Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Xie Xian closed the ledger and sighed.

"Sir, is it really necessary for us to be this cautious? Didn't you say you have a good relationship with His Majesty and the Crown Prince?"

Fang Zheng smiled lightly: "It's pretty good, but what do you know? This is the way of officialdom."

"I can't let this official robe of mine get dirty."

Otherwise, how would I hold the princess's hand if I don't do well?

"People's livelihood is no small matter. We're not just fooling around; we're striving for perfection!"

"Make the entry ceremony grander! Tell everyone with great fanfare that His Majesty is coming!"

"When the time comes, I'll gather all the wealthy merchants and gentry and bring them over, along with their children."

"Taking advantage of His Majesty's visit and in His Majesty's name, we'll encourage those merchants to increase their investment and raise the living standards in the city."

"Sir, I'll be leaving sooner or later. His Majesty intends to make me a governor, which means I won't be staying for too long."

"I'll take care of everything in Jianjiang and nail it down, so I don't have to worry about it."

"Go and do it."

Xie Xian clicked his tongue inwardly. Good heavens, the master is using the Emperor as a tool.

He's really not afraid of messing things up.

.........

Several days later, a minor official came to report that the Emperor and his entourage were heading towards Jianjiang City in a mighty procession.

At this time, Fang Zheng was dozing off in the Wind Flower House.

Li Yuanzhao rushed over in a hurry and shook him awake: "Old Fang! Old Fang! My father really came! What do we do? What do we do!"

Fang Zheng, who was still drowsy, heard that His Majesty was coming, rubbed his eyes, and got up, saying: "Don't panic!"

"Your Highness, look how well we've done. His Majesty will be happy to see it."

"You've made a great contribution! Maybe you'll even be rewarded!"

Then he shouted to the minor official guarding the door: "Come on! Hurry! Call all the wealthy gentry, merchants, and children!"

"Send someone else to notify Xie Xian to prepare."

"Check the people outside the city who are welcoming His Majesty again. Anyone with weapons on them should throw them away quickly, lest they be accidentally injured by the guards."

The minor official took the order and hurried out.

The shouting cleared his head a lot. He got up, drank half a pot of tea, and said to Li Yuanzhao: "Your Highness, quickly change into some new clothes. We're going out of the city to greet His Majesty."

"Okay!" Li Yuanzhao wasn't so flustered after his explanation and immediately ran out to change his clothes.

Seeing that there was no one around, Fang Zheng took his official robe, crumpled it into a ball, and rubbed it hard in his arms for a while.

Then he slowly put it on, all wrinkled and crumpled.

He rubbed his eyes hard a few more times, didn't wash his face, and strolled out of the Wind Flower House.

When everyone gathered in front of the Wind Flower House, Li Yuanzhao looked at Fang Zheng walking out of the building, wearing a wrinkled official robe, and was shocked.

He couldn't help but shout: "Old Fang! What happened to your clothes?"

"Oh! This is the only one. There's no time to change. Let's just leave it like this."

Fang Zheng said as he walked towards the door.

When he reached the threshold, he didn't pay attention and tripped on the threshold.

He immediately fell to the ground, rolled over, and got covered in dust.

"Oh dear! Lord Fang has fallen! !"

Everyone hurriedly helped Fang Zheng up, constantly patting the dust off his body.

Fang Zheng blocked left and right and said anxiously: "Alright, alright! Hurry up! It doesn't matter if I'm dirty! His Majesty is important! Hurry out of the city to welcome him!"

Damn it, they almost patted me clean!

A large group of people set off towards the outside of the city in a mighty procession.

Xie Xian had received the news the earliest and had already made proper arrangements.

Wu Sheng was in the middle of the road, with the band on both sides, holding instruments and waiting in formation.

When Fang Zheng arrived, Wu Sheng immediately greeted him.

He revealed a smiling face and said: "Lord... uh..."

Fang Zheng glared: "What? Speak plainly."

Wu Sheng leaned close to his ear and whispered: "Sir, it's too much! These clothes are too wrinkled!"

After speaking, he quietly helped Fang Zheng straighten out his official robe and wiped off a handful of dust.

Fang Zheng smiled: "Hey! Old Wu, you've got something!"

Wu Sheng smiled awkwardly: "It's all the same... it's all the same...."

I was also an official, and I've also seen the Emperor. Before I was demoted to a commoner last time, I spent a lot of effort to pretend to be haggard.

Basic operations, don't be silly.

A large group of people stood outside the city, with Fang Zheng and Li Yuanzhao standing in the front.

From afar, they saw Emperor Jing's dragon palanquin slowly approaching them.

Closer... closer and closer...

Finally, the dragon palanquin officially stopped in front of the crowd.

Emperor Jing slowly walked out from inside, and the first thing he saw was Li Yuanzhao grinning at him.

Two fierce gazes unhesitatingly stabbed towards Li Yuanzhao.

Then Emperor Jing looked at Fang Zheng and sized him up.

His eyes were full of red blood vessels, and he was covered in dust. It seemed that he was really suffering... but why did he get fat?

"Your Majesty! Your subject, Fang Zheng, pays respects to Your Majesty!"

A group of people, led by Fang Zheng, saluted one after another.

"No need for formalities!" Emperor Jing waved his hand, didn't even look at Li Yuanzhao, and walked to Fang Zheng's side.

He looked at him carefully and said with emotion: "Fang Qing... you've worked hard. How did you know that We were coming here?"

Fang Zheng shook his head and said: "Your subject! It's not hard work. The Crown Prince has been busy."

"Your subject heard the people below say that they saw Your Majesty's dragon palanquin in Jianjiang, so I knew in advance that Your Majesty was coming."

"As soon as I thought that Your Majesty was going to visit this place, your subject has been afraid of making mistakes these past few days, unable to eat or sleep."

"So... I'm bloated! Your subject is meeting Your Majesty with this appearance... I'm really ashamed!"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng turned his head away "shamefully".

The accompanying ministers felt a burst of teeth sourness, especially Du Shun, who had never met Fang Zheng.

He thought that the person who had beheaded Liu Xun was some kind of upright and unyielding warrior.

This doesn't match up! ? On the contrary, he looks like a flatterer!

Emperor Jing suddenly understood.

So that's how it is... it's bloating. We thought he had gained weight.

"Your Majesty! Please follow your subject first. Many people are waiting to welcome you."

Emperor Jing glanced faintly at Li Yuanzhao, who was shrinking to the side.

Then he smiled at Fang Zheng and said: "Oh? Are there still people in this city who want to see Us?"

Fang Zheng nodded, then walked to the front of the line.

After walking a few steps, he arrived in front of Wu Sheng and whispered: "Do it well!"

Then he took a step back and said loudly: "Play music! !"

The band on both sides suddenly made a loud noise, and all the guards unconsciously put their hands on their swords.

Emperor Jing calmly looked at the band, with curiosity in his eyes.

Then a group of children dressed like flower buds ran out from behind the adults, round and round.

The smile on Emperor Jing's face immediately disappeared.

Guo Tianyang and Zheng Qiao and others had three black lines hanging down their foreheads.

Many people had the same thought in their hearts.

Here we go again! ! ? Are you doing this for the second time?

With the rhythm of the music, a group of children danced gracefully.

This novel form of music did allow Emperor Jing and his entourage to appreciate it. The cooperation between the instruments can be so diverse!

As the children danced, they gradually formed a semicircle around Emperor Jing as the center.

The childish voices came out at the same time.

"Let me say thank you to you, because you warm the four seasons Thank you, thank you for having you The world is more beautiful I want to thank you Because you have love always ......"