"Why did Old Hai run off with a skip in his step?"
Jiang Shuyue watched his retreating figure. He looked like a little girl, completely at odds with his usual image.
"Little sister, this is your and little Xiao Sheng's first visit. How about I show you around? The Chancellor’s Residence isn't very interesting, but there are gifts to collect. Want to go?"
"Of course! Just the thing to replenish little Xiao Sheng's coffers!"
"Thank you, Mother."
Although this little bit of money meant nothing to her, she was still delighted that her mother was thinking of her.
Jiang Chen considered it. "Then let's start with the second branch. Your second brother will make sure you get something big!"
Looking at Jiang Chen's wicked grin, Jiang Shuyue muttered inwardly, [Second Brother looks awfully sneaky. I smell a conspiracy.]
The system replied, [Not exactly a conspiracy, but the head of the second branch is your maternal grandfather's younger brother, Liu Chengze. He's a henpecked husband, honest to a fault, and still only a fourth-rank official.]
[He wanted to move out years ago, but that wife of his is no simple woman. She's an old hand at playing the innocent, constantly fanning the flames in his ear and driving a wedge between the brothers. When you went missing, she was thrilled. She practically set off firecrackers.]
[Actually, she did. She secretly bought a thirty-thousand-bang string of firecrackers and went out into the wilderness to celebrate by herself. She even started a forest fire. The imperial family deployed the Imperial Guard, and it took half a month to put it out. More than a dozen people died!]
Jiang Chen immediately felt that woman was vicious beyond belief.
Her viciousness rivaled her looks.
Jiang Shuyue disliked her too. *[Isn't that treating human lives like