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

After the "ding ding dang dang" sounds, a series of hurried footsteps were heard, and it seemed that there were quite a few people there.

He Yan was stunned, and when he looked up, he saw a large group of people running out of the cave entrance.

Some were holding vegetables, some were grabbing dumplings, some were holding axes, and some were holding kitchen knives. If there was anything these people had in common, it was that they all wore aprons...

At first glance, it's a bit eye-catching. Has he gone to the kitchen?

"This is..." He Yan rubbed his eyes. He felt that the two people holding the axe and the kitchen knife looked familiar.

Take another look.

"!" He stared at Yu Nanshu with wide eyes and asked in disbelief: "Miss, that's, that's the Earl... and the Lord of the Canal Transport Department?"

But why are they dressed like this? !

Usually, the Earl of Yongning was solemn in the court, showing his majesty in every gesture, which made everyone want to bow down to him. But today, he was wearing an apron and holding a kitchen knife in Tongan County? !

And the normally heroic and unyielding Deputy Commander of the Grand Canal Transport Department, Lord Wei Quewei, was holding an axe in his hand, and his clothes were covered with sawdust? !

Has this world gone mad...

and also!

There was also someone beside Earl Yongning, who was gesturing at him to put down the kitchen knife. He seemed to have seen this person in Shangjing as well...

"Master from the Ministry of Industry?" he murmured.

Seeing him identifying someone, Yu Nanshu spontaneously introduced him, "The one holding the kitchen knife is my grandfather. I guess you know him, right?"

He Yan nodded blankly: "Master, you have a character that you will never forget once you see it..."

When Yu Nanshu heard this, her teeth ached.

She pointed at Wei Que who was throwing the axe to the side and said, "Lord Wei, the deputy governor of the Canal Transport Department, is also staying in Tong'an County for the New Year this year and is chopping wood."

He Yan just nodded blankly.

Yu Nanshu introduced them one by one: "Mr. Liang from the Ministry of Works, Mr. Shen from the Ministry of Revenue, cut the meat and vegetables."

He Yan looked at the two faces that looked more and more familiar.

Even the "weird guy" from the Ministry of Revenue picked up a kitchen knife to cut vegetables in Tongan County? Could he be being held hostage?

Yu Nanshu passed by Fang Ziyan and the others, and extended her hands to introduce Shen Zheng: "That's my sister Shen, the magistrate of Tongan County, the person you're looking for this time! But...didn't you come here last time? Why did you look like you couldn't find the way just now?"

He Yan looked at Shen Zheng who walked to the front row and answered hastily, "I was not in the capital last time, so I was unable to follow you here."

The Lord Shen in front of me...

It's quite different from what I imagined and what other people described.

how to say?

——She doesn’t look like a smart and strategic female official, but more like...

He Yan couldn’t describe what it was like, but when he looked at Yu Shizhang and others, he suddenly understood.

Not only Lord Shen, but the people in front of him, this large group of people, including the Earl of Yongning and Governor Wei, all looked like the countless families he had seen on the road, busy celebrating the New Year... a family.

family?

How could this be...

He Yan didn't understand. It was obvious that where there was power there was struggle. Their Yulin Army was secretly helping the court to resolve those "struggles" that could not be brought to the surface.

He had seen the filthiness of wealthy families, and had also seen friends and relatives drawing swords against each other for power and interests, wishing to kill each other or even prevent them from ever getting back on their feet.

But he had never seen a group of people who had no blood relationship but were like a family, exuding a sense of closeness and trust from the bottom of their hearts.

This made him feel strongly suspicious about what he saw and even the authenticity of his own existence.

These......

Could it be true?

Just as he was at a loss, the woman who was walking towards him quickly became solemn and saluted, saying, "Tong'an County Magistrate, Shen Zheng. Did the soldiers come here this time to ask for instructions from His Majesty?"

The solemn and formal voice brought He Yan's thoughts back to reality.

The woman in front of me...her aura changed.

He paused, then quickly responded, "He Yan of the Imperial Guards, I am here to convey His Majesty's orders. I greet Lord Shen, Lord Bo, Lord Wei, Lord Liang, and Lord Shen."

Shen Zheng listened to his series of greetings, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

With so many officials here, it's really difficult for him.

Just as she was thinking, He Yan took a deep breath: "Your Majesty's oral order--"

"Wow—"

There were people kneeling on the ground in the yard, with their heads lowered, excited and curious, quietly waiting for the emperor's words.

He Yan said loudly: "Your Majesty has ordered that since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been prosperous, the government has been stable, and the people have been harmonious. Shen Qing has made an indelible contribution. Therefore... the Queen Mother's birthday is approaching, and Shen Qing is specially summoned back to the palace to attend the palace banquet. I decree this."

There was silence.

Shen Zheng, who was looking at the cracks in the bricks, suddenly raised her head and looked at He Yan, confirming, "You mean, His Majesty wants me to return to the capital?"

"The oral order has been read. Please stand up quickly, everyone." He Yan didn't dare to endure their kneeling for so long. After they stood up, he said, "That's right. His Majesty also asked you and the Earl to leave early. Don't rush to go and miss the palace banquet."

Yu Shizhang frowned, "Is Ben going too?"

He Yan smiled and said, "Of course you have to go, and it was His Majesty who gave the order himself."

Yu Shizhang didn't seem very happy when he heard this, and murmured, "We have to go back again..."

The next moment he seemed to have thought of something and looked at Shen Zheng who was still in a daze.

fair enough.

If he really let her go back to Beijing alone, he would still be worried.

It took Shen Zheng a long time to come back to her senses, and the first person she looked at was Liang Fu.

Liang Fu was also looking at her.

What they were planning was about to be brought to light, so they really had to speed up the process.

After a brief period of pressure, Shen Zheng fell into a complex emotion again.

Going to Beijing...

She was going to Shangjing, where she could see the prosperity of Shangjing with her own eyes, live in the house that had been rewarded by the emperor, and more importantly... see this wise monarch with her own eyes.

But Shen Zheng also guessed something about the emperor's intention behind this action.

This wise ruler is paving the way for her.

After she entered the capital, she had to be careful in what she said and did, talk less and watch more, so as not to disappoint the emperor's painstaking efforts. And what she had to face was also a brand new, unknown environment full of strange eyes.

When she thought of this, Shen Zheng's heart started pounding, and she felt excited and nervous.

Yu Shizhang thought she was just nervous, so he stepped forward and patted her shoulder, saying seriously, "With Benbo here, we can go and have a good meal, and come back safe and sound, so don't worry."

He Yan looked at the famous Earl of Yongning and comforted Lord Shen as if he were comforting his own junior.

Then he looked at Lord Shen and smiled at Earl Yongning, "With you and His Majesty here, I am not worried, but our glass... really needs to be finished soon."

Glass?

He Yan was puzzled.

What is glass?