After the subjugation of the country, she became the favorite concubine of the enemy

The next day, Ling Xiche changed into the black bamboo clothes Shen Chen had prepared for him and went out.

Today's plan is to go to the government office to collect evidence that Xu's disobedience to the holy will and force taxes, and take a look at the lives of the people along the way.

Shen Chen had a straight face since he went out, and Ling Xiche felt depressed. In order to adjust the atmosphere, he took a few steps and ran in front of Shen Chen.

"Do I look good dressed like this?" Ling Xiche showed with open arms.

Shen Chen walked up to him and hugged him, "It looks good, of course it looks good."

Ling Xiche said with a slight smile, "Don't be so stern, look at me, I can look at everything with a peaceful mind, obviously I am..."

He is the one whose family and country are gone.

"Yeah." Shen Chen forced a smile.

Ling Xiche quietly hammered off Shen Chen's arm that was holding him.

"Don't do that outside, it's weird."

Shen Chen silently withdrew his hand.

Originally, the two of them were riding in a carriage all the way, but Ling Xiche lifted the curtain and looked outside the whole time, the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Before the war, he also quietly went out to see the real people's sentiments. At that time, the living conditions of the people of Ye Kingdom were compared with him who was well-clothed and well-fed. He already felt ashamed. Now, he doesn't know what words to use to describe it. I feel very sad.

"Shen Chen, I want to go down for a walk, is that okay?"

Shen Chen held his hand, called the coachman to stop, and got out of the carriage with him.

The old man in front was skinny, sitting at the door of his house basking in the sun, his face was ashen, he was still alive, his chest was still heaving, but he felt that he could feel death just by looking at him.Not far away, a child was sitting on the ground crying loudly. He was wearing a piece of clothing that was patched and obviously did not fit. His lips were chapped and his face was covered with tears and snot, but no one cared about it.

Shen Chen asked softly, "Why don't you give them some taels?"

Ling Xiche shook his head, walked forward a few more steps, but couldn't go any further, turned around and got back into the carriage.

Shen Chen followed, "Xi Che?"

Ling Xiche lowered his eyes and said softly, "There are more than one or two like them? Giving some money to one or two people won't save all the people."

Shen Chen also got into the carriage, told the driver to continue walking, and went to hug Ling Xiche by himself.

"Actually, I don't quite understand. You were the actual emperor of Ye Kingdom back then. Why did you become like this?"

Ling Xiche smiled self-deprecatingly, "Because I'm not the real emperor, I can't touch the treasury, he has been holding on to the country's financial resources, and he refuses to let me go, can I conjure it out of thin air?"

Shen Chen hugged Ling Xiche tightly, "I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for? Destroyed Ye Kingdom? I said earlier that you did nothing wrong. If I were you, I would do the same."

"No, I'm not apologizing for the fact that I destroyed Ye Kingdom. I'm apologizing for all the suffering I caused you to suffer. The country was destroyed, the family was destroyed, and that arrow was shot. I apologize to you for these."

Ling Xiche smiled lightly, "It's okay."

Shen Chen said again, "Also, I didn't take good care of your people for you, I'm sorry."

"My...my people?" Ling Xiche chuckled.

"I'll take care of it, trust me."

The carriage drove all the way to the government office.

Shen Chen didn't talk nonsense, and directly showed his waist badge, and all the officials and servants in the government office knelt down.

The magistrate knelt on the ground and asked, "Dare to ask this son, why do you have the dragon waist card of the Holy One? You are..."

Afraid of Shen Chen's nonsense, Ling Xiche replied for him, "We are imperial envoys ordered by the emperor. He is the chief envoy and I am the deputy envoy."

The prefect raised the hat on his head, "You two imperial envoys, what's your business here?"

Shen Chen put away his badge and said, "Since taking over Yedi, the imperial court has promulgated many policies against Yedi, and we are naturally here to check the implementation."

The magistrate nodded, "Yes, what the imperial envoy said is true. If you two adults want to know, just ask, and the official will tell you everything."

Ling Xiche said, "We want to know about taxes first."

The magistrate's face immediately changed when he heard that, "My lord, the emperor issued an imperial decree that Yedi will be exempted from taxation within three years, so naturally there is no taxation."

"Really? In fact, we arrived yesterday. First, we went around among the people. It doesn't seem like there is no tax as the adults said?"

The prefect broke out in cold sweat, "This... this..."

Shen Chen lowered his voice and asked, "Who told you to collect the tax? How much did you collect?"

The prefect wiped off the sweat from the brim of his official hat, "This...lower official..."

"If you don't talk about it, you are committing the crime of deceiving the emperor!" Shen Chen said sharply.

The magistrate lay on the ground and said, "Although I don't know the exact origin of the two young masters, I can't afford to offend anyone who asks me to do this! I beg you two adults to hold your hands high. Little, I dare not say that I am a good person in my life, but I have never made any big mistakes, I beg the two adults to let me live!"

After Ling Xiche and Shen Chen looked at each other, they said calmly, "We know who the person behind you is. If you hand over the account book, we can guarantee that you will not be implicated."

The prefect seemed to have had an ideological struggle for a while, and then lowered his head even lower.

"My lords, it's not that I don't give it, it's that the account book will be sent out every once in a while. It's unfortunate that the two adults came here. The latest account book has just been sent out. Since the lord knows who is behind the scenes, there is no need to send it. The officer talks too much."

Shen Chen wanted to ask more questions, but Ling Xiche stopped him, and smiled faintly, "Okay, I understand, we can understand you, let's put aside the account book first. We plan to stay here for one night, and go out for a walk tomorrow. Go shopping, learn more about what you have seen and heard, so that you can go back and report the truth to the Holy One.”

The magistrate breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you two adults. If you want to stay overnight, I will naturally try my best to entertain you."

The magistrate arranged Shen Chen and Ling Xiche into two good guest rooms, Ling Xiche didn't explain too much to Shen Chen, went back to the guest room to rest for a while, and after dinner, it was almost dark.

Ling Xiche opened the window and looked outside, "It's almost there."

"About what?" Shen Chen asked him.

Ling Xiche smiled and went to get the package he brought over, which contained a set of black night clothes.

"The magistrate is quite tactful. He didn't want to offend us, and he didn't want to offend the people above. He said that when the account book was sent out, he didn't dare to look at us. If he was so guilty, he must be lying. If the account book is still here, Then there are only two possibilities, either to send heavy guards tonight, and I will see where the most people are guarding, and I will sneak in and steal the ledger. Or send the ledger away overnight, and when it gets dark, they will It's time to start moving, and I'm going to grab it."

Shen Chen was about to snatch the night clothes from Ling Xiche's hand, but Ling Xiche dodged sideways.

"what are you doing?"

Shen Chen stretched out his hand, "Bring it, give it to me."

"No."

"Xi Che, do you want to go alone?"

"Yeah, I just prepared one, my size."

Shen Chen took a step towards him, "Give it to me, I'll go."

Ling Xiche pushed him away, went to the bed and changed his clothes on his own, "Your injury is still not healed, and you are the emperor, so you can't take such risks. Besides, this is my size, you must wear it too short."

Shen Chen grabbed his half-clothed clothes, "You know it's an adventure? I won't let you go."

"Don't you want the ledger?" Ling Xiche asked back.

Shen Chen's hand loosened for a moment, Ling Xiche pulled out the clothes, and put them on after three times, five times and two times, and quickly took the prepared smoke, a short dagger, and a pair of clothes from the package. A silver needle.

Turning around, she was hugged by Shen Chen.

"Xi Che, you are more important. You are more important than the ledger. If the ledger can only be obtained through this method, then I don't want it. We will think of other ways in the future."

Ling Xiche patted him on the back, "I think you think this matter is too dangerous. Although you take a certain risk, it's not as dangerous as you think."

"Xi Che, forget it, don't go."

Ling Xiche saw that Shen Chen was determined not to let him go, and he didn't know what he thought, so he tiptoed slightly and kissed Shen Chen.

Shen Chen was stunned by his kiss, Ling Xiche saw the timing, pushed Shen Chen away and ran out. Soon, the figure in black night clothes disappeared into the night.

Shen Chen didn't come back to his senses until he ran far away, panicked, and didn't know what to do.

Chasing out now?Will that cause him trouble instead?

Or is it to brighten the identity of the emperor?But he had never met the prefect, so he said empty words, would they believe it?

Shen Chen walked to the window and looked outside, listening to the sounds outside, it was as quiet as before.

Maybe...should I trust him?

Believe he can.

But what if he gets hurt?Or, worse yet...

He is currently dressed as an assassin, even if they kill him as an assassin, it is completely reasonable.

He also knew Ling Xiche's skills. He watched Ling Xiche fight not far away in Ye Kingdom's war of subjugation.Although he was born in the General's Mansion, his skill is not bad, but in fact it is not much better, especially his endurance, it is really not good, it may have something to do with the civil servant who has been a civil servant for ten years and has no chance to move. In short, if there is a fight, it will be really disadvantageous if he can't get out quickly.

Shen Chen didn't know how long he had been waiting in restlessness, in short, every moment he took a breath, his heart was tormented, and the time had never been as long as it is now.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Shen Chen's hands were completely wet.

Finally, the door was pushed open.

Someone panted and slapped a notebook on Shen Chen's body, "Look! I got it!"

Shen Chen didn't care about the account book at the moment, and hugged that person tightly.

Ling Xiche touched him at a loss, "What's wrong with you?"

"Xi Che...I have never waited so long, I never knew that time can pass so slowly."

Ling Xiche chuckled, "It's not too long, right? I think I moved pretty fast, and the process went smoothly."

Shen Chen still hugged him tightly, "Xi Che, don't take any more risks in the future, don't decide to do this kind of thing without discussing with me, understand?"

"I don't think I have many opportunities like this. When I go back to the palace with you, there will be no opportunities for adventure."

Shen Chen heard him say so naturally that he would go back to the palace with him, his heart warmed up, and he hugged him even tighter.

Ling Xiche pushed him, "Are you trying to strangle me?"

Shen Chen finally let go of him, and held his face instead.

"Xi Che, you just kissed me."

"I......"

Ling Xiche's face turned red visibly.

"Don't tell me you don't know what a kiss means."

"I......"

Shen Chen finally said what he had been wanting to say for so long.

"Xi Che, on the night of the assassination, I thought maybe I wouldn't be able to make it through. I told you, I love you, I have admired you for ten years. You...you never mentioned it afterwards, I I want to know, what are you thinking, and what did that kiss represent?"

Ling Xiche felt his heart constrict suddenly, "Shen Chen, I..."

Now that we've reached this point, Shen Chen doesn't want him to back down anymore, no matter whether it's unacceptable or what, he must give an accurate word today.

"Xi Che, what are you thinking now? If you still want to leave me, I can let you go, and I will go back to the palace alone. But, if you start to have me in your heart, then, I hope you will leave me with me." When I go back, I am willing to go back with me and accept my love, willingly."

Facing Shen Chen's attitude that almost forced him to answer, Ling Xiche's head twitched like a burst of pain.The pain came suddenly and quickly, and he couldn't help closing his eyes and groaning.

"Xi Che, what's wrong with you?"

Ling Xiche couldn't stand upright, Shen Chen supported him, and slowly squatted down on the ground.

"Xi Che, do you have a headache again? How are you?" Shen Chen didn't know what to do. "Xi Che, don't scare me, I won't force you anymore, I won't force you anymore, don't scare me. "

Ling Xiche was buried in Shen Chen's arms, with a splitting headache, unable to think about anything.

Shen Chen massaged his head clumsily, "Xi Che, forget what I just said, don't answer if you don't want to answer, I'm fine, don't think about it, don't think about it."

Ling Xiche couldn't hear what Shen Chen was saying at all, and was completely overwhelmed by the pain, and passed out.