Yun Tianbai was stunned. "What do you mean? You want to take over the management of the household affairs for her?"

Shi Wenxia was also stunned. "I have been married into the Duke's mansion for more than a month and am the eldest daughter-in-law of the eldest branch. Shouldn't I be in charge of managing the household affairs?"

Yun Tianbai suddenly realized, "So that's what you were planning!"

If you manage the household affairs, will you have income?

"Am I wrong? We have no money and no power. If we want to pay off our debts, besides managing the household finances and slowly making some extra money, we also need to find a way to acquire some land and shops to generate income!"

Yun Tianbai never expected her to think this way. He was used to Jiang Youran, the mistress of the house in his previous life, using her huge dowry to subsidize the Duke's mansion. He had never seen her put the Duke's mansion's money into her own pocket.

Seeing his clearly disapproving expression, Shi Wenxia's eyes reddened again. "Your Highness, also, why hasn't there been any news about the title of Lady of the Heir Apparent that you requested for me?"

Yun Tianbai sighed and pulled her into his arms. "I heard that the Emperor has kept you in the capital. This matter has wronged you, so don't worry."

Shi Wenxia was naturally anxious and nudged him, "Why is the Emperor withholding the decree? Could it be... because of my father's matter?"

Yun Tianbai pursed his lips and remained silent.

Shi Wenxia's nose stung, and tears streamed down her face. "I...I...My father did something wrong. Isn't it enough that our whole family paid with our lives? Why should I suffer this humiliation..."

Yun Tianbai was so frightened that he immediately covered her mouth, "Don't talk nonsense! Thunder and rain are all imperial favors..."

After he finished speaking, he froze on the spot.

Seeing him freeze, Shi Wenxia broke free and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yun Tianbai snapped out of his daze. "Wait a minute, what did I just say?"

"You say that thunder and rain are both acts of imperial favor..."

"Yes, yes, thunder and rain! Thunder and rain!" He laughed and rushed out of the house.

He eagerly went to find the Third Prince. Stepping into the magnificent Third Prince's residence, he finally understood why the Third Prince looked down on a business that only yielded a profit of ten or twenty thousand.

A moment later, he told him what he knew.

However, the Third Prince burst into laughter upon hearing this, "Within the next month? Impossible!"

...

The next day, a strange message spread.

Rumor has it that the newly appointed Imperial Advisor came up with an idea after meeting with the Emperor yesterday.

The imperial edict was delivered to Anbei County, 300 li west of the capital, the next day.

The imperial decree stipulated that within seven days, the entire area within a fifty-mile radius of Anbei County must be relocated, anywhere is acceptable, as long as they leave Anbei.

The magistrate of Anbei County was stunned when he received the imperial decree.

What does this mean?

Suddenly, the entire city was ordered to relocate, with no one knowing where they would be moved to, as long as they left Anbei.

How can the common people agree to this?

However, the imperial decree was absolute. In order to carry out this decree, the capital city dispatched 150 city garrison troops and 500 guards from the capital region to assist in ordering the people to relocate.

You can leave your belongings behind, but you must leave.

But these are all meager savings accumulated through hard work and desperate efforts. Who would just give them up like that?

So, with their families and belongings, they left the city under the escort of the soldiers.

Amidst uncertainty about the future, the officials and soldiers from the capital brought good news: the magistrate of Fengle County had spent a large sum of money to purchase a lot of supplies, so that they could temporarily set up camp on the spot and provide the people with a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Some people happily stepped forward to help, while others grumbled and complained, wondering why they were being tormented like this.

Fortunately, apart from a few people who had relatives and friends to stay with, the vast majority of the people were settled down within ten days.

Everyone in Anbei County was driven out of the city by the soldiers, even the yellow-haired stray dog ​​that refused to leave its home was led out.

The magistrate of Anbei County spent ten days in complete bewilderment, asking the officials and soldiers from the capital every day what exactly this plan was.

The officers and soldiers were also confused, saying they didn't know why; they were just following orders.

Although the Princess of Fengle County sent a steady stream of food, this was not a long-term solution.

Just as everyone was huddled in their makeshift tents, fast asleep, they suddenly felt a tremor beneath them in the middle of the night.

At first, no one reacted, as the vibration was quite slight.

But soon someone's eyes widened in surprise, "Damn it, I'm sleeping on the floor, who dares to shake this floor mattress?"

"What? You felt the shaking too?"

"This is grass, how can grass be shaken?"

"It's an earthquake! My God! It's an earthquake! The earth is turning over!"

"What nonsense! Is this all there is to an earth dragon turning over?"

People began to emerge from their tents, looking towards Anbei County. "The earth has turned upside down! Something must have happened in Anbei County! Your Majesty, no, Imperial Advisor, this is saving our lives!"

The leader sent by the Five Cities Garrison was Wang Wu. Over the past few years, he had risen through the ranks from a deputy commander of a small garrison in the east of the city to the deputy commander of the entire capital city garrison.

He was also very confused when he first arrived, but after seeing that the county magistrate of Fengle had also taken action to settle these people, he became very certain that something big must happen.

The Imperial Advisor and the County Princess must have their reasons for doing this.

Today, with this hammer blow, he finally understood. So he immediately organized his soldiers to block the road leading to Anbei County and shouted, "The earth dragon's transformation will continue all night. Please wait until dawn tomorrow before exploring."

The next day, just as dawn broke, some of those who had sneaked back to investigate returned weeping and rushed to the magistrate and Wang Wu, crying, "Thank you for the Emperor's boundless grace! Thank you, Imperial Preceptor! Thank you, Princess Fengle! Thank you, Your Excellency! You saved the entire county! Waaah—"

Everyone: ...

"Erwazi, don't cry. Tell me, what did you see when you sneaked back last night?"

"I... Waaah... Our entire... Anbei County, it's all destroyed! The earth shook... It really shook! The city walls collapsed, the houses collapsed... Waaah... If we hadn't left the city, I might have died in that pile of rubble..."

After the initial shock, the people bowed repeatedly towards the capital city and to the county magistrate and his soldiers.

"Without you, none of us could survive!"

"Thank God!"

"Why thank God? If anyone should be thanking anyone, it's the Imperial Preceptor! Thank the Emperor! Thank our Princess Fengle! And thank all these officials and soldiers!"

Some people still couldn't believe it, "Erwazi, are you serious?"

"It's true! I couldn't resist sneaking back last night to check! If you don't believe me, let's go back right now!"

"Let's go, let's go!"

"No wonder the Emperor didn't tell us to go far, but instead had us camp here. He wanted us to wait! We'll have to wait for the earthquake to pass before we have to go back and rebuild our homes!"

"Your Honor, can we go back now? That's our home. Even if it's collapsed, we'll fix it!"

"As long as you're alive, everything will be alright! What's there to be afraid of if your house collapses? Just rebuild it!"

...