Zhu Kongshan did not know what sort of arrangements Feng Yu Heng was referring to, but she at least understood that as long as Feng Yu Heng was willing to help, her safety would be guaranteed. She did not want to keep her life, but she should not give it away so quickly at a time like this. She still needed to keep it alive for a little longer. That Eighth Prince and Noble Lady Yuan needed to be fed a bit more before it would be enough!
With Hundred Herb Hall doing its best to save them, the situation of the poisoned people in the northern part of the city had already improved. Although the people who had frozen to death could not be revived, everyone else had done everything possible to preserve their lives.
Two days later, Imperial Palace Yu stepped forward and began the construction of the northern part of the city. The blueprints and design concepts were provided by Feng Yu Heng. They were all made of bricks and tiles, and they did not have their own courtyards. Just like the apartments of the modern world, there would be one unit per door, and there would be separate rooms inside. There were those with two bedrooms and a living room, and there were those with three bedrooms and a living room. There were practically no people living alone in the northern part of the city. Even the vagrants and beggars that had been living alone in the past were grouped into groups of two or three, and they would be given a room.
Thinking back to the time of the Winter disaster, Feng Yu Heng had already worked with Imperial Palace Yu to build new houses for the victims of the disaster. It was just that the area affected by the disaster was rather large, and it was not as concentrated as it was now. That was why there was not too much of a unified plan. Most of the time, there were improvements made to the existing houses. As for the houses that had been rebuilt, they were registered under Imperial Palace Yu's name. This time, it was the same. All of the houses were registered under Imperial Palace Yu's name, and they were provided to the poor in the northern part of the city for free.
This time, because all of the victims had been gathered in the northern part of the city, it was such that when the houses on Imperial Palace Yu's side were being built, there were people who predicted that the northern part of the city would become the Ninth Prince's personal property. As for these citizens who had received grace, they would become a force that was completely loyal to the Ninth Prince and Princess Ji 'an.
After the Eighth Prince, Xuantian Mo, was beaten up by the poor people in the northern part of the city, he very rationally reported it to the officials, and directly reported it to the Ministry of Justice. Xu Jingyuan officially accepted the case; however, he only brought the Eighth Prince back. Every day, he had him go to the Board of Punishments to appear in court; however, not a single one of the rioters was caught.
Xuantian Mo directly pointed out that Xu Jingyuan was not handling the case fairly; however, he was stopped by Xu Jingyuan's words: "This official is just going through the motions. His Majesty said that he would personally handle this case."
As a result, Xuantian Mo wilted, and the stone in his heart did not fall to the ground for a long time. He had a bad premonition. His intuition told him that this time, it would be very difficult to get past Emperor Tianwu.
Too many poor people had died, so much so that the wind in the court could no longer lean towards the Eighth Prince. In addition to this, the officials that were part of his faction had also been influenced by Zhu Kongshan and were no longer willing to speak up for him. For a while, everyone in the court would say a few words of disdain when mentioning the Eighth Prince. There were even some that had brought up Noble Lady Yuan in the palace, pleading with Emperor Tianwu to deal with Noble Lady Yuan on more than one occasion.
Recently, Tianwu's mental state had not been very good, and he was always listless. Even if the matter in the northern part of the city had caused him to be filled with anger, he still felt a little powerless.
He had indeed fallen ill, and it was not a serious illness. It was just a small cold, and his entire body felt weak. His heart was also on fire, and this fire was attacking his heart, causing him to appear extremely tired.
As for the reason that he had become so angry, the root cause was that he had been angered by the Eighth Prince. Emperor Tianwu was very clear on all of the things that had happened in the past. Although he did not show it on the surface, the anger in his heart was more than just a little bit large. Both sides were his sons, and they were both flesh and blood. For the sake of Dashun's country, what he wanted to see was for the two sons to compete fairly. It would also allow him to see exactly who had the ability to sit steadily in this world. Of course, a larger part of the reason was that he did not want his ninth brother to always carry the burden of being "Consort Yun's son." It was to the point that he would be criticized behind his back by people with ulterior motives.
Long before the incident with the jade mine, he had wanted to take care of his Eighth Brother, but this Eighth Brother had many tricks up his sleeves. He had a lot of eloquence, and it was such that not only was the matter of the jade mine resolved by him, but even something as large as the matter in the South had become an unresolved case following the death of General Bi Xiu.
Tianwu felt sullen; however, he also understood that the reason for this sort of result was because of his own attitude. The Eighth Brother was also his son. He had never wanted to see this son end up in the same situation as his third brother. After all, they were related by blood. Just like his fourth brother back then, he had made such a large mistake, yet he had only locked him up in the palace. Even now, he had chosen to forgive him.
He was Emperor Yan, and he was also a loving father. He hoped from the bottom of his heart that these sons could get along harmoniously; however, he also remembered that they had all been born into the imperial family. There would come a day when they would stand on opposing sides. He always hoped that this day would come a little later, but now, it seemed that what should come had still come. What should be faced, he would need to face.
"Xu Jingyuan." Tianwu spoke up, his voice as tired as his expression, "We will give you three days to organize the matter in the northern part of the city. Whether it's the Eighth Prince or Noble Lady Yuan, go ahead and investigate. As long as you can find something, write it down for Us. It must be done clearly. It must be done clearly. Three days later. At this time, We will make a decision! "
The officials inhaled sharply. Intuition told them that the Emperor was about to make a decision to clean up the family. The Eighth Prince, Prince Sheng, would fall because of this? The people from the Eighth Prince's faction were also secretly shocked, fearing that this sudden change would implicate them.
As for the seventh prince, Xuan Tianhua, and the Ninth Prince, Xuan Tianming, they quickly looked at each other. Both sides could see the worry in each other's eyes. For some reason, when faced with Tianwu finally making a decision, the two felt their hearts tighten. They kept feeling that something was about to happen; however, they did not know what it would be.
Ever since the Eighth Prince, Xuantian Mo, had been scratched by Zhu Kongshan and beaten by the citizens, aside from reporting to the Board of Punishments, he had been holed up in the Sheng Palace the entire time, refusing to go out. He did not even attend morning court because of his injuries. In private, Xuantian Mo had been thinking of ways to find Zhu Kongshan. Even after he heard that Zhu Kongshan had been sent to the imperial daughter's manor by Feng Yu Heng, he still did not give up and sent out group after group of hidden guards to break into the imperial daughter's manor at night to drag her out. As a result, none of the hidden guards sent out by the Sheng Palace returned. It was as though the imperial daughter's manor was a man-eating abyss. Just thinking about it caused people to shudder.
Xuantian Mo's search for Zhu Kongshan was fruitless, and he heard that Emperor Tianwu had given the Board of Punishments three days to organize the case before making a decision. He was a little worried and felt that it would be very difficult to avoid this disaster. But this time, he really had been wronged. This time, it really was not done by him. Those tattered clothes were also unrelated to Noble Lady Yuan. The clothes that Noble Lady Yuan had made were clearly good. When exactly had they been swapped out? He thought about it and just felt that the swapping of the clothes was a bit odd. After thinking a bit more carefully, it could only be a problem that had occurred during the production process.
They had told the citizens in the northern part of the city that it had been done in the palace, and it had been done by the grannies and palace maids. But in reality, how could the palace have done so many things. Noble Lady Yuan also did not have that many people under her command. To rush out so many clothes in just a few days was a very large project. That was why it was one of Noble Lady Yuan's palace maids that had found a tailor shop in the city and taken the job. Banknotes had been given, and the tailor shop had hired a large number of people to rush out the work. Only then had the clothes been completed in the set number of days.
He had asked Noble Lady Yuan if there was anything fishy going on, and Noble Lady Yuan denied it. He also trusted that Noble Lady Yuan would not joke around with his future prospects, so … Xuantian Mo slightly squinted his eyes, as a thought surfaced in his mind — Zhu Kongshan! It had to be Zhu Kongshan that had done something!
But even if he thought of it, what could he do? Right now, he just could not find Zhu Kongshan. He clearly knew where she was, but he just could not catch her. Damn it! Xuantian Mo realized that in the end, it was still a grudge between him and Feng Yu Heng. It was just that he never thought that she would help Zhu Kongshan screw him over on this matter.
The Sheng Palace arranged for people to go find the tailor shop that had made the clothes for Noble Lady Yuan, but the servant reported: "Everyone involved in the production of the clothes has been invited to the Board of Punishments by Lord Xu Jingyuan and has not been let out this entire time. At present, the tailor shop is closed, and there is not a single person inside. "
Xuantian Mo immediately understood that this was to cut off all of his paths of retreat. Zhu Kongshan had set a trap for this matter. She had done something to the clothes and had put medicine in the congee. It was such that all of the citizens in the northern part of the city had died from poison. In the end, everything had been pushed onto him, and he had become the target of public criticism. Zhu Kongshan, however, was still a living Bodhisattva in everyone's eyes. That girl was even able to say that her body had been forcefully taken. Perhaps she had already cut off all means of retreat. For the first time, Xuantian Mo felt regret. He regretted taking action against Liu shi early on. It was such that he had caused Zhu Kongshan to feel such great resentment.
Forget it, what else could he do? Now that his face had been scratched so badly that he could not see anyone, even if he went to the Board of Punishments, his face would be covered. All of his muscles and bones were in pain, which made it so that he did not have the strength to do many things. Right now, the only thing that he could do was place his hopes on the Board of Punishments. He hoped that Xu Jingyuan's mind would be a little sharper and be able to get to the bottom of the case and clear his name.
But while he was thinking this way, Xuantian Mo knew that Xu Jingyuan was old seventh's person. He definitely would not help him. In addition to this, with Feng Yu Heng stirring things up in the middle, even if Xu Jingyuan found out the truth, he definitely would not speak of it truthfully. This was something that could be seen just from the fact that Feng Yu Heng had protected Zhu Kongshan in the imperial daughter's manor.
In the Sheng Palace, the Eighth Prince, Xuantian Mo, spent his days feeling vexed. As for Yufu, after Feng Yu Heng had finished taking care of the corpses of the people in the northern part of the city, she had wanted to go to the imperial daughter's manor to see Zhu Kongshan and try to get some information out of her. But before he could leave the mansion, he saw a group of carriages coming towards him in a grandiose manner. The one at the front was a luxurious imperial carriage. She recognized it. It belonged to Princess Wuyang, Xuan Tiange. Looking further back, very well, there were carriages from the right prime minister's manor, Pingnan General's Office and countless other carriages from officials' families. They were moving very slowly until they stopped in front of the Imperial Palace Yu's entrance. The order was maintained quite well.
Xuan Tiange lifted the curtain and looked out. She immediately saw Feng Yu Heng, who was standing at the entrance and preparing to leave. She rejoiced and waved to Feng Yu Heng: "Heng, Heng! I was just about to go down and look for you! Quickly, quickly, get in my carriage. Let's go to the Sheng Palace together. "
"Hm?" Feng Yu Heng was puzzled, "What are we going to the Sheng Palace for?"
Xuan Tiange giggled and said: "Our eighth brother's face was scratched by his cousin. It's very tragic. Say, as his cousin and you as his sister-in-law, if we don't go and visit, wouldn't it be too immoral?" As she spoke, she pointed at the group of carriages behind her and said: "Look, once I said that I was going to visit the Eighth Prince, there are so many people willing to come along. Don't reject it. I see that you have already changed your clothes properly. Come, get in my carriage. We will set off now."
As she spoke, two maidservants immediately came to invite Feng Yu Heng. Feng Yu Heng was practically forcefully pulled into the imperial carriage. As the imperial carriage slowly moved, she lifted the curtain and looked outside. She saw Ren Xifeng and Fung Tianyu waving at her from the window. They even happily asked her if she wanted to eat the pastries they brought. This gave her the feeling that she had been signed up for a tour … …
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