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"Well, so many years have passed, what's the use of mentioning it? "Just face it calmly." Yuwen Yanran muttered to herself, but just as she was about to turn around and leave, a figure suddenly appeared.

The figure was very large and tall. Her entire body was covered by a black cloak. She appeared in front of Yuwen Yanran and calmly said: "Miss, since you have already made up your mind, don't hesitate any longer. Otherwise, you will harm yourself in the end."

Seeing the person who had suddenly appeared, Yuwen Yanran slightly nodded her head and said: "Yes, I know."

"That's right, go to Phoenix Palace with Xuanyuan Kuangmo this afternoon. Go take a look at Shangguan Bongxue. I want to see his expression when he sees you." The mysterious man said.

Yuwen Yanran slightly nodded and gave a strange smile, "That's good. I also want to see Shangguan Canxue's expression after seeing me, haha."

After the two discussed for a while, the mysterious man left.

Seeing that the mysterious person's qinggong couldn't be better, Yuwen Yanran was puzzled and said to herself: "Sigh, for the past three years, he has never revealed his true face. Every day he was covered by a black cloak, and yet no one would find out about him. "How strange."

Under the leadership of the Celestial Son of Xuanyuan, Xuanyuan Chen Mo, Xuanyuan Kingdom had entered a prosperous era.

However, the elite troops trained by the Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan Chen, were unable to discover the mysterious man's existence. What did this mean? It meant that the mysterious man was not simple, and was definitely not an ordinary person. Otherwise, it would be impossible to enter and exit the tightly guarded imperial palace, as if there was no one else present.

Moreover, that mysterious man's eyes were actually slightly red. It wasn't a sick person, but a scarlet color that would only appear after killing people for a long time. Every time Yuwen Yanran saw that pile of slightly scarlet eyes, she couldn't help but shiver.

"Ahh, let's not think about it anymore. No matter who he is, as long as he can help me take revenge, it doesn't matter who he is." Yuwen Yanran whispered to herself as she walked out the door.

When they arrived outside the door, Yuwen Yanran looked around and then walked towards the pavilion. As she walked, she looked at the familiar scenery around her in silence.

After a moment, he walked to the pavilion and sat down quietly, feeling the familiar aura.

Women were the most sentimental. This was a truth that had never changed since the ancient times. It could not be shaken. Who told women to be naturally sentimental?

Outside of the palace, hundreds of people were gathered on the huge square. There were several hundred tables of banquet placed on the square, and several hundred eunuchs were constantly carrying trays as they walked back and forth between the banquets and served the dishes. All of the imperial concubines and concubines had arrived, and were quietly sitting in their respective seats, chatting about something.

"The Emperor has arrived." A moment later, Little Treasure's voice rang out and the Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan Chen Mo, walked out.

"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!" After the Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan Chen, appeared, the officials and concubines all kneeled down and kowtowed.

"Both of you, rise." The Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan Chen Mo, gave a faint smile and said loudly.

"Thank you, your majesty." All the officials and concubines stood up in gratitude.

"Today, we will hold a banquet. We will invite hundreds of officials and all of our beloved concubines. We hope that all of our loved ones and concubines will not hold back and let go of their hearts. They will not leave until they're drunk." The Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan Chen, said in a loud voice. He then walked over to the table, picked up a cup of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"As His Majesty wishes." The officials and concubines nodded in agreement.

"Mm. Everyone loves their wives. Make your move." The Son of Heaven, Xuan Yuan, Chen Mo, said in a loud voice and sat down.

As the Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan, and Chen Mo's words fell, the officials and concubines began to move the chopsticks in their hands one after another, beginning to eat.

For some officials, today's palace banquet might be their last time eating. They had been expelled from the capital due to the excessive corruption. If nothing unexpected happened in the future, they would never be able to return to the capital.

As for some of the officials, because they were corrupt, they were not removed from their posts due to the fact that they had never earned more than five hundred thousand taels of silver.

There were many reasons why the officials were sad, but they also felt a sense of relief. Accompanying the king was like accompanying the tiger, and all the officials seemed to be carefree and happy, but everyone had their own pains, and now, they were finally free from their worries. They had left the palace compound.

"Sir Li, let's not talk about this anymore. Today, we will drink to our heart's content. We won't return until we're drunk." An official said loudly with a lonely expression. He then gulped it down in one gulp.

"Fine, we won't leave until we're drunk." That Lord Li also said loudly, immediately gulping down the wine in his cup.

"Sigh, I've been a official for half my life. I never thought that I would be able to leave so easily without any official." Another old official muttered to himself sorrowfully as he raised his head and downed the wine in one gulp.

Every official that was punished had a sorrowful, crazed drink. They kept lamenting and at the same time felt relaxed. Accompanying a tiger like Jun Ruoruo was a good thing and now that she had left, wasn't it also a good thing?

Some officials drank too much and became drunk. They couldn't help but cry out in pain, "As an official, I've let the emperor down, I've let the emperor down!" As he spoke, he was about to slam into the table in order to understand life.

Some officials drank too much and murmured to themselves, "If I were given another chance, I would definitely stop being greedy. I would do my best to serve the emperor, to serve the emperor." As he spoke, he collapsed drunkenly onto the table.

And some officials, under the influence of alcohol, actually said outrageous words, "What's the effect? "We have devoted half our lives to the court, and in the end, we were punished for embezzling some silver. This is unfair, truly unfair." Hearing his words, the officials beside him immediately covered him the most. They continuously poured wine into his mouth and poured him down.

There were also officials who said, "Ah, what a pity that my plan has yet to be born but it is about to come to an end now? "Sigh."

At that moment, all the officials were either talking to themselves, shouting or talking to each other with sad faces. All of them looked desolate.

Thinking about it, it made sense. Some people would sacrifice their entire life for the imperial government, but in the end, they would be stripped of their official positions and expelled from the capital.

The Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan, Chen Mo, also felt a slight pang in his heart. He continued to drink his wine, one cup after another.

Actually, the most painful thing was still him. He wasn't the unconscious monarch, and he knew everyone's contribution to the country, and everyone's value, but he was still an emperor. He had to worry about the law, the Son of Heaven breaking the law, and even share the same crime as the people, let alone the officials of a hundred years. Although it was painful, they had no choice but to bear with the pain and make such a decision. Only by doing so could Xuanyuan Kingdom continue to develop normally.

If they did not stop him from killing the chickens for the monkeys to see, then without a doubt, they would become even more ferocious and go even further than before. In the end, they would directly make Xuanyuan Kingdom become greedy.

This was not what the Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan Chen Mo, wanted to see, and he also did not want to see, so he could only make this kind of decision.

"My beloved ones, you are already old, or have sacrificed half your lives for the nation. How can I just ignore you like this? I have prepared everything in your hometown, so you can enjoy your old age peacefully. This is the only thing I can do. " The Son of Heaven, Xuan Yuan Chen thought to himself.

"Sigh." The Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan Chen, slightly sighed. He drank another cup of liquor and looked up at the sky.

In these seventeen years, the incident of the hundreds of officials embezzling the Mo Emperor ended in this way. Five people were executed, ten were dismissed, and eleven people were punished.

After enjoying their last palace feast, the dismissed officials left the capital one after another in a sad and relaxed mood, returning to their homes.

The officials who had been punished also thanked the Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan Chen Mo, and returned to their residences to take out all the stolen silver. Although all of their property was confiscated, these people were old foxes, so how could they take them all out?

After that, they all assured the Son of Heaven, Xuanyuan, Chen Mo, that there won't be a next time.