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Chapter 147 The Emperor's Favored Concubine is Heartbroken (43)

However, as an official for many years, he naturally knew that he should never ask questions that he should not ask. The most important thing was to do well what His Majesty had ordered.

Next, Chen Qing immediately notified all officials of Jinji City, requiring them to report the total number of residents west of the Hongshui River within one hour.

After learning the number of people, he immediately used the stolen money of Prefect Shi to purchase the corresponding number of vacant houses at market prices throughout the capital.

After doing these things, Chen Qing summoned the governors from all over Jinji City and made the announcement on the spot.

"Within six days, all residents west of the Hongshui River must be forced to move elsewhere. If any of the people disobey the instructions, they will be imprisoned."

The officials below looked at each other, and all felt that this move was really sudden and abrupt.

Someone boldly asked, "Master Chen, can you tell me the whole story? After all, it is not easy to ask ordinary people to move. If there is no explanation, it will be difficult to handle."

"This……"

Lord Chen was puzzled, but he actually had no idea, so he subconsciously looked at the emperor behind the pearl curtain.

Shen Qingjiao whispered a few words to Ye Junhong, and after getting his consent, she spoke in a deep voice.

"This is God's will, and it cannot be explained. Tell the people that they only need to wait patiently for seven days, and they will know the reason."

The officials below were slightly startled.

This sounds mysterious, but they finally have a reason to convince people to move.

Shen Qingjiao added, "Considering that this move is a bit sudden, in order to appease the people, as long as they move within the specified time, each family will be rewarded with 1,000 coins."

Hearing this, the officials finally showed joy on their faces.

After all, it is not an easy task for ordinary people to move with their families. Now that there is a reward from the higher-ups, it will be much easier to accomplish.

Chen Qing nodded slightly. It was rare for the queen in the harem to think of this.

Seven days later.

It was a calm day.

However, in the middle of the night, the people living east of the Hongshui River suddenly heard a rumbling sound coming from the west side of the river.

They were all awakened and looked over. Under the moonlight, they saw several huge cracks appearing in the ground to the west. Houses collapsed and dust rose into the sky.

"An earth dragon appeared west of the Hongshui River! All the houses collapsed!"

Everyone rushed to tell each other.

The people who had lived west of the Hongshui River heard the news the next day, and their mouths became so big that they could swallow a fist. They felt grateful for having survived the disaster.

Only then did they understand that their superiors had asked them to move away from the west of the Hongshui River within six days in order to help them avoid the disaster of an earth dragon turning over.

Afterwards, Chen Qing had someone spread the news, telling everyone that the emperor understood God's will and knew that a dragon would rise to the west of the Hongshui River, so he made arrangements in advance to protect the people from natural disasters.

After hearing the news, everyone spontaneously gathered at the gate of the prefecture and kowtowed and knelt down.

"Long live our emperor. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

"Long live our emperor. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

Ye Junhong was currently in the hall, discussing government affairs with Chen Qing.

Suddenly he heard the uniform sound of worship coming from outside, and he immediately understood that they must be coming to thank the Earth Dragon for turning over.

When Chen Qing heard this, he also got up from his seat, lifted up his official robe, and knelt down to Ye Junhong in a loud voice.

"Your Majesty is diligent in government and loves the people. You are generous and helpful to the people. The people are so lucky to have a monarch like you!"

"Chen Qing, get up quickly."

Ye Junhong waved his hand, signaling him to get up, but he was thinking in his heart: Fortunately, God warned his beloved concubine, so he could make arrangements in advance and save the people from natural disasters.

Otherwise, there would have been a lot of casualties west of the Hongshui River, and everyone would have mocked him behind his back, saying that this emperor was a person of no character and no moral integrity who caused the natural disaster.

Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat on his back and decided to reward his beloved concubine after returning to the palace and remember her first contribution.

The first day back in the palace.

In the Yongshou Palace, the emperor sent rewards continuously, including gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins.

Shen Qingjiao looked at the box after box of treasures and rolled around wildly on the bed in excitement, grinning foolishly.

Perhaps the emperor rewarded her with so many things because she had saved half of the people in the city and made an invaluable contribution.

Doing good things will indeed bring good rewards.

Come to think of it, she didn't do anything but talk, but she easily received a bunch of rewards. She really made a fortune.

The more Shen Qingjiao thought about it, the more excited she became, so she simply went for a walk in the yard.

"Oh, by the way, the emperor came just now and seemed to have mentioned hunting?" Shen Qingjiao asked Zhu Ling beside her.

Just now, she was so busy drooling over the boxes of treasures that she didn't even listen carefully to what Ye Junhong said.

Zhu Ling nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty, His Majesty said that according to custom, the day after tomorrow, the Emperor, his royal relatives, and close ministers will go hunting in the royal hunting grounds, and Your Majesty will go with them."

"Hunting?" Shen Qingjiao was a little embarrassed, "But I don't know how to ride a horse."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I've just inquired about it. You can go to the stable in the palace. There are professional female officials there to teach the nobles how to ride." Zhu Ling comforted her.

"Zhu Ling has won my heart, so I will reward you with a gold ingot." Shen Qingjiao threw the gold ingot in her hand to Zhu Ling.

Zhu Ling was flattered and quickly took the gold ingot and bowed to thank her, "Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty."

Outside the palace wall.

Huo Haochu stopped in his tracks. While patrolling here, he happened to hear the conversation between Concubine Shen and her maid.

She wants to learn horse riding?

The palace ladies were naturally good, but his Huo family had been in the army for generations, and when it came to riding and shooting, they were much better than the palace ladies.

He believed that he was the most suitable teacher for her...

The next day, the weather was fine.

Shen Qingjiao arrived at the royal horse farm in a sedan chair.

As soon as the sedan chair stopped, a female official came forward respectfully and said, "Your Highness, I am the female official on duty. My surname is Wang, and I will be responsible for teaching you how to ride."

There was a bit of flattery on Lady Wang's face when she smiled.

I heard that the Empress was very generous, so she must teach her carefully. If she taught well, the Empress might be happy and reward her with silver and gold.

She brought a horse, helped Shen Qingjiao onto the horse, and began to explain the key points.

"Please put your feet into the stirrups on both sides of the horse. The stirrups can help the rider get on and off the horse, or make the rider more stable on the horse."

When Shen Qingjiao heard this, she realized that stirrups are the footrests when riding a horse, so it is easy to understand.

Then she put her feet into the ring.

Lady Wang looked at it but shook her head, "Your Majesty, the posture is wrong. You can't point your toes downward. The correct way is to step on the stirrup with your front foot, toes forward, and heels hanging naturally. This is the correct way."

Shen Qingjiao repeated silently, "Put the front of your foot on the stirrup, point your toes forward, and let your heels hang naturally."

Okay, this tip is a bit long and difficult to pronounce.

But no problem, she would try to remember.

Then she felt the reins; they were thick and hard.

Shen Qingjiao's excitement surged like a rising tide.

In her original world, she had never ridden a horse.

Every time I see those grassland men on TV, holding the reins and galloping on their horses, full of passion, I can only envy them secretly.

Now, she can try it herself!

She was immersed in new things and didn't notice that a pair of dark and narrow eyes were staring at her not far away.

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