The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 741: weight
Chapter 741 Weight
“Qin Shangzhi mentioned the canal repair to me before. Mr. Qin has a detailed plan for it, and I am still considering it!”
Qin Shangzhi’s plan was very detailed, but the prince had been busy these days… and had forgotten about it.
“That’s good. Your Highness the Crown Prince is now in charge of state affairs on behalf of His Majesty. There are so many things to do, and it is inevitable that there will be things that he may overlook… If the people around him can remind you of one or two, it will help share the burden for Your Highness the Crown Prince!” Bai Qingyan nodded to the Crown Prince.
The prince sat for a while and then went back to call Mr. Fang, Qin Shangzhi and Ren Shijie to his study.
There are two main things to discuss…
The first thing was to repair the canal. Qin Shangzhi was in a good mood. Having been in the Prince’s Mansion for so long, not many of his suggestions could be adopted by the Prince. This time the Prince specially called them all here, so it seemed that this matter had to be put on the agenda.
Ren Shijie was more in favor of it. In his mind, Dayan had a powerful leader with great ambitions, and would unify the world in the future. Now that Jin was willing to spend manpower and material resources to repair the Guanghe Canal, Ren Shijie naturally wanted more than anything else.
“What do you think, Mr. Fang?” The prince looked at Mr. Fang again.
Elder Fang glanced at Qin Shangzhi, stroked his goatee and smiled, “Building water conservancy projects is good for the country and the people, so I naturally agree with it. Since it was Mr. Qin who proposed this matter, and I see that Mr. Qin has already listed the detailed procedures and selected the water conservancy master who can serve in the construction of the canal, why don’t you… let Mr. Qin do this! What do you think?”
Seeing the prince frowning in thought, Elder Fang continued, “It has always been a lucrative job to build water conservancy projects, and the person in charge will inevitably want to make a fortune from it! But Mr. Qin has always regarded those yellow and white things as dirt. With Mr. Qin here… Your Highness naturally does not have to worry about corruption!”
Mr. Fang intended to take advantage of this opportunity to send Qin Shangzhi away. As long as Qin Shangzhi was not in the capital city or the prince’s mansion, Mr. Fang would not have to worry about guarding against Qin Shangzhi anymore.
When Qin Shangzhi heard this, he also understood what Mr. Fang meant, so he simply stood up and bowed to the prince: “If Your Highness can trust me, Qin Shangzhi will definitely get this done!”
“Okay!” The prince nodded. “Tomorrow morning, I will… discuss this matter with my father.”
As soon as the prince proposed the construction of the Guanghe Canal in the court, he received the approval of Prime Minister Lu… Prime Minister Lu said that the construction of the Nine-Story Platform should be postponed and all financial resources and energy should be used on the construction of the canal.
However, the prince did not agree, saying that building the Nine-Layered Terrace to pray for the State of Jin was as important as building the canal to benefit the people and both should not be delayed. The emperor praised the prince and agreed to let him go ahead with this matter.
Seeing that the emperor was happy, the prince wanted to tell the emperor that Prince Liang had ordered Li Mingrui to rescue the rebel Wang Qiulu. But then he remembered what Hongmei said on the bed and did not want to spoil the emperor’s fun, so he went to the emperor’s bedroom after the morning court and told the emperor that Prince Liang had forced Li Mingrui to rescue the Nando traitor Wang Qiulu, for fear that Prince Liang still had ulterior motives.
The emperor was silent for a long time after listening to this. He raised his slightly cloudy eyes and looked at the prince: “You said…did you call Lu Jin over for this matter?”
The prince kowtowed to the emperor and said, “Before, Li Mingrui falsely accused the Princess Zhenguo, so I thought of asking Lu Jin to come and investigate the matter. Who knew… Later, Li Mingrui came and actually implicated the King of Liang. However, I have already told Lu Jin not to make it public.”
The gilded lotus and Suan Ni censer placed on the agarwood table beside the emperor was burning incense, and wisps of smoke rose silently.
If the prince really wanted to pull Lu Jin to put Prince Liang to death, he would have said this in the court. He came to his father to explain the matter in detail after the court was dismissed, so he still had his father in his heart.
The emperor looked at the glass screen and thought of Prince Liang kneeling at his feet and crying. He didn’t know whether he had grown old, his heart had become soft, or he just couldn’t bring himself to kill Prince Liang.
“And there is also the Left Prime Minister Li Mao!” The prince looked up at the emperor who was sitting cross-legged on the ginger-colored couch with one hand resting on his sac. He took out the letter that Bai Jinxiu had given him yesterday from his sleeve and held it high above his head. “The reason why Li Mingrui intended to frame the Princess Zhenguo is because the Princess Zhenguo recently found several handwritten letters between the Left Prime Minister Li Mao and the Second Prince. This time, the Princess Zhenguo came to Dadu in person, but because she had not yet let the old Imperial Tutor Tan and Lord Shoushan review them, she did not know whether they were true or not, so she did not hand them in. After Li Mingrui knew about this, he wanted to use the matter of Wang Qiulu… to make the emperor and his son lower their trust in the Princess Zhenguo. This was also admitted by Li Mingrui himself.”
Gao Demao, the eunuch beside the emperor, was about to step forward to take it, but the emperor raised his hand to stop him. Gao Demao hurried back to the emperor with the whisk in his arms.
“Why is it the Princess Zhenguo again? She’s not feeling well. Why is she running to the capital instead of recuperating in Shuoyang?” The emperor was unhappy. Whenever Bai Qingyan was around, something would upset him. The emperor’s face was full of impatience. “Forget it, let’s end this matter here. I know about the matter between the Left Prime Minister Li Mao and the Second Prince. I won’t read the letter and just pretend it never happened. Deal with the traitor properly. You handle this matter…”
“Yes!” The prince kowtowed to the emperor hurriedly, and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart. It seemed that his father still wanted to spare Prince Liang’s life. Fortunately, he did not reveal the matter in the court.
“The most important thing right now is the Spring Examination. You should watch carefully and make sure there is no more trouble!” The emperor waved his hand at the prince, “Go and talk to the Princess Zhenguo and ask her to be more peaceful and not cause trouble to upset me!”
I remember that last year when the drum for imperial examinations was sounded, a cheating case in the imperial examination was exposed, which forced the students to retake the exam. It was a farce.
The prince claimed that when he was leaving the hall, he met the Taoist priest who came to deliver the elixir to the emperor.
Although the prince did not like this Heavenly Master, this Heavenly Master was currently favored by his father. The prince did not put on airs in front of this Heavenly Master. He asked a few questions about the Emperor’s recent situation before leaving.
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Today is the first day of the imperial examination.
Qin Lang put on his clothes and turned around while adjusting his sleeves. He saw Bai Jinxiu holding Wang Ge’er in one hand and Cui Bi checking his luggage outside the screen. There was a warm smile on her face.
Qin Lang walked to Bai Jinxiu with a smile, held Wang Ge’er in his arms, and said with a smile: “Our little Wang Ge’er also knew that his father was going to take the test today, so he got up early to send his father off, right?”
Little Wangge blinked his big, dark, bright eyes and stretched out his hands for Bai Jinxiu to hold him, not giving Qin Lang any face at all.
Cui Bi smiled and said, “Our young master is afraid that he will tire you out and affect your writing skills!”
Bai Jinxiu took Wang Ge’er and said to Qin Lang, “Cui Bi is right. You’d better not hold Wang Ge’er. This little guy is quite heavy now!”
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