"In this case, Jiu Ye and I won't talk about this matter anymore. The most important thing right now is that we have to make preparations in advance.
If it is really a case of massacre, we can only accept our fate; if it is an exile, if we want not to starve to death on the road, we must have money in our hands."
"Mom, I have three hundred taels in my private house. As long as I save some money on the road, it should be enough." Sixth Sister-in-law said first.
When it comes to private houses, the eighth sister-in-law is a little unsure.
"Mom, you also know that I am usually a good person, so I use all my money from the calendar to buy snacks. However, I still have a few decent pieces of jewelry that I can exchange for some silver."
"I also have some valuable items there, all of which I took with me in cash notes."
Listening to what the sisters-in-law said to each other, they actively reported their property.
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran looked at each other unconsciously.
Both of them knew very well that although the sisters-in-law had some private property in their hands, these things were different from banknotes. How could the emperor let them take them away in public?
If that's the case, wouldn't it mean that when people ransack your home, you'd be lonely?
"Sisters-in-law, I know you have no selfish motives. It's already at this point and there's no time to exchange those things for banknotes."
Mo Jiuye's words were like a basin of cold water poured on the eight sisters-in-law.
Several people suddenly ran out of ideas.
"Ninth brother, what do you think we should do? Although the things in our hands are not worth much, we can't take advantage of those sons of bitches." In her anxiety, Sixth Sister-in-law actually cursed.
It's not that Mo Jiuye didn't take this into consideration, but he couldn't think of a good strategy.
Just when everyone didn't know what to do, He Zhiran spoke.
"Mother, sisters-in-law, I suggest that you all sew a pocket close to your body, find some cotton, wrap the banknotes and put them inside.
The cotton is relatively soft, so even if someone searches you, you may not be able to touch it. As for other items, we will slowly figure out a solution in the remaining time."
Mrs. Mo agreed: "Well, what He said makes sense, just do what she said. Everyone should go back and prepare now."
It stands to reason that the mother-in-law has spoken and everyone should go back to work immediately. However, the imperial doctor has not come to see Mo Jiuye's injury. They are still worried about Mo Jiuye's condition and do not want to go back.
Mrs. Mo usually felt sorry for these daughter-in-laws who had no husbands, and would not easily act like a mother-in-law to them.
Now that the situation is urgent, it is not the time to let them be willful.
So, Mrs. Mo said coldly: "Don't be stunned. Go back and get ready."
When the eight sisters-in-law saw this, they could only leave one by one.
Seeing these people leaving, Mrs. Mo's eyes fell on Mo Jiuye again.
"How long have you been out asking for the imperial doctor? It's been almost an hour since your sisters-in-law and I came here, and the imperial doctor hasn't arrived yet."
As soon as she finished speaking, the servants who went out to ask for the imperial doctor came back one after another to report.
The news they brought back was all the excuses given by the imperial doctors for not being able to come to see Mo Jiuye's injuries.
He Zhiran could figure out the whole reason with his fingers. It was simply that the emperor didn't want Mo Jiuye to have a good time, or even let him leave the capital alive, so he deliberately ordered the imperial doctor to do this.
Mo Jiuye seemed to have predicted such a thing and did not show any abnormality.
However, in order to reassure his mother, he still said: "Mom, my injury is not serious, you don't need to worry."
Mrs. Mo is not a person who has no plans. The matter has reached this point. Even if she is worried about her son's injury, there is nothing she can do.
What's more, judging from Mo Jiuye's current state, it shouldn't be a big problem.
"In that case, I will go back and prepare."
No matter what, Mo Jiuye had really suffered fifty blows after all, and it was still difficult to walk on the ground.
He Zhiran took the initiative to escort Mrs. Mo out of the courtyard.
After returning to the room, using the cover of her sleeves, she took out two deeds of renunciation from the space.
One is from Qiaoyu, and the other is from another maid.
"The emperor has decreed that the Duke of Guo be exiled. I will certainly not bring any servants with me on the way. I plan to return the deeds of sale of the maidservants and let them go free."
Mo Jiuye did not object to this, because he also had such an idea in his heart.
"Well, whatever suits you best."
Just when Mo Jiuye wanted to say something, a guard came to report in a panic.
"To report to the Duke, the warehouse in the mansion has been stolen, and it was completely stolen, leaving only empty shelves."
As soon as the guard finished speaking, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law also ran over in a panic.
"Ninth brother, my sister-in-law and I went to the kitchen to prepare some dry food. Who would have thought that everything in the kitchen was gone."
"Ninth brother, our Duke's mansion must have been robbed."
He Zhiran felt somewhat guilty after hearing his sister-in-law say that the Duke's mansion was recruiting thieves. After all, she was what others called a 'thief'.
But she soon felt relieved. She didn't really want to steal anything, she was doing it for everyone's benefit.
Hearing this, Mo Jiuye was also confused.
Although it was said that the Duke's Mansion was about to fall into the situation of being confiscated and exiled, it had not happened yet.
The guards were patrolling normally. Not to mention going out of their way to steal everything from the warehouse, even if they stole some small items at random, there would be no movement at all.
His intuition told him that this matter must be related to He Zhiran.
After all, this woman's behavior is too unbelievable.
He waved his hand towards the guard: "You go down first, I will investigate this matter myself."
"Ninth brother, what about the theft in the kitchen?" the sister-in-law asked.
Mo Jiuye replied helplessly: "Sister-in-law, it doesn't matter if the thing is lost, we can't take it away anyway. Rather than filling the enemy's treasury, it's better to take advantage of the little thief."
The eldest sister-in-law seemed to agree with Mo Jiuye's words. She nodded solemnly: "What the ninth brother said makes sense. In this case, your second sister-in-law and I will go and get busy."
Watching the two sisters-in-law leave, only Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran were left in the room.
Mo Jiuye's deep gaze always stayed on He Zhiran.
Facing his sharp eyes, He Zhiran didn't show any timidity.
After a long time, Mo Jiuye asked in a deep voice: "Do these things have anything to do with you?"
This sentence is a question on the surface, but it contains an affirmative meaning.
Even though he had developed the ability to remain calm when being favored or humiliated in his previous life, He Zhiran was still a little overwhelmed by the question.
If nothing else, she could tell from Mo Jiuye's tone that the other party had completely determined that it was her.
How to deal with something like this?
He Zhiran really didn't know how to explain it for a while.
Although history records that Mo Jiuye was an upright person, they were not even familiar with each other after all. She couldn't tell them that she had some space, right?