Having offended the princess, their future was in jeopardy, and all their studies had been for nothing. Thinking of this, the group quickly stepped forward to pay their respects to Li Xue.
"Greetings, Princess. I didn't expect it to be you. I apologize for my rudeness earlier."
"This is none of your business. Go do what you're supposed to do, just don't act like this Young Master Xie," Li Xue said irritably.
"Thank you, Princess. This student is a guard." After saying this, the group stepped aside.
At this moment, Young Master Xie was tied to a pillar, and they were in an extremely awkward situation, unable to leave or stay.
Just then, a delicious aroma wafted over from the pavilion next door. It smelled wonderful; the sweet potatoes must be roasted. Let's go over and try some roasted sweet potatoes.
There were quite a few tourists today. They witnessed everything that had just happened and knew that something big was about to happen. It would be a spectacular showdown between the princess and the imperial censor.
Normally, tourists would head home after admiring the lotus blossoms, but today is a rare opportunity, and a great show is about to unfold, so how could they miss it?
The group arrived at the pavilion where Li Guang was roasting sweet potatoes and saw that he was still concentrating on roasting sweet potatoes. The first batch of sweet potatoes had been roasted and was placed on a wooden board next to him, with more than ten of them.
At this moment, Li Guang was putting sweet potatoes into the oven, preparing to roast the second batch.
"This smells amazing! After waiting so long, I can finally enjoy it!" Li Xue exclaimed excitedly.
Without any hesitation, each of them took a sweet potato.
The sweet potato is covered in dust; how can I eat it?
Meng Yaoyao began to instruct them on how to eat roasted sweet potatoes, starting with peeling them.
"It smells so good, it tastes so delicious!" The group exclaimed.
The freshly baked sweet potatoes were a little hot to the touch, but they couldn't care less.
Soon, the first sweet potato was gone, and there weren't many left on the wooden board. It definitely wouldn't be enough for everyone to take one more.
As a result, they were all too embarrassed to take a second one and kept staring at Li Guang roasting sweet potatoes.
"Li Guang, it was so lively by the lake just now, why didn't you go and take a look?" Li Xue asked.
Li Guang smiled and said:
"My job today is to roast sweet potatoes. I won't leave this oven unless I'm needed to help in a fight."
Besides, what's so interesting about that thug? I'll just listen from here.
It'll definitely be lively here later. We can check it out then. I reckon that censor might bring troops over."
"What did you say? He'll bring troops and treat us like bandits?" Li Xue exclaimed in surprise.
If he were truly a bandit, he wouldn't have come; he would have definitely sent Prefect Shen with his troops.
In Censor Xie's eyes, we are all troublemakers, and he only brought his troops here to scare us.
So the princess doesn't need to worry. He just wants to show off his official power and wouldn't dare to do anything to us.
As the saying goes, "If it doesn't concern you, don't bother with it."
But this time the situation was a bit special. The princess had captured her precious son and tied him to a pillar to suffer.
This Imperial Censor Xie, driven by his protective instincts, acted irrationally. He didn't care whether you were a princess or not; he arrested you first to rescue his son.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xi immediately spoke:
“It is very difficult for the government to mobilize troops. I remember the last time Prefect Shen mobilized troops to attack Wild Wolf Village, he used the personal guards and yamen runners of Qing'an Prefecture, and did not mobilize troops from Imperial Censor Xie.”
Grandpa said that transferring troops from local areas was a complicated process, and by the time the troops arrived, it was too late. But how come Imperial Censor Xie transferred troops so easily?
"As the local military commander, it is not a problem for Censor Xie to mobilize soldiers."
These censors all had one thing in common: they liked to mobilize soldiers and bully unarmed civilians.
But this situation is special; he came to rescue his son, and the princess must be punished for violating the law. Li Guang added.
"Li Guang, how do you know so much? Do you know this Imperial Censor Xie?" Li Xue asked curiously.
"How could I possibly know this Imperial Censor Xie? I have studied the local military and political system of the Great Northern Dynasty before. What I just said was just a guess, so please don't take it seriously, Princess."
"However, if a fight breaks out later, I will definitely go up to help. To catch the thief, you must first catch the leader. I will directly arrest Imperial Censor Xie, and those soldiers should not act rashly." Li Guang said with a smile.
“With me here, let’s see who dares to make a move,” Li Xue said.
“Normally, if a princess reveals her identity, it will have some effect, but this time it might not be so. If you say you are a princess, he might not believe you.”
Since Imperial Censor Xie's son has been humiliated, he will not let us off the hook; arresting him is a certainty.
Even if we are all arrested, there's nothing to worry about. Brother Zhao will definitely get Prefect Shen to mediate, and then everything will be fine.
However, what I'm most worried about is these newly completed pavilions and towers. If Imperial Censor Xie gets angry, he might smash them, and then I won't be able to explain it to Brother Zhao."
“He wouldn’t dare. If this Imperial Censor Xie dares to cause trouble, then his official career is over.” Li Xue was starting to get angry.
As the group was chatting, two patrol members came over to report.
"Your Highness, we have investigated and found that there are inscriptions on the pillars of several pavilions, which should be from the same hand."
Upon hearing this, Li Guang was stunned, for these pavilions and towers were his masterpiece.
He spent a lot of time and effort to create such a beautiful scenic spot, but unexpectedly it was damaged by human beings.
"What words are engraved on it?" Li Xue asked.
"Xie Dayun was here," the patrolman replied, "and those words are huge, ugly, and extremely unsightly."
Needless to say, this Xie Dayun was none other than the young master Xie who was tied to the pillar. Li Guang was furious and stood up, wanting to beat up that young master Xie.
"Forget it, it won't help even if you teach him a lesson. His father will be here soon and will make Censor Xie compensate for the damage and repair the pillar," Li Xue advised.
Li Guang had no choice but to sigh, sit down again, and continue roasting sweet potatoes.
"I think this Imperial Censor Xie is a fool. How could he give his son such an awful name, something like 'Great Fortune'? I'll make him change it to 'Xie Misfortune' today."
After Li Xue finished speaking, everyone laughed.
"Alright, you two have worked hard, go ahead and get busy."
"Thank you, Princess." After saying this, the two patrol members left to continue patrolling the scenic spot.
Xie Dayun, who was tied to the pillar, was filled with regret. He hadn't checked the almanac before going out today, and now he had offended the princess of the dynasty. Being tied up and exposed to the scorching sun was really too uncomfortable.
He sent several classmates to the princess to plead for him, but the students dared not go, fearing that if the princess got angry, she would tie them up as well, which would be terrible.
Xie Dayun had no choice but to beg for some water. Only after Li Xue agreed did they dare to give Xie Dayun some water.
With water to drink, Xie Dayun could hold on a little longer. He hoped his father would come to rescue him soon, as he had been struggling to hold on for more than an hour.
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