As the New Year approaches, more and more people come and go to the capital, and the city gates are bustling with people from morning to night.
That evening, a small oil-walled car squeezed into the crowd inconspicuously, waiting to enter the city.
In the carriage, Liu Xier couldn't help but lift up the curtain a little and looked outside.
The capital is still the same capital, but its appearance is completely different from when they left.
The guards guarding the gate were all tall and straight, with their armor, swords and guns polished. They looked serious, but their attitude was not rude at all. They were extremely courteous when meeting the old and the weak, but if someone disrupted the order, they would be punished mercilessly.
Find it out.
Liu Xi'er's admiration arose spontaneously in her heart.
No one knows, but after seeing the appearance of the Yan family’s army, I realized how unsightly the imperial army was in the past. This is what it feels like under the emperor’s feet!
While she was getting excited, she heard Concubine Liu Xian scolding her: "Don't put it down yet! Are you so anxious that you can't bear it for a moment? What if someone recognizes us?"
Liu Xi'er quickly lowered the car curtain, turned around and explained in a low voice: "Aunt, I just want to see what the capital is like now and see if it's okay to enter the city."
Concubine Liu Xian snorted softly and continued to close her eyes to rest.
Liu Xier breathed a sigh of relief. There was no progress on her cousin's side, and her aunt's temper was getting worse. She had to be careful.
After waiting for a while, the people in line next to them stamped their feet and complained: "How long will this take? It's so cold that everyone is stiff."
The people behind were probably bored, so they added, "Brother, you've never been to the capital before, right? This is already very fast. Before, when King Zhao didn't come, it would have been slow. People lined up from early morning to late at night."
The person next to him responded: "This is indeed the first time for a certain family to come to the capital. They have been doing business in the Chu region before. I heard that the capital has been pacified and there are great business opportunities now, so I came over to take a look."
"Hey, brother, you are right this time. King Zhao has issued a decree that in order to restore people's livelihood, all commercial taxes will be halved, and no toll tax will be collected. You will definitely make a lot of money with your truck."
Everyone in business likes to hear good things. The man next to him laughed and said, "Thank you for your good advice."
The two talked about business for a while, and suddenly someone in the team fainted, causing a small commotion. The city gate official rushed over and carried the fainted person to a shed nearby. When he found that he had fainted from the cold, he
Ask the servant to give him hot water.
At this time, a four-horse carriage drove towards the city gate surrounded by sergeants. The decoration of the carriage could not be said to be very gorgeous, but the posture was not ordinary at first glance.
The city gate official should have recognized the carriage and immediately led it to another unoccupied passage, stepped forward to check the talisman, and then moved out of the way, but the carriage did not move.
"What happened over there?" A girl came out and asked.
Seeing her looking towards the shed, the city gate officer quickly replied: "The weather is too cold, and someone has fainted from the cold. Please rest assured, Princess, I have ordered someone to treat her. It's not a serious problem."
The girl went back into the car and whispered a few words, then came out again and said: "The princess said that the imperial court reduced taxes to enjoy the happiness of the people, and it was not the original intention to make the people suffer. The weather is so cold that even the young and strong cannot
Bear with it, you set up a pot at the city gate to cook ginger soup, and anyone can come and drink it for free, so that the people can feel His Majesty's grace."
The city gate official's solemn voice should be: "I humbly obey my command."
The carriage stopped stopping and slowly drove away after passing the city gate.
All the people at the city gate heard these words and thanked him profusely in the direction the carriage left.
Liu Xi'er heard someone ask in surprise: "Which princess is this? Can she actually command the imperial army?"
The person in line behind them said in a calm tone: "This is Princess Yong'an. I heard that she is in charge of the military affairs of the Forbidden Army. Of course she can command the Forbidden Army."
"Princess Yong'an? Which family is she from? Can women also be in charge of military affairs?"
"Why, haven't you heard?" The man said in a boastful tone, "Princess Yong'an is Miss Xu San! The one who regained Chu Di."
There are many people who know this, especially the businessman from Chu region next to him, who looked very proud: "Miss Xu San, you are really a living Bodhisattva. Thanks to her, we in Chu region have not suffered any wars."
What a sin."
Some people couldn't stand it, so they added: "Living Bodhisattva? I heard that Miss Xu San had a hobby. After the war, she would build a Jingguan. The mountains of heads were like mountains. It was scary! There was someone who loved killing so much.
Bodhisattva?"
The merchant from Chu was not happy and retorted rudely: "You know Zhujingguan, why don't you ask me who were the people who were beheaded by Miss Xu San? Either they were soldiers who massacred the city, or they killed without blinking an eye.
There are also ruthless gangsters and corrupt officials who bully the people. The third lady is very kind to ordinary people. She will give porridge and clothes to the refugees when she encounters them, and she also asks them to follow the army to make a living. The Buddha even has the angry eyes of Vajra, why can't she
Is it a Bodhisattva?"
"That's right, that's right," others from the Chu region echoed, "You people hear what you hear, so how do you know Miss Xu San's compassion? People in the Chu region say that she is the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady who came down to punish rape and eliminate evil.
, Killing to save life, this is great mercy.”
The merchants from the Chu region responded repeatedly, and talked about Miss Xu San's deeds in the Chu region, how she used soldiers like a god, how she hated evil like an enemy, and how she turned spring breeze into rain.
Finally, the native of the capital said, "Well, you are here just in time. I heard that Miss Xu San is getting married. The date is set for the eighteenth day of the first lunar month. If you are not in a hurry, you can go and congratulate her."
"Really?" Several people from Chu Di were overjoyed. "The date is so close, why should we stay for a while? This year I didn't go home to celebrate the New Year for the sake of livelihood. It's not a waste to catch up with Miss Xu San's wedding.
Already."
"I remember Miss Xu San's fiancé is Young Master Yan? This is a perfect match. It's a perfect match."
"That's right, he is the second son of King Zhao, the one who defeated the Yuzhou Guard. Speaking of the second son of Yan, I heard..."
This man is also well-informed, and he talks about Yan Ling's affairs very well. How the late emperor rescued Yan Ling when he was there, and he acted bravely when he was accompanying the prince in the capital.
Fate, all kinds of things.
The time in line flew by just chatting.
Soon it was the turn of the aunt and nephew. The coachman showed the documents, and the city gate official checked them and let them into the city.
When the city gate was far away and no one else was around, Liu Xier finally couldn't help but said with a little jealousy: "Xu San...she is so majestic now. King Zhao actually let her be a woman in charge of military affairs, and he was not afraid of breaking the rules.
."
Concubine Liu Xian glanced at her: "You listened for a long time and you just heard this?"
Liu Xi'er felt her displeasure and timidly called out: "Aunt..." She felt baffled and didn't know what she had done wrong. Her aunt was becoming increasingly difficult to serve.
Concubine Liu Xian hated that iron could not be transformed into steel, but being angry was playing tricks on a cow, so she had to suppress her temper and said: "You have been listening for so long, but someone mentioned your cousin?"
Liu Xi'er was startled and shook her head.
"That's it." Concubine Liu Xian said in a deep voice, "You only care about whether Xu San is majestic or not, and you don't think about why it is so. She has been favored by Yan Er! King Zhao asked her to be in charge of military affairs, so he called her Yan Erzhang
Military affairs. The reputation of the two of them among the people is so high that King Zhao can suppress them, but what about your cousin? He has great achievements, but your cousin is in a difficult situation."