Chapter 47 Will there be a good harvest this year?
"I thought there would be less things to do in the palace now, so you could take a break and let you and your daughter go out to relax. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing again." The Emperor of Great Chu sighed.
[Who says it's not true? I was taken out of the palace twice after I was born. The first time was when I returned to my maternal grandparents' home. When I came back, I was assassinated.]
[This time he was assassinated again. ]
[Oh, by the way, when I was just born, my mother and I almost died together.]
[Cultivating immortals is also like this, being secretly harmed by others and being transported to this storybook; being a human is also like this, it is so miserable. 】
[Why would a child like me get in the way of others? I'm not trying to compete with them for the throne.]
【Seize the throne? 】
After Lu Xingwan said this, he suddenly looked towards the Emperor of Great Chu.
[Is it their original intention to harm the Crown Prince? After all, my mother and the Crown Prince are related by blood. They will start from the outside and kill my mother and me.]
[So scary, so scary. ]
Lu Xingwan's words reminded the Emperor of Great Chu.
It seems that the prince was present in all these assassination attempts. Is this true?
Is it possible that besides King Rong, there are other people who have rebellious intentions?
However, he was unwilling to believe that it was the Third Prince. In his eyes, the Third Prince was only corrupted by Prime Minister Cui and Concubine De in the past. After leaving those two, he would be able to turn over a new leaf.
But doubts still arose in my mind.
Concubine Chen Guifei could only sigh in her heart. Since Jin Yao was born to be the prince, he chose this path, so naturally she had to accompany him.
"It will be my mother's birthday in less than two months. Prince Rong's matter has just been concluded. I want to hold a grand ceremony for my mother and make it lively." The Great Chu Emperor looked at Concubine Chen Gui, "In this case, we have to prepare early. Thank you for your hard work."
"Of course that's good. Wanwan likes lively occasions the most." Concubine Chen Gui said happily, "I don't have any hardship at all. All the work is done by the subordinates, and Sister Lanfei helps."
Lu Xingwan's little feet were also jumping for joy.
[Wow, the Empress Dowager is going to hold a birthday banquet. There will definitely be a lot of delicious food. I hope my teeth grow soon so I can eat more delicious food.]
[There are also many beautiful sisters who can come to the palace. Mother will be happy again! ]
[But this scene is not in the storybook. My father was still alive at that time, so why didn't he hold a birthday banquet for my grandmother? ]
Lu Xingwan began to rack her brains again.
[By the way, there was a severe drought at that time. The Queen Mother's birthday was during the harvest season, but there was no harvest. In order to save money, the birthday banquet was cancelled and only a small banquet was held in the palace.]
[However, that seemed to be the last happy birthday of the Royal Grandmother. The next year, Prince Rong rebelled and the Royal Grandmother was trapped in Rongle Palace.]
[At that time, my mother had been dead for more than five months.]
[However, can the Great Chu Kingdom have a good harvest this year? ]
[Although there were two heavy rains when I was born, weren’t the crops already dry and dry for a long time? The seedlings hadn’t grown well, so how could the harvest be good?]
[Wow, I really did not let down my master's cultivation. I have learned to prevent problems before they happen.]
Even though Lu Xingwan mumbled his own little thoughts, the Emperor of Great Chu took them to heart and would still ask about it during the morning court tomorrow.
In his heart, he liked Lu Xingwan even more. Thanks to Wanwan, he could not only help him avoid the rebellion of his ministers, but now he could also care about the people's livelihood.
A thought suddenly came to my mind: It would be great if I could bring Wanwan to court.
It's such a ridiculous thing, I just think about it and that's it.
The next morning, the Emperor of Great Chu raised this question carefully: "Four months ago, there was a severe drought in Great Chu for several months. Although there were several heavy rains later, some crops had already dried up and died."
After he said this, he looked around the court and saw that everyone was lowering their heads and didn't dare to speak.
"Where is the Minister of Revenue?" The Emperor of Great Chu was angry when he saw the officials like this, but he suppressed his anger.
The Minister of Revenue hurried forward and knelt down: "I, the Minister of Revenue Guo Ping, kowtow to Your Majesty."
"Did you pay attention to what I said?"
Guo Ping replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I think it will be fine..."
The Emperor of Great Chu picked up a memorial and threw it on the head of the Minister of Revenue, even knocking his black gauze hat askew. However, he dared not move and just lay on the ground, not daring to get up.
"Come to think of it, come to think of it, are you doing things based on your thoughts now?"
"I pay you salaries, and you are just being perfunctory? All you do is collect taxes all day long. Where does the money for the common people come from?"
"Father, calm down." Seeing His Majesty's rage, the Crown Prince stepped forward and said, "This Minister of Revenue has never been to the fields, so it's understandable that he doesn't know about this. But this matter is of great importance, so why not let Minister Guo go back and investigate and report back immediately? If there is really a problem with the harvest, we can think of some ways to deal with it in advance."
When the ministers saw that the crown prince dared to speak up for Guo Ping when the Emperor of Great Chu was angry, they were worried for him.
I thought the Emperor of Chu had calmed down, but seeing his expression just now, it is clear that he is still the irritable Emperor of Chu as before.
The Great Chu Emperor glanced at the Crown Prince. He was very satisfied with the Crown Prince, who always grasped the key points of things. "Your Highness is right."
Just this one sentence shocked everyone.
Is the Great Chu Emperor so easy to talk to now? He doesn't care about the Crown Prince's disobedience in public?
If it were in the past, the prince would have been beaten.
But it is true, Guo Ping was just hit just now.
The Great Chu Emperor looked at Guo Ping who was lying on the ground and said, "Ministry of Revenue, hurry up and investigate this matter. Guo Ping, I only give you two days to write a detailed memorial to me. If you can't handle this matter well, you will take off your black veil and go back to your hometown."
After saying that, he looked at Prime Minister Lin who was standing beside him and said, "Prime Minister Lin should also go and supervise this matter. This matter must be investigated carefully."
After saying this, he looked at Guo Ping again and said, "Guo Ping, if I find out that you dare to deceive your superiors and lie to your subordinates, I will definitely exterminate your entire clan."
"When you are in a position, you should do your job." After saying this, the Great Chu Emperor looked at the officials in the court and said, "If you can't do what you are supposed to do well, you'd better go home as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty, I will follow your instructions." The officials then kowtowed tremblingly.
After the court session ended, the Emperor of Great Chu summoned the Crown Prince to his study.
"Father, I am not speaking for Minister Guo today. It's just that he knows the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue best, and it would be the fastest for him to investigate. What your Majesty said concerns the people's livelihood and is a serious matter, so we better act quickly." The prince was naturally afraid that the Emperor of Great Chu would be suspicious of him, so he began to explain.
The Great Chu Emperor nodded, without any intention of blaming him, and asked again: "What do you think of what I said today?"