Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Lan Qiyi and his followers walked away in shame.

The two henchmen's fathers weren't high-ranking officials, so after they left, they kept asking him, "Brother Yi, who was that just now? Was he a high-ranking official? Why did he kneel down as soon as you approached him?"

This is really a pot that cannot be opened.

Lan Qiyi stamped his feet in anger, but accidentally hit a numb muscle. He grimaced in the numbness and jumped up holding one of his calves.

The bear-looking henchman took a look and said, "Brother Yi wants to fight cocks?"

After saying that, he immediately picked up a calf, jumped and rushed towards Lan Qiyi.

Lan Qiyi was shocked, but his soles were numb, and he couldn't dodge in time and was knocked to the ground.

"Brother Yi, what's wrong with you today?" The bear-looking henchman glared at him, immediately lowered his legs, and squatted down to hug him. "You used to hide so quickly during the cockfights that I couldn't even touch you. Why didn't you hide today?"

"You, come here..." Lan Qiyi called him with gritted teeth.

As soon as he leaned over, he was slapped hard on the head. Lan Qiyi said viciously, "Don't tell anyone about what happened today, or who you met. Not even your parents. Do you understand? Just pretend we never came to Huiheba!"

"I know, I know. I won't tell anyone, not even Monkey." The bear-looking follower nodded hurriedly and wanted to help him, "Brother Yi, get up first. I'm scared if you sit on the ground..."

......

After Lan Qiyi left, the emperor also wanted to try the spicy tofu pudding.

Just as he was about to call Eunuch Hong, the Queen gently held his hand.

"Master, please eat less spicy food." She smiled and said, "Spicy food can make your eyes dry. You should wait a while before eating."

The emperor rubbed his eyelids subconsciously, "Madam, you are so considerate. I won't eat it then."

Shen Zheng felt a toothache after seeing this, so she picked up the bowl and drank the tofu pudding clean.

Before I knew it, the sun was setting.

As dinner time arrived, there were fewer people on the dam, but these snack stalls remained standing, showing no intention of closing down.

The orange sunset covered the sky, dyeing the flowing river golden.

"Let's go, we've been sitting here long enough." The emperor stood up, looked at the gate not far away, and said to Shen Zheng, "Let's go up and take a look. After we have seen it, this master and my wife...it's almost time to go back home."

Shen Zheng responded and followed them towards the gate.

There is a guardhouse under the sluice gate, and eight people take turns guarding it every day. If you want to reach the sluice gate, you have to pass through the guardhouse.

"Your humble servant greets Lord Shen!" The soldier on duty did not recognize the emperor and empress, but recognized Shen Zheng. When he saw Shen Zheng coming, he immediately opened the door.

Shen Zheng nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

As soon as a few people stepped onto the top of the gate, a gust of evening breeze blew towards them, carrying the fishy smell of river water and the fragrance of rice fields.

Before their eyes were rice fields and rivers stained golden by the setting sun.

The rice has just sprouted ears and has long lost its green color as when it was first planted. The leaves are wide and long, stretching out in layers.

Looking at the endless rice fields, the emperor took a deep breath, as if stating a fact, but also expressing a beautiful hope: "By next year, all the fields outside the capital will be planted with Tongan rice."

What a magnificent scene that would be!

When Shen Zheng withdrew her gaze from the rice fields, the emperor and the queen sat down on the ground, and did not forget to call her: "You sit down too."

After Shen Zheng sat down, Eunuch Hong was so anxious that he kept spinning around in circles.

Even if there was a fence on top of the gate, he couldn't bear to see such a scene!

"When I watched the sunset from the palace before, it was just a sea of ​​gold and red. It's not as vibrant as here," the queen sighed softly, reaching out to brush away her wind-blown hair. "Everyone here has their own way of living, and so do the plants and trees."

The emperor nodded and his gaze gradually shifted into the distance.

He saw farmers walking between the ridges of the fields, saw the smoke curling from the roofs of farmers' houses, saw free birds, and saw his people, all of whom were living their own lives seriously.

The sunset in the palace illuminates the red walls and yellow tiles; while the sunset here illuminates the smoke from cooking fires, smiling faces, and the real world.

After a long time, he finally withdrew his gaze and looked at the opening and closing platform.

"This sluice gate is brilliantly built." As he spoke, his thoughts drifted away. "If cement could be used throughout the rivers of our Great Zhou, the people living along the waterways would no longer have to worry about dam breaches."

The queen leaned against him lightly and whispered, "The wind will blow slowly, and it will eventually arrive."

......

The setting sun hid half of itself underground.

The evening breeze picked up again, the rice waves undulated, and the last wisp of smoke from the cooking stove not far away gradually faded.

The owners of the snack stalls at the foot of the dam began to pack up their things. The setting sun stretched their shadows very long, which gradually overlapped with the shadow of the dam and flowed slowly on the river.

The emperor stood up, took a deep breath, and then slowly said, "Let's go, it's time to go back."

He turned around first, but his steps were much slower than when he came.

The Queen slowly followed his footsteps, and as she passed by Shen Zheng, she sighed softly, "It would have been nice if you could have stayed a little longer."

After saying that, she chuckled and shook her head, as if she was laughing at her own little girl's nature.

After staying for a moment, she would think about the next moment, but she and the emperor did not belong here after all.

The hem of her skirt swept across the corner of the stairs, and she finally went down the gate, step by step.

Even when they reached the bottom of the dam and boarded the carriage, the emperor and empress still lifted the curtain and looked at the lantern on the top of the gate that was gradually moving away.

Soon, the lantern shrank into a tiny dot of light and finally disappeared completely into the night. Only then did they lower the curtains.

The carriage fell silent, leaving only the sound of the wheels rolling over the road.

After a long while, the Queen leaned against the car window and whispered, "I shouldn't have stopped you from eating spicy tofu pudding."

If they had eaten it, would their memories of the suburbs of Beijing have been enhanced?

The emperor stroked his sleeves with his fingertips, suppressed his emotions, and said with a smile, "Didn't the Queen eat the candy figurine, too?"

There's a small difference between the two of them, so if you do the math, they're even.

The Queen gently rubbed her slightly sore eyes and suddenly laughed: "Then... next time, will I accompany Your Majesty?"

"I eat spicy tofu pudding, and the queen eats candied rabbit."

The reluctance in their hearts turned into expectation, just like the water flowing upstream turning and flowing into the Huihe River.

Looking forward to the next trip out of the palace.

......

The sun rose in the east and set in the west, and in the blink of an eye, it was the seventh day after the Ministry of Works submitted the report.

This day was also the last day that the Cui Mansion was closed - everyone in the mansion was vaccinated with cowpox. After the observation period, Prime Minister Cui could go to court, and everyone in the mansion could go out and see people.

During the observation period of several days, Prime Minister Cui remained bedridden and refused to see any "guests".

And no matter how many times he counted, the "guest" who "visited" him at Noteng Mansion was actually only Xu Zhijie.

Xu Zhijie visited Cui Xiang every day at noon. After learning that Cui Xiang was still unwell, he would leave a message saying "I will come again tomorrow" and then leave.