ths and demanding four million taels.”"The worst offender is the Ministry of War. They say military pay has been withheld for six months, and they want to take one million one hundred thousand taels t...Chapter 28: I Will Devote Everything to the Crown Prince

"No need for gifts."

Li Chen said faintly, "Since you took the initiative to meet me, then the things are already prepared" a middle-aged man in silk clothes, glittering with jewels and adorned with gold, silver, and jade, walking out of the rice shop.This man was thin, but he liked to adorn himself with extravagant decor...