Chapter 492 "That Jiang Huai is the Li family's son-in-law!"
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The person who looked familiar to Li Shiyue was none other than Steward Zhou from the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion.
After dismounting, Li Shiyue walked towards the middle-aged man in the brocade robe. She saw that behind Steward Zhou were two servants carrying a heavy-looking iron-clad wooden box.
"General Li, greetings."
Butler Zhou bowed to Li Shiyue with his hands clasped, his attitude respectful but not servile.
"Hearing that General Li is about to embark on a long journey, the Princess specially sent me to deliver some travel expenses as a token of her appreciation."
After hearing what Butler Zhou said, Li Shiyue frowned slightly and looked up at Butler Zhou in front of her.
However, she saw Butler Zhou signal the servants behind him to put down the box and then open it;
And when she saw the gleaming silver ingots inside the box, her brows immediately relaxed.
These gleaming silver ingots were not only seen by Li Shiyue;
Sun Xiaoliu and others followed Li Shiyue back on horseback, along with the soldiers guarding the entrance of the garrison.
They all saw it, of course.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, rows of silver ingots were neatly stacked inside the wide-open box placed on the ground.
Silver, a precious metal, gleams with a particularly cold, white light under the sunlight, which is quite dazzling.
Li Shiyue glanced at the box, which was a little over two feet long and one and a half feet wide, and made a rough estimate in his mind that such a box must contain at least five thousand taels of silver!
Five thousand taels!
That's a really big deal!
Although Li Shiyue had a lot of gold ingots and gold bricks from the Turks, the silver given by Jiang Huijun's people to "apologize" was really tempting!
Yes, isn't this five thousand taels the apology Jiang Huijun gave to herself for offending Li Shiyue in the Prince's Mansion that day?
Don't listen to this steward Zhou's high-sounding words about "sending travel expenses to express our feelings".
Actually, isn't this just Jiang Huijun using money to shut Li Shiyue up?
Jiang Huijun's meaning was that Li Shiyue should accept the insults she had hurled at him for the sake of the money, right?
After all, Li Shiyue's trip to Jian'an to kill the bandits wasn't just about bringing her existing thousand-plus soldiers; she also received a thousand new recruits from Liu Tan, as promised!
Although Liu Tan gave these two thousand soldiers a month's worth of rations;
However, at this time, it was freezing cold, and Liu Tan didn't say anything or give anything, even though it was winter clothes, blankets, and boots.
Liu Tan meant that he knew Li Shiyue had taken a lot of territory during the half-month or so he led troops in the Turkic Khaganate.
Even though Li Shiyue handed over a thousand warhorses, he also handed over a lot of valuables, including several boxes of gold ingots;
However, Liu Tan understood that Li Shiyue must still have some valuables left.
But for Li Shiyue, supporting more than two thousand people was a huge burden. No matter how much money she had, it wouldn't be enough to manage them all!
Besides, according to Li Shiyue's plan, she will need money in many places in Jian'an in the future.
Therefore, upon seeing the box of silver in front of her, Li Shiyue couldn't help but furrow her brow.
She stepped forward, walked directly to the wooden crate, and poked at it to check its depth. She then smiled, turned around, and bowed to Butler Zhou.
"Thank you for your help, housekeeper!"
The princess is so understanding and righteous. On behalf of all the soldiers under my command, I thank the princess for this timely help of travel expenses!
"I trouble you, Steward, to return and inform the Prince and Princess that Li Shiyue will certainly not fail the Prince's trust and will surely slaughter all those who have committed rebellion in Jian'an!"
Steward Zhou happily led his servants onto the carriage and headed back to the prefectural city, while Li Shiyue naturally called on Sun Xiaoliu to carry the box containing five thousand taels of silver to the garrison.
On the second-to-last day before Li Shiyue was to lead his troops away from Jinzhou, Steward Zhou finally rushed back to the prefectural city.
In the prefectural city, Jiang Huijun sat at the head of the main hall, holding a cup of hot tea, listening to the returning steward Zhou recount Li Shiyue's reaction after seeing the five thousand taels of silver.
When Jiang Huijun heard Butler Zhou mention what Li Shiyue had asked him to convey, the corners of her mouth curled up. With a hint of disdain and nonchalance, she said to Mama Yu beside her, "Mom, look?"
Yu's mother stood behind Jiang Huijun without saying anything.
Originally, Jiang Huijun didn't need anyone else to speak. She just wanted to express that she could easily "smooth things over" with five thousand taels of silver. It was just a test and humiliation she made to Li Shiyue in a moment of confusion and loss of control.
After laughing about Li Shiyue, Jiang Huijun dismissed Steward Zhou and then took Mama Yu to the side hall, leaving the maidservants in the main hall.
In the side hall, Jiang Huijun took out a letter she had written long ago from the long table and handed it to Mother Yu.
"Mom, send a reliable person to deliver this letter to Jiang Huai in Lijiatun!"
"My lady, what is this?"
When Yu's mother took the letter, she was somewhat surprised. How did the conversation turn to Jiang Huai again?
As for who Jiang Huai was, Madam Yu naturally knew, since Madam Yu was originally an old servant of the Jiang family.
Jiang Huijun's eyes darkened as she looked at the name "Jiang Huai" on the letter in Yu's mother's hand.
"Li Shiyue is not to be underestimated!"
Even if she accepted the money I gave her and said those things to my face, who knows if she still harbors resentment behind my back?
Didn't they say she went back to Lijiatun?
Then let's ask Jiang Huai if she said anything after she went back.
From now on, how should I, as the princess consort, treat her?
"My wife!"
Jiang Huai is the son-in-law of the Li family!
Even if he still retains the surname Jiang, the Li family woman has already given birth to twins.
In the past two years, Jiang Huai has never given his wife a gift separately; he has always given gifts along with the rest of the Jiang family.
Is this person still usable?
Mother Yu's heart was naturally on Jiang Huijun's side, but her question made Jiang Huijun, who had been somewhat tense just now, burst out laughing.
"Mom, so what if the Li family girl has a child?"
That child doesn't even have the surname Jiang!
Jiang Huijun pulled Yu's mother to a low couch. When they arrived, the two sat down side by side. Jiang Huijun then continued to say to Yu's mother, "Mom, how many men in this world, especially those with brains and abilities, would choose to become a live-in son-in-law?"
Jiang Huai?
He was only forced by circumstances!
If I had known about the Jiang family back then... I would have definitely made the decision to let Jiang Huai marry that Li family girl!
We absolutely cannot let him become a live-in son-in-law!
In that case, wouldn't it be easy to control Li Shiyue now?
Once you have Jiang Huai's wife under your control, whether she's their child or not, it will be much easier to manipulate Li Shiyue, who values family.
What a pity...
Well, there's still time to salvage the situation.
Mother, please remember to find a discreet and trustworthy person to deliver the letter!
As Li Shiyue led two thousand soldiers, along with six hundred donkeys and horses, and more than three hundred auxiliary soldiers and laborers, out of the garrison and headed towards Jian'an on the main road, a man in Sanshan Port opened his eyes.
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