Chapter 285: Chapter 209: The Aid of the Crown Prince_1

Upon hearing Lu Shuyun's words, the people in the hall did not immediately respond. The majority of them had initially agreed to drive the refugees to the North Country. They had not anticipated what they thought would be an easily resolved issue becoming so troublesome.

After a while, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Household spoke up, "His Majesty's stance is clear. The court will absolutely not provide food to the North Country. The only solution now is for us to gather food ourselves and send it to the North Country, ensuring those refugees have something to eat once they arrive there."

"However, this would likely require the cooperation of the major aristocratic families in the South."

Handling the refugee matter should have been the responsibility of the court, but now Sum Emperor had completely dumped it onto Crown Prince Lu Shuyun. If Lu Shuyun failed to manage the refugee issue properly, he feared his tenure as Crown Prince would be short-lived.