Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

Early the next morning, Ying Yufu and the Crown Prince set off for the upper reaches of the canal.

They were near Hongzhou and had traveled for a day, arriving at the embankment upstream of the canal before midnight.

Zhang Huaijing, the prefect of Hongzhou, received advance notice and led his men to guard the entrance of the dike.

He was dressed in a scarlet official robe and bowed deeply.

"Your Highness, you have traveled day and night. Would you mind coming to my residence to warm yourself up?" Zhang Huaijing asked with concern.

The crown prince shook his head: "No rush, the dike will open quickly!"

Zhang Huaijing thought he was hallucinating, and he couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, if you want to blow up the dam, you need to arrange the gunpowder in advance."

"As I'm arranging now, such a large project will take at least seven days to complete..."

The Crown Prince shook his head and said, "Lord Zhang, no need."

Zhang Huaijing's expression stiffened slightly.

He felt that this Crown Prince might not be very reliable.

At this moment, Princess Anguo also said, "No need, it will only take a moment."

Zhang Huaijing: "?"

Zhang Huaijing looked utterly bewildered; neither the Crown Prince nor Princess Anguo seemed reliable at all.

Using feints and counterattacks, the prince retreated, and said, "Lord Zhang, please retreat a little with me."

Zhang Huaijing was puzzled, but he still obeyed the Crown Prince's order.

Ying Yufu was still standing in front of the embankment.

Zhang Huaijing couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, what is Princess Anguo doing here?"

The Crown Prince smiled slightly and reassured him, "Lord Zhang, there's no need to worry."

Zhang Huaijing was completely bewildered. Why did he feel that the Crown Prince and Princess Anguo were both acting strangely?

The Crown Prince and Ying Yufu had no idea what Zhang Huaijing was thinking. He saw Princess Anguo suddenly throw a small, dark ball onto the embankment.

Then, Princess Anguo gracefully walked back to their side.

Zhang Huaijing: "Are you kidding me?"

Zhang Huaijing's subordinate officials also looked bewildered.

They were all confused about what the Crown Prince and Ying Yufu were doing.

But soon, the confusion and bewilderment on their faces were replaced by shock.

Just after Ying Yufu threw out that dark little ball, it exploded unexpectedly, and then a bolt of lightning suddenly ripped through the starry night sky.

Then, a thunderous burst of silvery-white lightning descended from the sky.

boom!

Click!

With immense force, lightning suddenly cleaved a crack in the dike that the previous dynasty had built with countless resources.

Then, the lightning, like the Milky Way flowing backwards, crashed down relentlessly.

All the officials and soldiers stared wide-eyed.

The prince smiled.

Ying Yufu also smiled.

The lightning drawn by this lightning bolt becomes stronger when the target is strong, and more suitable when the target is weak.

The dam's sturdiness is such that even if it were blasted with gunpowder, it would still be an incredibly massive undertaking.

Now, it's as if divine intervention has come my way.

It took Zhang Huaijing a long time to react. He gasped and said, "This, this... Princess Anguo, this is simply a miracle!"

With such a powerful weapon in our Northern Xuan territory, what need is there for internal strife or external chaos?

Zhang Huaijing's voice trembled with excitement, and his eyes shone brightly.

Other officials echoed this sentiment, expressing immense excitement.

One of Zhang Huaijing's subordinates said excitedly, "I heard yesterday that a goddess suddenly appeared in Yuzhou."

But it turns out, this goddess is truly a goddess!

"Your Excellency, with the breach of this dike, the worry that has troubled you for two years has finally been removed."

Zhang Huaijing nodded with tears in his eyes and said, "Yes, His Majesty has finally granted my request, blown up the dam, and released water into Yuzhou."

"Your Highness, Princess Anguo, on behalf of the people of Hongyu and Erzhou, we thank Your Majesty for your great favor!"

As Zhang Huaijing spoke, he knelt down to pay his respects.

The crown prince originally had a smug smile on his face.

Upon hearing this, the smile on his face instantly froze.

A smug look cracked across his face as he asked, "What folds?"

Zhang Huaijing looked up, puzzled, and asked, "Your Highness the Crown Prince came to blow up the dike, wasn't it because His Majesty saw the memorial I submitted proposing to blow up the dike?"

The Crown Prince narrowed his eyes slightly. "I have never heard my father mention that you sent him a folding board for blowing up the dam."

Zhang Huaijing was completely distraught. He couldn't help but say, "I mentioned this matter in my memorial to the throne two years ago, when Yuzhou first began to suffer from drought."

I also mentioned to Yuan Fuhai, the prefect of Yuzhou, the idea of ​​opening a canal between the two prefectures for improvement.

He...he also said he would submit a memorial to His Majesty, he...

Seeing the Crown Prince's increasingly gloomy expression, Zhang Huaijing stopped talking.

Is there anything else you don't understand?

His petitions to the capital were probably all blocked.

They were stopped before they even reached the capital.

They couldn't even get to His Majesty's study.

Even if he were to arrive at the Imperial Study, the folding tablet that appeared in His Majesty's hands would probably not be the original one.

Anger surged in Zhang Huaijing's chest, while the lightning on the distant embankment continued unabated.

The surging waters rolled up towering waves, pierced through the lightning, and rushed downstream along the canal.

That night, the lightning in Hongzhou amazed the entire population of Hongzhou.

Zhang Huaijing heard the Crown Prince say, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly."

Zhang Huaijing remained silent, gazing at the newly opened canal, and bowed deeply.

The Crown Prince and Ying Yufu followed Zhang Huaijing to the Hongzhou government office to spend the night. The next day, they returned to Huizhou.

Unfortunately, the prince developed a fever halfway through the journey.

This was also the first time Ying Yufu had seen the Crown Prince fall ill.

Because the crown prince was ill, they did not return to Yuzhou until the morning of the third day.

However, when I returned, the scene in Huizhou had changed dramatically.

The people have all put on brand new cotton-padded clothes and trousers.

Regardless of age or gender, everyone was full of energy as they carried materials and built new houses.

Food distribution continued at the soup kitchen not far away.

Several literate bandits were serving as temporary laborers, recording the names and registering the households of the refugees.

The water in the canal flows from afar, and in the murky and smelly canal, clear water washes over the riverbed.

The previous auspicious snow brought vitality to Yuzhou, moistening the parched land and bringing bright smiles to the faces of the people.

The crown prince is ill.

When they returned to the original residence, the Crown Prince was still unconscious.

Ying Yufu's eyes turned red with anxiety.

She fed the Crown Prince Life Essence Liquid, Nourishing Essence Pills, Solid Pills, and Star Fruits.

It's useless, absolutely useless.

Not only did it not work, it made things even worse.

His fever got even higher.

Ying Yufu panicked. Apart from the time she learned about the precognitive dream, she had never been so panicked.

She herself also purchased the inheritance of the divine physician Yan Xuzi, and she is now equivalent to Yan Xuzi II.

However, her medical skills were helpless against the prince's illness.

This was also the first time she realized that the Crown Prince was in poor health.

Everyone said the Crown Prince wouldn't live long, but she had never seen him fall ill and had never really cared about it.

But this time, she realized with absolute clarity that the Crown Prince... was truly frail.

How could a normal person's fever be so troublesome?

On the third day after the prince fell into a coma, an unexpected person came to see him.

Looking at the young man before her, Ying Yufu, her face weary from the Crown Prince's illness, had little patience left.

She asked, "Young Master Rong, what brings you here?"

Rong Qing said, "I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince is unwell. I am a disciple of the Xuanhuang Sect, and perhaps I can offer some assistance."