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After court, the imperial study.

"Since this young man who is in charge of disaster relief wants this imperial appointment, I will give him this appointment and then find out who he is."

"Your Majesty, there is something I am not sure whether I should tell you or not."

"what?"

"This folk rumor has not mentioned that this young man who is responsible for disaster relief was appointed by His Majesty. I'm afraid..."

"Are you saying someone spread this deliberately? If that's true, then someone is probably trying to use me to get rid of this young man who's providing disaster relief and the Duke Luo family... or maybe this young man who's providing disaster relief and the Luo family want to..."

"Your Majesty is holy."

Bei Zhenming narrowed his eyes. He felt the first possibility was more likely. He still trusted Old Monster Luo. However, even if Old Monster Luo resigned and took back the Duke's Mansion, the Luo family's influence was still too great...

The young eunuch hurried in, "Your Majesty! Prince Yong'an is outside requesting an audience!"

"Qin Xi is awake?" Bei Zhenming raised his head. "Hurry up and call him in to talk."

The young eunuch withdrew, and Bei Zhenting entered the hall, kneeling and saluting, "Your Majesty, your humble servant pays respects."

Seeing Bei Zhenting kneeling down, Bei Zhenming's temples twitched.

Unless necessary, high-ranking officials and princes of the Dacheng rank would only perform a half-bow and not kneel. This Bei Zhenting must have something to ask for if he knelt...

"Get up." Bei Zhenming sighed, "You are here for the matter of that young man who is providing disaster relief, right?"

"No, I believe Your Majesty will not believe these rumors and will be able to judge the truth for himself."

Bei Zhenming narrowed his eyes and did not answer. The two of them were in a stalemate for a while.

"Then why did you come here today?"

"Now that the war is over, I beg to return to my territory."

"Return to your territory? Do you think I will believe you? You are going to find your princess!" Bei Zhenming was furious. This Prince Yong'an ignored the overall situation when he encountered Luo Yao's matter.

Bei Zhenming managed to calm himself down and said, "The capital is in chaos right now, and the traitors and rebellious ministers have yet to be identified. It's not that I forbid you from looking for them, but the situation is unclear right now. You must stay in the capital and help me. As for finding someone, I can just send someone. Once the capital stabilizes, I will not stop you from doing anything you want."

Bei Zhenting frowned.

Bei Zhenming: "I'll leave this traitor to you to investigate. Also, the Engineering Bureau needs to produce several batches of gunpowder. If it weren't for the gunpowder, this defeat would have been inevitable!"

Bei Zhenting was reluctant.

Bei Zhenming's gaze shifted to the purse hanging on Bei Zhenting's waist. "When you help me stabilize the government, I will give you something. Haven't you always wanted to investigate what happened more than ten years ago? Now I want to investigate too."

After Bei Zhenting left, Zhu Shengyuan said, "Your Majesty, you mentioned earlier that you suspected the assassins you encountered were the same group as those from ten years ago. If we don't find them quickly, wouldn't it be..."

"We have to pretend we don't know. The capital is in chaos, and we need to stabilize the government first. This group of people are actually related to the rebels. We just fought a war, and the whole country is seriously injured. We can't confront them head-on."

"Your Majesty is holy."

four months later

Ever since the court sent the imperial edict, Luo Yao inexplicably confirmed his identity as a young master who provided disaster relief. Then the court sent a large amount of grain and silver for disaster relief. The north gradually stabilized, and Luo Yao prepared to go south to Zhejiang Province.

Although the common people didn't know he was the Duke's son, judging by the imperial edict, the emperor already knew his identity. Now that the emperor knew who he was, Luo Yao no longer used the identity of a young prince sent by the court to provide disaster relief. He would go to Zhejiang Province to see his grandfather openly!

In the past few months, they traveled all over Khanzhou, from the south of Khanzhou to the border of the north of Khanzhou, and met Xiao Chen who was returning home to look for his relatives in the northeast.

It turns out that Xiao Chen actually has relatives at home. Xiao Chen's family is a businessman in He County, the easternmost part of the country, and is well-known in He County.

In his early years, Xiao Chen encountered horse bandits on his way to Khanzhou for business. He lost contact with his family and was sold all the way until he was finally adopted by a farmer on the northern border of Khanzhou. Later, all the villagers were killed in the war, and Xiao Chen was taken back to the capital by the general who defended the country.

Xiao Chen has an older brother in his family who is very good at business. He is very successful in the Xiao family and also got a master contract from Luo Yao.

Xiao Chen is also extremely talented. When he followed his elder brother to sign the main contract, he met Luo Yao by chance and worked with Luo Yao on business for several months.

When Luo Yao went south, he handed over the affairs related to Khanzhou to him.

Originally, he wanted to keep the smart Lu Heng in Hanzhou, but Lu Heng and Li Xian were unwilling. So Luo Yao found several friends in Hanzhou who were capable, financially capable and well-connected to assist Xiao Chen.

The news of the young master's disaster relief work in Khan Province spread to Xi Province, and officials from Xi Province spontaneously went to Khan Province to learn from Khan's experience.

Although the government had no money, the people were willing to dig canals to divert water without asking for any money. The government followed suit and provided convenience to the merchants, encouraged donations and investments, raised money to dig canals, and provided food to the people who dug the canals. After working for several months, canals were already connected in a small part of Xizhou.

After the court learned about this, His Majesty directly took money from his private treasury to allow the drought-stricken areas in the north to dig canals and divert water to develop the economy. For a time, the people were supportive and Bei Zhenming was very happy. However, Bei Zhenming's happiness lasted only a few days before someone slapped him in the face.

No one knew who leaked the news, but the people of Northwestern Khan State all knew the true identity of the young master who provided disaster relief: Princess Yong'an, a descendant of the Duke's Mansion!

The news spread, and the people were in an uproar. Luo Yao was praised everywhere, and some even began to support Prince Yong'an. Bei Zhenming could not take these sporadic voices seriously. He knew Bei Zhenting's temperament. However, he did not like the identity of the descendant of the Duke's Mansion, which was so influential that everyone was respected!

In Longxin Hall, Bei Zhenming looked heavy-faced.

It is a great taboo for the king to have someone who can command the support of hundreds of people. The Luo family cannot keep him!

"Your Majesty, the people support the Luo family. From my perspective, this is simply the people's century-long trust in the Luo family. After all, the Luo family has defended the country for generations, so it's normal for the people to support them. Moreover, even if Your Majesty wanted to deal with the Luo family, it's absolutely impossible at this time. After all, the Luo family has the support of the people. If Your Majesty took action against the Luo family, I'm afraid..."

"Is it true that I can't do anything about the Luo family?!" Bei Zhenming roared.

Zhu Shengyuan: "Your Majesty, calm down. The Luo family has been loyal for a hundred years, and I think you know that..."

"Hmph! I naturally know that, but we can't touch them now. Bei Zhenting has to investigate that group of forces. We'll talk about this later."

Luo Yao's plan to travel south to Zhejiang Province openly was ruined in less than a day. He was blocked by the people several times during his half-day trip, which was comparable to a large-scale star-chasing scene.

The people brought their own eggs, meat, rice and noodles to give to him. At first, Luo Yao managed to cope with it, but the butterfly effect was too strong. As long as one person shouted "The young prince who came to provide disaster relief, Princess Yong'an", everyone on the street would chase him.

In order to avoid getting separated in the chaos, Lu Hong took Ah Shi and Lu Heng, holding Luo Xinchen, Lin Mo and Zhang Xiaoxiao and ran, while Li Xian took Luo Yao to climb walls and fly over eaves.

Luo Yao's Qinggong was still a little lacking. He was chased by the people for several streets and over several roofs. Luo Yao was out of breath and was caught by Li Xian and flew throughout the whole process.

Luo Yao panted and looked back at the crowd of people following him, thinking:

The people’s wishes are so strong. If I were really a god, I guess the incense offerings to the Buddha at the Zongsheng Temple on Daci Mountain would not be as strong as mine.

Looking closely, there are people of all ages, young and old, but why are there so many young girls...

Damn! I thought you were thanking me for helping you get rich, but I never thought you were more than just innocent!

Luo Yao got goosebumps all over his body...