There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 99 I'll Go With You

The empress has been in charge of the harem for many years, and the Shang Palace Bureau naturally placed a lot of eyeliner.

The emperor asked the Shang Palace Bureau to investigate the case, and the result can be imagined. Naturally, it was Xia Houjue who had "all the witnesses and evidence".

When the queen saw the result, she looked 'unbelievable', and the emperor was very angry.

Immediately issued an order to punish the prince to kneel in the ancestral temple for three days and three nights, facing the wall and thinking about his mistakes.

Afterwards, the emperor stayed in Fengyang Palace for three nights in order to appease the empress.

It wasn't until Prince Chen brought the new Concubine Chen into the palace to pay his respects, and the Queen saw with his own eyes that his living son was in a good mood, did he feel relieved and pamper other women.

That night, the Queen Liuchen Wang and his wife lived in the palace, she withdrew from the servants, and talked with her son Bingzhu at night.

"Mother, what is your purpose in arranging this matter in such a hurry?" Xia Houyan looked puzzled, "This is not a trivial matter. If the emperor finds out, we will be finished!"

"That's not necessarily the case!" The Queen sneered, and she sighed.

"This incident is indeed an accident, but it can't be regarded as an accident!"

"There was continuous torrential rain in the south of the Yangtze River, rivers burst their embankments, flooded fertile fields, and countless victims. I am afraid that there will be famine in the next few months. At that time, the household department will definitely suffer. We must quickly jump out of this fire pit!" Her eyes were firm!

"Oh? Jiangnan was flooded? When did it happen? Why didn't my son know!" Xia Houyan narrowed his narrow eyes.

"Of course you don't know!" The Queen snorted coldly.

The candlelight in the room was dim, shining on the queen's face, making her face extraordinarily eerie.

"The shortest is three to five days, and the longest is six or seven days. The news should reach the capital. Before that, we must kick out the Ministry of Households! Replace the Ministry of Industry!"

Xia Houyan squinted her eyes, with some hesitation in her expression.

"But didn't the father have approved the third brother to go south, and also said that he would inspect some projects! If you give him the household department at this time, I'm afraid..."

"It's just that the emperor didn't say anything, but the ministers..."

"Things are about to come to an end, are you soft-hearted at this time?" The Queen's tone was a little anxious.

"Since he wants to go south, let him go south! Wouldn't it be good to leave all this mess to him?!"

"In short, we can't do this kind of thing that has no credit but hard work! If you want fame, you can get it through other methods, and you don't have to die!"

At the end of July and August, the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is hot and humid. After the flood, there must be an epidemic. When the time comes, life and death will all depend on God's will.

"Since this is the case, the minister there would like to obey the orders of the queen mother!" Xia Houyan frowned, and cold light flashed one after another in her long and narrow eyes.

snort!This great contribution this time will benefit your crown prince, but it is a pity that you have to come back with this life!
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Seven days later, news of floods in the south of the Yangtze River did reach the capital.

Under the influence of the empress and the beauties of the harem, Emperor Jingyuan gave this job to Xia Houjue without even thinking about it, euphemistically calling it "crime for merit".

As soon as the news came out, everyone in the ruling and opposition parties, inside and outside the palace, was shocked.

But the queen's power is in full swing, and no one dares to say anything after all.

Yuqing Palace

Xia Houjue was accompanying Tang Wanning to practice archery in the small bamboo forest when she received the order to be transferred to the household department and to go south for disaster relief in August.

After listening to the imperial decree, he thanked Li Baoyuan with a blank expression as usual, and sent Li Baoyuan away politely.

On the contrary, Tang Wanning's face was full of reluctance.

"The empress really has a good plan! When I wanted credit, I quickly snatched the household department, but now there is a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and the disaster is coming. The empress kicked it out immediately!! Ha ha!"

"You stepmother!"

Xia Houjue didn't say anything, not even a sneer, he put the imperial decree into his sleeve, with the same expressionless expression as before.

"continue!"

"Hey! You're still practicing! I'm so angry for you!" Tang Wanning was furious.

"What's this? I've been used to it for a long time!" Xia Houjue's eyes were calm and unwavering, and he raised his bow and arrow skillfully with both hands.

Seeing Tang Wanning couldn't help feeling distressed, she wanted to comfort her for a while, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only let out a long sigh in the end.

"That's all! Anyway... I'll accompany you!" Tang Wanning slapped her chest.

"You?" Xia Houjue raised his eyebrows and put away his bow and arrow.

"You'd better stay at home honestly and don't go anywhere! This time, you've broken your promise!"

"Hey! How can this work? We have agreed before that you will take me there! How can you go back on your word!"

Xia Houjue's face suddenly turned cold: "Don't mess around! I don't want to go sightseeing!"

"I'm not traveling in mountains and rivers either!" Tang Waning was straightforward and strong, not afraid of him.

Xia Houjue stared at her with squinted eyes, a trace of entanglement and complexity flashed in his eyes, and he said quietly after a while.

"Are you sure you want to go? Do you know how difficult and dangerous this road is?"

"I know!" Tang Wanning was still firm.

"Who told you to be my team, oh no, what about my husband? Don't worry, I won't hold you back!" She repeatedly patted her chest as a guarantee.

The ice in Xia Houjue's eyes slowly melted away, and after a while he said gently: "I know!"

"Since you're going, then go! It's just...it's best to wear men's clothes! And...you should also be prepared!"

"Yes!" Tang Wanning's eyes sparkled.

She was suddenly a little excited, like the excitement of a bird finally coming out of its cage.

Although there are floods and victims outside, plagues and dangers, and even various conspiracies, which are a matter of life and death, she is not afraid!
What is really scary is being locked up in the palace, losing your freedom, and fighting with a bunch of women of all sizes and identities every day.

If this is the case, she would rather go out to experience the sea and the sky, no matter how difficult or dangerous, but also harmonious?
Seeing her firm eyes, layers of sweat appeared on her forehead, her cheeks were a little flushed, and her chest even rose and fell slightly.

Xia Houjue suddenly felt a little ironic. In the end, only the woman who was the most disliked at the beginning was still willing to believe in him and accompany him.

Even his biological father insisted that he was responsible for the collapse of the study in Prince Chen's Mansion.

The evidence of the Shang Palace Bureau was so fake that he didn't even see it, ha ha!
……

Early August.

Xia Houjue took 10 taels of official silver released by the imperial court, a 500-man guard, and [-] carts of grain and grass, and rushed to the south of the Yangtze River to "make contributions".

Among the people who saw him off, apart from the sixth prince, only his servants were left.

There were even fewer people traveling with her, except for Tang Wanning and her cronies, there was no one else.

As for that Yun family, at first he was arguing to go with him, but after being summoned twice by the queen, he also shrank his neck and said he was sick.

The majestic prince of the dynasty, who was in power and regent vigorously last year, suffered frequent setbacks this year, and his prestige in the court was gradually overshadowed by the emperor's new favorite, His Royal Highness.

Thinking about it, the emperor's face has long been figured out by the ministers.

Whoever you like will bloom like a brocade, and whoever you hate will be doomed and unable to turn over.

The empress's power is at its peak, and His Royal Highness Prince Chen's sword will point to the East Palace just around the corner, and everyone can see it.

And when the crown prince, the only blood of the former empress, what does he have?

What will happen to a child without a mother, an unfavored prince?
(End of this chapter)