How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Emperor Jian was confident in the Crown Prince's actions, so he placed Shen Yuan next to the Second Prince to monitor his actions.

But at that time the Crown Prince and Shen Yuan had just returned from Yizhou and were fighting fiercely with the Minister of Revenue Yang Qinghui. There was also a snow disaster. Yang Qinghui resented the Crown Prince and Shen Yuan, so he sent people to interfere and deliberately sent the relief grain that should have been sent to the Crown Prince in Yingzhou to the Second Prince in Liaozhou.

Yingzhou was short of food, so the crown prince had no choice but to send someone to deliver a letter to Shen Yuan, asking him to persuade the second prince to return the relief grain.

The second prince was unwilling to return the food and had an argument with Shen Yuan. He actually ran away from "home" in the middle of the night and almost froze to death outside before being "picked up" by Shen Yuan. When he came back, he found that the relief food had been taken away. The two quarreled again, and their grudges against each other grew.

Perhaps he also remembered this matter, so Shen Yuan glanced at Xie Chengze leisurely and said silently: Your Highness, can you go to Liaozhou together?

Xie Chengze immediately glared back: "Fuck you! I don't want to go out and suffer! Go by yourself!"

Shen Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and asked provocatively: Your Highness, are you afraid?

Xie Chengze would not fall for his clumsy provocation and was about to provoke him back when he suddenly felt someone tug hard at the jade belt around his waist. He turned around and found Xie Jinyu staring at his lips with her eyes lowered. Her pair of dark moon-like eyes were like those of a starving trapped beast, which was a little frightening.

"What's wrong?" Xie Chengze looked at his expression and finally remembered something. He couldn't help but chuckled and said, "Are you jealous?"

Xie Jinyu's eyes flashed, as if he was a little surprised, and then his eyes became deeper and darker, "Second brother, you..."

"Hush." ​​Xie Chengze raised his index finger to his lips, with an expression that said, "I understand you, no need to say more." He then took out another paper-wrapped pastry from his sleeve, "Xiao Miao has it, so naturally, the prince brother has it too. It's just that I was distracted just now, so I forgot to give it to you."

He stuffed the cake into Xie Jinyu's hand, weighed his wide robe sleeves, and said proudly, "You can eat some first. If it's not enough, second brother has more here. He will give you enough."

Xie Jinyu: …

The paper-wrapped pastry in his palm was warm and small, just like someone's warm yet cramped heart that made it impossible to get close to. Xie Jinyu laughed helplessly, and the aggressive aura slowly dissipated. He said softly, "Thank you, second brother."

Xie Chengze narrowed his eyes and smiled. Just as he was about to turn around and retort to Shen Yuan, he suddenly heard Xie Jinyu ask, "Could you accompany me to Yingzhou, brother?"

Xie Chengze looked up in surprise, "Going to Yingzhou?"

Xie Jinyu nodded and looked at him expectantly.

"I don't want to go out." Xie Chengze shook his head, not understanding why everyone wanted to drag him out. "The capital is still better. I want to stay in the capital to take care of my father."

Xie Jinyu's eyes darkened, and he did not force it, but asked casually, "If Minister Shen invites you to go to Liaozhou, will you go, second brother?"

Xie Chengze didn't understand why. "No, no matter who asks me to go, it won't work."

When it snowed in Liaozhou, the conditions were almost as harsh as those at the border. Since Shen Yuan had gone there, why should he go with him and ask for trouble? He was not a fool.

Xie Jinyu then smiled, "That's good."

After getting the answer he wanted, he turned to look at Shen Yuan who had been looking at him, with no disguising the warning in his eyes.

Shen Yuan nodded, his expression as calm as if he was not the one who had just been talking to Xie Chengze. He walked out of the group of ministers and asked Emperor Jian for instructions, "Your humble servant Shen Yuan is willing to accept orders to go to Liaozhou to relieve the disaster and comfort the people."

Emperor Jian nodded with satisfaction. "Very good. In that case, you should go to Yingzhou. Chengze did a great job in dealing with the flood in Yizhou. As the crown prince, you should not fall behind. It's a good opportunity to go and gain some experience."

"Yes, your son obeys." Xie Jinyu leaned forward slightly and obeyed.

Seeing that the three states had been allocated, Xie Chengze breathed a sigh of relief, a look of joy secretly appearing on his face.

The Crown Prince and Shen Yuan will both leave the capital, so this palace will be ruled by Xie Chengze~

Emperor Jian glanced at Xie Chengze who was secretly laughing, then turned back to Gu Lao and said, "Gu Lao, you should quickly take people to teach the craftsmen in the capital about making the kang. Let them follow Lin Kai, Shen Yuan and the crown prince to the three states and teach the craftsmen there about how to make the kang. This is urgent and should be completed before the heavy snow falls."

Gu Lifu knelt on the ground, "I obey your command."

"Well... But Gu Lao is old after all, and his energy may be limited." Emperor Jian touched his chin, "Why not..."

Gu Lao was just about to say that he was still strong and this little thing was not worth mentioning, when he heard Emperor Jian's subtle and slightly malicious tone say, "How about I introduce you to the craftsman who invented the kang and let him help you complete this task?"

Xie Chengze:?

Xie Chengze looked shocked.

Dog Emperor! I'm helping you out of kindness, but you want to sell me out?

Eunuch Zhao! Please persuade him! Tell him not to say it!

Xie Chengze winked frantically, and Eunuch Zhao, who received the signal, gave him a "don't worry" look with a loving face, but his body did not move at all, which made Xie Chengze even more frightened.

He had an ominous premonition.

Gu Lao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty! That would be great! I really want to meet that craftsman."

No!!! Xie Chengze widened his eyes and tried to wink at Emperor Jian, but the smile on Emperor Jian's face became more treacherous. He pointed at Xie Chengze and said, "Chengze, you made the blueprint for this kang. Are you willing to go to the Ministry of Industry to help Gu Lao?"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the ministers were in an uproar and looked at Xie Chengze in shock.

"What? The drawing of the heated kang was actually drawn by the Second Prince?"

"When did the Second Prince learn the art of craftsmanship?"

"That's not right. The Second Prince clearly said that the craftsman was handsome, kind-tempered, and rich enough to rival a country..." An official from the Ministry of Works asked in confusion, and then fell silent.

Wait, handsome and elegant... Although it is not accurate, the Second Prince is a beauty after all, and he did attract people to throw fruits into his carriage; he has a good temper and never makes mistakes in his dealings with others. I didn't feel that before, but today His Highness has a very good temper and he didn't even lose his temper or hit people with the ancient stick, except that he is a little crazy... which is consistent with his good temper.

As for being rich enough to rival a country, His Majesty the Second Prince, as the Prince of Jian'an, lives in Chenghuan Palace which not only has many collections, but also enjoys the supreme favor of His Majesty. Well... how can it not be considered another kind of rich enough to rival a country?

Thinking back on it, when the Second Prince mentioned the craftsman, his face was indeed filled with pride, and he wanted to praise the other party to the sky. It turned out that the Second Prince worked so hard because he was praising himself!

Thinking of this, all the officials in the Ministry of Works couldn't help but raise their sleeves to hide their smiles, secretly saying: The Second Prince is really good at flattering himself, hahahaha!

Xie Chengze's little face was so dry.

Damn emperor, since you didn’t mention him to the Ministry of Works before, why are you ruthlessly exposing him now!

He originally planned to use this identity to push Su Qinghe to Gu Lao!