Chapter 410: Coming on Order
Shen Qing found Chunhua's expression funny, like she was protecting her child. In fact, there was a trend back then, and it has become even worse in the past two years: "Okay, Aunt Chunhua, don't be angry. I'd be heartbroken if you got sick from such a thing."
The term "Aunt Chunhua" was used in a teasing manner, and the latter part was even more joking.
Chunhua could always make Chen Qing's words make him lose his anger towards others, and then he would look at his master helplessly.
"It's not a big deal. The court is busy right now, and the emperor is worried about Prince Huai. If Concubine Shun wants to do this, let her do it. It's all right as long as the rules are followed. Tell the imperial physician to take good care of her. Don't let Prince Huai come back and get angry at Concubine Shun."
Chen Qing was not really so tolerant that she could repay kindness with kindness when she saw that Shun Fei obviously disliked her, but she found it funny that Shun Fei could still act like this in the harem at this time of year.
Of course, no one can say that you are wrong for worrying about your child. King Huai is busy trying to gain merits for himself so that he can gain a foothold in the court and be qualified to be the crown prince in front of Xuanyuan Ling. Although she is worried as a mother, even if you are pretending, you should act righteously. When King Huai comes back, Xuanyuan Ling will have a better impression of them, mother and son, right?
Concubine Shun has such a personality. When Prince Huai was young, she was timid and submissive, and now she is not very courageous. It is true that she devotes her heart to her child, but because of this, she is too concerned about the child. When this kind of thing happened, she didn't even think about how much merit Prince Huai could earn in the court, but was already thinking about Prince Huai's failure and what would happen after he failed.
After all, although she was pointing her finger at this child, she always felt that this child was not good enough.
King Huai didn't know what was happening in the palace, and he didn't have the energy to think about it now. He was just hoping for good news from below, preferably that the plague was under control. As for Shen Zhizhuo, he would rather believe that he was really capable, and that his father's respect was not due to the advice of Concubine Xian, and the flood problem had to be brought under control.
Although the situation came quickly and was complicated, after all, I had people with me, soldiers and generals, so even if the situation was out of control, I could always suppress it.
After another six days of persistence, the people sent by Xuanyuan Ling finally arrived in Jinzhou.
Xuanyuan Ling sent quite a lot of people this time. Not to mention the elite soldiers who escorted money, food, and medicinal materials on the road, he also assigned imperial physicians and the like to stop the plague from killing more people and spreading as soon as possible.
When the people arrived, King Huai felt much more at ease. He felt that he was saved. With such a large group of people coming, the people's emotions would naturally be appeased. After all, they had not been abandoned. As a result, he felt much more hopeful.
At this time, Shen Zhizhuo already felt that something was wrong. He had a premonition when he made his suggestion to King Huai before. However, after raising the dam continuously over the past few days, the water level was still on the rise. He really felt that this was not a solution and knew that flood discharge was inevitable.
Lord Wang has also been paying attention to this matter these days. Even if he has made a bet, isn't he afraid? After all, he is disobeying orders. At this moment, he can't help but advise: "Now that the reinforcements have arrived, why don't you mention this matter to the prince?"
If you can agree to it, it is better to agree to it.
Shen Zhizhuo knew in his heart that this matter was very important. The flood discharge was to save people, but saving people could not save houses and fields. There were always merits and demerits. He was now thinking about Shen Qing. Shen Qing gave birth to the Sixth Prince, and she had some natural conflicts with King Huai. Now he reported it once and acted on his own. Wouldn't it be bad for Shen Qing? Thinking of this, he agreed.
Shen Zhizhuo returned to King Huai for the second time. What he said last time was too ambiguous. Now the situation was urgent. He told King Huai all the benefits of flood discharge and also appealed to his emotions.
If the dam is continued to be raised, there will definitely be people guarding it. Such a large dam will require more than a few people to guard it. Once it breaks, the first to die will be the people guarding the dam. Most of these people guarding the dam are now local people. Although King Huai has soldiers under his command, they are not enough because of the plague.
Moreover, most of the people who protect the embankment are adult men in the family. If this group of people are gone, even if the remaining elderly, the weak, women and children are evacuated, their future life will be very difficult. After all, someone is needed to support the family after the disaster. If something happens to the men in the family, it will be difficult for some families to hold on. This is not just a matter of death.
King Huai listened to Shen Zhizhuo's words every day. Previously, he thought that Shen Zhizhuo's argument of releasing the flood made sense, but now that the reinforcements have arrived, he still wants to bring up this matter. Naturally, he disagrees.
He had wanted to have the best of both worlds. Now that he had elite soldiers and money and food, he looked at Shen Zhizhuo and said, "Lord Shen loves the people like his own children, but there is also a saying that one should be loyal to the emperor if he is paid by him. Father has sent elite soldiers to guard the city. If that is the case, let them guard the city. Lord Shen does not need to worry."
Shen Zhizhuo was really angry: "Elite soldiers are also human beings, they are going to die!"
"Sir Shen, you are overstepping your authority!" He still felt that the dam had been fine for so many days and could be defended. If Shen Zhizhuo insisted on releasing the flood, the fields and houses would be destroyed. How could he explain the losses?
King Huai is a prince after all. He has made up his mind and gave the order directly at this moment.
Shen Zhizhuo came out with a face full of anger. Lord Wang looked at Shen Zhizhuo and asked in a low voice: "Lord Shen?" He was older than Shen Zhizhuo, but seeing Shen Zhizhuo's angry face, he felt a little scared. This little Lord Shen was really bold. After all, he was a prince. But behind him, he had the virtuous concubine and the sixth prince.
Lord Wang pondered: "Should we still do this?"
"Do it!" How could they not do something that was so urgent? Soldiers were indeed there to defend their country. To protect the people, they could die on the battlefield, in disaster relief, or even at the cost of their lives. They were using their own lives to exchange for the lives of ordinary people, so at least, they couldn't die so worthlessly!
"But King Huai has issued an order, so I'm afraid our words will be useless."
Lord Wang was also in a dilemma about this. Originally, if King Huai had not sent elite troops, they could have really disobeyed the order and evacuated the people and then blew up the dam in one fell swoop. But now that King Huai had given the order, those local soldiers would not listen to their orders.
Shen Zhizhuo was silent for a moment, then glanced at Lord Wang and said, "I have something to trouble you, Lord Wang."
Lord Wang thought he had just made a bet, but now that Shen Zhizhuo had looked at him like this, he felt like he was on a pirate ship and couldn't get off. This guy is really brave.
The elite soldiers sent by King Huai quickly replaced the civilians who were originally guarding the embankment. The civilians were evacuated, and the local soldiers began to reinforce the embankment as the civilians had done before. Coincidentally, the general leading the group was Chu Linglong's brother Chu Fuxin. When Shen Zhizhuo saw this, he said without hesitation: "I am here on the orders of King Huai to inform the generals to evacuate and blow up the embankment."
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