Chapter 330 Borrowing Money

After the coronation ceremony, Chu Qinghuang moved into the palace, not the Yugan Palace, nor the East Palace, but the Jiuhua Palace, which is closest to the Qinzheng Palace.

Dozens of beautiful palace maids knelt on both sides to welcome the emperor, all wearing pink palace clothes. Four maids held clothes and knelt on the ground waiting to serve Her Majesty the Queen to bathe and change clothes. There was also Yuanbao who knelt in the corner trembling and dared not move, and the guards outside the Jiuhua Palace were like iron barrels.

Chu Qinghuang looked at the scene in front of her, frowned slightly, and said calmly: "All retreat."

The palace servants retreated with their eyebrows lowered, and it was so quiet that no sound could be heard.

Chu Qinghuang walked into the palace and looked at the furnishings in the palace. It was arranged completely according to the specifications of a monarch. Except for the soft color tone, everything showed noble luxury.

Fu Cang stepped forward silently to help her undress, took off a noble robe and hung it up, and changed Chu Qinghuang into a light and loose outer robe.

"Master, you must be tired. Have some tea and rest first." Mingyue brought hot tea. "The meal will be served soon. Master, please sit for a while."

Chu Qinghuang walked to the dragon-patterned brocade couch in front of the screen and sat down. With his back against the soft cushion, he silently looked at the memorials piled up on the table and said lightly: "What is father doing now?"

Mingyue was stunned and turned to look at the maids in the hall.

The maids naturally didn't know and all lowered their heads.

"The emperor is preparing to leave the palace." Fu Cang walked over, knelt beside Chu Qinghuang, and massaged her shoulders and back. "But he is short of money at the moment, and plans to borrow some from Her Majesty the Queen of Dongling."

Chu Qinghuang was stunned and slowly turned to look at him: "What did you say?"

Fu Cang repeated in a low voice: "The emperor is short of money and plans to borrow money from the Queen of Dongling."

Chu Qinghuang's expression suddenly became strange: "..."

As the king of a country, he borrowed money from the queen of another country just after abdication?

He thought of it.

Chu Qinghuang was silent for a moment, picked up the teacup and sipped slowly, "Mingyue, you will go out of the palace later and go back to the Princess's Mansion to get my private money. I only want silver notes, not cash."

"Yes." Mingyue agreed, "How much does the master want to take?"

"How much money is left in my private treasury?"

"I don't know." Mingyue thought for a while, "When Mr. Chu was here, he gave the butler 100,000 taels of silver notes and asked him to put it in the master's private treasury."

"Bring them all here."

"Yes." Mingyue agreed, and reminded, "The master has ascended the throne and can no longer call him 'this palace'."

Chu Qinghuang was silent for a moment, and nodded slowly: "Well, I know."

After saying this, she looked at the cushion in silence, and still felt like she was being forced to do something.

According to her original plan, she was going to start a drastic rectification of the government after ascending to the throne, promote new and wise officials, select outstanding military generals, and even thought about the silver needed for the later imperial examinations to select students and raise elite soldiers and horses in advance - borrowing money from her father.

The silver obtained from the treasury was just a drop in the bucket if used to develop the army. In addition to the silver used by the court, a large amount of silver was also needed to build cities at the border.

So she needed to borrow another 10 million taels from her father.

But before borrowing money, she should first remove some corrupt officials who occupied high positions and did nothing in the court, and replace them with officials who really worked for the people. By then, the court would be completely new, and Xiqi would naturally become stronger.

But she didn't expect the emperor to be so impatient that he turned the ceremony of enthroning the crown prince directly into the ceremony of coronation. Not to mention that the queen, Concubine Duan and the princes were furious, even she didn't expect it at all.

Chu Qinghuang thought so, sorted herself out and stood up: "Forget it, I'll leave the palace for a while, I'll have someone give the banknotes that my father needs to him later."

Today is different from the past.

After the coronation ceremony, she is the noble monarch of a country, and the imperial guards are indispensable when leaving the palace, so the royal guards escorted the new queen to the Princess's Mansion.

Half an hour later.

"Borrow money?" Nan Xi looked at Chu Qinghuang with a subtle expression, "Nuan'er, you are the king of Xiqi, so you are so distant with us? You can take as much money as you want from your father. Do you need to ask us for a loan?"

"No. If I use this money for myself, of course I don't need to borrow it. My father's money is my money." Chu Qinghuang shook her head, "But I borrow money to support the army, build cities, and provide relief to the people. This is for the country and the people. It should be handled impartially and cannot be mixed up."

Paused, "And this account must be known to all the civil and military officials of Xiqi, and it must be repaid in the future."