Traveling through time and space

"Yes, Your Majesty, Princess, I will go down and start working immediately. I will take my leave first."

"Your Highness, Lord Wu, Lord Ji, and the others must be in the same group. They are so protective of each other. Yuanyuan saw certain information in their eyes, so it can be confirmed that they are in the same group. They should all know the behind-the-scenes of this incident. Does Your Highness mean to replace them as a whole?"

"Yes, this is what the Emperor meant. The most urgent task right now is to settle the disaster and the victims." Prince De's face turned cold. "Anle, you are just a princess. The harem is not allowed to participate in politics."

"Is Prince De saying that I'm in charge of too much? Yuanyuan isn't participating in politics, she's just offering constructive suggestions. So, Your Highness, have you done or said anything wrong? This matter concerns the life and death of Master Cai. How could Yuanyuan just ignore it? Moreover, despite such a devastating disaster, the victims still haven't received any assistance from the court. The court, which has become disheartened, has watched them go hungry. These bad apples are damaging the court's reputation. How can they still have any hope for the court? In the long run, will the people still have such support? Shouldn't this be something I should be concerned about?"

"I know you are kind-hearted, but this will give others something to talk about. How do you want the emperor to deal with the princess getting involved in government affairs?"

"I, the princess, thank you for your advice, Your Highness. If what I say is good advice and can solve practical problems, I believe that my father will not blame me. I will be more careful in the future and will not give others the opportunity to find fault with me. In the future, I will follow my own temperament and say whatever I want to say and do whatever I want to do. Your Highness, even if my father blames me in the future, I will bear the responsibility myself."

"From the princess's birth until now, I have thoroughly investigated everything. Back then, you lived the life of the lowest of the low, a world of difference from now. The princess was so intelligent, but she didn't use it to make a living and live a good life. I remember the princess once said she had the ability to predict the future. Did she know her own origins earlier? Why didn't she return to her original position? Why did she let herself live such a miserable life?"

"Your Highness, do you think this princess is a demon?" Su Yuanyuan smiled, "Or a demon who has resurrected from a dead body? Yuanyuan is human, and there are some events that Yuanyuan cannot explain. After Yuanyuan almost came back to life, her temperament has changed a lot, and some things just appear naturally, that's all. There's no explanation for the rest. Your Highness, this prefect of Anping Prefecture is the cousin of Noble An of Qin'an Palace. So he is the Third Prince's man, but based on Yuanyuan's observation of him just now, there is someone else behind him, and I'm afraid there is more than one."

"Are you serious?" It was obvious that Prince De was very interested in Su Yuanyuan's words.

"There are things in his heart that he doesn't want others to see. And that girl just now, Yuanyuan saw that she was deeply in love with the prince. And there must be some unresolved knot between the prince and the Wu family."

"This is an issue I do not wish to discuss."

"It seems that the prince is a man of long-lasting love. Forget it, from now on, this princess no longer likes the prince, because that woman lives in the prince's heart, and there should be no room for anyone else."

"Miss, Mr. Cai wants to see you." Dongmei stood at the door. Su Yuanyuan waved her hand, motioning him to come in.

"Yuanyuan." The eldest brother walked in, looked at the two people sitting there, and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

"Brother, Prince De was ordered by the Emperor to handle this matter. Don't hide anything from him. Just speak frankly."

"Father just said that he recalled that on their way out of the capital, he seemed to have seen quite a few people following them. One of them was someone he had seen before, Chen Zuxin. He used to work at Wanyin Palace. Later, after the Tenth Princess got married, Chen Zuxin followed the princess and is now the princess's steward. Because he had seen him before, father had some impression of him. He also said that some of the people looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them before. He also said that their journey hadn't been peaceful."

"Tenth Princess, how did she get involved?" Su Yuanyuan asked in confusion.

"Master Cai, I know that Master Cai was framed by others, but I cannot let him go now. Without substantial evidence, I can only take him to the capital."

"Your Highness, if that money cannot be recovered, the Cai family is willing to contribute this 200,000 yuan in disaster relief funds to resettle the victims first, so that they can resume their normal lives as soon as possible."

"Mr. Cai, this is not a small amount of money. Are you willing to invest it in disaster relief?" The prince asked the eldest brother with interest.

"Yes, Your Highness, this is a good deed. It will help the victims. The Cai family is definitely willing to do so."

"It seems that the Cai family's business is very prosperous. They can actually come up with 200,000 taels at once."

"Your Highness, I only have one father. When my father's life is at stake, I can only spend all my money to save him first.

"You are a filial son. As for this money, you can keep it for now and talk about it later."

"Brother, just listen to the prince. The prince must have made arrangements." Su Yuanyuan interrupted.

"Your Highness, I have something to report." Kang Xi stood at the door. Prince De motioned him to come in to talk, and Yunqiao, who had just left, followed him in. "Your Highness, these were found in Magistrate Liu's study." Kang Xi handed over several envelopes.

Prince De took the envelope with doubt, opened the first letter, pulled out the letter, and looked at it carefully. "I didn't expect that so many people would be selecting concubines for the emperor. Kang Xi put all these away. Maybe they will be useful in the future."

Yunqiao also handed over two letters, "These were found in Master Ji's luggage.

"Your Highness, there's more here." Xining came in and handed over the letter.

"This is outrageous. It's a miracle that Lord Cai can make it here alive." After reading the last two letters, Prince De threw the letters fiercely on the table.

"Your Highness, do you mean that the letter says that we should kill Lord Cai on the way here?" This result surprised Su Yuanyuan.

"Yes, both of them received letters with the same content. If they have the chance, they will send Cai Dewei off on the road and give him a suicide note. The Cai family will be finished."

"What a vicious mind! Your Highness, Kang Xi, you are both knowledgeable and experienced. These two envelopes must have come from the same place. There is a word 'Xuan' in the lower right corner of the back of the envelope. Do you know where it came from?"

"There really is a word. You know, there's no signature on the letter, but it's not difficult to find out who wrote it."

"Your Highness, since the Emperor knows that someone is behind this, then these people are unimportant. Just torture them severely. I don't believe that they won't reveal the person behind this." Su Yuanyuan was a little angry.

Prince De shook his head. "Right now, we have to deal with the disaster first. Have someone guard these four and keep a close eye on them to prevent them from committing suicide to protect the person behind the scenes."

"Also, to prevent anyone from murdering them, Your Highness, please have their families under control immediately."

"Don't let the disaster affect your family. Princess, this move is a bit cruel."

"No, it's not me who's cruel, it's them. Their target is dozens of people in the Cai family. Aren't they cruel? I'm just giving them a taste of their own medicine. If the prince is kind-hearted and wants to keep himself out of trouble, then I'll be the bad guy. I'll personally write to my father and ask for his help to make sure they get what they deserve." Su Yuanyuan thought for a moment, "Have you two ever been to Lord Wu's mansion? There's bound to be a surprise there."

"Nonsense, Lord Wu is a fourth-rank official. If we want to search his mansion, we need an official document from the court." Prince De waved his hand and asked everyone in the room to leave.

"Really? Since we can't do it openly, let's do it secretly. This Lord Wu seems to be an extraordinary person." Su Yuanyuan really had such an idea.

"Your Highness, something big has happened." Ren Minghao rushed in.

"Your Highness, I haven't had time to inform you yet." Kang Xi ran in embarrassedly.

Prince De said nothing, but raised his hand to signal Ren Minghao to continue. "Your Highness, Liu Yunfei issued a death order, concealing the true extent of the disaster." Ren Minghao spoke urgently, holding the paper directly in front of Prince De. "It turns out the real situation is far more serious than he said. This is Sun Yan's true record from the disaster area."

"What Lord Liu reported is less than one-third of the real number. The real number is 920 deaths, 1,200 minor injuries, 323 missing persons, 860 damaged houses, 7 damaged towns and 30 damaged villages, and 720 dead livestock," Ren Minghao read as Prince De became furious.

"Put Liu Yunfei in jail." Prince De slammed the table. "They are so bold! Put all of them in jail. No one is allowed to touch them."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will make the arrangements."

"Your Highness, I didn't expect there would be such extensive damage. This princess would like to go with you to the front lines of the disaster area to take a look and comfort the victims. Lord Ren, what is the current situation of the victims? Does everyone have food and clothing?"

"In reply to the princess, Sun Yan said that he will not be able to hold on for another three to five days. Please, Your Highness, send the relief food as soon as possible," Ren Minghao squatted down and saluted.

"Stand up and speak. The relief food and money will arrive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Get the people ready and send them directly to the disaster area when they arrive."

"Your Majesty, this princess also wants to go to the disaster area with you."

"No, the princess is a royal concubine, how can she go there? Besides, I promised the emperor that I would protect the princess."

"Your Highness, the Emperor only asked you to protect me. He didn't ask you to restrict me from doing anything. Besides, I am responsible for my own safety." Su Yuanyuan stood up. "Your Highness, I'll take my leave now. Tomorrow, I'll go to the disaster area with you. Once you've decided on the time and place to go, just have Kang Xi inform Yuanyuan."

"Princess, please go to where I am staying and rest. That way I won't have to worry about your safety anymore."