Xiao Jingyi gave a low chuckle. "Fortunately, your mother never went to the marriage alliance. It is said she was a genius at business. The fact that Dayong was able to raise an army so quickly later on was entirely due to the silver your mother earned, which filled the national treasury."
Jiang Lingzhi thought of Jiang Xun. Having passed the imperial examination, Minister Jiang had not forced him into officialdom, but instead indulged him in managing those shops of their mother’s. In a way, she supposed that was his own way of honoring her memory.
Feeling the conversation growing increasingly heavy, she steered it back to a lighter tone. "Let's not talk about such things. Since we’ve finally made it here, we should make the most of it and have a good time."
Chapter 91