"..." Yang Chuxia suddenly didnāt know what to say, indeed acquiring military power doesnāt require enlisting in the army oneself.
However, thinking of her son reselling herbal medicine, Yang Chuxia took a few deep breaths to suppress her shock, "Did he lose money?"
"How could he lose money with herbal medicine?" Ye Ziāan said helplessly, "Thereās a surplus of herbs on the border, he got Ye Er to instruct people to buy herbs cheaply on the border and sell them high elsewhere, flipping it around is pure profit."
"Pfft..." Suddenly, Yang Chuxia laughed, "Since heās making money this young, I think I donāt need to cover his living expenses anymore."
"Wife, itās better you pretend not to know about this." Ye Ziāan comforted, "What heās doing is clearly not something he wants us to know about, if you act on this heāll surely know weāre checking on him, he probably wonāt be happy."
"Where did he get the capital from?" Yang Chuxia was still suspicious, "His monthly allowance is not enough, even if I havenāt dealt in herbs, I know it requires quite a bit of capital."
"I gave him a thousand taels last time." Ye Ziāan paused and covered his face, "Didnāt you notice his jade pendants were fewer?"
Ye Ziāan didnāt want to bring up his son anymore.
If he can even pawn jade pendants, what canāt he do?
"Pfft..." Yang Chuxia gritted her teeth, "This little rascal, I knew he was planning on dipping into his dowry fund. How many jade pendants did he pawn?"
"I donāt know."
"No way." Suddenly, Yang Chuxia wrapped her arms around Ye Ziāanās neck, "Come on, letās talk, where did you get the thousand taels to give him?"
"Wife, donāt misunderstand, I didnāt hide anything." Ye Ziāan hurried to explain, "Last time I went to the Glass Pavilion, they gave me two thousand taels for a painting draft, the rest went to buying Yangyang a soft sword."
"Heh... I was just purely curious, why get so excited? I didnāt intend to audit you. But..."
"But what?" Hearing her pause, Ye Ziāan turned his head.
Then she leaned in close to his ear and asked, "The place where the lady is detained, is it yours?"
"Remember that Li Shan?"
"Of course, his Jade Courtesan House, right?" In Wangshui Town, a famous male courtesan, hard to forget, and crucially his wife, back then even competed with me for Brother An."
"Hasnāt he always been doing business with me? He found the place. As for the old man, he was someone I helped out years ago."
"Oh? Exactly how many people have you saved?" Yang Chuxia suspiciously glanced at him, even the Emperor was someone he saved.
"If I come across someone and can lend a hand, naturally I will." Ye Ziāan didnāt directly answer her question, lifting the curtain to look outside, "Weāre here, wife!"
Yang Chuxia planned to make mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival herself, so she came out to buy ingredients.
The mooncakes of this era were too monotonous, the fillings mostly sweet, she wanted to make some with different flavors.
Once she bought what she needed, she saw some sellers of Mid-Autumn Festival sachets, and bought a few as well.
"Wife, these things can be bought by the servants."
"Only by coming out to buy things myself can I know the prices outside, and not be easily fooled by people in the house. Of course, this is only an additional reason, more so itās because I enjoy doing it myself."
"Weāve walked around quite a bit, hungry yet, wife letās eat first, if anythingās missing we can buy this afternoon?"
"Okay, letās go to Jubilant Pavilion."
As they spoke, the servant had already brought the carriage over, but on the way to Jubilant Pavilion, they encountered something unexpected.
"Hit him, hit him hard, how dare he ruin my good thing!" (Things have been a bit disorganized these past few days, sorry for the erratic updates! Tomorrowās update will be between 5 and 6 PM.)