Chapter 424: The Situation Changes
"Auntie knows you've been wronged. If you keep looking back, you'll only make things difficult for yourself. You should always look forward and look to the future."
Although Madam Zhou didn't know much about Xin An, her story was no secret in Huaijiang. On her wedding day, the groom was replaced, and she went from being the wife of the eldest son of the Marquis's Mansion to the wife of the second young master. This was a great humiliation to Xin An and the Xin family by the Marquis's Mansion.
During that period, the Xin family could not hold their heads up in Huaijiang. They were mocked and ridiculed wherever they went. People urged them to have courage and bring the girl back and never have anything to do with the Marquis's Mansion again.
But how could the Xin family easily offend the Marquis's Mansion? It was only after the second son of the Marquis's Mansion frequently sent gifts that the matter was gradually settled.
People far away in Huaijiang are like this, so Xin An can imagine how difficult it is to stay in the Marquis' Mansion. If she is not a weak person, how can she come back to visit her relatives in such a glorious way today? Xin An, who was just thinking about the prison she had just drawn on the ground, followed Madam Zhou's words and thought about her current situation. She has a husband who is pleasing to her and treats her well, and protects her mother-in-law. I can't say that she is like a fish in water in the Marquis' Mansion, but she is quite comfortable. She has friends like Lin Yao and Sister Xu who can talk to each other, and many people who are on good terms with her.
Her family members were getting better and better, and were living better than many others. She shouldn't always think about the past and shouldn't be so pretentious. After all, it had only been a year since she opened her eyes after her rebirth.
After a year, she and Tang Mo have reached their current situation, and they should be proud of it.
"Auntie's words have made me suddenly enlightened. I want to thank you for not treating me as an outsider."
Mrs. Zhou said that she had several books on how to deal with things. "Everyone has times when they have problems with themselves. Once they can't make peace with themselves, they tend to get stuck in a dead end and hurt themselves and others. Whenever that happens, I read a book to calm myself down. Every time I read the principles in the book, I have a different understanding. I'll copy a copy and send it to you later."
"We women should read more books, so that we can understand more and not panic when encountering problems."
Mrs. Xin thought what she said was really good. She envied the educated people who could speak so nicely. She didn't know this before, but now she thought that most of the time she was angry because she couldn't let it go and was being hard on herself. Thinking of the quarrel with Xin Kuan not long ago, she smiled and asked, "Last month, I heard some news and my master got angry at night. Halfway through the quarrel, I realized that I had misunderstood. I almost lost face at that time. Mother-in-law, if it were you, what would you do?"
She thought that scholars should have a perfect solution.
Mrs. Zhou laughed while pinching her handkerchief before she finished speaking. "At a time like this, you just need to raise your voice and bring up the past. If he dares to stand up straight and thinks he has the upper hand, you can sit down and cover your face and blame him, saying that he yelled at you and must have second thoughts."
This has nothing to do with whether you have read books or not, it is purely life experience.
Xin An couldn't help laughing. Madam Xin was stunned, as if she didn't expect that Madam Zhou, who was full of knowledge, would have such a trick. She immediately felt a lot closer to her. Zhou Yutan didn't expect her mother-in-law to ask such a question, and she didn't expect her mother to answer like this. She felt embarrassed but also a little happy, and then she silently pricked up her ears to learn from the experience.
When Wang heard the laughter and came over, Madam Xin pulled her to sit down and saw that they were discussing how to get along with each other as husband and wife. "This is really a way of learning from each other as you grow old together. It's also very interesting to talk about it."
Wang smiled and expressed her own opinion after listening to the topic they talked about. "I know what you always say. I understand everything. If you start talking like this, you can be considered a one-trick pony."
Everyone laughed again, except Wang, who smiled on the surface but was thinking in her heart how to squeeze out all the value of Tang Gang and how to send him away quietly.
At this moment, Tang Gang was counting the proceeds from this trip to Huaijiang River and divided it into two parts. He kept one for himself and the other part to be sent to Tang Rong after returning to Beijing. He was always thinking about his eldest son.
As Tang Rong was away from the capital for longer and longer, the things he had done before gradually faded in Tang Gang's eyes. Compared with his eldest son not being around, those things were nothing. As for Tang Mo, who was escorting the donation back to the capital, he was not worried at all. He only thought that Tang Mo might steal the credit when he returned to the capital. By then, the second son would be the eldest son and he would be out of reach. How could he suppress the growth of his second son?
I was thinking too much, and I had been angry recently. After a while, I felt a blockage in my chest and difficulty breathing, so I lay down to rest.
Another half month passed, and the Huaijiang charity donation had ended. All that was left was for those in the Hanlin Academy to work on their pens. Finally, it was calculated that a total of more than 8 million taels of charity had been raised, which was similar to Xin Kuan's original estimate. Tang Gang was also preparing to return to Beijing.
At this time, Tang Mo arrived in the capital with the donations. He immediately went to the palace to hand over the donations to the emperor, knelt on one knee and clasped his fists, "My father and I have fulfilled our mission and are escorting four million taels of silver back to the capital. Please review it, Your Majesty."
The emperor was very pleased and said, "You have done a good job."
He wanted one million, and he would only be disappointed if the father and son really brought him one million. As an emperor, there are some things that cannot be said too clearly, and his subjects need to understand more.
The emperor inquired about the situation in Huaijiang. Tang Mo did not hide anything, saying that Huaijiang had a unique geographical location and the people were wealthy. The merchants had not been enthusiastic about donating money, but when they learned that a war had broken out in the northwest, they all donated generously. "The aristocratic families, led by the Wen family, and the merchants, led by the Yao family, all said they were willing to help the court quell the war in the northwest in exchange for peace for the people."
His words were not much different from what the emperor's spies had reported back. The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said, "The war in the northwest has already started. This batch of silver has arrived at the right time. You have had a hard time on this trip. Go back and rest for a day. I will have another errand for you."
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Tang Mo had just returned home, and before he had time to talk to Tang Yu, Liao Zhi came. After only one or two months of not seeing each other, Tang Mo found that Liao Zhi's murderous aura had increased a lot. As soon as the two sat down, Liao Zhi asked Tang Mo to change his clothes and go to work. "There have been a lot of chaos recently, and there are too many things piled up. Wu Kun is dead."
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"Dead?"
Tang Mo's face was serious. Wu Kun was the deputy commander of the Northern Army like him. "He was only 32 years old and strong. How could he die?"
Liao Zhi recently killed not only Wu Kun, but also one of his deputy generals, who followed him to collect the debts owed by various families. "This is revenge."
Tang Mo's heart skipped a beat. He knew that the capital would not be peaceful. He did not expect that it had come to this. "My old man learned about this and said that the emperor wanted to collect the debt owed to the treasury. He guessed that you might be the one to take on this task."
"This job is not easy. Is there any noble family that can pay you back?"
(End of this chapter)
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