Mrs. Liao was in a very gloomy mood. In her opinion, these days were simply terrible. She thought she was unlucky enough, but worse things were always waiting for her, and they seemed endless. She had no idea when they would end. She suddenly looked as if she had aged by ten years.
After all, Tang Yuan's accident happened here. Tang Yuan was the son-in-law of Princess Yongning. Such a big thing happened to him. After he returned, how could Liao Jingxu, as the governor, deny himself from the matter
The only solution now is to transport the food and grass back as soon as possible to support Xiao Heng who is fighting outside, and hope that Xiao Heng can win the battle. In this way, Liao Jingxu may have a hope of offsetting his merits and demerits and saving his life.
Su Yao also looked worried. He frowned and sighed heavily, "Didn't they say that all the food that Mr. Ji had raised had been taken away by the bandits? If that wasn't the case, the Prince Consort wouldn't have gone to fight the bandits without caring about anything."
When this matter was mentioned, Mrs. Liao's gloom deepened. She was really about to give up, so she tried her best to maintain her emotions and told Su Yao: "It was indeed like this at first, but later... Well, after the adults and various parties' mediation, some grain was delivered from Guizhou. This was all thanks to Master Cao, whose eldest brother was the grain official in Caozhou..."
When Mrs. Liao mentioned this matter, she was actually a little hesitant.
Su Yao thought for a moment and asked her, "Madam, tell me the truth. May I ask... did you use the provincial grain reserves?"
Nothing could be hidden from Su Yao. When Mrs. Liao heard her question, she smiled bitterly and did not give a direct answer: "What else can we do?"
Su Yao knew it, and she also lowered her eyes. She had no other choice but to resign herself to her fate and shook her head: "Since it has already been like this, what else can we do? Madam, we have done everything we should and can do."
Mrs. Liao also knew this. She came to Su Yao just to find out if Su Yao could think of any other solution. In her impression, she didn't know why, she always felt that Su Yao was really omnipotent. It seemed that no matter how difficult the problem was, there would always be a turning point when it came to her.
But now that Su Yao said this, she was not surprised at all. After all, Su Yao was just a human being. How could he really be omnipotent
She sat opposite Su Yao for a while, and finally they looked at each other in silence. Madam Liao stood up and said goodbye: "I was feeling uneasy, so I came to talk to the county lady. The county lady doesn't have to pay attention to me. That's all. Everything is fate."
She returned to her main room tiredly.
Mother Liao was already waiting for her in the yard. When she saw her coming, she said softly, "Madam is finally back. Madam Cao is here."
Mrs. Liao was a little listless at first. When she heard that it was Mrs. Cao, she was startled for a moment, then she perked up again and walked into the main room with a smile: "What brings you here?"
Madam Cao and Madam Liao are cousins. Madam Cao's mother is Madam Liao's aunt. They are the closest cousins. Madam Liao felt better after meeting Madam Cao. She rubbed her temples and said irritably, "I've been so busy with all these things lately that I have a headache."
She casually asked Madam Cao to sit down, and when she saw Madam Cao drinking tea, she asked again, "Is everything ready?"
Mrs. Cao knew that he was asking about the grain transportation, so she nodded and said, "Don't you know how the lord handles things? He has always been a cautious person. If it weren't for the fact that the eldest young master of the Ji family was not so steady, he wouldn't have caused such a big hole."
After saying this, Madam Cao looked at Madam Liao again, asking casually, "Cousin, is there really something wrong with Prince Consort Tang?"
"How could this be false?" Mrs. Liao felt very bad when she mentioned this matter. She didn't want to think about it anymore, but it didn't happen just because she didn't want it to happen. She said with a smile, "We have sent people to check. Several bodies were found under the cliff. Judging from their body shapes and clothes, they are undoubtedly Tang Yuan's."
In fact, Mrs. Liao was quite resentful towards Tang Yuan. If she didn't have the ability, she shouldn't have been so reckless and insisted on leading the troops out! Now look at what has happened
Mrs. Cao was silent for a moment, with a thoughtful look on her face: "Forget it, the person is dead, there is no point in saying more... It's just my cousin's husband..."
"We can only take it one step at a time." Madam Liao was upset. "What else can we do? It's hard to persuade that damned ghost with kind words. We didn't agree with him going to suppress the bandits at that time, but he didn't know why. He was like a madman and didn't listen to anyone. He went and got lost, and scared the natives half to death. Moreover, His Highness had asked him to be responsible for dividing the property of the Yang and Fu families among the natives. Now he is gone, and no one knows much about the affairs in his hands. Now the Black Mountain Camp is always making trouble, which is really annoying! Our master hasn't slept well these days, just to clean up the mess he left behind."
Mrs. Cao knew her sisters very well. Seeing Mrs. Liao like this, she looked worried and her eyes sparkled. After a long while, she followed Mrs. Liao's words to comfort her and casually asked, "Where did your cousin go just now?"
Mrs. Liao thought about it and felt that there was nothing that could not be mentioned, so she said tiredly: "I went to see the Princess of Changning County."
Madam Cao also said, "I heard that Princess Changning is very smart and has great magical powers. Has she come up with a solution to help my cousin?"
Madam Cao didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. She just thought that he was concerned about her, so she shook her head weakly: "Do you really think she is a fairy? Even if she has great magical powers, what else can she do when she encounters such a thing? There are only a few people around her who can be used. When she dealt with the Qiu family before, she borrowed people from me. Now that His Highness and Earl Yongding are not here, she has done everything she can, as she said, and the rest can only be left to fate."
Mrs. Cao just sighed and said nothing more. She patted her cousin's hand to comfort her.
When she returned to her house, the first thing she did was to go to the study.
The light in the study was very bright. When she entered, she subconsciously blocked it with her hand, then walked over and smiled, "It's so late, have you eaten yet?"
Opposite her was, of course, her husband Cao Ruishen.
Cao Ruishen was talking with a few counselors. When he saw her come in, he frowned and asked, "Who asked you to come here?"
Several counselors also stood up awkwardly and tried to avoid the situation.
Madam Cao pursed her lips and snorted in dissatisfaction: "For whom are they working so hard to get information? You don't want to listen, do you?"