After the morning court ended the next day, Emperor Yuwen left Prince Mu.
Prince Mu was confused and could not think of the reason why Emperor Yuwen left him alone. Mu Chuyang’s illness had just been cured, and Prince Mu was probably still a little worried. He thought that after the morning court was over, he would bring some pastries to Mu Chuyang when he passed by Yucuilou, and also thanked the shopkeeper for sending Mu Chuyang back to the Mu Mansion in the last time.
However, the emperor had to obey the orders. Fortunately, Mu Chuyang has woken up now and his body has been mostly healed. Otherwise, when Emperor Yuwen and Prince Mu were discussing affairs, Prince Mu would not be here, and he would be annoyed Emperor Yuwen.
Prince Mu followed Emperor Yuwen to the imperial study room. Prince Mu hadn’t come for some time, but saw that the decorations of the imperial study room were still the same.
“Your Majesty summoned me. Is there anything you want to discuss with me? Or is there something you want me to do?” Prince Mu knew that Duan Yunfei would not tell Emperor Yuwen about Mu Chuyang and her, so he did not think about the reason why Emperor Yuwen summoned him.
Emperor Yuwen summoned Prince Mu today, one for Duan Yunfei’s marriage, but for the floods in Jiangnan. Duan Yunfei’s marriage was not too anxious, but the flood in Jiangnan was like a big stone pressing on Emperor Yuwen’s heart, making him breathless. With the memorial he revised yesterday, Emperor Yuwen became more angry the more he thought about it. At the feet of the emperor, these officials were so arrogant that they simply did not take the imperial court’s laws seriously.
“What are you anxious about? Let’s sit down first. I have something to ask you to discuss with you today.” Emperor Yuwen saw that Prince Mu had not sat down after entering the imperial study room, so he remembered that he had not given a seat yet. What he had to discuss today is a major matter, and it would have to take some time, so Emperor Yuwen quickly let Prince Mu sit down.
Prince Mu sat down under his order, but Emperor Yuwen’s serious expression made Prince Mu feel uncomfortable.
“I wonder what your Majesty is summoning me to me?”
Emperor Yuwen saw that Prince Mu was so anxious, thinking that perhaps it was because Mu Chu had just woken up, Prince Mu was worried that Mu Chuyang was not at ease, so he stopped going around in circles and directly talked about her purpose of finding Prince Mu.
“Does Prince Mu know about the flood in Jiangnan?”
“That’s natural. Although the Jiangnan region is prone to floods during this season, it is particularly serious this year. I heard that the lower reaches of the Yellow River are flooded, with heavy casualties. People run away if they can run away, and those who can’t run can only stay there for death. It’s really pitiful. I heard that Your Majesty has sent someone to provide disaster relief? Is it because the disaster relief is not going well?”
Although Prince Mu is a military general who leads troops to fight, he is still very concerned about the lives of the people. Since I heard that the flood in Jiangnan is serious, Prince Mu takes the lead in taking out the silver from Prince Mu’s mansion and handing it over to the Ministry of Revenue. In order to allow the Ministry of Revenue to legitimately hand over the money to the people in the disaster area.In my hands, I hope to rebuild my home for them as soon as possible.
Emperor Yuwen knew that Prince Mu raised funds for the people in the disaster area, and it was precisely because of this that he felt even more angry. There were people in the court who were honest and concerned about the safety of the people, such as Prince Mu and Zuo Prime Minister, but there were also court pests who took the disaster relief silver to help the people against their conscience. How could Emperor Yuwen not be angry?
“What I want to tell you is this at this time. Do you know that the disaster relief silver issued by the imperial court to the Jiangnan region was swallowed?”