Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

"Thank you, Master! I will accept this dew with audacity!"

He was aware of his own physical condition. Although he had drunk the elixir, he was old after all. Going to provide disaster relief would require him to travel in the wind and snow for a long time. He could not hold back the master of the temple because of his health, so he did not refuse politely.

In a flash, the abbot disappeared from his sight. Although Yuan Songbo was surprised, he did not lose his focus and immediately started to work hard on the tasks assigned by the abbot.

Chen Qingzhu returned to the Du'e Temple and began to use spiritual energy crystals to set up the spiritual renewal formation.

In this operation, the storage talisman is indispensable.

The Soul-Continuing Array was something she created in the world of cultivation. It was the key to drawing the Absorption Talisman with the cultivation level of the late stage of Qi Refining.

The cultivation threshold for the Absorption Talisman is actually the Foundation Establishment Stage.

In addition to the understanding of the rules, one also needs to have enough spiritual energy reserves to be able to draw all the runes continuously in one breath.

Chen Qingzhu had already understood the rules in the world of cultivation.

With the strength of his tendons and veins at the seventh level of Qi Refining, it was just enough to reach the bottom line of withstanding the impact of the Soul Continuation Array.

So, theoretically, she should be able to draw a talisman for receiving objects.

After two and a half days of experimentation, and consuming the spiritual energy of more than 100 kilograms of top-quality jade, she finally made a talisman that could be used in this world.

However, due to the severe lack of spiritual energy in this world and the lack of time for trial and improvement, the storage talisman she made could not be reused.

In order to maintain stability, she did not go for a larger space. One storage talisman could only hold about a thousand bags of rice weighing 100 kilograms, or a thousand shi, which was only about the size of a small courtyard.

Now that she was sure that she could draw the talisman to absorb the objects, she felt more confident about her chances of success in this disaster relief operation.

She closed her eyes and rested for more than an hour. Seeing that the sky was getting a little brighter, she performed a cleansing spell, then got up and went to the palace to attend the grand court meeting.

Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony

Emperor Yong'an sat on the high throne, listening absent-mindedly to the tedious government reports from the civil and military officials below.

Even though that "immortal master" had said that as long as he carried the protective magic weapon with him, the evil demon Du'e God would never dare to attack him, he had never verified it himself and was very unsure.

"Your Majesty, the Grand Imperial Master is requesting an audience outside the palace!"

A young eunuch hurried into the hall to report.

Emperor Yong'an couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart.

How he wished that the imperial guards could keep the evil demon out of the palace.

But he also knew that it was just wishful thinking.

Therefore, he could only maintain his calmness on the surface and said in a deep voice:

"Please invite the Imperial Master into the palace!"

All the officials looked towards the door involuntarily.

They had never really had close contact with this powerful deity, and they were filled with both awe and curiosity.

Just as everyone saw the slender white figure at the entrance of the hall, the next moment, she appeared in front of all the civil and military officials.

Minister Pang was envious of the amulet and the magic dew, so he was particularly flattering and immediately knelt down to pay homage:

"Greetings to the Grand Imperial Master! May the Imperial Master have a long and blessed life and may he enjoy eternal happiness!"

The others came to their senses, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed loudly:

"Greetings to the Grand Imperial Master! May the Imperial Master have a long and blessed life and may he enjoy eternal happiness!"

Emperor Yong'an quietly looked at Chen Qingzhu's expression.

Facing the worship of civil and military officials, her expression was calm and expressionless, as if she didn't care about the supreme power in the world at all.

"Ministers, please stand up."

She spoke softly and calmly, more calmly than he, who had been emperor for decades.

After saying this, he turned to look at Emperor Yong'an and nodded slightly as a courtesy:

She was so rude to him in front of all the civil and military officials!

Emperor Yong'an secretly resented it, but he didn't dare to care about it at all.

He could not tell whether Chen Qingzhu was happy or angry from her expression, nor could he guess what she was here for today.

In his heart, he was still filled with fear about the fifteen-day deadline she had mentioned earlier, and he did not dare to neglect her until he was sure that she really could not hurt him.

So he pretended not to care about Chen Qingzhu's attitude and said gently:

"The Imperial Master has always been busy with his cultivation. He must have important business here. Let's discuss the Imperial Master's business first."

Seeing that he was tactful, Chen Qingzhu naturally did not hesitate to be humble and directly told him the purpose of his visit today.

"I traveled around the day before yesterday and saw that Shanxi Province, Zhili and other places were hit by snow disasters. Millions of people in the city were running out of rice. The price of rice in the city remained high. It can be seen that local officials are not good at disaster relief. Either the government treasury and granary are empty, or they collude with merchants to drive up the price of grain."

Although Chen Qingzhu did not go to inspect in person this time, what he saw as a wandering soul in his previous life was basically the same situation.

Logically speaking, the biggest problem with snowstorms is the cold.

But in fact, there are many trees that can be cut down and used as firewood, whether in villages or around county towns.

Shanxi Province produces coal, and people in many big cities will store some coal for the winter before winter comes.

Therefore, what really caused many deaths was hunger caused by lack of food.

The famine in the village would not show up until next year.

But in the city, if the roads are blocked by heavy snow for more than half a month, the price of food will soar to a level that the people will be daunted.

It would be fine if it was just small county towns without granaries, but many provincial capitals have large granaries with abundant grain reserves and prices are also soaring.

Many officials understand the tricks involved.

"I cannot watch the people freeze to death or starve to death, so I ask Your Majesty to allocate money and food supplies and send an imperial envoy to take charge of disaster relief."

Emperor Yong'an felt a headache when he heard about disaster relief.

Disaster relief, whether it is the allocation of rice or supplies, requires a large amount of money.

The national treasury is already tight, so where would the extra money come from for disaster relief?

"Master, you don't know that this matter has been discussed before. The national treasury is tight..."

Those old and weak who froze to death or starved to death were of little value to begin with, and their death would not cause much loss.

The court has already taken measures within its capacity, and as long as it is justifiable, there is no need to bring up the past again.

Chen Qingzhu smiled and interrupted Emperor Yong'an:

"Your Majesty, don't you still have some treasury? Just borrow a few hundred thousand taels to provide disaster relief."

Emperor Yong'an was furious when he heard this.

The money in the treasury is his private treasury, which is the expenditure and enjoyment that an emperor deserves. How can it be confused with the national treasury!

If this precedent is set in this dynasty, and when the country has problems in the future, people will have to borrow money from private treasuries here and there, how can he have enough money left to maintain his imperial majesty?

No one had ever dared to attack his private vault so blatantly.

But the person in front of him is the Lord of Du'e!

He was really afraid that if he refused, he would be struck to death by a thunder explosion. Even if he died, he would be infamous for eternity.

What's more, he doesn't want to die.

"What the Imperial Master said is true." He could only say it reluctantly.

Seeing that he agreed, Chen Qingzhu didn't care whether he was really willing or not, and made the final decision in front of all the officials:

"In that case, Your Majesty will borrow 700,000 taels of silver from the treasury to use for disaster relief!"

"In addition, we need to allocate 500,000 dan of grain and 50,000 dan of cotton from Tianzhou Warehouse for emergency relief of the people."

"I have also chosen the person to provide disaster relief. The Minister of Rites, Yuan Songbo, is an honest official who is dedicated to the people and has outstanding abilities. He will be the imperial envoy for disaster relief and will be in charge of all matters related to disaster relief. He will be given the power to act first and report later."

The civil and military officials all had subtle expressions.

This order, which completely disregards the wishes of His Majesty, is even more powerful than that of the Queen Mother at the time, revealing an unquestionable arrogance.

At this moment, the God looks more like a king than Your Majesty on the high throne.

Emperor Yong'an also gritted his teeth secretly.

Deceiving too much!

But now he didn't dare to communicate with the "Immortal Lord" in front of this evil demon, nor did he dare to gamble with his own safety.

In order to prevent her from getting angry and hurting others, he could only agree temporarily.