Chapter 1404 Video 2 (October Monthly Ticket Plus 9)
Then Li Shangshu of the Ministry of War cried poor, asking for money, weapons and clothes for the soldiers guarding the border and the emperor:
The Ministry of Works also mentioned that the Yellow River should be dredged. Last year, there was a drought in Shengzhou, and this year there might be more rain. Unfortunately, Shengzhou is located where the Yellow River bends.
This place is so unlucky. The Yellow River makes a 90-degree turn here. The river is extremely turbulent, just like a roaring tigress. When there is not much rain, everyone is worried, and when there is a lot of rain, everyone is even more worried.
Therefore, in order to reduce losses, Shengzhou should strengthen the dike and the areas further downstream should be dredged. Otherwise, if too much silt accumulates and there is too much rain above, the downstream area will be doomed.
Both of these items required a lot of money, so everyone started arguing, and the emperor asked the prince for his opinion.
The Crown Prince believed that the Ministry of War's expenditures could be temporarily reduced by one or two items, and the Ministry of Works could be used first. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory also said that there would be more rain in the Yellow River area this year.
After discussing this matter, the next thing to come was the matter of Lord Wang's remonstration, which Eunuch Wu had mentioned to her in the morning.
When Lord Wang mentioned that the Crown Princess had no heir and suggested that the Eastern Palace take in another concubine, Manbao saw that the Crown Prince's face in the video darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The video recorded by Koko was extremely clear, so clear that Manbao could see the prince's pores, so as soon as he frowned, Manbao saw his expression become violent.
But he restrained himself and didn't lose his temper directly.
Although they ended up arguing and parting on bad terms, fortunately they didn't fight.
Manbao said as he watched the video: "If I were the crown prince, I would directly tell His Majesty to marry the prince's legitimate daughter into the palace. He can marry the daughter he loves the most. Let's see if he mentions it again."
Koko said nothing.
After a morning look, there was a knock on the door.
Manbao went to open the door, and Bai Shan said, "It's time for dinner. What are you doing in the room? Why did you take so long to open the door?"
Manbao glared, "So fast?"
I feel like she just watched the video.
Looking back, Manbao felt that watching the prince's videos was much more fun than watching the class videos in the classroom, and time passed very quickly.
After reading it, Manbao wanted to communicate with others, but Bai Shan was the only one he could talk about such things with in the family. So after dinner, the two of them ran to the small garden under the pretext of watering the flowers to tamper with the plants and trees.
Manbao vividly recounted the morning court session she had just watched. She had a good memory and could basically repeat what everyone said in the video.
When it came to the story of Lord Wang, Manbao told Bai Shan his idea and said, "After all, the prince is still not shameless enough."
Bai Shan turned his head and looked at her quietly.
Seeing him staring at her motionlessly, Manbao touched his face and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It just so happens that the Crown Prince did something similar two years ago. At that time, a Censor Liu impeached the Crown Prince in the same way. The Crown Prince thought he was right, and the next day he asked the Crown Princess to take Liu's daughter into the palace."
Bai Shan said, "Last year, Liu, who lost her pregnancy, is the daughter of Censor Liu."
Manbao: ...
She couldn't help but start to speculate, "Could it be..."
"No," Bai Shan said, "In fact, the Crown Prince didn't care about Liu's daughter at all. Although he was angry about Censor Liu's exposure, he later forgot about it. The Crown Princess was also generous and didn't make things difficult for Liu. Coincidentally, Liu was also virtuous and followed the example of a man who married a chicken, no, a man who married a dragon, and was also respectful and obedient."
"She failed to save the baby. Someone whispered to her that the Crown Princess had done her harm. She knew it wasn't true and felt guilty for not protecting the Crown Prince and Crown Princess's offspring. So, out of guilt, she hanged herself."
Manbao was stunned when he heard this. "How could such a person exist in the world? No, how did you know?"
"Feng Zongping said so," Bai Shan said. "This case was investigated by Minister Feng. When the case came out, the Third Prince was the most suspected, followed by the Crown Princess and Liu herself. But after further investigation, they found that it was the Third Prince who had ordered it, but the Prince of Yizhou was also involved."
"At first, Minister Feng couldn't find out, but after the case of the Prince of Yizhou was resolved, this old case was brought to light. Feng Zongping told us privately."
Manbao didn't expect the prince to actually do such a shameless thing. He coughed lightly and asked, "Then..."
"Lord Wang has only two daughters. Unfortunately, both of them are married, and the children can go out to the street to buy candy." Bai Shan knew what she wanted to ask at a glance.
Manbao was amazed, "How did you know this?"
Bai Shan thought about it and shook his head, "I don't remember which classmate said it, but he was saying that Lord Wang's son's son would never be able to enter the Imperial College. That's when I found out."
Manbao felt dizzy for a moment, not understanding how the matter of grandson was linked to his daughter.
Bai Shan asked, "Did Uncle Zhou say that the prince did anything unusual yesterday?"
Manbao said, "I just finished listening to his morning court session and didn't have time to ask anything else."
Bai Shan: "...You heard too much, didn't you?"
Manbao whispered, "I'll scare you to death if I tell you this, I watched them go to the morning court directly."
Bai Shan seemed to be lost in thought. "Uncle Zhou can't tell you directly about the prince's unusual behavior. You have to see it for yourself."
Manbao paused, looked at him with his round eyes, and stopped talking.
Bai Shan understood and lowered his voice to ask, "And what you saw actually reappeared? Isn't this just like the mirage described in the book?"
Manbao nodded repeatedly, but it was a pity that she couldn't say anything.
Koko couldn't help but warn her, "Host, please be careful with your words."
Manbao just blinked and did nothing.
Bai Shan saw that her eyes were shining and she stopped nodding halfway, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
The two looked at each other silently for a while, and finally turned back without saying anything.
Bai Erlang felt suffocated staying in the study, so he made an excuse to go out for some fresh air. Turning around, he saw two people returning from the small garden side by side in the dim night. He couldn't help but look up at the sky, "You guys are going to water the flowers until dark?"
Santou, who had also used the excuse of going to the restroom, passed by and gave Bai Erlang a look of disdain. "Where are the flowers in the garden right now? Do you believe what they say?"
Bai Shan looked at him and said, "Santou, if you have any questions about the assignments assigned by the teacher, you can ask me."
Santou felt a chill run down his spine, shivered, and ran away, "There's nothing I don't understand, I know it all!"
Bai Shan then said loudly, "That's great. I'll ask the teacher to assign you a more advanced assignment."
The three-headed man staggered two steps with a thud and almost fell to the ground.
Bai Erlang was happy then.
Manbao ignored them and went back into the house to continue watching the video.
Bai Shan reminded her that although watching the prince's daily life was quite interesting, she could also pick up a book to do two things at the same time.
But this takes too much time. After all, this is the prince's day. At the same speed, it will take her a whole day to finish reading it.
(End of this chapter)
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