Xiao Yuanting didn't have time to say a word, but he couldn't say a word. It was obviously hot early summer, but he only felt the cold wind and his whole body was chilly.
Who is Yun Zishu?
Xiao Yuanting watched Leng Shuang's figure disappear through the door, and suddenly thought of what the military officials said yesterday: "An Shangshu's son will probably become a fool from now on."
"Even the imperial doctor can't do anything?"
"Doctors from all over the city were invited there. At first, Mrs. An thought it was just her arm that was disabled, but she didn't expect that she was also poisoned. Poisoning is just poison, but this kind of poison can make people unconscious and slowly turn them into idiots.
Man, there is no cure."
There is no cure for stupid people.
Xiao Yuanting slowly clenched his hands, turned stiffly and left, his expression frighteningly gloomy.
After returning home, Mrs. Xiao saw that his expression was not normal, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Yuanting's voice was stiff: "Go prepare the money."
Mrs. Xiao was surprised: "Master?"
"Go get ready!"
"But ten thousand taels of gold, where should I prepare it?" Mrs. Xiao frowned, "How can we have so much money in our warehouse?"
Xiao Yuanting looked at her without saying a word, which made Mrs. Xiao unhappy: "I know my monthly military salary very well, and my family's expenses are not small. I don't have the ability to spend so much money at once."
Xiao Yuanting said nothing and turned around to go to the study. Mrs. Xiao hesitated for a moment and then followed her.
The study is an important place and women are not allowed to enter it.
But Xiao Yuanting did not stop Mrs. Xiao from coming in today.
Walking into the study, closing the door, Xiao Yuanting turned the mechanism hidden in the secret room, only to hear a dull sound, and the secret door to the secret room slowly opened.
Xiao Yuanting stepped in and walked in.
There are more than a dozen boxes in the secret room, each box is filled with shining golden ingots.
Mrs. Xiao looked at the boxes in front of her with a horrified expression: "You have hidden so much gold and silver?"
"These are all deducted from military supplies." Xiao Yuanting looked at her warningly, "Don't talk nonsense when you go out, and don't touch the money here. These are reserved for emergencies."
Mrs. Xiao was shocked for a moment. Looking at the golden ingot in the box, she was both surprised and worried.
Xiao Yuanting moved out a small box, "These are enough, there are some banknotes in it."
After solving the immediate dilemma, Mrs. Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she couldn't help but worry: "If we take out 10,000 taels of gold at once, will Yun Zishu doubt the origin of the gold?"
"She doesn't have the brains." Xiao Yuanting said coldly, holding the box and walking out of the secret room, "Besides, she just wants money, so why would she care about the origin of the money? If she really has that kind of scheming, she won't open her mouth like a lion."
Mrs. Xiao was right.
After taking a final look at several boxes filled with gold and silver in the secret room, Mrs. Xiao turned around and left with her husband.
For the first time, she felt that the dowry Yun Zishu took back was nothing, so just take it back, since the Xiao family had plenty of money anyway.
"But we should be more cautious." Xiao Yuanting put down the box, walked to the window and stood there, thinking for a moment alone, "We need to make it look like it's difficult to get money."
Mrs. Xiao nodded slowly: "I will go to my parents' house to borrow some, and then sell some jewelry that I don't wear often, and then borrow some more from Yunwu, and that should be fine."
However, how to reveal the news of borrowing money to Yun Zishu?
Xiao Yuanting stood silently in front of the window, his eyebrows seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. He was now more worried about Yun Heng's situation and the future of the Xiao family than the matter of money.
After sending the money to Yun Zishu, he should probably take the opportunity to let Yun Heng leave the princess mansion, otherwise there will be too many changes in the future.
The imperial edict cannot be violated.
But it was Yun Zishu who proposed to divorce her husband before, and it was Yun Zishu who resisted the decree. Even if the emperor was angry, he should have directed his anger at Yun Zishu. The Xiao family just passively suffered the consequences of being divorced.
As for the rest...
"What are you thinking about, Master?"
"I suddenly realized that I shouldn't let Yun Heng and Yun Zishu continue to be entangled." Xiao Yuanting frowned, "This money should be regarded as Yun Heng's ransom money. If he continues to stay in the Princess Mansion, sooner or later he will be reunited."
All lives are lost.”
If you make the emperor displeased, you may be punished in the future, but now you are entangled with Yun Zishu, I am afraid that you will not have a good life now.
Mrs. Xiao was stunned when she heard this, "What if the emperor asks?"
"Let's just say that Yun Heng was abused in the princess's mansion." Xiao Yuanting frowned, "Yun Zishu didn't regard Yun Heng as her husband at all."
"Will the Emperor be unhappy?"
"If you're not happy, just be happy. I can't risk Yun Heng's life." Xiao Yuanting's eyes were gloomy, "If you are really worried about the emperor's displeasure, just take advantage of the fact that he still needs the Xiao family and firmly hold on to the military power in the future.
When the prince ascends the throne, we must either show loyalty or become a general who will be feared by the king."
Mrs. Xiao's face changed slightly. She wanted to say something, but found that she couldn't say a word.