In the tense atmosphere, Eunuch Li's forehead was covered with sweat.

[I don’t believe he knows that my secret room is behind the beautiful woman painting on my wall... No one knows this except me! I should still be safe...]

In less than a few seconds, Zhao Ji had already obtained the specific location of the stolen money.

Although Zhao Ji wanted to laugh out loud at this moment, he still held it back silently.

"No more nonsense. Since Eunuch Li refuses to admit it, I can only search your bedroom!"

Eunuch Li was certain that, apart from himself, no one knew where the stolen money was hidden.

So naturally, he acted like he wasn't afraid.

Zhao Ji wanted to kill people and destroy their hearts, so he specially asked people to bring Eunuch Li to his bedroom and watch him search the palace.

When Eunuch Li saw Zhao Ji, he walked straight to the painting of beauty hanging on his wall as if he had opened his third eye, and pulled the painting open, revealing the mechanism behind it. He was completely dumbfounded.

"I didn't expect that Eunuch Li had so much leisure time that he actually built such an ingenious mechanism in his own bedroom. Someone, open the mechanism for me!"

Zhao Ji turned his head and looked at Eunuch Li with a smile. Eunuch Li was now pale and collapsed on the ground.

Eunuch Li knew that he was finished even without Zhao Ji's verdict.

The current emperor hates corruption and bribery the most. He has made a strict law that anyone who embezzles more than 100 taels of silver will be sentenced to death.

It took the men Zhao Ji brought three incense sticks of time to finally find all the small change, stolen money, and some gold, silver, and jewelry hidden behind the wall.

"Let me see how much our chief eunuch, Eunuch Li, has collected."

Zhao Ji sat in a chair sipping tea, while the young eunuchs who were good at arithmetic were counting the items beside him.

"Reporting to the Chief Seal Officer, Li Quangui has embezzled a total of 1,000 taels of silver, 50 taels of gold, and various jadeite jewels worth thousands of taels of gold..."

Although the eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department all knew that Eunuch Li had dirty hands, they were still very shocked when they actually counted them.

No wonder people often say that three years as a clean magistrate can earn you 100,000 silver coins.

This official is really quick at making money.

When Zhao Ji heard this amount, his heart skipped a beat. Although he had expected it, he did not expect that Li Quangui would be so greedy.

Taking this as an excuse, Zhao Ji threw the teacup in his hand to the ground. The cup broke into pieces. A piece of the teacup scratched Eunuch Li's forehead, leaving a blood mark.

"According to the corruption laws established by the current emperor, you will be beheaded ten times!"

"Come here, arrest the eunuch Li Quangui immediately, throw him into prison, and prepare for the death penalty!"

Zhao Ji specifically mentioned the laws made by the emperor before taking any action, in order to intimidate the eunuchs in the Imperial Household Department.

The more important thing is to stop people from gossiping in the future.

This was to tell everyone who was watching him that this matter was being handled in full accordance with the law, and was not a purge of dissidents as ordered by Zhao Ji when he took office.

When the Third Prince learned that the eunuch Li, whom he had trained for many years in the Imperial Household Department, was actually thrown into prison and executed very quickly, the wine glass in his hand was crushed to pieces.

"Idiot! I have worked so hard to cultivate this chess piece for such a long time and spent a lot of money to plant such a person in the Imperial Household Department... Now all my hard work has been wasted!"

The third prince looked at the bright moon outside and almost broke his silver teeth.

He squeezed out a name from between his teeth: "Zhao Ji...sooner or later I will get rid of you..."

As Zhao Ji dealt with the incident in a swift and decisive manner, the working atmosphere in the Imperial Household Department has improved and work efficiency has also been raised.

Zhao Ji even used his special ability to read people's minds to clean up all the small pawns that the third prince had left in the Imperial Household Department.

It can be said that after Zhao Ji's rectification, the Silijian was like an iron barrel inside and outside.

Those who came in due to corruption and bribery were cleared out, and some truly capable people were selected to come in.

Zhao Ji's team is becoming more and more complete.

On this day, the Concubine Shu suddenly sent someone to visit, saying that she wanted to take advantage of the good spring time to hold a banquet.

Things like this do fall within the responsibilities of the Imperial Household Department, and are not particularly important.

However, whenever there is a banquet in the harem, that is when people start to move around, and that is when problems are likely to occur.

Therefore, even though it was just a small banquet for concubines, Zhao Ji did not dare to slack off when he took office.

He personally sent a capable person to coordinate the event, and on the day of the banquet, he personally went to the Kasuga Pavilion where Concubine Shu was staying to take charge.

This Concubine Shu was a favored person before the Emperor became seriously ill. However, after the Emperor became seriously ill, she was suppressed by the Empress on the pretext of some things.

It is estimated that this banquet was also to find an opportunity to get closer to the emperor or to swear to other people in the harem that Concubine Shu has not yet completely fallen.

However, Zhao Ji did not want to get involved in the intrigues in the harem. He just wanted to ensure that this banquet, which was not too big or too small, ended peacefully and calmly.

However, no one expected that such an ordinary banquet would catch the Queen's eye.

Queen Lingyan suddenly came over when the banquet was halfway through.

When the drunk Concubine Shu heard the news, her face froze, but she quickly put on a proper smile and greeted the Queen.

Zhao Ji took in all the arguments of these women and yawned in boredom.

However, something strange happened at this moment. Suddenly, fireworks shot up into the sky from the East Hall across from Spring Day.

A group of eunuchs and palace maids dressed in ordinary clothes hurried over here.

He ran while shouting: "There's a fire, there's a fire, there's a fire in the side hall!"

Zhao Ji's expression changed slightly, and he quickly arranged for people to run to the side hall, and he himself followed behind the crowd.

Zhao Ji has just taken office. If there are any problems in his job, firstly the emperor will be dissatisfied and secondly he will be easily targeted by the prime minister.

So Zhao Ji did not dare to ignore it.

What he didn't notice was that not long after he turned to leave, the queen made a gesture with a smile and quietly left in the chaos.

It seemed as if he really just came here to join in the fun.

This Chunri Pavilion is located in a remote area. It was the Queen's arrangement that Concubine Shu could live here. However, it was all a trick among women to compete for favor.

But this made Zhao Ji suffer, as this remote place was far away from the lake. There was an endless stream of eunuchs coming and going to carry water, but for the palace where the fire was spreading rapidly, these few loads of water were just a drop in the bucket.

Zhao Ji subconsciously wanted to turn around and go to the Lotus Lake in the Imperial Garden. There was a small canal there, which could quickly divert water after being dug.

At the very least, it can form a small depression, which can also reduce the eunuchs' travel time.