Mother Jiang looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
[You're lying with your eyes wide open, what a lie! With all that stuff, would you dare trade it for silver? I'm afraid it'll all just gather dust in your warehouse!]
In the book, Jiang's mother was very stingy. She saved up all the things that Jiang Shi brought back to the Jiang family, under the pretext of buying a shop for Jiang Shi and marrying off her two sons.
"I didn't know the Jiang family's expenses were so high, but it doesn't matter. Anyway, your family has no connection with the General's Mansion. You will definitely be exiled. When we search your house, we will know which things belong to the General's Mansion."
Empress Xian spoke softly, as if she was just chatting casually, but Jiang and her mother felt a chill down their spines.
They had heard a little about how scary exile was. Some people even died on the way. The officers and soldiers did not treat the exiles as human beings at all.
"My Lady, I am old and confused. Those things are all here, untouched. I will send someone to get them back right away. Please don't send our family into exile. My old bones can't stand the torture."
Although Jiang's mother was greedy for money, she also understood that no amount of money would be of any use if she lost her life.
Jiang looked at her mother with mixed feelings. Her mother often told her that she had bought her a house with the things and money she brought back, but now she said she hadn't moved. So her mother had been lying to her for so long.
"Come here, accompany the two of them to Jiang's house to retrieve the things immediately. If you find that one item is missing..."
"Nothing will be missing," Jiang's mother waved her hands quickly, "I promise not a single thing will be missing."
Those things were too conspicuous, and she really wanted to pawn them, but she was worried about being noticed, so she left them there and didn't dare touch them.
Concubine Xian nodded and said to Nanny Zhang, "Nanny, take the account book with you. If there is any money missing, use the valuables of the Jiang family to pay for it."
Fearing that Jiang's mother might cause trouble, Jin Ting'an specially sent guards to go with her.
A group of people went to Jiang's house. Jiang's mother took people to the warehouse and stood at the door, groping for a long time, but was unwilling to open it.
Nanny Zhang glanced at her coldly, "Don't talk about losing your key or anything like that. These guards are not idle. Even if they don't have the key, they can still tear down the door of your warehouse."
Seeing through her little trick, Jiang's mother laughed and said, "How could that be? The key is still there."
As he spoke, he slowly opened the warehouse door and motioned for Aunt Zhang to go in.
Nanny Zhang raised her hand, pushed open the door, and walked in. What caught her eye were boxes of sealed boxes.
"Open."
Mother Jiang's heart was bleeding, and she was reluctant to open the box.
"Your husband previously served in the Jingzhao Yin Prefecture. You should know that they also use torture to interrogate. I wonder if your two sons will reveal anything that would make their crimes more serious."
Mother Jiang knew that her two sons could not endure hardship. If she really told others that they had taken things from the general's mansion, they would definitely be exiled.
She pulled herself back to her thoughts and quickly took out the keys to open the boxes one by one. "Look, Mammy, everything is here."
After Nanny Zhang took out the account book and checked it, she asked the guards to load all the things onto the carriage.
Seeing that the warehouse had been completely emptied and nothing was left, Jiang's mother hurriedly chased after them, "How could you even take away my own storage?"
Nanny Zhang instructed the guards to put the things away, opened the account book and handed it to Mother Jiang.
"Shouldn't the things your sons and his friends took from the shop be converted into silver? And you said you saved these things, but as far as I know, the Jiang family doesn't have a shop. So these aren't rewards from the General's Mansion."
Mother Jiang was speechless. She looked at her silent daughter and glared at her fiercely.
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When the things were carried into the general's mansion, Jiang's mother watched with her heart bleeding.
I regretted so much that I didn't use up these things and money earlier. Now, they're all gone.
"Mom, let's go back. Why are you following us?"
Jiang's mother was already furious, and upon hearing this, she started cursing, "You black-hearted bastard! Your brother and his friends are in trouble, and instead of asking the general to release them, you're just going back."
"If my brothers were just causing trouble in the gambling house, they would definitely be released," Jiang lowered her eyes. "I did something like this, do you think the General's Mansion will forgive me?"
Perhaps it was a mistake to agree to let my mother take things from the general's mansion in the first place.
"Jiang, this is your divorce letter."
Nanny Zhang came out with a divorce letter and interrupted their conversation.
Jiang took the divorce letter expressionlessly, but her mother snatched it away and tore it into pieces.
"The divorce letter is gone."
She triumphantly scattered the confetti on the ground and said, "We've returned all our things. Why do you still want to divorce my daughter? Can't we discuss it again?"
Nanny Zhang sneered, "Do you think it's gone if you tear it up? There are plenty of divorce letters."
Worried that Jiang's mother would make a scene outside, Nanny Zhang brought the two of them inside and walked to Empress Xian's side and whispered.
"My Lady, I had the Jiang family's warehouse emptied out. I don't think they have any hidden treasures."
"Great job, Aunt Zhang. Mother Jiang likes to keep all her valuables in the warehouse. Now that it's emptied, I'm relieved."
After all, in order to cry poor to Jiang, Jiang's mother collected all the valuables in the house.
On the one hand, he had to guard against his two useless sons, and on the other hand, he had to guard against Jiang Shi discovering that he was lying.
"My Lady, we've already returned our belongings. Can you please release my two sons and not divorce my daughter?"
Jiang's mother tried to bargain and winked at Jiang frantically.
But Jiang stood there like a wooden stake, not saying a word.
[Oh, why isn't Jiang Shi cooperating with Jiang Mu? It seems like she knows she's been tricked, so she's being emo.]
"It's only natural that you return the things from the General's Mansion. I haven't promised you anything else."
"What about exile?" Mother Jiang's voice rose. "We only took some things and have now returned them. Your Majesty, you can't exile us for personal vengeance."
"Don't you deserve to be exiled?" Empress Xian sat at the head of the table, looking down at Jiang's mother. "You've taken the General's Mansion's belongings for yourselves and damaged its reputation. Isn't that enough to exile you?"
The General's Mansion is currently in its heyday. If the Jiang family is allowed to continue to flourish and be exploited by those with ulterior motives, wouldn't that harm the General's Mansion?
She didn't dare to take the risk, and she didn't want anything to happen to her father, brother, and Luo'er.
"I'm going to find the emperor. The general's mansion is going too far." Mother Jiang sat down on the ground and began to cry loudly.
Eunuch Cao, who had come in with the emperor at the door, frowned and said, "The emperor has arrived."
Mother Jiang stopped crying and quickly knelt down to pay her respects.
The emperor went straight to Concubine Xian, helped her up and took Yu Yiluo.
"Does Luo'er miss father?"
Yu Yiluo rolled her eyes.
[Why are you keeping an eye on my mother and me instead of my fourth brother in the palace?]
emperor:"……"
He was just mad at the Fourth Prince, so he came out to get some fresh air, but the little guy was still not happy.
Remembering the others who were still saluting, the emperor said, "General and old general, please stand up!"
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