The eldest lady has no taboos in what she does

Early the next morning, Gu Mengyin handed the rubbings of the portrait to Gu Jiancheng.

"You take this to Bai Ning."

"Okay, my nephew will give it to the regent after entering the palace."

Gu Mengyin nodded, and when Gu Jiancheng was about to leave, she suddenly said, "My eldest nephew."

Gu Jiancheng paused, "I wonder if Auntie has any other instructions?"

"You've been promoted, congratulations."

Gu Jiancheng was stunned. Promotion?

The regent had told him before that he would be promoted after Luo Ji's affairs were settled, but Master Jiang hadn't left yet.

But the regent must have meant what he said, and my aunt was probably congratulating him in advance.

"Thank you, aunt."

After Gu Jiancheng entered the palace with the portrait, he waited outside the political hall. With his official rank, he was not qualified to stand in the hall and attend court early.

It wasn't until the end of the court that Gu Jiancheng waited for Yan Linyuan's summons.

"See you, Your Majesty."

"Master Gu, please get up."

After Gu Jiancheng stood up, he presented the drawing paper on his body.

"This is the portrait the prince wants."

Lin Fan stepped forward and took the portrait and handed it to Yan Linyuan.

Yan Linyuan looked through it and found that every picture was painted like a real person.

"Thank you for taking care of me, sir."

"It's not hard to be a low-ranking official. This is all done by the eldest lady."

Yan Linyuan handed the album to Lin Fan and asked him to deliver it to Master Li.

"Early this morning, Mr. Jiang submitted his resignation to the king, and the post of Qin Tianjian became vacant. Now, I will appoint Mr. Gu as Qin Tianjian. Is Mr. Gu willing?"

Gu Jiancheng was shocked. His aunt was so amazing that she could actually see that the regent had promoted him today.

"I will do my best to serve the imperial court."

Yan Linyuan nodded slightly and issued the decree.

Gu Jiancheng walked out of the hall, unable to suppress the smile in his eyes.

It’s really not easy after so many years.

He was happily preparing to walk down the stone steps, but he was almost bumped into by the imperial guards who were walking quickly.

"Be careful, why are you in such a hurry?" Gu Jiancheng fell down on the stone steps. Fortunately, he didn't roll down, otherwise he wouldn't have to lose his old face.

The imperial guard turned around apologetically, "I'm sorry, Master Gu. I really have an urgent report that I want to report to the prince."

It must be a big deal for the Forbidden Army to send an urgent report. Gu Jiancheng didn't dare to delay others and quickly let him go.

"Congratulations, Master Gu."

Gu Jiancheng turned around and saw Mr. Jiang looking at him with a smile.

"It's Mr. Jiang."

Mr. Jiang waved his hands in a sinister manner, "I have resigned, so I am no longer an adult."

Gu Jiancheng has worked with Mr. Jiang for many years, so how could he not know the yin and yang of his tone.

He secretly thought that he had not offended him. Could it be that he was blamed for usurping the position of Qin Tianjian?

When Gu Jiancheng was confused by Yin and Yang, the imperial army had already entered the palace.

"Report, Your Majesty, Qinzhou has sent an urgent report. Due to the heavy rains in recent days, the dam of Qinzhou has been washed away. Now the floods are pouring down, not only submerging the fertile fields, but also killing a large number of people. There are now tens of thousands of people in Qinzhou. Displaced.”

When Yan Linyuan heard this, his expression darkened.

"The Qinzhou dam collapsed?"

"Yes."

Qinzhou is located in the south, and there are floods every year. Therefore, in recent years, the imperial court has allocated a large amount of money to strengthen the Qinzhou Dam, fearing that one day something might go wrong with the dam and harm the people. Even though it is reinforced every year, something happens to the dam.

"Tell me the situation in Qinzhou in detail."

"Yes."

The Forbidden Army said that it was midnight when the Qinzhou Dam collapsed, and the people on both sides of the river were still sleeping.

Once the dam collapsed, a large amount of water washed down, and the people died in their sleep. It is impossible to count the death toll now.

The rain in Qinzhou has not stopped yet. If it continues to rain, Zhou Zai's area will only become wider and wider.

Yan Linyuan immediately sent for the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Hubu.

Just as Gu Jiancheng was about to get rid of the treacherous Mr. Jiang, he saw Lin Fan coming out of the hall with a tense face.

"Master Jiang, I will take my leave now if I have anything else to do."

After saying that, regardless of Mr. Jiang's gloomy expression, he walked directly to Lin Fan.

"Major General Lin." Although Lin Fan is now Yan Linyuan's personal bodyguard, he also had a position when he went to the battlefield with Yan Linyuan.

Lin Fan paused slightly, "Why is Mr. Gu still here?"

Gu Jiancheng said: "I just saw some Imperial Guards entering the palace in a hurry. I wonder what happened?"

It was impossible to hide the flood in Qinzhou, so Lin Fan told Gu Jiancheng about it.

When Gu Jiancheng heard this, he realized that this matter was not trivial. He did not dare to delay Lin Fan's work and quickly got out of the way.

But when he went to the office today, this matter kept lingering in his mind.

He was still thinking about it until he returned home for dinner.

"Father, father?"

Gu Jiancheng came to his senses, "What's wrong?"

Gu Mingde took a piece of chicken to Gu Jiancheng and said, "Father, the food is getting cold. Why don't you think about it after you have a full meal?"

Only then did Gu Jiancheng remember that he had not told his family about his promotion.

He put down his bowl and chopsticks, stood up and bowed respectfully to Gu Mengyin, who was sitting at the head table.

Everyone looked surprised and followed Gu Jiancheng to stand up and salute Gu Mengyin.

Gu Mengyin was holding a chicken drumstick in her hand and was stunned, "What is this for?"

"Thank you to my aunt for helping my nephew. Today the regent has appointed my nephew to be the chief supervisor of Qintian Prison. Without my aunt's help, my nephew would not have been promoted so quickly."

Gu Mengyin said with a smile: "Today I saw your Yintang shining brightly, and I saw something good happened. Congratulations."

"Thank you, aunt."

Gu Mengyin has only been back for a long time. Except for Gu Mingde, the imperial doctor who is not easy to rise to the top, all the others in the officialdom have jumped up a level. They really feel that Gu Mengyin is their lucky star.

"I also said why my father was so distracted just now. It turned out to be because he was happy about being promoted."

Gu Jiancheng also returned to the chair and sat down, "Not even here. I just got news today that the dam in Qinzhou collapsed and many people drowned. I guess the situation there is very serious."

"Why did the dam in Qinzhou collapse? I remember that the imperial court allocated a lot of money to strengthen the dam every year. Most of it was swallowed up by those people."

Before Gu Wenque finished speaking, he was glared at by Gu Jiancheng, "You kid always talks unabashedly. Don't talk nonsense without any basis."

"Yes, I understand, grandfather."

After Gu Mengyin finished all the soup in the bowl, she picked up the handkerchief and wiped her hands.

"Wouldn't that mean a lot of people died?"

Gu Jiancheng nodded, "The dam collapsed at midnight, and all the villages along the coast were submerged."

As soon as Gu Jiancheng said this, everyone's mood became heavy.

How many people must die?

Gu Mengyin frowned and said, "What day does it fall today?"

"Auntie, today is the tenth day of the Lunar New Year."

Gu Mengyin's brows furrowed even more, "On the tenth day of the lunar month, there are only five days until the gate of hell opens in the middle of July."