Chapter 144 North City
Lu Yuan did not send Zhu Xing'er to jail.

Not even Zhu Xing'er was punished.

Lu Yuan reported to the emperor that the Ning'an Palace was innocent.

Zhu Xing'er fell into the trap of someone with ulterior motives.

Lu Yuan followed some clues and finally found the root of the problem: the Xuannv Sect.

Although I don’t know what benefit the Xuannv Sect will get from assassinating the emperor.

But at this time the assassination was indeed related to the Xuannv Sect.

Then Lu Yuan was demoted.

He was demoted to be a county magistrate.

It is still the extremely cold and bitter north city.

You know, Lu's father was demoted, but he was demoted to a wealthy place.

When Lu Yuan left, everyone in Ning'an Palace came to see him off.

Actually, this matter is very simple.

As long as Zhu Xing'er is put in jail, Lu Yuan will definitely not be demoted, and may even be promoted.

But Lu Yuan didn't want to do that.

Everyone has something they want to stick to in their hearts.

The same is true for Lu Yuan.

His Majesty was kind enough to arrange a group of officers and soldiers to accompany Lu Yuan to North City.

Of course, these officers and soldiers are not here to protect Lu Yuan, they will have to return to Beijing later.

It just so happened that many criminals in Beijing were to be exiled to the frontier.

Many people have families with them.

Although the North City is not a bitter and cold place, it is also a very bitter place and is suitable as a place of exile.

So exile to the North City is also possible.

The North City is rocky and close to the sea. Although there is plenty of water, much of it is not drinkable.

The land is not easy to cultivate.

The meat of fish and shrimp is not oily and not filling.

So the North City is very, very poor, and there are pirates.

Xu Qiuyue naturally followed Lu Yuan.

In Xu Qiuyue's opinion, being away from the disputes in the capital is a blessing.

I don’t know what His Majesty is thinking.

Xuan Jiuqing has been crowned king, but he still lives in the capital and has not been given a fiefdom.

Hongling was pregnant, so Xu Qiuyue arranged for her to live in a house in Beijing.

Chunzhu didn't want to leave. She wanted Xu Qiuyue to stay in the capital with her, so she kept persuading Xu Qiuyue to stay.

Chunzhu believed that Lu Yuan would be summoned back by the emperor soon.

But when Xu Qiuyue wanted to keep her in Beijing.

Chunzhu quickly packed his luggage and followed Xu Qiuyue.

As for Chunmei, Xu Qiuyue returned her indenture contract to her and let her go home.

North City is a hard place, and Chunmei had suffered a lot with her in her previous life. In this life, Xu Qiuyue doesn't want to take Chunmei to suffer with her.

As for Qiuxiang and Wuming, Xu Qiuyue originally returned the indenture contracts to them together.

But both of them said that their lives were saved by Xu Qiuyue, and that they had no relatives and nowhere to go, so they wanted to follow Xu Qiuyue and go to North City together.

People are not as good as the sky.

Xu Qiuyue also didn't expect that she would leave the capital so soon.

However, Xu Qiuyue felt that it would be a good idea to leave the capital.

This Dasheng will soon be in chaos.

The capital city is a troubled place.

Although the North City is poor.

But there was no war.

Even the pirates did not bother to occupy this place. They just robbed some supplies and left.

Xu Qiuyue and Lu Yuan were sitting in the carriage, they brought several large carts of supplies.

Lu Yuan even brought hundreds of guards with him.

Because their journey to the North City was long, and they were followed by thousands of exiled refugees.

Moreover, with so many people, there is no place to stay even if they go to the post station. Many people can only sleep in the wilderness, where the probability of encountering jackals, wild beasts and bandits is very high.

Without enough guards, safety cannot be guaranteed.

The most important thing is that although those officers and soldiers have to listen to Lu Yuan, they still have to return to Beijing.

They wouldn't be so determined to work for Lu Yuan.

With so many guards, the officers and soldiers did not dare to underestimate Lu Yuan.

Even though Lu Yuan was demoted, they did not dare to look down on him.

No matter what, Lu Yuan is still an official of a certain rank.

And behind Lu Yuan is the Ning'an Palace.

Maybe Lu Yuan will return to the capital at some point.

But now it was October, and the weather was getting colder. If they got sick on the road, they didn't have a carriage like Xu Qiuyue, and they walked every day. In this case, it would be easy to die of illness.

Generally speaking, half of the people who were exiled died on the way. They died of illness or exhaustion. It was not easy for them to survive.

"Sir, I think it's about time..." The coachman looked up at the sky and reminded Lu Yuan.

It was dark now, and it was very unsafe to travel at night.

And after leaving the capital.

Wherever we went, we could see refugees everywhere.

Xu Qiuyue could feel it.

Ordinary people are not having an easy time.

His Majesty's health is getting worse.

Perhaps it was because the emperor had the help of spiritual spring water in his previous life, so he lived a long time and was not so eager for spiritual medicine.

Your Majesty, there is no spiritual spring water in this life.

My health seems to be much worse than in my previous life.

And the oppression of ordinary people was not that harsh.

Refugees can be seen almost everywhere on the road.

And natural disasters continue.

Of course, it may also be related to the route Lu Yuan took.

This is the road of exile, and the place you are heading to is naturally the most bitter and miserable.

If you go to Yangzhou, a wealthy place like that, things might be different.

Half of the food and oil in the carriage had been eaten up.

So many people need to eat every day.

Even if it's the worst rice bran.

I eat a lot every day.

Those criminals who arrived in North City became Lu Yuan's people.

We can’t let people starve to death on the way!
Lu Yuan has to take care of it no matter what.

As for food, on the first day I found some people wasting food and complaining that the food was not tasty.

Lu Yuan simply didn't give him any food for half a day.

The person behind was only given a bowl of water and half a steamed bun.

No one will complain about the food being bad anymore.

As for those who are unwilling to walk and complain about the hardship and tiredness.

At this time, the officers and soldiers accompanying them were very experienced. They had to leave even after being whipped.

These people are all nobles in the capital.

They were all exiled for various reasons.

There are also many people who were exiled because of the murder of the prince.

Others were exiled for speaking for King Ning'an.

His Majesty dislikes Prince Ning'an very much.

Even though Prince Ning'an has surrendered his military power, His Majesty is still very wary of him.

What Xu Qiuyue couldn't understand was that without his military power, Prince Ning'an was like a toothless tiger.

Since Your Majesty hates Prince Ning'an so much, why doesn't he get rid of him?

And there is also the Xuannv Sect, which even dares to assassinate the emperor.

His Majesty did not even think about how to wipe out the Xuannv Sect, but was actually thinking about dealing with King Ning'an first and sending Lu Yuan to prison.

If the emperor did not punish Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan would definitely try his best to deal with the Xuannv Sect.

And there is Xuan Jiuqing, since Xuan Jiuqing has already married Honglian.

That means giving up Xuan Jiuqing. At this time, shouldn’t we give Xuan Jiuqing a fiefdom?

There were many things that Xu Qiuyue couldn't understand.

What is most puzzling is that His Majesty would actually let Xuan Yi, a waste, be the Crown Prince.