The floods in Jiangnan were in an emergency. Not long after, the relief team set off from the capital and rushed to Jiangnan with relief silver and grains.

The disaster relief team carried the hope of the whole dynasty. The Cabinet pressed on every day and the station was standing by, but everyone was looking forward to it for a long time, but the news related to the disaster situation was delayed.

Even if Xu Wen sent a break, it was full of mandarin mantras, and he took it in a few words about floods and disaster relief. The emperor thought that the capital was far away from Jiangnan. Xu Xu was busy with resettlement victims and had no time to write documents, so there was no news for a long time, so the emperor forcibly suppressed anxiety and waited patiently.

However, the patience of the civil and military officials did not wait for the flood to be cured and everything returned to the right track. Li Chengjing was placed next to Xu Wen as a deputy, and his longtime adviser failed to take the risk of great disrespect. . His performance was divided into several escorts, and only one letter finally reached Li Chengjing. Li Chengjing immediately lost his face when he saw the concert, and the next day, he handed it to the emperor in public in the morning.

"Your Majesty, Jiangnan Emergency News, Xu Wen took the form of corruption, embezzled the disaster relief silver, replaced new rice with mildewed rice, and the victims vomited and diarrhea after eating. The death toll rose to more than 1,300 in just ten days. Xu Wen broke down After the catastrophe, he tried to cover up. He did n’t mention anything in the process, and suppressed his subordinates. He did n’t allow everyone to report to the DPRK. As a result, the plague broke out because the corpse was not handled in time. The spread is extremely fast, and by the time Zhao Liang was on the verge of death, there was already an entire village infected with the plague. "

"The plague!" The people of North Korea and China were shocked. The most feared thing after the flood and drought disaster was the plague. In the history, it was common for ten people to live in one house and corpses to die in the wild. The catastrophe is difficult.

As if a drop of water had fallen into boiling oil, the court officials immediately fried the pan. Yang Fucheng shook his sleeves hard and shouted, "Ridiculous! Zhao Liang is only a deputy, and he has no right to report to the court. Now he has gone overboard and has committed the crime of disrespect. This person is not enough to believe. Never reuse positions. "

"Shoufu's words are bad." Li Chengjing said, "Zhao Liang did not sue the sir, but Xu Wengang was stunned and used his own greed, only to suppress it, leading to the expansion of the disaster and the outbreak of the plague. If Zhao Liang Keeping the rules and not reporting to the court, could it be that the Jiangnan people died, and Xu Wen couldn't hold it down. Was Yang Shoufu sent someone to control the lives of the people? As a court official, the first loyal monarch, the second loving people, the third It's the respected sir. Yang Shoufu did this, where did he place the people in the world? And where did he place the Daqi Temple? "

"He overstepped the report and saw that his character was misbehaving. Who knows if he was deliberately fabricating his name in order to grab the merits and frame the chief?"

"Yes or not, send someone to Jiangnan to find out. Yang Shoufu thought about dismissing the official to deal with the crime without knowing the situation. Did he want to cover up for someone?"

...

The early dynasty had been arguing until noon, and the emperor finally showed a headache before trying to end. Even though the two sides suspended, the smell of fire was still covering Miyagi, and the atmosphere was tense throughout the afternoon.

Seeing the emperor's face faint, Li Chengjing followed the emperor to leave. Later, he spent an afternoon with the emperor. He asked the Taiji doctor and listened to the six cabinet deliberations. He did not return until he was busy.

Although Cheng Yujin stayed in the inner palace, he knew that something was wrong outside. The flood and waterlogging have not stopped, and the plague has been induced. Herbs are scarce at this moment, and even Langzhong, who has studied medicine orthodoxly, is very rare. The common people have to rely on their bodies to get sick, not to mention the plague that is highly contagious, has a rapid onset, and has an extremely high mortality rate. The housemaid and others waited to hear the word plague, and they felt terrified.

Li Chengjing came back in the evening, and when he heard the door open, Cheng Yujin immediately put on his cloak and went out: "His Royal Highness!"

Seeing her, Li Chengjing quickly reached out and held up: "How did you come out?"

"I am really worried about seeing Your Highness not to return for a long time."

Li Chengjing's face was heavy. He had just returned from the outside. Even if he had an umbrella on the road, his hands were cold due to the rain. He shook Cheng Yujin's hand hard, and the coolness of the palm of his hand almost penetrated into people's hearts: "It's fine, let's say advanced."

After entering the hall, Cheng Yujin immediately ordered the maid to drain the water. She poured the cold Jiang Tang by herself and brought it to Li Chengjing. Li Chengjing was sitting at the table, squeezing his eyebrows tiredly. He heard the voice and looked up with cold eyes. Seeing that it was Cheng Yujin, he put down his guard.

Cheng Yujin sat next to him and watched him drink Jiang Tang with his own eyes before asking softly, "Your Highness, how is it?"

Li Chengjing did not speak, he was silent, and Cheng Yujin also sat with him. After a while, Li Chengjing said, "Yu Jin, I might have to go to Jiangnan."

"What?" Rao Shi Cheng Yujin was also shocked. Her eyes widened and she couldn't believe it. "His Royal Highness!"

"I know." Li Chengjing firmly grasped Cheng Yujin's hand and said, "I also know that there is a plague in Jiangnan. It is very dangerous to go to the disaster area at this moment. However, I must go."

Cheng Yujin frowned, apparently still disagreeing: "His Royal Highness, the plague is not a joke. Now no one knows what is going on in the disaster area. If the plague has expanded during this period of time, why does the plague cause But I do n’t know, how to spread it, what medicine to use, and how to prevent it. No one knows. His Royal Highness, I know that you care about the people, but you are the **** of the sea. You can only cure more people if you are good. . You really can't take the risk yourself. "

Li Chengjing sighed and said, "I understand your scruples. If it weren't really out of time, why would I take this risk?"

Cheng Yujin frowned and instinctively felt wrong: "His Royal Highness, what do you mean?"

"The emperor's face was not right today, and the courtier thought the emperor was angry, so he forced to stop the quarrel and dispersed towards the palace. But then I followed the emperor back to the palace.

Cheng Yujin took a breath, and the blood in his body was cold. What kind of information is contained in these few sentences, Cheng Yujin couldn't understand more.

Cheng Yujin lowered his voice and asked quietly, "His Royal Highness, you mean ..."

Li Chengjing nodded heavily: "I didn't know that the emperor's side was all his own. These things did not spread outside. Until today, I followed the emperor and personally saw the doctor to ask the emperor for pulse, only to know that he was in good health. , It's been a while. "

"Your Majesty ..."

"It's not a serious illness, but it can't be cured. If you have a severe headache, you'll get restless and you won't be able to eat anymore. It used to be infrequent, but recently there have been many tasks, and the emperor was worried about Jiangnan Water Affairs. I learned that the flood was not cured, but the plague broke out. In anger, my head became more serious. I watched the emperor declare Dr. Tai in the Qing Palace, and took several pills before going out to discuss with the ministers. It is said that the Emperor ’s disease should be maintained for a long time, and it is the most troublesome, but the plague is not a trivial matter. When I left tonight, I obviously felt that his headache had been committed again. "

Cheng Yujin sighed that the emperor was not in good health, which was really not good news for them. The East Palace can smoothly go to today, thanks to the emperor's explicit support. Now that the Yang family has not fallen, Yang Fucheng is in control of the government. The Empress Yang is staring at the palace. If the emperor falls down, the situation of the East Palace will suddenly become worse.

Cheng Yujin vaguely understood why Li Chengjing said he had no time and had to go to the disaster area.

Li Chengjing saw Cheng Yujin already understood, and sighed slightly in his heart, his palms tightly wrapped in Cheng Yujin's hand: "My time is running out, I must make the worst plan as soon as possible. I originally thought that it was still too long, pull up Yang This big tree at home is not an overnight success. But now, I do n’t have time. I need a merit that can stand up to the Yang family. "

Cheng Yujin looked at him, although he didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of water, and his words were still resting. Cheng Yujin, of course, is unwilling to let Li Chengjing take the risk. The plague is not a joke, and he will not open the net because Li Chengjing is the prince. But she knew that Li Chengjing was right, they have now reached the edge of the cliff, hoping that the long plan is obviously too late, he wants to make a gamble, and the bargaining chip is his life.

Cheng Yujin finally did not persuade him, and got up and said, "I will prepare the sagebrush and incense for the epidemic prevention. The sachets and clothes on His Highness will all be replaced with new ones."

Li Chengjing looked relaxed, and this was his wife. Even if he didn't want to, he would still understand him and support him. Li Chengjing stood up and hugged Cheng Yujin from behind, saying, "Today is late, don't be busy with these. When I was born with this idea, I felt that I was most sorry for you. If it was still when I was not married, I would go it alone, There is nothing to worry about, to gamble with this life, there is no hesitation. But now with you, I am afraid. I'm afraid I won't come back, I can't watch the child born, I can't look at you anymore. "

"His Royal Highness!" Cheng Yujin frowned and said with a clear voice, "What are you talking about? You will come back safely. I'm still waiting for you to come back and give our children a name."

"I know." Li Chengjing lowered his head, buried it in Cheng Yujin's neck, and murmured in a low voice, "How come I can't bear to come back."

Because of the plague, many people in the capital were covered with dark clouds. When the officials came to the morning the next morning, all officials looked dignified.

It didn't take long for the early dynasty to start, and the courtiers quarreled over the disaster relief. The quarrel that was forcibly suspended yesterday because of the emperor's departure did not dissipate because of the passing of the day, but became more aggressive by the fermentation of the night. Just when the courtiers were arguing about whether they should send another person to help the disaster relief, the prince took the initiative to ask for help as a special envoy to go to the front line of the disaster area to find out the situation and appease the people.

This tangy gunpowder smell is fixed by this sentence.

Yes, who is more convincing, more trusted, and more appeasing than the crown prince. Now in this kind of mess, the faction of any party will trigger a factional struggle. Those with less seniority will not support the local officials. Those with older qualifications are not suitable for long-distance travel. Those with lower positions cannot serve the crowd. Victims doubted the imperial court's inaction, and those in high positions were reluctant to insulate themselves.

But Li Chengqian, who satisfies all the conditions, is young and capable, and because of his royal identity, he can best appease the people. The urgent task now is to quickly stabilize the people's hearts and show the world that the grace of the world is magnificent, and the court will never give up the people of Li Min. And Li Chengjing is the crown prince, this role is most obvious.

As long as the hearts of the people are together, half of the rest will be resolved. No matter what entanglement there is in the Jiangnan officialdom, if the crown prince goes there for a stop, who dares to blame it? Whether Li Chengjing can find out the truth is not important. The aura of stability that he brings is the most important thing.

After Li Chengjing said this, Chao Tang quickly calmed down. After a while, everyone praised Prince Gaoyi, which was indeed a blessing to me. The emperor took the opportunity to finalize the deputy candidate, and after a while, the envoy team was completed.

Disaster relief was an urgent task. On the day Li Chengjing asked him, he was busy convening a team to familiarize himself with the situation. On the third day, he set off from Beijing.

Li Chengjing left, and Ciqing Palace seemed to be half empty. Looking at the green leaves outside the window, Cheng Yujin figured it out in his mind day by day, where did he go now, what was he doing today.

I used to live alone, why haven't I felt that the room is so empty, I can hear the echo of footsteps.

Because Li Chengjing was absent, Cheng Yujin became more lazy to get out of the door. He didn't step out of the Ciqing Palace at all times except to please the queen and empress.

As the days passed, the rain in the capital came to a halt, revealing a great sun. Dr. Zhao came to the princess as usual today to ask for a safe pulse. After returning to the Tai Hospital, he personally stared at Yaotong decoction. When he came back, he suddenly found that his medical box seemed to be turned over.

Doctor Tai Zhao frowned, and suddenly gave birth to an ominous hunch.