignified.
The Crown Prince was not yet twenty years old, nor had he officially entered the court, but the Emperor wanted to send him out of the capital to provide disaster relief. All the civil and military officials present were silent.
Many ministers who called themselves "Princelings" believed that the emperor had ulterior motives and was plotting evil.
The king is in his prime and the crown prince has grown up. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so popular and famous. I am afraid that this will be an eyesore to His Majesty.
Ever since the emperor chose a girl from a poor family as the mistress of the Eastern Palace, there was an uproar both inside and outside the court.
If the prince had not come forward to clarify in time, saying that Yang was chosen by him personally, the pedantic and conservative ministers would have wanted to shed blood in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and die in order to make a remonstrance.
"I think it is inappropriate. The locust plague is raging in Zhuozhou. The crown prince is the foundation of the country. How can we ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to condescend to go there to provide disaster relief?" Suddenly someone said passionately.
The emperor remained calm and said, "Your Highness has lived in the palace for a long time and has never personally experienced the people's sentiments. Now that you are seventeen years old, you should gain more experience outside the court."
"When I was the same age as the prince, I was able to lead the army in person to defeat the Oirat."
These few calm words contained the unquestionable imperial majesty, which was so powerful that it left people speechless.
The former emperor was only sixteen years old when he was appointed to inherit the throne in a time of crisis. It was because he personally led the troops to fight against the Ola army that was approaching the capital and avoided the relocation of the capital to the south that he was able to secure his throne.
Some ministers still raised objections, but the emperor turned a deaf ear to them.
The absurd death of his brother, Emperor Yongshun, has been lingering in his mind for years.
The prince has recently shown a tendency to indulge in women. If we do not intervene and let him go, he will probably repeat the same mistakes.
On the other side, just after the morning class in Wenhua Hall ended, the prince learned the news that he was about to leave the capital to provide disaster relief.
He was stunned for a moment, but had no intention of resisting.
"Shu Qing, send someone to tell Wang Bianzhuan that he doesn't need to come to lecture in the afternoon. I have to go to the South Study to discuss disaster relief with my father." Xiao Yan ordered slowly.
"Yes, I'll do it right away!" The attendant eunuch Shu Qing responded.
On the other side, Xu Chengzong was hesitant to speak, and still wanted to bring up the matter of letting his sister Xu Miaohua enter the Eastern Palace.
He didn't care about Yang Manyan's rejection. He just thought that she was narrow-minded and short-sighted because she came from a humble family.
Their Duke of Wei's Mansion has stood firm for hundreds of years. How could it be compared to Yang, a woman of humble origin and without any support from her mother's family?
Xu Chengzong firmly believed that the prince would weigh the pros and cons and that a marriage with the Duke of Wei would be beneficial rather than harmful.
But before he could open his mouth, the prince had already left Wenhua Palace surrounded by a group of eunuchs.
Xu Chengzong stood where he was, staring blankly at the group of people walking away, secretly regretting that he should have spoken his words earlier.
Now we can only wait for the Crown Prince to return to the capital after completing his disaster relief work before we can discuss this matter again.
The night was as cool as water, and everything was silent. Xiao Yan walked back to the East Palace under the silvery moonlight.
It was past midnight and Yang Manyan had already fallen into a sound sleep.
The candlelight in the hall was dim, and the brocade curtains were rolled up. The girl on the bed lay on her side, resting her head on her snow-white arms. Her long, soft black hair fell down, making her look even whiter than snow.
I don’t know what she dreamed about, her cheeks were slightly flushed, her brows were sometimes furrowed and sometimes relaxed, and her eyelashes were wet.
After washing up, Xiao Yan sat on the edge of the bed, quietly looking at her cute and innocent sleeping face, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.
Although Zhuozhou is nearby, disaster relief is not something that can be resolved in a day or two. It is rare for him to leave the capital, and he plans to visit the people in the vicinity of the capital, so he will have to stay away for a month.
I wonder if his friend Yuanyuan will miss him after they part.
After a long silence, he slowly got on the bed.
Yang Manyan did not sleep comfortably. Nightmares came one after another. She felt someone kissing her cheek in a half-asleep state, and she suddenly woke up.
"Your Highness?" she asked cautiously.
The man said "hmm" and took her into his arms, "Yes, go to sleep."
The next day, when Yang Manyan woke up again, the prince had already escorted the disaster relief supplies out of the capital.
Xingyun Suyue and others helped her to get up, and took the opportunity to talk about the words the prince had said before he left.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specifically ordered that the servants not be allowed to wake you up. He also said that if you are bored and have free time, you can go to the study in the East Palace and read any book in it at will."
After saying that, Xingyun couldn't help but sigh in a low voice, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is really caring."
A blush flashed across Yang Manyan's face.
She went to bed early last night so that she could get up early today to see the prince off, but she didn't expect to oversleep.
After she had finished washing and changing her clothes, a distinguished guest arrived unexpectedly at the East Palace.
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