Traveling through life as a widow: six sons to support her in her old age

Chapter 247: The Guilt of the Capital Bandits

Lan Qiyan left the Jiang Mansion and took out half of it. The Jiang family didn't dare to say a word.

The Jiang family took the lead, and Lan Qiyan turned into a bandit in the capital. She grabbed everyone on the list.

Many officials who had been bullied by Lan Qiyan went to report to the police collectively. Gu Rufeng only reminded them that Lan Qiyan did this in such a high-profile manner, how could the palace not know about it?

The officials left in disgrace again. Yes, the emperor was behind Lan Qiyan. It seemed that they had fleeced all the officials this time, but the families of those extremely poor officials were not affected.

So this was instructed by the Emperor.

The two people who were speculated were dividing the spoils in the Yangxin Palace at this time, bah, they were planning the use of the property.

Lan Qiyan drank the tea and spat out two leaves. "Your Majesty, you are using last year's old tea to entertain me? What about the new tea? Hasn't it been delivered yet?"

"We haven't finished last year's drink yet, why drink something new? It's good to have something to drink, don't be picky."

"You are so stingy. Your treasury is full, why are you still taking money from them?"

"You don't know, in the past two years, they have been buying and selling official positions, opening mines, and selling private salt right under my nose, making a lot of money."

"Then catch them and replace them with another batch."

Chu Huai smiled. Why didn't he worry that Lan Qiyan would rebel? Because this guy had no ability to govern the country. Her opinion was that if he was not capable, he should just be killed and replaced with another batch.

When he came to power, he spent three years carrying out a major purge of officials, replacing them all with his people. However, after a while, people's hearts would start to change. After all, who would complain about having too much money?

But he knew that they were greedy, but he couldn't kill them. Everyone has his own job, and the stability of the country requires the balance and effort of everyone, and no one can be missing.

He couldn't touch these people, but he wouldn't let them have an easy time either, so he arranged a marriage for Yu Ze and asked Lan Qiyan to pay the betrothal gift. All of Lan Qiyan's money was spent in Northern Xinjiang.

She didn't have that much money to prepare, so he gave her a way out, and the list fell into Lan Qiyan's hands.

Take this opportunity to make an example of someone and frighten him.

Lan Qiyan: Damn it, I’m just a tool.

Chu Huai: You still have many opportunities to be a tool.

Lan Qiyan:......

"Lan Qiyan, take 100,000 taels as a betrothal gift to Yuze, and the rest will go to the national treasury."

Lan Qiyan really wanted to smash him to death with a silver ingot. Hundreds of thousands of taels, she would have to have one hundred thousand taels.

"Don't curse me in your low voice. The water conservancy project in Jiangnan requires a large amount of funds. Your Imperial Guard is responsible for it. Can I not allocate funds?"

"That's your Chu family's seed."

"You are the one who raised him in the Yu family, so you have to be responsible."

"I'm the sun, your uncle."

"Get out." Damn it, who dared to scold her like that? It must be this rude woman. I really don't know how General Yu could endure it.

Yu Zian: Habit becomes nature, you don’t understand.

Lan Qiyan snorted angrily. If he had known earlier, he would not be so honest. At least he would have kept some.

But with these one hundred thousand, she can prepare a betrothal gift for her eldest son.

This matter was directly handed over to Yan Xinlan. Her original words were that she was responsible for the money but not the work, and that as a mother, you should take some responsibility.

Yan Xinlan originally wanted to use her own dowry, after all, this was her husband's child, but Lan Qiyan wouldn't let her, so she didn't refuse. After all, their Xie family was really poor, and they couldn't mention this matter. It would bring tears to her eyes if she did.

After this incident, Lan Qiyan was awarded the title of capital bandit.

But she didn't care. It was just a title. They would get used to it in the future.

Lan Qiyan, who had some free time, finally remembered the letter that Pingting brought. If she knew that this letter was written by Pei's mother to thank her, she would never open it.

In the evening, Yuze, who came back from get off work, did not find her. The children who came back one after another did not find her either. Lan Xiaoqi was so anxious that she cried, "Did Mom fall into a toilet and couldn't get out, or was she walking on the street and some official put a sack in her and dragged her into the alley and knocked her unconscious?"

Why haven't you returned home yet? Brothers, should we send someone to look for you at Wu Kuai Huo Lou or Nan Feng Xiao Zhu? "

"Not in a hurry."

Lan Xiaoqi stamped his feet and said, "Brother, why are you so calm? Why aren't you anxious? Mom is gone, and you're not anxious. If you're not anxious now, when will you be anxious?"

Yulin sighed, "Mom didn't go out at all."

"How did you know?"

Yulin pointed at Chuntao and the others, "They are still preparing the ingredients. It looks like we are going to have a hot pot dinner tonight. It must be arranged by mother. Let's go. We are not going to eat in the front hall today. Let's go to mother's small courtyard."

Lan Xiaoqi was skeptical and said, "Just carry me."

Yu Qi picked him up and said, "Your brother is growing taller. Brother Qi will hold you."

"Thank you, Brother Qi."

"You're welcome."

The brothers chatted and laughed as they came to the yard named Super Invincible Beauty. They stopped and looked up at the words.

"I'll change these words sooner or later."

"Then mother will punish you. Why change it? As long as mother is happy, that's all."

"What do you know? I'm worried. Isn't this a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt? What if a flower thief breaks in?"

"Then the flower thief should think about who the real flower thief is." Yumian said this and walked in.

The brothers curled their lips and said, Mom is not a person who doesn’t care about food.

Lan Qiyan was not happy even when he was eating from the pot.

"Mom, are you heartbroken?" Little Laoqi is still the bravest.

Lan Qiyan raised his eyelids and said, "I haven't talked about it yet. I'm going to get a divorce first and then talk about it."

Several brothers burst into laughter...

Yuze asked cautiously, "Does my father know?"

"I know. He doesn't want a divorce."

"Is it the third place winner?"

Lan Qiyan put the letter on the table. "Look, this guy is a child prodigy, but he grows fast and is taller than his peers. So his parents reported his age as five years older to prevent him from being bullied."

"So he's a year younger than the second oldest now?"

"Yeah, I feel like I'm such a beast, I actually flirted with him. Alas, I thought it was a male adult, but it turned out to be a fake. I'm worse than a beast."

Yuze placed the letter at the bottom of the pot and burned it. "Mom, this matter ends here. You don't need a divorce."

Lan Qiyan thought it made sense. She picked up the bowl and said, "Okay, let me listen to you, big boy. How old do you think the number one scholar is?"

Yuze felt that he could die right where he was today.

"Mom, the top scholar has also been sent out to gain experience." Yulin reminded.

"I see. What a pity."

"Yan'er, what a pity! We're going to have a pot today. I came just in time." Yu Zi'an said as he walked in from outside.

"My mother said we would have a hotpot today, but my father was too busy. I didn't expect you to come in at this time. Chuntao helped my father add a set of bowls and chopsticks." Yulin explained.

The others breathed a sigh of relief, but Lan Qiyan felt that they were overthinking it. Wasn't it clear to Yu Zian what kind of person he was?