Xie Xian closed the notebook and sighed.
"Master, do we need to be so cautious? Didn't you say that you have a good relationship with His Majesty and the Prince?"
Fang Zhengyi chuckled: "It's 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 are not doing well?
"People's livelihood is no small matter. We are not fooling around. We are striving for perfection!"
"Make the entry ceremony grand! Tell everyone with great fanfare that His Majesty is coming!"
"When that day comes, I will gather all the wealthy merchants and gentry and bring them over, along with their children."
"While your Majesty is here, let's use your Majesty's name to get those merchants to increase their investment and raise the living standards in the city."
"Sooner or later, I will have to leave. His Majesty wants me to be the governor, which means I can't stay for too long."
"Just take care of Jianjiang's affairs and nail him down, so I don't have to worry about it."
"Go ahead."
Xie Xian was secretly shocked. What a guy, the master is using the emperor as a tool.
I'm really not afraid of getting into trouble.
.........
A few days later, a minor official came to report that the emperor and a group of people were heading towards Jianjiang City in a mighty manner.
At this time, Fang Zhengyi was dozing off in Fenghua Tower.
Li Yuanzhao hurried over and woke him up: "Lao Fang! Lao Fang! My father is really here, what should I do? What should I do?"
Fang Zhengyi was still dazed when he heard that His Majesty was coming. He rubbed his eyes and stood up and said, "Don't panic!"
"Your Highness, look at how well we have done. His Majesty is so happy to see this."
"You've done a great job! Maybe you'll even get a reward!"
Then he shouted to the clerk guarding the door: "Come here, hurry up! Call all the wealthy merchants and children!"
"Someone else go and inform Xie Xian to get ready."
"Check twice the people outside the city to welcome you. If they have weapons, throw them away immediately to avoid being accidentally injured by the guards."
The clerk received the order and ran out in a hurry.
After hearing this, he became more clear-headed. He stood up, drank half a pot of tea and said to Li Yuanzhao, "Your Highness, change into new clothes quickly. Let's go out of the city to welcome the emperor."
"Okay!" After his explanation, Li Yuanzhao was no longer so panicked and immediately ran out to change clothes.
When Fang Zheng saw that there was no one around, he took the official uniform, crumpled it into a ball, and rubbed it vigorously in his arms for a while.
Then he put it on slowly, and his whole body was wrinkled.
He rubbed his eyes a few more times, without washing his face, and walked out of Fenghua Tower.
After everyone gathered at the entrance of Fenghua Tower, Li Yuanzhao was surprised to see Fang Zhengyi walking out of the building, wearing a wrinkled official uniform.
I couldn't help but yell, "Lao Fang! Why are your clothes like this?"
"Oops! It's just this one. There's no time to change it. Let's leave it like this."
Fang Zheng said as he walked towards the door.
When he reached the threshold, he tripped over it without paying attention.
He suddenly fell to the ground, rolled around, and was covered in dirt.
"Oops! Master Fang fell down!!"
Everyone helped Fang Zheng up and kept brushing the dust off his body.
Fang Zheng blocked left and right and said anxiously: "Alright, alright! Hurry up! I am a little dirty, but Your Majesty is the most important! Go out of the city to welcome him!"
Damn, I almost got it cleaned up!
A group of people set out towards the outside of the city in a mighty procession.
Xie Xian was the first to receive the news and had already made all the arrangements.
Wu Sheng was in the middle of the road, with bands on both sides, holding their instruments and ready to go.
As soon as Fang Zheng arrived, Wu Sheng immediately went to greet him.
He smiled and said, "Old...uh..."
Fang Zheng glared at him: "What! Just say it if you have something to say."
Wu Sheng leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Master, it's too much! This dress is too wrinkled!"
After saying that, he quietly helped Fang Zheng to straighten his official uniform and wiped off a handful of dust.
Fang Zheng was delighted: "Hey! Old Wu, you have something!"
Wu Sheng smiled awkwardly: "It's all the same...it's all the same..."
I have been an official and have seen the emperor. The last time I was demoted to a commoner, I spent a lot of effort pretending to be haggard.
Don’t do basic exercises.
A large group of people stood outside the city, with Fang Zhengyi and Li Yuanzhao standing at the front.
From a distance, he saw Emperor Jing's dragon chariot slowly approaching him.
Getting closer...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 rays of light stabbed towards Li Yuanzhao without hesitation.
Then Emperor Jing looked at Fang Zheng and sized him up and down.
His eyes are bloodshot and he looks dusty. It seems that he has suffered a lot... But why did he get fat?
"Your Majesty, I am Fang Zhengyi!"
A group of people, led by Fang Zhengyi, saluted.
"No need to be so polite!" Emperor Jing waved his hand and walked to Fang Zhengyi without even looking at Li Yuanzhao.
After taking a closer look, he said with emotion: "Fang Qing...you have worked hard. How did you know I was coming here?"
Fang Zhengyi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty! It's not hard, it's all the prince who's busy."
"I heard from the people below that they saw your majesty's dragon chariot in Jianjiang, so I knew in advance that your majesty was coming."
"When I thought about your majesty coming here, I was afraid that something might go wrong. I couldn't eat or drink and couldn't sleep."
"So... I'm swollen! I am ashamed to see Your Majesty in this state!"
Having said that, Fang Zheng turned his head away in shame.
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