Chapter 255 The Great Empress Wu

Both figures were dressed in men's clothes.

At this moment, they were sitting in a carriage heading to Zhaohuang City, chatting casually.

The smaller figure looked at the other person and slowly said, "Your Majesty, this time you are visiting incognito, without a guard, isn't it a bit too arrogant?"

Yes, the person in front of her was the current female emperor of the Dawu Dynasty, Wu Mei, and the 15th emperor of the Dawu Dynasty.

After hearing this, Wu Mei shook her head.

"Ling'er, aren't you my guard?"

The smaller girl's name is Ling Yaning, and she is considered a family member of the Ling family, a great family in the dynasty.

But the advantage is that the Ling family is Wu Mei's confidant, and Ling Yaning is also a guard specially trained by the Ling family for the female emperor.

Since Wu Mei came to power, Ling Yaning has been protecting Wu Mei personally, and I don't know how many blind assassins she has killed.

Over time, the other party has become Wu Mei's most trusted person. On the surface, they are monarchs and ministers, but in private, they have gradually called each other sisters.

During this incognito visit, Wu Mei used a substitute technique to leave the palace. She did not even tell the three ministers in the palace, and only informed Ling Yaning.

Thinking of this, Wu Mei looked at Ling Yaning with a smile.

"If there is really an assassin, I am afraid that the traitor is between you and me."

Ling Yaning sighed.

It was not that she was nervous about Wu Mei's joke, but she was a little impressed by Wu Mei's arrogance.

However, Wu Mei had made up her mind, and she could not persuade her.

After all, she was just a minister.

Then Ling Yaning asked Wu Mei with some curiosity: "What is the purpose of your majesty's incognito visit this time?"

"Could it be that your majesty really thought it through and planned to find some handsome men among the people to fill the harem?"

At this point, Ling Yaning couldn't help but sigh.

Since the establishment of the Dawu Dynasty, there has never been an emperor who lived past 45 years old.

Wu Mei also ascended to the supreme position above all others at the age of 20 after the death of the previous emperor.

But unlike the previous emperor.

Wu Mei did not seem to be in a hurry to get married and have children to expand the Wu family royal family.

Instead, she was keen on visiting various places incognito without telling the three ministers.

Zhaohuang City happened to be Wu Mei's target this time.

Facing Ling Yaning's joke, Wu Mei was not angry, but shook her head and poked Ling Yaning's forehead with her finger.

"You, you!"

Sighed.

Wu Mei pointed to the outside of the carriage with a melancholy look in her eyes.

"What did you see along the way from this state?"

Although it was not clear why Wu Mei asked this, Ling Yaning still answered seriously: "I saw that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and this was all due to the credit of your majesty."

"Is this the picture you saw?"

Wu Mei repeated it softly.

Then she said what she saw.

"What I saw is that there are more than 700 princes in this small state."

"Is this Dawu Dynasty my dynasty or the dynasty of those princes?"

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

Ling Yaning glanced at Xi Zhou vigilantly, then whispered to Wu Mei's ear.

"The princes are all conferred by the three dukes in the palace. Although they have a name, they have no power, and they don't receive a salary. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about a piece of empty name!"

"Yes, the three dukes in the palace."

Wu Mei naturally saw Ling Yaning's fearful expression.

The three dukes in the palace are divided into the Shangguan family represented by the Grand Marshal, the Gongmen family represented by the Grand Minister of the Interior, and the Liang family represented by the Grand Minister of Works.

Even the Ling family, which belongs to the royalist faction, is wary of the three dukes in the palace.

Although the three dukes in the palace have experienced several changes, they have been loyal to the Dawu Dynasty for a hundred years.

Even Wu Mei herself didn't know why.

She would absurdly connect the emperor's short life with the three officials in the palace.

"Hey, are you going to enter the city or not?"

At this time, there was a curse from behind.

A dark-skinned man came to the carriage and pointed at Wu Mei and cursed: "If you don't enter the city, don't occupy the toilet without taking a shit."

"If you don't move, do you know how many carriages are waiting for you behind?"

Perhaps because Wu Mei was not dressed like a rich man now, the other party had no psychological pressure to curse.

"You!"

Listening to the other party insulting the current empress.

Ling Yaning was so angry that she subconsciously took out a long sword from her waist and was about to unsheathe it.

But Wu Mei secretly held it with her hand.

In a place where the man couldn't see, Wu Mei shook her head at Ling Yaning.

Then she turned to the man and smiled: "Excuse me, big brother, we'll leave now."

After that, she drove to catch up with the team in front.

Seeing Wu Mei so tactful, the dark-skinned man did not continue to pester him. He just muttered a few more words and turned away.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let me kill the scoundrel who insulted you?"

While queuing to enter the city, Ling Yaning seemed a little puzzled.

"Even if you are kind-hearted and can't bear to kill him, as long as you reveal your identity and summon the city guards to put him in jail, it will be easy, right?"

Wu Mei sighed and flicked Ling Yaning's forehead.

"You, you."

She didn't blame Ling Yaning.

After all, the Ling family is considered a big family in the imperial city, and their way of thinking is a little different from others. It is also under the influence of the eyes and ears, and there is nothing they can do.

But there are some things that the aristocratic families can do, but they can't do.

The position of the Great Wu Emperor is both a right and a responsibility, and even a kind of confinement.

However, because of Wu Mei's approach, the two entered Zhaohuang City without any setbacks.

As soon as she entered the city, Ling Yaning turned her head and looked at Wu Mei.

"I heard that there is a restaurant called Mingxian Pavilion in Zhaohuang City that is famous."

"Your Majesty, why don't we go there to rest today?"

Mingxian Pavilion?

Wu Mei thought about it slowly, and it was not a place where her identity would be exposed.

After all, it was just a place where the family mainly provided meals. If ordinary wealthy businessmen were willing, they could live there for a while.

"Then just do as Ling'er said."

The reins of the carriage were handed over to Ling Yaning.

Wu Mei leaned against the window frame of the carriage and began to look at the current situation of Zhaohuang City.

It must be said that under the governance of the three dukes in the palace, the core area of ​​the Great Wu Dynasty has not experienced natural disasters or man-made disasters for a long time.

At present, Zhaohuang City is prosperous and wealthy, the people are peaceful and happy, and no one who passes by is hungry.

Even Wu Mei can't find any fault with the achievements of the three officials in the palace.

But suddenly.

Wu Mei frowned slightly and sniffed at Xi Zhou with her delicate nose.

Although the road in front of the carriage was flat and the ground was clean and tidy.

But she smelled a faint smell of blood and gunpowder here, which lasted for a long time.

Wait!

Wu Mei widened her eyes and grabbed Ling Yaning's hand.

"Quick, turn the carriage around!"

She finally knew what was wrong.

This Zhaohuang City is so prosperous, how could there be such an unmanned road?