Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

"You old woman have no knowledge, what are you yelling about here?"

The officer glared at Old Lady Niu and continued, "Any item in Deyue Tower is worth a lot of money. You smashed so much of it, are you planning to cheat and not pay?"

"Sir, this doesn't belong to anyone else. This Deyue Tower belongs to my sons. I am their mother. Do I have to compensate my family for breaking a plate or bowl?"

Although Old Lady Niu was a little afraid of the officers, that was 30 taels of silver. In order to avoid paying the money, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and argue with the officers.

"You have already separated, and you didn't even give me a penny when you did it. Now you are here saying that you are a parent. How can you be so shameless?"

The official gave Old Lady Niu an impatient look and continued, "Stop nagging me here. Each of you should pay 30 taels of silver out of the taels."

Old Mrs. Niu's family still has some wealth, and 15 taels of silver is already a sky-high price for her, not to mention the Xu family. The Xu brothers can earn 5 taels of silver a year, which is already good. It would be better to take their lives directly than to ask them to pay 15 taels.

After everyone had been haggling for a long time, Xu Guixiang finally stood up and spoke.

"Sir, today is New Year's Eve, a great day. We shouldn't get angry about these things. I don't ask them to compensate me. As long as they don't come to Deyue Tower to cause trouble in the future, that's enough."

"Boss lady, you are so kind. You just kick out relatives like this every time they come."

The police officer swept over the crowd with a murderous look on his face. The Xu and Niu families, who had been so arrogant just now, became as timid as quails.

When they heard that they didn't need to pay any money, they immediately expressed gratitude and said a lot of nice things.

"Why are you still standing here? Why don't you leave quickly? Do you want to pay compensation?"

After being yelled at by the official, the relatives of the Xu and Niu families immediately dispersed. However, Old Mrs. Niu did not leave in a hurry. She looked at Niu Guangping with some reluctance.

Her eyes were slightly red and she looked like she was about to cry.

"Guangping, I was a little inconsiderate in my actions before, which hurt you and Guixiang's feelings. I apologize to you here."

"But such a huge family business of yours must have someone to inherit it. Your eldest brother's mistress just gave birth to a boy, who is only a few days old. You should bring him home and raise him by your side."

"A baby doesn't know anything. If you raise him, he will be no different from your own child."

Ye Jintang, who was standing upstairs, was stunned. He didn't expect this to happen.

Xu Guixiang has been married for four years but has not given birth to a child. It seems that there is something wrong with her health.

Xiao Mo's temper was somewhat out of control. Old Lady Niu was too bullying. The abacus beads she was counting on were about to hit his face. How could she have the nerve to say such things?

"Brother Xiao, don't worry. Guixiang will definitely be able to handle such a small matter."

Ye Jintang finally understood that although Xu Guixiang was young, she was still quite capable and could handle this small situation in minutes.

Niu Guangping glanced at Xu Guixiang, and seeing that she had no intention of speaking, he stammered, "We won't adopt a child. At most, we can just live with the two of us from now on."

"Guangping, you are confused. Now you are young and it seems fine. But when you are old and can't walk anymore, you will need someone to serve you."

"I, we have money, we can, we can find someone to serve us."

Niu Guangping looked at Xu Guixiang and said, "Guixiang is gone, I, I will not live alone either."

Hearing Niu Guangping say this, Old Lady Niu almost got angry.

"My son, why do you listen to that little whore in everything? She can't have children herself, and she wants to drag you down."

When Xu Guixiang heard what she wanted to hear, she stepped forward slowly.

"Mom, please stop wasting your breath here. Even if you have a thousand abilities, you can't beat me. So what if I can't have children? I can make money. Do you think anyone can open a restaurant in the capital?"

"You want me to give all my savings to others for nothing. That's just wishful thinking."

"When that day comes, I will have millions of silver in my hand. I wonder how many people will want to be filial to me at my bedside. If you want to watch me live a lonely and helpless life, you will be disappointed."

Every word Xu Guixiang said hurt Old Lady Niu's chest. The two had been fighting for a long time, and Xu Guixiang knew Old Lady Niu's pain best.

"You, you, you are going to piss me off to death. After all, I am your mother-in-law, and you should be filial to me."

"Mom, do you think it's wrong to say this? People say that a loving mother makes her son filial. As a mother, you should be loving first, and then we, as children, can be filial. Since you can't do that, don't blame us for being heartless and ungrateful."

The officials were still there, so Old Lady Niu couldn't get any advantage. She could only leave first and find a way to pass the foreign affairs child to Xu Guixiang later.

Not long after Old Lady Niu left, the officials also left. When they left, Xu Guixiang did not treat them badly. Each of them took some food and good wine in his hand. So there was no money, but today was New Year's Eve, and having these things to take home to add to the dishes was also very happy.

After the farce came to an end, Xu Guixiang gave each table of customers at Deyue Tower a dish and a pot of wine as an apology.

Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo were delivered by Xu Guixiang herself.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you two distinguished guests today."

Xu Guixiang stepped forward somewhat embarrassedly and bowed to the two of them, then personally brought the prepared dishes and wine to the table.

"Every family has its own problems. It's rare for the boss lady to have such a relative and run such a good restaurant. I know a little bit about medicine. If you don't mind, I can help you take your pulse."

Xu Guixiang didn't expect that the noble lady in front of her would take the initiative to take her pulse.

She was a merchant woman with a low social status. The noble lady in front of her was obviously not an ordinary mistress of the house, so she didn't dare to ask her to help take her pulse.

"Madam, I am of low status, how can I ask you to take my pulse?"

"It's okay, come and sit down."

Ye Jintang pointed to the place beside him.

Since she had already done so much, Xu Guixiang felt that it would be a bit hypocritical if she refused again, so she thanked him again and sat next to Ye Jintang.

Ye Jintang had treated many patients and had seen all kinds of illnesses, but when she put her hand on Xu Guixiang's wrist, she couldn't help but be shocked.

Judging from Xu Guixiang's pulse alone, her body was already terminally ill and she could fall ill and die at any time.

That's strange, why can she still be alive under such circumstances?

Ye Jintang, who was taking Xiao Mo's pulse, didn't say anything for a long time, and Xiao Mo suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

When Xu Guixiang was taken out of the palace, she died of a sudden illness. It was probably not a sudden illness but poisoning at that time.