"Yes, Master."

As Tong Guowei's wife, the mother of Consort Tong, and the maternal aunt of Emperor Kangxi, Lady Hesheli was a well-off noblewoman and had no shortage of money.

She wasn't short of money, but her family was!

When the Crown Prince took over as regent, many members of the Hesheli family were dismissed from their posts, and Hesheli's maternal family was also affected. As a married woman, Hesheli was also affected, but not severely.

After recovering, she couldn't just stand by and watch her family become impoverished, so she had to find ways to help them. She couldn't give all of her husband's family's things to her own family, so she had to find ways to get money from outside.

Relying on her status as Tong Guowei's wife, she has made a lot of money over the past year. The source of this money is naturally not very legitimate, but her status speaks for itself! No one dares to expose her, and many people don't even know who is bullying them.

Thus, Hesheli tasted the sweetness of this "violent" method. Not long after the news of Kangxi building the garden spread, Hesheli began to keep an eye on the land near the garden.

So, upon learning that a merchant from Yunnan lived in the village, and being an outsider, he didn't inquire further and simply repeated his usual actions.

Two days later, at the Tong family home, Tong Guowei, having just returned from court, stormed into the backyard, seething with anger.

Seeing this, Hesheli thought he had suffered some mistreatment outside again, and was about to go forward to comfort him as usual, when she saw Tong Guowei smash the cup in his hand on the ground.

"Look what you've done!" she said angrily to Hesheli.

Hesheli was somewhat bewildered. The backyard had been peaceful recently, and nothing had gone wrong. She believed she hadn't done anything wrong.

"My lord, why are you so angry with me? Please tell me what I did wrong, so that I can die knowing why."

Tong Guowei: "You don't even know what you did wrong? Fine, let me ask you, did you hire people to beat and threaten people?"

Hesheli was a little confused. Wasn't this a trivial matter?