Soon, Suzhi's premonition came true.

One day, after His Majesty stayed overnight at Weiyang Palace, the next day, after the lady of the house woke up, she said she wanted to tally up the money in her private treasury.

"Why is Your Highness checking the private treasury's money on such an ordinary day, neither a holiday nor a festival?" Suzhi asked, trembling with fear.

"His Majesty's private treasury is severely depleted, causing him sleepless nights. Although he has pardoned me, I am indeed guilty of negligence. Therefore, I have decided to make up for the deficit as compensation for my mistake."

Upon hearing these casual words, Suzhi felt dizzy and almost fainted.

She knew it!

"How much do you need to replenish?" she asked cautiously.

"Not much, only 800,000 taels," Ji Wushuang said.

"Only 800,000 taels?" Su Zhi couldn't quite believe it. The emperor of a nation, who had been acting with their empress and young master for so many days, only wanted 800,000 taels of silver?

"Eight hundred thousand taels of gold is already a lot; I can't afford any more!" Ji Wushuang said.

"Gold?!" Even the usually calm and composed Suzhi couldn't hold back anymore, and she almost cracked her voice when she said "gold".

Eight hundred thousand taels of gold, which is equivalent to eight million taels of silver. Does Your Highness think the Ji family's money comes from thin air?

Ji Wushuang was startled by Suzhi's voice. She glanced at her and said, "Why are you making such a fuss? It's not like you've never seen so much money before!"

"Go and take stock of how much gold and silver we have left. If it's not enough, sell some trinkets to make up the difference," she urged.

"Your Majesty, did His Majesty ask you for these eight million taels?" Suzhi asked, calming her shocked emotions.

If His Majesty were to ask for it, she would definitely send a message to the head of the family and the young masters!

"It wasn't His Majesty who asked for it; it was something I wanted to give myself."

Su Zhi's anger was instantly extinguished by Ji Wushuang's words.

"Your Majesty, why did you give His Majesty so much money? Eight million taels, not eighty thousand taels!"

After Suzhi finished speaking, she spat in her heart, "Even 80,000 taels is a lot!"

“Jingyu loves his father so much. He’s always happy whenever His Majesty comes to Weiyang Palace. It’s only a mere 800,000 taels of gold. If it can get His Majesty to come to Weiyang Palace more often, I think it’s worth it!” Ji Wushuang said with a smile.

A mere 800,000 taels of gold?

What a great mother's love!

If the Empress hadn't been so generous with the Ji family's money, she would have been moved to tears.

"What if His Majesty takes the money and then doesn't come?"

It wasn't that Suzhi was maliciously speculating about the emperor; it was simply that the emperor was no good person at all!

Ji Wushuang was happily drawing her eyebrows at her dressing table when she heard this. She immediately snapped the eyebrow pencil in her hand and said with a smile, "No way! The money of the Ji family isn't so easily taken!"

She switched to another eyebrow pencil and, while drawing her eyebrows in front of the mirror, casually said, "From now on, invite His Majesty to dine at Weiyang Palace every three days. Let's set the time on the day after Jingyu pays his respects to His Majesty, so that Jingyu can see his father more often!"

Suzhi: Why do I suddenly feel a bit cold?

It seems their mistress said something extraordinary; was she just imagining things?

"Go and compile the statistics. Send the money to His Majesty as soon as possible, and while you're at it, invite him to dine at Weiyang Palace." Ji Wushuang waved her hand.

"Oh... okay!" Suzhi went to open the private vault in a daze.

There was no way that Weiyang Palace would have so much gold and silver. When Ji Wushuang entered the palace, most of the money she had saved since childhood was exchanged for easily portable silver notes for safekeeping.

She was the most beloved daughter of the Ji family. From childhood to adulthood, she received several million taels of pocket money from her elders and brothers. When she insisted on entering the palace, she was given several million taels of silver. Later, when her young master was born, the Ji family sent her another three million taels of silver.

Although her mistress was known for her extravagant spending, she couldn't keep up with the speed at which her family gave her money. Besides, there weren't many places to spend money after entering the palace.

Suzhi counted the silver notes in the money box, feeling somewhat numb.

Perhaps, to a master who is oblivious to the hardships of the world, eight million taels is nothing. It hasn't even emptied her banknotes and savings, let alone the dazzling pure gold trinkets in her private treasury!

I heard that on the day the Empress insisted on entering the palace as a concubine and severed her father-daughter relationship with the head of the family, after the Empress left the Ji family, the head of the family personally went to receive the family punishment.

Suzhi felt that, given their mistress's personality, the head of the family would face many more family disciplines in the future. However, considering the head of the family's advanced age, it was estimated that the young masters would have to endure the family discipline on their behalf. She wondered how many times the brother-sister relationship between the young masters and their mistress could withstand the family discipline.

Su Zhi counted the eight hundred silver notes, each worth ten thousand taels, several times to make sure they were correct before personally delivering them to Chengqian Palace.

Even if each silver note is worth 10,000 taels, holding 800 notes in your hand is quite substantial!

After meeting the emperor and presenting him with the silver notes, Suzhi extended an invitation to become a concubine. The emperor, in high spirits, readily accepted the invitation.

However, after Suzhi left, the emperor looked at the stack of brand-new silver notes, and the smile on his face vanished without a trace.

"A married woman who severed ties with the Ji family can take eight million taels of silver just like that. Zhang Shunde, how much wealth do you think the Ji family must possess?" the emperor asked quietly.

Zhang Shunde dared not tell the truth about this matter, so he could only flatter the emperor with a lie that they both knew the truth of: "No matter how rich the Ji family is, they are not as rich as Your Majesty. The entire Dayuan belongs to Your Majesty. How can the Ji family be compared with Your Majesty?"

The emperor was amused by Zhang Shunde's lies.

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