"Father is right to be cautious."

Zhao Hao praised his father.

"Hehe, I also feel that I am becoming more stable day by day." Zhao Shouzheng became proud and asked happily: "Then in my son's opinion, should I agree or not?"

"I can't agree to that." Zhao Hao shook his head decisively and said, "The capital is the face of the country. The court is not unable to afford it, and it will not expel refugees on such a large scale. At this time, you, a small scholar, are going against the tide and taking the lead in paying for the resettlement of disaster victims. Isn't that a slap in the face of the court?"

As he said this, he looked at Zhao Shouzheng, who looked disappointed, and said earnestly, "Father has already been exposed enough by the incident in Shuntian Prefecture. The Spring Examination is approaching, so you should be cautious."

Zhao Shouzheng thought for a moment, then nodded dejectedly and said, "Then I'll go back to them tomorrow."

Wang Wuyang and Zhao Shizhen were also dejected.

Zhao Shouzheng picked up the wine, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "I just feel so sorry for it. Those refugees are really pitiful people. They were bullied by the Tartars, and now they are abandoned by their own people."

Wang Wuyang and Zhao Shizhen also looked at Zhao Hao eagerly. Although they did not say anything, their eyes spoke for themselves.

But Zhao Hao shook his head and chuckled, "There are so many ways to help, why do you have to be so conspicuous? Can't you find someone who is famous, has status and is reliable to take the lead? If you hide behind and pay for it yourself, no one will notice it, right?"

"Good idea." Zhao Shouzheng's eyes lit up immediately and he clapped his hands and said, "Nothing in this world can stump my son."

Wang Wuyang and Zhao Shizhen also nodded vigorously.

"It's just a matter of time. Where can I find such a prestigious, powerful and reliable person?" Zhao Shouzheng scratched his head again.

"Well..." Then Zhao Hao said faintly, "I recommend Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Zhao Shouzheng started coughing violently, and his face turned red.

Zhao Shizhen hurriedly calmed his master down.

"Hey, why is Dad's face red?" Zhao Hao asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Uh, this wine is too spicy, it chokes me..." Zhao Shouzheng hurriedly covered it up, then waved his hands and said repeatedly: "You are giving blind advice, it's inappropriate, it's inappropriate."

"Father, I was wondering last time why you always hide from Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

"No way, no way..." Zhao Shouzheng said embarrassedly.

"Then did you go when you were invited last time?" Zhao Hao wished he could tie up his father and send him to the eldest princess.

If he could make her his backer, he wouldn't have to worry about anything in his life. As long as he didn't break the sky, he would be absolutely safe.

"No, I didn't go. I'm an old widower, and it would have a bad influence if I went to visit a widow..." Zhao Shouzheng stammered.

"Puff..." Now it was Zhao Hao's turn to almost spray water. He looked at his father with a smile and said:

"That's the Princess's residence. What's her status? What's your status? Just pay your respects legitimately. As long as you have nothing to hide, who would think anything bad of it?"

"Haha, that's right..." Zhao Shouzheng laughed and thought, what a pity, your father really has something on his mind, I'm not afraid that Ning An can't control himself, I'm afraid that I can't control myself.

"If father really wants to help the victims, asking the princess to come forward is definitely the best choice!" Zhao Hao said seriously:

"She is from the royal family, so it is only natural for her to do such things. People will only praise the royal family for their kindness, and no one can say anything."

"Besides, the princess is in charge of so many royal properties. If she leaks a little through her fingers, she will get much more than you guys can collect." After a pause, Zhao Hao said with compassion: "Father, for those poor refugees, why are you still hesitating?"

"Master, don't hesitate!" Wang Wuyang quickly followed up.

"Uncle, don't hesitate..." Zhao Shizhen also said weakly.

Zhao Shizhen had originally made up his mind not to meet the princess again, but he was a man with no definite ideas. After being coaxed by the three people, he relaxed and said:

"Let me think about it..."

"One day later, the victims will suffer for one day." Zhao Hao said with a sad face.

"Okay, then you come with me!" Zhao Shouzheng finally slapped his thigh hard.

Zhao Hao thought that this was exactly what he wanted, so he patted his eldest disciple's thigh and said, "Let's go!"

Wang Wuyang grinned, but he felt very happy in his heart, thinking that his master patted me and not Shizhen, which showed that his apprentice was closer to him than his nephew.

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In the Princess's mansion, in the warm room of the main bedroom.

Princess Ning'an was wearing a short jacket with five-color gold dragon embroidery and a light yellow brocade skirt. She was looking through the total ledger of the royal property while dealing with her daughter's nagging.

Li Mingyue, the headdress of Lanling County, wore a net scarf on her head, a three-lined collared, close-fitting short-sleeved silver mouse jacket, a moon-white, narrow-sleeved sash with mink fur underneath, a long-tasseled five-color palace belt around her waist, and a pair of white deerskin boots on her feet. She looked like a tomboy, but her long legs, slim waist, and graceful figure were even more prominent.

"Mom, look, my foot is completely healed." In order to prove to her mother that her foot was fine, Li Mingyue stood on one leg, stretched her right leg in front of the princess, and flexibly moved her ankle. "Look, it's all right now, isn't it?"

"Put away your hooves!" The eldest princess angrily used the account book to knock down her daughter's legs. "Look at your whole body, how can you look like a girl?"

"I want to go ice skating." Li Mingyue smiled and retracted her legs, saying, "This is more convenient."

"You have forgotten the pain now that the wound has healed." Even if she hadn't mentioned this, the princess would still be angry. She sat up, rolled up the account book into a stick, and hit her daughter on the head, saying:

"What did you promise me at the beginning? How did you promise me?"

"Please spare me, I will beat your beautiful daughter silly." Li Mingyue hurriedly dodged while holding her head, and defended herself: "I said I dare not go skiing again, but I didn't say I won't go ice skating. That's different."

"We will just stroll around Beihaizi and will never leave the city." She seemed to have completely recovered her freedom of movement. She quickly went behind the chaise longue and used her ultimate move - hugging her mother's neck, shaking her and acting coquettishly.

"Mom, please, I'm almost suffocating after being cooped up at home for so long. Please, please..."

"It's less than a month." The eldest princess complained, but she couldn't resist her daughter's pestering. She patted her arm and said, "Let go, it's about to fall apart."

"Mom agreed?" Li Mingyue was overjoyed.

"Let your brother follow you and come back before dark!" The eldest princess nodded and poked her daughter's head with a finger.

"Mom, you are so nice. You are the best mother in the world!" Li Mingyue kissed her mother hard, then left with joy.

"Let's go ice skating..."

When he ran to the door, he almost bumped into Lady Liu.

"Little ancestor, be careful." Before Liu Shanggong had time to nag, the county lady had turned into a gust of fragrant wind and disappeared.

"It seems like she has been really suffocated lately." The eldest princess looked at her daughter's back with a doting look on her face.

Because she herself had lived under the care of others and lived in fear of her future since she was a child, she hoped that her daughter could grow up happily and without worries.

But, I seem a little too happy... How can I find a husband now?

The princess' smile gradually froze, and after a while she asked Lady Liu, "What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, Zhao Xiaolian and his son sent a letter to ask for an audience," Liu Shanggong looked at her toes and said in a mosquito-like voice, "It is said that the young master invited him last time..."

"Oh?" Upon hearing that Zhao Lang was here, the princess lost her laziness and ignored her daughter. She sat up, threw the account book aside, and said excitedly, "Please invite them in..."

"No, no, please ask them to go to the flower hall first. I need to clean up first..." She covered her face with her hands in panic and said incoherently: "I didn't sleep well last night. Do you have dark circles under your eyes? Which dress do you think I should wear?"

The loving mother princess disappeared in an instant.

ps. Fourth update, thanks to the new leader 'Wengcheng Fengge'~~~

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