If he wants to have children with other women, that's his freedom, and she won't interfere.

"Then I'll trouble Yanruo to serve His Majesty with all her heart." Su Wanwan smiled perfunctorily.

Wang's gaze sharpened slightly, and her mood inexplicably improved.

The emperor and empress did indeed have problems.

That's wonderful.

She shifted the topic to the recent controversial new policies both inside and outside the court, intending to add fuel to the fire.

"That Vice Minister of Revenue, Han Fu, has really gone mad; he's started selling official positions."

“Good citizens from Huguang and the surrounding areas of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Fujian, and Southern Zhili can pay silver to serve as clerks and officials.”

“In various prefectures, states, and counties, there are vacancies for yin-yang medicine, monks, Taoists, and officials. You can pay silver to recruit disciples.”

“The descendants of officials can be granted honorary official positions or titles of no more than the seventh rank, as long as they pay silver.”

"Military households can pay silver to advance to military ranks, and the price is even clearly marked. Seventy taels for a hundred households, and fifty taels for each rank above a thousand households up to the commander."

“The competition for succession of military ranks, including junior and senior officers, can also be waived by paying silver.”

"They're not even letting monks off the hook; 60,000 ordination certificates can be bought with just money!"

The more Wang spoke, the angrier she became. Her plump face hardened, and her tone became firm and resolute.

"With these greedy and treacherous officials in power, aren't they going to ruin our Great Liang's foundation built over a hundred years?!"

Su Wanwan blinked, somewhat surprised.

She had only mentioned to Madam Qiu the matter of "paying silver to fill official positions" during the reign of the deposed emperor.

This would both solve the Ministry of War's financial predicament and preserve her million-dollar dowry.

It could also alleviate the predicament of Minister Han being troubled by the fact that Huguang Province was not paying taxes in silver or grain.