Time passed half a month later, and the situation in Mingzhou City gradually improved under Pei Huan's arrangements.
At that time, Song Shuwan's injury had also improved a lot. Except for the fact that her injured arm could not be moved freely, her movements were not affected. She first went to see Fei Yuan, and after making sure that Fei Yuan's injury had been properly treated, she transferred Outside the city.
Many people are building dams, and you can see the bustling scene from a distance. If you get closer, you can see many soldiers and officials.
Song Shuwan noticed that all those officials had unfamiliar faces to her: "Baicao, those officials..."
Baicao added understandingly: "They are all newly appointed officials by the Crown Prince. The Emperor trusts the Crown Prince and specially conveyed the imperial edict, giving the Crown Prince the right to appoint officials at will."
As soon as these words came out, Song Shuwan's heart suddenly sank: "When did the imperial edict come? Why didn't I know?"
"Ten days ago."
Baicao reported the time, but belatedly realized something was wrong, and quickly explained: "I only found out about this in the past two days. I thought there was no need to mention it again after such a long time."
Song Shuwan slightly twitched the corners of her lips: "Don't be nervous, I know you didn't hide it from me on purpose."
She just felt that the power given by the emperor was not a good thing, and he would be jealous of others. Pei Huan should keep a low profile now.
However, Song Shuwan also knew that this was her concern. For a person like Pei Huan, being silent might be a blow, otherwise he wouldn't have said the words "It's mediocre who doesn't make people jealous".
As she was thinking, the sound of wooden wheels scraping the ground suddenly came from behind.
"I've met the prince."
Baicao saluted, lowered his eyebrows and retreated to the rear.
Pei Huan raised his eyes and pinpointed Song Shuwan's position: "The injury is not healed yet, why did you come outside the city?"
"I couldn't stop, so I thought I'd come and see how many areas of the dam still need to be repaired? Is there enough food?" Song Shuwan answered casually, and then brought the topic to the dam and food.
"The dam has almost been repaired, and the food for disaster relief was delivered from the capital a few days ago, and it is now sufficient."
Whatever Song Shuwan asked, Pei Huan answered. His cooperative appearance made Song Shuwan look sideways several times. He endured it again and again, but finally couldn't hold it back: "Your Majesty, today..."
Before she finished speaking, Song Ren appeared in front of them and saluted in front of the two of them: "I have met the Crown Princess, the Crown Prince."
A meaningful smile appeared at the corner of Pei Huan's lips: "It seems that whose people are still their people, loyalty cannot be taken away by a little change."
Song Shuwan was silent, wasn't it because Song Ren saluted and put her in front? What Pei Huan said was really interesting.
Thinking about it, she raised her eyebrows and said pointedly: "I heard that the emperor granted the prince the right to appoint officials at will. I wonder what kind of official position can the prince be given based on Song Ren's ability? I thought, the worst is The position of county magistrate of Mingzhou City can only be exchanged for the hard work he has put in serving the prince during this period, right?"
Song Ren paused slightly: "The Crown Princess, Song Ren..."
Song Shuwan glanced over, and Song Ren became silent for an instant.
Pei Huan smiled: "The official position of Mingzhou City County Magistrate is indeed good, but compared to this, I think Dali Temple is more suitable. Song Ren, what do you think?"
Song Shuwan was slightly startled, Pei Huan actually wanted to arrange Song Ren to enter Dali Temple, a place where only the top few in the imperial examination could enter.
In fact, Song Ren was a little dazed at this time. Something went wrong with the imperial examination a few years ago, and he had long given up on the idea of entering the officialdom. Just when he had given up hope, something unexpected happened.
As time passed, Song Ren took a deep breath: "The common people, the common people think that Dali Temple is indeed more suitable."
Pei Huan nodded: "In that case, after returning to Beijing, you can take my token to Dali Temple and start writing it from the beginning."
"yes!"
Song Ren could hardly control his emotions. After saluting, he looked at Song Shuwan very excitedly.
In response, Song Shuwan just smiled lightly. She brought Song Ren to Mingzhou City just for an opportunity. Facts have proved that she was not wrong about Song Ren, and Pei Huan was indeed generous.
Skipping this topic, a few people chatted while approaching the people who were building the dam. Those with sharp eyes immediately recognized Pei Huan: "Your Majesty, look, it's the Crown Prince! Huh? Who is that next to you?"
"It's the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. I've met the Crown Prince and Crown Princess!"
Facing the salutes, Pei Huan raised his hand slightly: "No need to be polite, you can just go about your own business."
"yes!"
The people responded one after another, but while they were busy talking about their own affairs, their eyes never left Pei Huan and Song Shuwan.
Pei Huan's senses were keen and he noticed their changes and left immediately: "The soul flower has been there for many days, have you thought about how to use it?"
Song Shuwan walked behind the wheelchair and pursed her lips slightly when she heard the words: "It is natural to use it as medicine. I have already prepared the recipe. When I teach Baicao how to make the soul flower into pills, the prince can just take one pill every day."
"So, thank you for your hard work."
The group returned to the inn, and Song Shuwan began to teach Baicao how to handle the soul flower. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the work, Song Ren suddenly knocked on the door: "Prince Concubine, Cao Min, Cao Min unexpectedly met someone a few days ago."
Song Shuwan was a little confused. Song Ren knew someone, so why did he run to her and tell her?
She thought so, but Song Shuwan didn't show it on her face. She just asked lightly: "But the person you know is a little weird? Is it related to me?"
Song Ren was shocked. The Crown Princess was so perceptive. He guessed the key point just by saying a word. No wonder the Crown Prince had specially told him when he was looking for someone before, not to delay in dealing with the Crown Princess, and to say what he had to say.
Thinking of this, Song Ren chose to go straight to the point: "That person was once a girl from the Song family of Dali Temple."
As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and a woman wearing gray linen clothes and a timid face walked in.
She whispered: "Miss."
Song Shuwan stood up subconsciously: "Tao, Tao'er?"
Tao'er is Song Shuwan's personal maid. She grew up with her and they have a very good relationship. When something happened to the Song family, Song Shuwan couldn't even take care of herself, let alone Tao'er.
Now that she saw someone again and shouted "Taoer" out of her mouth, Song Shuwan felt some unknown sourness in her heart.
Tao'er pursed her lips and tears fell quickly: "Miss, slave, I can still see you, what's wrong with your arm? How come..."
Song Shuwan was helpless and distressed by her tears, and quickly comforted her: "Don't cry, don't cry. It's just a minor injury, and it's almost healed."
"But it hurts a lot. My lady has never been hurt several times since she was a child..."
Tao'er choked and shed more tears.
On the side, Song Ren and Baicao exchanged glances and exited the room very wisely.
After the door closed, Song Shuwan sighed, held Tao'er in her arms with one hand, and patted her back gently: "It's okay."
After a long time, Tao'er finally calmed down, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and spoke again with a heavy blow: "Miss, the master gave the slave a jade pendant before he was arrested, and said that if the slave can still meet the miss, he must let her Miss, take this jade pendant to find someone."
