As soon as the Emperor asked the question, Ji Youze felt a sense of alarm. He quickly busied himself with writing and drawing on the paper, completely oblivious to the smirk on the Emperor's face.
Sly little thing! Did he really think I knew nothing?
The third son of the Ji Family always wore a black veil, and he had heard that the owner of Bright Moon Pavilion also always wore a black veil.
So, one night, he suddenly put two and two together.
The reason he had just spoken those words to the Ji brothers was merely to confirm his suspicions.
In the previous years of drought, floods, and disastrous quakes, the National Treasury was empty and there was not a penny to be had.
At that time, Ji Youzhi always managed to find silver for him to use outside the Palace. He even exposed corrupt officials with the help of the merchants' account books.
