He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

With Dr. Tao taking care of Lu Cheng, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan returned to Mo Yuxuan.

All the way back, Shen Wan was thinking about the secret collusion between Cheng Wang and Xi Liang.

Shen Wan's head almost exploded, and she couldn't figure out why King Cheng would do such a thing.

King Cheng is the younger brother of the same mother of the emperor. If he wants money and power, he is already inferior to tens of thousands of people. The princes of the emperor, no matter who succeeds to the throne, have no regard for King Cheng, the dear emperor. Uncle will respect you very much.

In addition, King Cheng only has two children, and the Crown Prince has only recently recovered. He was so sick that he could not leave the house. Almost everyone agrees that he will not live long. Even if King Cheng seeks that position, he will not be able to leave the house. There is no successor.

After struggling to snatch the throne from his brother, and then adopt a prince as his son from the emperor's knees, and then pass the throne to him, even if his head was kicked by a donkey and he was stupid, he would not do such a stupid thing.

Shen Wan could not think of a reason why King Cheng wanted to rebel, but what King Cheng did made them suspicious. If King Cheng was truly loyal to the emperor, he would not hide the fact that there was iron ore in the fiefdom and mine it without authorization.

He entered and exited the harem at will, even put his own princess to death in the harem, and even protected the real culprit who murdered the crown prince.

Thinking of what Xie Jingyan said in the evening, Wangzhou, the fiefdom of King Cheng, had been raining heavily for several days, and floods occurred, and the court needed to allocate food for disaster relief...

Thinking of a possibility, Shen Wan reluctantly returned to Mo Yuxuan. After returning to the house, she asked, "King Cheng lied about a disaster in the fiefdom and asked the court to allocate grain and funds. Was it to recruit troops?"

War not only wastes people and money, but also consumes the national treasury. It is not easy for King Cheng to rebel.

But he is the emperor's biological brother from the same mother. If he is in Kyoto, and the officials in the fiefdom report the disaster, the emperor will not become suspicious, let alone send people to investigate.

King Cheng occupies an absolute status advantage and can easily withdraw money from the national treasury, which makes the already poor treasury even worse.

Xie Jingyan was also suspicious, but compared to Shen Wan's worries, Xie Jingyan was very calm. He said, "I told my father about the iron mines in King Cheng's fiefdom. Even if my father didn't believe me before, it's so good." The opportunity to test and become a king is right in front of me, and my father will not miss it."

Just as Xie Jingyan had guessed, in the morning of the next day, the emperor indeed tested the throne.

There was a flood in Wangzhou, and Wangzhou officials rushed to Beijing for 600 miles to ask the court to allocate money and food to relieve the disaster in Wangzhou. In the morning, the officials who heard about this were all sighing. Unexpectedly, within a few months, first there was the Meizhou earthquake. , then the Xizhou Dam accident, and now Wangzhou. The Meizhou earthquake did not cause much damage because of timely preparations. When the Xizhou Dam was blown up, there was no heavy rain. Although hundreds of people died, it still did not cause much damage. Fortunately, the sudden rainstorm in Wangzhou caught everyone in Wangzhou by surprise.

Disaster relief is like putting out fires. Even if the national treasury is tight and the soldiers' salaries are not paid, there is no shortage of food in the army and the soldiers will not starve to death. However, the same is not the case for the victims. The relief food is delivered one day late, and there is no telling what will happen. How many more people died.

Even if there is no money in the treasury, the money has to be squeezed out from everywhere. There are even suggestions to borrow the money of the iron cavalry. After all, it does not cost two million taels to form the iron cavalry, and Pingyang Marquis still has at least half of it left.

The officials discussed it and decided to go to Wangzhou to transfer 400,000 taels of silver, plus 100,000 dans of grain and grass.

King Cheng also implored the emperor to allocate funds to help the people affected by the disaster in Wangzhou.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and looked at King Cheng and said, "I gave Wangzhou as a fiefdom to you, King Cheng, because Wangzhou is rich and has few disasters. You can stay in Kyoto to take care of the prince with peace of mind. I didn't expect that the prince is seriously ill now." If things get better, the fiefdom won’t worry you anymore. I’ll give you another fiefdom, and I will make Yuzhou your fiefdom from now on.”

Yuzhou is one of the richest prefectures and counties in Chu.

Wangzhou has only had one disaster in so many years, and it is already an excellent place. Just because Wangzhou makes King Cheng worry-free, the emperor will give King Cheng a place that is more prosperous and worry-free. The emperor can still pamper him. Become a bit of a king?

All the officials felt envious in their hearts.

King Cheng didn't expect that the emperor would want to change his fiefdom, so he quickly refused, "Brother Huang's intention is accepted by my brother. There has only been one flood in Wangzhou in so many years. I am already very satisfied. Brother Cheng looks at me If the state is not dissatisfied, there is no need to change the fiefdom.”

The emperor smiled and said, "You haven't lived in Wangzhou for a few days. Changing the fiefdom will not have much impact on you. But this time Wangzhou floods, you can't say that you don't go to Wangzhou to provide relief in person. The prince's illness has improved a little." , Princess Cheng fell ill again. Now you can't leave Kyoto. I am busy with government affairs and cannot often accompany the Queen Mother to relieve her boredom. It will save me a lot of trouble if you stay in Kyoto. "

King Cheng said hurriedly, "Leave the disaster relief matters to my subordinates. Don't worry, brother. I have no intention of leaving the capital, and there is no need to leave the capital. I also ask the emperor to take back the good intention of exchanging the fief for the brother. Yuzhou will still give it to him." The princes should become fiefs. The emperor cannot make the princes dissatisfied for the sake of his younger brother. "

There was still a smile on the emperor's face, but the smile had faded a lot, "I only have a younger brother like you, and I will give you the best place as a fiefdom. Which prince would dare to be dissatisfied?"

King Cheng was still about to refuse, but the emperor said, "I have made up my mind, and the matter of changing the fiefdom has been decided."

King Cheng could only swallow back the words that came to his mouth.

Eunuch Yuan stood aside and did not see the joy on King Cheng's face. When he saw the emperor, his face was not good-looking either. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

There were not many civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty who had the emperor's trust. King Cheng was the younger brother of the emperor's mother, and he also had second thoughts about the emperor.

King Ling told the Emperor that there was iron ore in Wangzhou, the fiefdom of King Cheng, and that it had been mined privately for two years. The Emperor did not send anyone to investigate, and he did not dare to say a word. This time, the flood brought Wangzhou to the Emperor, and the Emperor was very surprised. He tried it out.

If what King Ling said is false, if the emperor gives King Cheng a fiefdom that is richer than Wangzhou, King Cheng will only be happy and will not refuse.

King Ke Cheng not only refused, but refused again and again.

King Cheng is so abnormal, I'm afraid there might be something wrong with the fiefdom.

The disaster relief was interrupted because the emperor wanted to change the fiefdom for King Cheng. When he was about to pick up the topic, the emperor suddenly changed the subject, "I heard that the prince of Xuanping Hou was injured by a man in black last night when the city inspector was patrolling at night. Almost died?"

The rank of the city patrol officer was not high and no one went to court.

Marquis Xuanping stood up and said, "The dog was seriously injured last night. Fortunately, Duke Du Guogong fed him the antidote pills in time, and sent him to Prince Ling's Mansion for treatment by Doctor Tao, so he saved his life."

After Du Chengan left Prince Ling's Mansion yesterday, he patrolled to the Xuanpinghou Mansion at night. After much hesitation, he knocked on the door and informed the gatekeeper of the Xuanpinghou Mansion about Lu Cheng's injury.

Although Du Chengan said there was no fear for his life, Lu Cheng was the only son of Marquis Xuanping. Although it would no longer be the case in the future, it was still the case for now. Marquis Xuanping and his wife were worried all night without closing their eyes. Before dawn, Marquis Xuanping went to Prince Ling's Mansion. After confirming that Lu Cheng was really not in danger for his life, he entered the palace with peace of mind and went to the morning court.

Marquis Xuanping thanked the eldest son-in-law. The eldest son-in-law did not expect that his son could handle the matter so well, which made him as a father proud.

The emperor even praised Du Chengan several times and wanted to reward him heavily.

Shen Wan got up to dress up in the morning, and while sitting on the dressing table, she received the news that the emperor had changed the fiefdom for King Cheng. When Xie Jingyan returned to the house, Shen Wan asked, "Did the emperor really change the fiefdom for King Cheng?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Don't be happy too early."

Shen Wan asked in confusion, "Why?"

"King Cheng is unwilling and does not dare to change his fiefdom. He will definitely find a way to make his father change his mind," Xie Jingyan said.

Shen Wan disagreed, "The more King Cheng wants to Wangzhou, the more suspicious my father will be."

"Father is suspicious, but don't forget that there is also the Queen Mother," Xie Jingyan said.

"..."

How could she forget the Queen Mother...

The emperor was very filial to the queen mother. King Cheng wanted to ask the queen mother to help him get Wangzhou. Without evidence, the emperor would not disobey the queen mother.

However, the more troubles King Cheng made, the faster the seed of doubt planted by Xie Jingyan in the Emperor's heart took root and sprouted.

The maid brought the food into the room, and Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan sat down to have breakfast.

Shen Wan asked Xie Jingyan, "Did the man in black go back to look for the token?"

Xie Jingyan served Shen Wan some food and said, "Chen Feng hasn't come back yet."

It's been all night, why haven't you come back yet?

Shen Wan was a little worried, but at this moment there was a knock on the window, and Chen Feng's voice came, "Master..."

"Come in."

Chen Feng jumped out of the window and stepped forward and said, "Sir, you guessed it right. The man in black is indeed lucky enough to go back to look for the token."

Last night, Xie Jingyan asked Chen Feng to put the token back. Chen Feng did as he was told, and then waited in the dark for the man in black to return. After waiting for half an hour, and when his patience was almost gone, the man in black actually returned. .

After finding the token where Du Chengan had picked it up, the man in black breathed a sigh of relief, then climbed over the wall and entered Prince Cheng's Mansion.

After staying in Prince Cheng's Mansion for a quarter of an hour, after coming out of Prince Cheng's Mansion, he did not go to the palace, but to the Wanxiang Pavilion in Kyoto.

Chen Feng came back just now, just to see where the man in black would go after coming out of Wanxiang Pavilion, but the man in black didn't come out again. He thought that Xie Jingyan had also gotten up at this time, and he was afraid that he would be anxious and Chen Feng would come back. .

Xie Jingyan said, "The person that King Cheng is colluding with is probably not the Prince of Western Liang."

Shen Wan felt the same. If King Cheng and the Prince of Xiliang colluded, Queen Song would not have to worry so much about the embarrassment of Princess Shouchun and Princess Nanyi. There was no comparison at all. The Prince of Xiliang would not allow Queen Song to beat his sister Nanyi. Princess idea. Queen Song would not recommend Princess Nanyi to Xie Jingyan.

But who in Xiliang would collude with King Cheng?

Shen Wan didn't even know much about Da Chu in her previous life, and she didn't know much about Xi Liang and Dong Lie.

After dinner, Shen Wan prepared to go to the Yun family, tell Mr. and Mrs. Yun about Lu Cheng's injury, and then discuss the matter of welcoming the bride. Lu Cheng's injury was so serious that it might not take a few days to recover enough to welcome the bride in person... …

Xie Jingyan wanted to accompany Shen Wan to the Yun family, but as soon as the two of them left Mo Yuxuan, a maid trotted over and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has summoned you to the palace."