C207 (2/2)

”Since that's the case, then you and Brother Shuo should hurry back. Once your mother has set the date, immediately send someone to inform Grandmother that this is a major matter of our Xu Family, and it will not be good for us to wait any longer either. ”

Once Old Madame Xu's words came out, Xu Yanhao and Ye Shuo, who were also thinking of returning home, stood up at the same time and bowed before leaving.

It was already very filial for the two of them to come directly to the Xu Family to see the Old Madame Xu after entering the palace. They had received the news that they wanted, so the Old Madame Xu naturally could not keep them.

After the two of them left, Dong Shu looked at Old Madame Xu and said: ”Mother, Yanhao and Shuo Ge'er brought back a lot of furs and medicinal herbs, they said that Master had brought them in from the north.” When she mentioned those thick fur and medicinal ingredients that looked good from a glance, Dong Shu's crescent eyes had always been smiling.

It wasn't that Dong Shu hadn't seen good stuff before, these few months the Empress Hu s in the palace had given her plenty of good stuff.

She only liked the feeling of being targeted by Xu Shiqiu.

When Old Madame Xu heard Dong Shu, her face revealed a happy smile, ”It's good that you like the things that we buy. The man in Xu Family is a martial general, if you have the chance in the future, you will definitely receive special products from other places.”

The reason the Old Madame Xu could say such a thing was naturally because when she was young, every time Xu Shiqiu's father went out, he would bring her quite a few things.

The most important point was that although fighting outside the city was extremely difficult, after one enemy was killed, they would clean up the place. After the soldiers had fought to the death, they would always have to get some precious items, such as gold and silver.

As long as there weren't too many of them, there was no need to register them.

The soldiers had to share some of what they had taken away with the general. The general naturally had to take responsibility for them. If this matter was exposed, the generals would be held accountable.

However, this matter had already become a common practice. As long as the generals were not too greedy, they would register themselves after collecting a large amount of gold and silver and bring some back to the capital to hand over to the kingdom, they would not take the initiative to mention this matter.

After all, the soldiers who risked their lives to go out and fight were bound to give them some benefits.

Previously, even though his Xu Family only had Xu Zhenbei as a martial general, his family's business in Xu Family was truly not small.

Especially those things that were hard to sell and were difficult to take away. More than a decade ago, when something happened in the Xu Family, Old Madame Xu had kept those things well, and arranged for a few of her trusted aides to watch over them.

These things belonged to the Old Madame Xu's private rooms and had not been distributed among the other families.

This was also the reason that the Old Madame Xu still had some connections in the capital. With these things, as long as Xu Family did not need to keep a low profile, then they would be able to quickly return to the top of the influential families in the capital.

It was just that after experiencing the previous events, Old Madame Xu wasn't really willing to watch the Xu Family return to the peak of power.

Now, she only wanted her Xu Family to tide through this crisis and take revenge. In the future, she would no longer be in charge and would peacefully take care of matters at home.

Dong Shu didn't know what Old Madame Xu was thinking at the moment, but upon hearing her words, her face revealed an expression of joy but also reluctance, ”Although I like these things, I am still unwilling to part with Hubby from the capital for too long.” After saying this, Dong Shu thought for a moment, then continued to speak in a low voice: ”I don't know if Brother-in-law will agree to bring her family when we leave the capital at this time of year.”

It was a rule for a military general's family to stay in the capital.

The first reason was that it was indeed dangerous for a martial general to travel. The second reason was that they wanted to keep the families of the martial generals in the capital as hostages.

Once the military generals had the intention of bringing honor to themselves, the families that they left behind in the capital would become tools used by the royal family to threaten them.

Old Madame Xu understood this better than Dong Shu, so after hearing Dong Shu's words, she smiled towards him.

If their son-in-law could really successfully ascend to the throne at the end of the year, then in the future, their Xu Family might not need to go all out like that.

After all, the later generations were unable to control a large amount of military power.