Hot summer season.

This should be the time when people like to enjoy the cool air and be lazy.

But in the north of Liaocheng, the scene was bustling with activity.

Because they were in a hurry to meet the deadline, Prefect Meng said that the conscripted laborers had to work hard as long as it was daylight, except for a one and a half hour rest at noon.

Originally, Chen Dongyue felt that such exploitation of labor was somewhat bad.

But I was told that the corvée laborers were all prisoners sent from various counties...

Chen Dongyue's heart of a saint was like a surging river, which was blocked in an instant.

Just do it, they deserve it.

However, in order to prevent the prisoners from doing anything bad, Chen Dongyue also asked Ci'an Hall to cook several large pots of mung bean soup and send them to him every day.

At that time, the government asked Ci'an Hall to buy it.

As a reward, the government office would give Ci'an Hall some rice and flour in exchange.

Although there are not many people in Ci'an Hall who can do heavy work, there are many people who can cook mung bean soup.

So, every morning, Ci'an Tang would get up to the sound of Song Haopo's gongs and drums, but would not dare to say anything. Then she would wash beans, cook beans, eat beans and send beans away.

Of course, these beans were also obtained from the government office.

Otherwise, Song Haopo would never do a business that would result in a loss.

Now Chen Dongyue can go to work as long as she steps out of the city gate.

Who would have thought that the workplace would suddenly roll right at your feet?

Because the weather was so hot, she asked Hu Zhuangtou and his men to build a thatched shed next to the construction site, and then put iced fruits and the herbal tea that Aunt Hu had prepared in the morning in it to receive Magistrate Meng who would come to inspect the construction site from time to time.

Of course, in addition to Prefect Meng, other officials in the government office would occasionally come to take a look.

A week after the construction of the new city wall began.

Prince Yong'an also came to see the fun.

Chen Dongyue asked him casually, "Have the prince and princess not returned to Liaocheng yet?"

"Yes." Prince Yong'an nodded and took a basin from Chen Dongyue.

snake melon?!

snake melon.......

Seeing the prince staring blankly at the cucumber, Chen Dongyue said, "Although this melon looks like a cucumber, but!"

"What?" The prince looked at Chen Dongyue in confusion.

"It is indeed a melon." said Chen Dongyue.

OK.

What on earth was he expecting?

Prince Yong'an had to reflect on himself.

However, in order not to disappoint Chen Dongyue's kindness, Prince Yong'an just picked up a small piece of melon and took a bite.

then.

Finished the whole pot.

"Is this really a cucumber?" Prince Yong'an was very confused.

He had never eaten such delicious cucumber in his life.

what.

wrong.

It should be said that he has never eaten cucumber in his life.

I never expected that cucumber is so delicious.

It turns out that the farmers ate so well without telling the rich people like them.

Chen Dongyue nodded, "It's a cucumber, but it's a delicious cucumber."

Have you heard of Boyang No. 9?!

The Hermes of melons.

Although this thing has been cultivated and screened, it is not genetically modified~~~~

So you can just use the melon seeds to plant.

Chen Dongyue planted too little this time. She thinks she can plant ten or eight acres next year.

but.

Now is not the time to talk about cucumbers.

She suddenly remembered that she wanted to ask an important question, "I wonder when the princess will come back? We have to pay the second quarter's bill in the middle of this month... This..."

Sheng Yu Liuli has now agreed to split the profits every three months.

Apart from Madam Zhang in the capital, who will send her own steward, and Dadunzi as a representative, the rest of Madam Sun, Chen Dongyue, and Princess Kang have all agreed to be present.

It's almost mid-July, and it's time to take stock of the accounts for April, May and June.

After hearing Chen Dongyue's question, Prince Yong'an, who was fanning himself, raised his chin towards the servant beside him.

The servant immediately stood outside the pavilion.

Prince Yong'an looked around and saw that there were no people around, so he leaned over to Chen Dongyue and said, "I don't know when I'll be back yet. The news is that my grandfather is ill, and my father and mother have to stay in the capital to take care of him."

It turned out to be the case.

Chen Dongyue nodded.

At this time, more bricks happened to come in.

The team carrying bricks stretched for one or two kilometers.

She looked at the construction site not far away, and recalled what Ji Chongning said before he left.

Then he looked at Prince Yong'an's slightly uneasy face.

Chen Dongyue suddenly asked, "Your Majesty...is this a sudden illness?"

"It is said that it is," Prince Yong'an nodded, "Originally, the second day after the birthday banquet was to be a grand court meeting, but my father and mother received news that they should enter the palace as soon as possible. It seems that my grandfather... has suddenly had a stroke."

Based on the long experience of Chen Dongyue and Doctor Yao, this so-called internal wind should be what later generations call stroke.

When an elderly person has a stroke, it can be a serious or minor matter.

Although there were many famous Chinese medicine doctors in ancient times, there were not many high-tech means.

When it comes to stroke, what you lose is time.

In addition, the emperor was old, and Chen Dongyue's heart sank, thinking that things were not going well.

"If the three princes are in the capital...they are waiting for the emperor..."

After pondering for a long time, Chen Dongyue was not sure whether he was waiting for the news of the emperor's death.

Fortunately, Prince Yong'an is a simple person and he truly treats Chen Dongyue as a friend.

Seeing that Chen Dongyue was embarrassed to speak, he took the initiative to speak: "When my father and mother went there, they said that the emperor might appoint a crown prince this time.

But now that the Emperor's grandfather is seriously ill, it is hard to say whether or not to appoint a crown prince, or who to appoint as the crown prince.

Unless, before the sudden internal crisis, the Emperor's grandfather had already written the imperial edict and was ready to announce it to the world.

However, this possibility is not very high. After all, when the former crown prince was appointed, it is said that the imperial edict was written on the same day after the candidate for the crown prince was selected. "

"Prince!" Chen Dongyue suddenly stood up.

The Prince of Yong'an standing by was startled by her.

Then Chen Dongyue said, "I don't know why, but I've been feeling a little uneasy lately. If you have nothing else to do, you should go stock up on some food.

Besides, Brother Yan is not in your house, and many of the palace soldiers have gone out. You still need to find some people to pay more attention to the safety of the palace."

"........What do you mean? What happened?"

The Prince of Yong'an is young and has no experience in running a palace independently.

So now after hearing what Chen Dongyue said, he felt a little panicked.

Chen Dongyue approached Prince Yong'an, who had also stood up, and whispered, "Now all the people who could become the next emperor have gathered in the capital. Do you have any feeling?"

"What's the feeling?" Prince Yong'an only felt his scalp tingling.

"They are... raising Gu."

Chen Dongyue's voice exploded in Prince Yong'an's ears.

He looked back at Chen Dongyue in a daze, then repeated woodenly, "Raising Gu..."

Could it be that... Grandfather Huang's original intention was to let the three princes enter the capital and fight each other? !

No, it can't be?

Why?

It doesn't make sense.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Without even saying a word to Chen Dongyue, he galloped towards the palace carriage not far away.

At this time, Chen Dongyue also left the hut and went to the construction site.

She found Yin Jingcheng at the construction site and asked him, "How many more workers will be needed if we want to complete this project within a month?"

"........What happened? Are the northern barbarians attacking us?" Yin Jingcheng was startled by Chen Dongyue.

Chen Dongyue shook her head. "No, no, no, think positively. What if the bandits are coming again?"

"Ah?! What?!"

Yin Jingcheng's hometown is in the countryside of Liaozhou. When banditry broke out two years ago, his parents and brothers were robbed again and again.

When his brothers finally came to the city to seek refuge with him, they even sewed their underpants with leaves and bark.

It's not an exaggeration at all.

His brother didn't dare go to the toilet the whole way, for fear that his pants would be taken off and he wouldn't be able to put them on again.

So now when he hears the word "bandit", Yin Jingcheng will have a strong stress reaction.

Seeing Yin Jingcheng's face turn pale, Chen Dongyue quickly explained, "Yin Jingcheng, don't be nervous. I'm mainly thinking that the sooner the city wall is built, the safer our city will be!

Speaking of bandits, I was really scared on the road, and now I suddenly thought of it and mentioned it casually, don't...

Hey!!! Yin Jingcheng, where are you going?!"

"Go do the math!! I'll be there in a minute!!"

After saying that, Yin Jingcheng immediately ran out of the construction site, grabbed a few of his men who were used to playing with counting sticks, and they found a shade under a tree, chattered and started to count busily...

Chen Dongyue didn't know what they were calculating.


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