If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Chapter 456: Coping with Ease

At nightfall, news came from the Pacification Office that Chen Suzhen had hanged herself.

"Based on what Chen did, the court will sentence her to death," Qing Su said.

"He also secretly left a blood letter in his hair."

Shen Sui'an's eyes were as cool as the moonlight in the sky. She said calmly, "Does she think King Heng will still avenge her?"

That’s right, the reason why Chen Suzhen betrayed Ruan Xiuyuan was because she had an affair with King Heng before she married Ruan Xiuyuan.

Princess Heng was a strong and overbearing woman. All the concubines in the palace were subdued by her. It was impossible for her to tolerate Prince Heng marrying Chen Suzhen as his concubine.

Qing Su: "Prince Heng is so well hidden. If it weren't for the prince's incident this time, we wouldn't know that he is the knife in the emperor's hand."

If the Queen Mother and Prince Chen had not been prepared, Prince Heng's knife would have hit them so hard that they would have no power to fight back.

"Prince Heng is now hiding like a quail, and is like a prince in idleness who doesn't care about worldly affairs. Our prince is busy and will inevitably neglect her. Ningshuang, tell Shi Qing to have someone keep an eye on Prince Heng." Shen Sui'an said.

She always felt that her second uncle's ambush was not an accident. Although Chen Suzhen refused to tell the truth, based on what she and King Heng had done, who knew whether this incident had anything to do with King Heng.

"Yes." Ningshuang replied.

Shen Sui'an looked at the sky and said, "The prince probably won't be back tonight, so let's lock the door."

Fu Jinyuan has indeed been very busy lately.

Although he was only assisting the prince in government affairs, Fu Jinyi had just turned fifteen this year and was still at an age where he couldn't sit still. He had been indulged since he was a child, and in less than an hour, he had fallen asleep on the desk.

After a few times, Fu Jinyuan no longer forced him to review memorials in the imperial study at night.

"Your Highness, here are more than a dozen urgent memorials, all sent from Hexi. Hexi has been experiencing heavy rains for several days and half a month, and there is a risk of the dam bursting." Ruan Xinglin took the memorials that had just been reviewed by the cabinet and presented them to Fu Jinyuan.

"Even if it's an urgent matter, it will take several days for the memorial from Hexi to reach the royal capital. We should first let the Ministry of Revenue prepare disaster relief food, and then order the governor of Hexi to open the granary. We must minimize the casualties among the people of Hexi." Fu Jinyuan said.

Ruan Xinglin said, "Yes."

Fu Jinyuan: "I remember that Minister Fan of the Ministry of Works is good at building water conservancy projects. I ordered him to set off to Hexi immediately to monitor the water level and send out horse reports in time..."

"Order the troops stationed around Hexi to provide support. No matter what, the levees must be maintained and not breached."

"Build temporary shelters in safe places, the government should provide food, and sufficient medicinal materials should be prepared."

Fu Jinyuan announced several measures in a deep voice, which surprised Ruan Xinglin.

In just a short period of time, Fu Jinyuan has gone from being unfamiliar at first to being able to handle things with ease.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Even if he tried to ignore it, he had to admit that Prince Chen was more suitable to be an emperor than the Crown Prince in terms of both knowledge and temperament.

Good luck tricks people.

If they were not brothers, Ruan Xinglin felt that he might just be Fu Jinyuan...

Forget it, forget it, don’t think about this question.

They are brothers who get along well with each other, and with the support of Prince Chen in the future, the crown prince will not be too bad.

Ruan Xinglin suppressed the thoughts in his mind and finalized the disaster relief plan for Hexi with Fu Jinyuan. Before he knew it, the moon was already at its highest point in the sky.

"Uncle, doesn't the cabinet have any rules regarding the handling of Fu Yuxuan?" Fu Jinyuan asked, rubbing his brows.

The court, whether it was the original neutral faction or the prince's party, could not come up with an idea on how to deal with the second prince.

The Prince of Chen and the Crown Prince have not given any specific instructions. Should they let him off lightly or punish him severely?

If I let him go lightly, I'm afraid the prince will be dissatisfied. If I punish him severely, the emperor will blame me when he wakes up.

Everyone feels caught in a dilemma.

Ruan Xinglin never expressed any opinions about Fu Yuxuan in front of outsiders.

"Keeping him here is a hidden danger." Ruan Xinglin said, "Although the emperor is paralyzed after a stroke, whether he can recover in the future is another matter."

"We all know that he has a different background. Since it concerns the emperor's dignity, it is probably impossible to make it public." Otherwise, if the world knew that the son the emperor had doted on for so many years was actually someone else's, it would be a disgrace to the entire royal family.

Of course Ruan Xinglin didn't care whether Emperor Fu would be embarrassed or not, it was all for the dignity of the entire court.

"Then just keep him." Fu Jinyuan said calmly.

He deliberately made Fu Yuxuan the second prince for life and confined him in the royal capital. He allowed Fu Yuxuan to live well.

Ruan Xinglin curled his lips and smiled, "I really hope that the emperor can recover soon."

It’s a pity that it’s impossible to recover, and it’s unknown whether he can speak normally again.

"How are my second uncle's legs?" Fu Jinyuan asked.

Ruan Xinglin smiled with relief, "I can stand up now, Your Majesty. Doctor Zhou is a great doctor."

Fu Jinyuan's expression, which had been tense for the past few days, now relaxed a lot.

"Your Highness, it's getting late. You should go to bed early." Seeing the sky outside, Ruan Xinglin hurriedly advised Fu Jinyuan to rest more.

Of course Fu Jinyuan wanted to go home and rest. He hadn't seen his wife and children for three days.

"Tomorrow is a day off, so there is no need to attend the morning court. I will leave the palace after I finish dealing with these memorials." Fu Jinyuan said.

Ruan Xinglin said a few more words of concern before leaving the imperial study.

By the time Fu Jinyuan was able to leave the palace, a hint of paleness had already appeared in the eastern sky.

Yu Bai drove the carriage and waited outside the palace gate.

Hot tea and cakes were prepared in the carriage.

"What's going on in the palace these days?" Fu Jinyuan felt warm in his heart when he saw the hot tea on the low table.

He knew that this must have been prepared by Shen Suian's servants.

Yu Bai said, "My Lord, just like the previous few days, all the ladies from the noble families came to visit the princess. Apart from socializing every day, the princess would accompany Chao Ge'er for a walk in the garden."

"Old Master Shen and the old lady also came in person."

Fu Jinyuan sighed, "I should go visit them."

With so many things happening, the Shen family's elders and mother-in-law must be very worried, and he still has many things to ask Old Master Shen.

"You go to the Shen family to deliver the visiting card first. If it's convenient for grandfather, I will go and have a chat with him today." Fu Jinyuan ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yu Bai agreed.

Fu Jinyuan drank some hot tea, closed his eyes and leaned back to rest.

"Your Highness, Chen hanged herself last night." Yu Bai said in a low voice.

"Yeah." Fu Jinyuan responded vaguely.

In his opinion, the fact that Chen was still alive and only died last night was already very kind of Shen Suian and his aunt.

If he hadn't wanted to get information out of her, he would have crushed her skull long ago when she had wrongly accused her of betraying her second uncle in public.

"Prince Heng sent people to the mass grave to collect her body. Now Prince Heng has guarded the palace like an iron barrel, so it's hard to find anything from him." Yu Bai said.

"If you can't find it on him, you can find it on others," said Fu Jinyuan.

Unless Prince Heng can make everyone in the palace never come out for the rest of their lives.