"Um."

"Could you ask her to tell Lao Bai to stop going to brothels?"

"Mother?"

"Alright, alright, Mother won't push her luck anymore, okay?"

Duan Ruoqing hugged her mother's arm and leaned on her mother's shoulder. "Mother, I know you're doing this for my own good. He was like this when I first met Lao Bai. Once Xiao Liu gets married to His Highness the Crown Prince, he probably won't go out to play anymore. If Xiao Liu doesn't go out, Lao Bai probably won't go out either. And if he does go out, he'll go out much less."

"Alright, alright, Mother won't bring this up anymore, okay? Yun Xiaoliu is really amazing. Your father and I were just a little bit lenient with Old Bai and Yun Xiaoliu got upset."

Duan Ruoqing nuzzled against her mother's neck. "I just asked Xiao Liu what would happen if you and my father got angry and didn't want me to marry Lao Bai? Xiao Liu said that if you didn't want me to, she would just take me away."

"..." Is this what the future Crown Princess said? "I heard that Yun Xiaoliu recruited a lot of bandits when he was at the border. Was that what Lao Bai did before?"

"Old Bai used to make money by selling information."

So that's how they make money? No wonder they couldn't find out. People who sell information usually don't want others to know, to avoid retaliation. "Does Old Bai still sell information?"

"I'm not selling it anymore. Old Bai said he's been supported by Xiao Liu ever since he met him."

"..." Her son-in-law's words were truly amusing. "I heard that when the Emperor bestowed a title upon Old Bai, he also granted him a considerable amount of land?"

"Yes. Old Bai said that all those lands will be under my management from now on."

Duan Ruoqing's mother was relieved.

Her daughter and grandson no longer need Yun Xiaoliu to support them.

As for her son-in-law...

Yun Xiaoliu probably wouldn't let her son-in-law go hungry.

It is said that Yun Xiaoliu arranged for her son-in-law to obtain his title.

"Don't waste money on those lands that Lao Bai puts you in charge of. You'll have to raise your children in the future. Lao Bai is probably a big spender. If you're also a big spender, then your whole family will have to be supported by Yun Xiaoliu."

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