Su Mei carried the tray to Cheng'en Hall and saw Li Guangyuan who was beaten half to death before entering the door.

"Ah, this is..."

"Don't be afraid, my beloved, this is just a game played by me and you adults!"

Seeing Su Mei arrive, Li Feng smiled broadly, while several other people present turned their attention to Zhao Kang.

They all knew that Zhao Kang was interested in Su Mei, and just to control Li Feng, they sent Su Mei to the palace.

But he never expected that Li Feng would suddenly change his nature and forcefully cook raw rice into cooked rice.

Zhao Kang took a deep breath, and at the same time bent down to salute: "Your Majesty, Zhao Kang, has met the princess!"

"I have met the princess..."

Everyone saluted along with Zhao Kang, but Su Mei was obviously a little panicked: "I don't know that your highness is dealing with political affairs, so I bumped into you, sir!"

Li Feng: "It's okay. We are all our own people here. Mr. Zhao won't mind if you want to come, right?"

"The princess is considerate of Your Highness, so of course I won't mind!"

Zhao Kang's face was pale, and he forced a smile on his face, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhao Kang's move was really helpless.

Li Feng bypassed Zhao Kang and reached out to hold Su Mei. Just as he was about to enter the palace, he was blocked by a guard: "Your Majesty, this is not a dish from the dining room. I need to inspect it!"

Li Feng's face darkened: "Wangyou, can't you trust the princess?"

"My subordinates dare not!"

"Since you don't dare, why don't you let me go?"

The guard retracted his arm and stood aside.

Li Feng looked him up and down and asked, "What's your name?"

"Subordinate Zhang Shoulin!"

"Oh, I see!"

It seemed like an innocent question, but it made Liu Ji remember it in his heart. When he saw Su Mei coming to the palace, Liu Ji fawningly brought a chair over and said, "Princess, please sit down!"

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. However, His Highness has summoned the ministers. It is not suitable for me to be here, so I will go back first!"

Su Mei put down the tray and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Li Feng: "Since you are here, then sit with me for a while!"

Li Fengqiang pulled Su Mei to sit next to him and asked Su Mei to pick up vegetables and feed him.

Su Mei saw that Zhao Kang was confused and confused, but she did not dare to show any dissatisfaction due to Li Feng's power, so she had to serve him cautiously.

During this period, Li Feng also touched Su Mei, making Su Mei's cheeks blush like peach blossoms.

"Your Majesty, don't make trouble, your lords are still watching!"

"If they like to watch it so much, let them watch it as much as they can!"

Li Feng snorted coldly, causing all the officials to bow their heads in shock.

Hearing the sounds of play in the palace, Zhao Kang gritted his teeth.

In his opinion, this was not because Li Feng was lustful, but because Li Feng was deliberately humiliating him.

"If nothing happens to Your Highness, I will resign first!"

Zhao Kang couldn't bear the humiliation and was about to leave early, but was stopped by Li Feng: "Master Zhao, don't worry, I haven't ruled on Lu Guanyan's dereliction of duty yet!"

"How about you, Mr. Zhao, give me some advice?"

As soon as Li Feng said this, all the officials in the palace took a breath of cold air. The incident of Liu Ji and Lu Lin's punishment yesterday seemed to still be vivid in their minds.

Liu and Lu were only of the sixth rank and could not touch their core interests. Lu Guanyan was the fourth rank of the current dynasty and was in charge of Youzhou Prison.

The news that Li Feng was going to operate on Lu Guanyan immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Your Highness, Mr. Lu is in charge of the prison and is an important official in Youzhou. Although Mr. Lu was responsible for dereliction of duty in this prison fire, it was not a serious crime. As I know, the Youzhou prison that was burned down last night was

It’s a place where felons on death row are imprisoned. Even if the prison doesn’t catch fire, they will still die after all!”

"I hope Chitose can be extraneous to the law and give Mr. Lu a lenient sentence!"

Zhao Kang made an impassioned speech, but in the end he only asked for a light sentence for Lu Guanyan, which surprised the officials present.

"Master Zhao, you do know how to advance and retreat!"

"It's all well taught by the prince!"

The seemingly casual conversation between the two made the smell of gunpowder in Cheng'en Hall become even stronger.

"Haha, since Mr. Zhao has already pleaded for Lu Guanyan, I will give you some face!"

"Lu Guanyan, as the prison chief of Youzhou, you do not want to share the worries of the king, and you do not want to benefit the people. You act without responsibility. You are unworthy of the emperor's kindness and you are in vain as a minister."

"However, because I think you are old, I will punish you by removing you from your original position and demoting you to the position of prison director. All your property will be confiscated and used to repair Youzhou Prison. Lu Guanyan, are you still convinced by this punishment?"

"I am sincerely convinced and thank you for your thousand years of life!"

Lu Guanyan surrendered on the surface, but in fact he was very reluctant to cut Li Feng into pieces.

Lu Guanyan didn't mind the confiscation of his family property. He had been in charge of Youzhou Prison for forty years, and he had already figured out the path in the officialdom.

All the bribes he has accepted over the years have been turned into businesses and handed over to others to take care of.

As for him, he still lives in a dilapidated courtyard and eats a simple diet.

However, this time the position was changed, he was directly demoted from the fourth-grade punishment to the seventh-grade editor, which was equivalent to being demoted three levels in a row.

This made Lu Guanyan, who was used to being admired by others, unable to accept it for a while.

However, he also understood that being demoted and having his family confiscated was the best choice he could face now, and this was the result of Li Feng not wanting to break up with their civil service group.

Otherwise, once the reputation of deceiving the emperor is confirmed, even if Lu Guanyan has ten heads, he will not be enough to chop off Li Feng!

Seeing Lu Guanyan kneeling down to thank him, Li Feng snorted coldly: "Although Mr. Lu has been demoted to three levels, this time I can give you peace of mind. This deal is a good deal!"

Everyone looked at each other and said nothing, for fear of offending Li Feng.

Li Feng took a bite of the side dish Su Mei brought and asked Zhao Kang: "Master Zhao, what about the palace renovation?"

"The official will fulfill his promise and let Mr. Li go to the salt merchant to raise some silver!"

"Well, I can rest assured that Mr. Zhao is doing the job, but I just don't know how much silver Mr. Zhao is planning to raise?"

"There are four major salt merchants in Youzhou, and they have also reaped a lot of benefits from the imperial court in recent years. The official thinks that three to five million yuan can always be paid!"

Hearing this, Li Feng couldn't help but sneered: "It's only three to five million, how about sending it to a beggar?"

"How appropriate does it feel to Your Highness?"

"At least two million taels!"

Zhao Kang immediately raised his head after hearing this: "Your Highness, Youzhou's tax revenue is only 500,000 taels a year, and you ask for 2 million taels. Isn't this a bit overwhelming?"

"Master Zhao, I am informing you now, not discussing with you!"

Li Feng stared at Zhao Kang closely, with a trace of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

Now various disasters have occurred in various parts of Youzhou. As the king of Youzhou, he not only needs to provide disaster relief, but also needs to consider other related matters.

As the old saying goes, a major disaster will be followed by a major epidemic. To avoid the occurrence of epidemics, he must make preparations in advance.

Now local finances are in deficit, and all the money is flowing into the pockets of these officials.

Even a small bookkeeper can easily take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which shows that the corruption problem in Youzhou is very serious.
Chapter completed!