Chapter 81 (1/2)

Chapter 81

Ban Xiang proceeds to pack up as fast as she can .

As Ban Xiang is busy packing, the imperial physician sends the freshly brewed medicine over .

Mo Qi Qi tells him to retreat first as she wants to wait for it to cool down before drinking it .

The moment the imperial physician left, she pours the medicine out .

Ban Xiang looks at her confused, “Why did you pour it out, Your Ladyship? His Majesty ordered the physician to brew that for your head injury . ”

Mo Qi Qi does not share the same appreciation, “My head is fine now . Don’t you think it is suspicious that Jun Qian Che suddenly asked the physician to give me medicine? Didn’t you say that me going to the brothel embarra.s.sed him? What if he is taking this chance to slip poison in my medicine?”

Ban Xiang covers her mouth in shock, “His Majesty wants to kill you?”

“Very possibly . Come on, let’s go and join Jun Qian Che outside!”

Both of them walk out of the room .

After Mo Qi Qi boards the carriage, Jun Qian Che orders his people to continue the journey .

Not long later, the carriage stops again . Jun Qian Che suddenly says, “Get off . ”

Mo Qi Qi gets down from the carriage with a question mark hovering above her head . She discovers that they are standing in front of Qing Shui County’s Government Office . “I thought we were going to continue the journey? Why are we stopping here?”

“The purpose of this trip is to see how local officials usually conduct their business . The official in charge of Qing Shui County is irresponsible and corrupted . He harms the common people, rapes the womenfolk, frequents the brothel and colludes with the local thugs to oppress the common people . He has drawn the ire of the common people . If we let this go on, the common people will direct their hatred towards the court . He needs to be taken care of . ”

Mo Qi Qi puts two and two together, “So, you really went to the brothel for a business? You were trying to catch the official in the act?” Although she is asking, she pretty much knows the answer deep inside .

Jun Qian Che looks at her coldly, “What do you think?”

Mo Qi Qi laughs awkwardly .

Jun Qian Che walks towards the building . Bai Jiu follows him from behind and hits the gong for a very long time, but no one bothers coming to tend to them .

(TN: There were gongs placed in front of Government Offices back then . The common people usually hit the gong if they have something to report . )

Han Yi Xiao then brings a couple of people with him to the back courtyard to see if anyone is there . What greets them is the sight of the official having fun with beauties .

Han Yi Xiao drags him to Great Hall and flings him in front of Jun Qian Che .

The official is very angry at them . He keeps shouting at them, asking who they are and threatening to chop their heads .

He even dares to say that this land is far from the capital and from the court . No one can stop him from doing

anything here . In here, he is the emperor .

When Han Yi Xiao takes out the imperial token, the official is scared witless .

Han Yi Xiao lists his offences one by one and even brings forth a couple of local people as witnesses . He even catches the trashy friend that accompanied the official to the brothel last night .

All evidence are pointing at him, the official cannot find it in him to defend himself . Jun Qian Che orders him and his entire family to be beheaded, as even his family members are very corrupted .

The common people personally watch the official getting his head chopped off . They repeatedly chant ‘long live the emperor’ .

When Mo Qi Qi sees all these with her own eyes, she finally realizes how big the power the emperor possesses . Just one word and lives are immediately lost .

But no matter how she thinks about it, chopping the head of the official 100 times is still not enough to pay for what he did . So many women had been harmed by him . Many of them had to sell their bodies to the brothel in the end .

Now that this trash has been killed, better days are awaiting those who live in the county .

Jun Qian Che instates a new magistrate . Although he has not been here for a long time, Jun Qian Che is very efficient . He personally hears the common people talking about the magistrate’s atrocities as well as a lower staff of his that has been helping the common people in the dark . That official is very talented and exceptional, just he used to be oppressed by the previous magistrate and could not showcase his full skills . Now that Jun Qian Che has made him the new magistrate, the common people are very happy .

Because of that, the entourage leaves very early the next morning, as to not alert the common people . When the sun has risen, the common people gather in the Government Office, wanting to thank the emperor and to present him with local delicacies . When they find out that he has left, they all sigh in regret .

Back then, under the former magistrate’s oppression, they thought that the emperor and the court were useless . Now that they have seen how upright the emperor is, their hearts are in peace . They are now able to antic.i.p.ate their coming days, under the rule of the kind ruler .

Mo Qi Qi who had to be woken up before the sun was even up is very unhappy at the moment . She glares at Jun Qian Che as she sits opposite him inside the carriage, “Your Majesty, I know that your power is very big, but did you really have to wake people up before the sun is even up! I am so sleepy!”

“Zhen does not want too many people to know about our trip this time . Now that the problem in Qing Shui County has been resolved, we should leave as quickly as possible . ”

“Yes, you are the emperor, whatever you say goes!” Mo Qi Qi says in irritation . Even if they are on a trip, they do not have to be so hasty to resume the journey .

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To tell the truth, Jun Qian Che wants to take this chance to go to as many places as he could to help as many people as possible . Only then, will he be able to sleep in peace at night .

As the ruler, there are a lot of things that he is completely helpless to do . He wants to personally do so many things, but he knows that it is physically impossible . He is stuck at the court . Now that he has the chance to see everything with his own eyes, he wants to see as many things as he can . But how could Mo Qi Qi understand the heart of an emperor?

“If you are sleepy, go on and sleep,” he calmly says . He can understand where Mo Qi Qi is coming from . She has been spoiled ever since she was born, it is natural that she cannot endure hardship .

What he does not know is that rather than unable to endure hardship, Mo Qi Qi simply hates it when other people disturb her sleep .

They are sharing a carriage and the atmosphere is completely quiet . He is silent in nature while Mo Qi Qi does not want to risk saying anything that could anger him . After seeing the extent of his authority, all the previous memories of her antagonizing him comes flooding back . She is so scared of him now . Even though she has a lot of things to say to him, she keeps everything to himself . She closes her eyes and the sleepiness kicks back in . In the end, she falls asleep despite not planning to .

Her body sways with the movement of the carriage . At one point, she almost fall .