I turned the cold palace into a paradise

The drizzle turned into a downpour in the evening, and people were running around in the rain, sharing the joy. It wasn't rain that was falling, it was their lives!

Xiao Yinmo entered the county government's house. Nie Zhiyuan, the magistrate of Xihe City who had been imprisoned in the county government, heard that the prince was coming in person and the guards had been withdrawn, so he immediately came out to greet him in person.

"Your Highness, I, the guilty minister Nie Zhiyuan, greet you! I, the guilty minister, failed to defend Xihe City well..." A thin, dark-skinned man knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

"County Magistrate Nie, please get up quickly. This is not your fault." Xiao Yinmo helped Nie Zhiyuan up. He couldn't believe that a county magistrate would look like this. He looked like a farmer who had worked in the fields for many years.

Li Xiu and others stood behind Xiao Yinmo, touching their noses uncomfortably.

When they entered the city, they encountered resistance from Magistrate Nie. However, because they also heard from the people of Xihe City that Magistrate Nie was a good official, they did not kill him, but only imprisoned him in the county government office.

"Your Highness, the county magistrate is a good man. He often helps us peasants. I have never seen such an official. Please don't blame the county magistrate!"

"Please don't blame the county magistrate! My house is leaking and it was you who fixed it for me."

"The county magistrate is a good official... The fields of the lonely old people in our village are all plowed by the county magistrate and his men..."

The people knelt on the ground and begged for mercy for Nie Zhiyuan. Nie Zhiyuan looked at the people with tears in his eyes. It turned out that the people remembered what he had done...

"Everyone, please stand up quickly. How could I blame Lord Nie? It is Tianchen's honor and hope to have such a good official."

After repeated assurances that Nie Zhiyuan would not be punished, the people slowly left.

Li Xiu and his men bowed deeply to Nie Zhiyuan: "Sir Nie, I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay. You entered the city without bullying the people or robbing their homes. You are still good men!"

"You are joking, sir. I myself come from a poor family, how could I bully them?"

Nie Zhiyuan nodded in satisfaction. Although he had been imprisoned for some time, he did not blame Li Xiu and the others.

"Zhiyuan, long time no see." After they finished talking, Xiao Yinmo spoke with a smile.

"Your Highness...Your Highness...Do you still remember me?" Nie Zhiyuan widened his eyes.

"Your theory of serving the people is still hanging in my study."

"I...I..." Nie Zhiyuan was choked with sobs and couldn't speak.

A few years ago, he was the envied third place winner of the imperial examination. He was full of ambitions. He was also born in a poor family, but he finally reached the top with the efforts of his whole family.

It was only when he became a top scholar in the imperial examination and entered the imperial court that he realized that the common people were struggling to live in poverty, while the court was full of cliques and factions and turned a blind eye to the people.

In a fit of anger, he wrote On Serving the People, which won applause from students all over the world, but also offended officials in the court.

So he, who was originally in the Hanlin Academy, was demoted to Xihe City in the poorest Liangzhou.

He remembered that there were not many people who spoke up for him at that time, including Crown Prince Xiao Yinmo.

He originally thought that the prince was just impulsive. Unexpectedly, he not only remembered him, but also remembered his theory of serving the people. He was overwhelmed with emotions...

In the next few days, Xiao Yinmo and others discussed the planning of several cities with Nie Zhiyuan.

Now that Liangzhou was his fiefdom, he took direct decision to exempt the people in the fiefdom from taxes for three years, allowing them to slowly recover from the natural disaster.

The people knelt outside the county government office and shouted "Long live His Highness".

Xiao Yinmo took people around the city every day to understand the people's demands, and often helped them personally.

Li Xiu, Nie Zhiyuan and others secretly vowed to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seize the throne. Have you ever seen a crown prince who can have fun with the people, eat and live with the people, and help people plow the land?

What? You said he was pretending? Bullshit! Try plowing the land, a job that requires skills. I'm afraid you can't even tell the difference between the grass and the wheat seedlings!

Xiao Yinmo didn't know what they were thinking, he really wanted to help these people. In his previous life, it was these people who gave him their food and children, which allowed him to return to that position.

He will always remember what his mother said when she sent her son to join the army: "Sir, we will have a good life in the future, right?"

This is what he owes them.

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In the evening, after a busy day, everyone followed Xiao Yinmo to the county government office, but were stopped by the people.

"Your Highness, these are the wild vegetable buns that my wife just steamed. Please try them!"

"My Lord County Magistrate, these are the insoles my mother made for you. She said they would make your walking more comfortable!"

"Your Highness, this is the fish I just caught. Take it home and stew it to nourish your body..."

They were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the people, and the guards around them were pushed aside.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince... prepare to die!" A sharp voice sounded like a signal, and suddenly many people dressed in civilian clothes rushed out from all directions, holding swords and attacking.

The man who was originally squeezed behind Xiao Yinmo suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed Xiao Yinmo in the waist.

"Protect the people!" Xiao Yinmo elbowed the man behind him and retreated towards the crowd. He was afraid of getting the people around him in trouble.

Except for Si Cheng's personal guards, everyone else did not bring any weapons because they had to work in the fields.

These assassins dressed as common people were highly skilled in martial arts and there were so many of them that Si Cheng and his men had a hard time defending themselves and were even gradually injured. Xiao Yinmo was originally fighting with the assassins with a hoe, but slowly his body seemed to be drained of strength, and he spit out a mouthful of black blood and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Yun Changgeng and his men rushed over at this time. The situation was reversed in an instant, and the assassins were killed one after another.

Until the last assassin saw that he was no match for his opponent, he bit the poison in his mouth and fell to the ground.

Xiao Yinmo, who had already fallen to the ground, forced himself to give a few instructions before being taken away by Si Cheng and others with anxious looks.

Li Xiu and the others were already frightened. The man who stabbed Xiao Yinmo was his subordinate! He really couldn't explain it clearly even if he had eight mouths!

"It's not me! It's not me!!" Li Xiu explained anxiously.

"I know it's not you. These people are highly skilled in martial arts and don't care about life and death. You can tell at a glance that they are death warriors. You don't have the ability to support death warriors." Yun Qiming patted Li Xiu's shoulder and comforted him.

Li Xiu almost cried. For the first time, he felt that he was looked down upon so much! His Highness was so wise! He was very observant! He thought he was going to die!

"Second brother! This assassin has a mark on his body, indicating that he is a member of the royal family."

"What!!! The royal assassins? Aren't they sent by the current emperor? Oh my God! The emperor wants to kill Your Highness! The previous assassination almost caused Your Highness to lose his life and the throne. Now that Your Highness has just returned, he actually sent people to assassinate Your Highness again! Your Highness is his own elder brother! How can he be so vicious!" Yun Qiming's voice was as loud as a roar.

"Otherwise, why did the world suffer a severe drought when the current emperor ascended the throne when the crown prince was injured and missing? Now that the prince has returned, it has started to rain. What does this mean? It means that what the emperor did was against the will of heaven! Even heaven can't stand it anymore!!" Yun Xingyao also shouted in pain, making sure that everyone around could hear it clearly.

"His Highness is so miserable! He only wants the people in his fiefdom to live a good life and has no intention of competing with the emperor for the throne. Why won't the emperor let His Highness go?"

"..."

Yun Qiming and Yun Xingyao sang in unison at the top of their voices, and the people around them were stunned.

Then the crowd exploded.

"If the emperor is such a person, how can our world be safe in the future?"

"The emperor is unkind, why should we suffer?"

"When the late emperor was alive, the court acted quickly wherever disaster struck. Look at us now, it's been more than a year! We are still like this!"

"With such a monarch, our Tianchen is likely to perish!!" a scholar said sadly.

"Learn the arts of literature and martial arts, and serve the emperor! If I study to serve such an emperor, then I would rather not study!"

"A good person like your Highness should be the emperor!"

"Yes! Your Highness should be the emperor!"

"..."

Yun Changgeng looked at his two younger brothers who stirred up public anger with just a few words. He looked at the second brother with complicated eyes. There were no marks on these people. It was the second brother who did it on purpose. Scholars are too insidious! Never offend the second brother in the future!