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Shen Dongsu looked at the dilapidated and gray Youzhou City Gate with deep eyes and remained silent for a long time.

Ling Moxiao was like a rural boy who brought his girlfriend back to his hometown for the first time, fearing that his girlfriend would dislike him.

The identities of the two seemed to have been swapped. She was the daughter of a wealthy family, and he was from a poor peasant family.

I heard Ling Moxiao say slightly nervously: "The palace has just been renovated."

The subtext is that the place to live will not be so shabby.

Shen Dongsu was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized, was he afraid that he would dislike Youzhou City?

He smiled slightly and said, "I'm just looking at this ancient city that has endured many hardships and wars."

"I think it's amazing. It's like a giant standing at the border to protect the Central Plains from foreign invasion."

The Chang'an city wall was repaired every year, and the imperial court allocated a large amount of money every year to repair the city wall. However, the city wall did not change much. At most, the section where civil and military officials often walked was newly painted.

That money fed officials of all sizes in the Ministry of Industry, but the border town of Youzhou City really needed repairs, but the court always found various excuses not to pay military expenses.

When the nobles were greedy for money, they quietly went south to buy property. From the bottom of their hearts they didn't care about the Daxia country at all. If the north was lost, they would cross the river to the south and still live in good clothing and food.

So it’s not that they don’t know how painful and difficult the border crossing is, they just don’t care.

Several generals who had escaped before came prepared to show off their grand ambitions. Relying on the strength of their families, they first spent some money on military expenses and military pay. When they had nothing to greed for, they fled in a hurry after seeing the fierceness of the enemy's offensive.

In other words, Chen Xingyao really wanted to escape, and before he could get anything greedy, he ran away crawling on the ground.

What's more, the princelings deliberately made things difficult for King Ling. When Ling Mo Xiao first came to Youzhou, many soldiers had not received their military pay for several months.

The military rations were so poor that they were given to refugees, and they didn't even have salt.

That is to say, it was because of King Ling's reputation that the soldiers believed in His Highness King Ling, so no one rebelled. Otherwise, the situation in Youzhou would be internal and external troubles.

The two of them did not ride horses anymore, but walked into the city silently side by side. Shen Dongsu wanted to take a serious look at the place where she would live in the future. She had to take a look at every plant, tree, brick and tile, every street and alley.

Ling Moxiao just wanted to accompany her. He knew that Dong Su was not a noble lady who lived at the palace gate all year round. She had to be familiar with Youzhou City and fall in love with Youzhou City before she could live here.

In the past, there were wives and concubines of generals who accompanied them to the border, but those women never left the gate and decorated their homes as if they were homes in Chang'an City, regardless of the dilapidation and desolation of Youzhou.

The general's mansion is incompatible with the entire Youzhou City, like two different worlds. It's like building a greenhouse in the desert and planting flowers.

Youzhou City is different from any town Shen Dongsu has ever seen. There are almost no clothing and jewelry shops here. The grain, oil and rice shops are all closed. Ling Moxiao said that the shops are only open on Fridays when the market is open.

Furthermore, the Tatars attacked the city not long ago. All these businessmen fled the city to escape, and some of them have not returned yet.

The only ones open with lanterns hung were a few simple restaurants, and all the people going in and out were soldiers.

There is no red light district, and there are no people selling books or borrowing pens and ink. Instead, there is a shop selling yellow paper and cinnabar, which also sells pens.

The largest shop is a coffin shop, but according to Shen Dongsu's observation, the most sold items are straw mats and urns, and few people buy coffins.

The entire city is a huge fortress. Every brick has traces of swords, and the scorch left by the war can be seen everywhere.

The roads in the city were made of tamped earth, with deep ruts for horses and chariots. The entire Youzhou City, every tile and brick, tells the story of the suffering and hardships experienced by the Han people here.

Shen Dongsu was mentally prepared for the dilapidation, vicissitudes, monotony and loneliness in the city.

After all, earlier, Butler Liu, Jia Si and the others, as if they were afraid that she would give up when she arrived in Youzhou, vaccinated her in advance.

Both words revealed how bad the situation in Youzhou was.

How did they know that she, the princess, was still a contract worker with Prince Ling, so how could they have the right to dislike her!

The big bosses are just living on the sidelines. She receives a high pension and a generous regular contract, so she naturally has to endure hardships with her boss.

After all, it is easy to share joys and sorrows, but the requirements for sharing hardships are much higher. And the feeling of sharing suffering is more profound than sharing happiness.

One thing that was beyond her expectation was that Youzhou was quite clean. Naturally, this cleanliness was not compared to the cities of later generations.

But compared with the cities she came to along the way, there were no dead cats, dogs or mice in the sewers of Youzhou City, and there was no stench of feces and water.

There are no piles of garbage in the corner of the city. Even the donkeys carrying goods and the horses ridden by soldiers come and go in the city, but there is not much animal excrement.

Also, she found that although the soldiers in Youzhou City were also dusty, they were relatively clean.

This is not compared with the Imperial Guards and the personal guards of Prince Ling's Mansion. The Imperial Guards are used to living a good life. They work in the imperial city every day, and they must not let themselves get dirty.

As for the personal guards of Prince Ling's Mansion, Shen Dongsu strongly requested that they all have to take a bath to eliminate insects.

Compared with the soldiers she saw along the way, it was so bitterly cold in Youzhou that there were no lice crawling in the soldiers' hair and beards, and there was no thick dirt on their ears or necks.

Whether it was the hygiene of the city or the hygiene of people, she could feel that this was not something Ling Moxiao suddenly asked someone to do in order to welcome her.

She sincerely praised: "The city is very clean, even better than the North and West Districts of Chang'an City!"

Ling Moxiao took her to the place where the notices were posted, and what she saw was a huge one with the ten prohibitions on epidemic prevention written on it.

Ling Moxiao said softly:

"It's Dong Su's credit! I brought these ten anti-epidemic restrictions to Youzhou and ordered everyone to abide by them."

“There was little effect at first, but after more than a year of improvement, the effect was immediate.”

After watching the entire Youzhou City, Shen Dongsu suddenly felt sorry for Ling Moxiao. At the same time in Guangzhou, Ling Moxiao was in so much pain that he couldn't bear to die.

The distress she felt at that time was the distress a doctor feels for his patient.

But now, she feels sorry for the injustice suffered by Ling Mo Xiao. The nobles of Chang'an were drunk and dreaming, and they didn't care about the situation in Youzhou.

Ling Moxiao was the only one who cared about the border affairs, but was accused by the princelings of wanting to regain military power with ulterior motives.

She asked softly: "Have you told the emperor about the situation in Youzhou?"

Ling Moxiao shook his head gently: "Father has always known that the court knows the situation in Youzhou."

This is the difference between the thinking mode of those who have been in power for a long time and the thinking mode of rural people.

Ling Moxiao thought that the emperor knew and the court knew, so he only worked quietly and never complained.

He sincerely regards Youzhou as his own land and the people of Youzhou as his own people. The feeling is, if I work for my family, do I have anything to complain about?

But whether she was born in an orphanage in her previous life or she was a peasant girl in this life, Dong Su's thinking patterns were different from his.

She disagreed and said: "The court knows it, but it still needs to be said! There is an old saying in the countryside, children who cry get candy."

"That's good. There are some things that you can't say, Your Majesty. I'll let the Imperial Army take the letter back to Chang'an."

At this moment, the two of them arrived at the palace. Mr. Pang had already been waiting at the door with a group of guards, one of whom looked familiar.

After taking a closer look, even though he was darker and thinner, he still recognized him as Lu Yunzhou, Big Fish's good friend.

Yes, Mo Xiujin suspected him before and asked him to go to Youzhou with the hot air balloon team and hand it over to Mr. Pang.

Shen Dongsu didn't ask about it after that, but now it seems that Mr. Pang likes him very much and keeps him with him.

Mr. Pang is visibly older, but he is in good spirits. Shake a feather fan and imitate Zhuge Liang's dress.

But as far as Dong Su knows, his swordsmanship is very powerful, and his ability to kill people on the battlefield is stronger than that of Jia Si!

Sure enough, a scholar who can stay at the border for a long time cannot do without two brushes.

However, it is said that the early literati were both civil and military. Confucius always reasoned first, then convinced you if you didn't listen, and then reasoned...

After Mr. Pang saluted and said hello, Shen Dongsu hurriedly returned the greeting: "Hello, Mr. Pang, I haven't seen you for a long time. Your style is still the same!"

Mr. Pang's smiling eyebrows twitched. He was really happy that the princess was here. If the princess didn't come, the prince would be able to ask questions out of his ears.

The palace is very large, but it is not as big as the Prince Ling's Mansion in Chang'an. It has winding corridors, pavilions and scenery, front gardens, back gardens, martial arts arena, flower halls, etc.

It doesn’t matter whether you need it or not, you have to have these things anyway. Shen Dongsu has lived in Chang'an for so long that he has never been able to go shopping.

Because deep down in her heart, she doesn't regard it as home, but as a company. What does it have to do with her, no matter how luxurious the company is?

The hot spring villa in Gwangju is also very large and well-equipped with various hot spring pools, greenhouses for growing flowers and vegetables, a pharmacy, etc.

When she was in Guangzhou Villa, she was a part-time worker, and she was still at the bottom without signing a contract. She was cautious every time she went there, for fear of offending the moody King Ling at that time.

The palace in Youzhou is also surprisingly large. The front yard is a martial arts arena, which is like a park square in later generations.

The five-level house has accommodation for guards, staff and officials, a banquet hall, etc.

When she got to the backyard, it was her territory. There were not many flowers and plants, and there were no rockeries or rocks. There was a straw shed for growing vegetables and another empty shed.

There is also a large open space paved with bluestones. The three rooms she lives in include two terraces. The bricks are obviously very thick and have a mezzanine, so they will be very warm in winter.

There are two separate rooms, with a row of large water tanks next to them.

Then there is a large warehouse and a large grain store. Connected by a long corridor are Ling Moxiao's inner study and two small living rooms.

Generally, the room where the mistress meets her servants is located at the three-way moon door connecting the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard. There are three spacious rooms.

The mistress always meets with the stewards and servants here, which is considered her office.

The only thing that can be regarded as a view of the backyard is a wooden corridor built along the wall and planted with climbing plants such as honeysuckle and Lingxiao.

I wonder if it's because his feelings for Ling Moxiao have changed? Or is it because you will live here for a long time in the future?

Anyway, as soon as Shen Dongsu came in, he had the idea that this is my home and I want to decorate it well.

Naturally, Mr. Pang and others were not allowed to enter the backyard. Before Ling Moxiao said a word, she said excitedly:

"This empty shed is for me to try growing herbs, right?"

"The bluestone is for drying herbs, right?"

"Those two rooms are my testing rooms? In case the testing room catches fire, they are separated from other rooms and have extra water tanks."

Her eyes were as bright as the stars on a summer night, and she could not hide the joy in her voice: "You are so interested, Your Majesty, I like this backyard very much."

Ling Moxiao breathed a sigh of relief quietly and said with a chuckle: "Mr. Pang suggested it. He felt that with your temperament, you wouldn't like to serve flowers."

"Does Dong Su think this house is too plain and too spacious?"

Shen Dongsu shook his head and smiled:

"No way! It's just like this. There are too many flowers and plants, rockeries and water diversions. How many maids will be needed to clean them!"

"Besides, I didn't come to Youzhou just for enjoyment. A practical decoration like this would be nice."

Ling Moxiao took her and looked around the entire backyard of the palace to see if there was anything she still needed that could be taken care of.

In the outer courtyard, large troops have already arrived. Jiasi was telling Mr. Pang and others vividly that after they were picked up by the guards, the princess insisted that she felt there was danger ahead.

It turned out that there was really a Tatar ambush ahead!

If it weren't for the princess, how could they have reached Youzhou City so quickly? It's definitely going to be a hard fight.

Mr. Pang smiled the whole time, listening to everyone whispering about the magic of the princess.

From the time the princess married the prince, everything she did was not a big deal that shocked the world!

Our princess is protected by gods!

Mr. Pang also found it incredible how big the change in Jia Si was. This Jia Si used to be a boring gourd, and those who didn't know better thought he was mute!

After following the princess for more than a year, she has become a chatty person.

I heard someone laugh and say: "According to the script, in this situation, the princess is in danger, and the prince rides to the rescue."

"In the midst of thousands of troops, the prince bravely rescued the princess..."

Well, as expected, the popular saying books from ancient times to the present are the same, no matter how smart and capable the heroine is, or how powerful the villain is.

Its function is to cause trouble for the heroine, and then let the hero save her.

But when it came to Princess Ling and Prince Ling, it was completely different from the storybook!

Not only did the princess not need the prince to rescue her, but she also had the imperial army and personal guards who escorted her perform a great service.

More than a hundred Tatars were killed, and only a few dozen of our soldiers were slightly injured.

If the princess is a man, then she will be a lucky general! She is born as a girl, so she is the prince’s lucky star!

When Jia Si heard them comparing their scripts with the princess, he immediately became unhappy:

"The story books are all written by literati. How can the people in the books compare with the princess!"

"The princess herself knows that a gentleman should not stand behind a dangerous wall. He should act within his ability, be clear about his identity, and not do dangerous things to cause trouble for others."

"Then the woman in the book, no matter what her status is, she makes noises every day, goes out without a maid to protect her, and goes wherever there is danger."

"You are said to be a lady, but you haven't done anything a lady should do. Is this comparable to the princess?"

"It's all thanks to the princess that we were able to get to Youzhou so smoothly. The princess always talks about the hard work of the personal guards and the imperial army..."

At this time, Yue Jian said: "When did you read the script?"

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