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Mung beans are edible and can be used as medicine to relieve summer heat and thirst, and can detoxify.

But in this drama, each of the three bowls of mung bean soup is harmful.

Shen Meizhuang sat at the bottom, flipping through the account book and reporting: "Summer is coming, and the palace ladies have a bowl of mung bean soup in the afternoon to cool down. The mung bean soup costs 32 taels of silver every day."

The Queen frowned and said, "This day costs thirty-two taels, so in a month it would be..."

Shen Meizhuang lowered her head and thought for a moment, but Zhen Huan had already figured it out by counting on her fingers.

After hearing the sum of nine hundred and sixty taels, the empress said to the emperor, "Wealth comes from hard work, and wealth comes from frugality. After years of accumulation, it is really a large sum."

The emperor closed his eyes and said, "The queen is right."

The emperor then said that it existed during the time of the previous emperor, and Shen Meizhuang echoed, "Your Majesty is right. Only when the master is kind to the servants will the servants do their best to do their jobs."

The emperor did not respond, but turned around and asked, "Reverend Wan, what do you think?"

At this moment, a green bean fell silently on Zhen Huan's head, and Huanbi, who was fanning Zhen Huan from behind, did not notice it.

Zhen Huan seemed to be stunned for a moment before she spoke: "I used to help my mother with the accounting at home. The rice delivered to the mansion by the grain store cost 5-10 coins per liter. The price of rice would vary depending on the harvest year by year."

"The purchase price of mung beans is higher, ranging from 8 to 15 wen."

"Before I entered the palace, I knew that one tael of silver could be exchanged for 1000 coins."

"That is to say, with one tael of silver, if the purchase price is not too high, you can buy about 100 liters of mung beans."

"One liter of mung beans can make a large pot of mung bean soup, enough for a dozen eunuchs and palace maids."

"There are less than a few hundred eunuchs and maids in the six palaces. If we buy a thousand liters of mung beans, it will be more than enough for everyone in the palace to eat for four to five months in summer."

"Of course, firewood and charcoal are calculated separately, and their value is even lower."

"When I heard thirty-two taels, I thought it was the cost of green bean soup for the whole summer."

The emperor's face grew darker as he listened. When the bill was just given, ordinary rice cost ten taels of silver per liter.

The Queen looked at Zhen Huan with a smile in her eyes.

Unexpectedly, Zhen Huan was just like Shen Meizhuang, and she started to expose the secrets of the Imperial Household Department.

The Emperor also knows that the Chief of the Imperial Household Department is now Concubine Hua's subordinate. The Empress wants to see what the Emperor plans to do.

At this time, the mung beans on Zhen Huan's head quietly disappeared.

Shen Meizhuang looked at Zhen Huan with a worried look on her face.

Zhen Huan was a little confused and asked with her eyes: What's wrong?

The emperor spoke at this time: "Su Peisheng, go check!"

"I want to know whether the Ministry of Internal Affairs is here to do things for me or to rob the national treasury."

Su Peisheng was in a dilemma because he had eaten a lot of the gifts from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The emperor didn't know the ins and outs of this. If he bought rice privately, he would naturally pay according to the market price.

But anything entering the palace had to be bribed, and an egg worth a few cents could be reported for thirty taels.

The queen sat aside and watched the show without saying a word.

Su Peisheng glanced at Zhen Huan and thought: This Concubine Wan is so bold that she dares to cut off the financial resources of the Imperial Household Department.

After the emperor gave the order, he could no longer sit still. He took the account book from Shen Meizhuang and started to read it.

The more the emperor looked through the account books, the angrier he became.

The emperor believed that Zhen Huan would not lie to him. Looking at the astronomical figures in the account book, the emperor felt his heart bleeding.

The treasury was not well-off, and the emperor had to think hard before allocating some money, but these people in the Imperial Household Department were as greedy as termites.