He is right tho.. Riftan has worked his ass off all this year and she was planing to spend way to much in things that weren't necessary.. Ruth is so good... maybe here you can understand why but reading the novel, I was completely shocked with how much she wanted to spend.. so give him some credit... and not he will not get his a@@ whooped
She was being manipulated by the salesman. She didn't even know how much she was spending when she put in those orders. Which makes it scarier. She needs someone to teach her the value of money and to tell show her everything she was buying wasn't necessary to make the castle look luxurious. The worst thing she could do is spend a lot of money on unnecessary things and make the whole kingdom broke. Which means taxes/prices goes up and her husband would have to work hard to restore that money. Everyone would hate her. Ruth is doing everything for her own good and she knows it.
You all have a very good Points, so I'll admit my defeat. I thought she was doing so well since she's been studying about the market values and their money system So I never considered to see she was overdoing it so my apologies for my own misunderstanding. Though in POV the castle did look like ruins so I thought she was doing great by buying all those but I never considered to know the fact how much they costs so Apologies all
All I know is someone's gotta get a whoop in the ass when Riftan comes home only to find his wife was limted by buying for renovations by a stuck up magician :)