Jiang Changbai, hearing this, was startled, her eyes unconsciously widening. Xie Qianbing, on seeing this, couldn't help but become panicked, standing up from the chair in a flash, advancing a step forward, about to kneel down. Jiang Chngbai got up, wanting to hold her up, but, having barely stood up, she sat back down again, only quietly and calmly waiting for Xie Qianbing to explain. "For these years, this minister's food and clothing were all paid for by the Prince's residence, and there were barely any expenses. The things you gifted this minister in the past were all kept in my home. Bixia has always been this minister's master, at the Prince's residence, and even more now. "Last night, in a night terror, I heard that the state had difficulties and needed money, and I hated my inability to do anything. Thinking on it for a long while, I could only take everything in my home that could be sold off to be pawned, thinking that whatever I could exchange i...

In the square at the doors of the Shengru Palace, Wei Xiren and Wu Dongmu stood, one at the left one at the right, hands behind their backs, in the middle of the group of people. Now, it was already wushi, [1] precisely the time of day when the sun was most burning; standing entirely unhidden beneath the sun, the group of great ministers all felt somewhat unable to bear it. Although Jiang Changbai stood beneath the shade of an umbrella, she also felt that the surroundings were incredibly stifling, the dry heat pent up in the heart. But in the middle of the group, between the two of them, Wei Xiren and Wu Dongmu, a thread of breeze rose for no reason, faintly lifting her clothes up and ruffling them. She wore a navy blue, close-fitting outfit, neat and orderly, and seemed to have great confidence in her own marital skills, the gaze of her eyes towards Wu Dongmu filled with disdain. Wu Dongmu had resided in a high position for a long time, and it seemed that the people by his side were ...