A delicious meal

Long Ju forgot that, unlike Mo Qiang whose reputation was in slumps at every time, she was a scum gentlewoman at the surface at least. She had always pretended to be a virtuous leader who always thought and worked for her territory, that was how she had cleared most of the corruption cases. 

What was more there were a few unscrupulous merchants who helped Long Ju by hiding her corruption, but that was when they all were riding the same boat of pleasure. However, once the boat started to sink, then those merchants would definitely try to save their own skin. They wouldn't stay and watch the ship sink with their profits, they would undoubtedly pressurize Long Ju into taking a step back.

Unless Long Ju wanted to let go of her position, there was no way she would be able to continue acting stubbornly like this.