Before long, Gu Changqing had finished dealing with the external affairs and found all three gold jade pendants.
They have now flown back into the palace, returning to this region filled with retro-style palaces.
Ignoring the guards on the ground who lowered their heads and dared not look directly at him after seeing his flying figure, he also came to his palace, which was transformed from a strange creature.
Sitting quietly cross-legged on the soft silk cushioned with white feathers, Gu Changqing closed his eyes slightly and, without making any unnecessary movements, directly entered into the exploration of the Dao.
...
Just as Gu Changqing returned to his residence in the palace and began his cultivation.
Inside the Imperial Palace in the capital city, about a kilometer underground, lies an office belonging to Marshal Maurice.
The curvaceous, mature secretary with round-framed glasses was speaking to Marshal Maurice, who was leaning back in his chair.
"Marshal Maurice, just now, the Imperial Intelligence Department sent two more messages."
"Oh, let me guess, was it him again?"
Marshal Maurice, seemingly resigned to his fate, answered casually with a weary expression.
The mature secretary nodded slightly and then explained how the matter had started.
"The first thing is that the Imperial Intelligence Department is unsure whether it was that person who did it. The second thing is that it has been confirmed that it was that person who did it. After all, he did not hide his figure. Everyone in the palace could see him flying in and out of the palace at will."
After saying that, the mature secretary adjusted her slightly drooping glasses and continued:
"The first thing was that a building at the end of the crushing incident vanished into thin air."
After hearing that the first thing was simply the disappearance of an ordinary building, Marshal Maurice casually waved his hand, signaling his mature secretary to tell him the second thing.
Seeing Marshal Maurice's action, the mature secretary nodded slightly, holding the intelligence report sent by the Imperial Intelligence Department, and began to read it aloud:
"The second thing is... after that person entered the Imperial Finance Headquarters inside the palace, everyone in that palace disappeared into thin air, whether it was the official in charge of the Imperial Finance or the other officials, or even the servants, they all vanished from that palace."
"What!"
Upon hearing this, Marshal Maurice immediately stood up from his chair, staring at his mature secretary in disbelief.
The experienced secretary, who had just finished reporting the intelligence, was also taken aback by Marshal Maurice, but still stated definitively:
“That’s right. According to the intelligence sent by the Imperial Intelligence Department, when that person entered the Imperial Finance Headquarters with a girl, and then came out alone, everyone in the palace, including the girl he brought, disappeared into thin air.”
Upon hearing his secretary's confirmation, Marshal Maurice realized he had been somewhat out of line, so he instructed her to put down the Imperial Intelligence Department's documents and then leave.
After the experienced secretary put down the documents delivered by the Imperial Intelligence Department, excused herself, and left the room, closing the office door behind her, Marshal Maurice slumped heavily into his chair.
Why would Marshal Maurice lose his composure like that? You must know that the officials in the Imperial Finance Headquarters are not the wealthy and common people in the capital who are crushed into paper.
They were all important officials who supported the operation of the empire. If Gu Changqing only cleaned up half of them, the empire's finances could still barely function, since there were still some substitute officials who could fill the vacant positions.
However, this time, Gu Changqing swept away all the officials in charge of the empire's finances. Even with some replacement officials, it was still impossible to fill the huge vacancy.
So now, Marshal Maurice sighed heavily, picked up the communicator in the corner of his office, and quickly posted the arrangements for the vacant positions in the Imperial Finance Department.
As his fingers tapped incessantly on the communicator, messages were edited by Marshal Maurice and sent to various personnel.
Before long, with the constant deployment of replacement officials and the transfer of officials from other departments of the empire, a simple financial structure was temporarily established, and the empire's financial situation was finally stabilized.
"Fortunately, those guys in the Imperial Intelligence Department aren't high-paid slackers. The news of the annihilation of the Imperial Finance Headquarters was delivered in less than an hour. If it had been any later, the entire financial operation of the capital city might have collapsed."
If the capital's finances collapsed, what kind of riots would erupt between the lower-class commoners and the upper-class tycoons? Marshal Maurice felt a chill run down his spine at the thought.
Fortunately, the Imperial Intelligence Department's report was timely. Although the hour caused some chaos in the Empire's finances, the recent remedial measures have allowed it to continue operating with minimal disruption.
After dealing with the Imperial finances, Marshal Maurice picked up the document that his mature secretary had placed on his desk and saw a list of Imperial officials who had died in battle, including those who had gone missing.
He felt as if he had aged several years.
Can't you just behave yourself? Why don't you just wait patiently until I've collected all the strange artifacts from within the empire and then send them to you?
Marshal Morris wondered why Gu Changqing always caused trouble and why he couldn't just let him collect the strange objects in peace.
Sigh~
Marshal Maurice sighed deeply. He, who was never tired, was feeling both mentally and physically exhausted during this period.
It originally had a full head of glossy black hair, but now it's rustling and has a lot of gray hair.
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