C217 (1/2)
Before the Empress had gotten married, although she had not left the Chuanyu, the boundaries of the Chuanyu were so huge. What she saw and heard could not be compared to the emperor who had lived in the palace since childhood.
And on the affairs of the people, the young miss of the General's Estate had followed the warriors of the Chuanyu to plow the fields and dig the canals with the water. She had done all sorts of jobs before and the emperor was even less knowledgeable than her.
Xiang Run forgot about his Baisha County at the moment and listened to Siyan's description of the local people with great interest. He said that the strange things that had happened at their place, in Siyan's opinion, was not strange for the common folk to hear about the gods and ghosts.
”Reverence towards ghosts and gods can be used to restrain and pacify some people. Naturally, excessive superstition is undesirable.” Siyan said, ”Even your majesty needs to open an altar to worship the heavens every now and then. Don't you have any thoughts in your mind that I hope to be blessed by the gods?”
Xiang Run nodded his head: ”We understand what you mean. We are not investigating about Baisha County, we just feel that it's strange, and since they're safe and sound, then it's for the best.”
Siyan laughed: ”If Your Majesty is free, why don't you visit every corner of the country. You don't even know what your country is like, how can you govern it better?”
Xiang Run took the paper roll away from him and held his wife's hand: ”After the fifteenth day of the first month, we will bring you back to Chuanyu and call your brother back as well. This will be a joyous occasion for the people there, and will also make you happy for their great general. ”I've always said that I would take you home to save your parents, and now that even your brother has been moved to the coast by me, the matter of saving your parents is becoming increasingly unreliable.”
Siyan was so overjoyed that she stood up and bowed, ”On behalf of big brother, I thank Your Majesty for your grace.”
The Emperor took this opportunity and pulled her into his embrace as he smiled: ”Let's go walk around the city. There's Uncle Huang and Shen Yun here in the capital, so I don't need to worry.”
Siyan said, ”Your majesty is even more carefree than royal father and mother.
Xiang Run thought for a moment, then laughed: ”Let's turn around and run.”
The Emperor didn't go into depth into the matter of Baisha County. He only reminded the Emperor that this place had once suffered from a snowstorm in the winter, and had to be extra careful. The young people of Zhixian were determined to protect the people. Naturally, they had been preparing for disaster since a long time ago.
New Year's Eve was approaching, and lanterns and decorations were being set up everywhere within the Daqi realm in preparation to leave for the new year.
Susu said that in the past few years that she had come, this was the first time she saw an inn that had 'Blessed' pasted on windows during New Year's. This year, all her habits and habits had changed with just a single sentence from the Xiaowan.
In front of the tavern, the father and son duo were arguing. Little Pei insisted on pasting his sloppy calligraphy on the door, but if Ling Chaofeng didn't agree to it, the little guy would immediately come and call for reinforcements. If Xiaowan wanted to paste her son's calligraphy on the door, Ling Chaofeng could only do it.
The New Year goods that was prepared for Ershan in the capital had already been sent over by someone else long ago. The New Year goods that his family had prepared for him had all been piled up full of food.
Last year, at this moment, Ling Chaofeng suddenly became inexplicably sick, which caused them to be extremely frightened. How could they have imagined that a year later, they would be married, and they would even be pregnant.
Thus, the next morning, he got the Uncle Biao to drive the carriage and brought Little Pei and Susu to the town's god temple to thank the god for the Buddha. Seeing that the temple was flourishing with incense, Little Pei suddenly remembered something.
So that night, while his family were asleep, he went to the kitchen, took an elbow, a plate of roast geese, and a large bundle of sausage bacon and a jug of wine, and made his way to the Underworld.
Next to the River of Forgetfulness, an old man and a young man sat side by side. Old Master Yama ate and drank, feeling really bad.
He happily said to Ling Pei, ”It is rare for people to think about me. Every New Year's Eve, my heart is filled with grievance.” Everyone is a deity, and no one has ever worshiped me. Look at the Kitchen King, he's called 'nourishing'. I still want to go to his place in a few days' time to get some incense from him. ”
Little Pei said: ”You are in charge of the Underworld, mortals only seek benefits from the real world, and the matters of the real world have not been clarified. Who would care about the matters of the dead, it is not strange for them not to remember you. Then again, if the wicked worship you, and ask you to open up to me in the future, should you? ”
Old Master Yama laughed out loud. ”This little guy has such deep wisdom, making me feel comfortable listening to you. Speaking of which, when will you be able to ascend to the sky and return to your position, Xiaolong Sun? As a little fatty in the mortal world, wouldn't you feel aggrieved? ”
Little Pei laughed: ”There is nothing more interesting than being a person. My father likes being a person so much, I like it too.”
Old Master Yama said, ”If your father were to achieve perfection in this life, and your father returns to the Heavenly Court, where would your mother be?”
Little Pei stared blankly, then said: ”Is this the end of this lifetime's marriage?”
”If that's the case, there's nothing we can do.” Little Pei said, ”My mother is just a flower.”
”Look at me, I've made you unhappy.” The Old Master Yama said, ”I ate your food and wine, so I should thank you. Xiaolong Sun, you came to find me, you can't possibly have the kind intentions to come visit me, right?”