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

As the New Year was approaching, Qi Xiang, who had transported back millions of taels of silver, disappeared, which made the emperor very angry.

How is he going to celebrate the New Year when his treasury is empty?

When the emperor was at his wit's end, he asked the Lu family to pay one million taels of silver first.

Lu Fengyun had no choice, so on the same day, he asked the Lu family to transfer another one million taels of silver, half of which was allocated to the palace and the other half was used for New Year expenses.

The Lu family had not received much benefit yet, but they had to pay 1.5 million taels of silver in a short period of time, which made the Lu family very sad.

The eldest master of the Lu family grumbled to his son in dissatisfaction, "The national treasury is out of silver, why doesn't the emperor use the silver from the inner treasury?"

Lu Fengyun shook his head, "Alas, it's hard to put it into words."

When the emperor was still the crown prince, Lu Fengyun handled the Ministry of Works affairs for the crown prince.

He knew very well that the emperor was particularly greedy for gold and silver, who only took in and never gave out. He also instructed his subordinates to pass off inferior goods as genuine ones and report more project funds, while he himself embezzled the rest.

How could the emperor possibly take out his own money to deal with the emergency?

The Lu family took out two sums of money in succession for the emperor to use, which caused the Lu family to live in poverty in the later years and rely on the lady's dowry to prepare the New Year gifts.

The Lu family's several branches started to quarrel, "Using the interests of our branches, only the eldest branch will benefit."

"No, if this business continues, it will make a lot of money for the head house."

Finally, Lu Fengyun expressed his position to the people in the several families, "Next year I will arrange for one person from each family to serve as an official in the court."

"My son is going to the Ministry of Industry."

"My son is going to the Ministry of Revenue."

"My son is going to..."

The Lu family members put forward conditions one after another.

"No problem, the emperor trusts me more and more now." Lu Fengyun agreed readily.

This made the other branches of the Lu family shut up temporarily.

Lu Fengyun took out so much money from the family, so naturally he wanted to get the loaned money back as soon as possible.

He weighed the pros and cons. With the year coming to an end, where could he get millions of taels of silver all at once? After thinking it over, it seemed that the only way to obtain this huge fortune was to bring down the Qi family.

Thus, an evil idea sprouted in his mind: as long as the Qi family fell, he could not only get rich, but also get a beautiful woman, and more importantly, avenge his mother. He made up his mind to make the Qi family pay the price.

The next day, Lu Fengyun found an excuse to report something and went to the imperial study to meet the emperor.

Seeing that no one was around, he cautiously advised the emperor: "Your Majesty, Qi Xiang disappeared with a huge sum of money. Whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, he must bear all the responsibility and recover the huge sum of money."

The emperor was very dissatisfied with this, but he could do nothing about it. He sighed and said, "I wish I could execute him immediately, but now I can't even find his shadow. How can I get the money back?"

Lu Fengyun smiled and said confidently, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have a plan. We can send the imperial guards to surround the Qi Mansion and create an illusion that the Qi Mansion is about to be convicted. We can force them to hand over two million taels of silver to compensate Qi Xiang for his dereliction of duty."

The emperor was a little hesitant. He felt that the New Year was approaching and it would be unlucky to start a war.

Lu Fengyun saw through the emperor's thoughts, his lips curled up slightly, and a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes: "The Qi Mansion also has many money houses, and the thing they have the most is silver. Taking over the Qi Mansion will give us more than one million taels of silver. Their wealth can fill your Majesty's treasury." These words hit the emperor's deep desire for wealth like lightning.

The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up and a greedy smile appeared on his face: "This is really a good idea." He was secretly happy in his heart. As long as he could get the wealth of the Qi Mansion, he could enrich his own treasury and satisfy his desire for gold, silver and jewelry.

Seeing that the emperor was already tempted, Lu Fengyun struck while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, the Qi family has not been divided. If something happens to the second branch, the eldest branch will naturally bear the responsibility. In this way, the Imperial Guards can legitimately attack the Qi family."

"Okay, let's surround the area and let them pay the money." The emperor agreed.

"Your Majesty is wise." Lu Fengyun smiled.

His smile was particularly bright, as if he had seen the scene of the Qi family being confiscated and exiled, and the women being sent to brothels. And the once high and mighty Miss Qi would become his plaything and be raised as his mistress. Thinking of this, he became more and more cheerful, looking forward to that day.

The desire for power can change a person beyond recognition in just a few days.

He just wanted to go one step further and get everything he wanted.

Not long after, Princess Yonghe received a message from Lu Fengyun, "Go and persuade His Majesty to take action against the Qi Mansion. If successful, the incense shop will be yours." She immediately ran to the front hall.

Yongyuan bowed to the princess and gave advice to the emperor, "Your Majesty, after the Qi Mansion was raided, are you still worried about not having money for the New Year? There are many shops in the Qi Mansion that make a fortune every day."

She worked very hard in raiding the Qi Mansion in order to let the Emperor raid the Qi Mansion and take Miss Qi as her sacrifice so that she could get Lu Fengyun earlier.

The emperor felt that it was unlucky to confiscate the property and kill people before the New Year. "It seems not a good idea to confiscate the property before the New Year. Let's surround Qi's house first. As long as they hand over the silver, we can confiscate it after the New Year."

"Okay." Princess Yonghe thought, the New Year is only a few days away.

She asked, "Your Majesty, when the Qi Mansion is raided, can you leave those women to your sister to deal with?"

"Do you want to use Miss Qi to win over Lu Fengyun?" The emperor guessed his sister's intention.

"Your Majesty is very clever." Princess Yonghe praised and said with a smile, "I will make Miss Qi the concubine of Mr. Lu."

"This is really a good idea. Let the Lu family and Lu Fengyun work for us."

"Hahaha..." The two siblings looked at each other and laughed.

Not long after, Deputy Commander Niu led a team of guards to surround the Qi Mansion in a mighty manner.

The crowd around who came to watch the excitement came in like a tide, and the chattering sounds rose one after another.

"Is the Qi Mansion going to be raided?"

"The Chinese New Year is just a few days away. What have they done wrong? Can't we wait until after the Chinese New Year to deal with it?" People were whispering to each other, their faces full of confusion and curiosity.

Some brave people tried to get closer to see what was going on, but they were stopped outside by the guards.

Inside the Qi Mansion, everyone in the Qi family looked solemn and filled with uneasiness. The entire mansion was filled with a tense atmosphere, making people feel depressed and suffocated.

The steward of the Qi Mansion came out and saluted, "Excuse me, what is the matter that has the commander-in-chief and his men gathered outside the Qi Mansion?" He handed over a silver note.

Deputy Commander Niu was delighted to hear that he was called the Grand Commander. He stepped forward to take the banknote and whispered, "The Emperor wants silver. As long as your government takes out two million taels of silver, we will withdraw immediately."

"Where can we get so much silver?" The butler shook his head in embarrassment.

The Qi Mansion was besieged by the Imperial Guards and could be confiscated by the Emperor's order at any time.

The news quickly spread throughout the capital and beyond.

Prime Minister Pei was anxious, "The new emperor is going to take action against the Qi Palace so soon, what should we do?"

His sons said, "We want to save Qi's family."

Prime Minister Pei made a decision, "I don't have to take this position, so I'll just have to rescue the people from Qi Mansion."

Someone from the Qi family came to deliver a message quietly, "Prime Minister, our old master said that you don't need to help us, we have a way to leave."

"Okay then." Prime Minister Pei said sadly.

He felt that the Qi family was doomed this time. However, as long as the people of the Qi family could escape safely, it would be better than both sides being hurt.

Princess Daning's Mansion learned from the spies in the palace the plan of the new emperor and Princess Yonghe: to have the Qi family convicted and their property confiscated.

Even if she sacrificed the princess's mansion, she couldn't save the Qi family. The princess persuaded her second son Qin Gaoming, "Give up the idea of ​​marrying Miss Qi. The emperor will not let the Qi family go."

"No!" Qin Gaoming refused, and said, "If Old Master Qi agrees, he will first consider marrying with our family."

"The world has changed now." Princess Daning told her son the truth, "The emperor sent someone to tell your father that if he insists on marrying the daughter of the Qi family as his daughter-in-law, he will take away the military power of the Qin Mansion."

"Ah!" Qin Gaoming was stunned. He never expected that the emperor hated the Qi family so much.

Qin Gaoming had no choice but to agree to marry his cousin Xiao, the third daughter of the Grand Princess, Xiao Lan, for the safety of the people in the mansion.

The two princesses' palaces asked the official matchmaker to arrange the marriage on the same day and began to go through the six rituals, with the wedding taking place after the first month of the lunar year.