In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

Qi Mansion Upper House

The masters of the Qi Mansion sat in the hall, looking unhappy and depressed.

They all knew that with Qi Ze's position as Shangshu being dismissed by the new emperor, the Qi family would soon be convicted.

The people in the Qi Mansion were helpless and could only wait for death.

Qi Lu sighed repeatedly, "You have taken away my position as general, but you must not disperse the army. If the border is invaded by foreign tribes in the future, which army will be able to fight against it?"

Qi Yuan curled his lips and cursed inwardly: "Stupid monarch."

Qi Ze told his family his guess: "The new emperor may want to make important use of the Lu family."

Pei was very surprised: "Didn't the Emperor Taizu say that the royal family was not allowed to use the Lu family?"

"This guy won't listen to anyone." Qi Ze said.

The family members didn't understand why the new emperor would go against the will of his ancestors and employ the Lu family.

Only Qi Wan knows the truth about this matter.

Qi Wan secretly said: "The emperor's treasury is empty and he is anxious, so he has set his sights on the wealth of the Lu family."

She doesn't care who the new emperor uses.

It doesn’t matter even if the new emperor dismisses all the people in the Qi family from their official positions.

However, as long as the new emperor extends his hand to the Qi Mansion and wants to harm the people in the Qi Mansion, Qi Wan will definitely protect them.

She didn't say anything to her family, but made a secret decision in private to protect her family.

Qi Wan told Wu Yi, "Send a fast horse to tell my second uncle, 'Don't take the silver back to Beijing. If you do, your whole family won't be able to leave.'"

"Let Second Uncle take the silver and find a place to hide it first."

"Yes, master." Wu Yi hurriedly found his brothers and went to Ghost Valley to deliver the letter.

After Wang Qin heard the guards report about the actions of his new nephew, the emperor, who had a family line of death, he became increasingly angry, "Fool, first you suppressed loyal officials, then you violated the ancestral teachings and acted arrogantly."

"I want to see what stupid things he will do."

Wang Qin followed Qi Wan's plan and arranged for Xiao Ren to lead a team to hide Qi Xiang along with the money and his men halfway.

Xiao Ren took the order, "Yes, master." He took a team of people and left quickly.

Lu Mansion

When the people in the Lu Mansion received the imperial edict and learned that the eldest son of the eldest house, Lu Fengyun, was going to marry the princess, they were surprised at first, and then became jealous.

The people from other houses thought to themselves: Such a good thing actually fell upon the eldest house. The eldest house will be highly valued by the emperor.

The eldest branch of the Lu family was unhappy at first. If their most capable son married the princess and became her husband, no matter how capable he was, outsiders would still say, "He relied on the princess."

The Lu family's eldest lady, Cheng, was overjoyed. "Haha, good news, great news."

Of course, she thought it was a good thing because her son Lu Fengyun was going to marry Princess Yonghe, and the power of the family would be back in her hands.

Cheng was so excited that her facial features shifted and her face was distorted. She repeatedly said to her eldest son: "Son, it's a good thing for you to marry the princess. With power, you can seize all the shops in the Qi Mansion and trample the Qi Mansion under your feet!"

She said viciously: "We will send Miss Qi to a brothel."

"Yes, mother." Lu Fengyun agreed, but thought to himself, "After the Qi family is convicted, I can keep Miss Qi as a concubine."

When he thought about taking Miss Qi, who was unruly, arrogant and looked down on him, as his concubine, he felt extremely happy, as if he could see Miss Qi serving him humbly and respectfully!

On the afternoon when the Emperor arranged the marriage for Princess Yonghe, two shocking news came from the capital.

The first piece of news was that Princess Yonghe, who had a verbal engagement with the nephew of Empress Dowager Li, was married by the Emperor to Lu Fengyun, the eldest grandson of the eldest branch of the Lu family.

The second piece of news was that Empress Dowager Li's sister-in-law Cheng came to the palace crying and begged for mercy, but the Empress Dowager ordered her to be caned and buried and then carried out of the palace.

There is no wall that is impenetrable, and what happened in the palace was spread widely.

Madam Cheng of Duke Huiguo entered the palace and begged the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, please do not give Princess Yonghe to anyone else. Weiwei is on a hunger strike at home. You can't just stand by and watch him die. He is your nephew."

Empress Dowager Li had a hard time. Her parents were like the back of her hand, and her son was like the palm of her hand. She wanted to take care of both sides, but where could she get the money?

In addition, after meeting Master Lu, Princess Yonghe happily agreed to the marriage, "Mother, then agree to my brother's decision. I am willing to marry Master Lu." She also stated the conditions, "The princess's mansion should be far away from the Lu family. It would be better to renovate the Third Prince's mansion and give it to my daughter."

The new emperor agreed, and the imperial decree to grant the marriage had been issued and could no longer be changed.

Empress Dowager Li could only sigh and say to her sister-in-law: "This is the Emperor's decision. What can I do?"

She also tried to persuade him kindly, "I will find a good match for Weiwei."

Cheng's face was full of tears. She knelt down and kowtowed, begging bitterly: "My queen, I beg you, please give Princess Yonghe to Weiwei, don't break them up!"

Seeing that Empress Dowager Li was unmoved, Cheng suggested more urgently: "Madam, you should marry Princess Yongping to Weiwei. She is also a princess and has her own fief. You can give her more dowry. In this way, the Cheng family can also marry into the royal family. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"

However, Empress Dowager Li refused without hesitation, saying in a firm tone: "No, the emperor has issued an order, and there will be no changes to this matter."

After hearing this, Cheng was filled with anger and despair. She had not expected Empress Dowager Li and Princess Yonghe to be so heartless. She was so angry that she shouted without thinking: "The princess has already had physical contact with Weiwei. If it weren't for the sudden death of the late emperor, they would have become husband and wife. Now you are betrothing Yonghe to someone else. You are trying to cut off my son's life!"

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Li was so angry that her face turned blue. She slammed the table and roared, "How dare you! Shut up!"

If the outside world knew that Princess Yonghe was not innocent, she would definitely be treated coldly and despised by the Lu family after she married Lu Fengyun, which would undoubtedly be a huge harm to their daughter's future.

In order to protect her daughter's happiness, Empress Dowager Li was determined not to show any mercy. She immediately ordered: "Come here, Cheng is talking nonsense and committing treason. Drag her away and beat her to death immediately!"

Cheng was beaten to death by Empress Dowager Li in the palace, and her bloody body was sent back to the Duke's Mansion.

Li Weiwei, the prince of the Duke's Mansion, cried and went on a hunger strike because of the loss of his princess cousin. When he saw his mother's body, he was terrified.

He stepped forward and gently pushed Cheng's body, crying, "Mother, please come back to life, please come back to life. I don't want that marriage anymore. I don't want a princess, I don't want a fairy. I only want you. Mother, please come back to life."

Previously, Li Weiwei was just sad about losing the lover he grew up with, and had no intention of hurting the person he loved the most.

When Li Weiwei saw his mother being beaten to death by the Empress Dowager because of his marriage, he burst into tears. After hearing from the servants why his mother was beaten to death, he completely lost his mind.

"You don't want people to say that I slept with my cousin, but I want to tell the world."

Li Weiwei rushed out of the Duke's Mansion like a mad bull and ran to the Ministry of Revenue. In front of everyone, he pointed at Lu Fengyun and cursed, "The princess you want to marry has been slept with by me many times. Hahaha, the eldest grandson of your Lu family is no better than this, picking up a second-hand woman as his wife."

After hearing what Li Weiwei said, Lu Fengyun's face first turned red, then turned ashen. He was so angry that his teeth almost broke.

When the emperor heard the news, he was furious and immediately sent the imperial guards to arrest Li Weiwei and bring him to justice.

"Prince Li, the Emperor summons you!" The Imperial Guards quickly surrounded him, preparing to escort Li Weiwei to the palace for interrogation and punishment.

However, no one expected that although Livius was still young, he had an extremely strong character. Facing the siege of the Guards, he was not afraid at all, but instead shouted angrily.

"The people of the royal family are unkind, unjust, unfaithful and unfilial. They are simply worse than animals!" Li Weiwei roared. Then, he suddenly turned around and slammed into the door of the Ministry of Revenue, dying on the spot in front of the door.

This sudden scene stunned all the civil and military officials who were watching the scene. They were all dumbfounded and could not believe their eyes.

Minister Wu of the Ministry of War looked at Li Weiwei lying on the ground with a bloody head and said with regret: "Why does the prince have to do this? There are so many women in the world."

He felt very puzzled and regretful about Li Weiwei's behavior, and felt that it was not worth it for him to pay such a heavy price for a woman.

The new emperor never expected that the biggest setback he suffered after ascending to the throne would come from his relatives.

In a rage, he demoted the Duke Huiguo's Mansion to a Marquis' Mansion.

In order to appease Lu Fengyun, the new emperor appointed Lu Fengyun as the Minister of Revenue and conferred him the title of Marquis Zhongmao.

People in the capital privately called Lu Fengyun the Green Hat Marquis.