Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

As the emperor expected, when he first proposed to build a temple, more than half of the officials opposed it. But after he explained that only one would be built in the capital and that a statue of the god and goddess would be worshipped by those who had done good deeds, the voices of opposition decreased by half. The few who opposed to the end could not stand the words "You want to be the enemy of good deeds" and compromised.

Oh, what made them become enemies with Ji De? Even if they were honest officials and did not have much property, they could not stand the reality that Ji De emptied all their property to the point that even mice passing by would shake their heads. After all, they are human beings and need grains, clothing, food, shelter and transportation.

After the court session, people from the Ministry of Works received the order to build the Temple of the Goddess and went to select a site and conduct surveys.

Yan Yiyi and Xin Ye were a little surprised to hear that the construction of the Goddess Temple would start so quickly. They thought it would take a few days! They didn't expect the emperor to be so proactive. As partners, they were very satisfied.

So, that night, the two of them quietly boarded a flying vehicle, left the capital and returned to Dashan Village.

As for recognizing relatives... Yan Yiyi said that she hasn't thought about it yet and will just let nature take its course.

Half a month later, after the emperor had arranged his affairs, he left the capital in a low-key manner, taking his personal guards and secret guards with him.

There was no urgent matter, and the emperor walked very slowly along the way. He was indeed traveling incognito to understand the people's sentiments. If he encountered some injustices on the way that did not involve officials, he dealt with them on the spot.

When he encountered an official doing evil, he would immediately leave the area and leave his trusted guards to deal with it. When other people reacted and wanted to pay a visit to the emperor, the emperor would have been nowhere to be found.

Therefore, everyone knew that the emperor was traveling incognito, but there were only a handful of people who could actually track his whereabouts, including hidden agents of other countries.

There were many attempts on the emperor's life along the way, but most of them were dealt with by the secret guards, and he also suffered some minor injuries.

But in order to find out about his sister, he did not give up halfway. He also wanted to use himself as bait. After all, he had already come out, and he couldn't waste this rare opportunity.

Although the emperor had no urgent business, he had a first destination - Guyang County.

It usually takes about a month for ordinary people to travel from the capital to Guyang County, but it took the emperor and his entourage nearly three months to reach Liangguan County, as it was already late summer. In about another month, it would be the harvest season.

The emperor planned to go to Dashan Village to see the sweet potato production area with his own eyes, to see what the differences were between the sweet potatoes there and those in the capital, and why the per-acre yield of sweet potatoes in Dashan Village was always higher than that in the capital.

In addition, he had another purpose - to give a surprise to his good friend and minister Hua Murong.

"Ha--chiu!" Hua Murong sneezed loudly, rubbed her nose, and continued to deal with official documents.

"Brother, are you catching a cold?" Xin Ye walked in with a lunch box, and skillfully walked to the side to take out food from the lunch box.

Hua Murong knew that Xin Ye had arrived without looking up. She decisively stopped what she was doing, put down the brush, stood up and walked aside to wash her hands, then walked back to look at the three dishes and a bowl of rice on the table.

"Oh~ We have roast duck today!" Hua Murong's eyes lit up and she couldn't help swallowing.

Thinking of his wife begging for roast duck, Xin Ye couldn't help but curl his lips: "Well, my wife wants to eat it."

Hua Murong choked and suddenly felt that the roast duck was not so fragrant anymore, but she was still very happy in her heart and became more and more satisfied with her brother-in-law.