"Lord Wei, it's not me that you should take care of with all your heart, but the people in your city." Jun Beiqi's voice suddenly became cold and his eyes like a knife swept towards Wei Youli.

Lin Zhan also looked at Wei Youli with a smile and said, "By the way, there are also the people outside the city."

Just a few simple words made Wei Youli's forehead break out in sweat, and he kept nodding his head with a pale face.

In the end, Jun Beiqi and Lin Zan did not eat a single bite of the delicious meal that Wei Youli had carefully prepared, and instead prepared to go back to the inn to rest.

Something even more unexpected happened. Wei Youli actually sent Jun Beiqi and Lin Zan to the gate of a luxurious palace.

When he saw the palace, Lin Zhan couldn't help but be amazed. This was the legendary extravagance and luxury!

Although there was a severe drought in the southwest and tens of thousands of people were displaced, Wei Youli still mobilized a large number of laborers to build this palace in such a severe situation in order to please the prince.

The purpose is to prepare a residence that satisfies Jun Beiqi before he arrives.

Now Lin Zan wants to see whether Jun Beiqi will accept this residence and ignore the suffering of the people.

If Jun Beiqi really accepted it, then Lin Zhan would have to think carefully about whether he should assist Jun Beiqi to take the throne.

In the blink of an eye, a myriad of thoughts flashed through Lin Zan's mind.

But she didn't know that her fleeting emotion made Jun Beiqi, who was standing in front of her, look cold.

Then he looked back at Lin Zan inquiringly, without saying anything, walked up to Wei Youli, and kicked him directly in the chest.

Wei Youli, who had a flattering smile on his face, was kicked by Jun Beiqi and fell to the ground, looking disheveled and covered in dust.

"You are so bold, Wei Youli. In the face of this natural disaster, you actually want to add man-made disasters. This really makes me look at you in a new light." Jun Beiqi said in a sharp tone.

Unexpectedly, the flattery hit the horse's leg. Wei Youli was so scared that his body shook like a sieve. He quickly knelt down and cried for forgiveness.

Jun Beiqi angrily waved his sleeves and left without even paying any attention to him, and went straight back to the government office to stay.

That night, Lin Zhan slipped out of his room quietly and came to the prison behind the government office.

There were two soldiers with swords guarding the prison gate. When they saw Lin Zhan, they were stunned for a moment, but still saluted respectfully.

After all, everyone knows that Lin Zan is someone who follows the prince, so her identity must be extraordinary, and no one dares to offend her.

"I want to go in and see someone." Lin Zhan said straight to the point. The officers and soldiers were a little confused.

Lin Zhan didn't say too much nonsense and directly stuffed a silver ingot into the officer's hand, and the officer let him go.

She walked into the prison, and a foul smell mixed with dampness and decay hit her in the face, causing her to cover her mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

Just when Lin Zhan hadn't found the person he was looking for, a broad and strong hand grabbed his shoulder.

"What are you doing here? Are you hiding something from me?" Jun Beiqi's voice sounded inexplicably behind Lin Zan.

Lin Zhan was startled, and quickly turned around, saying with an evasive look, "What are you talking about, Your Highness? We are in the same boat, how could I hide something from you?"

"Little girl, I see that you have hidden a lot of things from me, otherwise why would you come to this prison?" Jun Beiqi sneered, grabbed Lin Zhan's collar and dragged her out of the prison.

The two soldiers guarding the prison gate were stunned when they saw this scene.

Jun Beiqi brought Lin Zhan back to the room, then closed the door, sat down on the chair, and questioned her directly. "Tell me, why are you going to the prison so late?"

Of course I have to go find another key figure in this book, Lin Zhan said to himself, but he said it stubbornly. "No, I was just curious about what the prison was like, so I went to take a look."

"It's really funny to satisfy your curiosity in the middle of the night. Since you are so curious, why don't I throw you into the prison for a few days so that you can experience what prison life is like."

Jun Beiqi said to Lin Zhan with a hint of evil taste, which scared Lin Zhan so much that his face turned pale and he quickly shook his head to refuse.

Later, when Lin Zhan saw that Jun Beiqi was still going to talk about this topic, he quickly threw out another bait to divert Jun Beiqi's attention.

"Your Highness, don't you find it strange? Outside the city, there are starving people everywhere, but although the price of food is high inside the city, the people in the city still have food to eat. There must be something strange about this huge difference."

Lin Zan said hurriedly, but fortunately this trick worked, Jun Beiqi's attention was indeed attracted by the topic she raised.

"I have also noticed something is wrong. Besides, my father has already asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate tens of thousands of dan of grain to the southwest for disaster relief. Logically, the grain should have arrived in the southwest, but why are there still so many disaster victims without food to eat?"

Jun Beiqi's eyes turned cold and his brows were tightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about this matter.

As someone who knew the plot in advance, Lin Zhan naturally knew who was behind this incident, and she quickly pretended to be mysterious and said, "This means that someone hid the grain provided by the imperial court for disaster relief, and this person is most likely Wei Youli."

"Oh, then do you know where the hidden food is?" Jun Beiqi supported his chin with one hand, looking at Lin Zan with a strange light flashing in the dim candlelight.

Lin Zhan smiled without noticing anything, and said confidently, "Logically speaking, the food in the grain stores in the southwest disaster cannot be endless, so where did the food in the grain stores come from? The answer is of course the disaster relief food allocated by the court."

"In order to make profits, corrupt officials like Wei Youli distributed the relief grain allocated by the court to various grain stores and sold it at high prices, exploiting the people. It's simply abominable!"

Lin Zhan explained the matter clearly and logically, while Jun Beiqi, who was sitting there, tapped the table lightly with his fingers and then laughed out loud.

"You explained it clearly, but now you don't have any evidence to prove that it was Wei Youli who secretly stored the relief grain and sold it in various grain stores."

After he finished speaking, Lin Zhan blurted out, "Of course I have evidence to prove it. The evidence is in the hands of the man imprisoned in the prison."

After saying this, Jun Beiqi's eyes instantly became sharp, and Lin Zan immediately realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said and covered his mouth.

"Little girl, you've given yourself away."