Reborn to abuse the scumbag, the demon queen destroyed her ex-husband's entire family

Hearing this, Xiao Ruge didn't think much about it. She lowered her eyes and shook off Mu Gu's hand. She knew that she was no longer the happy and carefree Xiao Ruge before. Mu Gu must be tired of her being a burden.

"It is difficult to disobey your father's order. The Seventh Prince should agree to it as soon as possible. Don't let His Majesty down."

Xiao Ruge turned around and was about to leave, when she suddenly felt a weight on her neck. When she turned her head, she saw a head resting on her neck, rubbing it continuously.

"But then I thought, I have such a good little fish at home, how could I bear to let it go, so I hurried back."

When Xiao Ruge heard this, she knew that this guy was probably teasing her again. For a moment, she didn't know whether to laugh or be angry. She struggled for a while but failed to break free from Mu Gu's restraints, so she let him go, still feeling helpless.

"Mu Gu, can you be more serious?"

The buzzing sound behind him started to speak.

"I'm serious, Xiaoyu'er, I want to marry you."

Xiao Ruge paused in her attempt to push him away, and slowly sank into Mu Gu's gentle embrace.

……

Mu Gu is always like this, he would torture himself until his face turned red and then just kill without caring about burying the person. After teasing, he would act decent again, totally ignoring Xiao Ruge who was itching inside.

"It's exactly the same as what Minister Yang said yesterday. The problem that Emperor Dalong has raised today is to solve the problem of an empty treasury."

Although Xiao Ruge was gnashing her teeth at Mu Gu's behavior, the problems that needed to be solved still needed to be solved. After hearing what Mu Gu said, Xiao Ruge lowered her head and thought for a while, then spoke to Mu Gu.

"I thought about it last night. In my opinion, we can never compete with the Crown Prince of the East Palace in terms of financial resources. We can only outsmart him."

Xiao Ruge's words aroused Mu Gu's interest, and the latter came forward to listen carefully.

Although the seven-day limit seems long, in fact, if it is used to raise money to fill the national treasury, with such a large workload, seven days is really short.

Therefore, Xiao Ruge did not intend to keep the secret, nor did he intend to embarrass Mu Gu who was teasing him just now.

“Take advantage of the people’s will.”

"Tell me, how do you use it?"

Xiao Ruge smiled with a hooked mouth.

"The first step is to understand the cause of the empty treasury."

……

The origin of Xiao Ruge's logic was that after hearing about the empty treasury, he sorted out all the things that had happened in Dalong in recent days and found out the major expenditures in recent times.

That was the recent flood relief incident in Huaizhou, which is also the most likely area where fiscal spending may have problems.

After the two of them discussed it, they decided to rush straight to Minister Yang's residence without delay.

Minister Yang was a little surprised at the arrival of the two. After all, since Mu Gu had already started to solve this problem, he should have hurried to raise funds. How could he have time to come to his house?

But since people are here, they need to be treated well.

"Why did the Seventh Prince and his wife suddenly think of my house today?"

Xiao Ruge and Mu Gu looked at each other and decided not to say any more.

"Brother Yang, we came here this time because we do have something very important to ask you."

"Oh? That's what the Seventh Prince said."

Mu Gu looked at Xiao Ruge, and the latter spoke slowly.

"Brother Yang, do you still remember the flood in Huaizhou?"

Minister Yang poured tea for the two of them, then tilted his head and thought for a moment.

"The flood in Huaizhou... this was quite a big deal. I went to Huaizhou to investigate. The people were in dire straits at the time. Fortunately, the relief money was distributed in time, which helped the people of Huaizhou get through this difficult time. Why? Is it related to the empty treasury?"

Xiao Ruge nodded solemnly.

"Yes, Mu Gu asked someone to check the accounts. Although it is only a rough account, the sudden large amount of expenditure in a short period of time can only be linked to the disaster relief silver for the Huaizhou flood. So I would like to ask Brother Yang, do you know anything about this disaster relief silver?"

It's not that Minister Yang didn't say it. Although as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the disaster relief matter was indeed under his jurisdiction, but he was not the only one who handled the matter. Generally speaking, he was in charge of the overall situation. In addition, he was very busy during that period. He also thought that no one would have the courage to interfere in such a matter, so he didn't ask about every detail.

I didn't expect that something might go wrong.

"Madam, I am not shirking my responsibilities. I will definitely not shirk my responsibilities. I am indeed in charge of the flood relief in Huaizhou, but I only play a role in overall control. The specific disaster relief funding is not under my jurisdiction."

Xiao Ruge was stunned. After hearing this, she realized that things were not as simple as she thought. If Minister Yang was in full charge, they would be able to trust his character and know that there would definitely not be so many problems.

But the problem is that someone else is responsible for allocating funds for disaster relief.

"Brother Yang, can you tell us who is under your jurisdiction?"

"Jinbu Si, Qin Yanwei."

This name is not familiar to Xiao Ruge, but she actually knows it. Qin Yanwei's name was on the execution order of her father, General Xiao, so he was probably not a good person.

Xiao Ruge had a hunch that Qin Yanwei might be the key to this matter.

The two men declined Minister Yang's offer to invite them to have lunch and rushed to Qin Yanwei's residence without stopping.

Only when I arrived at the gate of the mansion did I realize how much money this man had. The mansion was even more magnificent than Mu Gu's prince's mansion, and the expenses were the best in Kyoto.

Xiao Ruge shook her head and couldn't help but sigh.

"How much wealth has this man accumulated?"

Mu Gu looked at the extremely luxurious mansion gate and his expression became increasingly gloomy.

"Let's go find someone."

Mu Gu pulled Xiao Ruge towards the mansion. Even if he was not favored, he was still a prince and no one in Kyoto dared to stop Mu Gu's way. However, this servant in Qin Yanwei's mansion acted out the role of a bully in a very vivid way. Or perhaps he did not recognize the identities of Mu Gu and Xiao Ruge, and he actually blocked their way in an arrogant manner.

"Wait! Who are you? Who allowed you to trespass into Jin Bu Si's residence? Do you know who our master is?"

Just as Mu Gu was about to lose his temper, Xiao Ruge reached out to stop him, then walked forward and smiled apologetically.

"Young man, we have an urgent matter and need to see Lord Qin. Can you make some concessions?"

The servant raised his chin and didn't even open his eyes to look at Mu Gu and Xiao Ruge.

"Humph, there are so many people who want to see our master, why should I believe you?"

Seeing this, Xiao Ruge came up to the servant, took out her purse mysteriously, poured out a small half of it, and stuffed it into the servant's hand.

"Young man, please be flexible..."

The boy's eyes lit up, but then he turned his head away and said nothing.