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Chapter 23 - Chapter 23

"Twenty taels."

Xu Wan was astonished: "So much?"

She had thought that the monthly allowance for a concubine's son would be less.

In the Minister's Mansion, the concubine's sons only received five taels each month; even Xu Lian'er, her beloved younger sister who was a legitimate daughter, only got fifteen taels; the original mistress, according to the rules, should have also received fifteen taels, but due to various deductions, she was left with almost nothing.

In comparison, Zong Wenxiu's life was actually quite good.

But... it didn't show at all...

Cui Zhi nodded: "Yes, usually a concubine's son in an ordinary family wouldn't get more than ten taels a month, but since Master Wenxiu endured nine and a half years of hardship outside, the Old Madam is very fond of him, so after he returned to the mansion, she gave him a lot of gold, silver, silk, and expensive writing materials, and also raised his monthly allowance to twenty taels."

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