Living Under The Same Roof

"What else do you need to discuss now?" 

"About the funds of the empress. I want to edit all that data?" 

"Now?" She had already spent a good amount on Susan to keep her mouth shut and then she had to pay the bills of the clothes she had brought for both of them.

Then she had to make sure that she had sufficient food for those who needed help.

"I am sure that the palace is not taking enough money from the treasury. The budget has always been minimum and reasonable." she explained hiding her frown and behaving professionally.

He must be behaving like that because she had punished his lover. Tsk! 

"I know that." he nodded as he picked up  the files that had an adjacent report on how she had spent her budget.

He had always thought that she was a greedy woman like her family. So, he had allocated her a lesser budget.

He wanted her to learn that money is not free even when you are sitting in the position of temptress.