Xie Xian closed the book and sighed.
"Master, do we need to be so cautious? Didn't you say that you have a very good relationship with His Majesty and the Crown Prince?"
Fang Zhengyi chuckled: "It's quite good. What do you know? This is the way to be an official."
"I can't let my official uniform get dirty."
Otherwise, how can you hold the princess's hand if you don't mix well?
"People's livelihood is no small matter, we are not fooling around, that is striving for perfection!"
"Make the entrance ceremony grander! Tell everyone with great fanfare that His Majesty is coming!"
"On that day, I will gather all the wealthy merchants and gentry and take them there, including their children."
"While Your Majesty is here, and in His Majesty's name, let those merchants increase investment and raise the living standards in the city."
"Sir, I will leave sooner or later. Your Majesty wants me to be the governor, which means I won't be able to stay for long."
"If you take care of Jianjiang's affairs and crucify him, I won't have to worry anymore."
"Go do it."
Xie Xian was secretly dumbfounded, what a good fellow, the master is using the emperor as a tool.
I'm really not afraid of losing it.
.........
A few days later, a minor official came to report that the emperor and other people rushed towards Jianjiang City.
At this time, Fang Zhengyi was dozing off in Fenghua Building.
Li Yuanzhao hurriedly ran over and shook him awake: "Old Fang! Old Fang! My father is really here, what should I do, what should I do!"
Fang Zhengyi, who was still stunned when he heard that His Majesty was coming, rubbed his eyes and stood up and said, "Don't panic!"
"Your Highness, look at how well we have done. It's not too late for His Majesty to be happy after seeing it."
"You've done great work! Maybe I'll reward you too!"
Then he shouted to the clerk guarding the door: "Who's here, go quickly! Call all the gentry, merchants, and children!"
"Someone else is here to inform Xie Xian to prepare."
"The people coming out of the city to greet you will check them twice again. If there are any weapons on them, throw them away quickly to avoid being accidentally injured by the guards."
The clerk was ordered to run out in a hurry.
After shouting like this, his mind became much clearer. He stood up and drank half a pot of tea and said to Li Yuanzhao: "Your Highness, please quickly change into new clothes. Let's go out of the city to meet him."
"Okay!" Li Yuanzhao didn't panic after he explained it, and immediately ran out to change clothes.
When Fang Zheng saw no one around, he took the official uniform, rolled it into a ball, held it in his arms and rubbed it vigorously for a while.
Then I put it on slowly and leisurely, with wrinkles everywhere on my body.
He rubbed his eyes vigorously a few more times and walked out of Fenghua Building without washing his face.
After everyone gathered at the entrance of Fenghua Building, Li Yuanzhao looked at Fang Zhengyi who walked out of the building, wearing a wrinkled official uniform and was shocked.
I couldn't help shouting: "Old Fang! Why are your clothes like this?"
"Oops! It's just this one, there's no time to change it, so let's leave it at that."
Fang Zheng said as he walked towards the door.
When I reached the threshold, I accidentally tripped my foot on the threshold.
Suddenly he fell to the ground, rolled around, and fell into disgrace.
"Oops! Mr. Fang fell down!!"
Everyone helped Fang Zheng get up and patted the dust off his body.
Fang Zheng blocked the way with his left and right, and said urgently: "Okay, okay! Hurry up! I'll get dirty if I get dirty. Your Majesty, it's important! Go out of the city to meet him!"
Damn, you almost slapped me clean!
A group of people set off toward the outside of the city.
Xie Xian was the first to get the news and had already made arrangements.
Wu Sheng was in the middle of the road, with bands on both sides, holding instruments and waiting in full formation.
Wu Sheng immediately greeted Fang Zheng as soon as he arrived.
He showed a smile and said: "Old... uh..."
Fang Zheng glared: "What! If you have something to say, just say it."
Wu Sheng leaned into his ear and whispered: "Master, it's over! These clothes are too wrinkled!"
After that, he quietly helped Fang Zheng stretch out his official uniform and wiped a handful of dust on it.
Fang Zheng was delighted: "Hey! Old Wu, you have something!"
Wu Sheng smiled awkwardly: "It's all the same...it's all the same..."
We have also been officials and met the emperor. The last time we were demoted to common people, we spent a lot of effort to pretend to be haggard.
Don’t do six basic things.
A large group of people stood outside the city, with Fang Zhengyi and Li Yuanzhao standing at the front.
From afar, he saw Emperor Jing's dragon chariot slowly driving towards him.
Close... getting closer...
Finally, the dragon chariot officially stopped in front of the crowd.
Emperor Jing walked out slowly and saw Li Yuanzhao grinning at him at first sight.
Two fierce lights pierced Li Yuanzhao without hesitation.
Then Emperor Jing looked at Fang Zheng and looked him up and down.
His eyes were red and bloodshot, and he was covered in dust. It seemed like he was really suffering... but why did he gain weight?
"Your Majesty! Fang Zhengyi meets His Majesty!"
Everyone headed by Fang Zhengyi saluted.
"No need to be polite!" Emperor Jing waved his hand and walked up to Fang Zhengyi without looking at Li Yuanzhao.
He looked at it carefully and said with an moved expression: "Fang Qing... thank you for your hard work. How did you know that I was coming here?"
Fang Zheng shook his head and said, "My lord! It's not hard work, the prince is busy."
"I heard from people below that I saw His Majesty's dragon chariot in Jianjiang, so I knew in advance that His Majesty was coming."
"When I think of His Majesty coming here, I am afraid that something will happen these days. I have not thought about food and drink, and have been tossing and turning."
"So... I'm swollen! I'm really ashamed to see His Majesty with this face!"
As he said that, Fang Zheng turned his head away in "ashame".
The accompanying officials felt their teeth aching at the sight, especially Du Shun, who had never seen Fang Zhengyi before.
I thought the person who beheaded Liu Xun was some kind of upright warrior.
This doesn’t match the number! ? Instead, he looks like a flatterer!
Emperor Jing suddenly realized.
So that's it...it's edema, I thought I was fat.
"Your Majesty! Please invite your entourage first. Many people are waiting to welcome you."
Emperor Jing glanced lightly at Li Yuanzhao, who was shrinking aside.
Then he smiled at Fang Zheng and said, "Oh? Is there anyone else in this city who wants to see me?"
Fang Zheng nodded and walked to the front of the row.
Within two steps, he arrived in front of Wu Sheng and whispered: "Take good care of yourself!"
Then he took a step back and shouted loudly: "Play music!!"
The bands on both sides suddenly made a loud noise, and all the guards unconsciously put their hands on their knives.
Emperor Jing looked at the band calmly, with curiosity in his eyes.
Then a group of children dressed like flowers ran out from behind the adults.
The smile on Emperor Jing's face disappeared immediately.
Guo Tianyang, Zheng Qiao and others had three black lines hanging from their foreheads.
An idea popped into the minds of many people.
Again! ! ? You damn girl scored twice here?
A group of children danced to the rhythm of the music.
This novel form of music really impressed Emperor Jing and others. The coordination between musical instruments can be so diverse!
The children jumped and gradually formed a semicircle with Emperor Jing as the center.
A childish voice came out at the same time.
"Listen to me, thank you. Because of you, the four seasons are warm. Thank you, thank you. The world is more beautiful. I want to thank you. Because of you, love always..."
