Chapter 759: Foreseeing All This

Zhu Feng said, "This village name was written by me personally."

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned. Shi Eryi even held his breath and just stared at the three words with his eyes wide open.

Zhu Feng said, "This village was designated by me, and you are all my people."

“…”

"No one can drive you away from here."

“…”

"This is your home."

Hearing these words, the villagers' eyes turned red, and Shi Eryi looked at Zhu Feng, shaking with excitement, and fell to his knees with a thud.

"emperor!"

He kowtowed and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is so kind to me, I have no way to repay you!"

As he said this, he started crying.

The other villagers also knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Feng repeatedly.

"We, the common people, bow down and thank God for His grace!"

"Long live our emperor, long live our emperor, long live our emperor!"

Zhu Feng slowly walked among them, looking at these people who were so excited that they started to cry bitterly, and said calmly: "This time, you have done something for me, so I will give you a home."

“…”

"However, there is one thing I want to make clear to you first."

“…”

"The name of the village was written by me personally, but I only want you to live and work in peace here. You cannot use my name as an excuse to cause trouble or even commit fraud. If I find out, I will kill everyone in your village!"

Shi Eryi kowtowed repeatedly and said anxiously, "I dare not, I dare not!"

In fact, Zhu Feng also knew that they didn't dare.

However, the things bestowed by the emperor are different from other things after all. He rarely leaves his own handwritten letters among the people, so he has to scare these people first.

Then he said, "Okay, you guys, go into the village."

The villagers kowtowed to him three times and nine times, expressing their gratitude, and then stood up and walked carefully towards the village.

He even kept chanting Buddha's name.

Shi Eryi walked in and said to the villagers around him: "This plaque is the treasure of our village. We must protect it well and pass it down from generation to generation."

Everyone around said seriously: "Yes!"

Seeing these people's grateful expressions, a smile appeared on Nan Yan's face.

At this moment, I felt someone pulling my clothes.

When I looked down, it was Xiao Shitou, standing beside me, looking up at me.

"Auntie."

When he cried out, his mother was terrified and hurried over to kneel down: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, my child is ignorant."

After saying that, he spanked Xiao Shitou's butt again: "Who told you to scream? This is the Queen!"

Nan Yan smiled and said, "No need to be so formal."

She looked at Little Stone: "What do you want to tell me?"

Little Shitou seemed to have been awakened by his mother's scolding, and whispered, "My mother, I came to thank you."

Nan Yan smiled and said, "You're welcome. From now on, live a good life here with your parents. When you grow up, work hard and make your life better. That way, Auntie will be happier and proud of Little Shitou."

Hearing her words, Xiao Shitou became a little solemn.

A serious look appeared on his childish face as he said solemnly, "Little Stone, you must be obedient!"

Nan Yan smiled and touched his hair.

His mother kowtowed to Nan Yan repeatedly, thanked her profusely, and then took Xiao Shitou into the village.

Laughter and joy.

The two stood at the entrance of the village, listening to the laughter and voices of gratitude. After a while, Zhu Feng said, "The wind is picking up. Let's go back."

"Um."

Nan Yan nodded and took his hand.

The two of them got back on the carriage and soon drove towards Prince Yan's Mansion.

Sitting in the carriage, Nan Yan's ears seemed to be still echoing with the laughter and joy in Jufu Village, and she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.

She glanced at Zhu Feng, who was sitting next to her. Although his face showed no expression, there was still a hint of joy between his brows.

He said softly, "Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Feng raised his eyelids and glanced at her: "What are you thanking me for?"

Nan Yan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is truly kindhearted to spare the lives of this village."

"snort."

Zhu Feng snorted disdainfully, and after a long while, he said, "I only forgave them because of what they did for me."

Nan Yan immediately moved closer to him and leaned against him: "It's that monument, right?"

Zhu Feng looked down at her and said "hmm".

Nan Yan nodded slightly and sighed in her heart: It is true.

The timing and location of the discovery of the stele were so coincidental that even the inscription on it seemed to have been written specifically for that incident.

So, after seeing the inscription, she became a little skeptical.

Zhu Feng brushed off his clothes and said, "Since those ministers say that the lightning striking the city wall is an ominous sign, then I will turn the ominous sign into auspicious one."

"So, the three days the Emperor gave were actually used to carve the stele and bury it in that place, right?"

"good."

"But that stele looks really old. Even the ministers in the court couldn't tell it was there."

Zhu Feng said: "Because it is a very ancient stele."

"ah?"

"Do you still remember the story that Shi Eryi told? After Shi Lian poisoned Shi Ye's family and committed suicide, their ancestors carved a huge stone tablet and buried it underground as a way to ward off evil."

"Ah!" Nan Yan suddenly remembered: "So, it's that stele!"

Zhu Feng nodded and said, "The word 'Chang'an' was originally engraved on it by their ancestors. I simply had them engrave the word 'Beiping' on the back of the stele. This is enough to ward off the ominous rumors of those ministers."

"So that's how it is."

Nan Yan nodded, thought for a moment, and then said, "Actually, the emperor didn't intend to kill these people from the beginning, right?"

“…”

"You intended to keep them here from the beginning, right?"

"snort."

Zhu Feng just snorted coldly, closed his eyes and said nothing.

Nan Yan smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder.

However, a slight doubt still arose in her heart.

Zhu Feng had been planning this matter since that time, or rather, preparing to use this trick on the ministers, even before the ministers attacked him.

It seemed as if he had foreseen this incident and had made preparations in advance.

Those three days were just the time to erect, carve and bury the monument.

But how did he foresee all this in advance?