Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Chapter 188 Problem

"Flood?"

"Wasn't it dealt with by King Qing and King Yun last year?"

"Yeah, where did this flood come from?"

The ministers below were all a little confused, so the minister continued to explain.

"Last year, there was a flood in the south. Although Prince Qing and Prince Yun proposed a method to control it at the time and mobilized the local people to work together, the flood was brought under control in a short period of time. However, the wages for the people's labor and the amount of farmland lost during this period were not checked. In addition, the canal repairs by each household were not standardized, resulting in some canals being unusable this year. These are all problems left over from the past. If the canal is dug, repaired, and rebuilt again, it will take time, material resources, and energy, so please ask the prince to deal with the flood issue again."

Xiao Zuochen and his followers understood what they were saying. They were just looking for trouble. The flood in the south was handled very well last year. The people dug the canals voluntarily without any compensation. The sizes of the canals were communicated from top to bottom, and there were special inspectors who took turns to inspect to ensure the quality of the canals. How could they be unusable in just one year?

The truth of the matter is——

When Xiao Zuoming opened the memorial in his hand, it clearly stated: There will be no disasters in the south this year, thanks to the successful construction of the canal.

Although there is no danger, it is possible to create something out of nothing, and then the prince can just come up with any plan and say it is effective. Wouldn't the prince have made a contribution in this way?

Some people in the court saw this clearly, while others pretended to be dumbfounded. Everyone just looked at the prince and waited for his final words.

Xiao Zuoming had never expected this to happen. He heard the discussion from the audience and saw the expressions of the Grand Tutor and Grand Guardian. It was obvious that they knew this was fabricated. Now it depended on how thick-skinned the Crown Prince was.

If it was Emperor Mingren, he would not have to use such a stupid method to deceive himself, because although Emperor Mingren was not a good person, he still had some strength in politics. But Xiao Zuoming was different. If he wanted to succeed to the throne as soon as possible, he had to make achievements immediately.

"Let me consider this matter and discuss it again tomorrow~"

......

After the morning court was over, Xiao Zuoming returned to the South Study as usual. Mu Dai took the health-preserving soup brought by the eunuch beside him and gave it to the prince after confirming that it was non-toxic.

"Your Highness, would you like to try the newly prepared medicinal food from the imperial kitchen?"

Xiao Zuoming took the soup bowl and drank it all in one gulp without tasting it carefully.

Seeing this, Mu Dai, who was standing by, was very considerate and asked the eunuchs and palace maids around to leave. Then he walked behind Xiao Zuoming and began to massage his shoulders. Xiao Zuoming closed his eyes and enjoyed it comfortably.

"Your Highness, I have something to say but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"Ok?"

Xiao Zuoming was puzzled.

"explain."

"I think that the achievements that Master Baili and others want are actually a piece of cake for you. If it were the Third Prince in the past, he would naturally be anxious about it. But you are different. You can slowly prove your strength, and they will always..."

"Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush!"

Xiao Zuoming interrupted him impatiently.

Mu Dai paused for a moment, then seemed to have made up his mind, with an expression of sacrificing his life for justice.

"I feel that you were too impatient in the court today~"

After Mu Dai finished speaking, Xiao Zuoming looked at him with wide eyes, and his frown expressed his dissatisfaction. But he did not reprimand Mu Dai, because he also realized this problem. Today, he was indeed too impatient. And not only today, sometimes he could not help but be impatient. This was not because Emperor Mingren brought himself into the role of Xiao Zuoming, but it seemed that he was affected by Xiao Zuoming's body.

"Kido, let me ask you a question."

"Hey, you said~"

Xiao Zuoming raised his head and looked around, making sure that no one was nearby, and lowered his voice.

"Did you have any strange reactions after you switched to this body?"

"Strange reaction?"

Mu Dai thought about it carefully and shook his head.

"I don't think there's anything strange about it."

"Just like me, I will feel that in some things, like today! For today's things, I will suddenly get impatient. If I had encountered such a thing before, I would naturally not have done it. Now I feel that sometimes for the same thing, two ideas will appear in my mind!"

"Ah, now that you mention it, I have indeed had this feeling before! I didn't like eating vegetables before, but now when I see them, I suddenly want to eat a few bites! At first, I thought my taste had changed~"

"Is it because of the influence of this body's original personality?"

Xiao Zuoming put forward his own views.

"You think this is possible! In fact, this is a good thing, Your Highness. You see, this way you will behave like the Third Prince, and no one will notice anything!"

"Um..."

Xiao Zuoming tapped his fingers on the table, wondering what he was thinking about. That night, he went to Yunyuan and brought a table of good wine and food.

Bai Qingning saw that he had stopped talking back to him and just ate quietly. Concubine Deyun had not yet woken up and could only survive on the soup that Bai Qingning fed her every day. She was visibly thinner.

"I came here today to ask you a question."

Xiao Zuoming asked, looking at Bai Qingning. But Bai Qingning ignored him and just ate his meal.

"If you are satisfied with my answer, I will let you return to Fengqi Palace to live."

When the word "Fengqi Palace" was mentioned, Bai Qingning paused for a moment while picking up food, but quickly continued to pick up food and put it into the bowl. But this time she spoke.

"You ask."

"You're not the real Bai Qingning, right?"

Bai Qingning looked up at Xiao Zuoming and said expressionlessly.

"Don't you know it clearly?"

Xiao Zuo knew that she was not Bai Qingning, and it was impossible for her to know the forbidden techniques of Miaojiang unless she was from Miaojiang. So she was replaced by the Miaojiang people at the beginning, and only then did she take the initiative to find Emperor Mingren.

"That's the problem?"

"Of course not. You also used the soul-changing technique. I want to ask you if anything strange will happen after the soul-changing technique."

"for example..."

"For example, the personality will be like the original owner of this body, or it will eat things that the original owner likes but I don't like."

Bai Qingning paused and suddenly looked up at Xiao Zuoming.

"You didn't give him medicine?"

"It was prepared for Xiao Zuochen at the time, but something went wrong."

"Then you didn't ask a wizard to deal with this matter?"

"No, I didn't think there was anything wrong before... Is there something wrong?"

Bai Qingning didn't move her whole body, but her eyes kept turning. Suddenly she thought of something and spoke directly.

"Did you break Lao Qi's wooden sword?"

Xiao Zuoming was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said sincerely.