Born a phoenix? The husband I picked up is the young emperor

Chapter 1849

The official post house with blue bricks and black tiles had already been cleaned by the yamen runners, and the newly hung gilded lanterns under the eaves were swaying in the north wind.

Zhu Zhaochang, the magistrate of Gongcheng County, knelt in front of the stone steps with his deputy county magistrate, chief clerk and other subordinates, the hems of their official robes covered with snow and mud.

"Your Highness, the Princess!" He rested his forehead on the back of his blue, frozen hand, his voice trembling with the white breath he exhaled. "Your Highness, the Princess ...

"County Magistrate Zhu," Shi Anxia stepped down from the sedan chair on a brocade cushion, her black fox cloak sweeping across the stone steps covered with a thin layer of snow. She turned around and stood still, looking down from above, "The welcoming banquet will be cancelled. Within two hours, I will meet with the prefect, the judge, and the garrison general of Lingzhou. Go and pass the message quickly, don't delay."

At dusk, several officials named gathered at the Enyi Inn in Gongcheng. Among them, the Lingzhou prefect was Wu Hongbo, who was exiled from Beijing.

This man was originally the Minister of Rites. One day, he was summoned to the palace by Emperor Mingde in the middle of the night and made to kneel outside the imperial study. He was then transferred out of the capital along with two other officials.

The other two officials were Zhuo Qiran’s brother-in-law, Wang Chengyou, the former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue; and Lu Shiliang, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

These three were also the ones who instigated the poisoning of Emperor Heng of Liang in the previous life. They were banished early in this life, which was related to this.

It was only after Wu Hongbo became the prefect of Lingzhou that he realized he was being valued.

It turns out that he was the vanguard of Emperor Mingde! He was the one who led the expedition for His Majesty!

No wonder he was transferred away from the capital!

Before Tiema City was occupied by Wan State, it belonged to Lingzhou. Now that Beiyi has recovered the lost territory, it naturally belongs to Lingzhou as well.

Wu Hongbo looked at the princess with particular affection, "Your Highness, please forgive us for being late."

Shi Anxia glanced at this minister who was considered a loyal minister in his previous life but did bad things, and then looked at Bei Hui.

The latter understood and immediately took out a gilded box carved with dragons, took out a roll of imperial edict with bright yellow cloud patterns, raised his hands high above his eyebrows, and stood solemnly aside.

"Here is the imperial decree." Shi Anxia's voice was cold.

The officials knelt on the ground in panic. Bei Hui slowly unfolded the imperial edict and showed it to the officials, but always kept a distance of three feet.

The four large cinnabar characters "奉天承运" sparkled brightly on the silk.

After a moment, Bei Hui took the imperial edict and solemnly put it back into the box.

Shi Anxia said, "Lingzhou is now my fiefdom. I hope everyone will work together to help all the people in the newly recovered cities overcome their difficulties. Especially..."

She cast a cold gaze on Wu Hongbo's head, "My Lord Prefect, have you ever heard that there is no medicine or doctor in Tiema City? If the common people catch a cold, they will be killed."

How does this official serve as a parent official?

Wu Hongbo wiped his sweat, "Princess, calm down! Princess, you don't know, Lingzhou is not a wealthy place. In many places, the land is poor and there is not enough food. Places like Tiema City at least have food and supplies allocated by the court, but other places...ah...Princess, you don't know the dire situation."

He also wants to achieve something, but a good cook cannot cook without rice, and he is not a god!

Shi Anxia frowned, and her eyes just happened to pass by Lord Wu's temples. She found that Lord Wu, who had lived a life of luxury in the capital, had already turned gray in such a short period of time.

I couldn't help but soften my voice, "Everyone, get up. Now is not the time to blame each other. Let's discuss the matter first and solve the urgent problem at hand."

For the next three days, the bells of the Lingzhou government office never stopped ringing. Post horses crushed the morning frost, and officials shuttled back and forth. The state government, which had been silent for many years, actually showed a bit of wartime atmosphere.

Half a month later, when the mountains should have been closed due to heavy snow, a black line still continued to meander on the official road - that was the path torn open in the snow by the soldiers of the north wing with shovels and flesh and blood.

The soldiers took turns to fight. The blood marks on their frozen palms dyed the shovel handles ochre, but no one stopped.

One after another, horse-drawn carriages covered with oilcloths struggled to move along the snowy road, and the ruts were soon covered by new snow.