The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Xiao Tao shouted this at the top of her lungs.

It seemed as if he wanted the entire general's mansion to hear it.

Clearly, this message was intended for Ren Tianye.

After saying this, she remained indifferent and arrogant, thinking that once her mistress married the general and managed the household, she would rise in rank as well. These common soldiers were nothing more than her servants.

It's about finding something you don't like.

This action, however, left Deputy General Wang Ming frozen in place.

Even his innate kindness was no longer effective at this moment. He looked at Xiao Tao with pity, and even saw the second young lady, Su Xiu, behind Xiao Tao.

shook his head.

You can't reason with a damned devil!

Since this girl, Xiao Tao, was already contemplating suicide, he decided not to stop her, as it would be useless anyway.

He said calmly, "You wait here, I'll go and invite the General."

"Hurry up and go," Xiao Tao said. "I'm waiting to take your general's guarantee back to my young lady to report."

"I don't have much time to waste here with you guys."

Deputy General Wang Ming stopped talking and turned to enter the general's mansion. Suddenly, he heard a galloping horse and the clatter of its hooves. He glanced over and saw several riders rushing towards him.

The rider in the lead, still some distance away, quickly shouted, "General Wang, please wait a moment..."

Lanterns illuminated the area outside the general's mansion, and through the faint red light, the outline of the person could be vaguely seen. Deputy General Wang Ming stopped to take a look and recognized the person as Su Hong from the Su family.

He is the second uncle of the three sisters Su Jin, Su Xiu, and Su Li.

Because the three sisters' father passed away from illness two years ago, Su Hong took on all the affairs of the Su family. Although there was also a grandmother in the Su family to keep things in check, he was the one who handled all the affairs, big and small.

The marriage between Su Xiu and the General was made possible by his strong support.

Wang Ming had dealt with Su Hong several times and knew that Su Hong was shrewd and calm. He had always been very polite to Su Hong, so out of respect for Su Hong, he stopped.

In the short time it took, Su Hong arrived on horseback with several servants.

He clearly had no martial arts training, and his horsemanship was not only ordinary but also very rusty. Yet, before the horse had even come to a complete stop, he stumbled and tumbled off.

He first bowed politely to Wang Ming, then turned to look at Xiao Tao, his eyes blazing with fury.

"I have already given orders that the marriage between Xiu'er and the General is entirely handled by Jin'er and me, and you are not allowed to make any moves on your own."

"Do you think I'm just ignoring you?"

Su Hong's accumulated power caused Xiao Tao, who had been arrogant just moments before, to instantly tremble like a leaf, explaining, "Yes, Miss sent me."

"Miss is worried that the General will disobey her orders and be disrespectful to her after the marriage, so she sent Xiao Tao to give the General a hard time."

"Let's set some rules for the General."

"Miss sent me..."

Before he could finish speaking, Su Hong slapped him across the face.

With a crisp "smack," his face was filled with anger and murderous intent.

If it weren't for the fact that it was in front of Deputy General Wang Ming, he would have really wanted to ask: How dare you do that!

The general's marriage to Su Xiu was not a marriage of descent for Su Xiu, but rather a marriage of rank for her.

Why should someone who marries into a higher social class be subject to rules?

Do they start setting rules even before marriage?

Moreover, Yunji City is now entirely under the control of the Great General. To put it bluntly, they are at the mercy of the Great General, and the lives of the entire Su family are in his hands. Why should they be expected to set rules for him?

If Su Xiu is allowed to marry into the family, it would be a rare privilege if the general didn't impose any rules on her.

How come his niece is still so confused even now?!

And she even brought along this equally muddle-headed maid?

"I will pack up all the betrothal gifts sent by the General and return them to the Su residence safely. If they are even slightly damaged, I will take your life!"

Xiao Tao's face was bright red from the slap mark, and she was so frightened that tears streamed down her face. She quickly said, "Yes, yes."

"Go back and find the steward. He will demote you to a low-ranking maid and forbid you from serving the Second Miss from now on."

Xiao Tao swayed and was about to faint.

A lowly maid?!

She's now a first-class maid in the Su household!

This is like falling directly from the clouds to the dust. Who knows how many people who were dissatisfied with her will come after her?

But she didn't dare say anything.

She could only wipe away her tears and nod in agreement, obediently doing as Su Hong said.

Su Hong forced himself to calm down, turned around and bowed to Deputy General Wang Ming, his face full of smiles, "General Wang, please forgive me. The people in the mansion are ignorant and have caused you trouble."

"It's alright!"

"General Wang..." Su Hong leaned closer, took out a stack of silver notes from his sleeve, and tried to hand them to Wang Ming, saying, "Please, General Wang, don't tell the Grand General about these trivial matters for now."

"The General is busy with military affairs, so don't bother him with this trivial matter."

Wang Ming neither accepted the banknotes nor gave a reply.

Su Hong had dealt with Wang Ming a few times and knew his character, so he didn't insist on giving him the gift. He just smiled and said, "Xiu'er is young and naive. As her second uncle, I will definitely teach her a lesson when we get back."

"I certainly won't offend the General after the wedding."

"We beg General Wang to show mercy."

This was a very humble stance, which made Wang Ming think for a moment before saying, "If the General doesn't mind, I won't say anything more."

"But if the General inquires, I will answer him in detail."

"In that case, I'm very grateful to General Wang!"

Su Hong knew that this was already quite good, and immediately bowed deeply to Wang Ming.

After standing up, he said, "These past few days, I've been busy out of the city preparing Xiu'er's dowry. I'm only just getting back now, and I want to present it to the General as soon as possible."

"General Wang, if the General is not currently busy with military affairs, please inform him."

Deputy General Wang Ming nodded.

He turned and went into the general's mansion, and came out a short while later: "The general invites you."

"Thank you, General Wang."

Su Hong ordered all the servants to stay outside the general's mansion. He took a deep breath and strode inside.

When he saw Ren Tianye, he still bowed respectfully and politely, not daring to act like an elder at all.

"Second Uncle..." Ren Tianye said politely, "Why have you come so late at night?"

"By the way, what was that noise outside just now? Did it disturb Uncle?"

Su Hong knew that he couldn't hide this from Ren Tianye in the end. As long as Wang Ming didn't embellish the story, he could still try to get some room to maneuver. He quickly said, "To be honest, it's my second niece who is a bit immature."

"However, when I get back, I will definitely teach her a lesson so that the General will not have to worry."

After explaining all this, he quickly took out the three invitations from his bosom, handed them to his personal guards, and then gave them to Ren Tianye, saying, "General, this is Xiu'er's dowry. Look..."

"Is there anything else to add?"

Ren Tianye wasn't entirely clear about what was happening outside, but judging from Su Hong's appearance, it was probably quite serious.

However, he didn't immediately say whether he would pursue the matter or not. Instead, he first opened the dowry list to see what was written on it.

It was clearly written on the first document.

"Two million taels of silver, fifty thousand shi of grain, three thousand jin of medicinal herbs, eight hundred warhorses, thirty thousand jin of copper ore, and fifty thousand jin of iron ore."

Ren Tianye silently did some calculations in his mind.

With his current number of soldiers, plus the monthly salary of 2.5 taels he pays each soldier, the silver is enough for about three months.

Ha, Su Hong has calculated things quite clearly.

"General..." Su Hong's voice rang out, "The Su family's businesses are spread throughout the northern frontier, but we don't have much cash. However, the General is getting married to my niece in the next few days, so I dare not delay."

"The reason I left the city two days ago was to raise these funds."

"Of the two million taels of silver, one million taels were provided by the Yunji City Bank, and one million taels were held in reserve by the Black Rock City Bank."

"The 50,000 shi of grain were urgently allocated from the Huaiqing City granary and will arrive tomorrow."

"The three thousand catties of medicinal herbs were collected in Black Rock City and are ready to be sent to Cloud Ridge City before the wedding."

"The warhorses were sourced from the black market in Shanhe City, while the copper and iron ore were shipped directly from the mines outside Yunji City and should arrive tomorrow."

Ren Tianye nodded.

The Su family's businesses span the entire northern frontier, and the military supplies he needs cannot be provided by Yunji City alone.

Judging from Su Hong's travel-worn appearance, it seems he has put in a lot of effort these past few days.

Thinking this, I opened the second post.

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