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

Two days later.

With the Empress Dowager's birthday still five days away, the outside world was bustling with activity, but Jingzhao Prefecture was getting busier by the day.

As more and more people came to Beijing, public security naturally became worse and people had to be posted everywhere to watch over it.

But this actually doesn’t matter. As long as Yin Zheng is in charge, everything will be in order.

But in the past two days, their Yin Zheng was invited to the Dali Temple to help. It was said that the Minister of Justice, Lord Luo, was also invited to the Dali Temple.

This makes things weird.

This "request" from the Dali Temple brought together the heads of Jingzhao Prefecture, the Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Justice.

What is this called?

Three judges hold a joint trial!

The three courts will hold a joint trial, and only major and important cases will be tried.

So...although everything seemed peaceful in Shangjing, something was happening secretly!

Upon hearing the news, almost all officials in the capital tightened their belts and tried to find out the inside story, fearing that they would be implicated.

But some people were really frightened and could not run or stay, so they had to stay in their mansions and spend every day like a year.

He didn't expect that.

Yu Shizhang was not dead, it was just Shen Zheng, but the emperor actually dispatched the three courts.

--no!

He couldn't sit still and wait for death.

Some careful people also noticed that when the Ministry of Rites was extremely busy receiving foreigners, the Vice Minister of Rites Lin Zhaohe also disappeared, and with him disappeared the loud-mouthed General Zhongwu.

The storm is coming and the wind is filling the building.

......

The Gentiles come to celebrate the birthday, not to go to jail.

Therefore, including the Huns, they all had a certain degree of freedom. As long as they did not leave Shangjing City, they could wander around the streets and alleys of Shangjing freely. It was unpredictable whether anyone would follow them or not.

Moreover, the delegation came to celebrate the birthday, but they brought more than just gifts.

Along with the gifts, foreign merchant caravans also entered the borders of the Great Zhou.

The caravan followed far behind the delegation. Although the delegation had no obligation to protect them, the presence of the delegation in front formed a natural safety barrier, and the bandits dared not attack.

As a result, there are more and more new things to see in Beijing in recent days.

In Xiheng Street, there are many new stalls selling all kinds of spices, accessories and textiles, which makes people feel confused.

There were even handsome men and beautiful women with high noses and big eyes, twisting their waists and spinning around, dancing for everyone to see!

“It’s so embarrassing!”

There was a dance mat in the center of the makeshift stage. On it, a male dancer was wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt with narrow sleeves, revealing a large area of ​​his chest, and long trousers and leather boots, showing his masculine heroism.

The female dancers are dressed similarly to the male dancers, also wearing short clothes with narrow sleeves, but the color of the clothes is red, and they also have a leather belt around their waists with small bells on it. As they dance, the bells jingle, which is quite rhythmic.

Below the stage, the women pretended to cover their eyes, but in fact they were appreciating the performance. “Both men and women were dancing, like… the warm summer wind, so special.”

"It would be nice if the men of our Great Zhou could dance too..."

"You, you are not a faithful wife!"

"Did we see you?"

"Yes, if you have the guts, go up and dance for everyone!"

"You guys are enjoying watching such immoral things. It's really disgraceful! I hear you guys keep calling him Lord Shen. If Lord Shen were really here, do you think she would be with you?"

"Just keep talking about the matter, why did you drag Lord Shen into this?"

"It's immoral and insulting, how ridiculous! You men are only allowed to drink and have sex, but we women are not allowed to watch people dancing? If Lady Shen were really here, maybe she would watch with us!"

There was a quarrel going on under the stage, but it did not affect the dancers' interest at all.

They even used the sound of their quarrel as background music, dancing faster and faster, with bigger and bigger steps.

Not far from the crowd, Shen Xingjian looked up at the stage with his face unchanged.

The sounds of people quarreling continued to fall into his ears, and he was actually thinking.

——If Shen Zheng was really here, she would probably be watching with joy.

But she...

Where is it?

At some point, a tall man stood next to Shen Xingjian.

The man had deep facial features and eyes of a special color. His long hair was braided, with two small braids falling disobediently on his chest. He also wore a lot of accessories on his ears and neck that sparkled silver in the sunlight.

He tilted his head slightly and asked Shen Xingjian in poor Da Zhou dialect: "Is the mud red?"

Shen Xingjian frowned, his eyes fell into the other person's deep blue eyes, "Do we know each other?"

"No..." The other party smiled and shook his head, and asked in a familiar manner: "Master Shen, who is it?"

"..."

Shen Xingjian looked at the other person strangely, then turned and left.

......

On May 2, the 24th year of Mingyou, the empress dowager's birthday, the emperor ordered a 10% tax reduction and the whole country celebrated.

The birthday banquet was held in the evening at the Yongshou Palace. The imperial palace had a large population, and there were many people of status who could hold birthday banquets. Therefore, the late emperor specially built the Yongshou Palace to hold birthday banquets.

Since a few days ago, countless palace maids and eunuchs have been shuttling back and forth in Yongshou Palace, hanging lanterns and moving flowers.

The emperor himself did not like to celebrate his birthday, but he loved to hold birthday banquets for the empress dowager.

When the Empress Dowager was sixty years old, a grand celebration was held. After that, she started to take people out of the palace for a long journey for the first time, and it was rare for her to write to the Emperor for half a year.

Since the Queen Mother returned, the Emperor had been secretly worried, so he came up with an idea - to hold a birthday banquet.

The birthday girl must be present on the day of the birthday banquet, right? Even if the empress dowager is traveling far away, she should rush to the capital since the time is almost up, right?

In this way, he could see the Queen Mother again.

But what he didn’t expect was that even if there was a birthday party, the birthday boy really wouldn’t come back.

The birthday boy would even write a letter to scold him.

Scold him for being extravagant and wasteful, and for looking for trouble.

But what's wrong with him paying for the birthday party out of his own pocket?

He's just a kid missing his mother.

——We will do it again next year.

......

Changle Palace.

The Queen Mother was somewhat unhappy.

"He urges me when I'm outside, but won't come to see me when I return to the palace. What has the emperor been doing these days?"

Nanny Chang's hands paused as she served the dishes. She looked up and smiled, "Your Majesty loves you the most. You must have been busy for the past two days since you haven't come. How about I bring some soup to Your Majesty?"

"No need." The Queen Mother picked up the spoon and took a sip. "He doesn't need a drink. By the way, when did Shen Zheng arrive in Shangjing? Did she come to the palace to report? How come I didn't hear any news?"

The smile on Nanny Chang's lips froze, but fortunately the Empress Dowager lowered her head to drink the soup and did not notice.

She smiled and patted her head. "I have been so busy these past few days that I have not yet inquired about Lord Shen's news. You will be able to see Lord Shen at the banquet tonight."

After that, she continued: "I heard that the Queen Mother gave Lord Shen a set of female official uniforms, as well as jade ornaments carved by Master Changsun. Tonight, I want to take a good look at them..."

"Chang Rong." The Queen Mother interrupted her and said, "Are you and the Emperor hiding something from me?"