Tang Dynasty Little Godfather

Chapter 294 If something happens, he will come to you

"The young master and the princess have returned."

Uncle Fu stood respectfully at the door, bowing obsequiously to Wang Xi and Ashina Mi, who had just returned home from school.

"Where is my fortune?"

Wang Xi looked around and then joked, "Uncle Fu, you didn't kill someone to cover it up, did you?"

Uncle Fu exclaimed, "Young master, you jest! How could I dare!"

"You don't even dare to do this? You're spineless." Wang Xi glanced at Uncle Fu with disdain, then pulled Ashina Mi inside.

Uncle Fu inwardly groaned and hurriedly chased after him, almost pleading, "Young master, you are the future master of this house, look!"

Wang Xi asked, "What?"

Uncle Fu said, "It's about the dye business. As you know, our biggest business is silk. If it weren't for the dyes from the Nameless Academy, we probably wouldn't be able to sell our silk."

“This matter!”

Wang Xi laughed and said, "I don't care. Go talk to Fa Cai. He's my chief steward now."

Uncle Fu's expression changed slightly, and he nodded awkwardly, saying, "Yes, I'll go talk to Fa Cai."

After Uncle Fu left, Ashina Mi said, "Que'er, Uncle Fu is family after all. Is it necessary to treat him like this?"

Wang Xi snorted, "I'm still the young master, so how have they treated me?"

Ashina Mi shook his head in confusion and said, "I don't understand."

Wang Xi chuckled and said, "You'll understand once you're in charge of this family."

Ashina Mi gave Wang Xi a shy, glaring look.

Upon arriving at the inner hall, the young couple bowed to Princess Xue.

Princess Xue asked, "Que'er, didn't your aunt already admit defeat? Why do I still hear that the struggle between you two is not over?"

Wang Xi said, "Mother, I didn't target my aunt. It's the Yuchi family that won't let it go, but they gave me some face and stopped targeting Doulu's family. Instead, they targeted the Yuan family. Their feud is none of my business."

Princess Xue nodded slightly and said, "I see!"

Wang Xi asked, "Is Auntie here again?"

Princess Xue shook her head.

Wang Xi snorted, "That's Uncle Fu complaining."

Princess Xue smiled and said, "Uncle Fu was just telling Mother the truth about the business, which is his duty. Mother was just asking. I said before that I wouldn't get involved in this matter, and that's still the case now."

She had originally intended to use this incident to train Wang Xi, so how to handle the aftermath was also a form of training.

Is it possible to win convincingly without damaging the relationship between the Wang and Doulu families?

If he can't do it, it proves that Wang Xi is still lacking in skill. After all, damaging the relationship between the two families would be very detrimental to the Wang family. The interests in the court are the real interests; the profits and losses in business are just minor matters.

The fact that even Uncle Fu has come to ask for help proves one thing: the other party's situation is extremely critical.

The most crucial element is the dye; that's really the problem.

Silk is a high-value commodity these days, and the Nameless Academy has boldly declared that their dyes will completely replace the old ones.

This has led to a situation where no one dares to get it now.

If that's really the case, the dyed cloth can't be recovered; if it weren't dyed, it could still be sold.

This led Li Lingwen and Li Shoude to hand over all their business to their sons to manage. Of course, this was only nominal; it was a way for them to back down from Madam Zixia and side with Wuming Academy.

What's even more ridiculous is that some members of the Doulu family also went to cooperate with the Yuchi family.

When it comes to profit, who the hell cares about feelings?

But this caused great trouble for Lady Zixia.

The powerful Xianbei clans, including the Yuan family, criticized Lady Zixia, saying, "You led us to fight, and we gave you so much support."

In the end, you, the Doulu family, were unable to win, so you quickly escaped your predicament by relying on the Wang family's connections. What are we supposed to do?
The key point is that there are also close intermarriages between their families. The reason why some members of the Doulu clan took the initiative to cooperate with the Yuchi family is because they also had intermarriages.

All are family.

But this directly triggered a conflict within Doulu's family.

Some of the Doulu women were wives of the Yuchi family, or some of the Yuchi women were wives of the Doulu family. Naturally, these families wanted to reconcile with the two families.

The problem is that the Doulu family has become even closer to the Yuan family through marriage, and these families are naturally dissatisfied with their brothers and sisters who side with the Yuchi family.

Everyone thinks about their own family.

Lady Zixia originally decided to admit defeat in order to quickly settle the matter, but she did not expect it to escalate to this point. Instead, she fell into Wang Xi's trap.

This put her in an even more difficult position, making her feel caught in the middle.

Actually, there is another way: to ask Consort Doulu to take charge and manage the situation. Given Consort Doulu's status, both Empress Wang and Emperor Li Longji would have to obey her.

But this is exactly what Lady Zixia least wants to see.

She started her fortune with the wealth of Consort Doulu, which shows how much Consort Doulu doted on her, and how much she respected Consort Doulu.

Since leaving the palace, Consort Doulu has devoted herself to Buddhism and has not cared about worldly affairs. She has refused any rewards given to her by Emperor Li Longji.

The key issue is that Consort Doulu's health has not been very good in recent years. If we disturb her with these trivial matters and force her to come out and beg for help everywhere, and something bad happens to her, this is something that Lady Zixia absolutely cannot accept.

So all she had left was the identity of the anonymous Mr. Wuming, but she dared not gamble. What if this was another scheme orchestrated by Wang Xi? The consequence would be that if it failed, the entire situation would be irreversible, and Wang Xi would have even less to worry about. Nobody knew what that kid would do next; after all, he was bold enough to sleep with his own aunt.

In fact, she was already at her wit's end, and now the outside world was divided, and her family was also falling apart. She had to resolve this as soon as possible.

Today, Lady Zixia met with Wang Xi again in a small attic.

"Auntie! Why did you ask me to meet you here?"

Wang Xi looked around at the interior decoration of the house and saw that there was another room inside. His eyes couldn't help but gleam with secret joy.

Lady Zixia could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression, and she gritted her teeth in anger, "How dare you call me aunt?"

Wang Xi asked blankly, "What else should I call you?"

Lady Zixia said, "Did you do all this just to humiliate me?"

"It's not humiliation, it's revenge."

Wang Xi shook his head and said, "The moment my aunt used Xiaobai and the teacher to threaten me, I thought that I would definitely repay her a hundredfold. This condition was what I racked my brains to come up with. There is no better revenge than this."

Lady Zixia said, "Have you ever thought about your Empress aunt?"

Wang Xi hurriedly said, "I did consider my Empress aunt before choosing this method of revenge. Aunt, you might as well think about it. If I drive you to your death, my Empress aunt will resent me. If I drive the Doulu family to split up, my Empress aunt will also resent me."

I'm at my wit's end. I've thought it over and over, and if I make you, Auntie, my woman, then after I've gotten my revenge, we'll be even more like family. My Empress Auntie will accept it and won't blame me. Auntie, isn't my brain clever? Hehe.”

"you!"

Lady Zixia was furious. She slammed her hand on the table and stood up abruptly.

But she really couldn't find a reason to refute it; it seemed that what the kid said made sense.

Although she was called "little aunt," they were not actually related by blood; they were just of the same generation. But the Tang Dynasty didn't care about such things at all. If Wang Xi really wanted to marry Lady Zixia, provided that he wasn't married to the little princess, then it would be acceptable to either the Wang family or the Doulu family.

Li Longji's uncle was able to marry Li Longji's daughter, so what's so surprising about that?

Faced with Lady Zixia's incompetent rage, Wang Xi simply acted nonchalantly.

If I could be scared, I wouldn't dare make this request.

Madam Zixia suddenly sat back down, giving a cold laugh. "I don't believe you dare to really bring down the Yuan family. Don't you know how many enemies this would make for your Wang family?"

Wang Xi immediately said, "Auntie, please don't make false accusations. It's not me causing trouble right now, but rather a feud between the Yuchi family and the Yuan family."

Seeing that force wouldn't work, Madam Zixia spoke softly, "Que'er, your aunt was just threatening you back then. Even if you didn't agree, your aunt wouldn't have done anything to Hongxiu."

The tone was so humble that he seemed to want to kneel down before him.

Who can prove it?

Wang Xi, however, remained unmoved and said, "When you're out in the world, you should admit your mistakes and stand up straight when you get beaten. Originally, we were all fine. All this trouble was caused by Auntie herself. So why is Auntie unwilling to take responsibility for her own actions and instead drags others down with her?"

I personally believe this consequence is very much in line with my aunt's recent actions.

This kid won't listen to either soft or hard tactics!
Lady Zixia stared intently at Wang Xi, her fists clenched so tightly they cracked. Suddenly, she stood up and walked into the inner room.

"Oh yeah!"

Wang Xi jumped up, clenched his fists, made a victory gesture, and then followed them inside.

He saw that Lady Zixia was already sitting by the bed, and without saying a word, he pounced on her.

boom!
Lady Zixia simply raised her foot and kicked him away.

Ignoring the pain, Wang Xi jumped up again, angrily saying, "Auntie, you're playing me!"

Lady Zixia was also terrified and said, "You...you really want to do this?"

Even now, she still holds onto a sliver of hope that Wang Xi is just trying to scare her, but won't actually do it.

To everyone's surprise, the kid didn't even say hello before rushing over.

When something happens, he's really going to step up!

Wang Xi rolled her eyes in anger and said, "Do you think I spent so much effort just to scare you? Do you think I have that much free time?"

Lady Zixia panicked and said, "You...you can forget about it."

Wang Xi said, "Then I'll go."

"roll!"

"Fine, then get out. It's not the first time anyway."

Wang Xi rubbed his chest as he walked outside, muttering, "I'm never coming here again. You're lying."

Just as he was about to reach the door, Madam Zixia said again, "Stop. Wait until tonight."

Wang Xi turned back and asked curiously, "Why?"

Lady Zixia glared at her with her phoenix eyes, "I don't want to see you."

Wang Xi scratched his head and said, "But does Auntie have any experience? It's dark and dark at night. I don't have that experience. If I make a mistake, you can't blame me."

A pillow flew by.

Wang Xi quickly caught it, then sat down again, still clutching the pillow. "Okay, this is my bare minimum tolerance. Don't go too far."

(End of this chapter)