Xiao Tuo looked up and saw Zi'an and Lingli coming out of the kitchen with medicine, so he said, "My Lord, please say goodbye to the princess. We will go back and pack our things."
Zi'an stood still and gave Lingli a few instructions. Lingli nodded and went in with the medicine.
Zi'an came over and asked, "Prince Qi left?"
"Let's go." Xiao Tuo said, "We have to go too, go back and pack our things."
After saying that, he dragged Su Qing, who looked away in shock, "Oh? You're leaving, huh? Okay, let's go."
Xiao Tuo saw that he looked strange, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay. What's the matter?" Su Qing dragged him away quickly.
Zi'an looked at Su Qing's quick steps and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with Su Qing?"
"Who knows?" Murong Jie glanced at Su Qing's back.
"This kid seems to be worried these past two days." Zi'an thought of his strange behavior these past two days, which seemed very different from before. Could it be that Rouyao confessed to him again
However, Rouyao said that she would not force him.
However, there is no need to worry about it. Now is not the time to be sentimental.
Murong Jie originally planned to leave tonight, but Princess An came to tell him that the Prince of Zhenguo and officials from the Huimin Bureau would come tomorrow, so Murong Jie planned to meet the Prince of Zhenguo here first.
As expected, early the next morning, a large number of doctors from the Huimin Office arrived and informed Lord Su that the emperor would send the prince of Zhenguo to inquire about the situation in the disaster area.
The prince of Zhenguo did not arrive until around noon.
Because it was the emperor's order that had arrived, all the people in Muzhai who were not infected with the disease came out to greet him.
Prince Zhenguo came with a large group, and the soldiers he brought were carrying food, clothing, and some daily necessities.
Murong Jie and Zi'an stood in front of the West District, looking at a middle-aged man riding a white horse and wearing a black python robe. Although the distance was a bit far, they could still feel his aura.
His back was very straight, his head slightly raised, looking as if he was looking down on everyone. He held the reins in his hand and rode his horse slowly towards him.
When the people knelt down, he just nodded slightly, then rode his horse over to the west area. When he saw Murong Jie, he did not dismount, but just looked at Murong Jie from a distance.
One is the regent of the Great Zhou who holds the power of killing and is a general who has fought on the battlefield for many years. The other is the patriarch of the Beimo royal family, a domineering and powerful prince who guards the country.
As the two men confronted each other, you could smell the smell of gunpowder through the air.
Murong Jie was neither humble nor arrogant, his face was surprised.
Prince Zhenguo is arrogant and domineering.
The atmosphere seemed to freeze all of a sudden, and the people who were moving supplies also stopped. This atmosphere made people feel that the two would start fighting in the next second.
But, it didn’t.
Prince Zhenguo suddenly smiled, dismounted, and walked over with a laugh, "Prince Regent, I have heard of your great name for a long time. Today I finally get to meet you. I am so lucky."
Murong Jie curled his lips slightly, his handsome face covered with a layer of sarcasm, "Prince Zhenguo, this is not the first time we have met. How can I say that we are lucky enough to meet?"
Prince Zhenguo laughed loudly and patted Murong Jie on the shoulder, "Brother Murong, you are still so funny."
Murong Jie gently moved his hand away and looked at him with a half-smile, "Interesting? Indeed."
Everything in the Great Zhou was very interesting to Prince Zhenguo.
"Come on, go in and sit down!" Prince Zhenguo waved his hand, looking very heroic.
"It's not convenient to sit here, let's go to the East District." Zi'an said beside him.
Prince Zhenguo turned his gaze to Zi'an's face. He still had a wild smile on his face, but there was a little more judgment in his eyes. "Is this the Regent Princess?"
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Zi'an bowed slightly.
"Okay, okay," Prince Zhenguo looked at Zi'an with a rather ironic look on his face, "The princess is truly a heroine."
Zi'an smiled slightly, "I am really confused by the phrase 'heroine' mentioned by the prince."
"Really?" Prince Zhenguo stared at her, still with some research, "Maybe I'm not good at expressing myself, I'm praising the princess, but I've always believed that women should stay at home and take care of their husbands and children. The princess is so... capable, which makes me look at her with new eyes."
Zi'an smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you should let General Qin Zhou listen to what you said."
"Qin Zhou?" Prince Zhenguo was startled and slightly annoyed. "Do you think you can compare with General Qin Zhou?"
Murong Jie said: "Of course not. How can Qin Zhou be even a bit better than my princess?"
Prince Zhenguo laughed loudly, "Prince Regent, if General Qin heard what you said, she would fight you to the death."
There was an indescribable chill in his laughter; even a deaf person could hear the rage coming from his gnashing teeth.
Qin Zhou was the great general of Beimo and the leader of the pro-war faction. How could the prince of Zhenguo allow anyone to say anything about her? Especially since she was the regent of the Great Zhou.
Murong Jie didn't buy it at all, "Yes, Prince Zhenguo just said that my princess is not as good as Qin Zhou, and I also want to fight you to the death."
Prince Zhenguo laughed even louder, almost falling down from laughter. "Okay, okay, the Regent is really funny. I like him very much."
Zi'an and Murong Jie looked at each other and both felt that this Prince Zhenguo was really crazy.
Of course, this is just an appearance.
While the verbal battle was going on here, Xiao Tuo started to quarrel with one of the guards of Prince Zhenguo.
Xiao Tuo had a bad temper and a loud voice, so his noise attracted everyone's attention.
"Xiao Tuo, what's going on?" Murong Jie asked loudly.
Xiao Tuo glared at the guard and said, "Your Highness, just now a villager came over to pick up something, and he pushed the man and said disdainfully, "These damn plagues, don't come near me."
Murong Jie looked over and saw a wronged villager standing next to him.
Murong Jie recognized him, because since he entered Muzhai, it was this villager who helped him out and was very enthusiastic. He received the supplies for distribution this time out of habit, because he had been helping everyone with their work since the earthquake.
This villager's name is Li Fu.
When the people heard that the people brought by Prince Zhenguo despised them, they all stopped and were very angry.
Prince Zhenguo was furious and ordered sternly, "Come on, drag him away and beat him with thirty sticks to serve as a warning to others."
The guard knelt down with a thud, but he did not beg for mercy. He just kowtowed and admitted his guilt. "Your Highness, I acknowledge my crime and accept the punishment."
Murong Jie watched him being dragged away and a fight broke out at the edge of the west area.
Thirty lashes of the cane were just used the discarded wooden strips here. It didn't really hurt, but it created the impression that the prince who was the king of the state was clear about rewards and punishments and loved his children and the people.
Murong Jie simply turned his head away sarcastically. In this scene, both kindness and power were used. The kindness was shown to the people, and the power was shown to the people, so that everyone would know that although the emperor had ordered to pay attention to Muzhai, they also had to remember their identities. The imperial power could not be challenged. Murong Jie was only the regent of the Great Zhou. The one who truly held the power of killing was the emperor of Beimo, or him, the prince who guarded the country.
(End of this chapter)