Replacement Month

CHAPTER 14

The next day the Emperor held a lunch banquet, all members of the kingdom including Shen Ling were required to attend.

Ever since the Emperor's assault incident, the queen mother had become more lenient towards Shen Ling, she was very grateful that Shen Ling had already saved the Emperor from assassins.

The empress looked at Shen Ling's two swollen eyes and asked, "Shen Ling have you finished crying? Why are your eyes swollen?"

Shen Ling was surprised that the empress realized, "Replying your honor, this is because the servant is sleep deprived, last night the servant sleeps is disturbed by a mosquito, the mosquito is very noisy as if - it will nag on."

Xuan Ye glanced at Shen Ling, 'Brazed girl, she equates myself to a bully mosquito.'

The Queen Mother who heard that looked worried, "Dayang Rong, get the best quality mosquito net and send it to the east Plum palace. This way there won't be any mosquitoes bothering Miss Shen."

Shen Ling immediately thanked the queen mother for the attention.

On the other hand, Huang Ro did not like this atmosphere, 'What a great woman she is, why she can get the attention of all the members of the kingdom.'

Huang Ro accidentally bit his own lips, but Xuan Ye immediately paid attention to him.

The emperor who saw this became dislikeful and tried to distract the crown prince, "Crown prince have you studied the flood case in Lin Man city?"

Xuan Ye replied, "The last report that I read of the flood has not yet subsided, the casualties are increasing, Your Majesty."

The Emperor thought hard, the flood of Lin Man city was indeed not to be underestimated, the city was close to the mouth of the river, and the rain continuously fell so that the river water continued to rise.

Shen Ling suddenly muttered, "Is there nothing that can contain the water?"

The emperor who had accidentally heard Shen Ling's murmur was also interested in his words.

"Speak clearly, Miss Shen."

Shen Ling was shocked, knowing that women were strictly forbidden to interfere in the matters of the kingdom, even more so cutting off the Emperor's conversation, "Servant please forgive Your Majesty. Unknowingly the servant has cut off the talk of His Majesty and the Crown Prince."

The Emperor simply smiled at Shen Ling's behavior, "Quickly repeat your words just now clearly, I want to hear them."

Doubtfully Shen Ling also spoke, "In reply to the noble one, the only minded servant of the city of Lin Man close to the River Estuary, if a great rain fell and the river water rose then the city of Lin Man would definitely flood back. Instead of us constantly worrying about the aid and displacement of the people, why not prevent the overflow of river water flowing into the city of Lin Man so that the incident will not be repeated?"

The emperor and the princes were surprised they never thought about it, then the emperor asked Shen Ling to resume his plan.

"Hamba just thinks if we raise the ground on the edge of the river estuary, then when the river rises he will not flow out."

Shen Ling smiled hearing that, "We can make a bamboo pipe at some point of the wall so that the water will stay out, and for the part of the river that feels no danger to the village we can leave it open so that people can still bathe there and get access to water to irrigate the fields and fields."

A moment they all fell silent then His Majesty the Emperor laughed, "This is Shen Ling's great plan, then how to overcome the people who have already become victims?"

Shen Ling used to listen to her father's story often, that any disaster relief would definitely not arrive according to the numbers,

"Your highness, the noble servant of taste must replace all those who arrange food for natural disasters. Replace with people who are really honest in this matter. Because in the delivery of food like this there must be a group of people who take advantage.'

Huang Ro was very upset to see the Emperor and the princes admire Shen Ling, and finally he said, "If it seems easy to Miss Shen why doesn't Miss Shen take care of this matter directly?" huang Ro's subtle insinuations did not hold against Shen Ling, "Puteri Huang Ro, servant is just a woman, where perhaps the servant intervened in the matters of the officials."

The emperor thought so, he was anxious to see if Shen Ling's plan would work, "Xuan Ye, please, go together with Shen Ling to Lin Man City and bring some officials you trust to take care of the dam problem at the mouth of the river. And Xuan Er and Xuan She you're in charge of food aid and medicine for disaster victims."

They all looked at each other, Shen Ling was astonished to know that His Majesty believed in his plan. "We're doing it Your Majesty."

They also continued their lunch.

Huang Ro's hand shook restraining his anger, he was very upset by the Emperor's decision. The queen mother was silent - silently grasping Huang Ro's hand and calming him down.

After the banquet was over Xuan Ye chased after Huang Ro, "Wait for Huang Ro first. Listen to me first."

Xuan Ye caught Huang Ro's hand and hugged him, "I know you're angry, calm down nothing happened - what's between me and Shen Ling."

Huang Ro grew angrier and struck Xuan Ye in the chest, "Look now you're also fluent in mentioning his name. I know your majesty likes Shen Ling."

Xuan Ye continued to hug Huang Ro, "No way, I promise you I won't like that Shen girl, In my eyes she never meant anything, and for this trip I just thought of him as my partner, nothing more."

From his point of view Huang Ro saw Shen Ling's presence, then he pulled Xuan Ye closer and kissed her lips. The startled Xuan Ye smiled at Huang Ro's courage and deepened his kiss.

A Li who witnessed it immediately closed his eyes in embarrassment, whereas Shen Ling could only stand looking at the kisses of the two of them. After Xuan Ye took off Huang Ro, he saw Shen Ling standing staring at the two brands with a wounded look. For some reason Xuan Ye's heart became uneasy, he felt regretful and burdened with the words he said to Huang Ro.

Shen Ling left with a quick step leaving the two of them, when Xuan Ye was about to chase her arrived - his hand was pulled by Huang Ro and prevented him from pursuing Shen Ling, "Please crown prince remember the noble promise."

Xuan Ye could only be speechless, in his heart bewildered to choose the two women. Suddenly Huang Ro hugged him, "Hamba has always loved his noble crown prince."

That one sentence made Xuan Ye's heart become one-sided and still chose Huang Ro.