"Your Highness, do you mean that from now on, those who enter the palace will have to provide sufficient funds and provisions?"
The woman in red stared wide-eyed in astonishment, and it took her a lot of effort to believe what she had just heard.
Why did these officials send their daughters to the palace? To bring glory to their families. But what did she hear in the end?
The Empress actually said that if you want to enter the palace, you must bring a certain amount of money and provisions.
This was something they had never heard of before.
I thought the Empress would deny it, but to my surprise, Han Luoxue's expression was indifferent: "Of course!"
"Normally, one doesn't need money or provisions to enter the palace, but these are special times, so shouldn't we be treated differently? Besides, I haven't finished what I was saying. I haven't stated the standard yet, have I?"
When the people present heard that they would have to pay for food or silver to enter the palace, they all felt it was utterly absurd.
Now, many people were secretly mocking the Empress for saying there were standards, but they dared not refute her, because many had just seen the Emperor and Empress Dowager's expressions.
They didn't seem surprised at all; instead, they appeared calm.
Some of the more quick-witted people also started to think about it.
Could it be that this idea wasn't conceived by the Empress, but rather by the Emperor or the Empress Dowager? After all, it's an undeniable fact that the country is currently short of food and the national treasury is empty.
If the country is short of money, they can advise the emperor to be more frugal and reduce the expenses in the palace. But other countries on the border won't give them that opportunity.
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