Empress Ji’s hands trembled. Not only was she suffering from a splitting headache, but she was also pained to the core. "My entire dowry was in there!"
The reason she had been given full authority over the royal enterprises was two-fold: first, the Emperor never interfered with the operations of such businesses; second, the bulk of the capital actually consisted of her own dowry.
That dowry, even when compared across the Seven States, was at the very least in the top three. It had been the primary source of her influence and arrogance all these years.
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