Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Li Mengyue thought that the court would not provide disaster relief, but she didn't know that something big had happened in the court.

When Emperor Wu Wen learned that Prince Chen had settled the disaster victims in Guangping Prefecture, he was very pleased during the morning court session. He praised Xie Ruiyuan and hinted at making Prince Chen the crown prince.

However, Emperor Wu Wen was not a fool. Although he was not a wise ruler, he knew what would happen if he rashly appointed a crown prince.

It happened that at this time, the Grand Commandant Li Zhong proposed that the disaster victims in the two prefectures of Guangping and Yongkang needed disaster relief and should not be allowed to run around.

Once a large number of disaster victims are truly cornered, they will definitely rise up in rebellion.

Many officials agreed with Li Zhong's statement, but of course there were also people who thought that Li Zhong was exaggerating.

The Minister of Revenue cried poor, saying that the national treasury had no grain or money and there was no way to allocate grain for disaster relief.

Emperor Wu Wen thought about it and came up with a trick that was not a good one.

He also issued an edict to assign the disaster relief task to Prince Chen. As long as Prince Chen could do a good job, he would be the well-deserved crown prince.

All the officials who could enter the court were old foxes. The officials from the eldest prince and the fourth prince's faction all knelt on the ground and shouted that our emperor is wise.

This extremely difficult mess fell on Xie Ruiyuan.

They knew very well that it would be a pipe dream to properly resettle millions of disaster victims without the court providing them with money and food.

Even if the emperor still asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate 500,000 kilograms of grain, it would be like a drop in the bucket for millions of refugees and would not solve the problem at all.

Once Prince Chen fails to complete his mission, those who support him to be the Crown Prince will probably be extremely disappointed.

This way, it would be beneficial to both the eldest prince and the second prince.

However, when Concubine Rou learned that Emperor Wu Wen had made the matter of appointing a crown prince public and was still partial to Prince Chen as before, she became filled with hatred and activated the pawn placed next to Emperor Wu Wen and secretly drugged him.

After Emperor Wu Wen caught a cold, his health became increasingly weaker and weaker. The entire Imperial Hospital could not find the cause of the illness and just told him to take good care of himself.

When Emperor Wuwen was too weak to attend court and govern the country, the eldest prince's faction came to the emperor's defense and asked him to issue an order to allow the eldest prince to help handle government affairs.

Emperor Wu Wen's health could not sustain reviewing memorials for a long time, but he could not neglect state affairs for a single day, so he had no choice but to compromise.

However, the eldest prince was not asked to handle government affairs alone, but the eldest prince and the second prince together.

As a result, the eldest prince and the second prince were busy contacting court officials and accumulating strength, and had no time to take care of Xie Ruiyuan for the time being.

Anyway, they both agreed that it would be impossible for Xie Ruiyuan to resettle the disaster victims.

Even though they knew that Xie Ruiyuan had countless assets and no shortage of money and food, after the consumption in Guangping Prefecture, there must be not much left, and it was not worth their attention at all.

The two of them didn't care about Xie Ruiyuan, and didn't even regard him as an opponent, but there was one exception, and that was Concubine Sheng who was in the deep palace.

Concubine Sheng, who came from a poor family, was able to stand out among the three thousand beauties in the harem and become a concubine under the Queen, on par with Concubine Rou. She was just as smart and resourceful as Concubine Rou, and was even better than her.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have survived in the cannibalistic harem and successfully gave birth to the second prince.

The Imperial Palace, Yonghe Palace, the residence of Concubine Sheng.

Concubine Sheng lay comfortably on the beauty couch, enjoying the massage from her maid.

"Zhou Ying, do you think the Prince of Chen can properly resettle the victims?"

"My lady, I dare not say it."

"Oh, there are things you dare not say."

Then Concubine Sheng waved her hand, signaling the palace maids to leave, until only Concubine Sheng and eunuch Zhou Yinghou were left in the room.

Only then did Zhou Ying, who had been keeping his head down and looking obediently, dare to raise his head and look at Concubine Sheng boldly.

In his eyes, Concubine Sheng's figure was elegant and lazy, like a blooming peony, quietly showing her beauty.

Concubine Sheng was very satisfied with Zhou Ying's performance. She hooked her finger and motioned Zhou Ying to come over.

Zhou Ying, who was very well-behaved in front of others, walked quickly to the beauty's bed.

Looking at Concubine Sheng wearing clothes as thin as a cicada's wing, her body slightly tilted to one side, her slender waist and elegant curves faintly visible, making Concubine Sheng even more graceful.

Concubine Sheng's eyes were half closed, and her whole body exuded a hint of confusion and charm, which made Zhou Ying involuntarily fall into a gentle atmosphere.

He couldn't help but put his hand on Concubine Sheng's chest, and gently twisted her clothes with his raised fingers. Soon, indescribable sounds came from the room.

The maids standing outside the door all lowered their heads, looking as if they were used to it.

At this time, Concubine Sheng in the room had a rosy face and a waterfall of hair scattered on the pillow, with the silky luster contrasting sharply with the soft sheets.

Zhou Ying bent down, picked up Concubine Sheng, and put her into the bathtub that had been prepared in advance.

Concubine Sheng, who was sitting in the bathtub, lay casually on the tub and let Zhou Ying help her bathe.

Zhou Ying scooped up some warm water and poured it on Concubine Sheng's fair back, bringing a hint of coolness to her.

Perhaps because she was too comfortable, Concubine Sheng lay in the bathtub, and her breathing gradually became soft and even.

Zhou Ying couldn't take her eyes off Concubine Sheng.

"My lady, the water is cold."

"Mm, it's so comfortable. I don't know how I'm going to get by without you in the palace."

"My lady, look at what you said. I will accompany you for the rest of my life."

"Of course, I can't bear to let you go if you want to leave, but you really have to leave the palace for a while in the near future."

"It's up to you, Your Majesty. I'm not in the palace. Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty."

"It's okay. For the sake of my son's great cause, it doesn't matter if I suffer this little bit of injustice."

As Concubine Sheng spoke, a sinister smile appeared on her face.

She was aware of what was happening in the court, but she did not think that the eldest prince was her son's competitor, but rather the Prince Chen, who was disliked by everyone.

You should know that although the emperor has four princes, only the third prince was granted the title of king and established his own mansion, which shows that the Prince of Chen is definitely very powerful.

And she never dared to underestimate Prince Chen, even if the Emperor was clever this time and wanted to pave the way for Prince Chen and make Prince Chen the Crown Prince after the disaster victims' affairs were dealt with.

Most officials in the court believed that this task was extremely difficult and could not be completed at all, but she was the king.

Thinking of the fact that Prince Chen had an air of looking down on the world since he was a child, she was afraid that Prince Chen would return to the capital and then take action. By then, when everything was settled, it would be too late to do anything.

Thinking of this, Concubine Sheng said fiercely: "Zhou Ying, I order you to go to Qingshan Mansion as soon as possible and get rid of Prince Chen."

"The slave obeys."

Zhou Ying bent down and stepped back, leaving the room, not daring to delay for a moment, and rushed to Qingshan Mansion.

After Zhou Ying left, Concubine Sheng asked the maid to dress her up, and asked the eunuch to call the second prince over.