Xu Zhen picked up the white jade gilt bowl on the dining table, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
His momentum is indeed worthy of the majestic force that has been on the battlefield for more than 20 years.
"boom!"
The white jade gilt bowl was placed heavily on the dining table by Xu Zhen, making a loud bang.
"Huh~"
Xu Zhen, whose face was flushed, exhaled heavily, and then completely suppressed the spiciness of Youning wine.
"I wanted to tell you as soon as we met, but I didn't expect this drink to harm people."
Xu Zhen took a piece of fresh mutton and put it into his mouth to suppress the alcohol.
From the smile on that face, it is not difficult to see that the witchcraft disaster has generally subsided.
Xu Yi inevitably breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Xu Zhen reaching out for a drink, he hurriedly moved the wine jar back.
"Second uncle, if you have a good drink, don't be afraid of being late."
Xu Yi ignored Xu Zhen's threatening eyes that opened like bells.
After experiencing three years of confinement, Xu Yi couldn't figure out who was closest to him in the world.
"You kid."
Seeing that the threat was useless, Xu Zhen shook his head helplessly.
When this nephew first met him, he still had a cautious attitude.
Unexpectedly, as time went on, he would become such a "rogue".
Many princes would either call him His Royal Highness Prince Jin or the Second Emperor's Uncle when they met.
Xu Yi was the only one who addressed him as his second uncle every time they met.
Don't mention it, Xu Zhen is still doing this. Being in the royal family, the second emperor's uncle is not as friendly as the second uncle.
"Okay, I won't hang you up anymore."
"There was a heavy snowfall last night, which made His Majesty very happy."
"Today's morning service is more than half an hour earlier than usual."
"The person who impeached you, Chang Shuirong, the left minister of the Yushitai, was also reprimanded and had his salary cut for half a year because of the heavy snow."
Xu Zhen put down his obsession with drinks and waved his chopsticks frequently, obviously very hungry.
"Just half a year's salary?"
Xu Yi shook his head, unable to tell whether he was feeling regretful or dissatisfied.
"The Yushitai is responsible for inspecting all officials in the world. Your Majesty can fine you for half a year, which is not a small amount."
Xu Zhen paused with the chopsticks in his hands and sighed slightly.
The Yushitai is a knife in the hands of the emperor, and it is the duty of the Yushitai to impeach officials.
Being able to get the emperor to order a fine of half a year's salary was enough to give him, the King of Jin, face.
"Didn't that person mention anything else besides the half-year salary penalty?"
Xu Yi smiled, but it was hard to tell whether it was because of the silence or something else on his face.
"Not yet."
Xu Zhen put down his chopsticks and sighed softly.
How could he not know what Xu Yi was thinking.
As a prince, he was under house arrest for eight years, if it weren't for this nephew's determination.
I'm afraid I've already gone crazy.
"That's right. According to that person's temperament, I'm afraid that this useless prince like me has been forgotten a hundred and eighty thousand miles away."
"Even if someone mentions it, it will only increase the disgust in that person's heart."
Xu Yi took out the jar of Youning wine from behind and slowly poured it into the gilded white jade bowl in front of him.
Xu Yi didn't care what that person thought of him.
What he cares about is when he can get out of this Ning Ningyuan.
As long as he could get out of Youningyuan and Zongzheng Temple, he was willing to do so even if he didn't have to be a prince.
With his abilities, where can't he find a home?
As for the witchcraft disaster, who said that without the status of a prince, it would be impossible to investigate the case and take revenge?
"Spill, spill."
Xu Zhen stood up quickly, straightened the wine jar in Xu Yi's hand, and then grabbed the wine jar into his own hand.
Xu Yi didn't care about the ownership of the wine jar, picked up a full bowl of wine, raised his head and drank it all.
The spicy wine with hints of plum sweetness blooms in your mouth instantly.
The Adam's apple rolled up and down, and the wine flowed down the throat and reached the heart.
Xu Yi's originally pale face instantly turned red due to the fever.
"Eat the food and press it."
Seeing the pain on Xu Yi's face, Xu Zhen stood up quickly, picked up a piece of mutton and put it in Xu Yi's bowl.
"If you can't drink enough, don't drink like your second uncle."
Looking at Xu Yi who was gradually regaining his composure, Xu Zhen couldn't help but give a lesson.
"I'm fine."
Xu Yi shook his dizzy head and spoke slowly.
only.
When he opened his mouth, he almost spit it out.
"Alas~!"
Xu Zhen sighed helplessly, raised the wine jar and took a sip of wine again.
"Why don't I know what you're thinking?"
"Don't be anxious, the opportunity is coming soon."
Xu Zhen put down the wine jar, a trace of determination flashed across his face.
A little silence.
Xu Yi stood up and staggered out of the room.
He picked up a handful of snow from the ground outside the door and threw it on his face.
Snow slowly dripped from his hot face.
Xu Yi, who regained some sense, slowly walked back to the dining hall.
At the same time, Xu Zhencai's words kept thinking in his mind.
Chance?
what chance?
"Severe drought in Guanzhong!"
A clear light suddenly appeared in Xu Yi's mind.
Sometimes, the more you care about something, the more it affects your judgment.
Xu Yi kept forcing himself to calm down, calm down, and calm down again.
There was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and the land was full of hungry people. The victims changed their children to eat.
How can a heavy snow alleviate this?
As for whether the facts are as they guessed, you will know once you ask.
"The opportunity mentioned by my second uncle is the severe drought in Guanzhong?"
Xu Yi couldn't wait to ask before he sat back down.
"It's a severe drought in Guanzhong."
Xu Zhen nodded and said with a heavy face: "There was a heavy snowfall yesterday, and thousands of victims froze to death outside Chang'an City."
"It's no longer enough to describe the misery outside the city with corpses strewn across the fields."
"Not to mention other cities."
"In the more than two hundred years since Emperor Taizu founded the country, when has Guanzhong ever suffered such a major disaster?"
"If this matter cannot be properly handled, the fate of the country will be severely affected."
Xu Zhen picked up the wine jar and took another sip. Even the spiciness of Youning wine could not resolve the sadness on Xu Zhen's face.
As a member of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Prince Qizhu, who had guarded the Western Regions for the Great Zhou Dynasty for twenty years, was not willing to see this scene.
Xu Yi already understood the deep meaning hidden in Xu Zhen's words.
More than a month ago, Xu Zhen said personally that the severe drought in Guanzhong affected hundreds of thousands of people.
Hundreds of thousands of people, this is already a major event that can shake the country.
As everyone knows, there is no small matter in the national destiny. Although this is an opportunity, it may also be a crisis.
"Is there no way to deal with it in the court?"
Xu Yi asked in a deep voice, every time there is a big disaster, it is a matter of course to open the warehouse and release grain.
The Zhou Dynasty had been suppressing the neighboring dynasties for more than ten years, so it couldn't be that it couldn't handle this issue well.
"The imperial court started to open warehouses to release grain and provide relief to the people half a year ago."
“It turned out to be very ineffective.”
"For this reason, His Majesty chopped off countless heads."
Xu Zhen shook his head slowly, as if he didn't want to mention what those officials had done.
"Every time there is a major disaster, evildoers will appear. These beasts can never be killed."
Xu Yi saw clearly that reading history can make people wise.
Every time there is a major disaster, evildoers will appear. These evildoers know that they will die.
But in the face of huge interests, they seemed to have completely lost their minds and rushed toward those huge interests like moths to a flame.
Maybe it's because I always have luck in my heart.
