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Shunzi's body trembled as he knelt on the ground, his face covered in tears. No matter how Huangfu Feixue asked, she always said the same thing.
When he first came in, he saw that one of the fourth prince's arms was lying on the ground. The emperor had been crying the entire time, and now that the fourth prince's men had disappeared and the emperor was also lying unconscious on the ground, he immediately understood that the emperor was pretending to be unconscious.
"Esteemed Empress, the emperor is only angry and impatient. Resting for a bit will be fine. Esteemed Empress, please return to the palace to rest. I will wait here for you!"
At this moment, the imperial physicians walked out to pay their respects to the empress. From their expressions, they could tell that the emperor was fine, but Huangfu Feixue felt waves of pain in her heart. Why did it hurt?
What happened, the emperor is fine...
Yes, son. Where's your son?
"Shunzi, have you seen the crown prince?"
She went to the bottom of her heart to ask Shunzi why was this person trembling all the time. Was she that scary?
"Your servant, your servant did not see …"
Shunzi trembled even more. Earlier, the emperor said Wuyou was dead, how could he dare to say such words? Plus, he only heard the emperor say Wuyou was dead, but he didn't really see Yan Wuyou's body, and he didn't dare to spout nonsense.
Empress Feixue could not sit still anymore. Her only support was Yan Wuyou. Her heart was beating fast, and her instincts told her that something big must have happened, but the emperor did not tell her that it must be related to her worry free will.
She quickly turned around and ran out. She was going to find Yan Wuyou. She would only feel at ease when she saw that he was safe.
After the Queen left, Yan Yihan called Shunzi over and told him to look for Dongfang Ning secretly. He thought for a long time, and only Dongfang Ning seemed to be able to handle all this. He wanted to appoint a new batch of officials, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to stay in this palace.
This was too scary!
As for Huangfu City, Huangfu City …
Right now, he infinitely recalled the goodness of his Huangfu Family, as well as that child Yan Wuzhan. He hadn't stayed in the Imperial City for two to three months, yet such a huge event had already happened … He thought of Yan Wuyou. That child definitely wouldn't be able to live …
In the middle of the night, he entered the secret underground room and started crying again. He was in unbearable pain, but he still cried as he walked towards Yan Wuhui, who was tied up with a metal chain.
Yan Wuhui had one of his arms missing and was bleeding profusely. Right now, he was in a coma. If he didn't save him, he would die for sure.
"Why? I doted on you and Wu Hen so much, in the end, you want to take my life …"
In the end, he did not let Yan Wuhui die. Instead, he fed him the Royal Life Continuing Pill, which had made people move him to a secret place and lock him up. Now that Yan Wuhui was without worries, Third Prince did not know whether he was dead or alive …
When he thought about Third Prince's disappearance, he became even more afraid. He believed that there must be some other conspiracy in the palace.
Of course, he couldn't find Dongfang Ning if he went to look for her. It took him a whole day to find the carriage to the temple that Princess Mansion had mentioned: "Grace Temple of Heaven".
Because Dongfang Ning's family was resting here, the incense in the temple burned brighter than usual. Princess Anning was already known as the Imperial Advisor by the citizens, and the places where the Imperial Advisor was located were naturally more prosperous than other places.
Shunzi couldn't find Dongfang Ning, but he found Moon King. Moon King was resting here and received him. After listening to him talk about what happened at the palace, he couldn't understand what happened, so he said:
"Ning'er has a filial piety. This prince will allow her family to head to Shanyang City to reconstruct her grandfather's ancestral tomb. I wonder when they will be able to return to the capital. You should go back."
What awaited Yan Yihan in the capital was even worse. Three months after Yan Wuzhan left, the citizens could no longer buy food in the capital. Every day, they would hope that the emperor could prepare some food for them to eat.
He sent people to the surrounding cities to buy rice, but it was a pity that they could not hold on for long. The soldiers in the army were already on the verge of exploding, each one of them waiting to eat.
There was nothing he could do, he continued to buy rice grains. The amount of silver in the treasury was not much anyway, after Yan Wuzhan allocated the money, he only had 300 thousand gold taels. Now, he was going to buy grains as well.
The officials then increased the taxes on the citizens. Fortunately, it was the September and October harvest season, or else he would not last three months. The citizens would have more food to feed and would not accept it, but they could not oppose the officials.
The Imperial Court was in a bleak state. The officials could do nothing about it. This was food to sustain their lives, and famine was about to break out in the capital.
The rich and the government did not have much influence, but the people were already panicking.
"Our Imperial Advisor has gone somewhere, we haven't seen her for several months. The people from the Anning Hospital also said that we haven't seen her for several months, and Battle King returned to the feudal fiefdom, what is to be done about this, no one will care about us anymore, the officials are always collecting food, and all the food stores are now closed."
"I heard that West Ridge is coming over again. What should I do?"
"It has been three days since my last meal …"
Heaven's End City
Today's Heaven's End City was very lively. In these four months, basically everyone there knew that Yan Wuzhan had come, and also knew that today was "exam day". Anyone who did well could be an official in the Heaven's End City, and they could eat royal food.
The most important thing was that after becoming an official, one could work for the common people. Many ordinary people had lofty ideals, but because it was difficult to find such a remote place, and their Wu Family monopolized such a place, they could not leave the city no matter how idealistic they were.
But now, their chance had come. Dongfang Ning had let everyone take the exam. Anyone who could read a character or knew a skill could take the exam. Currently, the most important person in the mountain city was a talent.
Meng Chuanzheng had been promoted by Yan Wuzhan to be a guardian of the Heaven's End. Now, he was in charge of all the major and minor issues in the city.
Before Yan Wuzhan came, Meng Chuanzheng was the one who treated the people the best in the Wu family. He never participated in bullying the people, even though he didn't dare to speak up for the people, but he would secretly use some money to support those who needed help, so his official voice was the best.
Right now, Meng Chuanzheng was standing in the middle of a large courtyard, watching the subordinates assigned to receive the guests.
Each of these people held a sign that said "Which department", calling out to the people who came to take the exam. The exam rules had been posted since two months ago, so there was no need for them to say it out loud.
Thus, although there were a lot of people present, they didn't show any signs of disorder.
"Those who know the word go to the left, those who know how to forge iron go to the center …"