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On the sky, Xiao Douzi had finished shopping. She looked up at the mountain of clothes that the sales assistant was holding, and her face turned red instantly.

She bit her lower lip, then secretly reached out and pinched Lin Ye's clothes, tugging at them gently.

"Godfather, isn't this... too much?"

Lin Ye smiled and squatted down, his gaze level with hers. He reached out and ruffled her soft hair, his voice gentle yet firm: "Not at all!"

"These few items—" he drawled, gesturing dramatically in the air with his other hand, "don't even fill a small corner of Xiaodouzi's wardrobe!"

As Lin Ye spoke, the corners of his mouth widened further, his tone brimming with a self-assured arrogance: "Godfather has plenty of money! Little Douzi can pick whatever she wants!"

Xiao Douzi looked into Lin Ye's smiling eyes, which held no trace of reluctance or impatience, only overflowing doting and indulgence.

The slight unease in her heart melted away like spring snow, and a bright, slightly shy smile slowly spread across her lips as she nodded vigorously: "Mmm!"

Lin Ye stood up, took out his wallet from his coat pocket, and pulled out a card.

The card was entirely black, with extremely fine dark gold patterns inlaid along the edges, shimmering with a low-key yet noble luster under the light—it was a supreme black card.

The moment the shop assistant's eyes fell on the card, she felt as if she had been suddenly pulled up by an invisible thread.

Her back straightened instantly, and the corners of her mouth, which already wore a professional smile, turned up even more, transforming from a polite smile into a respectful one.

She carefully took the card with both hands, as gently as if handling a fragile treasure, and lightly tapped it on the POS machine—a crisp, short "beep" sounded, indicating the transaction was complete.

The shop assistant handed over the long printed bill with both hands, beaming: "Sir, your total bill is 53,800 yuan. Here is your receipt. We will repackage all the clothes according to this lady's size and arrange for delivery to the address you provided."

As Lin Ye walked out of the store with Xiao Douzi, all the staff bowed slightly to them: "Thank you for your patronage, and welcome to visit us again!"

……

In front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Imperial Palace.

Shu Jingwei, who had been trying her best to remain calm, broke down the moment she heard "fifty-three thousand eight hundred yuan" and heard that "beep" sound—

His fingers trembled suddenly, and the hot water bottle he was holding fell to the ground with a clatter, the copper object hitting the gold brick with a dull thud.

The scalding water splashed onto the hem of her dragon robe and her embroidered shoes, but she was completely unaware.

Her gaze was fixed on the black card that Lin Ye had casually put back into his wallet, as if drawn by a magnet.

"A single film... just pasted on and it's sent out?" Her voice was low, carrying a bewilderment she herself didn't even realize.

She was the emperor.

Every penny of the Great Flame Kingdom's money, grain, taxes, and national treasury expenditures had to be approved by her imperial hand.

She had seen gold and silver ingots, strings of copper coins, and rare treasures presented as tribute from all over the world. But she had never seen money that looked like a card.

No need to weigh, measure, check the color, or verify authenticity.

A black film is stuck onto that little square, and with a "beep," the bill is settled.

And—so much money, just sitting in his pocket.

She thought of her private stash.

The gold and silver ingots were stacked in boxes in the warehouse, and she personally kept the keys, checking them every few days for fear that something might be missing.

Each time funds were allocated to various regions as rewards, dozens of horse-drawn carriages were used, and soldiers were dispatched along the way to escort them, for fear of them being robbed.

Where is Lin Ye?

A card, tucked in a pocket, can be taken anywhere, easily and discreetly.

Fifty-three thousand eight hundred yuan.

She didn't know what "yuan" was, but she knew the number—more than fifty thousand.

I spent over 50,000 yuan on clothes for a child.

Her personal savings, calculated over a year, might amount to this figure, but they only bought clothes casually once and spent so much!

What chilled her to the bone even more was that, judging from Lin Ye's casual and indifferent attitude, the 53,800 "yuan" was probably just a drop in the ocean for that card!

Just how much money was stored in that card? Millions? Tens of millions? Or even... hundreds of millions!?

This unit gave her a chilling feeling.

Do not!impossible!

Almost instinctively, like a drowning person grabbing a piece of driftwood, she extinguished the thought.

The entire Great Flame Kingdom, from top to bottom, from the national treasury of the Ministry of Revenue to the storehouses of the prefectures and counties, from salt and iron taxes to land taxes, couldn't even scrape together a hundred million coins! Even she, the emperor, couldn't come up with that amount!

Lin Ye alone could possibly defeat her entire Great Flame!?

Ha! What a joke!

Absolutely impossible!

Maybe it's just a show he hired people to put on!

The more Shu Jingwei thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case. She exhaled a long breath, which condensed into a small cloud of white mist in the cold air and was instantly dispersed by the wind.

She composed herself, straightened the collar of her dragon robe which had been ruffled by the wind, and glanced at her side.

The eunuchs and palace maids behind him were all pale-faced, some with their mouths still open and their eyes still wide open, clearly still unable to recover from the shock of what they had just seen.

Shu Jingwei said calmly, "What are you standing there for?"

The voice wasn't loud, but it carried the unique, unquestionable majesty of an emperor.

Hot water bottle.

The chief eunuch suddenly came to his senses, scrambled to get another hot water bottle, and presented it to the eunuch with trembling hands.

Shu Jingwei took it and put it in her arms, the warmth spreading through the velvet and dragon robe again.

She then looked up and continued to gaze at the sky.

Meanwhile, on the screen above, the barrage of comments in the lower right corner surged and roared like a monstrous wave.

[Commoner Niu Zhuangshi: What's that black film? You just stick it on that little square bump and it's done? I haven't even seen any money!]

[Commoner Wang Laoshi: Fifty-three thousand eight hundred yuan? What's 'yuan'? Is it silver? More than fifty thousand taels of silver?! More than fifty thousand taels of silver just for buying a few children's clothes?!]

[Zhao Sihai, the money exchange manager: No, impossible! Absolutely impossible! Fifty-three thousand eight hundred! Even in copper coins, that would require dozens of cartloads! A card? Just a sticker? Sorcery! It must be some kind of sorcery to swindle money!]

[Zhang Baoquan, Supervisor of the Mint: I've been minting coins for twenty years; almost every coin in the Great Flame Kingdom has passed through my hands. But that card… what is that? How can it hold so many coins?!]

[Minister of Revenue Chen Youfang: This... how can this be recorded? How can it be transferred? There's no proof, just that one click and a piece of paper! What if the machine is faulty? What if the card is fake? This is simply... this is simply child's play!!]

[Minister of Works Du Mingyi: How does that card record the amount of money? How does the machine recognize it? No pen, ink, paper, or inkstone are needed; no seal or signature is required. Where is this contractual document? Where is the security? Such technology is beyond the comprehension of even the gods!]

……

However, amidst the shock, many people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief—finally, they had finished buying everything, and they were fed up with the crying and fussing of the children around them.

However, before he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, he saw Lin Ye carrying the little bag out of the store in the sky. After walking only a dozen steps in the corridor, he turned a corner and pushed open the door of another store!

In that shop window, there were exquisite children's clothes in a different style, and the lights were just as bright!

They're in again!?

You bought so much... and it's still not over?!

Throughout the Great Flame Kingdom, countless people gaped with their mouths agape, their eyes wide open, yet their throats seemed to be blocked by something, preventing them from uttering a single sound.

In the warm pavilion of Ruijinfang.

Shu Rou watched helplessly as Xiao Douzi was carried into the second store, where the store was filled with equally dazzling, cute, and novel clothes. She watched Lin Ye gently ask Xiao Douzi, "Which one do you like?" and watched Xiao Douzi excitedly point to a onesie with a dinosaur tail...

Snapped--

The last thread of reason in her mind snapped completely.

"Wow--!!!"