In this world, some people seem smart, but they always complicate simple problems, and end up being outsmarted by their own cleverness.

Some people seem to have simple minds, but they can often simplify complex problems. As a result, they can always solve seemingly unsolvable problems and make their life path wider and wider.

Just like our beloved Princess Ning'an.

After making up her mind, she went to the palace to meet her brother.

At that time, Emperor Longqing was talking to Feng Bao with a frown on his face.

The reason was that after Eunuch Feng took over the Imperial Stables, he discovered that the Inner Court Guards were seriously understaffed - the Warrior Battalion had a quota of 5,000, but only 2,000 were in the camp; the Four Guards Battalion had a quota of 12,000, but only 3,000 were in the camp.

The emperor was shocked when he heard this. How come even my personal soldiers have shrunk so much these days? They are less than one-third of the quota!

"With this amount of people, I'm afraid it's not enough just to stay in the forbidden palace, right?"

"Your Majesty is absolutely right. The guards are divided into two shifts, and they can barely patrol the Forbidden City." Feng Bao nodded gloomily and said, "If your majesty goes on a tour, there will definitely not be enough guards."

"So that's it..." Emperor Longqing suddenly realized: "No wonder the censors wouldn't let me leave the palace, it turns out it's for this reason."

"Yes, there were originally 5,000 imperial guards in the Western Garden, but they also found an excuse to dismiss them last year." Feng Bao gritted his teeth and said, "I went to the cabinet to argue, and Lord Xu called the Minister of Revenue. As a result, the Minister of Horses said that we were not short of troops at all, but even had an excess of 3,000 people... The civil officials also counted the staff of the Imperial Horse Administration who were in charge of the 19 hay fields throughout the country as imperial guards!"

"Your Majesty, can those military households who can only herd horses and cut grass be considered imperial soldiers?" Eunuch Feng said with a sad face, "Isn't this bullying them?"

"What does Lord Xu say?" Emperor Longqing looked at Feng Bao eagerly.

"Lord Xu, of course, tried to smooth things over and asked Ma Butang to allocate more money, but Ma Butang cried poor and said that the silver in the warehouse was smoother than my beard..."

Feng Bao was about to cry: "Is that possible? I have never had one."

"Lord Xu asked me to write it down, saying that when the money is sufficient, I will be given priority to solve it." Feng Bao exhaled and said, "It's just a pie in the sky... With the current poor situation of the court, it will take three to five years to recover."

"Yes." Longqing agreed and said, "I saw the memorials from various places complaining about poverty, and I was so worried that I couldn't sleep all night."

After a pause, he sighed and said, "I didn't even dare to look at them in the past few months. I asked Teng Xiang to send them all directly to the cabinet. Only then can I sleep peacefully."

Feng Baoxin said, well, this is very psychological.

"I think the most urgent task right now is to recall the dismissed imperial guards. Otherwise, if time passes, we won't know where to find them." He quickly changed the subject and said, "But we can only find the money ourselves."

"Hey, finding money, finding money..." Long Qing scratched his head in distress. He has had white hair recently.

It’s definitely not the kidney deficiency that causes gray hair, but the worry about money.

"I even returned the batch of exquisite porcelain I ordered. Where can I get the money for you? I can't be like those prodigals and sell off my property, can I?"

The emperor was just sighing when a eunuch came in and reported that the eldest princess had arrived.

"Oh, the Goddess of Wealth is here. You go down first, I'll see if there's any way I can help you get some money."

The emperor was concerned that he might have to be humble in front of his sister later, so he sent Feng Bao out as well.

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After the princess entered the warm room, Feng Bao dismissed her attendants and served her tea himself.

Then he stepped out, closed the partition, and put his ear to the crack in the door.

Eunuch Feng's illness was definitely not caused by the occupational disease of a spy, but because he was too concerned about the conscription work of the Imperial Horse Administration...

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In the warm room, Emperor Longqing sat cross-legged on the dragon throne, looking at his sister who was sitting on the brocade cushion opposite him with a smile.

"Ning'an, I haven't seen you much since the New Year."

"I just went to see the Queen a few days ago."

"Why don't you come over to my place? I've told you so many times that no matter how busy I am, I will always have time to talk to you."

Longqing was a man who valued friendship and loyalty, and what's more, he needed help today? His attitude was not like that of an emperor at all, but more like that of a nephew in front of his niece.

Ning An understood immediately, looked at Long Qing with a half-smile and said, "Is my brother short of money again?"

"Alas, that's why they say that brothers and sisters are connected by heart." Long Qing smiled awkwardly and nodded, "That's right."

He told Ning An what had just happened, then looked at Ning An anxiously and said:

"Look, brother, I'm not wasting money this time, I have something serious to do..."

"But the emperor's account is really out of money." Ning Anxin said, it's better to come at the right time than to come early. This is really God's help, so he pretended to sigh:

"The fifty thousand taels of silver given to the palace after the New Year were collected from everywhere. As a result, it was not enough to start the business at the beginning of the year. We could only sell more than a dozen stores to barely maintain the current situation."

"Ah..." Long Qing sighed, "Then let's sell it to a dozen more stores."

"Brother, this is killing the goose that lays the golden eggs!" Ning An raised his eyebrows and glared, "If you sell off the inheritance from our ancestors, will your family have to beg for food in the future?"

She was not begging on the street, but asking the Ministry of Revenue. The palace's treasury and the imperial granary were separate, so the emperor couldn't just ask for money.

Longqing quickly surrendered and said, "Don't stare at me, I'm just talking casually, I'll think of another way."

"Oh." Ning An sighed, took out a membership ticket from his sleeve and handed it to Long Qing.

Longqing took a look and saw that the denomination was fifty thousand taels. He happily took the ticket and said, "It turns out that my sister has already prepared it."

"This is not from the emperor's account, it's my personal account." Ning An said calmly.

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Long Qing quickly handed it back to his sister and said, "Then I can't take it. It would be better for me to sell the palace's inventory than to ask you to pay for it yourself."

"Just take it." Ning An slapped the ticket back into Long Qing's hands and said, "This is what I earned through partnership with others. I didn't sell everything I had."

"Then I won't be polite to you." Longqing was really poor, so he blushed and accepted the ticket and said, "The internal treasury is really tight recently. I will definitely return it to you when the situation eases."

"No need, just promise me one thing." Ning An looked at his brother with twinkling eyes.

"When did I not agree to your request?" Long Qing was surprised. He suddenly felt that the money was a bit hot and asked, "What is it that requires you to bribe me?"

"You say you promise me first, and then I'll tell you." Ning An stretched out his hand to grab it.

Longqing held the ticket under his elbow, but he was still poor and ambitious. He said, "Okay, you tell me."

"Let's start with this business..."

Ning An then told her brother the story of how, in order to solve the aftermath of providing relief to refugees, she partnered with others to set up a coal mine, and how not only did it solve the problem but it also made a fortune... In fact, she only got 40,000 taels, and in order to be more persuasive, she added another 10,000 taels of her own money.

At first, Long Qing was stunned. He didn't expect that there was such easy money to be made in the world. But as he listened, his brows began to frown.

"Sister, you guys are making a lot of money just by selling coal, and you're going to buy a few thousand coal mines. Is that enough?"

"How many people do we need to hire to dig coal? Even if we bring all the refugees outside Beijing, it may not be enough. What if someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of us?"

In order to avoid hurting his sister's feelings, Long Qing quickly distanced himself from the matter and said, "Of course I trust you a thousand times. I am talking about the person who is in partnership with you..."

"You can rest assured about that person." Ning An silently said sorry to Zhao Hao in his heart. For the lifelong happiness of his mother, he could only give your credit to your father.

"I can guarantee with my life that he will never betray my brother!"

"Who is that person?" As expected of a man who reads erotic novels all day, Emperor Longqing is extremely sensitive in this regard. "It sounds like the relationship is very special."

"Of course it's not ordinary..." Ning An took a deep breath, mustered up his courage, and said in a shocking tone:

"I'm here to tell you today—we're together!"

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