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

After the emperor replaced Lu Fengyun as the Minister of Revenue, some urgent problems were solved.

Lu Fengyun made three big moves as a new official: he cleared out Qi Ze's helpers; reduced several cumbersome expenses that would not offend anyone; and distributed this month's salaries.

To this end, the Lu family took out 500,000 taels of silver to support Lu Fengyun.

After taking out this money, the Lu family must earn back the extra money.

Lu Fengyun immediately gave several profitable businesses to the Lu family, and reported to the emperor truthfully, "The Lu family took out nearly one million taels of silver, and I gave them two or three businesses." The emperor agreed, "Okay."

The emperor thought to himself, "Lu Fengyun is a hundred times stronger than Qi Ze. Can Qi Ze afford to pay out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?"

The salary problem of the previous dynasty was temporarily solved, but the treasury of the palace was still empty. The emperor urgently needed a lot of gold, silver and jewelry to fill the treasury.

The emperor is most concerned about "where is Qi Xiang?"

Judging from the past few years, Qi Xiang had to transport back at least one million taels of silver.

The late emperor died suddenly, and had not yet told the crown prince some secrets: Qi Xiang would secretly give a large sum of silver to the inner treasury. Qi Xiang was doing shipping business for the emperor, not for the court.

This means that half of Qi Xiang’s business is not done in a fair way and therefore does not pay taxes.

The late emperor did this because he did not want to be told what to do by the officials of the Secretariat: the treasury has no money, so the underground palace cannot be built for the time being; the treasury has no money, so it cannot...

In a blink of an eye, it was December 20th and the Chinese New Year was approaching, but Qi Xiang, who had sent silver back to Beijing from Guangzhou, had not returned yet.

"Where is Qi Xiang's convoy?"

"Why hasn't Qi Xiang returned with the money yet?"

"When will Qi Xiang return to Beijing?"

The new emperor would ask this question every day when he went to court.

The emperor was waiting for Qi Xiang anxiously. He was looking forward to the return of this sum of money so that he could have a good Spring Festival.

The palace's New Year banquets, rewards for concubines, etc. all depend on this sum of money.

"Your Majesty, we haven't received any news yet." Prime Minister Pei stepped out to report.

"There is no news on where Qi Xiang's convoy has arrived." The Ministry of War also reported.

"Your Majesty, no news means safety." Lu Fengyun stepped out and said.

Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, a group of soldiers who had rushed back from Guangzhou came to the palace in a hurry to report, "It's bad. Lord Qi encountered a mountain torrent on the way, and the carriage and people were all washed down the mountain. His current whereabouts are unknown."

This team of nearly 10,000 soldiers was the escort team sent by the Guangzhou government.

According to General Gu, "Our team was exploring the way ahead. When we passed the bridge over Heigang Mountain, it started to rain heavily."

"To prevent accidents during heavy rain, we set up tents on the spot and waited for the rain to stop before moving forward."

"But it rained heavily in the middle of the night. It rained all night. When we got out of the tent, we found that everyone except us was gone."

The place where the tents were set up was full of rocks, and many tents were buried under the rocks.

General Gu and his men dug through the rocks, but they didn't find any corpses and heaved a sigh of relief.

"This means that all the people and vehicles were washed down the mountain."

The new emperor was anxious and quickly sent people, "Commander Zuo, take 50,000 people to the place where he disappeared. If he is alive, you must find him and bring back the silver. If he is dead, you must find his body and bring back the silver."

In a word, he doesn't care whether the person is dead or alive, as long as the money is there.

General Gu and his men felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this. So many soldiers just disappeared like that.

All their emperor wants is silver.

The news that Qi Xiang was missing due to a flood on the way was later delivered to the Qi Mansion by General Gu. This news was like a bolt from the blue, causing great panic and anxiety in the Qi Mansion.

When Qi Lu heard the news, his face turned pale instantly, and he asked with trembling lips: "How could this happen? How could this happen to my second brother?" His voice was full of worry and anxiety, as if the whole world was about to collapse.

Old Master Qi was even more anxious. His body was trembling slightly, and his eyes were full of fear and helplessness. He murmured to himself, "Is Ah Xiang okay?"

Qi Yuan stepped forward and expressed his willingness to lead the servants to look for his second uncle. His eyes were firm and his tone was resolute, "I will take people to look for my second uncle! He must be fine!"

The atmosphere in the Qi Mansion was extremely tense, and everyone's heart was filled with worry and fear.

They didn't know whether Qi Xiang was still alive, nor did they know how much impact this disaster would have on the Qi family. They prayed in their hearts that Qi Xiang would be able to return safely.

At this time, Qi Wan got the news from Wu Yi: "Master Qi and his people are in a safe cave, they will not come back for the time being."

Qi Wan finally felt relieved. "That's great. Thank you Wu Yi."

Wu Yi smiled, "This is all arranged by the master."

"Once things settle down, I will go meet Brother Qin and thank him in person." Qi Wan made the decision.

"Oh." Wu Yi agreed casually and turned around to spread the words.

Wu Yi and her brothers were even more anxious in private, hoping that the two masters would stop missing each other from each other and would meet sooner rather than later and express their affection for each other.

After Qi Wan got the exact whereabouts of his second uncle from Wu Yi, he secretly told the truth to his family.

"Don't worry, everyone. I'm sorry that I hid something." Qi Wan bowed and apologized to his family before telling the truth.

"The new emperor told his men, 'After Qi Xiang returns from pawning the silver, clean up the Qi Mansion.' I had someone tell my second uncle this, asking him not to return for the time being, to prevent our Qi Mansion from being uprooted."

Old Master Qi and others looked at Qi Wan with shocked eyes.

Only then did they realize that, without them noticing, the little girl who was the softest in their eyes had grown up to be able to protect everyone in this mansion.

They also knew that there must be an expert behind the scenes helping Qi Wan.

But, as long as Qi Wan didn't say anything, they wouldn't ask.

Old Master Qi smiled and nodded at his granddaughter, praising her, "Well done!"

Pei whispered, "Our mansion needs to act very anxious."

"Yes." Qi Lu nodded, "This way we won't arouse suspicion from outsiders."

Several masters of the Qi Mansion discussed for an hour and quickly responded to the news of Qi Xiang's whereabouts.

Qi Lu said: "We have to bring a lot of people to find the second brother and set an example for others to see."

Old Master Qi nodded and said, "Go to the escort agency and hire a team to look for it."

"Okay!" Qi Lu and his two sons laughed.

Qi Wan was very unhappy with the new emperor's intention to harm the Qi family, and she once again proposed, "Why don't we seize his throne?"

Everyone turned to look at Qi Wan and saw that she didn't seem to be joking. As long as everyone agreed, she would really do it.

Old Master Qi and Qi Lu shook their heads and still disagreed.

The old man said: "We Qi family have always been conservative and do not make friends with outsiders. If we seize this country, people will not accept it and we will not be able to move."

Qi Lu said: "No one in my family has ambitions. We don't want to seize the throne, which would kill many people. Besides, what's the point of being an emperor? There are too many things to do in the court, and it's too tiring. I would rather fight in the battlefield to protect my family and country."

Qi Ze and Qi Yuan also said, "I have never thought about it and I don't want to."

"Okay then." Qi Wan no longer forced his family to seize the throne.

She just wanted to have the decision-making power in her hands, not to be bullied, and not to be threatened with depriving her of her official position or taking her life.

To her, the country is far less important than Wang Qin.

The family was silent for a while, thinking about their thoughts.

Qi Wan asked: "Are we in the Qi Mansion just going to sit there and wait for death?"

"No!" Pei exclaimed.

She was reluctant to leave any of the people in this house, including the old man. Old Master Qi was very caring towards his children, grandchildren and daughters-in-law, and was deeply respected and loved by everyone.

Old Master Qi asked, "Ah Wan, what can you do?"

Qi Wan first suggested: "People in our house should be prepared to leave at any time and move their valuables first."

Qi Wan said: "Leave it to me."

"Mother, you only need to move the gold, silver and valuables to a warehouse. I will send someone to move them away first, and then move them back after the storm has subsided."

"Okay, I'll go later." Pei said hurriedly.

Qi Ze and Qi Yuan looked at their sister in surprise. They didn't expect that their sister had such a helper.

"What should we do with Tonglu Money House? Will it be taken over by the emperor and Lu Fengyun?" Qi Lu asked worriedly.

Qi Wan smiled, "The Emperor and the man surnamed Lu want to take over the Tonglu Bank. Will the royal family agree?"

The Qi family only holds 60% of the shares in Tonglu Money House. Of the remaining 40%, 20% belong to the Grand Princess and Princess Daning, and the remaining 20% ​​are held by other royal descendants.

Even the emperor didn't dare to offend these two aunts.

Can Lu Fengyun defeat them?

After hearing this, Old Master Qi was filled with worry. “I’m afraid they’re going to rob our house for these 60% of the shares!”

Qi Wan raised his eyebrows and said arrogantly: "It depends on who has a better life!"