Chapter 159 (2/2)

In her past and present lives, she had never had such tenderness before, being able to be so dependent and accoh life and death

After a long time, the four lips parted reluctantly, and they looked at each other and s another ’s heart suddenly moved

Weren’t the ancients very superstitious? If……

She sat up straight fro eyes, and said softly: “I have an idea”

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In the summer of the thirty-fourth year, there was little rain and there was blistering heatEven after May, the crops on the outskirts of the capital have entered the growth period, but because of waterless irrigation, the ground was barren and all crops were facing disaster

The capital’sfor water sources everywhere and organizing the people to irrigate the farmland, but after all, it was a drop in the bucket and could not solve the drought problem

In June, it was reported to the emperor that the celestial phenohtest star closest to the Emperor Star was dim, and it seemed to be covered with a layer of black air, which was an on

It see before the long-dried fields ushered in the second disaster—the locust plague

Countless locusts flew over the sky and covered the sun and landed densely on the far the crops wantonlyIt seery that neither sueIn just a dozen days, most of the farmland outside of the capital iped out

For a tietables in the capital skyrocketed one after another, and the people panicked, and rumors flew all around

Some people said that the star next to the ey of the star was lingering, indicating that the crown prince’s ti

Soue, which had not been seen in a century, was a sign that the prince cannot be favored by heaven

Others said that when the sky was angry and people were co, the country would fall, and only by establishi+ng a new prince could the society be kept peaceful

There are more and more remarks that are not conducive to the princeSoht of the Blue Lotus Cult’s support for the prince’s enthroneainst the sky were actually the riots secretly planned by the prince, so the prince was a failure

In the face of natural disasters, the prince’s reputation for benevolence and filial piety that he had accu the people over the years was destroyed

What was benevolence and filial piety? If people were hungry, could benevolence and filial piety be athe people plummet, the prince finally couldn’t bear it and decided to take action

In July, the crown prince wrote a letter asking the eal system and proposed a series of reform measuresThe most ies and recommended that the crown increase revenue and reduce expendituresHe would take the lead in setting an exa all unnecessary expenditures

In these severe natural disasters, these measures were indeedand Lord Xu, the prince had taken his first step towards destruction

Perhaps because he believed that the prince’s proposal could reduce the dareed to the prince’s request to temporarily implement these policies for one year to see its effects

The reform proposed by the prince te the people who suffered severe losses due to the disaster, rateful to the princeFor a ti the people like a sonOn the surface, the prince was ae became better in their e undercurrent one after another aust, when the auturain to deliver in many placesHowever, because of the prince’s new policy rain was collected in other places where there were harvestsThis allowed thee of thisThe income of the officials who slapped a lot of reatly reduced

One of the measures to reduce imperial expenditures was to reduce the salaries of officialsThis led to a phenomenon: the salaries of officials were reduced, and the oil and water were gone, and the court gradually filled with complaints, and they even deliberately put on patched court clothes to “protest” the prince’s reform policy

Another important measure to reduce expenditure was to drastically reduce the expenditure of the haremEven the daily life of the emperor has shrunk a lot, not to h there was a queen supporting the prince, the harem was still full of complaints, and those concubines from noble births were evenup complaints inside and outside the palace

Yes, the prince wanted a good reputation, but why should they pay the bill? These wo to enter the palace and becos of the world, but the prince’s torreatly reduced their enjoymentCould they be happy?

After half a year of struggling in this way, the situation becaained the support of the people, as lost was the support of the officials and noblesFor a while, the dissatisfaction with the crown prince accue of an outbreak

The crown prince was struggling with the refor Lord XuLord Xu and Yu Linglong took this opportunity to enlist the elites, cultivate their forces, and wait for the final battle

Just when everything was going s happened

It was late autu colder, and there was a bleak scene in the palaceYu Linglong was reading a book under the , and Xuan Cao walked in and said, “Princess, so from the long knew that the mountain Xuan Cao referred to was the barrenslavesFor the past six s on theto her arrange smoothlyBut no could someone suddenly come down from the mountain?

There was a faint anxiety across her heart, as if so the book in her hand, Yu Linglong said in a deep voice, “Follow me to the reception pavilion”