King Ding

Other people were also on the streets, and someone quietly asked, "Who's on that carriage?"

"That doesn't look like an ordinary person."

A passerby was carrying a basket to buy groceries when he heard someone ask, "Are you people from the prefecture capital?"

"Yes, we just returned from somewhere else."

Someone kindly explained, "That is our King Ding's carriage. King Ding had arranged to take over Dingzhou, so he visited the local officials."

An outsider asked, bewildered, "Wait, shouldn't the officials visit King Ding instead?"

Someone whispered, "Who knows? We don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. We only know that King Ding isn't in good health, yet he musters the strength to visit people constantly. It's backbreaking work, in my opinion.