What?
A hundred taels of gold?
Prefect Wang and Magistrate Zhang exchanged a glance and simultaneously gasped.
"Then I'll trouble you, sir, to have someone deliver it directly to my residence," Governor Zhao said politely.
"Yes, Governor Zhao, I will give orders to do so immediately."
"Thank you for your trouble, sir."
"Governor Zhao, you're too kind. This is all my duty."
Prefect Wang's eyes widened instantly, and he asked incredulously, "What did you just say, sir? Governor Zhao...?"
"Yes." The smile on the eunuch's face vanished instantly. "His Majesty has just issued an edict appointing Governor Zhao as the new governor-general. What? Hasn't Prefect Wang heard the news yet?"
Prefect Wang's expression became somewhat indescribable.
He had been waiting at the palace gate ever since Governor Zhao entered the palace.
But I never expected it.
The imperial edict summoning him never arrived.
When Governor Zhao reappeared, he had become Governor-General Zhao.
Thinking about what he had done in the frontier, a chill ran down his spine.
"May I ask, Your Excellency, when will His Majesty summon me and Magistrate Zhang?" Prefect Wang asked earnestly.
"How would a servant like me know when the Emperor will summon you?" After saying this, the eunuch suddenly smiled and said, "Governor Zhao, are you going to take your time? I'll have someone find a sedan chair to take you back."
“No need to trouble yourself, Your Excellency,” Governor Zhao said, already taking a step forward. “You should return to the palace quickly, Your Excellency, so as not to delay your duties.”
"Yes, Your Excellency." The eunuch curtsied.
Prefect Wang: ...
Zhang Tongpan: ...
After Governor Zhao left.
The two whispered to each other.
"It's over, it's really over. How could Governor Zhao become a governor-general so quickly after just entering the palace?" Prefect Wang said with a worried expression. "Do you think he just told the Emperor about what we were doing on the frontier?"
"No," Judge Zhang said firmly.
"How can you be so sure?" Prefect Wang asked, his face full of confusion.
"Do you think that if he had revealed what happened between us to the Emperor, we would still be standing here safely?" Zhang Tongpan rolled his eyes at him speechlessly: "I'm afraid the Emperor would have already ordered us both dragged away and beheaded."
Prefect Wang: ...
"What do we do now?" Prefect Wang asked worriedly.
Judge Zhang stared in the direction Governor Zhao had left and silently shook his head.
Under Governor Zhao's command, the epidemic in the border areas was brought under very good control.
Although the land in one village was fractured, the people were evacuated in time.
The imperial court's disaster relief funds have been distributed.
The affected people have been well resettled, and some have been relocated to nearby villages that were less affected by the earthquake and have begun to live normal lives.
In some severely affected areas, timely supplies of medicine and food prevented the outbreak of epidemics.
It was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
The affected villages have begun to be rebuilt.
It was originally thought that this incident would affect the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet.
Consort Shu was pondering how to resolve this matter.
Lu Zhaolin and Lu Zhaofeng returned to the capital a week before the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet.
Consort Shu finally felt relieved.
The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet was held as scheduled in a lively manner.
The night before the birthday banquet.
Consort Liang and the Empress stood at a distance on one side of the Imperial Garden, watching Consort Shu's hard work over the past few days to decorate the garden, and a sly smile appeared on their lips.
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