Su Peisheng looked anxious, "Master, this..."
"Enter the palace."
The Fourth Master had a sullen face and his eyes were full of coldness. He raised his leg and strode out. Su Peisheng hurriedly followed him.
The Fourth Master quickly went to the palace to apologize. When Emperor Kangxi heard that the food and grass sent for disaster relief had been burned, he immediately became furious.
He picked up an inkstone and smashed it down. The originally fine inkstone broke into several pieces, and some of the ink on it splashed onto the Fourth Master's clothes.
Su Peisheng, who was guarding outside the door, heard the voice and his heart trembled.
"Fourth Brother, I trusted your ability to handle things, so I entrusted you with such an important task. But you caused such a mess. Do you know how many people were waiting for that batch of food and fodder for disaster relief?"
Emperor Kangxi looked at him with anger in his eyes.
"I am guilty."
The Fourth Master naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, and it was indeed his negligence this time.
"What's the point of you saying this now? So many people are waiting for this batch of food for disaster relief. Now that this has happened, we have to send more food."
At this point, Emperor Kangxi became angry and said, "Look at you, you actually handed such an important matter to a subordinate. What on earth were you thinking?"
"It takes quite a while to go back and forth. Do you know how many lives can be saved in that time?"
Emperor Kangxi was really angry. He gave such an important task to the fourth son because he saw that he was capable of doing things prudently, but he was just like that.
"Are you really as people say, favoring your concubine over your wife, spending all day fooling around with women, so you can ignore such an important matter and let your subordinates do it?"
He had heard about the rumors some time ago, but he knew the fourth brother's temper. In addition, his work efficiency did not decrease at all during that period, but got better and better.
And it was later said that someone deliberately spread rumors, so even if he knew about it at the time, he did not call the fourth brother over for questioning.
But it had only been a short time, and now that something like this had happened, he felt that the previous rumors might not have been groundless, but that it was indeed true.
Thinking of this, Emperor Kangxi's eyes suddenly became sharp and terrifying.
When the Fourth Master heard what the Emperor said, his face remained calm, but he was a little worried in his heart.
He bowed to the Emperor and said seriously, "Your Majesty, I am not that kind of person. I know I was wrong this time, but I know from my heart that I have always treated my wife and others equally and have never been partial."
Of course, apart from the matter of feelings, he was very tolerant of them in other matters, and the Fourth Master did not think he was wrong in this matter.
Of course, except for those who are restless and want to cause trouble.
He couldn't let this matter leave a grudge in the emperor's heart, as it would be bad for Mianmian.
"I know the seriousness of this matter. This incident was caused by my negligence. Please give me another chance, Your Majesty. I will definitely handle this matter properly."
Emperor Kangxi stared at him carefully. He did not look panicked at all and remained calm and composed.
Emperor Kangxi snorted coldly, "Leave it to you, leave it to you, what if you mess up again?"
"This time, I will definitely escort the food and supplies to the disaster relief area as quickly as possible. I will definitely not mess this up. If I do, I will obey the orders of the Emperor."
After saying this, the Fourth Master kowtowed to Emperor Kangxi.
"Hmph, that's easy to say. This grain issue is of great importance. I'm worried about you going alone. I've asked Longkodo to go with you."
When the Fourth Master heard Longkodo look up at the Emperor, he was slightly surprised, and then said, "Yes."
Longkodo hated him because of the Li Si'er incident. Although Li Si'er was not dead yet, she was living a life worse than death in the Imperial Household Department.
There were several attempts to rescue Li Si'er, but all failed.
He knew that the person most likely was sent by Longkodo, but it was not so easy to rescue the people imprisoned in the Imperial Household Department.
Because of this incident, the emperor had dismissed him from his post. Unexpectedly, the emperor would now ask Longkodo to accompany him to the south.
But think about it, it has been several months, and Longkodo didn't make any big mistakes after all. At most, it was a mistake of indulgence.
The emperor wanted to use this opportunity to bring Longkodo back to the court.
"Alright, hurry up and get the food ready. I'll keep this in mind. If you don't handle this properly when you come back, you'll be punished for multiple crimes."
Emperor Kangxi snorted coldly, waved his sleeves, and left with his hands behind his back.
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As the sky grew darker, the sound of cicadas could be heard from time to time under the peach tree, which made people feel a little annoyed. Wen Mianmian coaxed the children to sleep, but the Fourth Master did not come back, and no one sent any message.
Wen Mianmian couldn't help but feel a little worried.
In the past, even if the Fourth Master came back very late, he would send someone to pass on a message, but today there was no news at all.
After watching the children fall asleep, she stood up and walked out.
"Master, haven't you come back yet?"
Shancha shook her head. "Not yet. Perhaps something has delayed the master. Why don't you go in and rest first?"
Wen Mianmian glanced at the door and thought that the Fourth Master must have been tripped up by something.
"If the master comes back, come in and tell me."
Wen Mianmian went into the house alone. She couldn't sleep, so she took out the spiritual fruit from the space and practiced.
Just as he finished absorbing the spiritual energy from the spiritual fruit, Xiaobai sneaked in.
Then he jumped to Wen Mianmian's side.
He stared at Wen Mianmian with a pair of somewhat aggrieved tiger eyes.
As soon as Wen Mianmian opened her eyes, she saw Xiaobai looking at her with resentment.
"Xiaobai, why did you come in?"
Wen Mianmian thought Xiaobai was asleep, but she didn't expect it to suddenly run in.
"Mianmian, have you never considered me as your own?"
Wen Mianmian was confused and didn't understand why Xiaobai asked this.
"How can you say that? I have always treated you as my own."
"Then why didn't you even tell me something as important as your ability to cultivate?"
If it hadn't just woken up and noticed the spiritual energy coming out here, and came over to take a look, it wouldn't have known that Mianmian had actually hidden this from it.
Wen Mianmian: “…”
"I don't care. You hurt me. You have to comfort my young heart."
When saying this, Xiaobai secretly glanced at Wen Mianmian.
Wen Mianmian wasn't stupid, and she found Xiaobai's expression amusing. This Xiaobai was really...
Wen Mianmian took out two spiritual fruits and handed them to it.
"Yes, you can forgive me now."
Xiaobai looked at the two spiritual fruits and his eyes lit up.
But he still pretended to be calm and said, "Since you didn't hide it from me on purpose, I will reluctantly forgive you."
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