Chapter 177 Palace Change
Our Emperor has always been very proud. Could he tolerate Lu Chenyang bearing this reputation alone? He wouldn't. Even if he had to hold on, he still had to provide food.
But so what? Everyone in the world knew that the imperial court provided food relief because of Lu Chenyang. If it weren't for Lu Chenyang's suggestion, the imperial court wouldn't have cared about the lives of the people.
Therefore, the people all over the world are grateful to Lu Chenyang.
Lu Chenyang only had to write a memorial, which was his duty as a minister. This way, he could get the court to provide food relief, relieve his pressure, and gain reputation. It was truly killing two birds with one stone.
Gao Ming also had a flash of inspiration, but there was nothing he could do because he had no money.
Even though he had a good personal relationship with Chen Songyuan, he was not very happy every time he went to Chen Songyuan to ask for money. He was very annoyed to hear Chen Songyuan crying poor every time.
There is no reason to let his master be the only one without money. His master is just a poor and destitute governor. There is no reason for him to help the emperor support the people of the world. This matter should be addressed to Emperor Qianyuan!
Lu Chenyang immediately wrote another memorial, once again demonstrating his outstanding literary talent.
The memorial described the people's unbearable suffering vividly, as if one could see the people's miserable situation, which made people sad and shed tears when they heard it.
Anyway, Chen Songyuan's eyes turned red after watching it, and he said it was so painful, and then he went to prepare food for disaster relief with great enthusiasm.
Lu Chenyang wrote this letter with true feelings. He really wanted to help the people of the world, so it is very touching.
Lu Chenyang wrote that since the fall of Yanhui Pass, the people of the Central Plains had suffered from the chaos of war. As an official, he was unable to assist the emperor in ensuring the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Seeing the people displaced and without clothing, he was heartbroken, even to the point of committing suicide. All officials in Dagan were to blame for the people's plight. He begged the emperor to release grain relief to help resettle the displaced people. His Quzhou had limited resources, and although he was currently very poor, he was willing to contribute 20,000 dan of grain, and would subsequently send 30,000 dan to help resettle the people of Anzhou.
By the way, at the end of the letter, Lu Chenyang also asked the emperor what he thought about opposing the crown prince. He also mentioned that if the crown prince was appointed early, the situation would be more stable.
This article does not use too many fancy words, but only true feelings, which thoroughly describes the miserable situation of the people and his pain.
One can feel at first glance that Lu Chenyang is sincere in wanting to serve the people.
Chen Songyuan sent this memorial to the capital at the fastest speed he could, and delivered it to Emperor Qianyuan's bedside.
Emperor Qianyuan is recuperating now, but he has to read some people's memorials when he receives them, and Lu Chenyang's memorial is one of them.
Emperor Qianyuan hadn't expected Lu Chenyang to be so angry! Not only did he not allow him to appoint a crown prince, he also forced him to pay money to resettle the people.
The imperial court was actually out of money. Two years ago, when he celebrated his birthday, the Ministry of Revenue had already tightened its belt and used up its last bit of money. In the past two years, disasters had plagued the country, and the people had been displaced, so taxes had been drastically reduced.
There are rebellious armies everywhere, and we have to provide food and supplies to quell the rebellions. Where is the money left for disaster relief?
But this time, Lu Chenyang stood above justice and the people, and Lu Chenyang had already contributed 20,000 stones of grain. As the emperor, he couldn't not contribute, right?
If he didn't come out, the spit of the people all over the world would drown him! Does he still have any shame? Does he still want to be the emperor?
Even so, he still dared to ask about the appointment of a crown prince. Did he take the emperor seriously?
Emperor Qianyuan was so angry that he was shaking all over, blood spurted out of his chest, and he fainted.
Concubine Lan was beside him and quickly supported him: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
The imperial physician came in hurriedly. After a chaotic chat, Concubine Lan stood up with a cold gleam in her eyes.
She also saw Lu Chenyang's memorial. She didn't care about the disaster relief issue, but Lu Chenyang urged the emperor to appoint a crown prince.
This time, the emperor might not be able to withstand Lu Chenyang's pressure. It seems she has to act as soon as possible.
If the Second Prince reported Han Fang's affairs to Emperor Qianyuan, the Fourth Prince would probably have no chance at all.
Concubine Lan is not stupid. She was able to stand out from the harem and win the favor of Emperor Qianyuan for many years. She has brains.
She knew that the comb was most likely the work of the Second Prince, and she had no other enemies. The Second Prince was threatening her, so she had to strike first before he could expose the matter.
After Emperor Qianyuan recovered his breath, he slowly woke up. He opened his eyes, but did not see Concubine Lan.
The matter was of grave importance, and Concubine Lan dared not let anyone else drug her. Ever since the last time someone appeared on her dressing table for no apparent reason, she had changed a number of palace maids. Although she had not changed her personal maid, she did not dare to trust her too much, so she planned to drug her herself.
However, she only waited until the medicine was ready before adding anything else. If anything went wrong, the person who prepared the medicine would be her scapegoat. As for the fact that it happened through her hands… that was nothing at all. Everyone knew that after Emperor Qianyuan fell ill, she had always been by his side. Who would dare to pin the blame on her?
Once Emperor Qianyuan dies, her son will ascend the throne and become emperor, and she will be the empress dowager!
There was a flash of madness in Concubine Lan's eyes, as if she saw herself becoming the empress dowager.
She quietly sprinkled the powder into the boiled medicine, turned around and walked towards Emperor Qianyuan's bedroom.
Concubine Lan's heart was pounding, but she was stopped by the Second Prince just halfway through her journey.
Concubine Lan was shocked when she saw the Second Prince who suddenly appeared and the guards behind him.
"Second Prince, what are you doing? You're actually bringing people to stop me!" Imperial Concubine Lan asked sternly, with a certain air of bravado. "Get out of the way quickly! Don't delay me from feeding the Emperor his medicine."
The Second Prince looked at the medicine bowl in her hand and asked, "May I ask, Your Majesty, what is the medicine in your hand?"
Imperial Concubine Lan immediately realized that the Second Prince had discovered what she was about to do. She remained calm and said, "What else could it be? Of course, it's the medicine the Imperial Physician prescribed for the Emperor." After a pause, she frowned impatiently and demanded confidently, "Second Prince, why don't you get out of the way? What are your intentions in preventing me from delivering medicine to the Emperor?"
The Second Prince said calmly, "I'm afraid something was added to the medicine that shouldn't have been added." He waved his hand and said, "Bring the medicine here."
Concubine Lan took a step back and threw away the medicine bowl in her hand when the guard came forward.
The medicine bowl fell to the ground and all the medicine spilled out.
Concubine Lan breathed a sigh of relief. Since there was no evidence against her, the Second Prince could no longer implicate her.
The Second Prince actually knew she would do this, and his goal this time was not to completely overthrow Concubine Lan. They were not an ordinary family, and there were too many things involved between them, including the court, power, and factional struggles.
Even if he caught Concubine Lan, would Emperor Qianyuan punish her? No—the Fourth Prince still had a large army under his command! If Emperor Qianyuan punished Concubine Lan on the pretext of plotting to murder the Emperor, what would the Fourth Prince do? The current Dagan could no longer withstand any turmoil.
The biggest possibility is that Emperor Qianyuan will make a big deal out of a small one.
Therefore, the second prince did not care about Concubine Lan destroying the body, otherwise he would have found a way to prevent Concubine Lan from spilling the bowl of medicine.
The second prince waved his hand and Emperor Qianyuan was carried out.
Emperor Qianyuan angrily shouted, "Rebellious son! What do you want to do?"
The Second Prince remained calm. He glanced at the enraged Emperor Qianyuan and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I simply wish to invite you to a performance." He spoke calmly, "Your Majesty just brought this medicine. I received word that someone was trying to poison you, so I came here to investigate. Unexpectedly, Your Majesty knocked over the medicine bowl before I even received it."
The meaning of this was too obvious. Concubine Lan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! I am innocent. It was the Second Prince who suddenly showed up with his men and tried to arrest me. I panicked and knocked over the medicine bowl. As for the problem with the medicine, I really didn't know!"
Emperor Qianyuan's eyes changed. He understood what the Second Prince meant. Concubine Lan was trying to murder him.
When Concubine Lan thought about the fact that he wanted to make the second prince the crown prince, wouldn't she feel aggrieved?
The thing that emperors have the most is suspicion.
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