The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Chapter 115 The situation is tense

A moment later, Zheng Xun opened his eyes.

"In Liaozhou, Pingnan County, Dayin Mountain."

She didn't go into great detail, but it was enough. As long as the emperor sent someone over, Anjiu and Anshi would deliver the person to the emperor.

Shen Canglan watched in disbelief as a thorny problem was easily resolved with just a few words from Zheng Xun.

Is that all?

This is easier than drinking water or eating. No wonder she heard that Princess Yuanjia had an extraordinary status when she was at the villa. With such a treasure, who wouldn't fawn over her?

The prince held up an arrow: "These things..."

"These are offered to His Majesty!"

Both the emperor and the crown prince curled the corners of their mouths slightly.

What a wonderful girl! Why is her second son so disappointing?

A young, handsome man couldn't even hold onto a woman's heart.

Just as they were internally criticizing each other, Zheng Xun's inner voice rang out again.

【Oh no! Another emergency?】

The emperor and the crown prince sat up straight instantly.

Shen Canglan didn't know why they were acting this way, but she wisely kept quiet.

[Huh? Why did Zhao get into trouble? What does Zhao have to do with me and Da Yong? Why did the system list his matter as an emergency? With her personality, it's a miracle she even realized what she's doing; how could she possibly contribute anything to Da Yong?]

It's not that Zheng Xun was prejudiced; it's just that Zhao's past image was too deeply ingrained.

Emperor: Understood.

Thinking back on everything that had happened, he roughly understood.

Those who are monitored by the system and can hear Zheng Xun's thoughts may have corrupt private morals, but they would never betray Dayong. On the contrary, they are likely to make some kind of contribution to Dayong.

Since officials wield power, they can easily influence the government. As a result, most officials can hear Zheng Xun's thoughts.

Thinking of the Minister of Personnel and the Fifth Prince, who seem to have no voice, one wonders whether they are incompetent or harbor ill intentions.

He picked up a pen and wrote a note, handing it to his secret guards, instructing them to assign more people to keep an eye on the court officials who couldn't hear Zheng Xun's thoughts.

As for why more were arranged...

That's because they are too special, so he had already made people pay attention to them.

Zheng Xun opened the sky curtain, revealing a small mountain village surrounded by mountains on all sides.

Even the Crown Prince and the Emperor, who knew her well, couldn't figure out why she would appear in such a place, no matter how hard they racked their brains.

At this time, the situation on Zhao's side was somewhat tense.

Behind her were several burly men and a stout old woman, while opposite them was a group of villagers carrying hoes and sickles.

In her arms, she held a woman who was soaking wet, and the woman was tightly hugging a little girl.

The middle-aged man, the leader of the villagers, with a composed demeanor, gripped his pipe and said forcefully, "Madam, no matter how powerful you are, you have no jurisdiction over our clan. If you hand over the person, this matter will be over, and you can leave safely. Otherwise..."

"The village chief is right, this is a matter for our village! You outsiders, get out!"

"Get out! Get out!"

"Release them! Release them!"

The villagers were led by a group of strong men, followed by elderly people and women. Each of them carried a weapon and exuded a fierce aura.

[Tsk tsk, they're all skilled fighters. Why are they so unruly and ignorant? The woman in Zhao's arms was abducted and sold here.]

[Just because she only gave birth to a daughter, the family that bought her began to abuse her. She had endless chores to do and suffered constant beatings every day, but the mountains here were too high, the roads too far, and the whole village was united, so she didn't even have a chance to escape.]

The conflict arose because her daughter was to be sold by her nominal husband to an old man as his wife.

Her daughter is only ten years old. She has suffered enough; how could she let her daughter go through the same pain?

So she wanted to run away with her daughter. At that moment, she didn't think about whether she could escape. If she couldn't escape, then she would die. Death was better than living in pain.

The little girl was very sensible and had always felt sorry for her mother. After learning of her mother's plans, she resolutely left with the woman.

The mountain path was treacherous, and they lost count of how many times they fell, but they dared not stop. Behind them lay a monstrous abyss; they feared that if they stopped, they would be swallowed whole.

However, they were unlucky and encountered a hunter halfway there. The hunter saw the woman and immediately tried to take advantage of her.

Before they could succeed, they were caught red-handed by other villagers who were searching for them on the mountain, so the woman and her daughter were drowned in the pond.

Just then, the Zhao family arrived and quickly rescued the person, which led to the scene we see today.

The emperor and the crown prince were both puzzled. Why would a noblewoman like Zhao go to this godforsaken mountain?

Their doubts were also Zheng Xun's doubts.

After we caught two human traffickers last time, I gave Duan Yunfeng a list of abducted children. The imperial court has been sending people to search for them, and the Zhao family has been helping us ever since they learned about it.

Upon seeing this, Zheng Xun was somewhat surprised.

Who would have thought that Zhao would actually repent and reform so thoroughly, even to the point of being admirable?

"I would admire the Zhao family? Ha, I wouldn't have dared to even think about that before."

[Back to the present, Zhao came specifically to find the woman, so she probably won't back down.]

As expected, Zhao did not loosen her grip on the woman at all.

"Your village's business? She's not from your village!"

A villager immediately retorted, "Now that Cuicui has married into our village, she's one of us!"

Zhao said calmly, "She was from Taicheng in Jizhou. Her father was a yamen runner, and her mother was a well-known matchmaker in the area. Her surname was Luo, and her grandfather named her Luo Congzhen. When she was thirteen, she was abducted to your village and married to Shunzi, an old bachelor in the village..."

"So what? We paid for this person, so of course they should be from our village!"

Zhao was annoyed by their self-righteous manner and didn't want to waste any more words on them.

However, with the enemy outnumbering her, it wouldn't be easy for her to leave with her people.

When the villagers opposite her saw that she didn't speak, they assumed she was guilty and immediately showed smug smiles.

Many of the women here were also trafficked, but day after day, year after year, they resigned themselves to their fate, just like the genie in the lamp who couldn't find salvation. They began to harbor resentment and wished they could drag perfectly good people into the abyss to keep them company.

They were once victims, but now they wish everyone could feel their pain.

Isn't this a kind of tragedy?

Perhaps fearing something might happen, Zhao chose to compromise: "I want to take them away, name your price."

The moment those words were spoken, the emperor knew it was all over.

Sure enough, the person opposite no longer looked at him with resentment, but with greed.