Chapter 182: Draining the Lake, Governor Lu Faints from Weeping
Governor Lu nodded, somewhat helplessly.
"The maid I sent there not only found Xiangying's attitude, but even the Crown Prince Xiangli was like an old monk in meditation."
The little maid went to bring water to Xiangli. According to the instructions of Governor Lu, she repeated to Xiangli what she had said to Xiangying.
Unexpectedly, Xiangli just sat quietly on the couch without saying a word.
The little maidservant was unsure of his attitude and reminded him several times.
"Your Highness, Your Highness?"
"Don't make noise," Xiangli said calmly and gently, but with a hint of distance, "I'm basking in the sun."
After Governor Lu repeated the instructions to the Sixth Prince exactly as they were, the Sixth Prince's face turned visibly pale.
"Sixth Prince, you also know Jie Chen's identity. Although the emperor never admits it openly, but... the emperor has asked his subordinates about it privately. After all, he is also a prince..."
Governor Lu could not bear the pressure from the Sixth Prince and could only follow his orders.
But as an official, he was caught between two princes and it was very difficult for him.
If the emperor suddenly blames him one day, even if the Sixth Prince is fine, he will definitely be held responsible.
Unexpectedly, his persuasion caused dissatisfaction among the Sixth Prince.
"You don't need to tell me what to do. Besides, how can Jie Chen be considered my brother?"
When Governor Lu saw his attitude, he dared not say anything more.
Nightfall.
Xiangying checked the drone and saw that it was fully charged, so he controlled the drone and flew out.
Like before, I sent food to Xiangli and Xiang Rongrong first.
Finally, she flew the drone directly to the Sixth Prince’s tent.
She made some harsh remarks today, and the Sixth Prince must be planning something bad.
Sure enough, the drone followed a soldier into the tent, and Xiangying saw through the screen that the Sixth Prince and three others were sitting together, discussing how to deal with her.
Xiangying narrowed his eyes.
Let her hear what's going on?
The person next to the Sixth Prince should be a military advisor.
He first talked about the hidden dangers of keeping Xiangying from three aspects.
The most straightforward way is to kill her. Don't worry about the imperial seal or not. Just put the blame of killing Xiangying on Jie Chen.
But he was slapped in the face by the Sixth Prince.
The military advisor covered his face, not knowing what was going on.
The Sixth Prince's eyes were grim: "Idiot! This prince also wants the imperial seal, not just Jie Chen's life!"
"Legend has it that whoever holds the imperial seal will be able to rule the country, but Xiangying is not threatened by me at all. Even if I beat her to death, what can I do?"
The others suggested: "Why not torture her so that she will suffer so much that she will naturally reveal the whereabouts of the imperial seal?"
The Sixth Prince glanced at him and said, "You want me to make a big fuss about this matter so that my father will know that I am also doing whatever it takes for the jade seal?"
The other party immediately lowered his head and said in fear: "I am a lowly official, please forgive me, Your Highness."
Finally, the Sixth Prince pondered for a moment and made a decision.
"Prepare a nice meal tomorrow. I have decided to meet the princess in person. She has been holding back for so many days. She must really need an outlet."
The others praised the Sixth Prince for his wisdom.
The military advisor said, "I heard that Xiang Ying was extremely promiscuous during the Western Zhou Dynasty. Once she sees the wise and powerful Sixth Prince, she will definitely fall in love with him."
The people around him echoed, "Of course. The Sixth Prince is handsome and comes from a noble family. No woman would not want to find a powerful man to pamper her when she is down and out."
The Sixth Prince unfolded his folding fan, waved it and smiled: "I remember there is a half lake in Lu Hong's mansion, let him set up a small boat on it, when the time comes, the weather will be good and the scenery will be beautiful, Xiangying will have to obey even if he doesn't want to."
The military advisor applauded: "Great! Once your highness has come up with this plan, and Jie Chen sees Xiangying fawning on you, the two of them will naturally become resentful of each other. You're killing two birds with one stone. You are worthy of being your highness."
Xiangying held the freshly fried radish balls in his arms and looked at the people on the screen, singing the same tune.
Are you exaggerating already? You really made the Sixth Prince feel good about it, didn't you?
Do they think that others are as foolish as they are?
Xiangying's fists were clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound.
If she doesn't give the Sixth Prince a hard time tomorrow, she is not Xiangying!
Thinking of this, she controlled the drone, flew away from the main tent, and headed straight for the camp where the Sixth Prince stored food.
During the day, I heard that the Sixth Prince asked the governor Lu Hong to borrow government grain.
These grains were originally stored in the government's granary, and it was planned to be delivered to the people affected by the drought in a few days.
However, it has now been taken by the Sixth Prince in advance.
Xiangying would not steal the common people’s things, but if this thing fell into the hands of the Sixth Prince, she would definitely take it!
The drone avoided the patrolling guards outside, penetrated into the food storage camp, and reaped a huge harvest!
After finishing all this, Xiangying let the drone fly back.
As the night was deep, most people in the prefect's mansion were asleep.
She just put a tube.
"You still want to go boating with me? I'll drain all the water out of the lake and see how you swim!"
The drone slowly descended, extended a tube, connected the two ends, and the other end was placed by Xiangying on the cartoon man screen in his own space.
She pressed the button on the machine and it started pumping water automatically.
Half an hour passed.
The entire lake was drained into a clear river with the bottom visible.
But in the world of the cartoon characters, heavy rain began to fall.
They regarded it as a miracle.
After all, in a desert area like Sand City, rain is not the norm, and heavy rain that lasts for half an hour is even rarer!
The people in the sand city hurriedly took basins of water and went to the streets to catch the rain.
The children rolled around excitedly in the rain-soaked mud.
Suddenly, some fish fell on the people's faces.
They were surprised—
"How can there be fish in this rain?"
"And there's a crab, it's falling on my head!"
"It was given by the gods! Thank you, gods! I kowtow!"
For a moment, everyone knelt down in unison and thanked Xiangying with a loud clap.
General Zhongyong stood in the yard, his hands on his hips, looking up at the sky with emotion.
"Great God Wang Ying is really a good god."
Just then, the patrol soldiers on duty came running over quickly.
"Report! General, there is a group of black-clad men in front of us, and they are approaching us quickly. There are quite a lot of them, probably thousands of them!"
"What?" General Zhongyong's expression immediately changed, and he ordered the drums to be beaten, "Be ready for battle!"
It is unclear whether the person who comes is a friend or an enemy. Now that they have so much supplies in Sand City, there are many people outside who want to rob and loot.
General Weiyong excitedly picked up the double axes and said, "Great, it's time to practice some fighting skills!"
Xiangying didn’t know what happened over there, she only knew that she slept all night until dawn.
But I heard a lot of noise outside.
Tao Xue had been leaning against the window, listening for a long time.
Xiangying yawned and sat up. After washing up, he called Taoxue and the children to come for breakfast.
Tao Xue came over with a snicker.
"Princess, I have a piece of good news to tell you. The lake in the prefectural government was drained dry overnight by some god. People outside were in a state of panic. I heard that Prefect Lu fainted three times from crying!"
"It's a drought right now, but he still has such a large lake in his mansion. He originally wanted to have it for emergencies and to save his life, but now there's only a shallow river beach left."
My work and rest schedule is messed up again. I feel full of energy in the middle of the night like a mala in the rain forest. I can’t wake up during the day, so the second update will be posted later. New goal for this month: adjust my work and rest schedule, go to bed at 11 o’clock and get up at 8 o’clock…
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