Princess Jiaojiao arrives, teasing the prince to blush and heartbeat

After a while, they each changed into ordinary people's clothes, and together with their mother, holding Duoduo's hand, Lele, An An, and Yicheng came to the main hall like ordinary people and lined up to offer incense.

There are so many people here today. Inside and outside the hall, there are all pilgrims coming to offer incense.

Everyone lined up outside calmly and orderly, some with happy expressions on their faces, and others with heavy expressions.

It seems that these people have everything they want.

In front of Luo Lan and the others was an old woman with gray hair. As she moved into the hall, she kept praying and mumbling words.

At this time, someone next to her reminded her in a low voice,

"Mom, when we get to the main hall later, after you burn incense, run to the backyard and run as fast as you can. I'll find someone to find out. The emperor is in the backyard. As long as we see the emperor, our grievances can be washed away."

"Ahem, cough, cough, I'm so weak, I'm afraid someone will beat me to death before I even see the emperor."

Hearing this, Luo Lan's brows suddenly tightened. She glanced at Leng Yu, and at Leng Yu's signal, she asked in a low voice:

"Madam, if you want to see the emperor, you can just go to the backyard to see him. Why do you have to run so hard?"

The aunt looked back at her and shook her head silently. The woman beside her sighed and explained,

"If you run as hard as you can, you may have a chance to see the emperor, otherwise you have no chance at all. The emperor is a dragon in the sky. Ordinary people want to see him, but it's not easy!"

Leng Yu cleared his throat and asked curiously,

"Since I have a grievance to complain, why don't you go to the local officials? Why do you want to come to see the emperor?"

When the local officials were mentioned, the aunt sighed helplessly, while the woman next to her smiled contemptuously.

"If local officials can take care of this matter, why do we have to travel so far."

"Xiao Ling, stop talking."

Aunt Xu felt that Leng Yu and Luo Lan had a lot of problems, so she immediately alerted the young women around her.

The woman looked back at Leng Yu, turned away, and said no more.

After a while, the mother and daughter in front entered the main hall. After they offered incense, Leng Yu was afraid that they would cause some trouble and cause panic among the pilgrims, so he winked at A Yu who was not far away. , Ayu understood and came forward with several guards.

"You two, come with me."

The mother and daughter seemed to sense that something was wrong. They turned around, glared at Leng Yu and Luo Lan hatefully, and followed A Yu away angrily.

Leng Yu waited until Luo Lan and others finished burning incense before returning to the backyard with her.

At this time, the mother and daughter were tied up by Ayu who didn't know the truth. When Leng Yu and Luo Lan came in, the younger woman couldn't help but started to curse,

"You are really despicable. If I had known you were such people, I shouldn't have said anything to you."

The old woman took a few deep breaths, shook her head and sighed:

"Xiao Ling, stop talking, our arms can't twist our thighs after all!"

Leng Yu frowned, then looked at A Yu,

"Why tie people up?"

Ayu looked at him innocently,

"You asked your subordinates to tie them up."

"I just asked you to take people away from the hall. Who asked you to tie them up?"

When the mother and daughter heard the word "I", they were stunned for a moment, and then the old woman said excitedly:

"Xiao Ling, did you hear his title? He is the emperor. He is the emperor. Come on, let's meet the emperor quickly."

When Xiaoling saw this, she and the old woman knelt down together. Leng Yu hurriedly scolded Ayu:

"Don't untie the rope yet."

Seeing that the emperor was slightly angry, Ah Cai and Ah Hong hurriedly stepped forward and untied the ropes from Xiaoling and her daughter.

Leng Yu looked at the two people kneeling on the ground and raised his hands to help them.

"Get up! Don't you want to see me? I'm right here. If you have any grievances, just tell me!"

Xiaoling and her daughter had been wandering around the area for the past few days, hoping to have the opportunity to meet the emperor. They never dreamed that the emperor would suddenly appear in front of them.

The old woman wiped her tears excitedly and shook her head.

"God can't stand this anymore. They are all helping us, mother and daughter. We have heard long ago that Your Majesty is considerate of the people and is a wise king. Now it seems that you are really a wise king!"

The old woman's praise made Leng Yu feel ashamed.

He waved his hand directly,

"Old man Miao Zan, please tell me first, what grievances do you have?"

The old woman trembled and turned to look at Xiaoling.

"Xiao Ling, you are sharp-tongued, so you should speak up. Mom suddenly doesn't know what to say."

Xiao Lingzi swallowed her saliva, looked at Leng Yu timidly, and narrated in a deep voice:

"My mother-in-law and I are from Yilan County, and we have two children at home who are raised by my blind father-in-law. We are thinking of going to Beijing to file a complaint, otherwise we will not be able to survive."

Speaking of this, Xiaoling started to cry. Seeing that she had no intention of stopping, Luo Lan quickly frowned and reminded,

"Now is not the time for you to cry. The Emperor is standing in front of you. If you have any grievances, complain immediately. If you keep crying like this, no one can help you."

The old woman hurriedly pushed Xiaoling to remind her to stop crying. Xiaoling wiped away her tears instantly and began to say intermittently:

"We want to sue Mr. Hu Tianhu, the magistrate of Yilan County, and Master Wang Chao, nicknamed Mr. Wang. A year ago, my man was hired by the government to work, saying that he would be paid fifty cents a day. Although these years The people who were recruited by the government to work disappeared in the end. My man still wanted to try because his family was too poor, but he never came back after leaving. I went to the county government to inquire, but they didn’t admit that there was such a thing. What happened, later I heard someone say that he might have been sent to the back mountain to build a tomb for some important person, so I went to the back mountain to look for him, but I searched all over the back mountain and couldn't even find a trace of him. Now my husband’s life and death are unknown. We went to the government several times to look for him, but he was beaten up every time. This great living man is gone. We don’t know what to do. Your Majesty, you must save me. Man, this family would be finished without him."

Xiaoling's words made Leng Yu feel annoyed.

He paced a few steps in place and said bitterly:

"If what you said is true, then Yilan County officials are really audacious. Did you just say that there are other people missing inexplicably?"

"Well, over the years they have been recruiting men nearby in the name of high-priced labor. Some of these men let others bring money to their homes, and some have never been heard from at all... In the past few years, there have been hundreds of men near Yilan County. Several young men disappeared inexplicably. These family members went to the county government to look for them, and they would give them a sum of money to settle the matter. We didn’t want money, we just wanted people, but we were beaten severely..."

Speaking of this, Xiaoling started to cry, and the old woman beside her also wiped away her tears.

Hearing this, Leng Yu felt even more that there must be something fishy about this matter.

He turned to look at Ayu,

"Ayu, would you like to go to Yilan County yourself to check this matter?"

Unexpectedly, the old woman shook her head vigorously and said, "Your Majesty, you have to go to find out this matter in person. If others go, it will be in vain."