Reborn to marry, the short-lived prince lived a hundred years

"Over the years, there have indeed been a few cases of epidemics following floods, but they are only a handful. Whether an epidemic will occur in Hengcheng this time and whether it is necessary to prepare herbs for transportation remains to be discussed."

When faced with other things, Shen Yunheng's answers were always ambiguous.

Meng Tingyue also understood, but didn't delve into it. She just smiled lightly and said in a clear voice, "My husband is absolutely right. The world is unpredictable, so it's always good to plan ahead. Besides, if there is a real need, my aunt has a batch of herbs waiting to be shipped back to Jiangnan. Even if the court doesn't need them, they can be put to good use and won't go to waste."

Xiao Wuyou was slightly startled. When Shen Yunheng's searching gaze fell on her, she nodded with a subtle smile and replied, "Some time ago, I did go to Linchao City to purchase a batch of herbs. If the court needs them, you can take them first."

Shen Yunheng nodded slightly in response.

"I need to go to the palace immediately to discuss this important matter with my father. You must return with me."

Hearing this, Meng Tingyue raised her lips and shook her head gently, "My husband, please go to the palace first. It's rare for you to come out. I want to chat with my uncle and aunt for a while. My husband can send the carriage to pick me up later."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yunheng remained silent and just nodded slightly.

When his figure disappeared from sight, the sound of the carriage's wheels and horse hooves gradually faded away and was finally swallowed up by the vast rain, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Xiao Huaifeng sighed softly, his eyes filled with gratitude. He looked at Meng Tingyue and said sincerely, "No matter what the outcome of this matter is, the Xiao family is deeply grateful to you."

Meng Tingyue chuckled: "Uncle, you are too polite. The Xiao family is my blood relative. Helping the Xiao family is also helping myself."

After she finished speaking, her eyes revealed an unspoken intimacy, clearly declaring silently that to her, the blood relationship of the Xiao family from her maternal grandfather was more important than the Meng family where her biological father was from.

Xiao Huaifeng and Xiao Wuyou were filled with surprise and joy.

Xiao Huaifeng took the lead in expressing his stance, his voice firm and warm: "My Xiao family will always be your strongest backing."

Xiao Wuyou followed closely behind, "Yes, the Xiao family may not have made any outstanding achievements in officialdom, but they are quite wealthy financially. As long as you need anything, the Xiao family will help you with all they have, no matter how much it costs."

These two promises are undoubtedly the most precious gifts in the world for Meng Tingyue.

Her father has always looked down on merchants and is even more dismissive of her mother, so she is determined to push the Xiao family to the top of the merchants in the Great Zhou and make the Xiao family the only merchant in the Great Zhou to cooperate with the royal family.

After she has completely broken off relations with the Meng family, she will personally remove her mother's name from that dirty family tree, and then ask His Majesty for an imperial decree. She will make her father regret his past decision.

Meng Tingyue suppressed her emotion and whispered, "After the rainstorm stops, please ask my uncle and aunt to find out about a man named Meng Dongliang on their way back to Jiangnan."

Xiao Huaifeng and Xiao Wuyou repeated the name softly.

"Is this man's surname Meng? Is he related to Meng Ci?" Xiao Huaifeng suddenly became alert.

He recalled what Meng Tingyue had said before, that Meng Ci's biological parents were still alive.

Meng Tingyue nodded gently under their gaze and said word by word, "This man is my father's younger brother. In name, he is my uncle. He should be no more than five or six years older than me."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Wuyou slammed his palm on the table, shaking the teacup slightly. His eyes seemed to be burning with anger. "Okay, Meng Ci's relatives, leave this matter to me. When I catch him, I will bring him to Meng Ci and ask him how he, a man with both his parents dead, can have such a little brother."

"How did you find out about this person?" Xiao Huaifeng asked.

Hearing this, Meng Tingyue explained calmly, "A few years ago, I overheard my father talking to a servant, and I became suspicious. After marrying the prince, I borrowed his people to investigate. After a thorough investigation, I discovered that this Meng Dongliang was actually my nominal uncle."

"Also, I heard he seems to be planning to come to the capital. After all, this is a family matter, so I can't borrow the Crown Prince's people to conduct a detailed investigation and arrest him, so as not to give him any excuse. Therefore, I can only trouble my uncle and aunt to take care of it on my behalf."

"It is said that he appeared in Yicheng on the eve of a rainstorm."

She only learned about this in her previous life. At that time, her uncle and aunt had already returned to Jiangnan, and Meng Dongliang arrived in the capital a few days after the rainstorm had completely stopped.

The reason why she knew about this was that she accidentally met Meng Dongliang while inspecting her own shop. Meng Dongliang was a scum who was unworthy of the word "Dongliang".

In his previous life, he had caused her father a lot of troubles and annoyances, and later seemed to have been harmed by Jiang Qingrou and her daughter.

Xiao Huaifeng nodded in understanding, "Once the rain stops, I will immediately send people to the city to find out what's going on."

Meng Tingyue chatted with Xiao Huaifeng and Xiao Wuyou for a while before she took the carriage that was returning from escorting the prince back home and slowly drove back to her own mansion.

When night fell, Shen Yunheng returned in the rain.

As soon as he came back, he brought Meng Tingyue a piece of good news.

"The emperor has agreed. The decree has been delivered to Jinweilou at full speed. I believe it has already reached my uncle. Once the guards obtain the reply letter written by my uncle, they will set off immediately and rush to Jincheng overnight."

"The Imperial Master predicts that this incessant torrential rain will gradually subside starting tomorrow, no longer as relentlessly violent as it has been in recent days."

"This way, the imperial envoys who are going to provide disaster relief tomorrow will be able to go there smoothly, count the life-saving herbs, and prepare enough rice and grain to relieve the suffering of Hengdi."

Shen Yunheng carefully explained everything that was decided in the court today, as if to reassure her.

"Once the disaster relief is completely completed, the imperial edict regarding cooperation mentioned during the day will be delivered to the Xiao family in Jiangnan. This is a major event, of no small importance. The contents of the imperial edict must be carefully considered and detailed, so it will take some time to carefully prepare."

When Meng Tingyue heard this, the heavy stone in her heart finally fell to the ground, and a sense of relief quietly crept up her brows.

As for the thrilling scene where the transportation of grain and medicine was suddenly blocked by a mudslide, she thought about it secretly and ultimately had no intention of bringing it up.

Firstly, as a girl in the boudoir, she should be completely unaware of such external disturbances;

Secondly, since the Xiao family has already cooperated with the court, if there is really a crisis of epidemic, they will definitely provide assistance. There is no need for her to do anything unnecessary. With the help of the Xiao family, Hengcheng will naturally be able to hold on until the court finds another route for support.

She also knew that the outbreak of the epidemic was essentially caused by the deaths of livestock and humans. If the casualties from this flood were not serious, perhaps the epidemic would not have broken out.

Moreover, as long as there are enough herbs, the master can develop a life-saving remedy to treat this epidemic.

Thinking of his master, Meng Tingyue felt mixed emotions and had a lot of thoughts in his mind.

If my memory serves me right, by now the news of Master's return from the Great Zhou must have been delivered to Prince Qing.

It was this sudden epidemic that caused the master to resolutely take action to save the people, and this also allowed the King of Qing to accurately grasp the master's whereabouts.

When the shadow of the epidemic dissipates, the King of Qing will send an envoy to Jiangnan to ask the master to come and treat the disease.

In her previous life, she had resolutely embarked on a journey to Jiangnan to personally ask a master to come to Beijing to treat the Qing King's illness. Now, without her involvement, it was unknown whether the Qing King could successfully invite a master.