Chapter 1414 Getting Luck by the Reborn Stepsister 168 Understanding the Truth
Chapter 1414 Being robbed of luck by the reborn stepsister 168 Understanding the truth
Chapter 1408: Being robbed of luck by the reborn step-sister 168: Learn the truth
Some people say that the old lady of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion got rich after a trip to Sanjiang. This was because the Duke originally buried the treasure there, and Mrs. Xiao just went to dig it up.
But someone immediately retorted, saying that they had lived in such poverty for the past twenty years, and if they really had treasure, why didn't they dig it out and use it earlier?
Some people say that Mrs. Xiao went to Sanjiang this time and met her old subordinates, who gave her a large amount of treasures.
Others say that Mrs. Xiao found a relative in Sanjiang and that the treasure belongs to that relative. As for who this relative is, no one can find out because the Zhenguo government has taken good confidentiality measures.
For a time, the entire capital was filled with rumors about the Zhenguo Palace. In the end, it turned out that Mrs. Xiao came back from Sanjiang with ten carriages of gold, silver and jewelry, and also brought back three hundred thousand-mile horses.
This rumor even alarmed the emperor.
However, what interested the emperor was that Mrs. Xiao actually brought back dozens of good horses.
He announced Xiao Zhengshu into the palace, and after a while of greetings, he asked him: "Is your family okay?"
Xiao Zhengshu naturally replied gratefully: "Your Majesty, I am thinking about you. My mother is still in good health."
It was indeed good. She said she would explain her sister's affairs to him when she returned home, but unfortunately, after returning home, she suddenly felt that she was about to make a breakthrough, and then she retreated into seclusion.
Moreover, because Ruyue gave her a secluded valley pill that could last for a month, and also helped her set up some kind of array, after her mother retreated, he couldn't even enter her Songyantang.
It's been several days and it still hasn't come out.
He had to ask the niece and found out the truth.
However, my mother's health has really improved, otherwise, she would not be able to break through in retreat.
However, she had just returned home, and people from all walks of life wanted to inquire about the news, but her mother closed her door and locked him out, dealing with various forces and constantly clarifying all kinds of rumors.
The emperor had a smile on his face: "I heard that your father went to Sanjiang this time and brought back ten carriages of treasure?"
Xiao Zhengshu smiled bitterly: "There is no treasure, it's just the luggage that my sister's daughter brought with her when she moved."
"Your sister? Wasn't your sister killed in the war fifteen years ago? Why did she give birth to another daughter?"
Xiao Zhengshu had no choice but to explain that Xiao Baiyu did not die that year, but lived in Wujia Village with her child. She also lost her memory. She was met by Wu Tiansheng and married back home. However, she died after giving birth to a daughter due to poor health.
When the daughter grew up, she entered the Yaowang Valley. After she left school, she dreamed that her mother told her that she was not of the shaman family and wanted to go to Sanjiang to find relatives. She asked a man to buy a house, and happened to buy the yard that the Xiao family had sold for money to prepare for the ritual.
Next, when Mrs. Xiao arrived, she happened to meet her at the gate and told her everything.
The emperor felt very ashamed when he heard that Mrs. Xiao was going to pay homage to the soldiers who died in the Sanjiang Battle, including the old man and his two sons, but she actually had her house sold first so that she could have the money to do things.
He also knew about the payment of pensions to dead soldiers back then. Years of war at that time had emptied the national treasury, and too many people died in the Battle of Sanjiang. The national treasury could not come up with so much money to pay pensions, so it could only mean it.
.At that time, Mrs. Xiao took out all the family property, rewards and seizures, and paid them as a pension.
In addition to salary, military generals' income is bonuses from battlefield seizures. This is a convention, and they basically turn a blind eye.