Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Chapter 441 Yang Zhijin goes to Li Mengyue's house

The maternal families of the eldest prince and the second prince are powerful, and they both want the position of crown prince. However, for so many years, the emperor has never mentioned the issue of appointing a crown prince.

All along, several princes have been fighting openly and secretly, and there has been no peace.

However, an imperial edict from the emperor broke the current balance and brought unprecedented crisis to the third prince.

If there were any concerns before, from the moment the imperial edict was issued, the people on the side of the eldest prince and the second prince would try every means to get rid of the third prince. Only in this way would they have a chance.

In other words, the refugees from Guangping and Yongkang prefectures became the people who had to participate in the fight among the three princes for the position of crown prince.

After all, the Third Prince can only silence the court officials by properly settling the refugees.

But it is not easy to accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees. Not only is there not enough food, but the fight for the position of crown prince makes it even more difficult.

He couldn't guarantee whether there were people arranged by the eldest prince or the second prince among the refugees who were causing trouble and preventing the third prince from successfully resettling the refugees.

The key is that it is very difficult to find out who is the eldest prince or the second prince among so many refugees. However, it is not impossible to do it as long as you have someone in your hand.

But the problem of food is different. Food is hard to come by now. Even if he comes forward, he won’t be able to get much food.

Before this, he had summoned some wealthy families in the city, but every one of them cried poor to him and was even more stingy than a miser, not willing to give him a penny.

Finally, he had to give strong orders to raise some food, but the amount was limited and could not last for more than a few days.

He reported all these problems to the Third Prince, who told him not to worry about food.

But he really didn't know how the Third Prince would solve the food problem. After all, the amount of food needed to accommodate so many refugees was definitely not just a small amount. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as an astronomical figure.

As the official of Wuning County, he did not want to place all hopes for the resettlement of Wuning County refugees on the third prince.

He and the Third Prince have been friends for many years, so he would do his best to help at this critical moment.

Besides, if the third prince cannot become the crown prince, he will not gain anything good.

Just when he was worried about the refugees, he found a solution to the problem on his way to Xinghua Village.

Yang Zhijin walked up to Li Mengyue, still quite excited.

Village Chief Li originally wanted to greet Yang Zhijin, but at that moment Yang Zhijin was thinking about using the refugees to build a reservoir and had no intention of caring about Village Chief Li.

However, Yang Zhijin could ignore it, but Li Mengyue could not. She knew that the most fundamental reason why the villagers suffered such harm was related to the grain she sold to the village.

If she hadn't sold grain to the village at a low price, she wouldn't have been targeted by Zhulin Village, Zhu Lei wouldn't have brought people to rob, the two sides wouldn't have had the chance to fight, and so many villagers wouldn't have been injured. Therefore, she still felt a little guilty.

"Grandpa Village Chief, I'm sorry. If I hadn't sold food to the villagers, this wouldn't have happened."

"Girl Yue, what are you talking about? This has nothing to do with you. It's all because of other people's ill intentions. Even if there is no food problem, our village will not be peaceful."

Li Mengyue knew that what Village Chief Li said was true. As long as the refugee problem was not resolved, not only the villages like Xinghua Village, but also the villages in the entire Wuning County would be under threat at all times.

In addition to the refugees, another threat comes from the locust plague, where people have not had time to harvest the food in the fields. When these people are starving and driven into desperation, they may easily go astray and rob the village.

"Yes, Miss Li, Zhulin Village coming to steal food has nothing to do with you, don't take it to heart."

"Yes, yes, Miss Li was kind enough to sell us food. If we put the blame on Miss Li, wouldn't that be too cruel?"

"Don't worry, Miss Li. None of us old guys have any intention of blaming you. Just do what you should do. If I, Old Zhou, frown, you will not be worthy of being the head of Zhoujia Village, nor will you be with this girl."

"Yes, I, Old Zheng, would like to express my opinion here. All the villagers in Meihua Village are willing to listen to Miss Li. If she tells us to go east, she will never go west. If she tells us to chase away dogs, she will never kill chickens."

"Hey, hey, make way. Why are you standing so close to Miss Li? Are you going to eat her? Move away, back off, back off, back off a little more."

The village heads who had been talking to Li Mengyue before unconsciously took a few steps back after hearing what Village Headman Sun said. But after they retreated, they realized that Village Headman Sun, who said they were standing close, actually stood in front of everyone, only one step away from Li Mengyue.

What's there to understand? I was deceived by Village Chief Sun.

It seemed like this guy was annoyed that they were blocking his way, so he pushed them aside.

But they were not angry. After all, they had already talked to Li Mengyue, and Li Mengyue did not blame them at all. They felt much more at ease.

To be honest, they were afraid. They were really afraid that Li Mengyue would never sell grain to the village again because of this incident. If that were the case, where would they go to cry?

Li Mengyue stood there, watching the seven village heads express their opinions to her one by one, and suddenly felt a little amused.

However, it is precisely because the village heads have a clear idea of ​​what is going on and the villagers they lead are responsible and will not blame others at will that he will do his best to help everyone.

Anyway, Zhu Lei and Liu Ye have been punished. One person died in Zhulin Village. Although many villagers in Xinghua Village were injured, their injuries were not serious. Doctor Yang has almost treated them. The grain in the granary has been moved out and moved back. There is no major incident in the village for the time being, so Li Mengyue is ready to go back.

Of course, she didn't go back alone, Yang Zhijin also went with her.

She didn't know why Yang Zhijin was so excited to see her, but she had a guess in her mind that it might be related to the refugees.

Sure enough, when he got home, Yang Zhijin directly told him the purpose of his visit.

"Miss Li, I heard that it was you who proposed building the reservoir and digging the river."

"Yes."

After getting the definite answer from Li Mengyue, Yang Zhijin looked at Xie Ruiyuan.

The two have known each other for many years, and Xie Ruiyuan knew what Yang Zhijin meant just by looking at him.

However, he would not tell Yang Zhijin that Li Mengyue had already set her sights on the refugees, and he had already promised Li Mengyue that she could choose the refugees at will.

Instead, he said to Li Mengyue: "It's all up to you. Do whatever you want."

"Ruiyuan, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course I know. Do I need you to tell me?"

"But how can such a big thing be handed over to a woman?"

"You misunderstood me, I didn't say that."