Such was the emperor's obsession with ju-i, that many of the imperial tributes he received were themselves in the form of ju-i. In the year before his abdication, Qianlong issued an edict stating that once he stepped down there would no longer be any need for tributes on the three major festivals of the year, but that he would continue receiving ju-i on the first day of the new year and on his birthday.
喜愛如意幾乎成癡的乾隆皇帝，各地貢品皆以如意為先，乾隆退位的前一年，他還下旨表示，當他歸政成為太上皇之時，年節三貢可免，就是元旦及生日時依然要備進如意，以迎吉祥，可見皇帝對如意的喜好。