Pan Yun took the Treasure Notes to the money house to exchange them.
Since she was an unfamiliar face, the clerk did not dare exchange them for her and went straight to fetch the manager.
The manager smilingly inquired about the origin of Pan Yun's Treasure Notes.
Pan Yun said, "His Majesty rewarded them to me."
Zhu Qiyu's face reddened beside her. Who gave rewards in Treasure Notes?
He remembered that everything he had rewarded Pan Yun with had been gold or silver. However, the Imperial Preceptor also received a salary, and it seemed it was paid in Treasure Notes.
Eating the ruler's salary—when calculated that way, it could count as his reward too.
The manager looked Pan Yun up and down, then carefully asked, "Miss, did you bring rewards from your family? May I ask where your father and brother hold office?"
"Not rewards from my father and brother, but my own," Pan Yun said with a smile. "I work in the palace."
The moment he heard that she had come from the palace, the manager withdrew his gaze and became much more restrained. After weighing it briefly, he said, "Then I will exchange them for you at a rate of five to one."
He smiled. "Others would not get this rate. At the very least, it would be six to one."
That meant Treasure Notes with a face value of five taels could be exchanged for one tael of silver.
Pan Yun did not argue. She casually exchanged the entire stack of Treasure Notes in her purse for silver and copper coins.
Tossing two small silver ingots in her right hand while carrying a string of copper coins in her left, Pan Yun turned to Zhu Qiyu and said, "Let's go."
Zhu Qiyu followed her out awkwardly. Chen