The ancient emperor was the highest figure, and almost all the people in the country worked for him, so it was the "home of the world" in ancient times. Basically, as long as the emperor likes something, he can take it casually, and others can't say no, but there are exceptions to everything. For example, Jin Taizong, the second emperor of the Jin Dynasty, gave some jewels to his concubine just because he took them from the state treasury. As a result, the minister found out and hit him twenty times.
If the average emperor doesn't say "hit", even if he touches the emperor, he may be guilty of beheading. But Jin Taizong is different. After being beaten, he apologized to the ministers and said that they were right. In fact, when the Jin Dynasty was first established, they were poor and had no family resources. So the emperor made a rule for thrift: the property in the national treasury can only be used in wartime. Whoever violates it, no matter who it is, will be punished.
However, after Emperor Taizong of Jin ascended the throne, he had never seen so much treasure, so when he saw what was in the warehouse, his heart itched. So he secretly opened the vault, took some treasures and gave some to his concubine. As a result, the prime minister found this during the inventory and told the ministers. So when the ministers saw him, they told him about it and fined him 20 times. After the battle, he was helped to the dragon chair, and everyone knelt down again to confess their crimes. Emperor Taizong of Jin could do nothing about the patriarchal clan system, so he had to let the ministers get up and say that they had done the right thing.