After deducting the thirty taels of silver wasted by Li Zhiyi, the expenditure of the palace was still as much as two hundred and seventy taels of silver.

There are not many people in Chu Mobai's palace. There are about three or four hundred people in Chu Mobai's palace. There are only more than a hundred people.

Even if we add the people he brought yesterday, there are still no more than two hundred people.

The number of people in this palace is considered small, so the expenses are actually similar to those of a normal palace.

But Qian Ruoyu knew that although it was a normal palace, it was not a normal time.

Abnormal times require the use of abnormal methods to deal with them.

After Qian Ruoyu took another closer look, he unexpectedly discovered that there was still a lot of silver that was completely inappropriate.

Some of the money was given as gifts last month. Although it was only ten taels of silver, it surprised Qian Ruoyu.

This silver included gifts for Duke Su and the harem.

But she didn't understand the procedure involved and why giving gifts cost so much, so Qian Ruoyu asked directly.

"Zhou Zhubu, what's the matter with the silver for gifts?"

"Why do you have to give out gifts worth more than ten taels of silver every month? Who are they given to?"

Zhou Zhubu said it very simply.

"This silver, report to the queen, this silver is for daily needs, such as the occasion of a certain lady in the Su Guogong Mansion, or the birthday of a young master or young lady, we need to give a little bit of money here, either two taels of silver, or five taels of silver."

"Although this amount of money is not much, it represents the palace's intention. The amount of money needed for this kind of gift is only about ten taels of silver per month."

After hearing this, Qian Ruoyu just nodded slightly.

Although it is only a dozen taels of silver, if it were an ordinary family, it would probably be enough for someone's living expenses for a year.

But Qian Ruoyu also knew that this money probably could not be saved.

If I save this money, not only will Chu Mobai cause trouble for me, but the entire palace will also be in unrest. This is a debt of favor.

Besides, the old lady in Duke Su’s mansion is Chu Mobai’s grandmother, so she should be paid for it.

After thinking about this, Qian Ruoyu didn't say anything else. After taking a few more glances, he found another amount of travel expenses.

The travel expenses included money given to the servants in the palace, and some money given to outsiders.

Qian Ruoyu thought about it for a moment and realized that this travel fee was similar to the current taxi fare.

After all, it is already a very difficult thing for Photon to walk in the capital.

It would probably take three or four hours to walk across the entire north and south of the capital.

Not to mention that if you want to leave the capital and go to nearby places, it will probably take even longer.

That's why it is necessary to arrange such travel expenses.

The travel expenses include the sedan chair in the palace. Each time a sedan chair is used, the person carrying it has to pay two hundred coins. A sedan chair carried by four people costs eight hundred coins, which is almost one or two taels of silver.

But this amount of money cannot be reduced.

The servants earned this money through hard work. If the journey was far, two hundred coins might not be enough, so the amount of money could not be reduced.

But there is another type of travel expenses that is incurred outside the palace.

You also need to pay silver to hire sedan chair bearers or carriage bearers from outside. More than twenty taels of silver out of the thirty taels of silver actually came from sedan chairs and carriages from outside.

After seeing this scene, Qian Ruoyu asked directly.

"What's the matter with these twenty taels of silver? Who uses the sedan chair and carriage so frequently?"

But Zhou Zhubu just took a look and immediately spoke solemnly.

"Your Majesty, the one who spent the most on the travel expenses should be the Concubine."

"The Concubine often needs to take her maid out to buy some things. If it's far away, she has to go to the east of the city, and if it's close, she has to go to the next two streets."

"But the Concubine said that she couldn't walk such a long distance. She was afraid that something might go wrong because of her pampered upbringing, so she used the travel expenses frequently."

After hearing this, Qian Ruoyu just sneered.

It seems that in addition to the previous expenses, a large part of this travel expenses came from Li Zhiyi.

It turned out that Lai Chi-yi spent too much money.

It seems that nearly forty taels of silver are related to Li Zhiyi.

What's more important is that Li Zhiyi herself has money.

Moreover, Chu Mobai had also given her a certain amount of silver and rewards. In any case, Li Zhiyi was not short of money, not to mention that she could take out several hundred taels of silver at once this time.

All this is enough to prove that Li Zhiyi herself has the genes, but she is deducting money from the palace in various ways. It seems that Li Zhiyi has more than just a few hundred taels of silver in her hands.

As a concubine in the palace, she actually spent money like water. It would have been fine if she only spent it on normal expenses, but this was an extraordinary period and she didn't even know how to be frugal.

I feel unworthy of the position of concubine!

However, Qian Ruoyu didn't say much at this time. He just calmly picked up the brush and drew a circle on it.

"If Li Zhiyi comes to ask for money in the future, just tell her that as long as it's five streets away, even if it's to the cross street in the center, she has to walk carefully!"

"Unless she really wants to go to the other side of the city wall, if she dares to continue riding in a sedan chair or a carriage, you don't have to pay! I have the final say on this matter."

After hearing Qian Ruoyu say this, Zhou Zhubu also nodded quickly.

But at this moment, Daner ran in from outside, looking nonchalant. She said as she ran in.

"Five taels of silver!"

"Zhou Zhubu, our queen needs five taels of silver!"

As soon as Zhou Zhubu heard these words, his face became full of sorrow.

He never thought that when he was discussing this matter with Qian Ruoyu, Li Zhiyi's maid Dan'er had already arrived.

And he asked for five taels of silver right away.

But fortunately, Qian Ruoyu was right in front of him at this time, so he put away his sad expression and quickly looked at Qian Ruoyu.

Zhou Zhubu himself has quite a bit of power in the palace, but he does not intend to use this power.

Therefore, no matter who asked for money in the palace, Zhou Zhubu would give it to the other party directly after a little consideration, including this time when Dan'er came to ask for silver.

This kind of thing is reasonable in itself. Although dozens of taels of silver are not a lot, five taels of silver can also be given out casually.

However, as soon as he heard about the need to save money, Zhou Zhubu immediately knew that Qian Ruoyu was serious this time.