The Prime Minister's Mansion was much familiar with Xia and Shang.
Although she doesn't come often, the prime minister's daughter is very familiar with her.
If Na Nizi knew that she was coming, she would definitely talk to her enthusiastically for a long time, right?
Xia Shang thought about it, and the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion brought hot tea and informed Xia Shang that someone had gone to notify the Prime Minister.
It won't take long for the Prime Minister to come back.
After half an hour, the prime minister came back in a hurry and was very happy to see Xia Shang.
Without so much politeness, Fu Yu asked directly: "I haven't seen you for a long time, what's the purpose of your coming here?"
Xia Shang pointed to Qin Yuan beside him: "I wonder if the Prime Minister has ever heard of what happened in Xuzhou."
"Xuzhou? What's the matter?"
It seems that Fu Yu has never met Qin Yuan, let alone the current situation in Xuzhou.
Xia Shang signaled to Qin Yuan and asked him to tell Fu Yu everything that happened in Xuzhou.
Then, Fu Yu briefly explained what happened in Xuzhou and informed him of the purpose of coming to the capital.
Fu Yu frowned when he heard this: "The purpose of bringing this person here is to raise troops for the Xuzhou Navy?"
Xia Shang nodded.
"Master An may have come to the wrong place on this trip...Although Fu is the prime minister, he does not have the ability to control armaments."
"I am not here to ask the Prime Minister to do it personally. I just hope to get some guidance from the Prime Minister. If I need to raise more troops without disturbing too much, I don't know how to solve it."
Fu Yu smiled and stroked his beard: "How could you not know, sir? Who has the most military power in the world today?"
Xia Shang frowned: "Are you going to find the prince?"
"nature."
"But..." Xia Shang was embarrassed, "The relationship between me and the prince...it's not that the prime minister doesn't know about it. If possible, could you please ask the prime minister to take him to the prince's residence?"
"My lord, I thought wrong again."
"Um?"
"There is no difference between Fu's going and Your Majesty's going there in person. Because Fu has recently gotten involved with the adults, and because the Crown Prince has been repeatedly frustrated in Beijing recently. The relationship between Fu and the Crown Prince is no longer as close as it used to be."
The prime minister made it very clear that the prince no longer trusted the prime minister because he was close to Xia Shang.
Xia Shang also thought about coming to the Prime Minister to show his face, hoping that he could help Xuzhou.
Looking at it now, my wishful thinking has come to nothing.
Xia Shang was a little depressed and didn't know what to do.
When trying to mobilize troops in Dahua, even the emperor's imperial edict is not as effective as a word from Prince Li Xin.
But Li Xin always regarded him as a thorn in his side, and Xia Shang came to ask for troops, which was obviously impossible to succeed.
When Xia Shang was frowning, Prime Minister Fu Yu said: "If your lord really wants to borrow troops, why don't you go to the prince's mansion and try it yourself? Although there have been some conflicts between the prince and your lord, after all, this matter has nothing to do with you.
The interests between us are related to the people of China, so it is good to give it a try. Moreover, the prince is not a simple person, maybe he will lend troops to you."
Xia Shang thought that in the entire capital, it seemed that the only one with the ability to support Xuzhou was the prince.
After thinking for a while, Xia Shang decided to go to the Prince's Mansion to at least see the Prince's attitude.
Considering the conflict between Xia Shang and the prince, Xia Shang asked Qin Yuan to wait for news about him at the Prime Minister's Mansion. Maybe his visit to the prince's manor this time would anger the prince, and there might also be a conflict or fight.
For safety reasons, Xia Shang returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and asked Chunjiao to go with him.
Chunjiao was surprised by Xia Shang's sudden appearance and complained about some of the things Xia Shang had done in the past few days.
Now that the manpower of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is insufficient, and after hearing the news about Li Zhuang, they are worried that people from the Haotian Alliance will come to Mingjian Villa to cause trouble, so they temporarily mobilized a few combat forces from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to enter the Mingjian Villa as Jianghu people.
Stationed at Jianshan Villa.
As a result, the Metropolitan Procuratorate now has even fewer manpower.
Xia Shang paid no more attention to the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, ignored Chunjiao's complaints, and arrived at the Prince's Mansion as quickly as possible.
Regarding Li Xin's recent situation, Xia Shang is probably not too optimistic.
In fact, Xia Shang was very concerned about what Li Xin went through in the palace, why he was so seriously injured, and why he fell out with the emperor.
Now Li Xin has been in the stage of thanking guests behind closed doors. He has not appeared in the public eye for ten days in a row. He even ignored the queen when he learned that she was monopolizing the government affairs. This is very different from his usual style.
Officials in Beijing also have a lot of speculation and don't know the specific situation of the prince.
Some people thought he was dead, some thought he was sick, and some thought he was secretly planning something.
No matter what the prince is doing recently, the officials in the capital will not go to the bottom of the matter at this time for fear of irritating the other party and causing a lot of trouble for themselves.
Xia Shang was a very special person. The servants in the Prince's Mansion were very surprised when they heard that Xia Shang was going to visit the Prince. However, these servants had no intention of letting Xia Shang in.
"My lord, our prince has said that he has not seen anyone recently, so please leave."
The situation was similar to when he was in Shangshu Mansion. Xia Shang continued: "Please inform me that Xia Shang, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, is here. Please let us know if you see him or not."
"The prince said that no one will be seen, even if he is notified, it will be the same."
The servants in the Prince's Mansion are more tyrannical than those in the Shangshu Mansion and do not give any officials face at all.
Chunjiao frowned and grabbed the servant's collar: "If you don't report, are you asking us to break in?"
"How brave, this is the Prince's Mansion, you don't want your life?"
Chunjiao was about to show her servant's sex, but the door of the palace opened.
The person who came out was not Prince Li Xin, but Princess Jiaqian.
Maybe she heard the noise outside the door, so Jia Qian came out to ask about the situation. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Chun Jiao grabbing her servant. She couldn't help but frowned: "Who are you?! How dare you act wild in the Prince's Mansion!"
Xia Shang smiled: "Is Princess Jiaqian okay?"
Xia Shang's words attracted the princess's attention.
Jiaqian stared at Xia Shang for a long time, and then asked in confusion: "Are you Mr. Xia?"
Xia Shang nodded: "I want to visit the prince, but I don't want to run into some trouble."
When Chunjiao saw this, she also let the servant go.
Jiaqian winked at the servants: "You all, please step aside."
Then he came closer and said, "Mr. Xia, do you want to see your father?"
"I have some things I would like to ask you."
Jiaqian looked troubled: "This... I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Mr. Xia. It's really not convenient for my father to see guests these days."
"Why? Is it because the injury has not healed?"
"..." Jiaqian's expression changed and she looked at Xia Shang in surprise, "How did Mr. Xia know that my father was injured?"
"Uh... well..." Xia Shang thought for a while, "Although your father's injury has nothing to do with me, I happened to see the process of your father's injury. Naturally, I know that your father's injury is not serious."