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

The new emperor had just ascended the throne when he discovered that not only the imperial seal was missing, but also all the gold, silver and jewelry in the storehouse had been swept away. Faced with such a situation, he was completely confused and didn't know who had done such a thing.

If we openly search for these lost gold, silver and treasures, wouldn't that make us a laughing stock to the whole world?

What's more, considering that the other party was able to sneak into the Imperial Palace and the Eastern Palace without being noticed and steal all the property, it would be extremely difficult to recover these treasures.

"It must have been done by the second brother's escaped men!" the new emperor concluded with gritted teeth.

He knew very well that among his brothers, the Second Prince was the most outstanding and capable one, and his subordinates were loyal to him. When he was still the crown prince, he had sent people to secretly murder the Second Prince many times, but he never succeeded.

The new emperor thought to himself: "In this case, I might as well send Deputy Commander Niu privately to hunt down the escaped guards, and perhaps recover some of the wealth."

The hall is magnificent and filled with the scent of ambergris, making people feel relaxed and happy.

At this time, the melodious music echoed throughout the palace like the sound of fairies. In the center of the palace, a group of palace maids in gorgeous clothes were dancing lightly. Their movements were graceful and moving, like fairies descending to earth.

Every movement of these palace maids was full of grace and agility. Their dance not only gave people a visual enjoyment, but also made people congratulate the new emperor on his ascension to the throne.

The officials below were all grinning from ear to ear, and from time to time they were so excited that they even swayed their heads to the rhythm.

The new emperor sat there with a sad face, showing no joy at all about ascending the throne.

He was furious in his heart: "It is simply unbelievable that an emperor like me would be so poor and destitute."

Foreign envoys also brought gifts when they came to pay homage. Only during the Chinese New Year would a few foreign tribes come to pay tribute and bring a sum of silver.

Now, there are still more than two months until the Chinese New Year.

As a result, the new emperor was thinking about how to get one million taels of silver as soon as possible to solve the expenses of the court and the harem.

The amount of gold and silver needed every day is not a small amount.

"How annoying." muttered the new emperor.

Now that he is the emperor, it is glorious, but he still has to worry about everything.

It’s not like before, when you would get paid when the time comes.

If you have less money, just sell a few official positions.

"How many official positions do we need to sell to cover our expenses?" The new emperor sighed.

His eyes swept across the faces of all the officials, thinking about solutions.

He first looked at the seated Minister of Revenue Qi Ze.

The new emperor knew that if he made use of Qi Ze, with his connections and popularity, he would find a way to solve the problem of silver shortage in the court.

The one million taels of tax silver that were stolen from the court before were the silver that Qi Ze borrowed from the people in the Western Regions.

He also went to the small courtyard in the suburbs to check where Qi Ze returned the silver.

But the new emperor was not happy, "Humph, I hate people from the Qi Mansion and will never use Qi Ze."

Finally, his eyes fell on Lu Fengyun who was sitting behind him.

The new emperor thought: The Lu family is the richest family in the world and has power.

Now, only the Lu family can solve his dilemma.

The new emperor thought of this and made up his mind. He whispered to the queen mother, "Mother, the Lu family is rich enough to rival the Lu family. We might as well make use of the Lu family to solve the urgent problem."

Queen Mother Li hesitated, "But, according to our ancestral teachings, we cannot use the children of the Lu family."

"It's just to tide us over temporarily." The new emperor patiently said to the queen mother, "The funeral of the late emperor has already used up all the money in the treasury. The tax silver for November will arrive in a few days, and the gold and silver in the harem have also been lost. What are we going to use to pay for our expenses now?"

"How does the emperor use the children of the Lu family?" Empress Dowager Li asked in a low voice, "You are not going to promote a Lu family member to the position of prime minister all of a sudden?"

"That won't happen." The new emperor waved his hand, "That would be unacceptable, and the Lu family would not obey discipline if the promotion was too fast."

The new emperor thought about it and decided that marriage was the most reliable method. "Mother, grant Yonghe's marriage to Lu Fengyun. He is the eldest grandson of the Lu family's eldest branch."

"Ah." The Queen Mother opened her mouth in shock.

Princess Yonghe and the Empress Dowager's nephew Li Weiwei had long been in love with each other, but because Master Li was a few months younger than Princess Yonghe, not even sixteen years old, and because the late Emperor had suddenly passed away, no decree was issued to grant them a marriage.

Empress Dowager Li decided to arrange a marriage for the two of them next year.

Empress Dowager Li reminded quietly, "Your Majesty, Yonghe and Weiwei have been in love for many years. If you grant her a marriage, what if she makes a fuss?"

"Mother, the overall situation is more important. You should go and persuade Yonghe first and ask her to agree to give her an additional fiefdom." The emperor first offered to give benefits.

He said something ugly in advance, "If she doesn't agree, there is still Yongping."

"When the time comes, Yongping will have its own fiefdom and live better than Yonghe. Don't accuse me of being partial."

Princess Yongping is the daughter of the current Concubine Dowager Zuo.

The two princesses are about the same age, and it is time for them to get married.

Empress Dowager Li was still hesitant. She was afraid that breaking up the couple would cause trouble, which would be a scandal for the Li family and the royal family.

The new emperor asked: "Mother, do you have any good ideas to solve the problem of the lack of silver in the national treasury and the inner treasury?"

"Take some things to sell?" Empress Dowager Li was also worried, "Or sell a few official positions?"

"How much can it be sold for?"

Empress Dowager Li thought of a good idea, "Raise taxes by 20%?"

"That's for next year," the new emperor said impatiently, "Now we need to solve the urgent problem."

"In a few days, those rough and uncouth soldiers will go to ask for their monthly wages. The Ministry of Revenue has no silver, and the inner treasury has no silver. What should we do if they mutinied?" The new emperor was most worried about the soldiers mutinying.

After weighing the pros and cons in her mind, Empress Dowager Li nodded and said, "Okay, I will go and persuade Yonghe."

In fact, from the bottom of Empress Dowager Li's heart, she would rather her daughter marry into a noble family than into her own family, the Duke of Huiguo's Mansion.

The title of the Duke's Mansion sounds nice, but it has no real power. In order to prevent the external relatives from becoming too powerful, the late emperor appointed everyone in the Duke's Mansion to unimportant positions.

Therefore, the Duke's Mansion did not have much wealth.

My daughter Yong'an married into the Duke's Mansion and had to subsidize everyone in the Mansion.

After the banquet for the new emperor's enthronement ended, all the officials said goodbye and left.

Qi Ze returned to the upper house of the Qi Mansion and told the people in the mansion about the strange things that happened today when the new emperor ascended the throne. "The new emperor, the queen mother, and the queen looked flustered as if they had lost something. The new emperor was still depressed until the end of the banquet."

Pei curled her lips, gloating over the misfortune, and complained in her heart, "It's unlucky to be frowning when ascending the throne."

Qi Lu guessed, "Could it be that the imperial seal was lost?"

The previous emperor was burned to death, and it is very likely that the imperial seal was burned with him.

Qi Ze agreed with his father's statement, "It is entirely possible."

Qi Yuan laughed, "What should we do then?"

Everyone just laughed and said nothing. An emperor without the imperial seal was like a fake emperor.

Qi Wan was the one who knew the truth best. She was secretly delighted in her heart, "I never thought that no one in the palace had noticed that the gold, silver and jewelry were missing. I just found out today. I am so happy."

When the new emperor seized her father's military power, she immediately took away all the wealth of the imperial palace and the Eastern Palace.

Qi Wan went in to check and found that the gold, silver, jewelry, jade, agate, coral... were piled up like a mountain in the space, among which was a jade seal.

Qi Ze asked in a low voice: "What do you think the new emperor will do next?"

Qi Lu guessed, "He will imitate a jade seal."

Qi Wan thought to himself: It would be fine if he doesn't imitate, but if he dares to, I will make him lose face.

She also speculated, "The new emperor may do two things next: one is to find a way to make money, and the other is to eliminate dissidents."

The new emperor has a narrow mind and short-sightedness, and he will definitely exclude dissidents.

Everyone in the family looked at Qi Wan in surprise, not understanding why she said that the emperor would find a way to get the money.

Does an emperor need money?

Qi Wan smiled mysteriously, "Just try it if you don't believe me."

Zheng smiled and said, "I believe what my sister said."