Accidentally dressed as an empress

Yun Se and his group were at Cui Ti's residence, waiting for Gu Zezhi to enter the palace.

Gu Zezhi walked into the room in a red robe. Yun Se asked him, "Gu Zezhi, why didn't the surplus from my property in the past two months go into the Shaofu?"

In August, because he had just taken over the wharf and there was a lot of work to be done, he could only use the profits from Qingfeng Tower to subsidize the wharf business and barely break even, so he did not report it.

In September, because of the information given by Lin Hong, Gu Zezhi did not trust Cui Ti, and although there was some profit, it was not transported to the Shaofu.

Gu Zezhi said, "Your Majesty, I have been so busy with the Linjiang Wharf that I am sending someone to store the goods. The wharf operation and shipbuilding are very expensive, and the current profit is only 250 taels of gold."

Only 250 taels of gold? Even if we add the 1,500 taels of silver donated by the Lin family, it still won't be enough.

The Bathing Goddess Festival is coming soon. We have to worship the Mother Goddess, hold a ceremony, and prepare a betrothal gift for Yunxiu.

Yun Se's temples were throbbing again.

Gu Zezhi said casually, "We just confiscated the Linjiang Zhou family, so the Shaofu shouldn't be short of money."

Yun Se's eyes lit up. "Aunt Fang, draft an edict for me: Anyone who embezzles more than one thousand taels will have their property confiscated." All proceeds from the confiscation were to be given to the Ministry of Finance. "Under heaven, all land belongs to the king. The benefits of the Yun Kingdom belong to me; it is only natural and right."

Lin Hong suggested, "Envoy Gu is well-informed. Your Majesty might as well let him participate in the investigation of the corruption case."

Yun Se ignored Lin Hong's suggestion.

Fang Ru glanced at His Majesty and pleaded for Cui Ti, "Your Majesty still needs a Junior Household Official. Although Cui Ti has some flaws in her personal ethics, she is still quite talented."

Cui Ti lay on the bed, quietly and without moving.

Yun Se said coldly, "I have made up my mind. Cui Ti will be exiled to Beiling."

Cui Ti lay on the bed, placed her hand on her forehead, and kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

"Lin Hong," Yun Se said, "the Lin family had spent their money to protect him. Let's go to Nanling to join the army tomorrow."

Lin Hong, who was kneeling on the ground, also kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Lord, for your grace."

Yun Se swung his sleeves and said, "Go back to Yunji Palace. Gu Zezhi, come here."

Back at Yunji Palace, Yun Se looked at Gu Zezhi and said, "Your people are secretly investigating the corruption case. Don't make it public."

Gu Zezhi accepted the order, and Yun Se waved his hand to let him leave.

She wanted to see whether the Grand Justice was really enforcing the law impartially.

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It is said that on that day, Yunxiu came out of the Lin Mansion and got on a carriage to send Zhong Yi back to the Zhong Mansion.

Zhong Yi's bright eyes showed a hint of sadness and pity that was not usually there. He said, "Aqi wants to see His Highness."

Yunxiu looked at his awkward expression of pretending to be generous and asked him, "Aqi is your brother, are you planning to help him make some connections?"

Seeing Zhong Yi's eyes begin to mist up, Yun Xiu put away the playful smile on her face and put her arm around his waist. "If you want to monopolize my wife, that's fine. Just tell me, you're the only one for me."

Zhong Yi hugged Yun Xiu tightly, "Ah Xiu... I don't like you marrying a commoner. Ah Xiu, having me is enough."

Yunxiu kissed his lips lightly, "Dear, don't be sad. Having you is enough for me... I didn't really plan to have Zhong Qi."

Zhong Yi grabbed the back of Yun Xiu's head, preventing her from moving away. Yun Xiu deepened the kiss and pushed Zhong Yi down onto the cushions. The first time she and he were intimate was in the carriage. Yun Xiu was a little moved again, but the carriage stopped.

The road is not long and we arrived there quickly.

Yunxiu looked into Zhong Yi's eyes and said, "When Zhong Qi gets married, I'll explain everything to him."

A smile finally appeared on Zhong Yi's face. Yunxiu kissed him again, and he got off the carriage reluctantly.

She didn't intend to have anything to do with a kid like Zhong Qi.

When there are too many men, there are too many troubles. She is not a woman like Yun Ji who separates her body and mind, nor is she a woman as sentimental as her mother.

She is afraid of trouble.

Zhong Yi was alone, and it was already a bit troublesome for him to act up from time to time, but it was still within her tolerance range. She didn't want to endure any more trouble.

The carriage wheels turned and turned, carrying Yunxiu back to the eldest princess's mansion.

After entering the house, Yunxiu asked Su Da to call Ren Li to the study. She planned to check her current financial situation. After all, she was about to get married.

She can pay for the betrothal gift herself, and there is no need to trouble His Majesty to use the money of the Ministry of Finance.

Ren Li must have made a lot of money from the corn trade last time.

There was a knock on the door and Ren Li walked into the study. When Yun Xiu saw Ren Li's cheerful face, her mood instantly improved a lot.

"Ren Li, how much money do we have now?"

Ren Li relied on the abandoned granary location given by His Highness to sell grain to small merchants and to the government at a high price, making a lot of money. Now, she has made enough money from the dog system and no longer has to worry about her life.

Ren Li smiled happily, "We made a total of 5,000 taels of gold from selling grain."

Yunxiu's eyes widened slightly. She had never expected there would be so much. "Great, we finally have the start-up capital."

Five thousand taels of gold is equivalent to fifty thousand taels of silver. Xu Ling spent three hundred thousand taels to buy grain, which means that one-sixth of the grain came from them.

"However, Your Highness spent another thousand taels of silver to buy grain from the State of Chu."

Yunxiu smiled and said, "No big deal, just some water."

Yunxiu's tail was almost up in the air. She said to the system in her heart, "I'm so rich now, am I still worried about not being able to afford the betrothal gift?"

The system teased, "The host is now wealthy and powerful, so he can even give the Zhong family a betrothal gift of four hundred taels."

Yunxiu replied, "The Zhong family still has to prepare a dowry as a return gift. If we give them too much, I'm afraid they won't be able to return the favor."

"Your Highness, I want to tell you something important. Please take a look at this." Ren Li pulled out a roll of off-white paper from his sleeve.

System report: [Silk wadding paper, made from silk, the predecessor of hemp paper, but expensive.]

Yunxiu took the slippery off-white paper, unable to suppress the smile on her face. She asked, "Where did you get this? It's unbelievable that you have paper so early."

Ren Li smiled. "Your Highness, you still remember Wang Yuan, right? Her family had a raw silk workshop, and this paper was made by one of her craftsmen. It was an accident, actually. When the craftsmen were reeling the silk, they left the remaining silk floss on a bamboo basket to dry, and that's how this paper became."

"Her family is in Lingguan City, right? So this is called Lingguan Paper." Yunxiu said, "Ren Li, thank you very much."

"Your Highness is welcome."

"Now that we have money, we can open a few more papermaking workshops and porcelain workshops. I'll have the system scan the map to see where there's suitable kaolin clay... Oh, and have you found any saltpeter mines? I'll have the system mark the location of the mine."

"Your Highness, you are going to bloom everywhere."

"Yes."

After discussing the investment sequence with Ren Li, Ren Li went to do the work.

Yunxiu took the silk paper and planned to go to the palace to see His Majesty.