Chapter 637 Disasters Broke Out (Part Two)


    "I order you to leave for the south region immediately. Handle all the problems rted to the flood


    disaster with urgency and return only after the condition returns to normalcy."


    "I get it, Your Highness."


    "Is the Minister of Revenue here?"


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    "Yes, Your Highness."


    Felix took a look at the minister, his heart aching. It was after some tiresome efforts that he was able to


    secure his people in the Ministry of Revenue, and be sessful in winning them over. But now, in the


    blink of an eye, they were about to go to help the disaster relief. Felix felt heartbroken at the thought of


    this. He ordered, "Immediately arrange some officials to search and purchase medicinal materials, look


    for folk medicine and physicians, and proceed to Stream County. Lucas will also be there to rescue the


    survivors, and he will be in charge of all the relevant matters of Stream County."


    All the officials were slightly surprised. Lucas had never participated in any state affairs, but now Felix


    asked him to leave the imperial capital and provide disaster relief in Stream County. Was he trying to


    keep Lucas away from imperial capital? Was the crown prince nning something big here?


    "Your Highness, I''m afraid Prince Lucas may not be the right choice to bear such huge responsibility,"


    the Minister of Revenue said tentatively.


    "Lucas is a prince, and our father is ill now. As a son of our father, he too must contribute to the state


    affairs. There are frequent disasters around the country. What we can do is to try our best and minimize


    the impact of the natural disaster on themon people. As a prince, how can he stay out of this


    matter? This is settled, and there would be no more discussion on this matter. The Ministry of Revenue


    has to prepare everything in three days, and three dayster, Lucas will go for disaster relief in Stream


    County."


    "Yes, Your Highness."


    "I will order the grain warehouse of Stream County to supply their grains immediately. Lucas will go


    there with the imperial edict." Felix looked around and continued, "The officials of the Cab will stay


    for a meeting. Others can leave now."


    "Yes, Your Highness."


    Felix and the officials of the Cab continued to discuss the specific details of the disaster relief, but


    the other officials had different opinions. Matthew had taken his wife to the Holy Chant Temple to pray


    and hadn''te back yet. Francis was put under house arrest. The empress dominated the imperial


    harem alone, but the emperor was ill. Felix and the empress controlled both the imperial court and the


    imperial harem.


    "Crown Prince Felix decided to send Prince Lucas to the disaster area for relief efforts. Do you think he


    is going to…?" one of the courtiers said in a low voice to hispanion.


    "Shh, don''t talk nonsense!" The other courtier looked around in suspicion. "Mind you, this is the


    Imperial Pce. Even the walls have ears here. Do you wish for an early death? Shut up now!"


    "I am just being curious. His Majesty is seriously ill, and Crown Prince Felix manages the state affairs.


    Her Majesty is in charge of the imperial harem. Prince Matthew is not in the imperial capital, and Prince


    Francis is too weak to go out of his mansion. Also, Crown Prince Felix has decided to send Prince


    Lucas out of the imperial capital. So now, the situation will be such that the crown prince would be the


    sole person of authority remaining in the imperial capital. It''s obviously thought-provoking." The first


    courtier shared his worries.


    The other courtier walking with him pulled his sleeve and said, "You''re thinking too much. Don''t talk


    nonsense and invite trouble! If you are free, just go home, have some tea or go for some recreation.


    Don''t think about such nonsense. You would fall sick if you think so much."


    The courtier who was reprimanded scratched his head. Although he did not fully understand the


    underlying meaning of his fellows'' words, he understood more or less that his worry was unreasonable.


    Whatever Felix or the empress intended to do was none of his concern. All he needed to do was


    concentrating on his own job.


    In the imperial harem, the empress was in charge of the emperor''s residence and no one was allowed


    even to get close to him. Sherry and Monica offered their service multiple times for looking after the


    emperor, but the empress refused them. All the other concubines were cowering in their own


    residences and didn''t dare to provoke the empress.


    "Sherry, do you think His Majesty would really wake up?" Monica was uneasy. The empress was


    domineering in the imperial harem, which made her restless. Felix was in charge of the imperial court,


    and the empress controlled the imperial harem. The mother-son duo had an iron hold over the imperial


    capital. Everyone knew what both of them were doing and what they would do. If the emperor didn''t


    wake up soon, he would probably never wake up.


    "I don''t know, either." Sherry frowned. "No one knows about the current condition of His Majesty. It is


    said that there was an urgent message at the imperial court today. Stream County had an earthquake,


    and there are countless dead and wounded people. Besides, there is also a flood disaster in the south


    region, so it is difficult for the peasants to cultivate crops. These are the kinds of disasters that would


    always make people feel uneasy."


    "Sherry, do you think Her Majesty and Felix will…" Monica made a gesture of cutting her neck. "And


    then Felix will take the opportunity to ascend to the throne?"


    Sherry''s eyelids twitched. She hastily covered Monica''s mouth and looked around to see if anyone was


    around. Seeing no one, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Monica, don''t talk nonsense! Never forget that in


    the Imperial Pce, even walls have ears. You may even get killed if you are not careful enough."


    Monica covered her mouth with her hand. Everyone had a sense of insecurity in the Imperial Pce.


    She had only one daughter, and never worried too much about anything. At most, her daughter would


    be married off by the empress to some powerful officials. But Sherry was different. She had Francis,


    and the emperor loved him very much, even though he was in poor health. If Felix took the throne, he


    wouldn''t let Francis have an easy life.


    "Sherry, I am just worried."


    "His Majesty is the son of God. He will be out of danger soon. You don''t have to worry about him. He


    will wake up," Sherry said in an elegant and generous manner. The emperor would wake up anytime.


    The empress and Felix could only be arrogant for a few more days. After enjoying a higher position,


    anyone would feel unfair when they went back to the original one. When the emperor recovered, Felix


    would suffer.


    A trace of coldness shed in Sherry''s eyes. Felix and the empress had the paramount power and no


    one could fight back them. So, they would not take care of the emperor wholeheartedly. Their best


    hope was his immediate death, so that Felix would throne officially!