"Therefore, the Imperial Household Department owes me my monthly stipend for meditation last month, and it will be paid in full this time!"
When Rong Xi said those words as if it were perfectly natural, everyone present was stunned.
Whether it was the head steward of the Imperial Household Department, or Granny Rui, Granny Xiang, or even Magpie, they all stared dumbfounded at Rong Xi, who seemed to take it all for granted.
"What? Is there a problem?"
"Or do you mean I need to ask the Empress Dowager to get a new note before I come back?"
Rong Xi didn't care whether the head of the Imperial Household Department was shocked or not; she only knew that such good opportunities were rare. If she missed this chance, it would be difficult to get any benefits from the Imperial Household Department again.
"Fourth Princess Consort, this is against the rules!"
The Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Department wore a troubled, constipated expression. In his position, he had seen all sorts of nobles. However, he had never encountered a noblewoman like the Fourth Prince's wife before.
Generally speaking, people of high status value their reputation highly and would never be concerned about petty gains.
But the Fourth Princess standing before him now showed no trace of the dignity a noblewoman should have; she was more like a street vendor, not missing out on even the smallest bit of benefit.
"What's wrong with the rules? Or are you trying to embezzle my monthly allowance?"
Rong Xi snorted and immediately slapped the big accusation on him.
Upon hearing this, the head steward of the Imperial Household Department trembled violently and said urgently, "Fourth Princess Consort, you can't wrong this servant like this!"
"Is it a false accusation? This is supposed to be my monthly stipend for spiritual practice. You didn't want to give it to me, so it wasn't embezzled by you. Tell me, what happened?"
There's no reasoning with that!
The head of the Imperial Household Department was truly exasperated. He never imagined that he would encounter such a thing one day; it was simply a case of leaving no way out for anyone.
That's enough, that's enough!
It's just an extra month's allowance for spiritual practice, isn't it?
The head of the Imperial Household Department was afraid and simply compromised.
"Fourth Princess Consort, please stop talking. Your monthly allowance will be sent to you right away!"
We can't afford to mess with them!
The head of the Imperial Household Department sighed inwardly, "Since we can't afford to offend them, we might as well avoid them."
These days, if you can't afford to offend someone, you can always avoid them.
In any case, all expenses will be clearly recorded in the accounts, so if anything goes wrong in the future, he can explain it clearly.
"Wouldn't it have been fine if you had done this earlier?"
Rong Xi glanced at the seemingly honest face of the Chief Steward of the Imperial Household Department, "I knew it. The Chief Steward is indeed upright and honest, and he handles matters impartially!"
"This is what a servant should do!"
The head of the Imperial Household Department now has only one thought: to get the person out of the Imperial Household Department as soon as possible.
Two thousand low-grade spirit stones and twenty mid-grade spirit stones were packed into two boxes, one large and one small, and were delivered to Rong Xi with great difficulty.
"Granny Rui, thank you for your trouble!"
Rong Xi certainly wouldn't carry such a big box by herself.
As for magpies? This little girl doesn't have that much strength.
"You flatter me, Your Highness. This is all I should do!"
Granny Rui stepped forward, picked up a box in each hand, and stood quietly to one side.
"Well then, farewell!"
"Take your time, Steward!"
Having achieved her goal, Rong Xi naturally left happily.
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The flying chariot took off and sped towards the direction where the prince was.
Granny Rui and Granny Xiang exchanged a glance, both finding Rong Xi's actions unbelievable. Although spirit stones were scarce resources for cultivation, the royal family did not lack them.
They simply couldn't understand Rong Xi's actions.
One thousand low-grade spirit stones and ten high-grade spirit stones would be enough for them, even at the Golden Core stage, for a month's use.
Rong Xi has only just begun her cultivation and is currently in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage. Let alone a thousand low-grade spirit stones, even consuming a hundred low-grade spirit stones a month would be quite terrifying.
"Two matrons, please ask whatever questions you have!"
Rong Xi still needed to rely on Granny Rui and Granny Xiang to handle matters, so naturally she didn't want the two of them to have too many misunderstandings about her.
“Madam, you are only at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage now. You might not even be able to afford a hundred spirit stones a month. Why do you do this and let the Chief Steward of the Imperial Household Department look down on you?”
Granny Rui stopped pretending and actually asked the question that had been bothering her.
"Granny Xiang, do you think so too?"
Rong Xi glanced at Granny Xiang beside her and spoke softly.
Granny Xiang thought for a moment and said, "This servant knows that your cultivation of the five spiritual roots is different from ordinary cultivation. However, this servant also believes that your monthly consumption of spirit stones will not exceed one hundred!"
"Granny Rui, give me a low-grade spirit stone!"
Rong Xi thought for a moment, then slowly spoke.
Some things are better demonstrated than explained.
Upon hearing this, Granny Rui quickly opened the box containing low-grade spirit stones, took out a low-grade spirit stone, and handed it to Rong Xi.
Rong Xi gripped the low-grade spirit stone in her hand and slowly activated the spirit energy extraction method of the Hunyuan Technique, absorbing the spirit energy from the low-grade spirit stone and integrating it into the machine body.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the low-grade spirit stone in Rong Xi's hand turned into powder and scattered with the wind.
"How is this possible?"
"Impossible!"
Granny Rui and Granny Xiang were stunned!
These are spirit stones, and even low-quality spirit stones contain extremely rich spiritual energy. When they were still in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage, a single low-grade spirit stone was enough for them to absorb for three days.
Over the course of a month, they would consume at most a dozen or so low-grade spirit stones.
Because Rong Xi possesses five spiritual roots, the amount of spiritual energy she needs for cultivation is several times greater, which is why the two deduced that Rong Xi needs one hundred low-grade spirit stones per month.
But only now did they realize that, despite thinking they had considered the bigger picture, they had actually underestimated Rong Xi's abilities.
When Granny Xiang thought about how Rong Xi had eaten three spirit pills at once, she seemed to understand her somewhat.
"Madam, are you feeling alright?"
Granny Rui looked at Rong Xi nervously.
The reason why low-grade spirit stones are low-grade is not because of the quantity of spiritual energy, but because of the purity of the spiritual energy. But just now, Rong Xi clearly absorbed all the spiritual energy at once.
"I'm fine!"
Rong Xi smiled slightly, "These spirit stones are indeed good things. I just absorbed the spiritual energy from a low-grade spirit stone, and I feel incredibly refreshed!"
"Granny Rui, have two more!"
"ah?!"
Granny Rui glared. Two?
Rong Xi nodded and said, "That's right, let's start with two. I don't think this is my limit yet. But we still need to proceed step by step and not take too big a step."
Granny Rui responded and obediently gave Rong Xi two low-grade spirit stones.
As a result, in less than a quarter of an hour, the two low-grade spirit stones turned into powder.
"Madam, are you alright?"
Neither Granny Rui nor Granny Xiang could remain calm; they were completely unable to stay calm.
Even for those at the Golden Core stage, it would take them more than half an hour to absorb the spiritual energy from two low-grade spirit stones simultaneously.
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