An Xinle was watching the show peacefully, when she suddenly felt like she was being stared at by a wild beast. She looked up and her eyes narrowed.

"!!!"

Why were the eyes of that bastard Si Han looking at me so full of calculations?

An Xin calmed her pounding heart.

Thinking about the fact that I didn't borrow any money from the Beiming National Treasury, how could this bastard find trouble with me?

I don't know why this grandson called me to attend the morning court today.

Could it be that he wanted me to see how difficult it was for him to be the emperor?

An Xin rolled her eyes silently. Does she look like a compassionate person? Not to mention Si Han, who has nothing to do with her, even if it weren't for the fact that there was still some affection between them in the past, he wouldn't care about Kong Xun. His court officials were in a mess and were about to turn the tables.

Si Han was so angry at the group of courtiers who ignored the court, the empty treasury, and shamelessly refused to pay their debts that he returned to the imperial study in the Qinzheng Hall with a gloomy face.

Thinking of the malicious look Si Han gave him when he was leaving the court.

An Xin, who had just walked out of the Mingjing Palace and was thinking of slipping out of the palace as quickly as possible, was stopped by the eunuch Xiao Fuzi who came running over and was taken to meet their emperor.

Si Han saw An Xin being brought in, and his eyes darkened when he saw An Xin looked reluctant.

When he was a prince of the Daqian Dynasty, he heard that this prince did not like to go to court to work, and after every morning court session he would slip back to his own house to slack off.

At that time, he always wondered why his cheap father, the emperor, indulged her so much. Si Han also heard rumors that she was the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Sheng An.

At that time, he secretly sent people to investigate, and facts confirmed that this person was not the one.

But after that, whenever Emperor Sheng An encountered any difficulties, he would send her to deal with them.

Although it was obvious that she was very reluctant, she always managed to handle things neatly and efficiently, saving the emperor a lot of worry.

Si Han then understood why Emperor Sheng An indulged her in laziness and acted as if she was not doing her job properly.

It was only because she was the kind of person with real abilities that people often said, that Emperor Sheng'an could easily deal with Prime Minister Xiao, who had been rooted in the court for decades and his party. If he had not made a move in secret, his good father would definitely have been invincible in that palace coup.

However, the old emperor would not know this before he died. He executed Concubine Xian and Prime Minister Xiao's party. His own plan to seize the throne of Daqian was also destroyed by the people before him and forced to come to Beiming.

But even if there were no such people, there might still be some people in the Daqian Imperial City who were eyeing the supreme position.

It just kept it in the dark and no one noticed it. He only discovered a clue by chance at that time.

A sinister smile appeared on Si Han's lips. He wondered if the new emperor, the legitimate prince of Daqian, could keep sitting on the throne without the assistance of the person in front of him.

"I wonder what His Majesty Bei Ming wants me to do?" An Xin put his hands together, bowed and saluted.

Si Han didn't care about her weird etiquette. After all, he had seen this person pay respect to his adoptive father Emperor Sheng An in the same way before.

Since he, an emperor, was not treated like this, Si Han felt that there was nothing for him to care about.

"No need to be polite," Si Han pointed to the person next to him, "Master An, please take a seat."

Is An Xin a polite person? She had been standing since dawn for the morning court session, and her legs were sore. Since someone offered her a seat, why should she be polite?

An Xin breathed a sigh of relief after sitting down, and lamented that standing was not as comfortable as sitting.

When Si Han saw her like this, the corners of his mouth curled up into an imperceptible smile.

Then he thought about how little he had asked her to do, and his face became serious again, "Master An, I kept you here because I want you to work for me. Are you willing?"

An Xin looked up at Si Han. She didn't expect him to be so direct and reveal his purpose of keeping them.

"Since I'm staying here, do I have a choice?"

Si Han smiled sinisterly, "No."

"Why are you asking that?!"

Hearing An Xin's low murmur, Si Han's hawk-like eyes flickered, then darkened, and he didn't bother with her nonsense, "Sir An, you also saw what happened in the court today.

I have just ascended the throne, and there are some things I will not hide from you. The national treasury is empty and needs to be filled urgently. Even if there is tax revenue, how can this money be enough for the court and the outside world?

What’s more, there are still these parasites in the court, who embezzled money from the national treasury and never returned it…”

As soon as Si Han stuck his butt out, An Xin guessed what he was going to say.

He just wanted to make himself annoying and hated, and ask the palace ministers to collect the debt he owed to him.

An Xin rolled his eyes secretly. Does he look so much like a fool?

"..." She was full and had nothing to do.

Si Han saw that An Xin didn't respond to him at all and knew that she didn't want to take care of the matter.

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After some thought, I realized that the officials in the court were either incompetent or had close ties with the aristocratic families.

After much thought, no one could do it.

This is also a situation that Si Han has known for a long time, so he came up with such a bad idea of ​​using threats and bribes to keep envoys from other countries for his own use.

Si Han’s helpless expression darkened.

Looking at An Xin, he found that although the woman in front of him saw that he was going to use her to do things, she just touched her nails and did not show any obvious disgust.

He tapped his fingers on the table thoughtfully, squinted his eyes, as if he had made some kind of decision, and said to An Xin: "If you have a way to recover the debts owed by those ministers of the noble families.

I promise that 5% of the money I collect will be your reward."

An Xin, who was originally bored and picking his fingers, raised his head and asked, "How much silver do those people owe to the treasury?"

Si Han looked down for a while, took the account book presented by the Ministry of Revenue and took a look, "Nearly three million taels of silver."

An Xin thought about the risks and rewards of taking on this task, and shook his head, thinking that they were totally disproportionate.

The ministers at the court this morning were very ferocious. An Xin curled her lips and looked at Si Han, "I don't seem to be that short of money."

Si Han saw the expression on her face and knew that she was complaining that the pay was too little.

As long as she doesn't refuse outright, there is room for negotiation.

Si Han thought of his desolate treasury and the few copper coins that were left. He didn't even dare open the door, for fear that they would be blown away by the wind.

Although Si Han’s description of the miserable state of the national treasury was a bit exaggerated, it was not far from that situation.

"Ten percent is no more than that."

"Snap!" An Xin snapped his fingers, "Deal."

Si Han's eyes flashed when he saw An Xin's clear eyes. He always felt like he was being tricked.

If the three million silvers were really to be raised, the reward would be as much as three hundred thousand taels. Thinking of this, Si Han grinned, feeling a little painful.

(End of this chapter)