"Something that's already been given, and your husband still has the nerve to ask? The betrothal gifts naturally went into the Imperial Treasury. What? Do you think the gifts were too poor?" Di Juan was laughing brightly at the teasing. She casually stuffed another handwritten gift list into my busy hands. "Here, these are the dowry gifts from the Household. They're all yours."
I had originally been about to help her out of her clothes, but I still had to look over the gift list, so I could only suppress my thoughts and change the subject. "Little rich girl, the dowry additions from the various imperial palaces were already astronomical. Could your dowry possibly be worth even more than that?"
There were dozens of imperial families in the Emperor Star Sea, and all of them had contributed more or less to the dowry additions. These were different from the betrothal gifts; they had been specially added to Di Juan's dowry out of consideration for Di Bi. It could be called unprecedented favor and honor.
"Anyway, Mother said that when Di Juan married this time, the Household had nearly emptied the Imperial Treasury. Fortunately, your husband was generous and gave so many betrothal gifts." Di Juan's luminous eyes flickered, her familial affection laid bare.
"Ho, once your dowry and all the additions are counted together, even if you sold off the better part of an ordinary Earth Clan imperial family, it still wouldn't be worth this much. Looks like my wife has quite the impressive face—enough to empty the Imperial Treasury. But speaking of which, will your younger brother still be able to afford an Imperial Consort in the future?" I glanced over the list. Although the total was still less than what I had given, not everyone could casually produce