Does your husband only love his wife?I turned around and left the house to marry a villain

Aunt Xi felt her scalp tingling. She stared at the father and his two sons in a daze and asked, "Do you want me to steal money?"

Xi Lao Da walked to Nanny Xi, helped Nanny Xi sit in the main seat, and coaxed in a low voice: "How can this be called stealing? This is at best borrowing. We borrowed some capital from Madam Wen, and when we make the money back, we will return her with interest. It's not like we are borrowing and not paying it back."

Xi Lao Er also walked forward and stood beside Xi Ma Ma and said, "Mom, our house still owes a large sum of money. As long as we earn this money, our family will never have to be someone else's slaves again. When the time comes, I will ask Dad to redeem your indenture, and Mom will sit in the house as a mistress, and just take care of your two daughters-in-law."

Xi Baihu didn't say anything, but kept staring at Nanny Xi, which made Nanny Xi tremble in her heart.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Boss Xi said again: "Mom, make your own decision. We won't force you."

"That's not what I meant." Aunt Xi really hoped that Wen Rongchang could make this deal so that he could bear the main risk. If she let them do it on their own, she would really be unsure.

But even though she was uncertain, Nanny Xi still valued the benefits more. As long as the cargo of the three ships went out to sea, it would be difficult to recover it when the court found out: "Let me think about it again. I'll think about it again."

"Mom, we can't wait any longer. This business was approached to us more than half a month ago. After we rejected the other party, we never contacted him again. I heard that he went to the ghost market to buy salt at a high price. In less than ten days or half a month, the foreigner will leave Yanjing." Xi Laoer said.

Aunt Xi got anxious and turned to glare at Xi Lao Er: "That will take a few days for me to prepare. It will also take some time to withdraw the banknotes from Madam's shop. You can check the other party's background carefully."

"You are afraid of this and that, but what are you afraid of? Bai Dingxiang was not beheaded after being convicted. At most, her property was confiscated and she was exiled. If we are unlucky enough to be caught, we will be exiled at most. As long as we can save our lives, we will have a chance to make a comeback." Xi Baihu said impatiently.

When Aunt Xi heard this, the last bit of worry in her heart disappeared: "Okay, I'll prepare the money, you go prepare the goods."

Nanny Xi was very lucky. When she was about to withdraw the banknotes from Lin Xing'er's shop, Lin Xing'er happened to be running between the Xiao family and the Wen family just to comfort Xiao Sangwan. She had no time to take care of the shop's affairs.

Wen Rongchang has also been paying attention to Xiao Jun's case.

Gu Changning's swift and decisive measures soon put all the ministers and aristocratic families who were involved in the conspiracy that led to the annihilation of Xiao's army into the imperial prison.

After the case received the attention of the imperial court, several treacherous people who participated in the murder of the Xiao family either hanged themselves or took poison, leaving their family members in the harem to take the blame for them. No one could escape the heinous crime of murdering the Xiao family.

No one mentioned the salt smuggling incident that had caused a lot of controversy some time ago, but Wen Rongchang still didn't dare to take over the business from the foreigner. He always felt that the risk was too high and the business was not so easy to accomplish. He also ordered the Xi family not to contact the foreigner again.

Nanny Xi promised Wen Rongchang in person that she had cut off contact with the foreign businessmen and would obey Wen Rongchang's words in everything. However, in fact, their Xi family had secretly contacted the foreign businessmen and the two sides were negotiating the price.

The foreigners wanted cheap goods. The Xi family found out that the salt the foreigners bought from the ghost market was five times higher than what they had, so they demanded that the foreigners buy the salt at five times the price.

The foreigners disagreed and only promised the Xi family that they could add another shipload of goods. However, the Xi family felt that adding one more ship would mean more risk, so the conversation between the two sides stalled for another two days.

But he was not in a hurry to thank the gift. The Xi family was greedy for money, and this business with the foreigners had more disadvantages than advantages.

He asked the foreigners to spread the word that they could buy the goods from the Xi family at double the price, and they would not take even a penny more. He also announced that they would leave Yanjing City in two days.

The Xi family went back and discussed the matter all night before agreeing to the foreigners' request.

Xie Li immediately reported the news to Gu Changning: "Your Majesty, the Xi family has taken over the foreigners' business. They will load the goods at Huainan Yunjing Wharf in five days. They have booked four ships."

At this time, Gu Changning was sitting on the dragon chair, writing the imperial edict with a calm mind, and asked, "Did Wen Rongchang participate?"

"No." Xie Li said, "The woman from the Xi family took advantage of the fact that she was in charge of Madam Wen's shop and secretly used Wen Rongchang's name to pay a lot of banknotes from Madam Wen's shop as capital. Wen Rongchang has been deceived until now."

"Then continue to hide it. When the Xi family delivers the goods, arrest them, and then..." Gu Changning put down his pen and ink, looked at the edict of guilt he wrote with satisfaction, raised his thin lips slightly, and was confident of victory: "Send someone to tell Wen Rongchang the news and see how Wen Rongchang will react. I hope he... won't let me look down on him."

Xie Li was stunned for a moment. Gu Changning's words "Don't let me look down on you" made Xie Li puzzled.

At this time, Xiao Zhi walked quickly into the Council Hall and asked, "Your Majesty, Master Kunling has calculated the time for the funeral, which is tomorrow at 3:00 pm. I wonder what arrangements Your Majesty has made, and who does he want to carry the old marquis' coffin?"

Gu Changning paused and remained silent for a long time.

The old marquis is Gu Changning's maternal grandfather.

Before he was sent to Chen State as a hostage for nine years, he lived with the old marquis in the marquis's mansion for two years. Although the memory was too distant and too vague, Gu Changning could still remember what the old marquis had said to him before he died.

[Changning, you were born in wealth and honor, and you also shoulder the responsibility of the country. You are a good man of Yan State. Your grandfather will protect you. When you return to your homeland, everything will be fine.]

Is he too naive, or has he already seen through the late emperor's coldness?

When Gu Changning went to Chen Kingdom, he went there full of hope. When he came back, everything in the Xiao family had changed.

The person who told him to protect this homeland has been buried in the earth.

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Zhi called out.

Gu Changning came back to his senses and asked, "Who will be arranged to carry the old marquis's coffin?"

"Master Jia said that the Xiao family has no one left. He is the only man in the Xiao family. He will lead the way. I will select a few soldiers from the Xiao army to carry the old marquis' coffin. Also, the rest of the coffins in the Xiao mansion will be carried by the Xiao family army. The old marquis and the people of the Xiao family must also hope to see Xiao Jun still alive."

As Xiao Zhi repeated Jia Xian's words, his throat slowly began to choke.

Xiao Zhi's army was the one that Xiao Wenbo had tried his best to protect when he was alive. It was also the only secret army that had not been discovered by the previous emperor. It was the army that Xiao Wenbo left for Gu Changning to use, and it was also the descendant of the 100,000 Xiao army...