Chapter 532: Business to Lord Ling 2
Just because Zhou Hauiling married the Phoenix Girl, he had gained the whole world?
Just because he married the Phoenix Girl, the matter of refugees could be solved due to the glory of Phoenix Girl?
Zhou Huaijin did not believe in the so-called destiny. He believed that everything should be conducted with actions, not with just a t.i.tle. He had witnessed what was going on with the refugees back at the temples.
Chaoyan came up with some methods to separate those people. That was something none of the doctors had come up with when solving the issue of the refugees in the past. If Chaoyan’s method had been used ages ago, then the number of people who had died of illness would have been largely reduced. Everything depended on people, not on destiny!
Zhou Huaijin left the court with a sunken expression.
On the other hand, Zhou Huailing was in a good mood. He was standing next to him and patted Zhou Huaijin’s shoulders. “Eighth Brother, don’t give up when you are not entrusted with this errand. Work hard, and try to deal with some minor matters, so that you can get the chance to deal with larger matters like me.”
“…”
“Eighth Brother, you have been idling about for years and yet you suddenly offer to deal with some important matters. I believe that even the officers and ministers in the court could not trust you, let alone father,” Zhou Huailing said happily.
Zhou Huaijin threw a look at him.
The refugees were all suffering from sickness and coldness, but what his Fourth Brother cared about was that he had just obtained the chance to deal with some matter rather than care about what to do with the refugees. How could he feel a.s.sured about his action?
He snorted and left.
Seeing the way Zhou Huaijin behaved, Zhou Huailing became even more cheerful inwardly.
Eighth Brother had been the Queen’s son, so he had always enjoyed a relatively more n.o.ble social status than the other imperial sons, even Father liked him more. He never blamed Eighth Brother for his mistake, but snapped at the other brothers instead. Even when it came to their rank, Eighth Brother got his first rank when he was little.
Everything was going towards Eighth Brother’s direction. Everything good was coming to his hands, but now, the spoiled Eighth Brother knew nothing. He, however, married the Phoenix Girl and was capable of running errands.
Zhou Huailing believed that he was not worse than others.
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When Zhou Huaijin left the court, he headed directly to the outskirts of the capital. He knew that Chaoyan would be there.
As he came to the outskirts area, he found that the situation had turned more serious. Just as was said the day before, more and more refugees had come to this place and Chaoyan and Li Yuanxiang were still feeling their pulses and getting them a place to stay.
Xia Yinghan and Xue Feihan were both here, saving Chaoyan a lot of trouble.
So with some extra help, Chaoyan could take a brief break. There were only four rooms for the refugees to stay, and more and more were coming in this direction. If the gate was not opened, the refugees that arrived later would have no place to find shelter.
Chaoyan saw Zhou Huaijin coming. She understood that he had been to the court. They must have spent some time discussing the refugees. The court would not have left those refugees alone. She asked without raising her head, “What did the King say? We have to get the gate opened and release some of them inside, otherwise this place is not enough for all of them, and the situation will get worse.”
Gu Chaoyan did not dwell much on how to deal with the refugees. She believed that when Zhou Huaijin reported the matter to the court, the whole thing would get done easily.
Zhou Huaijin sighed. He stopped showing emotion as he said, “Don’t worry, Father has learned about the refugees, and entrusted Lord Ling to take it over. These people should be able to go into the city soon.”
“Lord Ling?!” Gu Chaoyan asked in surprise, looking up.