The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

After the news of the river embankment collapse reached Beijing, the spring rain continued for another half a month before showing signs of stopping.

On the day when the weather cleared up, Shen Qionghua went out. The once bustling streets were extremely desolate after two months of spring rain. There was some water on the streets, and occasionally a few ragged figures huddled in the corners of the streets in the capital.

"Miss, they are so pitiful." Fuling lowered the curtain and said with sympathy.

Shen Qionghua pursed her lips, thinking that this was just the beginning.

Due to the long distance and lack of suitable means of transportation, the victims are still in various disaster-stricken areas. After a month, the victims gradually entered the capital, and the capital was truly filled with starving people.

During this period, most areas of Dai Viet experienced rain for several months, and even the capital was not spared. Among these areas, the flooding in the Jiangnan area was the most serious.

The Jiangnan area is rainy and has many rivers, so floods are not surprising. However, what surprised Shen Qionghua was that according to the news reaching the capital, the disaster-stricken areas in this life were exactly the same as in the previous life.

However, the emperor clearly listened to Prince Rui's advice at the beginning of this spring rain, conveyed the imperial edict to reinforce the river embankment in advance, and ordered people to deliver it to various places at an urgent speed of 800 miles.

Even if the reinforcement of the river embankment was slow due to the weather, it wouldn't be possible that after more than a month of reinforcement, it only lasted one more day, right?

This river embankment is not made of paper.

As Shen Qionghua was thinking this, the carriage arrived at Shidinglou.

Because of the rain, the business of Shidinglou was also affected. Although it was okay in the past two months, the account books were obviously not as good as before.

The rain finally stopped and the waiters and chefs at Shidinglou were preparing to get to work, but were urgently stopped by Shen Qionghua.

Shen Qionghua told An Jin to close the business from today onwards, take good care of the food that had been stored, and then follow her instructions later.

An Jin has always been obedient to Shen Qionghua. When he heard Shen Qionghua say that he wanted to close the business, he didn't even ask the reason and immediately went to make arrangements.

Shen Qionghua dealt with the affairs of Shidinglou and then returned to the Shen Mansion.

A few days of peace passed like this. Shen Qionghua asked Fuling to keep an eye on the outside. The number of disaster victims in the capital city was indeed increasing day by day, but no one had set up a porridge shop yet, so Shen Qionghua did not dare to act rashly.

One day, Shen Qionghua had just gotten up and was having breakfast when Fuling rushed in from outside, "Miss, something's wrong."

Shen Qionghua immediately put down her chopsticks and stood up. "What's wrong?"

Fuling leaned on Shaoyao's shoulder, panting heavily, "Miss, I heard that the emperor was furious at the court this morning and issued several imperial decrees. Several ministers were dismissed and investigated, and the prosecutor has already brought people to confiscate their property!"

what? !

Shen Qionghua's face changed drastically, and a trace of panic arose in his heart.

In her previous life, she was trapped in the Yongning Marquis' Mansion and was coaxed by the people there with false sincerity. She knew that a serious flood had occurred in the Jiangnan area, but she seemed to have not heard that any ministers were dismissed from their posts and their properties were confiscated after the flood.

Could it be that this change was caused by her rebirth?

Shen Qionghua was in a state of anxiety and had not even finished her breakfast when she went into the study. She hurriedly wrote a letter and gave it to An Yi, asking him to deliver it to Prince Rui's mansion and give it to Prince Rui.

Before lunch time, Shen Qionghua received a reply from Xie Nanyuan.

Shen Qionghua took the envelope, opened it with trembling hands, read it quickly, and breathed a sigh of relief, but then a surge of anger filled his heart.

She explained why the riverbank was reinforced more than a month in advance but only lasted one day longer.

It turned out that the officials below embezzled money and passed off inferior materials as good ones, using low-quality soil instead of high-quality clay and gravel instead of large pieces of granite. This made the reinforced river embankment like window paper, which would break with a poke after being washed by the river water and baptized by heavy rain.

In her previous life, she had never hinted to Prince Rui, and Prince Rui had not advised the emperor to reinforce the river embankment in advance. Naturally, the collapse of the river embankment was thought to be due to the rain for many days.

In this life, the emperor followed Prince Rui's advice and reinforced the river embankment in advance, but the embankment collapsed soon after. The emperor naturally became suspicious and did not take any action for so many days. This was because the emperor secretly sent his confidant to the Jiangnan area to investigate, and indeed found out the problem.

The emperor had been complacent because he had listened to Prince Rui's advice and reinforced the river embankment. He thought that even if a flood occurred, it would only be in a small area where the river was more turbulent. But he was slapped in the face.

He felt a huge gap in his heart, and when he looked at the daily reports of the terrible flood, he was extremely worried. At this time, he suddenly realized that this disaster could have been avoided. It was not God's will, but man-made. He was furious and wanted to confiscate the property of those involved and exile them to vent his hatred.

Not only the officials involved in the incident in the capital, but Prince Rui also said in the letter that the emperor had sent several imperial edicts out of the palace, which were carried by eunuchs on fast horses and delivered to the Jiangnan area. He was afraid that there would be great turmoil in the Jiangnan area.

Shen Qionghua had no sympathy at all. Not only was the emperor disappointed, but she also felt disappointed.

She still had a trace of conscience and a sense of sympathy in her heart, so she risked being burned to death as a monster and hinted to King Rui, which resulted in the emperor sending people to reinforce the river embankment in advance.

But in the end, her conscience did not reduce the harm inflicted on the people. Instead, it became a tool for corrupt officials to make money. It would be a miracle if she could be happy.

After receiving the letter, Shen Qionghua was very depressed for several days. Just when Shaoyao Gancao was worried about whether to ask a doctor to see Shen Qionghua, one morning at the court, the emperor ordered Prince An to handle disaster relief matters.

When Shen Qionghua heard the news, the sadness in her heart instantly disappeared and she quickly cheered up again.

Prince An's Mansion.

Xie Qian'an returned home as if he had received a hot potato. As soon as he entered the study, he closed the door and called his staff to discuss the matter.

Xie Qian'an sat majestically on the main chair, with four or five aides standing beside him. The lights were dim, and the shadows cast on the window paper flickered, just like Xie Qian'an's mood at the moment.

Xie Qian'an's mood today was not very good... No, it should be said that since the news of the river embankment collapse reached the capital, he has not had a single day of relaxation and has spent every day in anxiety.

That day, when his entourage heard that Xie Nanyuan had advised the emperor to reinforce the river embankment in advance, he was both indignant and somewhat happy.

He was indignant because he felt that the emperor was too partial and allowed Xie Nanyuan to do whatever he wanted in such an important matter. He actually agreed to reinforce the river embankment in advance based on some false stories told by Xie Nanyuan.

It has only rained for a few days. There have been times in previous years when it rained for longer periods of time in the capital. It's not an exaggeration to say that.

He was happy because he had many people in the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works. Ever since he decided to compete for the throne and win people's hearts, he turned a blind eye to the silver that these officials embezzled every year for reinforcing the river embezzlement, and sometimes even joined in.

At first, he was a little scared to do such a thing, but as a few years passed, nothing happened and he passed the rainy season normally every year, so gradually he stopped taking it seriously.