The princess has arrived!

"Long live the princess!" Yuan knelt in front of the gate of the Kang mansion with a gloomy face, and together with the entire Kang family, welcomed the princess into the mansion.

Shi Anxia came this time in a grand and majestic manner. In addition to several officials following him, he was also followed by attendants carrying many boxes.

At this moment, Kang Zuzhi, who had hurriedly returned from the military camp on horseback, also arrived.

This person was Kang Chenyan’s grandfather, a first-class military doctor, the highest rank held by the Kang family.

Kang Zuzhi's face looked very ugly. After greeting the princess, he summoned all the members of the Kang family to the main hall.

The Kang family members gathered together today. Even the medical officers who usually stayed in the military camp have all stayed in Chang'an County City due to post-earthquake reconstruction.

It was already dusk, and after everyone returned home one after another, they gathered in the main hall.

Kang Zuzhi was the first to kneel on one leg and plead guilty to the princess, "I am guilty!"

Shi Anxia raised her eyes and glanced at the people of the Kang family who were kneeling on the ground. "The crime is a crime, but the merit is also a merit. Doctor Kang, please stand up and take a seat."

Kang Zuzhi still knelt on the ground and said, "I am too embarrassed to sit down. I'd better kneel down and feel at ease."

Shi Anxia didn't force it and just asked calmly, "Who is Kang Jingan?"

A man in his forties stood up from the crowd, took a few steps forward, knelt down again and replied respectfully, "Princess, I am here."

This man is Kang Zuzhi's second son and Kang Chenyan's second uncle. He is a second-class military doctor and played a very important role in the earthquake relief work.

Shi Anxia said one word: "Reward!"

Bei Hui directed her attendants to carry the boxes containing silver, silk, brocade and gauze into the main hall one by one and hand them over to the second room.

Kang Jing'an thanked him respectfully, unable to hide his joy.

Then the princess called out several more names, including Kang Chenyan’s third uncle, fourth uncle, fifth uncle, and many other uncles of the same generation with the character “Chen” in their names.

Without exception, these people had performed well in the earthquake relief work in Chang'an County and had been promoted to higher positions.

As the names were named one by one, almost every room received a reward.

Shi Anxia said, "Thank you all for your hard work, medical officers. I hope you will continue to work hard. Post-disaster medical work is the top priority, and you will be the most tired. These are extra rewards from this princess, and I hope you will keep up the good work."

Everyone shouted, "Long live the princess!"

The cheers after being rewarded were much more enthusiastic than the cheers at the gate of Kang Mansion just now. The joy from the bottom of their hearts dispelled the coldness after the disaster.

At first, everyone saw that Kang Zuzhi looked unhappy and thought something had happened. However, he received an extra reward from the princess, and the whole hall was filled with laughter.

But Yuan didn't laugh, because Kang Chenyan was the only one in their eldest branch who received the reward.

This is a slap in her face!

The current head of the Kang family is Kang Chenyan's father Kang Jingliang, and the mistress is Yuan.

In the past, Yuan relied on her status as mistress to suppress the second, third, fourth and fifth rooms in everything.

The second, third, fourth and fifth rooms had not only just been promoted a while ago, but now they had also received an extra reward from the princess. That smile deeply stimulated Yuan's beating heart.

Previously, Kang Chenyan jumped three levels to bring honor to the eldest house, so he avoided being gossiped about in the family, but Yuan was not happy.

The more the bastard gained face, the more shameless she felt.

But the extra reward now is also the face that this bastard has won for the eldest wife. Yuan Shi was so angry that she almost choked to death.

Her own son had clearly worked hard and was exhausted, but gained nothing.

How could this not make her angry?

The suffocating feeling that made her eyes go dark made her clench her hands tightly in her sleeves, as if they were about to explode at the next moment.

But what she didn't know was that the shame before her was nothing, and there would be a disaster like the collapse of the sky behind.

After the princess finished giving the rewards, her eyes became cold and sharp, "Where there is a reward, there is a punishment. Come, arrest Kang Jingliang and Kang Chenyou!"

Following her order, the guards and constables who had been waiting on the side stepped forward and arrested the two men.

These two people are Yuan’s husband Kang Jingliang and Yuan’s biological son Kang Chenyou.

The accident happened so suddenly that the smiles of all the people in the Kang family froze on their faces, except Kang Zu.

He was very clear-headed and knew that he could not escape the disaster today.

It was a great favor of the princess to send someone to inform him to go home.

At this time, Kang Jingliang and Kang Chenyou, who were being held captive, were full of panic.

One shouted, "Father, help me!"

One shouted, "Grandfather, help!"

Kang Zuzhi was so angry that he cursed loudly, "Evil creature!"

He felt exhausted looking at his incompetent eldest son and grandson.

It’s funny to say that the reason why Kang Jingliang became the head of the Kang family is not only because he is the eldest son, but also because he has the most free time.

All of his younger brothers served in the military, but Kang Jingliang could not bear the hardship, so he stayed at home to take charge of the situation and became the head of the family.

Thanks to his family's influence, he became the imperial physician of Youzhou, in charge of medical affairs.

In recent years, Kang Jingliang has focused all his energy on building interpersonal relationships and developing his network.

When Youzhou was not yet Princess Haiyan's fiefdom, Kang Jingliang did use the power in his hands to make a lot of money.

But everything changed after Emperor Mingde allocated Youzhou to Princess Haiyan as a fiefdom.

First of all, there were personnel changes among officials within the fiefdom, which resulted in the loss of all the connections that Kang Jingliang had painstakingly built up over the years.

Secondly, the princess who was far away in the capital city appointed inspectors to monitor the movements of officials. Especially during the distribution of the earthquake relief funds, inspectors were present at every stage.

Many official positions were changed, but the position of Imperial Physician remained unchanged, and he remained firmly in his seat. The reason was that the Kang family's reputation as military doctors for generations was too famous, and Kang Jingliang's work was relatively covert, so he was safe and sound.

Kang Chenyou was the same kind of person as his father, and was also afraid of hardship and fatigue. Although he was born into a military doctor family and had learned some medical skills, he was unwilling to go to the military camp to hone his skills. He followed his father and became a chief medical officer, responsible for the medical treatment of the people, assisting the imperial physician in managing medical affairs, and most importantly, responsible for purchasing medicinal materials.

This position is good, with a lot of benefits. It can be seen that his father has done his best to arrange him.

The father and son are of one mind and just want to make more money.

The merchants of medicinal materials all knew that the father and son were evil-minded, but they did not dare to file a complaint. The Kang family was a family of military doctors for generations, so who would dare to file a complaint?

Before the inspectors sent by the princess came, the medical market in Chang'an County was in chaos. Later, when the situation became tense, the father and son restrained themselves a lot, fearing that they would be investigated, and secretly scolded the princess for being too nosy.

With Kang Jingliang's position, he received news early that there would be an earthquake in Chang'an County and he needed to make preparations early.

He did not take it seriously and did not believe that there was an earthquake. He just thought that the huge amount of disaster relief money must be the princess's attempt to collect money from the national treasury under the pretext of the earthquake.

The princess was making money, and he also wanted to make some, and he was itching to do so.

A huge proportion of the disaster relief silver was used for medicine, and a large amount of medicinal materials was continuously transported to Chang'an County, which made the father and son eager to move.

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