Yan Yunyao said, "The Xu family's businesses are now all in my hands, so naturally they wouldn't dare to cause any more trouble."
"Will Vice Minister Xu obediently give it to you?"
"They had no choice but to give it to them," Yan Yunyao said.
"Do you have leverage over the Xu family?"
"The princess is indeed clever," Yan Yunyao said with a smile.
Jiang Chuwei smiled.
What she didn't say was that she also knew that the evidence Yan Yunyao held against Xu Shilang must be that Xu had embezzled funds from the Ministry of Revenue.
In his previous life, Vice Minister Xu was imprisoned for embezzlement.
"You've got the skills," Jiang Chuwei praised.
Yan Yunyao chose to stay in the Xu family for the sake of her daughter.
If she wants to live a good life, she has to stand on her own two feet.
"Now, I am the true power holder of the Xu family." After saying that, Yan Yunyao revealed a smug smile.
“Great! From now on, if you can maintain the quality of our business, we can cooperate with you on all our industries.” As soon as Jiang Chuwei finished speaking, Yan Yunyao happily clinked glasses with her, “It’s a deal!”
After saying that, he tilted his head back and drank the wine in his glass clean.
Jiang Chuwei clicked her tongue in amazement.
"You have a really good capacity for alcohol!"
Jiang Chuwei admired him sincerely.
"I'm sorry to have made you laugh!" Yan Yunyao's face even had a hint of江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry) spirit.
Just then, a maid dressed in men's clothing heard the commotion and exclaimed, "Miss...Miss! You've been drinking again! The doctor said you can't drink."
"It's alright! I'll stop drinking it starting tomorrow!"
Jiang Chuwei asked in confusion, "Doctor?"
Yan Yunyao laughed heartily: "I'm not sick." She lowered her voice, "I'm planning to have a child."
Jiang Chuwei understood, "Then you really can't drink alcohol."
Yan Yunyao asked, "Your Highness, don't you think I'm clueless?"
Jiang Chuwei smiled but didn't say anything.
Her opinion is unimportant.
Judging from this, Yan Yunyao needs someone to confide in.
As expected, she wasn't annoyed at not getting a reply from Jiang Chuwei, and continued, "I just want to have a son, so that the family fortune I've worked so hard to earn won't fall into the hands of the Xu family."
"Can you understand this feeling? If Xu Qing treats me well, it's fine for my hard-earned fortune to go to his son. But Xu Qing is not a reliable person. When I get old, the Xu family will not be a support for my daughter. After I die, my daughter will have to be mindful of her half-brothers' attitude if she wants to return to her parents' home. So I must have a son, and I will teach him to treat my daughter well."
Perhaps because of the alcohol, Yan Yunyao's mood became low as she spoke.
Jiang Chuwei listened quietly.
“I’ve thought about it many times: I should just get a divorce and live with my daughter. But the Daqing Dynasty doesn’t allow female households to be established, so my daughter won’t even have a place to live if she stays with me.”
“Lady Yongning will not stand idly by,” Jiang Chuwei said.
"But that's the Yan family. My daughter's surname is Xu. In the Yan family, she's just a cousin living there. She'll always feel like she's living under someone else's roof."
Yan Yunyao looked at Jiang Chuwei and said, "Why must a daughter marry into a strange family when she grows up? She becomes a guest in her own family and an outsider in her husband's family. I want to raise my daughter on my own, but I don't even have the right to establish my own household. Why is this world so harsh on women?"
Yan Yunyao took another sip of wine. "You don't know, every time I'm in bed with Xu Qing, I can't help but want to lift him off me, but I also need a son."
"Stop drinking!" Jiang Chuwei took her wine glass away.
If you want a son so badly, it would be really bad for the child if you actually got pregnant.
This has been the case for thousands of years: women obey their fathers at home, their husbands after marriage, and their sons after their husbands' deaths. Even if Yan Yunyao were in her husband's family, once she grew older and her illegitimate son took over, there would be plenty of ways to mistreat her.
After all, as long as the head of the household keeps things tightly under wraps, how much can anyone know about what happens in the inner quarters of a mansion?
Yan Yunyao said, "I don't usually drink like this. I was just happy today and got along well with the princess, so I had an extra sip."
"This is hardly a bite," Jiang Chuwei chuckled.
People who are drunk will always say they haven't drunk much, no matter when they're intoxicated.
“I’m giving myself a year. If I don’t get pregnant, I’ll adopt a son from the clan and register him under my name. He will be the legitimate son of the Xu family,” Yan Yunyao continued.
How much pent-up frustration must he have felt to finally pour out his heart to Jiang Chuwei?
“But I feel nauseous whenever Xu Qing gets close to me. So I carefully planned the days, and he was not allowed to go to any of his concubines’ rooms during the days the doctor said were the most fertile, until I got pregnant.”
"I have a son now, Xu Qing can get as far away from me as possible," Yan Yunyao murmured.
After saying that, Yan Yunyao was about to pick up her wine glass again.
The maid then forcibly snatched the cup away and quickly explained to the princess, "Miss doesn't act like this in front of others."
Jiang Chuwei said, "It's alright, take good care of your young lady."
Yan Yunyao said, "Please forgive my rudeness, Your Highness."
Jiang Chuwei looked at her suspiciously, "You're not drunk?"
"This little bit of alcohol is nothing to me. Actually, I'm just feeling really down and want to talk to someone. I'm just using alcohol to give myself courage."
Hearing this, Jiang Chuwei did indeed breathe a sigh of relief.
If Yan Yunyao gets drunk regardless of the occasion, her true colors will soon be revealed to others.
Such a business won't last long; people who drink too much are prone to ruining things.
If Yan Yunyao is that kind of person, Jiang Chuwei will have to reconsider cooperating with her.
"Why did you feel comfortable telling me all of this?"
Actually, the two of them didn't have that kind of relationship.
Yan Yunyao said, "Because you are a role model for women!"
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