674 The Snow Stops, the Emperor Strikes Back

After the emperor left, the Ninth Prince dismissed everyone in the palace. The palace maids and eunuchs were all shrewd people. Knowing that the Ninth Prince would return home tomorrow, they knew that the emperor had backed down and they didn't need to keep an eye on him anymore.

The palace maids and eunuchs filed out one after another. The Ninth Prince was the only one in the huge hall, so no one saw the sarcastic smile in his eyes.

Royal brother, I hope you can still laugh tomorrow. It’s not so easy to take advantage of me!

The imperial edict says!

That night, the emperor issued an edict, ordering Shuntian Prefecture to release all the servants of the Ninth Prince's Palace and let them return to the Ninth Prince's Palace to clean up the palace so that they could welcome their master the next day.

When the servants in the Ninth Prince's Mansion heard the news, there was no shouting of joy. They were well-trained servants and had long learned to remain calm in the face of praise or criticism.

As the Ninth Prince's confidants, they knew very well that as long as the Ninth Prince did not fall, they would be fine. And based on their master's ability, it was only a matter of time before they got out.

The steward of the Ninth Prince's Mansion counted the number of people, and after making sure that everyone was there, he led the servants of the Ninth Prince's Mansion and walked towards the palace in a mighty manner. After being locked up for such a long time, the servants of the Ninth Prince's Mansion were still full of energy and did not look decadent at all.

Fu Lin stood at the corner of the street, watching the servants of the Ninth Prince's Mansion walking further and further away. A strange light flashed in his eyes. He turned calmly and walked in the opposite direction of the Ninth Prince's Mansion.

Goodbye, they will be on opposite sides!

The news that the servant of the Ninth Prince's Mansion was released from prison spread within an hour. Everyone in the Imperial City who should know about it knew about it. Chun Hui, Qiu Hua, Xia Wan and Dong Qing excitedly hugged Feng Qingchen and said, "Miss, the prince is out, the prince is out."

"Girl, that's great, that's great, now that the prince has come out, you don't have to work so hard."

The four maids were so happy that they were incoherent and chattered loudly around Feng Qingchen. Feng Qingchen was also happy, so she didn't care about their unreasonable behavior.

Tong Jue and Tong Yao stood outside the door. They looked at each other and smiled bitterly...

They were also happy that the Ninth Prince came out, but they were definitely not as excited as Chun Hui, Qiu Hua, Xia Wan and Dong Qing. They even felt a little indignant for the eldest son.

The Ninth Prince finally regained his freedom, and Feng Qingchen was very happy, but... until now she still hasn't figured out how the Ninth Prince took advantage of this disaster relief, and why the Emperor released the Ninth Prince before the news was made public.

Politics was indeed a complicated thing, and she couldn't understand it at all.

It was not until many days later that Feng Qingchen found out that the Ninth Uncle and the Emperor had joined forces, or rather, the Emperor unilaterally believed that the two brothers should work together to deal with the Cui family and defend the Dongling royal family.

Of course, this is a long way off. The price that the Ninth Prince paid now was that the mysterious man's porridge stall disappeared on the day the Ninth Prince left the palace. In addition, the government had no food, so...

The victims had no porridge for two days. Although no one starved to death, it almost caused a riot. Unfortunately, the emperor received the news two days later. When the emperor summoned the ninth uncle to the palace to question him, the ninth uncle was not panicked at all. He said calmly: "Brother, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me. As soon as I left the palace, I sent someone to spread the news and asked them to stop distributing porridge and send the food to the government. This will take some time. As far as I know, the government has already started distributing porridge today."

This explanation is not wrong, but... who can tell him why the announcement to stop distributing porridge was implemented on the same day, while the transfer of grain to the government was carried out two days later, which almost caused a riot among the victims.

Well, even if it did not cause a riot among the victims, this action made people all over the world accuse him of being wrong as the emperor, and made people doubt the source of the government's disaster relief food.

The mysterious man and the government stopped distributing porridge on the same day. Two days later, the mysterious man’s porridge stall disappeared again, but the government still had food to distribute porridge. What does this mean?

Anyone with a little common sense would understand that in all likelihood the emperor had robbed the mysterious man of his food and was then providing disaster relief in the name of the government.

Of course, such an idea was only circulated among the literati, and ordinary people would not think of this, but what the emperor cared most about was the evaluation of these literati.

The Ninth Prince's uncle slapped him in the face, making him lose face. How could the emperor not be angry, and how could he easily accept the Ninth Prince's uncle's explanation?

The Ninth Prince was not afraid either. Despite the Emperor's anger, he said again, "Brother, the food is no longer in my hands, and I am powerless."

The Ninth Prince's words clearly had no other meaning. Even if the grain was his, it was definitely not in his hands. However, the Emperor heard another deeper meaning, which was...

What can he do if the Cui family refuses to cooperate?

Bang... The emperor was really furious this time, and slammed the table hard: "Cui family, Cui family, you think I can't do anything to you aristocratic families? You are challenging the limit of my patience. Ninth brother, go to Shandong in person after the spring. I want the Shandong Lu family to disappear from the Kyushu continent."

The emperor could not touch the Cui family for the time being, so he thought of the Shandong Lu family, which was also a noble family. He wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and let those arrogant noble families see clearly that his not touching the noble families did not mean that he could not touch the noble families.

"Your humble servant obeys your order." The Ninth Prince had not expected that his action of slapping the emperor in the face and framing the Cui family would have unexpected gains, so he accepted the order without hesitation.

As for the Cui family, I'm sorry that you continue to take the blame.

I didn't say anything. Everything was just my brother's guess. I just didn't explain.

The Ninth Prince patted his sleeves and walked out of the palace in a dashing manner.

After two days of sorting out, he had almost finished dealing with the urgent matters at hand, and he was in good spirits. He could now go to Feng Mansion.

When the Ninth Prince came out of the palace, he ordered the guards to change the route to the Feng Mansion...

As soon as the Ninth Prince left the palace, someone he had never expected entered the palace.

"Your humble servant pays homage to the Emperor. Long live His Majesty." The man was dressed in green, with his black hair raised up with a green headband. Although he was greeting, he did not kneel down, but bowed slightly, revealing a sense of arrogance and unruliness.

The emperor was not angry. He examined the person in front of him before asking, "Are you Fu Lin? A descendant of the Fu family?"

"Yes, I am the descendant of the Fu family." Fu Lin was neither humble nor arrogant, and had a vague ethereal air about him. No one knew whether he was doing this on purpose to scare people or if he really had the air.

"Do you have any evidence? How can I believe that you are a descendant of the Fu family?" The emperor sent people to investigate Fu Lin's background. It was indeed as Fu Lin said, he came from an unknown island. The emperor would not meet this man if he had not investigated.

"Your Majesty, the surname Fu itself is a piece of evidence. In this world, except for the descendants of Fu, no one dares to use the surname Fu." The Fu family has disappeared from the Kyushu continent for so long, and few people know about the Fu family. What Fu Lin said is not wrong.

Even if one wants to cheat, no liar would use the descendants of Fu family to cheat the emperor of a country. If one wants to be a descendant of Fu family, one must have some ability.

"Based on just these few words of yours, I have no way of believing you." The emperor also hoped that the person in front of him was a descendant of the Fu family, and that after he had suffered repeated setbacks, a representative of theocracy would appear to assist him.

"Your Majesty, I will never talk nonsense with my life. I can guarantee your Majesty that the heavy snow will stop at 3:45 am tomorrow." Fu Lin was not angry because of the emperor's doubt. He still stood where he was and repeated his words solemnly.

Yes, Fu Lin was able to enter the palace because he had the connections and passed the word to the emperor, and he knew when the heavy snow would stop.

This heavy snow has been falling for fifteen days in a row, and every day someone prays that it will stop soon, but it just won't stop. Now Fu Lin appears and tells the emperor in no uncertain terms that the snow will stop at 3:15 tomorrow morning. How can the emperor not be shocked?

If what Fu Lin said is right, then...

There was a gleam in the emperor's eyes.

This is an opportunity, an opportunity to successfully win back the hearts of the people. Even if Fu Lin's prediction is wrong, he will not lose anything, it will just be a waste of time.

"Fu Lin, do you know what your promise means?" The emperor regained his composure and looked again at the descendant of the Fu family who suddenly appeared in front of him.

"I know that if the snow doesn't stop by 3:45 tomorrow morning, I will be torn into pieces by five horses." Fu Lin promised without fear. His expression and behavior told the emperor that he had absolute confidence in his prediction. This was the pride of Fu's descendants.

"Okay, I'll wait. If the snow hasn't stopped by 3:45 tomorrow morning, I'll take your life as a sacrifice to heaven." The emperor did not completely believe in Fu Lin, but he was willing to give Fu Lin a chance.

If this is really a descendant of the Fu family, it will be a hundred benefits to him and no harm. With the help of the descendants of the temple, there is no need to worry about the unification of the world.

"Someone, come and take Master Fu down to rest." The emperor waved his hand and asked someone to keep an eye on Fu Lin.

After Fu left, the emperor summoned the Imperial Observatory and asked him when the heavy snow would stop. The Imperial Observatory's answer made the emperor unhappy. The Imperial Observatory said, "Your Majesty, the heavy snow will stop soon."

recently!

The answer was "in recent days" again. Since the third day of the heavy snow, the emperor asked the Imperial Observatory when the snow would stop, and the answer given by the Imperial Observatory was always "in recent days".

recently?

Do you really think I'm easy to fool?

The emperor was so angry that he wanted to kill someone. If it weren't for the stinky old man in the Imperial Observatory who said "The Emperor's Star has been born and it is the destiny" when he ascended the throne, he would have been killed by this old guy long ago.

The emperor sent away the people from the Imperial Observatory and walked back and forth in the palace.

Should he believe what Fu Lin said?

Descendants of the Fu family, could that young man really be a descendant of the Fu family?

The emperor was worried, thinking about the good things that would come out of making a decision, and the bad things that would come out if Fu Lin's words didn't work. In the end...

There are more benefits, so the emperor decided to give it a try.

"Come here, tell the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to prepare. I will offer sacrifices to the heavens at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow and pray for the snow to stop."

Finally, the emperor decided to give it a try. If he didn't, his status in the hearts of the people would plummet. He had to do something to save the situation.

It's snowing heavily for so many days, it's time to stop!

The Ninth Prince led the prince's ceremonial formation and walked towards the Phoenix Mansion in a mighty manner. They had no idea that in just half a day, the situation had changed drastically. The Emperor's move caught them off guard...