The disaster relief work on South Street was in charge of Prince Xiang, and Your Majesty had just praised him highly. But in the blink of an eye, the victims were already beating the drum to report the disaster.

The situation turned so fast that people were at a loss as to what to do.

"King Xiang, how do you explain this?" King Xiang was in charge of resettling the victims, and no one else interfered. Who dared to bypass him and expel the victims from the capital without reason?

So the emperor directly pointed his finger at King Xiang.

King Xiang was also confused. He had personally settled them in for the past three days, and everything was going smoothly. Why were some people expelled from the capital? And even froze to death or starved to death?

He didn't have time to think about the reason now, so he could only kneel down and apologize: "Father, I really don't know."

"Don't you know? I handled this matter myself. I handed all these victims over to you. Even the Ministry of Revenue is at your disposal. Who has the ability to bypass you and expel the victims under your command?" The emperor was very angry.

The Ninth Prince, who was greedy for money and harmed the people, was enough to make him angry. Now there is the Xiang Prince who is ignorant of the seriousness of the matter and is greedy for merit and reckless. How could I give birth to such a stupid son?

Every word the emperor said made sense, and King Xiang had no way to defend himself. The main reason was that he himself didn't know what was going on and had no way to argue.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Perhaps someone is interfering and framing His Royal Highness Prince Xiang. Your Majesty must investigate thoroughly and not wrongly accuse His Royal Highness Prince Xiang."

Liu Sheng, who had kept silent all this time, suddenly stood up and pleaded for King Xiang.

King Xiang understood almost immediately that it was Liu Sheng who did it.

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Liu Sheng continued, "Your Highness Prince Xiang has made great contributions to disaster relief in recent days. The people of South Street are all grateful to His Highness Prince Xiang. They always say that His Highness Prince Xiang is a wise king. It is a blessing for the people of Dayu to have such a wise king."

"So, Your Highness Prince Xiang would never disregard the lives of the victims and expel them from the capital just for the sake of hundreds of thousands of taels of disaster relief funds. Your Majesty is wise."

The more Liu Sheng spoke, the more explicit his words became. Originally, the emperor had not thought about it that way. He just thought that Prince Xiang was being greedy and reckless. But after Liu Sheng's reminder, he suddenly understood Prince Xiang's deep intentions.

Wise King?!

What a wise king.

It is truly a blessing for Dayu’s people and for me that Dayu has such a wise king.

Seeing his father's face becoming increasingly ugly, King Xiang hurriedly explained: "Father, you are wise. Everything I have is given by you. The relief work and the people's praises are all due to your grace. The title of a virtuous king is really nonsense."

When Liu Sheng heard his defense, he immediately patted his head and pretended to wake up and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I made a mistake. The people are praising you because of your majesty's kindness. It is the people's blessing and has nothing to do with your Majesty."

This statement, which was intended to cover up the truth, was simply putting King Xiang on the spot.

King Xiang glared at him, gnashing his teeth in anger, and whispered, "Liu Sheng, that's enough, what do you want to do?"

Liu Sheng laughed barely audibly and whispered back, "I don't want to do anything, but the feng shui of the capital is not good for people. Your Highness should return to the south as soon as possible."

"You're dreaming." Prince Xiang said coldly, "I've decided to marry Ye Qingwan."

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "Then your highness Prince Xiang must work harder. Others have not yet married, but have been driven out of the capital by this humble official."

The emperor became even more annoyed when he saw the two of them whispering to each other. Prince Xiang is so capable. He has only been back to the capital for a short time, but he has even dug out my confidants.

"This matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for investigation. Before the matter is thoroughly investigated, Prince Xiang is not allowed to interfere in disaster relief. He will reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors in Prince Xiang's mansion. Regarding disaster relief..."

The emperor took a quick look around and found that there was not a single available civil or military official in the court.

Finally, he set his eyes on the prime minister and said, "I'll trouble you to take care of the disaster relief."

Although the prime minister held a high position and had great power, and his achievements might have overshadowed his master, he had been very thorough in his work over the past few decades and had hardly made any mistakes.

Moreover, he is not as cunning and cunning as others, fighting openly and secretly. The emperor seems to understand why the late emperor was so fond of the prime minister.

Capable, but not pushy.

The Prime Minister did not shirk his responsibility. Although the Emperor was suspicious of him, he would not joke with the lives of the people. "I will obey your order."

After the court session, the emperor said to the chief eunuch beside him, "Have the Ninth Prince sent back to his palace, dismissed from all his posts, and confined to his palace to reflect on his mistakes."

When Liu Sheng heard it, he just smiled faintly, walked out of the hall, looked up at the sky, and saw that the rain had stopped and the sun was shining brightly.

When the two eunuchs helped the Ninth Prince up, he could no longer stand steadily, but still gave Liu Sheng a thumbs up.

Well done.

Liu Sheng gave him a strategic smile in response.

A private gun room not only destroyed the entire South Street, but also exposed three important figures: the Ninth Prince, the Prince of Xiang, and Liu Sheng. For a long time in the future, the three of them will have to sit on the bench.

There is no need to say much about Prince Xiang and the Ninth Prince. There is almost no place for them in front of the emperor. As for Liu Sheng, he just defended Prince Xiang in public, creating an illusion that he had turned against Prince Xiang. His Majesty must be suspicious of him and unwilling to use him.

After all the calculations, it turns out that the only person who can be used in the court at this time is the Prime Minister.

So the three of them fought to the death, and in the end, the Prime Minister won easily.

When Liu Sheng returned to the mansion, someone was already waiting in the study. When he saw him, he immediately knelt down and said, "Sir."

"Get up." Liu Sheng helped him up: "Thank you for your hard work in staying by the King's side these years."

This person was none other than the deputy general of King Xiang. His original name was Shi Chang. Later, he changed his name to Zhan Feng and joined King Xiang's military camp. From an unknown soldier, he gradually became the deputy general of King Xiang.

"It is not hard for me to serve you, sir."

"You can't stay in the capital. I have already arranged for you to go to the northern border. You can be a vanguard there first and find an opportunity to make military achievements. I will recommend you to be appointed a general."

"Thank you, sir."

At this moment, Shihu rushed in at full speed. The moment he saw Zhan Feng, he rushed over and hugged him tightly: "Brother, you are finally back."

Zhan Feng laughed: "Look at you, you are so grown up, why are you still acting like a child? You have been with adults for so many years, but you haven't learned the steadiness of adults at all."

Shihu sniffed: "How can I compare with the master?"

Liu Sheng smiled and stood up: "You brothers have a good chat."

After saying that, he left the study and gave his time to them.

"Brother, the master said that if I am willing, he will let me go to the Northern Frontier with you."

"That won't work. The northern border is bitterly cold, and you are spoiled by your master. You can't live that kind of life. You should stay in the capital and take good care of your master."

Shihu was obviously a little unhappy, but he finally agreed, because although he couldn't bear to leave his brother, he also couldn't bear to leave his master.

"Then brother, when you become a general in the future, I will ask the master to transfer you back to the capital, and we brothers can be together forever."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

The study was filled with the laughter of the two.