All my subjects want to usurp the throne

Chapter 267 Departure, all the way south

"Sister, then this time, you and Your Majesty must take good care of His Majesty, understand?"

Huo Chengjun said in a soft voice.

"Sister, don't worry, if the sisters are not with His Majesty, the younger sister will naturally take care of His Majesty instead of the sisters."

Wu Zhao has always been good at talking. Under such circumstances, she naturally doesn't want to compete with her sisters for favor.

"By the way, Your Majesty, when will you get up?" Jananfeng asked.

Ling Xiao thought about it for a while, and said, "This king plans to leave early tomorrow morning. The court affairs are almost settled these days. This time is just right to go to the folks."

Everyone was a little surprised that it was so fast, and then Ling Xiao asked Wu Zhao to get ready.

In the early morning of the second day, Ling Xiao was wearing private clothes, and Wu Zhao was also dressed like a folk woman.

This time, Ling Xiao also brought Li Dequan and Lu Fengxian with him when he went out. When Jia Nanfeng knew about it, he said to Ling Xiao.

"Your Majesty, if you don't have a few maids to serve you when you go out this time, someone will take care of you if you encounter any problems on the way."

Wei Xiang'er also followed suit and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, my sister is right, if you don't bring a few maids, who will be able to serve you and your sister at that time."

"My concubine, empress, I'm out of the palace this time to understand the sufferings of the people, not to be content with pleasure, if the momentum is huge, I'm afraid I will encounter big trouble if my identity is found out."

When they heard what Ling Xiao said, they felt that what he said was indeed reasonable.

Then Huo Chengjun said with tears in his eyes at this time: "Your Majesty must take good care of himself when he leaves the palace this time, otherwise all the concubines will be worried."

Speaking of this, the atmosphere suddenly became sad, Ling Xiao quickly gave Wu Zhao a wink, and Wu Zhao immediately understood.

She came to Huo Chengjun and said to her, "Sister, don't worry, my sister is still with me when I go out this time, besides, I have already kept in mind what you told me, sisters, and I will definitely do it this time." Take care of His Majesty on your behalf."

Don't worry everyone after hearing this. Although Wu Zhao is young, he is usually cautious in his actions.

It can be seen just by taking care of them these days, so it must be no problem to take care of His Majesty.

But Ling Xiao didn't tell the court ministers about this matter, even Yuan Shao and the others didn't tell them. He lied to them that he was sick in the past few days and didn't see anyone.

After leaving the palace, Ling Xiao saw the prosperity of the capital along the way.

Wu Zhao next to him also raised the car curtain and poked his head out.

Since Wu Zhao entered the palace, he rarely left the palace, so he was smiling all over his face at this moment.

"Your Majesty, look there are a few old men selling candied haws."

Wu Zhao happily said to Ling Xiao while pointing in the direction not far away.

And Ling Xiao immediately understood her meaning, so he said to Li Dequan outside: "Li Dequan, hurry up and buy two bunches of candied haws!"

"Hey!" Li Dequan ran over after hearing this.

When it was time for Li Dequan to arrive, he happily said to Ling Xiao: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, just now I heard that the people were praising Your Majesty!"

"Praise me?" Ling Xiao was a little confused for a moment.

"Exactly! Your Majesty, since you launched the benevolent government without taxation, the common people have applauded it. It seems that Your Majesty is becoming more and more important in the hearts of the common people."

It turned out to be this matter!
Ling Xiao gradually felt relieved after hearing this. Although he said that he was the emperor, he didn't do many things for the people.

Now this matter has to be rectified sooner or later, and he is also happy to see the people happy.

At this time, he took the candied haws from Li Dequan's hand and handed it to Wu Zhao next to him.

"Your Majesty is indeed wise, but this time His Majesty introduced a benevolent government. It is estimated that the common people will be freed from suffering and not bound by taxes. Isn't this the result that His Majesty wants to see?"

But Ling Xiao fell into deep thought at this time, and then said to Wu Zhao: "This matter is not as simple as you think. If corrupt officials have been really corrupt since ancient times, they are pervasive. Don't you think that in the court? Only Lord Zhu and Lord Liu did such a thing?"

When Wu Zhao heard this, he wondered, "Isn't it? But Mr. Lu only found out these two people, and the others don't seem to have any clues, so we can't just convict other adults."

"You are right about what you said, but the current matter is not that simple anyway. If someone really did something like Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhu, maybe they are smarter than Mr. Zhu. If you hide it better, you won't be discovered."

Wu Zhao nodded after listening, she felt that what Ling Xiao said was indeed reasonable, but at this moment she was a little angry.

"Your Majesty, Zhao'er doesn't understand. Why do they still do this now that they are being supported by the government's salary? It's simply insane to steal money from the people!"

Seeing her angry appearance, Ling Xiao chuckled for a moment.

Then he quickly comforted him: "Zhao'er, don't be angry, make yourself angry, and those people will probably only have fun behind their backs."

"The reason why this person is greedy is because he is not satisfied, so the salaries of the imperial court are just a drop in the bucket for them, but as long as they make a move, they can get more silver taels from various channels. Tell me, who is facing such greed? Can people not be moved?"

Hearing this, Wu Zhao felt that what Ling Xiao said was indeed reasonable. Once people today have greedy thoughts, they will only get deeper and deeper.

Their goal this time is to go all the way south, because the recent memorials in the court say that the south is old and famine.

After leaving the capital, they found that the road was far from being as prosperous as the capital, and instead the population became scarce.

About four or five hours later, Ling Xiao looked outside and asked Lu Fengxian, "Where is Fengxian?"

"Report to Your Majesty, we have now arrived at Moon City."

Ling Xiao suddenly remembered that it was said in the memorial that Yuecheng was originally a prosperous place, but because of the poor harvest, the days of ordinary people coming in were a bit miserable.

Thinking of this, Ling Xiao hurriedly said to the people outside: "Stop!"

Li Dequan was puzzled for a while, and finally ran to Ling Xiao's call and asked him.

"What's your majesty's order?"

"Li Dequan, hurry up and make arrangements. Let's stop in Yuecheng for a day."

Li Dequan heard this, so he told Lu Fengxian the news, and then they found a place to rest temporarily.

This is the largest inn in Yuecheng, but its scale is far inferior to the restaurants in Beijing.

(End of this chapter)