"Grandpa Monkey's strategy is very clever. He achieves many things with one stroke. But he is not afraid of Grandpa Monkey's jokes. I am weak in strength. Now I can't sleep day and night for fear of being assassinated by the Supreme Grandmaster."
"It doesn't matter, ordinary people are also supreme masters..."
"ah?"
"If this were not the case, how could Cao Min's skills be concealed from His Majesty's spiritual sense?"
The prince immediately believed it and became excited. He stood up and grabbed Shan Mao's arms, "Do you want to protect me, father-in-law?"
Then he realized something was wrong, and immediately let go, cupping his hands and saying, "I have lost my temper, please forgive me, father-in-law."
Shan Mao bowed and said, "Caomin has been in the palace since he was a child. He has been in the palace for more than 60 years and has known His Highness for many years. It can be said that he has grown up with His Highness and will do his best to keep His Highness safe."
The old eunuch's words made the prince's heart feel warm. They were friends of the same age.
"Father-in-law, please forgive me. Father-in-law, hurry up and forgive me."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
"My father-in-law is older than me, why not..."
"No, no, Your Highness doesn't have to be like this. It's really embarrassing the common people."
"Then I really don't know how to repay Mr. Monkey." The prince calmed down and began to negotiate terms.
"Your Highness, can you believe in immortals?"
"I believe it, uh, the monkey wants to go to the immortal gate?"
"Exactly, ordinary people think that if they want to ascend to the immortal sect, they need to do a lot of good deeds, such as distributing money to provide disaster relief, such as helping the country."
"I see."
Shan Mao could see that the Crown Prince was still worried, "Also, the common people have a adopted son, and I wonder if I can get married to His Highness."
"Okay, I have agreed." The prince's eyes lit up. Although the relationship between the two of them, the adopted son of the eunuch, is hard to say, marriage is the best bond at the moment.
Shan Mao wanted to regret it, because this was not Yamazaki's plan, he just blurted it out.
Si Lai was worried about Yamazaki's qualifications and wanted to help him plan a future.
Whatever, let’s leave it at that.
…
The two talked all night, and early the next morning, Shanchao put on his guard uniform and went to court with the prince.
After the prince entered the palace, he first went up to the palace gate tower.
Deng Gao announced that last night he dreamed of heavy rains, rivers overflowing, and victims crying for food, so he decided to build water conservancy projects to relieve the worries of floods.
This was to kill first and report later, forcing the cabinet, six ministries, and even the imperial court to go to the mountain.
The prince has no power, no imperial order, and cannot supervise the country. But now that the emperor is ill and unconscious, the prince has a high probability of ascending to the throne.
Now if someone wants to do something that is beneficial to the family, country, and the world, whether they allow it or not, how can they stop it if they don’t?
Then, it’s money.
"Your Excellency, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, there is no need to worry. I will recruit good businessmen from all over the world to help with this project. I believe we can get 100 million taels of silver, which will be enough for the expenses."
"His Royal Highness, this action is inappropriate. This is the responsibility of the imperial court..."
"Oh, can the court solve it? If it can't be solved, will it have to watch the people suffer misfortune?"
"His Royal Highness brought the nothingness in the dream to the court..."
"I didn't say it, it was you who said it. I know that the officialdom is complicated and the money is in your hands..."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
"Bold! Although I have no real power, I am the crown prince of the dynasty. When I speak, no one but Your Majesty dares to stop me! You may have respect and etiquette in your eyes, and may you have the thoughts of a monarch and a minister!"
"Your Highness, calm down."
Those with high official positions bowed, while those with lower official positions simply knelt down. The hat was too big and heavy to wear.
"Okay, this is a matter of the court meeting. As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, you can speak freely."
"yes."
"I would like to say it again. I know that this is a dream, so I never wanted to ask the imperial court to handle it, lest the dream be untrue, waste money and food from the treasury, and be blamed by your majesty in the future. However, if your lords think that the imperial court can handle this matter,
Then it will be up to the imperial court to handle it. If your Majesty blames you in the future, we will share the responsibility."
The ministers looked at each other with a headache.
"I'm feeling a little unwell, so I'm going back today. I have a limit of one month. If you all are undecided, I will hold a fund-raising meeting on March 12th to deal with the floods this summer."
The prince threw up his sleeves and left, causing an explosion in the court.
…
Outside the main hall, Shanmao followed with the guards.
"Mr. Monkey, will they really agree?"
"Your Highness, there is no cat that doesn't like fishy food."
"That's right. Then I'll just say I'm sick and stay home, waiting to close the net."
"Wait a moment, there is one more thing."
"Father-in-law, please tell me."
"Your Majesty's Daily Note."
"What's wrong?"
"Concubine Shan is a person of the devil. The royal family doesn't care, but the people of the world do, so that no one will say in the future that Your Highness can't wait any longer and is with the devil..."
"Hiss..." The prince suddenly stopped and started to sweat.
"Without further ado, please come, Your Highness."
"You're right, it won't be too late."
…
I went to ask and found out that the original copy had been taken away by Concubine Shan.
"What should I do? Do you want to go find her?"
"Your Highness, don't be impatient. Let the common people go and have a look tonight."
"Then I'm sorry for you, Eunuch-kun, but today I..."
"Don't worry, Your Highness. When you leave the palace later, you will be able to pick up my adopted son and daughter. With them here, Your Highness can sit back and relax."
"Okay, just in time to catch a glimpse of the two of you."
Shan Mao reacted and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I forgot to mention that my adopted son and adopted daughter are only 6 years old."
The prince was dumbfounded, "Huh?"
"To be honest with you, Your Majesty, this water conservancy matter and the coming of the grassroots people were planned by Yamazaki, the adopted son of the grassroots. And Shandai, the adopted daughter of the grassroots, is a genius. She became a supreme master at the age of 2, and her martial arts skills are far ahead of the grassroots.
above."
"My father-in-law, are you joking with me? I admit that this is very funny." The prince didn't believe it at all.
Shan Mao bowed and saluted, "I don't dare. The common people never thought of them as children, so they forgot. Your Highness will know if they are true or false when he sees them."
"Forget it, let's go and have a look."
…
Long Street outside the palace.
Yamazaki Shandai, Gao Huairen and Lu Shulan stood beside each other, like a couple with a pair of cute children.
Gao Huairen also changed into a scribe's shirt today. His appearance has changed drastically. The traces left by the sun and rain on the sea are almost invisible. From a visual inspection, he is also a tall scribe.
Lu Shulan was wearing a pleated skirt that could only be worn by the female family members of officials. Her black hair was tied into a bun with an upturned head, and a string of gold steps hung from the black meteorite hairpin, with a gold foil orchid hanging above it.
She is already beautiful, but she possesses magical powers. Her skin is smooth and shiny, and her heart is clear. She is really a graceful and luxurious official wife.
Yamazaki was wearing a black robe and leaning on the wall reading a book, while Shandai was combing a pair of pigtails randomly and squatting on the ground tossing ants.
The East Palace carriage passed by, and the four of them got on it. No matter how many spies were watching, there were still many spies in the East Palace, so they couldn't hide it.
…
"Lu Shulan, a civilian woman, comes to see His Highness." Lu Shulan was the only one who bowed properly.
The other three people just looked at it, the king was just like that in their hearts.
"You sir..." The personal eunuch couldn't stand it any longer, but before he could finish his words, he was knocked unconscious by a wisp of wind from his finger.
"You don't have the right to speak." Shandai spoke only after taking action.
The prince is worried. He now believes that Shandai is very powerful because his personal eunuch is a master.