Chapter 31 (1/2)

Out of the two’s line of sight, the Prince took Zhou Yun Sheng’s hands, his expression gentle.

“Where you worried that I’d lose my temper?”

“This humble servant wouldn’t dare. His Royal Highness is wise, how could he fall so easily? I have not helped His Highness, humble servant is ashamed.”

Zhou Yun Sheng was not flattering him, the Crown Prince was refreshed after waking from the drug’s control, even without help he would be able to take the throne. It often let Zhou Yunsheng feel that his help was redundant. Many times, Zhou Yunsheng suspected that the Prince who was manipulated into becoming a drug addict by the heroine and this Prince were different people.

The Prince loudly laughed, he squeezed the boy’s fingers and whispered, “Yun Sheng’s presence is Gu Si Nian’s greatest help. If there was no Yun Sheng, there would be no Gu Si Nian today.” Here he paused a little, then intimately caressed the young man’s face, his voice lowered, “I am grateful to the heavens that you were sent to my side. When you worry about me, I am very happy.”

Zhou Yunsheng sagged, afraid to talk. The world was different, his identity was different, his behavior and emotions were also different. Although this man often gave him a familiar throbbing, he didn’t want to rush to action. Shen Yi Bin’s wish was for his family to prosper, for his family to live in peace and joy. If he made the wrong move, the original would not be able to achieve his one wish.

The Prince saw that he did not respond, yet also looked like he wanted to say something, but he heard approaching footsteps so he had to give up perusing.

Yu Baotian thought that the Prince was just putting on a show and couldn’t hold on for a few days. But he unexpectedly took his investigation seriously. He personally went to the disaster area to appease the people, night after night he labored in the examination and building of an approved dam, gradually Liang Jiang regained vitality.

He listened to the people’s thoughts, the bitter people’s suffering, the anxious people’s concerns. Without the palace food, and because of his constant overworking he thinned down to a pitiable size. Yu Baotian was moved, the attitude of the Crown Prince was no longer extreme madness. Every three days he would send a report to Beijing, he described all the Prince’s deeds, his heartfelt words were convincing, causing Tian Chen to be very pleased.

The Prince was so capable, better than the Seven Princes’ mediocre performance. Seven Princes was anxious, he desperately struggled to think of a counter.

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One day, the governor Wang Bin hosted a banquet for the Prince in his official residence.

Wang Bin was the Prince’s subordinate, his daughter was the Prince’s Imperial Concubine and she was quite favored, therefore his relationship with the Crown Prince was very close. And he had a great relationship with the previous Crown Prince’s loss of power.

The first Crown Prince didn’t suffer from Han Shisan poison, but the scheming of others against him was no less toxic. The Prince had a smooth life, he inevitably became more and more conceited and his supervision of his subordinates was weak. Even a strong person, when placed in a group of pig teammates, could be dragged down and easily defeated. And Wang Bin was the leader of the pig teammates.

He was very greedy, after seven or eight years of seizing the court distributed funds to reinforce the dam, the two dams were fragile to the point of cardboard, just a poke could break them. When the Prince was ordered to come for disaster relief he was afraid the Prince would find out this matter, so he interrupted most of the disaster relief money, and also sent two beauties to bewitch the Prince.

While the Prince and the beauties were rolling in the hay, a heavy rain was pouring. It washed away an upstream dam, resulting in a surging flood that engulfed countless people, it could be called a catastrophe. The Prince was rescued from the official residence with his trousers missing, it was very unsightly.

When the news returned to the capital, Tian Chen Emperor’s anger was beyond imagination, the Prince’s status was abolished.

The second world’s Prince was poisoned with Han Shisan by Xie Yurou. The Prince’s good grace was even fainter, even without his pig teammates, he lost his status all on his own. The Crown Prince not only lost his title, he couldn’t enter the Imperial tomb after death, his outcome was very miserable.

But Zhou Yun Sheng was here, the situation was greatly different in this world. The Crown Prince survived the destruction of Han Shisan, and became wiser and more tolerant, plus his previous crisis made him unable to relax. His supervision was very strict, so as early as three years ago he’d discovered Wang Bin’s stealing and ordered him to pay back the silver and reinforce the dam every year.

So this time, even if the rain protested fiercely, the upstream dam was impregnable. Far away in the capital, Xie Yurou was unaware of the Prince’s private actions and was quietly looking forward to the arrival of the catastrophe.

That the Prince could be so discerning and impeccable, it really was a blessing for the people.

Wang Bin, although he was not as dirty as in the first world, but people’s natures are difficult to change. So he invited the Prince to the banquet to tighten their relationship. His daughter lost her favored status three years ago, how could he not worry?

Wang Bin was still a big official, the Prince had to give him some face so he not only came on time for dinner, he also gave him some praise. Fortunately, Wang Bin also knew what the Prince liked, the banquet was not overly luxurious, there were only a few homemade dishes, but the women sitting at the table severely stabbed into the Prince’s eyes.

These women were too beautiful, excellent figures, glittering eyes, graceful and elegant, not a thing was unpleasant to the eyes. Being served by beautiful women was something normal, but some were also sent to serve Shen Yi Bin, they even ambiguously teased him. What is this?

The Crown Prince endured until he saw a woman tenderly smile at Shen Yi Bin and grab his arm. The backlog of anger finally broke out. He overturned the banquet and pulled the young boy away, leaving only a meaningful ‘Wines and foods gone bad are rotting, people are frozen to death at the wayside!‘.

Wang Bin’s face lost all color.

After Yu Baotian heard the story he slapped his palms laughing, he praised the Prince’s wisdom and called him the country’s big fortune and so on. The matter was written in the letters sent to Tian Chen Emperor.