Chapter 42
Zhang Hua looked at Li Ningyun's expression.
After confirming his master's intention, he pretended to be serious and said, "Your Majesty, it was Miss Murong who came to you, saying that she had someone she loved. Your Majesty is kind-hearted, so he asked the late emperor to cancel the marriage."
Li Ningyun looked at Fu Liangping as if he had thought of something. "Yes, yes, yes, I remember now. Miss Murong told me that the person she loves is the Regent. Regent, what do you think? Do you want me to help you find a marriage?"
Upon hearing this, the Prime Minister already had the answer in his mind.
I think the emperor is unwilling to let his daughter enter the palace, otherwise he would not want to marry his daughter to someone else.
Upon hearing this, Fu Liangping frowned and looked at Li Ningyun: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of marrying. Please revoke your order."
Li Ningyun pretended to sigh: "Alas, I just said that. Regent, please don't be so serious."
Fu Liangping: “…”
Li Ningyun looked at the Prime Minister again and said, "My dear, you now know that Miss Murong has no romantic feelings for me. Let's just leave this matter at that."
In fact, Li Ningyun didn't plan to keep any of the beautiful ladies in the palace, not just the heroine.
The original owner had only left behind the heroine and Xun Qingyi, who was named Qing Fei.
This time, Li Ningyun didn't plan to keep any of them.
Prime Minister Murong Jingming felt a little embarrassed and annoyed.
He had no idea that his daughter and the emperor broke off their engagement last time for this very reason.
Murong Xue did not tell him the reason why the emperor broke off the engagement at that time, but just said that the prince treated her as a sister.
The ashamed prime minister asked to resign.
Li Ningyun agreed with a smile.
Then he looked at Fu Liangping who was silent beside him and said, "Prince Regent, I have a wonderful person on my hand~ I want to introduce her to you~"
Fu Liangping: "...Your Majesty, I do not intend to marry."
Li Ningyun smiled wickedly. "What are you thinking about? The person I'm talking about has some skills and is very good at business. He can accumulate a lot of money in a short period of time. I plan to put you in charge of this person."
Fu Liangping was a little excited when he heard this: "Is what Your Majesty said true?"
Li Ningyun nodded. "Well, not only that, there are still many valuable things that can be mined from this person. I'll leave this matter to you. Remember, every useful point in her must be mined. Do you understand what I mean?"
Fu Liangping stood up and saluted Li Ningyun: "Yes! I obey your command!"
Li Ningyun nodded: "Alright, it's just the two of us, no need to go through all that nonsense."
"Zhang Hua, go call Xun Qingyi over."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go right away."
Li Ningyun thought that since Xun Qingyi came from the future, the knowledge she possessed must be more advanced than that of the present era.
Such a useful girl, why would she want to have a love life? She should have a career!
If it goes well, Li Ningyun is not a stingy person.
It's not impossible to just give her her father's position as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
They are all their own family anyway, right?
Alas, there is a little fairy who cares about others today.
Xun Qingyi was very excited when she heard Zhang Hua's message.
She quickly tidied herself up and went to the imperial study with Zhang Hua.
"Your humble servant Xun Qingyi pays homage to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor."
Li Ningyun smiled and said, "Get up."
After Xun Qingyi stood up, she secretly glanced around.
It was her first time entering the ancient emperor's study, and she was very curious.
Xun Qingyi was aiming intently.
Li Ningyun's voice sounded again: "I asked Miss Xun to come here today because I need her help with something."
Xun Qingyi quickly looked at Li Ningyun and said, "Your Majesty, please give me your orders directly. I really don't deserve the responsibility."
"I called you here because I heard you've made great achievements in business. As you know, the national treasury is a little empty right now, so I called you here to ask if you have any good ideas to quickly gather some money to overcome the current difficulties?"
Xun Qingyi was stunned: What do you mean? Isn't it said that women in the harem can't interfere in politics?
So what is the situation now?
Li Ningyun smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. Just tell me what you think."
Xun Qingyi rolled her eyes.
She felt that now was a good opportunity.
You can use this opportunity to show yourself in front of the emperor.
Xun Qingyi then leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, I am just a girl from the boudoir, and my knowledge is really shallow. Since Your Majesty trusts me, I will dare to express my thoughts today. If there is anything wrong with what I say, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
Li Ningyun nodded: "Okay, tell me whatever you want, I won't blame you."
Xun Qingyi: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I am so bold. The south is suffering from severe flooding due to heavy rain. The most urgent task now is disaster relief."
Fu Liangping was speechless: "Do I need you to tell me? It doesn't take much thought to know that what we need to do now is disaster relief. The problem is, what disaster relief can we provide if we don't have the money?"
Xun Qingyi had no idea that she was despised by the male protagonist.
She continued, "But disaster relief requires money, and the Emperor doesn't have that much right now. Why don't we auction it off?"
Li Ningyun smiled and said, you know what, this time traveler doesn’t have much brains.
But her idea was still good.
It’s just right now. With this time-traveling girl around, I don’t have to waste too many brain cells.
Fu Liangping is the one who needs to use his brain.
If you run out of money, ask Xun Qingyi for help.
Perfect!
Li Ningyun looked at Xun Qingyi in feigned confusion: "Auction?"
Xun Qingyi nodded and said, "Your Majesty can have someone sort out some of his old belongings, and then sell them to merchants who offer the highest prices through auction. The proceeds can be used to provide food and money for disaster relief."
Li Ningyun smiled and nodded. "That's a good idea. So, Miss Xun, I'll leave this matter to you. Are you confident that you can handle it well?"
Xun Qingyi was stunned for a moment: "Isn't it... wasn't I here to participate in the talent show? Why did I take on a private job halfway through?"
Li Ningyun smiled and introduced Fu Liangping, "This is Xun Qingyi, the daughter of Xun Shao, the Minister of Revenue. She is the talent I just told you about."
He then looked at Xun Qingyi and said, "This is the Regent. From now on, you will follow the Regent. If you need any help, just go to him directly."
Xun Qingyi just noticed the handsome man next to the emperor.
I just didn’t expect that he would be the male lead!
Ever since Fu Liangping introduced himself to the emperor, Xun Qingyi had been looking at him with an abnormal look in her eyes. She asked in confusion, "Miss Xun, do you know me?"
Xun Qingyi quickly shook her head: "I don't know him, I don't know him."
Are you kidding? This is the heroine's man!
It’s better to stay away from this little life of yours, in case you are accidentally misunderstood by the heroine.
What should I do if the heroine also gives me a bowl of poison?
After all, that guy is a ruthless person who can even poison the emperor to death!
Thinking of this, Xun Qingyi looked at Li Ningyun with eyes full of sympathy.
What a good second male lead, but he was poisoned to death by the woman he loved so much!
Xun Qingyi was thinking wildly.
Suddenly, she heard the gentle yet teasing voice of the male second she had just sympathized with, "Haha, the Regent asked this question, don't you know? You are the top choice of husband for the ladies in the capital. What's so strange about this young lady knowing you?"
Xun Qingyi was so scared that she quickly shook her head: "No, no, no! I dare not even think about it!"
Then, as if realizing something, she covered it up and said, "What I meant is that the Regent is a young and talented man. I dare not have any improper thoughts about him."
Li Ningyun raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Miss Xun, you're saying you don't dare to have any improper thoughts about the Regent, yet you entered the palace for the selection. Are you saying I'm no match for the Regent?"
After Li Ningyun finished speaking, he looked at Fu Liangping's expressionless face again and said, "I think I am more kind than him."
Fu Liangping: “…”
Why is the emperor so active today?
It even amused the little girl.
Xun Qingyi quickly waved her hands: "Your Majesty, that's not what I meant."
Li Ningyun smiled and said, "I was just joking. There's no need to be so nervous. You and the Regent will be responsible for getting this done. If you do a good job, I will reward you."
Xun Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my best."
Li Ningyun nodded: "Okay, you two can discuss the rest."
After the two of them left, Li Ningyun began to deal with memorials with a sigh.
In the afternoon, Zhang Hua came to report: "Your Majesty, the princess has arrived with Miss Murong."
Li Ningyun had a blank expression on her face. She knew that Murong Xue would not back down so easily.
The original owner did not have any great hatred towards Xun Qingyi, the time-traveling girl.
After all, at the beginning, Xun Qingyi was hostile to the heroine in order to prevent Murong Xue from poisoning him.
She turned evil in the later period because she worked tirelessly all day long to protect the original owner from being poisoned, but the original owner kept getting closer to the heroine.
Moreover, although she allowed her own family to make money and deliberately indulged their ambitions, she did not actually do anything to harm the original owner.
Later on, because the original owner suddenly fell into a coma, she had no time to take care of her natal family, which led to her natal father seeking death and confronting the male protagonist.
If Xun Qingyi knew that her father was so stubborn, she would probably carry the original owner and run away overnight.
Well, I'm afraid of getting blood splashed on me.
Later, Xun Qingyi also died.
She died in that palace coup.
He died to buy time for Fu Liangping to save the original owner.
Therefore, the original owner's wish for Xun Qingyi in this life was not to leave Xun Qingyi in the palace and get involved in this mess.
This is also the reason why Li Ningyun planned to let Xun Qingyi serve as an official in the court after giving him a small lesson.
Is it justifiable that she should use her talents and knowledge but not do anything for this country and instead spend her days thinking about love and romance?
Li Ningyun refused to admit that he simply wanted to be lazy!
Absolutely not!
As for the heroine who poisoned the original owner in both lives.
The original owner had only one wish: to kill her! Make her life worse than death!
My last wish is that Yunqi Country will be peaceful and prosperous, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.
Li Ningyun blinked at the weak and frail heroine in white in front of him.
You know what, this kind-hearted little white flower really makes me feel sorry for her.
What a pity, he has a black heart.
"Royal brother, I'm here to see you." Li Xuantong's chattering voice sounded from the side.
Li Xuantong and the original owner were both born to the queen.
The two have had a good relationship since childhood.
So Li Xuantong was always very relaxed in front of the original owner.
Li Ningyun glanced at Li Xuantong in annoyance: "You're already an adult, but you're still so noisy and unruly. Tell me, what are you doing here today?"
Li Xuantong smiled, not taking her brother's words seriously at all: "I came here with Xue'er today. She said she wanted your help with something, so I sent her here."
Li Ningyun looked at Murong Xue beside her: "Miss Murong, what's the matter?"
Murong Xue looked at the much younger emperor in front of her.
I feel a little complicated.
She knew that the emperor had her in his heart.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so good to me in the previous life.
In this life, if he agrees to let me use his power for revenge, then I am willing to forgive him.
After all, in the previous life, the lives of more than 300 people in his and the Prime Minister's Mansion were lost because of him.
Li Ningyun didn't know what Murong Xue was thinking, otherwise she would definitely spit in her face.
What a shameless person this is!
Li Ningyun looked at Murong Xue, wondering what she was thinking, and frowned slightly: "Is this how the Prime Minister raises his daughter? Why doesn't she bow to me when she sees me?"
Murong Xue finally came to her senses.
As if frightened by the sudden voice, she frowned slightly, expressing her dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I was just thinking about something, so I was distracted. I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
The action of leaning forward revealed a sense of reluctance. Before Li Ningyun could say anything, the man had already stood up on his own.
Li Ningyun wanted to throw the teacup in his hand to express his dissatisfaction.
Then he looked at the valuable teacup in his hand, but still couldn't bear to throw it away.
Never mind! I don't need to throw anything, I can still scare her half to death.
Li Ningyun chuckled softly, but her eyes were devoid of any smile as she looked at Murong Xue. "Haha, I really need to ask this Prime Minister how he raised his daughter someday. She's so unruly! Well, I'll just teach Miss Murong some manners myself."
“Kneel down!”
Murong Xue was startled by the scolding and knelt on the ground reflexively.
When Li Xuantong heard the scolding, her knees subconsciously softened and she knelt on the ground.
Li Ningyun looked at Murong Xue with satisfaction: "This is the etiquette for meeting the emperor. Miss Murong, have you remembered it?"
Murong Xue seemed to be getting to know the emperor for the first time. Her face was pale. "It is your humble servant who does not understand the rules. Your Majesty, I apologize. Please punish me."
Li Ningyun nodded. "Since you've said so, in order to teach you a lesson, I'll punish you as a token of my gratitude. You will kneel at the door for two hours."
Murong Xue was stunned.
No, in general, doesn’t the emperor just let it go lightly in order to show his tolerance and magnanimity?
Why is the emperor not playing by the rules today?
Is it such a direct punishment?
Most importantly, why is the emperor in front of her so different from the emperor she remembered in her previous life?
Could it be that he...was also reborn?
If so...
A trace of panic flashed in Murong Xue's eyes.
She looked at Li Ningyun's expressionless face.
I think it’s better to show weakness first.
It was a good opportunity to use the method of showing weakness to test whether the emperor in front of him was reborn.
So she obediently walked out of the imperial study and knelt at the door.
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