After Mr. Qian was dismissed from his post and investigated, Eunuch Xiao Xia personally went to Yanhuai's mansion to bring Emperor Xuan's oral instructions.
As a result, Yanhuai was lying on the bed with a pale face. He couldn't say a few words before he started coughing, and the smell of medicine filled the room. Even if he pinched his nose, the smell of medicine rushed straight to his brain.
Xiao Xiazi stood with an embarrassed look on her face, not knowing whether to speak or not for a moment.
"If you have anything to say, father-in-law, just say it straight. This county prince...ahem...can bear it!"
Yanhuai persisted in finishing his words and coughed again.
And this time I coughed so hard that my face turned red.
After he finished coughing, he lay on the bed and let out a long breath.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Xiazi couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, you are not just a slave. You have actually accepted the emperor's order. Our family has no choice but to declare it."
Yan Huai hummed, and Qingfeng on the side said, "That's the decree, my father-in-law announced. It's just that my county prince is in frail health. I would like to ask my father-in-law to explain a few more words to my county prince after he returns to the palace."
Xiao Xiazi nodded quickly, "This is natural!"
"Your Highness, you can just lie down. Our family only delivers oral instructions."
Yanhuai coughed so much that he couldn't speak. Qingfeng on the side said on his behalf, "Thank you, father-in-law!"
Xiao Xiazi repeated Emperor Xuan's original words and summarized them into two points.
1. Mr. Qian was dismissed from his post to conduct a thorough investigation into the Ministry of Household Disaster Relief.
Second, the imperial court allocated 1,000 dans of food for disaster relief, and Mr. Jin, the Minister of Household Affairs, assisted in handling the disaster relief matters.
After hearing this, Yanhuai really wanted to applaud. Emperor Xuan was so generous. More and more refugees were flocking to the outside of the capital. He planned to use a thousand loads of grain to solve the problem.
Yanhuai didn't say anything, he looked like he was coughing to death. Xiao Xiazi didn't dare to stay any longer, and left in a hurry after delivering the oral instructions.
As soon as the people left, Yanhuai's originally pale face soon became normal. He got up from the bed, his face was not red, he was not out of breath, and he did not cough for a long time.
"Prince, didn't you say that you want Master Jin to go to Cangzhou and Linzhou to provide disaster relief? Now that the emperor has asked Master Jin to provide disaster relief outside the capital, what about Cangzhou and Linzhou?"
Qingfeng was full of worries, and Yan Huai said, "Take your time. The money and food for disaster relief have not yet arrived in Cangzhou, so there is still time."
The most competitive person to go to the disaster relief this time was the second prince. Originally, he was going to Linzhou, where the disaster was the worst. However, when Emperor Xuan heard that the epidemic in Linzhou was so serious that countless people died and not even a blade of grass grew, he refused to go to Linzhou. state’s thoughts.
Therefore, Yang Yu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, was responsible for the disaster relief, and Heng Wang Yanpingzhang represented the royal family's associate minister.
The status of Prince Heng's Mansion is the same as that of Prince Qing, except that Yan Pingzhang's grandfather is dead. He is Prince Qing's grandnephew. Although he has inherited the title of prince, he is already a side branch.
The reason why Emperor Xuan used him was because Yan Pingzhang was a side branch and he didn't dare to play tricks and it was easy to control.
Emperor Xuan could think of this, and so could the Second Prince, Yan Huai and others.
Therefore, everyone is trying to manipulate Yan Pingzhang, and there are many tricks that can be done here.
Xiao Xiazi returned to the palace and told the truth about Yanhuai's condition. Not only did Emperor Xuan know about it, but the second prince was also well-informed.
"He fell down before I took action. I really want to see how sick he is now and see if he can still be arrogant!"
In the study, the second prince looked sarcastic. There was an unopened letter on the desk, but he was not in a hurry.
"Your Highness, you must not go. The epidemic outside is very serious. There is an urgent shortage of medicine inside and outside the capital, and the medicine prescribed by the doctor may not be able to cure it. There are large swaths of dead people outside all day long."
Seeing how nervous his servant was, the second prince sneered, "I'm not stupid, how could I put myself in danger?"
"My father ordered me to conduct self-examination in my house, so I can just stay in the house honestly. Why go out and suffer?"
What's more, although he is locked up in the house now, all the news from outside is unobstructed, and everything is going according to his plan.
When the second prince saw that his servant still wanted to talk, he kicked him out directly.
After a while, a maid came in to serve tea. The second prince glanced at her first, then suddenly turned his head and squinted his eyes to look at the maid in front of him.
"New here? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, I just came into the house. Sister Yue'er has something to do, so I asked you to come in and serve tea at the last minute."
Although the maid is wearing a servant's clothes, her graceful figure is not hidden by the coarse cloth. She has a fair face, a sweet mouth, and crescent-like eyes. She is not beautiful, but she is beautiful.
Where is the slave here? It's obviously fat meat brought to the mouth.
"come here!"
The second prince waved to her, and the maid walked over respectfully. The second prince took her hand and brought her directly into his arms.
The maid was so frightened that her face turned even paler.
The second prince sat on his lap holding someone in his arms, and hooked his fingers on the maid's delicate face.
"Your Highness...you..."
"When did this prince hide such a beautiful little thing like you in my palace? I don't even know."
As soon as she finished speaking, the second prince tugged at her shirt, causing the maid to tremble in fright.
The second prince frowned slightly, "What? You don't want to be my wife?"
His eyes suddenly became cold and stern, and the maid quickly shook her head, not daring to disobey.
"Slave...it's just a little cold!"
"Yeah?"
The second prince smiled and raised his hand to touch the maid's clothes.
The cold touch made the maid shiver.
"It's really cold!"
The second prince laughed playfully and put his hands on the maid's neck, "It won't be cold in a while."
The maid's clothes were torn, and the second prince lay on her body. She looked at the ceiling decorated with dragons and phoenixes, a flash of hatred in her beautiful eyes.
The second prince was enjoying himself and didn't notice anything wrong with the maid.
An hour later, the maid walked out of the second prince's study with trembling legs.
There was no explanation or instructions, she was still a little maid serving tea and cleaning.
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Not two days later, a very small incident happened in the second prince's residence.
The little maid who was visited by the second prince in the study that day jumped into the well. Knowing that the second prince had been blessed, the servants asked the nanny to carefully examine her body, but they discovered something terrible.
That maid...had rashes all over her body.
The servant did not dare to hide it, so he quickly told the second prince about the matter, and at the same time quietly invited the doctor.
"What's wrong with her?" the second prince asked subconsciously.
The doctor took his pulse and said, "It looks like an ordinary rash. The second prince doesn't need to worry too much. As long as you pay attention to not blowing wind and getting hot in the next few days, he will probably be fine."
The second prince was slightly relieved after hearing this, but for the sake of conservatism, he did not let the doctor leave, but asked him to stay in the mansion.
The second prince must confirm that nothing is wrong with him before he can let him go. Then the second prince ordered people to conduct self-examinations, and all those who were sick were kicked out. The house was in an uproar, and many people were found to be sick, and some were seriously ill, which frightened the second prince.
