The world's ambitions are unparalleled

Chapter 52
Su Li frowned slightly, and just about to speak again, suddenly another court lady stepped in from the outside and knelt on the ground: "Queen Mother, the princess lost her temper and said she wanted to see King Ning, but now the princess smashed all the things in the house." Things are clamoring to hang themselves, and the servants dare not make decisions on their own."

"What nonsense!" Su Li flicked his sleeves suddenly, and then looked at Su Mo again, "I need to go to see Qingchu now, the cabinet is there, I'll trouble my second brother to go there."

The matter has come to this point, and it is inconvenient for Su Mo to refuse, so he and Su Li left the Shoukang Palace, one went to the East Cabinet, and the other went to the West Qingchu Palace.

When Su Mo came to the cabinet in plain clothes, everyone was surprised, but Mr. Zhao Ge was the first to react, and rushed forward: "My lord is in good health?"

"Thank you, Mr. Ge, it's all over." Su Mo smiled lightly, "Didn't you say that there is an expedited note?"

Hearing this, Mr. Zhao Ge nodded hurriedly, led him to the desk where Su Li usually sat, presented the brochure urgently sent from Lorraine County in the north, and explained: "Lorraine County has encountered unprecedented snow this year. , Many people’s houses were crushed, nearly [-] people were homeless, the imperial court must allocate disaster relief money as soon as possible for relief.”

Mr. Zhao Ge was originally a person trusted by the emperor, and also a veteran of the two dynasties, so he always had a bit of self-confidence, and he had always been at odds with Su Li. Su Mo, his attitude is better.

Su Mo read the paperwork carefully, frowned slightly, and said, "How is the state treasury now?"

"Last year, Yan and Lin prefectures first suffered from drought, and then Jiang and Tai provinces suffered floods one after another. The imperial court allocated a large amount of silver to relieve the disaster, and exempted them from tax for three years. Although the silver in the treasury is enough to relieve the [-] in Lorraine County People, but King Ning issued an order two days ago, saying that a part of the silver will be spent from the treasury to supplement the military expenditure. If this order is implemented, the people of Lorraine County will not be able to get full relief, I am afraid-"

Although Su Mo also knew that natural disasters have continued in the past two years, and the treasury's income and expenditure are extremely unbalanced, he never thought that the treasury would be so empty. After thinking for a while, he said: "Take up the military expenses and do our best to rescue Lorraine County. Immediately allocate 50 Ten thousand taels of silver, and ordered someone to escort it there. Does Mr. Ge have an ideal candidate in mind?"

"Of course there are candidates. Since the prince has given the order, the old minister will start to do it."

At this time, Lu Zhao, a newly promoted prime minister who was only 27 or [-] years old, walked in quickly: "Wait a minute, King Qin! Since King Ning ordered the full military expenditure, it should be withdrawn by King Ning. The king's orders are probably inconsistent with reason, right?"

Hearing this, Su Mo laughed, and the brilliance in his eyes flowed: "This king has not been involved in the government for many years, and now it is the first time that he has issued an order, but he has overstepped."

Hearing this, Lu Zhao bowed his head slightly and cupped his hands: "I don't dare."

Su Mo still just smiled lightly, but he stopped looking at him, and turned to Elder Zhao Ge: "Elder Ge, it's not too late."

Zhao Ge hurriedly took people down to make arrangements, but although Lu Zhao was upset, he had no choice but to leave with him.

Su Mo sat quietly in front of the desk for a while, picked up a few notebooks and flipped through them, but inadvertently knocked something in a pile of notebooks that had just been handed over, and when he bent down to pick it up, he realized that it was a letter .

On the envelope, the lower script with hairpin flowers is beautiful and beautiful, and it is neatly written - from Prince Ning.

He quietly squeezed the letter, and looked at the small letters with hairpin flowers again and again, his eyes gradually became darker.

Half an hour later, Su Li quickly walked into the cabinet. Except for a few officials, big and small, Su Mo was no longer there.

"My lord." He was one of the several officials, seeing him coming, he hurriedly told him in detail what had happened between Su Mo, Mr. Zhao Ge and Lu Zhao earlier.

But Su Li didn't care too much: "It's understandable for King Qin to do this, and it should be handled like this."

After finishing speaking, he quickly came to the table, rummaged through a pile of paperwork, and finally found the letter he wanted.

Although the word Ning Wang is neatly written on the surface, but when you take it apart, you can see the big word "Su Li" at the beginning of the inside.In fact, her handwriting has always been beautiful, just like the other handwriting on the letter, but there is only the word Su Li, which is extremely sloppy. It can be seen that she is really resentful about him forcing her to write the letter.

Su Li couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. Before he read it, his heart was already full of joy.

In the mist-shrouded bathroom, in a bath that uses natural hot springs as water, there is a lean man leaning against the edge of the pool, resting his head on the edge of the pool, and resting with his eyes closed.

The door of the room was slowly pushed open, and then, a slender figure carried a bamboo basket and walked softly and slowly.

But it was Begonia.

She took a look at Su Mo's appearance, then knelt down beside him, opened the bamboo basket in her hand, and saw that there were more than ten kinds of medicinal herbs, arranged in different categories.

Haitang dipped the medicinal materials into the pool one by one, and when she bent down, she couldn't help seeing the scar on Su Mo's abdomen at a glance, and couldn't help sighing, but quickly looked away.

After putting all the medicinal materials into the pool, she moved to the position behind Su Mo again, put her delicate hand on Su Mo's forehead, and pressed it unhurriedly.

Su Mo's brows that had always been flat and stretched slightly frowned at this moment, and the next moment, he opened his eyes to look at her, his dark eyes remained motionless like deep pools, and then they closed again soon.

Haitang smiled slightly: "My lord, you have a headache again today?"

After a long time, I heard Su Mo chuckle: "You know?"

"Hmm." Haitang's index finger gradually moved to his temple, rubbed it lightly a few times, Fang said, "As long as the prince has a headache, he will fall asleep while taking a bath. Haitang knows this."

Su Mo still closed his eyes, but he just smiled and didn't answer when he heard the words.

Seeing this, Haitang sighed softly: "If the lord dislikes Haitang's talkativeness, just tell Haitang to shut up. If he doesn't like to hear it in his heart, but still forces a smile, it seems that Haitang is even worse!"

Hearing her narrow tone, Su Mo knew she had intentions, so he still didn't answer.

Haitang withdrew her hands: "In that case, then Haitang should go."

The strength of her kneading gesture for him was excellent, but now she let go of her hand suddenly, it was really uncomfortable.

Su Mo pinched her wrist with his backhand, and laughed: "You use retreat as an advance, and it's a little bit useless."

After finishing speaking, she still put her hand on her forehead, without needing to order, Haitang continued to massage and rub, while answering his words: "No matter how badly you use it, it still works. It's not as good as the prince. , so many years of "retreating as a retreat" did not work at all, but pushed myself more and more to the "advance" point."

There was a hint of ridicule in her words. Su Mo opened his eyes and looked at her, but he was not annoyed. Instead, he raised his hand and squeezed her face: "Such a smart Haitang, if I lose you in the future, I can't help but sigh." ?”

"So the lord is planning to get rid of Haitang now?" Haitang blinked, "Then I might as well let go and leave by myself, at least I've saved myself a bit, haven't I?"

"Will I say yes?"

"If the prince doesn't agree..." Haitang's hand slowly moved along his face to his neck, and then continued to slide down along the collarbone, stroking his chest lightly or heavily, walking back and forth, lightly Teased him with a smile, "Then the slave family has no choice but to 'advance as retreat'..."

Sure enough, Su Mo squeezed her hand, lowered his eyes and smiled lightly: "Advance as retreat? It's really a good idea."

Haitang still smiled lightly: "Although it seems to outsiders that it is still the prince who chased Haitang away, but in the end, it was Haitang who worked hard to get it. Haitang feels better, doesn't she?"

Su Mo shook his head slightly and sighed, held her hand, his handsome eyebrows slanted, his eyes were like peach blossoms: "Even if the world falls apart, I am reluctant to let Haitang go."

Haitang sneered, withdrew her hand, carried the basket and walked out.

The next day at court, when Su Mo, who hadn't seen him for a long time, appeared in the Golden Luan Hall in his imperial attire, except for the few who had seen him yesterday, the rest of the officials were all surprised.It seemed that the hall was silent for a while before the officials came back to their senses, and they all came forward to greet them in a hurry.

Su Mo agreed one by one, and exchanged a few words with everyone, Su Li just arrived belatedly.

Seeing that Su Mo also came, Su Li was not surprised, he just said: "Congratulations to the second brother for returning to the court."

Su Mo raised his eyebrows lightly, and smiled helplessly: "This is not a joy, but in the royal family, bearing the title of the prince and enjoying the wealth of the prince, naturally, he has to do something What the prince should do."

Su Li slightly hooked the corners of his lips: "It's rare that the second brother thinks about it now, that's naturally very good. During the time when the emperor's brother is not in Beijing, the responsibility of the government is heavy, so I rely on the second brother to share it."

Although the emperor was not there, the early court was still serious and rigorous. The most important thing everyone discussed was the snow disaster in Lorraine County a few days ago.

But I heard Su Li say: "A few days ago, the King of Qin ordered 50 taels of silver to be allocated for disaster relief, and he also sent a special person to take care of the disaster. It's a tight time, and this king believes that this disaster relief will never allow any official to fill his own pocket with even a penny!"

A group of officials below echoed what King Daoning said.

Su Mo also nodded and said, "What does King Ning mean?"

"For this disaster relief, the king intends to send two officials of the second rank or above to monitor and go deep into Lorraine to ensure that every tael of disaster money is used by the victims. What do you think, colleagues?"

With the heavy responsibility of monitoring, but also going deep into the disaster area, if it is possible to go, it must not be something that can be solved in a short time.

An absolute drudgery, it is a matter of course if it is done well, but it is unavoidable to blame if it is not done well.Although everyone agreed, when Su Lirang elected the supervisor, the hall fell silent for a while.

After a long time, I suddenly heard a chuckle, and it was Su Mo who broke the peace in the palace: "Since all your lords feel embarrassed, I will recommend myself first, and I am willing to go to Lorraine to supervise the disaster relief. I don't know, which lord is willing to go with you?" ?”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the hall was shocked, even Su Li's eyes flashed with astonishment, and after a while, he returned to normal, looking at the remaining officials: "My lords?"

"The minister is willing to go!"

After a while, a steady middle-aged male voice finally sounded in the hall, and everyone looked to where the voice came from. It turned out to be Xu Ning, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Su Li looked at it deeply, then turned his head to look at Su Mo again, asking for advice: "What do you think, King Qin?"

"Naturally, it couldn't be better." Su Mo smiled, "This disaster relief needs to build a large number of houses, which are actually in the construction department. If Mr. Xu is willing to go, then the people of Lorraine County will be blessed."

"Even though the King of Qin is going there, I just want to do something practical for the people of Lorraine County." Xu Ning said with a bow.

"In that case." Su Li glanced at Xu Ning, then took the conversation lightly, "This trip will be hard work for King Qin and Lord Xu."

After the court was over, Su Mo and Su Li finally left the main hall. They were dressed in ordinary black court clothes, of ordinary stature, and generally handsome. They walked on the palace road, causing many eyes to stop and linger.

As if Su Li hadn't realized it, he only said to Su Mo: "Why does Second Brother suddenly want to go to Lorraine County? Could it be that he made it difficult for Second Brother by telling him about sharing the government affairs?"

Su Mo laughed out loud: "Third brother is overthinking. I am used to idleness and have never done anything practical for the court. Now I just take advantage of this snowstorm to test whether I have such lazy bones." Is there any use for it?"

"The weather in Lorraine County is extremely cold, can the second brother bear it?" Su Li paused, then said again.

"Of course I can bear it." Su Mo lowered his head and smiled, "I survived the dying moment, what else can't bear it?"

Hearing this, the light in Su Li's eyes changed slightly, and he suddenly wanted to mention Jinse in his heart, but the words changed when he got to his lips: "So, please take care of yourself, second brother."

The two separated, Su Mo went out of the palace and returned to his residence, while Su Li still went to the cabinet.

As usual, there are some notebooks on the desk that need to be decided by him. Su Li picked them up and reviewed them one by one. Just after reading the third book, Lu Zhao pinched a few more notebooks and presented them to the desk: "My lord."

Su Li looked up at him, reached out to take the paperwork he presented, and casually read it one by one.

Lu Zhao lowered his voice and said, "The king of Qin took the initiative to ask to go to Lorraine this time. I'm afraid it's a conspiracy. The prince should take precautions."

Su Li's eyes suddenly paused, as if he was thinking about something carefully.

"My lord?" Lu Zhao called him again.

Su Li came back to his senses, and glanced at him lightly: "Then according to Lu Xiang, what is he planning?"

Lu Zhao stared, and faintly uttered two words: "People's hearts."

After hearing this, Su Li hooked the corners of his lips and laughed: "Not necessarily."

"Oh?" Lu Zhao looked at his meaningful smile, and became a little puzzled, "It's just a county that has been severely affected by the disaster, what else does he have to do?"

Su Li casually dropped the note: "Perhaps, it's just for safety. If the imperial court is now a urn, then he probably doesn't want to be the turtle in that urn."

"If the emperor's departure from Beijing this time is to set up a Weng Vat, then it is aimed at you, the lord, and should not be involved with the King of Qin." Lu Zhao pondered, "The way he looks like today, on the contrary, he seems to want to wade into this place by himself. Spread the muddy water."

Su Li lowered his eyes lightly, and the light in his eyes faded slightly: "His thoughts are unfathomable. Whether it is for him or the emperor, this time, we can only respond to changes with the same."

"What the prince said is true." Lu Zhaodao, "Fortunately, Mr. Xu stood up in time and asked Ying to go with him. In this way, we can grasp some of his actions."

Su Li nodded slightly, then suddenly said: "Go to Xu Ning's residence at night, and you know what to tell him."

"Yes." Lu Zhao lowered his eyes, bowed and stepped back.

Su Li still bowed his head to review the papers, and when he finally had some free time, it was already past noon, the waiter saw that he had stopped, and hurriedly passed the lunch.

Due to the emptiness of the national treasury, Su Li just ordered to reduce the food and clothing expenses of the palace. Now his lunch is only a few simple dishes. Although it is not bleak, it is quite different from before.

(End of this chapter)