Destiny Phoenix

Chapter 243 Fatty Meat
Feng Qingyao stood under the eaves, staring at the distant world.

The freezing rain fell all night, and the rainwater fell to the ground and turned into ice, turning the whole of Nanchu into a snow-covered country.The eaves and branches are full of rows of ice picks that are more than a foot long and have sharp bottoms.The ice cone was facing the direction of the wind, and it was still getting bigger and bigger under the breeding of ice rain.

An old elm tree, unable to withstand the heavier and heavier branches, shook its trunk and fell to the ground—

The shattered ice pick fell to the ground, like ice jade, with a crisp breaking sound, the ice pick broke into crystal clear pieces and slid in all directions.Soon, those fragments were covered by the falling rainwater again, and ice bumps of different sizes protruded from the flat ice surface.

This kind of weather will affect the people the most, than those Liming people who are farming for a living.

Three days later, bad news came from Chongzhou, where the disaster was the worst.

The freezing rain fell continuously for three days, the vegetation turned to ice, and thousands of cattle and sheep were frozen to death at home.The crops in the fields are covered with a thick layer of solid ice, and it is a foregone conclusion that there will be no harvest.Some houses were also crushed by ice and snow, injuring many people.

For a time, the people complained incessantly.

"Father, as the crown prince of a country, I should do my best to solve the worries and problems of the people. I would like to ask for orders to go to Chongzhou to inspect the peace, and I hope that the father will give me permission." In the main hall, the prince came out and knelt down, and volunteered to go Chongzhou disaster relief.

When King Ning heard this, he became anxious.

Before the emperor could speak, he hurried out of the line and knelt down beside the prince, "Father, brother just came back from a business trip in another place, and the year is approaching, so many things inside and outside the palace need to be taken care of by brother himself , going out at this time, I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

The emperor paused for a moment with his raised hand, then lowered it again.

Disaster relief is no small matter, and the amount of money handled alone is several 10 taels. Who doesn't scramble for such a large piece of fat!
The prince naturally understood this truth.

Why he just came back from an errand, and why the end of the year is approaching, is nothing more than an excuse for King Ning to grab this errand.

Glaring at him fiercely, he retorted lukewarmly: "The affairs of the New Year's Eve are handled by Mr. Cheng of the Ministry of Rites in the court, and by the queen mother in the palace. The absence of the palace does not affect anything. On the contrary Are the words of the second brother doubting Master Cheng's ability?"

Cheng Haoran, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, is King Ning's confidant, and he said so deliberately to keep King Ning from stepping down.

When the two were arguing, the emperor only stared at them lightly.

Baiguan also consciously kept silent, just waiting for the two brothers to come to a conclusion.

Fortunately, King Ning is not easy to deal with. When questioned by the crown prince, he smiled slightly and acted very upright: "In recent years, Mr. Cheng has organized all the celebrations in the palace, and he has never made a mistake. Mr. Cheng is able to act on his own accord. Everyone in the court knows, how could my younger brother have such intentions? Brother Huang is overthinking."

When the words were neither soft nor hard, the prince snorted coldly.

He raised his hands, and said to the emperor with a straight face: "Father, my son asked for an order for two reasons. The first one, my son has done disaster relief several times before, and the handover with the household department is smoother, which can be greatly improved." Second, the concubine Hui's body is not in good condition recently. If I send my second brother out, I am afraid that someone will say that the father is unreasonable and that the mother and concubine are sick, so I will send the second brother out. Do your job!"

Concubine Hui is the mother of King Ning. Unfortunately, she has suffered from the cold for the past few days and fell ill.

When King Ning heard this, his face turned dark immediately.

The crown prince moved his mother and concubine out. If he insisted on going to Chongzhou for disaster relief at this time, he would not know how to be filial to his knees, and it would be unavoidable.But he was extremely unwilling to surrender such a large piece of fat to others.

After thinking about it, I couldn't find a suitable reason to refute the prince.

The hall fell silent for a while.

The civil and military ministers standing on both sides could not see half of the holy intention from the majestic face of the emperor, nor could they directly express their support for the crown prince or King Ning, so they all had to fold their sleeves and stick to the spot.

The emperor's gaze fell on King Yu inadvertently.

(End of this chapter)