bayedsolid Chapter 418
Chapter 418
Chapter 418
"Father, you've provided five years' worth of provisions to the Great Xia?" Yun Xiyue was shocked. She had no idea that the Yun family was involved in the provisions business.
“It’s not that we don’t want to tell you, Yue’er, it’s just that Little Devil said we shouldn’t flaunt our wealth.” Madam Yun pulled her down to sit and slowly explained, “We will tell you all these things when you inherit the position of head of the family.”
"We provided provisions to Great Xia for two reasons: first, to help the people of Great Xia end the war as soon as possible; and second, because Shen Yue is your husband. We secretly helped him with some things while he was in the army camp..."
Hearing these things, Madam Yun regretted her actions. "I never thought Shen Yue was this kind of person. We didn't tell you, we didn't reveal the Yun family's immense wealth. We only let people know that the Yun family were wealthy merchants in Yunzhou. Yet the Shen family is so greedy."
"You look down on me, yet you want to seize our family's wealth. When the Shen family offered to bring your father to the capital to do business, we refused. Because if we grew big in the capital, it would inevitably attract even greater greed from the Shen family. We don't want people to know about our Yun family's wealth, also so that we can better select a husband for you."
But in the end, I still chose the wrong option.
Yun Xiyue asked, "Does eldest brother know?"
"Han'er knows, but he said he won't compete with you and will support you to become the head of the Yun family."
"Also, the Yun family is just that our family has few descendants, while the Yun clan is still very large. We entrust some of our businesses to them to manage."
"Therefore, we need to select an heir that everyone agrees on."
Madam Yun held her hand, "Even if you enter the palace and become Empress, we will still be your support. If you give birth to a princess, you can bring her back to the Yun family to raise. If there are two princes, the Emperor has promised to give our Yun family one as an heir. The two brothers can look after each other. The elder brother can govern the country, and the younger brother can be responsible for making money. Isn't that wonderful!"
She thought Murong Yu was a smart man and agreed almost without hesitation.
He understands the principle that you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.
Moreover, doing so would not cause any loss to his Murong family, so why not agree?
What Lady Yun didn't expect was that the Empress Dowager would be so clueless.
"So if you really don't want to get married, then call it off. We'll go back to Yunzhou tomorrow. Don't worry about the Emperor interfering; he wouldn't dare!"
Yun Xiyue asked, "Is it because Murong Yu didn't know about your donation of grain to the imperial court at first?"
"Well, your father and I didn't want to come to the capital, nor did we want to expose the fact that the Yun family still had granaries. We just had someone deliver them to the border and said it was a donation before leaving."
Madam Yun said, "We thought that once the war ended, Shen Yue could return to the capital to be with you. After you had your child, we would go to the capital again to talk to the Shen family about giving one of their children to our Yun family. We also wanted you to return to Yunzhou to take over the Yun family's business."
"But things didn't go as planned! It felt like I was having a nightmare."
Isn't it?
Yunxi Yue also experienced a nightmare.
I even feel like this is all a dream.
I was terrified of waking up to find myself in a dark, cramped room.
"Your father is back."
Yunnan Sheng walked in.
"How is it? Has the engagement been called off?" Madam Yun asked quickly.
Yunnan Sheng said, "The Empress Dowager was so angry she fainted. The Emperor does not agree to annul the engagement. However, I have already returned the betrothal gifts to him."
"Pack your things, we'll head back to Yunzhou tomorrow. Han'er will stay in the capital to cover our retreat. Once things are settled, we'll leave together with Ling'er."
"If a place doesn't welcome us, we can just move to another location."
After they finished speaking, they looked at Yun Xiyue.
"Moon, what do you think?"