Before the house is confiscated, the enemy's warehouse is emptied and exiled

Xiao Mo sat in the carriage, frowning slightly, thinking to himself:

"I wonder what attitude these people have towards me now? Are their lives filled with sorrow?"

However, this issue still needs to be explored slowly, and the same goes for those officials.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Yi and other local officials out of the corner of his eye.

These people appear respectful on the surface, but it is difficult to judge what they are thinking behind this.

Whether they are human or ghosts still needs further observation and verification.

So in this situation, you must be extra careful and cautious in your actions.

As the guard of honor moved slowly forward, the guards who had been passed by the carriage began to line up one after another and followed closely behind the carriage.

Among the people who were originally kneeling on both sides of the road, some brave people took this opportunity to secretly raise their heads and bravely glanced quickly into the carriage.

At this moment, a gentle breeze blew past, causing the gauze curtains of the carriage to flutter slightly. In that instant, many people had the opportunity to see Xiao Heng's true appearance.

Suddenly, the crowd was in an uproar, as if a pot had exploded. People were talking to each other and chattering non-stop.

I heard someone in the crowd speak first:

"Oh my, I heard that the Fifth Prince is the least favored of the old emperor's many sons!

Not only is he physically weak and sickly, but he also has difficulty walking and is a cripple!

Now he's been sent to this remote, desolate place. I don't think he'll last much longer!"

However, before he finished speaking, someone immediately retorted:

"You can't say that, didn't you see what he looked like when he appeared just now?

His face is rosy, his eyes are bright, and he looks energetic and radiant. He doesn't look sick at all!"

At this time, another young woman couldn't help but interrupt and exclaimed in admiration with a face full of fanaticism:

"This fifth prince is so handsome! I heard he just came of age not long ago. If I were lucky enough to marry him, even if it was just to be a small noble, I would have no regrets in my life!"

Upon hearing this, the person next to him rolled his eyes and sneered disdainfully:

"Humph, you're dreaming! Why don't you take a piss and look at your own status and the status of others? It's just wishful thinking!"

The woman from before pouted and muttered unconvincedly:

"How could that be! Isn't it said that the Fifth Prince is in poor health?

In addition, he has a leg disease, so he should not be too picky about marrying a wife and taking a concubine!

How can young girls like us, in our prime, not be worthy of him?"

"Stop talking nonsense here!

Our area has never had any royal relatives or high-ranking officials set foot in it, not to mention that the one coming this time is His Royal Highness the Prince who has been enfeoffed as a prince!

Whether the days ahead will be a blessing or a curse is still uncertain. You still have the leisure to chat here.

If this prince were a person who coveted comfort and indulged in sensual pleasures, then the lives of us ordinary people would probably be much more difficult than they are now!"

"Yes, yes, what can we do?"

"Bah! How dare you openly discuss the king here? If you don't want to shake your head, I still want it! Disperse, disperse!"

"..."

Then, everyone dispersed in disappointment.

……

Soon, Xiao Heng's carriage arrived at the Lingnan Palace.

Zhang Yi, the prefect of Nanhai County, also became visibly nervous.

The reason is simple, it is all about the construction of this palace.

In fact, in Beiling Kingdom, there are no fixed regulations for the construction of royal palaces. As long as their scale and luxury do not exceed the structure of the imperial palace in the capital, no one will interfere.

Those wealthy princes could naturally build their own mansions in an extraordinary and magnificent manner; but if they encountered a prince with limited funds, they could only find ways to make do with what they could.

And this fifth prince is one of the vassal kings who is short of money.

It is said that Zhang Yi learned the news that the fifth prince was about to come to the fiefdom as early as the beginning of this year. Since then, he has been urging the workers to work day and night to build this Lingnan Palace with all his strength.

After intensive construction, the project was finally completed before the arrival of the fifth prince.

But problems also arose with the completion of the palace.

After all, building a royal palace in less than a year is a tight schedule that is really stretching the budget.

What's more, the fifth prince has never been favored by the emperor in the palace, and the funds allocated from the capital for the construction of the prince's palace are pitifully small. It can be said that not even a tael of silver is given.

Normally, when other princely palaces were being built, if the imperial court did not provide sufficient funding, they could rely on funding from their mother clan to fill the gap.

However, the fifth prince's maternal family has no power or status at all, so where would they get the extra money to support him?

Besides, the local financial situation in Lingnan is also a mess.

Although it is not to the point of being penniless and having nothing, it is indeed so poor that I can't even spare a penny.

Therefore, the imperial decree to build the Lingnan Palace was truly like a housewife trying to cook without rice.

However, no matter how unpopular a prince is, he is still a prince, and now he is their vassal king. How can he be neglected?

Therefore, after Zhang Yi lost two clumps of his hair in anxiety, he made up his mind and decided... to leave it to fate!

He built the palace to appear magnificent, and he was betting that the sickly prince, who was a weak character, would not kill him directly.

Anyway, he was short of money, and since the emperor bestowed upon him money and property, he could only act according to that amount.

He watched with trepidation as the fifth prince got off the carriage in a wheelchair, not daring to raise his head, and kept wiping the sweat off his face nervously.

Xiao Heng saw all of this, and seeing this man looking so funny, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

But just a moment later, he quickly reacted and thought to himself:

It seems that there must be some unknown problems in the Lingnan Palace, and he has to take a closer look.

So, his face was as calm as water, and he gestured slightly to Yun Yi behind him, asking him to push him forward.

The first thing that caught their eyes was the towering walls of the palace.

Then, the gate looked even more majestic and domineering, solemn and dignified, revealing the majestic aura that a prince's palace should have, and it looked very good.

However, just when Yun Yi couldn't help but want to open his mouth to praise, Xiao Heng suddenly interrupted:

"Don't be so quick to sigh, let's talk about it after we go in!"