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What made Shen Dongsu feel bored was that she didn't want to care about the beauties sent by Chang'an, but those beauties had no intention of letting her go.

According to Yuejian, ever since they were brought to the refugee office and informed of the Youzhou laws, none of them have surrendered and they have been clamoring for the Empress Dowager's decree.

Not letting them enter Prince Ling's mansion was because Princess Ling was jealous. Not respecting the Queen Mother's order was unfilial.

Shen Dongsu couldn't understand, you are so eloquent, why do you insist on being a man's concubine?

These noble ladies from Chang'an are more difficult to deal with than those from the north, as they are used to being superior.

There is another mentality: I am a lady from the capital, and the Queen Mother has decreed that Princess Ling is just a peasant girl, so she should curry favor with us.

Yue Jian was very angry. According to her temper, she would have taken them all back to Chang'an or thrown them into the hard labor team and not cared about their lives.

Shen Dongsu knew that people in Chang'an were watching closely. This matter was not a big deal, but it was too embarrassing. If the emperor issued an imperial decree later, it would be even more troublesome.

After thinking for a while, she asked, "What is Chen Xingyao doing recently?"

Yue Jian was stunned. What about these crazy women? Why did the princess mention that idiot?

"He is really serious about doing the basic work points, and is even willing to open up wasteland and become a farmer in order to get naturalized in Youzhou as soon as possible."

"Well, I heard from Chen Luoxue that he had privately asked Mr. Pang to let him pass the exam to enter the Wanshu Pavilion, so that he could directly get registered. Mr. Pang gave him a test paper, and he failed it."

Shen Dongsu laughed, which meant that Mr. Pang politely refused.

"Didn't he want to join the army?"

"I went there and applied to the navy, but was rejected by Lord Shen."

Shen Dongsu was amused. As an imperial envoy, he was neither talented in literature nor in martial arts when he came to Youzhou, and could only earn a household registration by doing basic work points.

"He really doesn't want to go back to Chang'an?"

Yue Jian curled his lips: "He said that if he goes back like this, he will definitely be beaten to death by his father."

Shen Dongsu said with a smile: "If he had been more thoughtful and told me about these noble ladies in advance, I would have made amends for his sins with this trip."

"But he has delivered several imperial decrees to Youzhou, but not once has he done a satisfactory job!"

"Tell him that I have another mission for him. Take good care of these noble ladies. I will send those who want to return to Chang'an back to Chang'an. Those who want to stay in Youzhou City must follow Youzhou law."

"After the matter is accomplished, I will not only allow him to be registered as a resident of Youzhou, but also give him an official title."

The matter of conferring an official title had been discussed a long time ago, but as mentioned before, this person's work always makes people dissatisfied, so he doesn't dare to mention it now, and Shen Dongsu doesn't want to confer the title either, so it has been delayed.

With Chen Xingyao taking over these noble ladies, they did behave themselves for a few days, mainly because they felt that Chen Xingyao was on their side.

After all, compared to the Queen of Nong, the Chen family, as the head of the aristocratic family, will of course help them.

This situation was broken again when Ling Moxiao went to the refugee camp. In fact, he went with several generals to walk the route of the army's triumphal parade around the city.

Because Dong Su said that he wanted to let these soldiers who went on the northern expedition tour around the city and give them the highest honors to make up for the regret of not returning to Chang'an to meet the emperor.

Of course, Ling Moxiao felt that no one thought this was a pity. Like him, the soldiers did not want to go to Chang'an.

But Dong Su just felt a little guilty towards the soldiers. No matter whether they were civil officials or military generals, viewing all the flowers in Chang'an in one day and being rewarded by the emperor were the honors they pursued all their lives.

Although she couldn't go to Chang'an, she had to use the highest etiquette to welcome these soldiers in Youzhou.

Then it was said that Prince Ling passed by the refugee office and thought that he had not been in Youzhou for two years. Since he was here, he naturally wanted to go in and take a look.

Moreover, the refugee area has changed a lot, from a temporary camp to eight blocks. The hall of the official institution is even bigger than the county government in the past.

The personal guards informed Prince Ling in advance that Prince Ling was coming, and all the officials got into action, notifying everyone that at least the streets had to be cleaned and the public toilets cleaned.

But when these words reached the ears of the noble ladies, they interpreted it as "Prince Ling has come personally to pick them up to take them to the palace"!

Princess Ling disobeyed the imperial order and detained them in this hellish place. They had no way to complain. Fortunately, Prince Ling came!

As long as His Majesty looks at us, I don’t believe that He can resist not accepting us.

The peasant girl was born in a humble family. She had been exposed to the wind and sun at the frontier for so many years and had given birth to a child. She was pretty before, but now she is an old woman.

The ladies rushed to put on makeup and comb their hair and put on their most beautiful clothes. Although there were no maids or nannies, they had to do everything by themselves, which was really a hectic and chaotic scene.

Chen Xingyao tried feebly to persuade them not to rashly go out to see Prince Ling, as Prince Ling was not there to pick them up.

If you want to gain a foothold in Youzhou, you have to listen to Princess Ling!

Of course the ladies didn't believe it! The survival rules they learned in Chang'an were incompatible with Youzhou City. But they didn't think they were wrong. It was obviously Princess Ling who acted willfully!

Look at this world, not to mention a prince, any man with a little status or position has three wives and four concubines!

She is so narrow-minded that she refused to let the prince accept the noble lady from the Northern Territory who came to her before. Now she even refuses to obey the Queen Mother's order.

Accompanied by officials from the Refugee Affairs Office, Ling Moxiao toured the newly built refugee district. He heard that after the city expansion, the refugee area would be relocated to the outer city, and this area would then be converted into a school district.

The princess seemed to have planned this long ago, so the roads in the refugee area were built very wide and the houses were all two-story buildings, neatly arranged and orderly.

Public facilities, such as large halls, public toilets, public baths, welfare communities, and central parks, were all well built, sweeping away the cramped, dirty, and messy conditions of the early refugee areas.

The Welfare Commune was converted from an early militia shop and is now a formal institution dedicated to the exchange of goods for refugees using public funds.

At the same time, they purchase small handicrafts made by refugees at low prices, which is one of the biggest benefits Youzhou gives to the lower-class refugees.

Ling Moxiao was watching intently, praising his wife constantly in his heart, saying that she had such a comprehensive control over Youzhou!

At this moment, several women with delicate makeup and beautiful clothes suddenly rushed out from an alley. Some of them were smiling shyly, some were in tears, and some were shouting with grievances on their faces:

"Your Majesty! You have finally come to pick me up."

The guards immediately drew their swords and rushed forward, thinking it was just an assassin. After Aunt Shi's assassination attempt, she hid in the refugee area, so the guards were particularly sensitive to the refugee area.

Fortunately, Chen Xingyao ran fast and rushed to the front and shouted, "Don't do it, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

Those noble ladies had already collapsed on the ground. The moment the guards drew their swords, their murderous intent was undisguised. If they took another step closer to Prince Ling, the sword would definitely fall on their necks.

Some of the timid ones were already lying on the ground, shaking.

Seeing Chen Xingyao, Ling Moxiao narrowed his eyes and asked angrily, "What's going on? What are you ordering these women to do?"

Chen Xingyao:......

I am wronged!

After listening to Chen Xingyao's explanation, Ling Moxiao sneered and asked the woman who ran the closest and was dressed the most gorgeously, "Where is the Queen Mother's edict?"

The gorgeous woman hurriedly pulled it out from her sleeve tremblingly and said, "Your Majesty, please look, I am the concubine given to you by the Queen Mother, Lu."

Ling Moxiao raised his eyebrows. Lu family? Isn't the Lu family still alive? The Queen Mother has also taken great pains to help her family rise!

He took the imperial edict, but did not open it. Instead, he threw it into the air, then drew out the steel knife that Shen Dongsu had given him, and with a few slashes, the imperial edict turned into snowflakes and fell on the noble ladies.

Then Ling Moxiao said in a cold voice: "The Queen Mother thought of the hard work of the princess in giving birth to twins, so she granted you to be maids to serve the princess."

"The princess is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see you become slaves, so she ordered you to earn work points here to be registered as a resident. But you are ungrateful and even dare to cause trouble!"

"Today, I will ask you one question in person: do you want to be tattooed and become a slave, or do you want to earn work points and become a resident?"

The ladies turned pale and were terrified. They didn't expect that seeing Prince Ling would not only not make the situation better, but make it worse.

Not only can she not be a concubine, the imperial decree is gone, but she will also be tattooed and classified as a slave?

Mrs. Lu immediately screamed wildly, "I want to go back to Chang'an! I want to see the emperor! Prince Ling destroyed the imperial edict in the street, it's unfilial!"

Ling Moxiao moved his hand, and a personal guard stepped forward and pinched Lu's chin. With a click, her jaw was dislocated and she whimpered and could not speak.

"What do you think my Youzhou is? Can you come and go as you please?"

"Since you have been given to the princess as slaves by the Queen Mother, your life and death are in the princess's hands."

Chen Xingyao hurried forward to plead: "Your Majesty, please calm down. They are new to Youzhou and don't know the rules. Please allow me to teach them for a while before serving the princess."

Ling Moxiao snorted coldly, "No need! You can't teach them how to behave if they don't know the rules. Send them all to the outer city reclamation team, and Sir Chen should go with them."

"If you dare to do it again, you will all be executed!"

Chen Xingyao: ...I am so unlucky to have met you two black-hearted couple!

Princess Ling doesn't treat me as an official, but Prince Ling simply doesn't treat me as a human being!

Yue Jian told Shen Dongsu about this, and at the same time apologized to Shen Dongsu for not settling these noble ladies properly and angering the prince.

Shen Dongsu asked with a smile: "Are you really going outside the city to open up wasteland?"

"Yes, Lord Chen is leading the team himself. In fact, if they can be more obedient like Chen Luoxue, they will have a place to stay in Youzhou."

Shen Dongsu sighed, "Didn't Chen Luoxue and Xie Qingzhi also wake up after suffering a few losses? Let's see if these Chang'an noble ladies will wake up."

What she was worried about was that Ling Moxiao destroyed the imperial edict in the street. She wondered if the empress dowager would go crazy if this news got back to Chang'an.

However, she felt that people in Chang'an were definitely waiting to see Prince Ling fail to conquer Goryeo in a year and then return to Chang'an to apologize.

Therefore, no matter what extraordinary things Prince Ling did this year, in their view, they were all the roar of incompetence and the fight of a trapped beast, so the emperor should not pursue such trivial matters.

Of course, if he really investigates the matter and personally issues an imperial decree to grant Ling Moxiao the title of concubine, then we will accept it!

All of them were sent to open up wasteland and herd sheep when they arrived. Your lady did not come alone, but with a group of people, including servants, guards, maids and so on. They are all talented people in Youzhou.

Shen Dongsu deliberately kept Chen Xingyao and those noble ladies in the city for a few days. She wanted them to participate in the ceremony to welcome the soldiers who were going to the Northern Expedition.

The day before the ceremony, Prince Ling went out of the city and camped outside the city with his soldiers. Tomorrow he will personally lead the entire army back to the city.

It was snowing heavily the day before, but unexpectedly the next day not only was the weather clear, but the sun came out. People all said that it was a blessing from God and were grateful for the hard work of the soldiers.

The whole city was on holiday on this day, and even people outside the city held flags or banners of their own towns and stood on both sides of the streets in teams based on their towns.

Shen Dongsu specially arranged for the military families to stand in the front and also arranged for a group of military children to present flowers.

Take off the blood-stained armor and receive the bright flowers from your children.

The child sees faith and honor in his father and will proudly tell everyone that this hero is my father.

And the father who returns home covered in blood will see hope and future in his children.

When he was on the expedition, his family was doing well. His children were studying and learning martial arts, and they were well fed, warmly dressed, and growing strong.

Youzhou City is a place that can bring him honor and a place where his family can live in peace.

They fought for two years to protect their homes.

Because many soldiers were refugees earlier, Shen Dongsu felt that these rituals could make them feel more belonging to the city of Youzhou.

She made tens of thousands of medals of honor made of pure gold, silver or bronze, and all the returning soldiers received medals.

The families of soldiers who died on the battlefield were also awarded medals.

Those who had no family members were engraved in the Temple of Martial Arts and worshipped by the people of Youzhou.

The name of each of them will be remembered through the ages, and each of them is a hero.

Outside the north city gate, the soldiers who stayed behind in Youzhou played the Qin King's Battle Song. Amid the war song, Ling Moxiao and a group of generals, wearing silver armor, rode on war horses.

Slowly entering the north gate, followed closely by a large army holding military flags.

No one was left behind, even the fireman followed the team into the city.

It was not like Chang'an, where only generals and some soldiers could enter the city, while most of the troops remained outside the city.

Among the onlookers, those who saw their families cried for joy and shouted excitedly to the crowd.

He shouted to the people around him: "That's my son! Look, that's my son!"

"The one riding the red horse is my brother! My brother left the city as an infantryman, and now he's a cavalryman!"

Walking in the middle were wounded soldiers, some with missing legs and using crutches, some with broken hands, some who were blind, and some who were missing ears.

But they all stood up straight and didn't fall behind at all.

Originally, the general did not recommend that they take part in the celebration, but Prince Ling said that as long as the soldiers were able to walk and were willing to take part in the celebration, they could join the team.

Seeing them, the people cheered with tears in their eyes. But it was good to have them back!

Because in the team before them, every member held a military flag with soldier tags hanging on it, and each soldier tag represented a soldier who was unable to return home.

He remained forever in that land of northern Xinjiang, and the only thing he could bring back for burial was this plaque.

The soldier card makes a bell-like sound in the wind, as if expressing the joy of returning home.

Even if they die on the battlefield and are buried in a foreign country, their heroic souls will return to their hometown to bless it forever.

The team arrived at the big square, where Shen Dongsu and all the city officials were waiting with the twins.

This time, Dabao also shouted clearly: "Daddy!"

The hero riding on the big horse is my father!