The emperor on the dragon throne read out the memorials in his hands one by one, while Su Muyao listened below, feeling drowsy. She was not fully awake to begin with, and now it sounded like she was listening to gibberish.

The Prime Minister watched Su Muyao swaying precariously from the side, his heart entirely focused on the little girl, fearing she might fall forward at any moment.

It wasn't until the emperor on the high platform pointed to Su Muyao that the prime minister tugged at the little girl's sleeve.

"Young Princess, His Majesty is summoning you."

The ministers next to the "little princess" were speechless when they saw that the prime minister couldn't wake her up. It was the first time they had ever seen someone who could fall asleep while standing.

"Ah! Has court ended?"

Upon hearing Su Muyao's words, the emperor on the high platform rubbed his head and sighed, "He's still just a child."

"I wonder if the young princess has any way to solve this?"

Su Muyao narrowed her eyes. This emperor only asked her if she had a way to solve the problem. What is it?

The Prime Minister whispered to Su Muyao, "The Emperor asked what his opinion was on Lord Li's proposal."

Lord Li just suggested that His Majesty should slightly increase taxes, since the national treasury is already quite depleted.

Upon hearing this, Su Muyao glared at Lord Li on her right.

"It's hilarious how you officials eat and drink so well, why don't you take some out to replenish the national treasury?"

"If they only think about squeezing that little bit of money from the poor, how can that possibly fill the national treasury?"

Lord Li, having lost face, mustered his courage and stepped forward, cupping his hands in greeting to the emperor. "Young princess, you are mistaken. If every household of the vast dynasty contributes just a little more, the national treasury will be full."

Furthermore, whenever disaster strikes, it is the imperial court that allocates funds to help the victims get through the crisis, so paying some taxes is, in my opinion, only right and proper.

Lord Xu stepped forward and said, "This old minister believes that Lord Li's method is feasible. Although the civil and military officials in the court may have some wealth, there are only so many people in the court. No matter how diligent and frugal they are, they cannot afford to spend too much."

Su Muyao snorted coldly, "You make it sound so high-sounding, but when it comes to you, you think you can't contribute much because there are so few of you? The taxes levied on the people are already quite high; to put it bluntly, isn't this just exploiting the common people?"

Then he looked at the emperor and said, "As the emperor, shouldn't you be thinking about the people? When the common people are already living in poverty and have no food to eat, they can only go hungry."

Now that we finally have a high yield of grain, you're thinking of exploiting it.

The emperor wasn't angry; he hadn't agreed with Minister Li's opinion to begin with. "Does the young princess have any other ideas?"

Su Muyao walked to the front and looked at the group of ministers, saying, "This princess thinks that you ministers should set an example by donating some silver."

After speaking, he looked at the Emperor.

The Emperor... felt inexplicably uneasy.

Could this young princess be eyeing my private treasury? No way, that's my main source of income, if she…

I can't even imagine.

To shut Su Muyao up, he spoke first, saying, "I heard that the young princess has opened quite a few workshops, and her shop is doing extremely well..."

Su Muyao nodded. Could this scoundrel of an emperor be shamelessly asking to borrow from her?

Then the emperor continued, "I heard that the business is doing very well, and the crown prince even gets a share of the profits."

"How about we forgo the future profit sharing? The young princess can advance some of it first, and it will be deducted directly from the profit sharing later."

As soon as the emperor said this, the ministers below began to whisper among themselves, "Now look what happened, the little princess doesn't agree."

She wanted everyone else to contribute money, but now it's her turn. I'd like to see if she'll take it or not.

Although the ministers spoke softly, Su Muyao could still hear them clearly.

Is the Emperor's private treasury well-stocked?

The Emperor said, “Princess, please don’t try to take my private treasury. There are too many places in the palace where the servants and masters spend money. I have already ordered everyone in the palace to tighten their belts.”

Su Muyao rolled her eyes. At least she knows how to protect her food.

"Your Majesty has misunderstood me. What I meant was that if Your Majesty is not well-off, I do have a way to help Your Majesty make more money."

Upon hearing this, the emperor's eyes lit up. "Really?"

Su Muyao nodded: "What does Your Majesty think about using foreigners' money to enrich the Emperor's private treasury?"

The emperor on the high platform was still pondering Su Muyao's meaning, and the little girl didn't give him a chance to dawdle.

She explained directly, "His Majesty has immediately decreed the lifting of the curfew, and I wish to open a night market street."

"Let all merchants come out to do business, and vendors outside the city can delay their departure. Also, spread the word that the Great Dynasty's Little Lucky Star has some rare treasures to sell."

At this point, Su Muyao looked at the emperor and saw him sitting at the head of the table, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Your Majesty wants to ask what this night market is? A night market is where people can buy and sell things at night."

"I'm sure Your Majesty is aware that I possess many rare and unusual trinkets. Do you think foreign countries would be willing to pay a high price for these strange and unusual items?"

The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, it was just one item that the little princess had casually taken out. If he weren't so short of money, he would have loved to buy it all.

Especially those things in the Queen's palace, like air conditioning and refrigerators.

There were also two small electric scooters sent over by the young princess at the flower viewing banquet. She had to say a lot of nice things to the empress in order to be able to ride one of the scooters.

The emperor was feeling quite pleased with himself when he suddenly remembered that these items were all put out by the young princess to sell. Could he possibly give her the money she received?

"The young princess is indeed a lucky star for this great dynasty. To be willing to offer so many rare treasures to replenish the national treasury is truly..."

Before he could finish speaking, Su Muyao interrupted him, "Your Majesty, have you misunderstood something?"

Su Muyao almost cursed out loud, (You old bastard, you're ugly but you think you're so great.)

You think you can just hand over all this stuff to sell and give the money to me? You're dreaming!

The emperor looked up at Su Muyao and said, "What the little princess said about replenishing the national treasury..."

"Your Majesty may levy luxury taxes on foreign countries in the Western Regions."

For example, if they buy 10,000 taels of goods, you can collect 1,200 taels, which is 12% and is considered reasonable.

The emperor's lips twitched. "Does the little princess want me to just rob her?"

The ministers below also looked at Su Muyao with complicated expressions.

The little girl, with an expression that said, "This is called lowering the gap between the rich and the poor. The rich have plenty of money, but those rare things can't be bought just because you have money."

"If you're so rich enough to buy such luxury goods, wouldn't you be willing to pay a little extra tax? If you're unwilling, it means you haven't reached a certain level of liking for these things."

The Prime Minister nodded in agreement, indicating that he understood what the young princess meant.

Just like the glasses that were all the rage before, they were rare treasures, and some high-ranking officials were willing to spend half of their wealth to buy one.

That was something that I could see clearly, but thankfully the young princess didn't ask for an exorbitant amount.

"His Majesty's simple meaning is the same as robbing the rich to help the poor. To put it more precisely, it means that the goods of the Great Dynasty are not allowed to be sold to other countries."

These rare items can only be provided to the people of the Great Dynasty unless they are willing to pay heavy taxes.