Chapter 53 – Brilliant Idea The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife The Sly Lady (1/2)
That person was wearing a green long robe, the sleeves and collar was embellished with fine silver embroidery, a tourmaline belt was at his waist. He wore a ring on his right hand of exquisite green jade. He was truly outstanding and extraordinarily handsome. He was the fourth Prince, Ye Tian Qi.
“Greetings to the Fourth Prince!” Shu Nan Xiang greeted politely, her plum red dress looking like petals spread onto the ground, her beauty was mesmerizing. Ye Tian Qi face showed a trace of admiration as he smiled broadly as he saw Shu Nan Xiang, “Everyone is having a meal in the dining hall, why are you here?”
“It was suffocating in the dining hall, so I decided to walk around. I met with two friends.” Shu Nan Xiang said gently. She was truly beautiful, she had never fallen for any other men, but only this man right in front of her can give her butterflies in her stomach…
Ye Tian Qi looked in the direction of her gaze, he saw Ouyang Shaochen standing gracefully in the courtyard- his handsome face was as outstanding as always. Standing beside him wearing a long skirt was Murong Xue, her pretty small face was both bright and beautiful, but her clear black pupils were cold. The warm sunlight shined on them, they looked like a beautiful deities drawn out of a painting!
Ye Tian Qi was stunned for a moment and recovered from his surprise immediately. He smiled, “Shaochen, Miss Murong, both of you come to join the party as well?”
“No, I just passed by, not here for the party.” Murong Xue said softly, she was not very close with Ye Tian Qi. She did not plan to talk much with him too.
“Prince Fourth came to Wu An’s house also don’t plane to join the meal, am I right?” asked Ouyang ShaoChen.
“Yeah, I’m here to look for Nan Xiang. Is Shu Lao feeling better now? When is he available to give me some advice?” Ye Tian Qi grinned.
Shu Lao was his master. He had known Shu Nan Xiang since he was very young, they were quite close. Master Shu was being well thought of by the emperor. He was over exhausted in his career, now that he was old and sick. He can only stay home and get rest, he seldom met with guests anymore.
“You’re here for the issue regarding flood in Ling Nan?” asked Ouyang Shaochen.
“Yes!” Ye Tian Qi nodded. He was looking worried, “It’s been raining heavily in Ling Nan for the past half month. Almost half of Ling Nan was flooded, the citizens lost their houses. If this situation continues, not only Ling Nan, Jiang Nan will also suffer from the same problem…”
Jiang Nan was the richest place of the country, thirty percent of the country’s income is from Jiang Nan. If Jiang Nan was flooded, the country’s income will reduce tremendously, and the cost to rebuild Jiang Nan will leave the citizens with no home to stay in…
During these few days, the emperor had been discussing this issue with the vassals. However, there was no ideal solution to resolve the problem yet.
Shu Nan Xiang was delighted, “Grandpa is weak, I don’t think he has the energy to give you any advice. However, I have an idea, do you want to listen?”
“Go ahead.” said Ye Tian Qi.
Shu Nan Xiang smiled gently, “Ling Nan always rains heavily. To avoid the flood, the only way is to build a new dam as a bulwark against future floods.”
Build a new dam? Ye Tian Qi frowned and acted like he was listening to her words seriously, “As long as a new dam is built, it can keep back millions of gallons of water…”