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Shen Qingjiao smiled and replied, "I obey your command."

Ye Junhong's move was exactly what she wanted.

The system exclaimed, "Host, your method is really brilliant. You can directly tell the emperor that the heavenly punishment is because the heaven is dissatisfied with the behavior of corrupt officials, and it has nothing to do with the good or bad governance of the emperor."

"On the one hand, it allows the emperor to punish corrupt officials and restore peace to the people. On the other hand, it prevents the emperor from attributing natural disasters to himself, thus preventing him from worrying too much and dying of depression."

Shen Qingjiao's eyes sparkled, "For the system mission, I will spare no effort and do my best."

three days later.

Ye Junhong and his group disguised themselves as ordinary merchants and walked on the streets of Jinji City.

Although the street is wide, it has a slightly dilapidated feel.

Most of the shops along the street were closed. Even those that were still open had few customers and even the waiters were dozing off.

On the roadside, you can often see dishevelled beggars lying on the ground, as well as miserable families selling their children...

Ye Junhong closed his eyes slightly, unable to bear to watch such tragic scenes in the world any longer.

Governor Chen Qing noticed the emperor's expression and immediately suggested in a low voice, "Your Majesty, please take care of the emperor's health. Why don't you go back to the inn and have a good rest?"

After a few moments of silence, Ye Junhong opened his eyes again, a storm raging in his eyes, his voice cold and ruthless, "No need, call your personal guards and go to the official residence with me to search the Shi family!"

Inside the mansion.

In the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the back garden, Prefect Shi was holding a beautiful woman, playing a little game of feeding each other grapes, laughing lewdly.

A group of soldiers suddenly rushed in.

The leader drew out his sword and pointed it at the throat of Prefect Shi, saying in a cold voice, "The Governor invites you!"

"Mr. Governor???"

Upon hearing this, Prefect Shi was shocked. He pushed the trembling woman in his arms away, quickly stood up, and said with a flattering smile, "Sir, I will go right away."

As soon as he arrived at the front hall, he saw Governor Chen standing there waiting for him, and he quickly invited him to take a seat.

But Lord Chen had a cold expression on his face and angrily shouted, "Governor Shi, I have received a report that you have imposed heavy taxes and embezzled and accepted bribes. You must tell the truth and not hide anything!"

Upon hearing this, Prefect Shi was stunned.

A few seconds later, he fell to his knees with a thud, tears and snot streaming down his face. "I am innocent. Who the hell is spreading rumors about me like this?"

Lord Chen was impatient, "Stop pretending. You have made Jinji City a mess, and the people are living in misery. Do you still have the nerve to cry out for injustice?"

"I admit that I have failed in my administration, but I have always been incorruptible and have absolutely never accepted ill-gotten gains!" Prefect Shi stretched out his sleeves to wipe away his tears, looking extremely pitiful.

"Someone, come here, search the house!" When Lord Chen realized that he couldn't get any information out of the question, he directly sent soldiers to search the house.

Clank, clank, clank—

The soldiers rushed into each room and began to search through the drawers and cabinets.

A quarter of an hour later.

Someone reported, "Your Excellency, we only found fifty-three ounces of silver in the inner room."

"So few? Have you searched every corner?" Lord Chen shouted.

"Reporting to the Lord, I have checked it out, and only found this much."

Lord Chen believed that Prefect Shi must have hidden the money somewhere else.

He walked into the inner room himself and was shocked by what he saw.

This place doesn't look like a prefect's residence at all.

The house was bare except for a simple wooden bed and a tattered wardrobe.

He suddenly felt a little worried and looked back at Ye Junhong beside him. He seemed to be talking to himself, but in fact he was reporting to him.

"It takes evidence to convict someone of a crime. It seems that this case cannot be closed quickly. I need to bring Magistrate Shi back to the government office and torture him severely."

Ye Junhong frowned slightly.

Shen Qingjiao, who was dressed as a servant, walked straight to a pillar nearby, touched it, and said casually, "The pillars in Magistrate Shi's house seem to be much thicker than those in ordinary houses."

Ye Junhong stepped forward and took a look, and couldn't help but nodded slightly.

Sure enough, as my beloved concubine said, the pillars here are unusual.

When Lord Chen saw the emperor nod, he immediately reacted.

He waved to the people around him, "Come on, chisel open the pillar!"

A bailiff came with a sledgehammer and hit the pillar hard.

Dangdangdang—

The pillar began to dent, and a hole slowly appeared, through which a faint silver light shone.

When Lord Chen saw this, he immediately ordered his men to speed up.

Crash--

Suddenly, silver ingots poured out from the hole, shining brightly and illuminating the whole room.

Seeing this, Shen Qingjiao and Ye Junhong looked at each other and smiled slightly.

Ye Junhong's emotions surged, and he hurried forward to hold her hand, whispering in her ear, "My beloved concubine is indeed very insightful."

Shen Qingjiao smiled faintly and said nothing.

Beside him, Huo Haochu watched the intimate interaction between the emperor and Concubine Shen, his eyes dim and his face shrouded in an indescribable melancholy.

He could only keep comforting himself that she was the emperor's concubine, and it was only natural for the emperor to be close to her.

But the more he thought about it, the more his heart ached. Only by turning his eyes away and looking elsewhere could he make his heavy heart feel better.

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When Governor Shi heard the knocking sounds coming from the inner room, he suddenly fell to the ground with a deathly pale face.

Now that the evidence was irrefutable, Lord Chen immediately ordered Prefect Shi to be imprisoned and await his fate.

Then, he dismissed his attendants and bowed to ask Emperor Ye Junhong, "Your Majesty, how should I deal with this batch of stolen goods?"

Ye Junhong did not answer directly, but looked at Shen Qingjiao, "Under normal circumstances, the silver seized will be returned to the national treasury. My beloved concubine, what do you think should be done this time?"

In his eyes, his beloved concubine had become the embodiment of heaven.

Since God cares so much about this matter, he must listen to his beloved concubine's opinions to prevent his actions from going against God's will.

Shen Qingjiao said softly, "I think that Governor Shi has committed many evil deeds, so the heaven sent down a dragon to punish him. Unfortunately, if this happens, innocent people will also suffer."

"Your Majesty, you can use this batch of silver to buy houses for the people in that area and resettle them so that they can escape the disaster."

Ye Junhong praised Shen Qingjiao's proposal highly.

"It's a really good plan! On the one hand, it allows the money that Governor Shi has plundered to be used for the benefit of the people, and on the other hand, it allows the people to avoid the suffering of the earth dragon turning over. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

This should calm the wrath of heaven and prevent further trouble.

Lord Chen secretly glanced at Shen Qingjiao.

Only then did he realize that the handsome young servant who had been following the emperor was actually a concubine in the palace.

It was totally unexpected that a woman in the deep palace could not only see through the secret place where Magistrate Shi hid his money, but also come up with such a brilliant plan. It was really surprising.

Also, Your Majesty seemed to have mentioned the four words "earth dragon turning over" just now.

Did he hear it correctly?

Ye Junhong slowly opened his mouth, "Chen Qing, within six days, relocate all residents west of the Hongshui River in Jinji City to other places, use the stolen money from Prefect Shi to buy new houses for them, and properly resettle them."

"I obey your command." Chen Qing bowed and accepted the order.

He was extremely shocked.

Could it be that Your Majesty foresaw the natural disaster and therefore resettled the people in advance?