Chushi Youtian asked, "What shall we do with these victims?"

"Your Majesty, the priority is that we should dispatch food to Jiandu and start to resettle the victims with the disaster relief fund!" Duke of Mu said what he was thinking!

"Have you thought about the soldiers in the frontier fortress!" At this time, Prime Minister Lu, who was worrying about Jiandu, also came to the Imperial Study. After hearing what Duke of Mu said, Prime Minister Lu said loudly at the door of the Imperial Study.

He then walked into the Imperial Study and saluted Chushi Youtian, "Your Majesty, I don't agree with Duke of Mu!"

"What's your opinion?" Chushi Youtian looked at him and asked.

Prime Minister Lu said, "Your Majesty, the harvest season is approaching. Soldiers in the frontier fortress have always relied on the grain from Jiandu. Now that Jiandu is suffering from floods, the first thing we should do is to send food to the frontier fortress. Then we can make plans for how to deal with these victims!"

"Prime Minister Lu, food for the frontier soldiers is indeed important, but there is still some time before collecting the grain, and we can collect grain from other places later. But these victims can't wait!" Duke of Mu questioned Prime Minister Lu.

Prime Minister Lu responded, "I don't agree with you. Where can we get so much grain? If there is not enough grain, the soldiers will have no food to eat. The condition of the frontier fortress is bad enough. If there is no food for them, the morale of our soldiers will be greatly reduced. If Xiling takes advantage of the chance to attack us, the consequences can be destructive!"

"Then, should we ignore these victims and see them starve to death?" Duke of Mu questioned!

Prime Minister Lu didn't flinch, "Do you know the consequences of Xiling's invasion of us?"

"Your Majesty, we should deal with this in advance. The officials of Jiandu didn't report the news, which hurt people's hearts already. Now we know the truth. If we still ignore them, they will be desperate." Duke of Mu said to Chushi Youtian.

Prime Minister Lu and Duke of Mu insisted on their own words. "But the frontier fortress is very critical for us. If we lose the frontier fortress, Xiling will be more aggressive!"

"Okay, okay, both of you have your reasons. I will come up with a satisfactory solution! Let's discuss it in the morning meeting tomorrow. You can go back now!" Chushi Youtian rubbed his head and said.

"Okay. Fine!"

Duke of Mu and Prime Minister Lu looked at each other and walked out of the Imperial Study!

After they left, Chushi Youtian began to worry about what they had said just now as the problems they had mentioned were all of great importance!

Both frontier fortification and people's support were critical to a country. What would be a perfect solution? Thinking of this, Chushi Youtian closed his eyes.

Yang Zijin and Shuo Ling were on their way to the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, when Eunuch Li chased them from behind, "Marquis Shuo, Marquis Shuo!"

"What's the matter?" Shuo Ling stopped. Without knowing that Shuo Ling stopped suddenly, Yang Zijin crashed into Shuo Ling!

Yang Zijin was very embarrassed. She coughed slightly to eliminate the feeling!

Eunuch Li walked forward and said, "Marquis Shuo, His Majesty is waiting for you!"

"Okay, I'm going now!" Shuo Ling sneered silently. He had long expected that Chushi Youtian would ask for him because of this!

On the one hand, he was the most suitable person. On the other hand, Chushi Youtian wanted to test his loyalty with this case. The two secret guards who were asked to steal the card must have told Chushi Youtian that they had met Shuo Ling.

Chushi Youtian has a very suspicious mind. He would suspect that Shuo Ling had already known the card!

Chushi Youtian wanted to sound out his loyalty. Once he had another plan, it would be convenient for Chushi Youtian to kill him outside the city!

Shuo Ling turned to Yang Zijin and said, "Empress Dowager..."

"Just go. I will explain to you." Before Shuo Ling finished speaking, Yang Zijin interrupted and said quickly.

Shuo Ling smiled lightly, then turned around and walked towards the Imperial Study together with Eunuch Li!

Lanruo returned to the Palace and felt that His Majesty would ask her father about the disaster. She remembered that her father was responsible for the disaster relief fund!

Could it be that His Majesty doubted him! Lanruo always felt that something was wrong, so she called her maid Xiaotong, "Go and find my brother. I have something to talk with him!"

"Okay!" Xiaotong hurried to look for Lan Ruojing!

Lan Ruojing came to find Lanruo just then. As soon as Xiaotong came out from the room, she saw Lan Ruojing walking towards the room!

Xiaotong quickly said, "Young Master, Empress is waiting for you."

"I see." Lan Ruojing speeded up and walked into the room!

Seeing Lan Ruojing coming in, Lanruo hurried forward. She was just about to ask Lan Ruojing, but she suddenly stopped and said to the maids in the room, "Get out!"

"Okay!" The maids in the house bowed before leaving the room!

Lanruo quickly asked, "Ruojing, what's going on?"

Lan Ruojing told her the truth!

Lanruo was astonished. She said, "What did you say? Did daddy deduct the fund for building the dam? How could he do that?"

"He shouldn't be blamed. He didn't deduct all the money, after all!" Lan Ruojing said quickly when he saw Lanruo's response.

Lanruo frowned and looked at Lan Ruojing, "How can you say this? Jiandu is a key area of Dongling. The rice there can be harvested three times a year! The frontier soldiers all live on these grains. Now that Jiandu suffered from floods, His Majesty will thoroughly investigate the matter! What can I do now?"

"Daddy didn't expect that the dam would be destroyed at the beginning of the rainy season. He is thinking of a solution." Lan Ruojing added.

After hearing what Lan Ruojing said, Lanruo closed her eyes and said, "You have already known about the flood in Jiandu long ago."

"Infanta Qingcheng should be blamed for this. She knew the thing by accident. I have already discussed it with daddy. Don't worry. Daddy has his own plan." Lan Ruojing blamed Yang Zijin for the whole thing.

While they were talking, Prime Minister Lan walked into the room.

Seeing Prime Minister Lan coming in, Lanruo hurried forward and said, "Daddy, why are you so reckless? How can you misappropriate the fund for repairing the dam? We don't need these at all!"

"It wasn't my intention. I did it all for Lanfu!" Hearing his daughter question him, Prime Minister Lan said.

Lanruo was surprised after hearing this and then said, "Father, you will only harm him by doing this, rather than helping him."

"How can you talk to father like this? He just wants to help Lanfu to be the future emperor!" Lan Ruojing was unpleasant after hearing what his sister said.

Lanruo said, "Lanfu is now the Crown Prince. You don't need to do this!"

"He is indeed the Crown Prince right now, but you know that the Third Prince is also striving for the position. He is trying to get officials' support secretly. Dad just wanted to use the money to win their support, too! Otherwise, these officials would have given their supports to the Third Prince long ago. At that time, even if Lanfu gets the throne, there will be no supporters!" Lan Ruojing flicked his sleeve after speaking!

Prime Minister Lan sighed and said, "I should be blamed for the whole thing. I didn't deal with this matter properly, but you can rest assured that even if His Majesty wants to punish someone, I won't let you get involved! If..."

Prime Minister Lan was interrupted by Lanruo!

"Dad, what are you talking about?" When she heard Prime Minister Lan said this, she approached him and took his hand.

Lanruo was about to say something. But when she looked up, she saw Chushi Lanfu at the door. Lanruo was startled. She said, "Lanfu."

Lan Ruojing and Prime Minister Lan also turned around and looked at Chushi Lanfu!

Chushi Lanfu looked surprised. He didn't believe what he had heard.

Chushi Lanfu went straight to Prime Minister Lan. He looked at Prime Minister Lan and said, "Grandfather, I know that you did this all for me, but I don't want to make jokes about the lives of these people just because of the position. Whether or not I can ascend to the throne depends on my fate. If I don't get the position at last, it just proves that I don't have the fate to be an emperor!"

"I know that you're kind. But the royal family is doomed to be ruthless. I don't want to see you being bullied by your brothers one day!" After listening, Prime Minister Lan patted Chushi Lanfu on the shoulder and said.

Seeing that Chushi Lanfu was silent, Prime Minister Lan continued, "Don't worry, I will surely let this matter be solved."

"After this, you should stop doing dangerous things. Father would prefer to kill someone by mistake instead of leaving people with disloyalty." After hearing this, Chushi Lanfu said.

Prime Minister Lan said with a smile, "I know. You're a kind person. I believe you will be a good emperor in the future!"

"If there is nothing else, I'll be leaving." Chushi Lanfu then saluted and walked out of the house!

After he left, Lanruo asked her father, "Then, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

"The thing can't be hidden now. I can only find a scapegoat!" Prime Minister Lan said with coldness flashing in his eyes!

Lanruo turned around and said, "It seems that this can be the only way. You must be careful. There shouldn't be any slip!"

"Don't worry. There won't be any slip! I will go to make some preparation." Prime Minister Lan said and went out.

Lan Ruojing walked to Lanruo and said, "You must keep calm in front of His Majesty. I'm going to help father!"

"I know what to do." Lanruo said.

After hearing Lanruo's words, Lan Ruojing got out of the house!

Lanruo walked to the chair and sat down. She worried a lot, hoping that this would pass as soon as possible.

Palace of Compassion and Tranquility.

Yang Zijin walked in. When she saw Empress Dowager, she smiled and walked over, "Grandma, I'm sorry for making you worry about me!"

"You still remember this! When I saw you at the time, I worried a lot!" Empress Dowager looked at Yang Zijin and complained.

Yang Zijin turned around and said with a smile, "Grandma, look! I'm all right now!"