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

The second prince returned to the capital with nothing from the suburbs. He was depressed and very confused.

"Where did the money go?" He kept asking this question along the way.

General Li did not want to go to the Second Prince's mansion again. In order to get rid of the Second Prince's endless nagging, he respectfully invited the Second Prince, "A new restaurant has opened on East Street. Your Highness, why don't you go there for a drink and talk about things?" He wanted to get the Second Prince drunk and then send him back home so that he could have some peace and quiet.

"Okay, I'm a little hungry too." The second prince nodded.

Imperial Palace Study Room

The prince held a letter tightly in his hand, and walked into the imperial study with a solemn expression. He bowed deeply to the emperor and said, "Father, I have something to report."

The emperor saw that the prince looked strange, and he couldn't help but become serious. He nodded and said, "Prince, what's the matter? Tell me."

The prince did not speak immediately, but first looked around at the guards and officials standing around him, then pointed at them and said, "This matter is of great importance and is extremely confidential. Please ask your Majesty to ask these people to leave."

Upon hearing this, the emperor frowned and looked at the prince, feeling dissatisfied.

He felt that the prince was too timid. What could he do with so many people present?

The prince looks very much like the emperor when he was young, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a square nose and thin lips, which is exactly what the emperor dislikes most about the prince.

As soon as I see that the prince is young and healthy.

The emperor was sad about his old age and frailty.

He would also think that the prince was looking forward to his death and taking over everything from him.

The emperor still waved his hand, "You go out."

Only a few guards who never left the emperor's side were left in the hall.

The emperor must be on guard against assassinations.

"If you have something to say, tell me." The emperor said coldly.

The prince handed over the letter with both hands and lied, "I received a tip-off today. Someone said, 'The second prince took General Li to rob the silver that Qi Zecai returned.'"

"The informant also said, 'The Second Prince urgently needs money to rebel.'"

"I didn't believe it, so I took some people to check it out. My second brother had indeed led a group of people there, and they had just left. My people found a letter in the house, and after reading it, I was completely shocked."

"What letter?"

"Please, Your Majesty, determine whether it is true or false." The prince placed the letter in front of the emperor.

The emperor read the letter and found that it was indeed written by the second prince.

Looking at what was written inside, the emperor shook his head and said, "I don't believe he is so bold."

The prince said hurriedly, "I don't believe that my second brother would do such a thing. Why not send someone to search his storehouse and he will be cleared of all charges?"

How could the emperor listen to the prince's arrangements?

He called someone, "Go and ask the Second Prince to come to the Imperial Study."

The second prince has not been summoned to the imperial study yet.

Eunuch Fu came in and reported something, "Your Majesty, there is a piece of news spreading outside."

"What news?" asked the emperor, his whole body tense with nervousness.

The news he feared most now was: "The former crown prince Wang Qin is still alive."

That would be the most fatal blow to the emperor.

Eunuch Fu said, "It is said outside, 'The Second Prince sent someone to exchange the one million taels of tax silver and hid it in the Second Prince's storehouse.'"

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and snorted, "If this is not the case, I will find the person who spread the news and kill their clan."

The prince looked at Eunuch Fu with gratitude. It seemed that Eunuch Fu was helping him.

He secretly decided in his heart, "I will give Eunuch Fu more banknotes and treasures in the future. Eunuch Fu likes jade very much, so I will give him the set of jade rings."

After a long time, the second prince was found by the guards in the palace. He came hurriedly to meet the emperor, reeking of alcohol.

He saw the Crown Prince and his father in the study, and he muttered in his heart: "They are talking, what do they want me to do?"

The second prince stepped forward and saluted, "Your Highness greets you, Father."

"I have met my brother, the emperor."

When the emperor saw the second prince reeking of alcohol, he frowned, his face full of disgust and aversion, and he made no secret of his disappointment in his son.

His tone was cold and stern, full of questioning and accusations, "I ask you, did you lead people to replace the tax silver that General Hu was transporting?"

The second prince was like a huge thunderbolt suddenly exploded above his head. He turned pale with shock and trembled all over.

He stared at the emperor with wide eyes, as if he couldn't believe what he heard. After a long while, he came to his senses, shook his head and said in horror: "No, no! How could I do such a thing?"

The emperor did not let him go easily and continued to ask: "Then why did you go to the small courtyard of the Western Region people outside the city today?"

The second prince was speechless and could not say a word. He never expected that he sent people to follow Qi Yuan to investigate the Qi Mansion, but the prince actually sent people to follow him in return. This made him extremely panicked and he did not know how to respond for a while.

At the critical moment, the second prince thought quickly and made up a lie: "I heard that there were bandits outside the city and was worried about the safety of the people, so I took people to hunt down the bandits, but I didn't expect to run into that small courtyard by accident." His eyes flickered and his voice trembled, and it was obvious that he was extremely guilty.

The emperor was annoyed by the second prince's panic.

Just as Qi Ze sent someone to return the borrowed one million taels of silver plus one month's interest, the second prince immediately led people there.

The emperor wouldn't believe it if you said that the second prince had no problems.

The emperor threw the letter to the second prince.

The second prince picked up the letter from the ground and read it. He was so scared that he kept saying, "No, I don't have it. It's not me." But the handwriting on the letter was his, which made him unable to defend himself.

The emperor said impatiently, "Since you said you don't have any, I will send someone to your house to check the storehouse."

"Ah." The second prince looked at the emperor in horror. How could he let the emperor see the money he had embezzled?

Regardless of whether he agreed or not, the emperor called out, "Come here, go to the Second Prince's mansion and check the warehouse."

"As you wish, Your Majesty." Deputy Commander Fang Degong bowed and accepted the order.

The second prince did not dare to resist, and thought to himself: "It is better for my father to find out that I have embezzled silver than to be falsely accused of stealing and replacing tax silver."

He hurriedly took Deputy Commander Qi to the Second Prince's Mansion and then took him to the warehouse.

Unexpectedly, when Deputy Commander Fang led his men to the Second Prince's Mansion, walked into the warehouse, and opened one of the large iron boxes, his eyes instantly widened, his pupils shrank, and his mouth opened wide. He was extremely frightened.

He was shocked to see that the iron box was neatly filled with tax silver bearing the seal of the Jinling government.

That is the batch of tax silver that was exchanged for stones.

"Why is the lost tax silver here?" Deputy Commander Fang asked in shock.

"Nonsense, how is it possible?" The second prince said dissatisfiedly and went forward to check.

After the second prince saw the words engraved on the silver, he was horrified and screamed after a while.

"No, no, this is not my silver."

He looked up again and found that all the gold, silver and jewelry in the warehouse were gone.

"Oh my God!" The second prince was so angry that his eyes went dark and his body slid limply to the ground.