After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

April 23th in the [-]rd year of Hongchu.

Song Yaoxu, who has been in close contact with the court for several years, has already understood the ambition of Guan Wang Songping, and gradually began to assist in handling some political affairs in the court under the inclination of Emperor Hongchu intentionally or unintentionally.

Recently, he was sent by Emperor Hongchu to a nearby drought-stricken town to supervise the relief work, and by the way, to accumulate the prestige of the prince.

But this time the drought was more severe than in previous years. Song Yaoxu arrived in the town for more than half a month, and the disaster was still getting worse.

As time goes by, seeing that the disaster relief funds and materials in the court are about to run out temporarily, the common people begin to question Song Yaoxu, so Song Yaoxu arranges a rain-seeking ceremony under Qi Zizhen's suggestion.

But today, that is, the day before the sacrifice, the common people, who were still barely settled because of the sacrifice ceremony, seemed to be suddenly instigated by someone, and they all went to the yamen of the town to ask Song Yaoxu for help. a statement.

Because of the drought, the crops they were supposed to harvest in the spring failed, and the price of grain and rice in the city skyrocketed. Even Song Yaoxu couldn't suppress the price too much in a short period of time.

As a result, many people were displaced and became refugees.

Song Yaoxu has been running around in the past few days in water transfer and water conservancy construction and distribution of relief food and water. He hasn't had a good rest almost since he came here, and his face has long been tired.

He was persuaded by Qi Zizhen to take a short rest because of the progress of the water conservancy project in the early hours of this morning. Before he had slept for an hour, he heard that the people were making trouble at the gate of the yamen, so he rushed over together with Qi Zizhen.

The common people were stopped by the officials outside the gate of the yamen. Song Yaoxu stood inside the yamen and listened to the people outside crying and insulting, and his emotions became more and more agitated.

Some people even mentioned that his position as prince was abolished and questioned the rationality of his current position as prince.

Song Yaoxu just listened quietly, waiting for them to finish cursing, waiting for their emotions to calm down.

As a prince, he must pay attention to his words and deeds. If he loses his mind because of the words of the people at this time, it will become a stain that he will never erase.

After more than ten years of tempering and precipitation, he has become calm now.

But at this moment, there was a crisp sound of "pop" behind him, and the broken pieces of the porcelain cup splashed past him.

Everyone, including Song Yaoxu, was frightened and subconsciously looked at Qi Zizhen who was supposed to be sitting in the courtroom.

Qi Zizhen walked out without knowing when, and beside his feet was the porcelain cup he smashed heavily just now.His complexion was not worried, only his eyes were as black as ink in his pale face, but at this moment they seemed to be soaked in cold frost.

He took a step forward and asked sharply, "What are you arguing about?!"

When the people who were still shouting heard his tough questioning, no one dared to speak out for a while.

Qi Zizhen then continued to speak in a cold voice: "All of you keep saying that His Highness doesn't do anything, that His Highness ignores the people. Isn't it His Highness who has been personally supervising water conservancy and setting up tents to give donations all this time?! How many of you are present here? Is it a real refugee?!"

The people surrounding the gate of the yamen were unable to refute for a while.

Looking at their clothes, it is obvious that they are not at the level of refugees, and it is impossible for real refugees not to know that Song Yaoxu has been appearing near the place where the alms is given these days, and sometimes even ignores the crown prince when there are many people. Shelf personally helps.

Seeing that none of them dared to answer, Qi Zizhen sneered: "Oh. You are enjoying the price of rice and food that His Highness personally suppressed by cracking down on profiteers, but in turn insulting His Highness for doing nothing? Your Highness is a prince, not a god. If the Prince said something Words can solve the disaster, how can there be so many refugees in this world? What we should do now is not to shirk responsibility here, but to work together to tide over the difficulties!"

The troublemakers seemed shocked by his words, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Qi Zizhen didn't intend to talk to them any further, and put down the last sentence in a cold voice: "If you have other questions, after tomorrow's sacrificial ceremony, the Master Pagoda Master of our country will be here to wait for you at any time."

After he finished speaking, he turned around with a flick of his sleeves, leaving only a tall and slender back.

It was also the first time Song Yaoxu saw him so angry. Although he was worried about his physical condition, he kept calm and told the surrounding officials: "Evacuate the people, the lunchtime alms is arranged as usual, and I will go there later."

He paused for a moment, then added: "By the way, find someone to clean up the pieces of the porcelain cup, and remember to be careful not to cut yourself."

The officials on the side stepped forward to take orders, Song Yaoxu watched him start to evacuate the people, then quickly turned around, went in to find Qi Zizhen, and sure enough, he saw him supporting the table with one hand and suppressing his cough.

Song Yaoxu walked forward distressedly, patted him on the back to comfort him: "They were just instigated by someone with a heart, why bother to get angry because of it, and hurt your own body."

Qi Zizhen managed to calm down, took a breath, looked away, and said in a low voice, "But I just can't help being angry."

Hearing his sullen tone, Song Yaoxu chuckled lightly and rubbed his head: "They scolded me, not you, why are you angry?"

"I'm angry because they scolded you." Qi Zizhen raised his head, his cheeks blushed because of his excitement, "Your Highness has worked so hard for them, why do they question His Highness like this?"

"Your Highness is the best His Highness, worthy of all praise. I will not allow anyone to abuse His Highness indiscriminately."

He spoke seriously and firmly, and his clear pupils seemed to be shining with unusual brilliance at this moment.

Like the stars, very bright.

It was also at this moment that Song Yaoxu suddenly felt as if something had changed.

Ever since he promised Qi Zizhen to become emperor, Song Yaoxu has been striving to make himself better and better, so that he can become a qualified emperor in Qi Zizhen's heart in the future.

This was the first time in more than ten years that he heard Qi Zizhen's pure and serious affirmation.

It's as if all the hardships and grievances I have suffered for the change are all worth it at this moment.

It turned out that what he had been pursuing for so many years was such an affirmation.

He has been decadent, dejected, and self-defeating.

If it weren't for Qi Zizhen's immature words back then, he might just be an idle prince with nothing to do.

It was Qi Zizhen who became the one who forced him to grow up at that time.

Song Yaoxu restrained the emotions in his heart as much as possible, but in the end he couldn't hold back, and gently hugged Qi Zizhen: "Zizhen, thank you."

The extremely gentle words fell on his ears, Qi Zizhen was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything, and raised his hand and hugged him gently.

However, only Song Yaoxu knew that from this moment on, many things would be different.

Also from this moment on, he will always remember the look in Qi Zizhen's eyes when he spoke just now, remember...

Those clear and clear black eyes.

The author has something to say: Supplementary explanation: His Highness recognized Zizhen twice before with his eyes, and it was because of his heartbeat this time~

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[Double update tomorrow, [-]:[-] am and [-]:[-] noon]

[[-]:[-] a.m.] The update is Fanwai [-], which is a bit fantasy-oriented, and there will be a part of the linkage. If you don’t like to watch this kind of cutie, you can skip it

[[-]:[-] noon] Update episode [-], which is the last chapter of sweet daily mua~

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