Both worlds are like dreams

"This is what I and some brothers in the army saved together. You can use it to buy them more food."

"You give us money every time you come. Your salary is not high. If you give it all to us, how will you live?"

"Never mind that. Just use it. If it's not enough, tell me."

"Yes."

Duan Yun turned around and saw Xue Huang. He was about to speak but stopped himself.

"Didn't you say that the palace allocates money every year? Why do you have to save it from your salary?"

"It's just a small token of appreciation from my subordinates and brothers."

"How much money does the palace allocate every year? Why do the children here live in such poverty? Does Mo Yunchen need money?"

"The money allocated by the prince is enough, but there are too many children. New children will be sent here at any time. Money will always be needed for clothing, food, and medical treatment. There is no fixed amount. I can't ask the prince for money every time."

"Why can't you say anything? He is the commander of the Frostlin City garrison. He has the responsibility to take care of the orphans of the soldiers in the army."

"The prince just never said it, but in fact most of the money in the palace was used to subsidize the soldiers in the army."

"Why? Doesn't the court allocate military funds?"

"Shen Congfeng had always been wary of the prince, especially since the princess and the prince got married. The military pay sent to Shuanglin City would be deducted a lot in Sanbai City, or there would be some inexplicable accidents, which were actually Shen Congfeng's doing. So the money was taken out of the prince's private property. But now it's good. His Majesty has allocated 500,000 taels of military pay, which will be delivered in a while."

Xue Huang said nothing, took out a purse from her body, and stuffed the jade bracelet on her wrist and a jade pendant on her waist into it. "I don't have much money today, you can take this bracelet and jade pendant to exchange for money."

"Princess, how can this be done?"

"Take it if it's given to you." Xue Huang stuffed it into his hand, "Go find someone to make new clothes for those little girls, and buy them some small jewelry or something. Boys can be raised in poverty, but girls can't. Later, come to the palace to get money from me, and give them whatever they need."

"Thank you, Princess. I am grateful."

Xue Huang didn't say anything and went over to help.

Afterwards, she left with Duan Yun and his wife. Not long after they left, it started to rain, but not heavily.

Duan Yun was busy holding an umbrella, fearing that his wife and children would get wet. He walked very carefully, but he himself got soaked.

When passing an alley, Sang Zhi said, "My humble abode is just ahead. Princess, why don't you come in and have a rest and a cup of hot tea?"

"Stop disturbing me, go back now."

"Then Princess, take care."

Xuehuang nodded and left alone with an umbrella. She first went to the cattery to get the things she had bought before, then went to Fengchun Tavern to buy a jar of wine, and walked back slowly.

"What are you thinking about?" Mu Guang asked.

"Nothing. I just feel that my previous understanding was a bit wrong."

"An illusion?" Mu Guang said. "In your mind, Mo Yunchen is a bad guy, and the people around him are also bad guys, so their actions must be cruel and ruthless, but you ignore the warmth and coldness of their world. Although Mo Yunchen is cold-blooded and ruthless, he will do what he should do, which breaks your inherent impression of him."

"Stop talking nonsense. He is the commander of an army. If he doesn't do it, who will?"

"You are such a fickle person. It was obviously you who said first that you were wrong, but you didn't admit it after I said it. It's not shameful to admit that you have changed your opinion of him."

"You are so long-winded."

"You think I'm nagging, don't you?" Mu Guang gritted his teeth and said, "Then don't talk to me next time."

"Plug your ears if you can!"

"What nonsense!"

"If you can't do it, just bear with it."

Mu Guang raised his eyebrows, "Have you forgotten that I can borrow your body now?"

"what?"

Mu Guang said in a tone that deserved a beating: "Well, although it will consume some energy, it is still okay to borrow it occasionally to do some small bad things."

"You dare?! I don't agree!"

"Try?"

After she finished speaking, Xue Huang felt dizzy, and then her hands and feet became out of control.

Mu Guang threw away his umbrella and proudly felt the rain hitting his face, "It feels good."

He opened the jar of wine again and drank as he walked, "Oh, it tastes good."

Xue Huang was speechless, "What's wrong with your brain?"

"Since I was trapped in the gem, my sense of taste, smell, and touch seemed to have disappeared. Let alone wine, I even forgot what flour tasted like."

"Forget it. Since you are so pitiful, I will let you borrow it for a while. Go and eat whatever you want."

Mu Guang quickly finished a jar of wine, then bought a roasted chicken leg and started eating it without caring about his image.

Xue Huang couldn't see his movements, but if she could, she would definitely beat him.

Mu Guang finished the chicken leg in no time and was just about to eat something else when he saw a figure in red walking towards him with an umbrella.

"You little bitch, I told you not to lose your temper with me just now. I'm going to teach you a lesson."

"What are you going to do?"

Mu Guang smiled, grabbed Mo Yunchen's sleeve with his oily hands, and got under the umbrella. "You came just in time. I didn't bring a handkerchief."

After Xue Huang regained consciousness, she realized what Mu Guang was doing. He was actually wiping his hands with Mo Yunchen's sleeves.

Her fingerprints were clearly visible on the precious and clean material.

Mo Yunchen's eyes twitched as he looked at the large patch of oil on his sleeve. He wasn't angry at her behavior, but he felt that the way she got under the umbrella so familiarly made him feel that she wasn't so strange and distant.

Xue Huang simply wanted to beat that bastard Mu Guang to death. Is it necessary to be so casual?

"I'll compensate you with a new one." Xue Huang suppressed her embarrassment.

"Okay." Mo Yunchen said.

So the two of them came to a nearby tailor shop, but there were not many people there, maybe because of the rain.

Xuehuang went in and took a look around, and found that there were no red men's clothes.

She picked out a black one for him, "There's no red, but this is the most expensive one, okay?"

Mo Yunchen said nothing, took it and changed it.

After a while he came out. His tall and slender figure and stern face were still very eye-catching.

However, Xue Huang discovered that wherever he went, the people would stay away from him.

It seemed that they obviously recognized Mo Yunchen's identity and were very afraid of him.

Xue Huang was about to pay, but suddenly remembered that her purse and the most valuable things on her body had just been given to Duan Yun.

Embarrassed.

Mo Yunchen looked at her with a half-smile, "No money?"

"I just didn't bring that much." Xue Huang touched her hair and found a jade bead flower, which should be enough.

However, Mo Yunchen stopped her, threw a bag of silver to the shopkeeper, and took her away.

"I said, there is no difference between you and me."

"Sure enough, your Hanxi Palace is not short of money."

"I'm not as wealthy as you. I gave away a dowry of 100,000 taels of gold and countless treasures without blinking an eye."

"I have control over them. I can give them to whomever I want. Besides, I didn't spend your money. I am the princess of two countries and have enough salary. I don't need to eat your rice."

Mo Yunchen found it funny. "Then I'm afraid I'll have to rely on you in the future. This year's harvest is estimated to be worse than last year, and the North will need more money to support the troops."

"Didn't Shangyang City allocate 500,000 yuan in military pay?"

"It can only solve the problem temporarily. Five hundred thousand taels of silver is only one month's military pay for the Northern Territory. Now I hope that your second uncle's Sihai Trading Company can fill up the national treasury as soon as possible."

Xue Huang didn't understand this, and had never calculated it, but now that she thought about it, 200,000 troops and 500,000 in military pay did seem a bit tight. No wonder the royal palace had to allocate most of the money every year.

The stability of the northern border is related to the stability of Beiling, and it is an important place to maintain troops.

Shangyang City had encountered a rebellion before and needed money. If they wanted to enrich the country and strengthen the army, the future of Sihai Trading Company might have a heavy responsibility.

But Xue Huang believes in them, so these are not problems.

"Then why were you pretending to be so generous when you paid the bill just now?" Xue Huang looked at him speechlessly.

"I still have enough money."

"It's not a question of whether you have enough or not, it's a question of whether you have a problem with your brain."

Mo Yunchen smiled and said, "Then why don't you manage the palace's money from now on."

"I won't."

Mo Yunchen moved the umbrella towards her and said, "You don't need to worry too much. There is already a fixed pattern. You just need to be responsible for the approval."

"Let me try." Xue Huang said.

"Let's go back. It's raining hard."