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

After the new emperor left the court, he sent a eunuch to bring Lu Fengyun to the imperial study.

Lu Fengyun was in the court and saw that the new emperor dismissed the Minister of Revenue Qi Ze from his post and that his cousin Lu Fenghui would take over the post. He had a guess in his mind: "The new emperor is probably going to use the Lu family."

This is the best opportunity for the eldest grandson of the Lu family's eldest branch to restore the family's prosperity.

When he was rejoicing, the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion came to the government office.

The housekeeper came to report in a hurry: "Master, it's bad. All the ten carts of pottery we transported to the capital were broken."

"How could this happen?" Lu Fengyun frowned, "All ten carts of pottery were broken?"

"The carriage at the back got startled and rushed into the nine carriages in front, and all ten horses were frightened." The butler lowered his head and described what happened.

Lu Fengyun waved his hand and said, "It will be safer to ship porcelain by ship in the future."

"Yes, sir." The butler left in a hurry.

Lu Fengyun sighed. It was extremely difficult to make ten pieces of top-quality pottery. Now they were all broken. Not only was a huge sum of money wasted, but it would also affect the business of the pottery shop.

He rubbed his brows and said, "I still have to go to Zongzheng Temple to give gifts and speak well of them."

Among them was a cart containing pottery for the imperial kitchen.

The officials in the Zongzheng Temple are all royal relatives, and each of them is difficult to talk to.

Especially now, Qin Gaoming is not willing to cooperate with the Lu family at all and has cancelled several businesses.

Lu Fengyun also knew that both of them wanted to marry Miss Qi, and that Qin Gaoming was deliberately causing trouble.

He had no idea that Qin Gaoming was more trying to stand up for the Qi family. After Qi Lu's military power was taken away, the Lu family came to bully the Qi family and even slapped Miss Qi in the face.

The Qin family said: "The Lu family is getting worse with each generation. The current Lu family is just a bunch of villains."

Eunuch Sheng came hurriedly to invite, "Your Majesty wants to see Lord Lu."

"Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Sheng." Lu Fengyun was surprised, but pretended to know nothing on his face and gave Eunuch Sheng a stack of silver bills.

The grandfather laughed so hard that his teeth were exposed and his eyes were narrowed into a line.

Lu Fengyun followed Eunuch Sheng to the front hall, and Eunuch Sheng went into the imperial study to report.

Lu Fengyun stood upright outside the hall.

Princess Yonghe walked quickly from the harem and saw a handsome man with extraordinary bearing standing outside the front hall.

She looked at Lu Fengyun.

Lu Fengyun saw that the woman was wearing heavy makeup, gorgeous clothes, and lots of jewels.

He didn't know who the visitor was, so he bowed and turned sideways, unable to avoid him.

Princess Yonghe was stunned. Only then did she realize that there were such handsome men in the world: eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like stars, straight nose and red lips, and his eyes were warm and affectionate.

"Your Highness." The palace maids caught up.

Only then did Lu Fengyun realize that the young woman in front of him was the princess. He hurried forward and bowed again, "Your Highness, Lu Fengyun, greets Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Princess Yonghe asked: "Are you Lu Fengyun?"

Lu Fengyun was stunned for a moment, and said: "Uh... I am."

Princess Yonghe's anger suddenly disappeared, her face flushed and she became shy.

Her palace maids hurried after them, fearing that the princess had disobeyed the emperor and that they would be in trouble.

When the maids saw Princess Yonghe staring at Lu Fengyun without blinking, a trusted maid stepped forward and whispered, "This Mr. Lu is the most handsome, talented, and richest man in the world."

She added, "If Princess Yongping gets him, she will come to your presence every day to show off her power."

"That makes sense." Princess Yonghe nodded in agreement and waved her hand, "Let's go back."

Lu Fengyun bowed and said, "Your Highness, take care."

Princess Yonghe turned around, smiled affectionately at Lu Fengyun, then turned around and left happily.

Only then did she realize that compared to Lu Fengyun, her cousin was like a child who had not grown up and would act coquettishly and joke in front of her from time to time.

As a legitimate princess with a respected status, she should marry a man like Mr. Lu who has a good family background, good looks, and everything else.

Lu Fengyun watched Princess Yonghe's back and was in a daze.

He was extremely intelligent. Seeing the princess's reaction to him, he guessed the new emperor's intention in calling him here, and his mind began to wander.

The new emperor was in the imperial study room, and heard the eunuch say, "Your Majesty, the princess and Lord Lu met outside, and it seemed that the princess was very satisfied."

The new emperor laughed, "What's the point of love between men and women? It's nothing more than lust for beauty, or seeking power and money."

The eunuch praised, "Your Majesty is wise!"

The new emperor smiled triumphantly and waved his hand, "Go and tell Lu Fengyun."

The eunuch came out to greet him, "Lord Lu, His Majesty has summoned you."

Lu Fengyun walked slowly towards the imperial study.

At first, he was very resistant, "I don't want to rely on women to get promoted, I don't want to be a royal consort."

He changed his mind and thought: "The person I want to marry most is Miss Qi, but for some reason the Qi family has always disagreed with this marriage."

"Now that Qi Lu and his son have been dismissed from their posts, they may be convicted in the future. If I really want to marry Miss Qi, not only will my future be ruined, but my Lu family will also be implicated."

Lu Fengyun sighed, "Besides, I can't marry Miss Qi now, and the two families are at loggerheads."

He persuaded himself: "A man should focus on his career. With a promising future, there are countless beauties in the world."

He secretly made a decision: "There are many ways to get Miss Qi, it doesn't have to be by marrying her."

Lu Fengyun walked to the door of the imperial study, a relaxed expression on his face, strode into the imperial study, bowed his head and saluted, "Your Majesty, I greet you."

The new emperor smiled and said, "Lord Lu, please sit down and discuss matters."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the seat." Lu Fengyun bowed and sat down lightly on the chair.

The new emperor did not beat around the bush and said bluntly: "Lord Lu, I want to grant Yonghe to you in marriage."

He promised her a favor, "If you marry Princess Yonghe, the position of Minister of Revenue will be yours, and you can advance further in the future."

Lu Fengyun showed surprise on his face, and hurriedly stood up and saluted, saying: "I am mediocre, I am afraid I can't marry Princess Yonghe."

"If I say I can, I can do it." The emperor said forcefully.

Although Lu Fengyun had made up his mind, he continued to refuse, wanting to test how much the emperor valued him and what important tasks he would give him. He said, "I'm afraid..."

The emperor lost his patience, his face darkened, and he showed a card in his hand, saying triumphantly: "I have three people from your Lu family in my hands, and they are said to be bandits!"

Lu Fengyun gasped in shock, his eyes widened, and he looked at the emperor in astonishment.

He never expected that the new emperor actually held the most fatal handle of their Lu family.

The emperor narrowed his eyes, a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth, and asked: "Are you willing to be a prince consort? Be valued by me?"

Lu Fengyun's forehead was covered with cold sweat, but he soon calmed down and replied respectfully: "I will obey the imperial edict." Then he said with tears of gratitude, "I will serve your majesty loyally and will not hesitate to go through fire and water."

The new emperor has three servants of the Lu family who are disguised as bandits in his hands. Lu Fengyun has no choice but to do as he is told, otherwise the entire Lu family will be ransacked.

The emperor burst into laughter, and the gloom on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by a bright smile.

After the new emperor recovered Lu Fengyun, he was still thinking about another thing in his mind: "When Qi Xiang brings the silver back from Guangzhou, I will arrest him and find the Qi family guilty of treason, confiscate their property and exile them."

The new emperor was secretly proud, "I have cleared out the Qi family again, and will make a fortune again."

On that day, the new emperor issued an imperial decree granting marriage, "Princess Yonghe is granted marriage to Lu Fengyun." He couldn't wait to ask the eunuch Sheng to pass on the decree, "The Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Clan Affairs Office will go through the formalities today, and we will try to get married in the first month of the year."

The Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple were stunned when they saw the imperial edict.

An ordinary father would observe a three-year mourning period.

If your royal family doesn't want to guard for three years, can't they guard for one year?

"What should we do?" asked the official from the Ministry of Rites.

Lord Zongzheng said: "What can we do? Follow the imperial edict!"

On that day, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Imperial Clan Affairs went to handle the affairs of Princess Yonghe's marriage to Lu Fengyun.