Trembling, he blurted out his name and the location where he hid the money!
Upon hearing this, Chen Qingwan's face turned green, and she shouted sternly:
"Drag this corrupt official out and behead him!"
At his command, the guards pounced on him like wolves and dragged the prefect away like a dead dog.
She waved her hand and ordered, "Seize his house! Confiscate all the wealth this corrupt official has plundered from the people!"
Sure enough, the mansion was found to be filled with boxes and boxes of gold and silver jewelry, dazzling to the eye!
Chen Qingwan looked at the mountain of gold and silver jewelry.
There was no joy in his heart, only endless anger.
This is all the hard-earned money of the people, the blood and sweat of the common folk!
She snorted coldly and gave the order:
"Get all this filth out of here and exchange it for food to help the disaster victims!"
Upon hearing this, the commander of the guards, Li Dazhuang, turned even more pale than if he had eaten a bitter melon.
He rubbed his hands together and carefully walked up to Chen Qingwan.
"Your Majesty, this...this food problem is probably not going to be easy to solve..."
Chen Qingwan's phoenix eyes widened, a cold glint flashing within them:
"Why is it so difficult to solve? I have silver in hand now, why would I be afraid of not being able to buy grain?"
Li Dazhuang, with a bitter face, continued:
"Your Majesty, there are millions of disaster victims in Qingzhou, which is no small number."
Even if we had the money, we couldn't buy that much grain in a short time!
With grain prices skyrocketing, our little bit of money is probably just a drop in the ocean…
"What I want is a solution to the problem, not for you to create problems for me!"
Chen Qingwan shouted angrily, which startled Li Dazhuang so much that he almost knelt down.
He was sweating profusely and stammered for a long time, but couldn't come up with a coherent explanation.
Seeing this, Qiao'er, standing to the side, weakly spoke up:
"Your Majesty, I have an idea..."
"Speak!" Chen Qingwan said irritably.
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