The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Xiaolan came back to her senses and suppressed a smile. She had peeked at the miserable conditions of several officials and almost laughed out loud.

But she quickly suppressed the urge to laugh in her heart, and said seriously: "The matter of disaster relief grain that Miss was worried about, His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince solved it with just a few words!"

At this point, she recounted the story of how Jiang Fan had given Xia Qianxing advice and how Xia Qianxing had resolved the matter.

Hearing this, Chu Yan'er's eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously. She smiled and said:

"As expected of him, he can come up with this method. If I were to go, I'm afraid I would be at a loss. However, evildoers will be punished by evildoers."

Xiaolan was impressed when she heard this. She quickly added, "That's not all. His Highness the Eighth Prince recruited more than 60,000 disaster victims in one fell swoop."

However, when she said this, the expression on her face became a little complicated.

Glancing at Chu Yan'er, she said hesitantly, "Your Highness arranged for those disaster victims to dig stones. He did this probably because he wanted to use his own money to support these people!"

She said with a worried voice: "This may be considered to solve the livelihood problem of the victims, but if Your Highness does not have a reasonable explanation or reason for this matter, I am afraid that the court officials will report Your Highness for cheating. Your Highness will probably be stigmatized."

Chu Yan'er frowned when she heard this. She was also puzzled by Jiang Fan's behavior.

Xiaolan felt that Jiang Fan might be supporting these disaster victims under the guise of digging stones.

However, if this is true, those court officials are not fools, and they will definitely make a big fuss about it. Even if Jiang Fan wins, they will also use the name of cheating to accuse Jiang Fan of losing.

She had a vague feeling that Jiang Fan was not the kind of person who would take shortcuts or take crooked paths, and he probably had his own considerations.

At this moment, Xiaolan seemed to have thought of something, and her expression became even weirder. She glanced at Chu Yan'er with some hesitation, but in the end, she couldn't help but said, "Your Highness, still... still..."

She talked for a long time but couldn't say the rest of the words, which made Chu Xiaoya and Chu Yan'er so anxious that they couldn't help but glare at her.

Xiaolan sighed, closed her eyes, and finished her words in one breath.

"His Highness the Eighth Prince also asked the disaster victims to collect feces and found an open space outside the west gate of Huaining County to cook the feces! He even went there to demonstrate in person."

As soon as she said this, Chu Yan'er and Chu Xiaoya stood there in a daze, unable to come back to their senses for a long time. What did they hear?

Jiang Fan actually asked the disaster victims to cook feces. He even cooked it himself. This...isn't this too strong? Chu Yan'er and Chu Xiaoya couldn't help but feel their stomachs churning when they thought about it.

They thought they had heard wrongly. Jiang Fan actually asked people to boil feces. Was he really out of options? Was he trying to find a reason to feed the victims?

Chu Yan'er felt irritated when she thought that even if Jiang Fan won, his reputation might be ruined and he might be attacked by the ministers.

After thinking about it, she sighed and could only let the situation develop. Everything could only be discussed after the gambling game was over.

If someone really attacked Jiang Fan, she would definitely stand on Jiang Fan's side and attack back.

At this time, the servants came in to serve the dishes. When they saw the dishes, the master and the servants suddenly felt like vomiting. Thinking of Jiang Fan cooking feces, they instantly lost their appetite.

The master and his servants had no appetite, and neither did Emperor Yan.

To be honest, when he was about to finish his meal, he received a pigeon message from Huaining. After reading about Jiang Fan cooking feces, he almost vomited on the spot when he thought of this scene.

Emperor Yan was both angry and amused. Looking at the shadow and Liu Fu in front of him who were equally stunned and trying not to laugh, Emperor Yan wanted to throw these two guys into the cesspool.

However, he was also amused. How could his son be so able to surprise him?

As soon as he arrived in Huaining County, he beat up a group of officials. The cause of this incident was that those officials were blind and deserved to be beaten. But the prince's prestige was lost.

When he thought about his son not going to suppress the bandits but spending money to support the people, he felt very upset.

Emperor Yan also thought that Jiang Fan wanted to win, so he provided for the people himself. In this way, he could be considered as finding a livelihood for the people.

As long as he can make it until next autumn harvest, Jiang Fan will have completed this task.

However, doing so was considered a trick to win, but it would inevitably give way to excuses. Thinking of the court officials impeaching his son for this matter, Emperor Yan felt even more upset.

What made him even more speechless was why his son would think of cooking manure for fun?

If you want to support him, just support the people. Why do you have to play such a heavy game? It makes him lose his appetite now.

However, thinking of the scene when his son led a group of people to cook manure and squinted his eyes because of the stench, he was angry and amused at the same time. A warm feeling rose in his heart.

It was like when he saw his son being naughty, peeing and playing in the mud, which he had done when they were little.

After the warmth, Emperor Yan was worried about how to publicize the news on the notice board tomorrow. It was impossible not to publicize it.

Because, in addition to the public list, there was also a private list made by several princes and court officials.

As well as the private lists set up by a group of neutral dandies. These two private lists will definitely report the matter truthfully.

He also could not use his authority as Emperor Yan to suppress private lists, lest he arouse public anger.

After thinking about it, he could only ask someone to embellish the information a little bit and publish it truthfully. As for the private list, he could leave it to him!

Emperor Yan was troubled by many thoughts while the eldest, third and fifth princes gathered together, all with strange looks on their faces.

Their news was lagging behind that of Emperor Yan, and they had not yet received the news about Jiang Fan cooking manure, but they had first received the news from the people who were sent to Huaining Prefecture to eat for free.

Their plan failed. They had only been eating free food for two days and hadn't caused any serious damage to the disaster relief grain in Huaining, but Huaining County Magistrate Xia Qianxing had already prepared some hodgepodge of porridge.

Those who were sent to eat for free almost all fled.

What made the three princes most angry was that several leaders they sent wanted to cause trouble, so Xia Qianxing beheaded them on the spot.

The remaining people were forced to drink the porridge with rice added to it. They were so scared that they dared not eat the porridge anymore.

The three princes had just received the news and were now shocked and angry, especially the eldest prince. He invested the most in it and paid a large sum of money in advance in order to instigate those people to cause trouble.

Now, the money is wasted.

However, just when the three of them and several of their trusted court officials were feeling angry and unwilling to give up, the second batch of news came back.

When Jiang Yi saw Jiang Fan's subsequent series of operations, he stood there in a daze. The remaining three or five princes also looked at the reports in their hands and did not come back to their senses for a long time.

But soon, the three princes looked at each other and burst into wild laughter towards the sky.

Ye Ren, Huang Zhenren and other court officials on the side looked at the three princes in astonishment, wondering what was going on.

The three princes came back to their senses and handed the report to their trusted courtiers while smiling.