The naive concubine is only interested in being a bad person. Your Majesty, please change your favor

The two were chatting when they suddenly heard Xiahou Cong's voice.

As soon as Xiahou Xuan stood up, Xiahou Cong hurried in!

"Brother, it's bad. The river has burst its banks. The people downstream are homeless. The flood is very serious!"

As soon as Xiahou Cong came in, he hurriedly reported the disaster to Xiahou Xuan.

When Xiahou Xuan heard this, he also became anxious.

"What's going on? Why didn't I receive any intelligence?" Xiahou Xuan asked coldly.

He had been dealing with the flood in the south of the Yangtze River these days and originally thought that the situation had eased, but Xiahou Cong brought him this news.

"The governor of Jiangnan concealed the disaster. The reason why I know the truth is that an old friend fled all the way from the south and told me. My royal brother, we must gather the ministers as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures."

Although Xiahou Cong seemed cynical and casual, he was not at all careless when it came to national affairs.

After hearing what Xiahou Cong said, Xiahou Xuan's face couldn't be uglier.

"Wanwan, you should have a good rest. I will go to deal with state affairs first."

"Well, go ahead. Don't worry about me. I have so many palace servants here to serve me. Nothing will happen."

Jiang Wange also knew the priorities of things and signaled Xiahou Xuan to focus all his energy on flood control.

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Xuan left with Xiahou Cong.

In Longyin Palace, Xiahou Cong's old friend was kneeling on the ground and being interrogated by Xiahou Xuan.

"What exactly is going on? Tell me carefully."

"Your Majesty, I am Shangguan Su, and my family has been doing business in Jiangnan for generations. July and August are the rainy seasons in Jiangnan, and there are occasional floods, but they are not serious. However, this year's July and August have been rainy and the floods in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are serious. At the beginning, it was still within the controllable range. The governor of Jiangnan also launched a donation. I donated most of my family wealth to help build dams and disaster relief. Unexpectedly, the governor of Jiangnan embezzled the life-saving money raised from the donation and ignored the affected people. We originally thought that we could wait for the court to rescue us, but the court did not respond for a long time, and the governor of Jiangnan was even more lawless. He found a random excuse to detain a group of wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan and asked their families to use all their wealth in exchange for a way out. I fought desperately and escaped, but my whole family has been killed... I hope Your Majesty will make decisions for the people in the Jiangnan area and severely punish corrupt officials so that the people will not be disappointed!"

After Shangguan Su said this, he was already crying.

After listening to his story, Xiahou Xuan's face became terribly gloomy.

"What a Jiangnan governor! Two months ago, he wrote to the emperor to ask for 100,000 disaster relief silver from the national treasury. One month ago, he wrote to me to tell me that the disaster situation had eased! Now, the situation is so tragic!"

The emperor was furious, and millions of people were killed! At this moment, Xiahou Xuan wished he could chop off the heads of all these corrupt officials and hang them on the city wall for public display!

Then he asked Shangguan Su to stand up and sit down.

"Shangguan Su, I have arranged for you to stay in the palace. You don't have to show up these days. I have arranged food, clothing, housing and transportation for you. Don't worry, I will definitely give you and those people who have suffered from the disaster an explanation!"

"With your majesty's promise, I feel relieved and will wait for good news."

After that, Shangguan Su was taken to a side hall by Haidezi and settled there.

"Does anyone know that you brought Shangguan Su into the palace?"

"Don't worry, brother. I'm being careful. Shangguan Su entered the palace disguised as my servant. No one will notice him." Xiahou Cong assured Xiahou Xuan.

"The Jiangnan Governor Chen Zongyuan is a branch of the Xia family. Xia Qingwan once discussed marriage with him, is that right?" Xiahou Xuan asked again.

Xia Qingwan is the empress dowager's maiden name.

"Brother, you have a good memory. That's right. Before Xia Qingwan entered the palace, she had an engagement with Chen Zongyuan. I don't know what happened, but the Xia family broke off the engagement with the Chen family. Then Xia Qingwan entered the palace to serve our incompetent father, and Chen Zongyuan also rose rapidly after the breakup. When my father was alive, he had already taken the position of Jiangnan Governor."

It’s not that Xiahou Xuan has a good memory, but at that time, he saw Xia Qingwan and Chen Zongyuan having an affair with his own eyes. Later, after asking someone to investigate, he found out about their past.

Xiahou Xuan did not tell the late emperor about this matter but kept it secret. He was very happy to see the late emperor being cuckolded.

After his father passed away, Chen Zongyuan had been staying in Jiangnan and had never gone to Beijing to report on his work, so Xiahou Xuan forgot about him.

"A Cong, where do you think all the money that Chen Zongyuan embezzled went?"

"Brother, do you mean that Chen Zongyuan's corruption case is related to the Xia family in Beijing?"

As soon as Xiahou Cong heard what Xiahou Xuan said, he knew what he meant.

"That's right. According to what Shangguan Su said just now, Chen Zongyuan asked the wealthy businessmen to raise funds. This amount of money is not a small amount. How dare he, a mere governor of Jiangnan, embezzle all of it? If you say there is no one else who instigated it, I don't believe it."

"So what are you going to do next, brother? Should you immediately have Chen Zongyuan brought back to Beijing for treatment, or should you resettle the victims first?"

"Of course, the people are the most important. As for Chen Zongyuan, we will deal with him after the disaster is resolved. Compared with tens of thousands of people, Chen Zongyuan is insignificant."

Xiahou Xuan's eyes were full of disdain. Chen Zongyuan's official career could only end here.

The two brothers discussed matters until late at night, and Xiahou Xuan rested directly in Longyin Palace.

At the next morning court session, Xiahou Xuan did not reveal that he already knew the truth about the situation in Jiangnan. He only sent Xiahou Cong as an imperial envoy to Jiangnan to investigate the people's sentiments and granted him the power to execute first and report later.

There was no reaction in the court, especially from the Xia family, who were very calm and had no opinion on this.

The biggest problem is the lack of response. Xiahou Xuan already knows this. All he needs to do next is to send someone to keep a close eye on the Xia family and see what actions they take.

For three consecutive days, Xiahou Xuan had not set foot in Fengming Palace, but Xia Qingqian visited every day during these days and had never been absent.

Xia Qingqian didn't do much when she looked for Jiang Wange. Sometimes she would bring him snacks, and sometimes she would just chat with him briefly.

This time, Jiang Wange directly invited everyone to have lunch together. Xia Qingqian was flattered by this and took the opportunity to stay for lunch.

"Miss Xia, please try it. I wonder if the cooking skills of this Liangyuan's small kitchen are to your liking." Jiang Wange smiled, looking very cute.

Xia Qingqian is sometimes mesmerized by Jiang Wange's beauty, especially when Jiang Wange smiles, few people can resist her.

"Jiang Liangyuan can just call me by my name. It sounds awkward to Miss Xia."

After spending a few days together, Xia Qingqian got to know Jiang Wange's personality. He was not as arrogant and domineering as the Queen Mother said. Instead, he was surprisingly easy to get along with.

"In that case, I will just call you Qing Qian. If you don't mind, you can call me Sister Jiang."