He knew that her sister-in-law was angry, but her parents' home was her support, so she could only try to please her in a small way.
With a smile on his face, he said, "Sister-in-law, you're joking."
After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Yesterday I asked someone to send one thousand taels of silver to Xiangling and one thousand taels to Jiaojiao."
"They serve in the East Palace together. After all, they are cousins, so they can look after each other."
He's words made Xu's expression change again and again.
She could accept that her daughter was not favored in the Eastern Palace, and she could also accept that others were favored.
But when Su Xiangling entered the Eastern Palace and was favored, she felt extremely uncomfortable.
In fact, she also understood that if it wasn't Su Xiangling, it would be someone else, and the cousins would always have someone to take care of them.
But I just can't get over it.
Now that He had given her a way out, she took the opportunity to step down.
He asked, "Thank you very much. Is there anything you need when you come back at this time, aunt?"
He thought for a moment and said, "This is what happened. Many of the herbs in the shop have gone moldy. I want to come back and ask my brother what to do."
Xu looked at her thoughtfully, "Then according to what my aunt wants to do?"
He replied cautiously, feeling a little guilty.
"Let's be honest, these herbs all came from the He family. They're moldy now. Can you give us a replacement batch?"
He had consulted an expert, who confirmed that the herbs had been moldy for at least six months. However, the herbs had been delivered to the Su family pharmacy three months earlier, which gave rise to some intriguing information.
He Shi didn't want to break up with her family, but the problem of medicinal herbs had to be solved. The Su family couldn't afford to bear the loss of so many medicinal herbs.
When Xu heard this, her face suddenly darkened.
"You didn't keep it properly, and you're asking us?"
"I haven't charged you any money for these herbs yet. Even if I'm leaning towards my husband's family, I can't keep coming to my parents' house to ask for money, right?"
He's face flushed with shame. She didn't say anything excessive, so how could she be considered a beggar?
Today at the Marquis' Mansion, Su Chengyan and the old lady were dissatisfied with her eldest brother, and they felt that they were being cheated by the He family. When she returned to her parents' home, she was described as a poor relative who was asking for money.
He found an outlet for the grievances she had been feeling for days. "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? How am I asking for money?"
"The Su family owes money to the He family, but we have also written an IOU."
"Now there's a problem with the herbs, and my sister-in-law doesn't think about how to solve it, she just keeps scolding me. So let's find someone to investigate and see when these herbs became moldy."
Seeing her like this, Mrs. Xu also became angry.
He raised his voice and said unhappily, "Just check it out. Who can still deceive those two sons of the Su family?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps outside the hall, followed by a man's deep voice.
"Why are you two still arguing? Stop it."
The person who came in was He Guangju, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, He's biological brother.
Behind He Guangju is He Guangfu, the apparent head of He’s Medicinal Materials Store.
After the two came in, He and Xu also calmed down.
After greeting each other, they sat down as host and guest.
When He Guangju heard that the medicinal herbs sent to the Su family were moldy, he looked at He Guangfu calmly.
He Guangfu turned his face away guiltily, not daring to look directly at him. He Guangju immediately understood what was going on.
He said, "Don't worry, sister. It might be that the warehouse staff was negligent. I'll have someone take away those herbs and send you new ones."
"As for these..." He glanced at He Guangfu, "Just take them outside the city and destroy them."
He Guangfu immediately became anxious when he heard this. This was all hard-earned money, how could it be destroyed?
"Cousin, think twice, that's not a small amount."
This cousin was good in every way: loyal to his brothers and willing to support his fellow clansmen. His only problem was that he was too pedantic and inflexible.
How can you be inflexible in business? If everyone listened to him, how could the He family make so much money?
So when He Guangfu was in charge of affairs outside, he would tell He Guangju some things, keep some things secret, and only tell him half of some things and keep the other half.
Just like the batch of medicinal herbs given to the Su family, many of them were moldy, but He Guangfu didn't say anything.
"Can we sell moldy herbs without destroying them? We want to make money, but we can't take other people's lives."
He Guangfu tried to persuade him again in a low voice, but He Guangju was determined to do so and remained unmoved no matter how he was persuaded.
He Guangfu was anxious, and suddenly an idea came to him. He said, "Cousin, doesn't the court want our family to provide disaster relief? I think this batch of medicinal herbs is just right."
"Those who received these medicines were all poor disaster victims. They had barely seen any medicine before, let alone how to tell whether the herbs were good or not."
"When the time comes, we'll distribute the good ones, and for the bad ones, we'll just boil some medicine on the spot and distribute one bowl a day. The court and the people will praise our kindness and righteousness, and we'll also save money."
The more He Guangfu spoke, the more he thought this was a good idea. They were just a bunch of ants. It was good enough that they could drink the medicine. How could they expect to be given the best medicinal herbs?
After hearing the latter part, He Guangju frowned even more tightly.
"How can this be allowed? If someone dies..."
He Guangfu heard this and advised, "Even if someone died, they died of freezing or starvation. What does it have to do with us? Our medicinal herbs can't fill people's stomachs, let alone bring them back to life."
After saying that, He Guangfu gave Xu a look, indicating that she should try to persuade him.
Xu had benefited a lot from He Guangfu in the past few years, and she also felt that what he said made sense.
Then he began to persuade: "Master, what Fifth Cousin said makes sense. This way we can save a lot of money."
"These are all for disaster victims. What could go wrong if they eat them?"
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