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Jin Xiaotao pounced and pinched her grandmother's body. It took a long time before Madame Wu managed to catch her breath.

Madame Wu's tightly closed and wrinkled eyelids were filled with brown spots. She opened her eyes and turned to look at Golden Fragrance's corpse.

She couldn't help reaching out her dry hand to touch Golden Fragrance's cold, purple face.

Tears streaming down his face, he turned to Zhao Jie and said, ”One thousand taels of silver and ten thousand taels of gold, even if it's a mountain of gold and silver, can it exchange for my Xiang'er's life?”

When Madame Wu said this, Jin Xiaotao was actually shocked.

In Jin Xiaotao's heart, his grandmother had always been cold and emotionless. She did not have any tender feelings for them, and was only concerned with passing down incense for the Jin Family, and was even more interested in money.

That was a thousand taels of silver, even hearing it would scare people to death. Jin Xiaotao had thought that his grandmother would be so happy that she would forget Golden Fragrance's death, or even be like him.

Who knew that the Madame Wu, a person who opened her eyes to money, would not be moved.

Madame Wu suddenly stood up and took off his outer robes, throwing it on the ground, then she took off another coat.

”He's gone mad!” Meng Guangmei quickly pushed the hollyhock out of the way. ”Quickly hold onto that person, don't embarrass yourself in front of Young Master Huang!”

Meng Guangmei knew that Young Master Huang was a person that came from the capital, and since he had the intention to bring her son up, then for Meng Guangmei, this Golden Fragrance's death was a good thing.

Coincidentally, she had already started to dislike Golden Fragrance, not only had Golden Fragrance died, she also brought good fortune to He Guangkun, her death was truly worth it.

Several servants could not hold Madame Wu back. After Madame Wu took off another piece of clothing, she reached into her undergarment and took out a cloth bag from her chest. With a flick, she threw out a few pieces of silver at Zhao Jie's feet.

This was exactly the twenty-six taels of silver that the Madame Zhou was trying to get at.

Madame Zhou searched through Madame Wu's house but she didn't find anything. Who knew that Madame Wu was hiding on him, even bringing him for a bath and for sleep.

”Honorable person!” ”You are a great benefactor!” Madame Wu shouted, and ran to Zhao Jie's front, where he was stopped by a servant.

Madame Wu flung her leg and kicked the cloth shoes forward. The arrogant and shameless woman, how could a person like Zhao Jie have seen her before?

Zhao Jie did not understand, under normal circumstances, these thousand taels of silver would not last for generations, so when Zhao Jie wanted a person's life, it was just a matter of saying a few words. He thought that Jin Family would be deeply grateful, but who would have thought that he would actually throw it around.

Seeing that his shoes were in front of him, Zhao Jie did not dodge or evade, allowing his shoes to hit his body.

He just frowned, and stared at Madame Wu in confusion.

Chang Meng stepped forward and attempted to slash at Madame Wu, but Zhao Jie waved his hand, ”Step down.”

Lady Wu spat again and shouted, ”This 26 taels is my darling, then this 1000 taels is only a piece of your hair! My Xiang'er isn't even worth a single hair on your body, but she is my life! ”My wife's life is already gone, what use is there for you to take her heart and liver with you!

Jin Xiaotao was afraid that the Madame Wu would offend Zhao Jie so she hurried to embrace the Madame Wu and whispered in her ear, ”Grandmother! Aunt has already gone, so you must be alright. Don't let the grief rush to your brain, you must not let it go to waste! ”

Madame Wu took a deep breath and looked at the scattered white silver. After a long while, she finally sat down on the ground and nodded.

Jin Xiaotao hurriedly bowed to Zhao Jie and said, ”Junior is Grandmother's daughter, and has always doted on you. For a moment, I feel too much sadness, and I hope that Young Master Huang does not take offense to her.”

With that, she bowed and continued, ”Grandmother is very satisfied with what Young Master Huang has said.”

Zhao Jie looked at Golden Fragrance's body, then looked at Madame Wu who was sitting on the floor dumbstruck, nodded, did not speak anymore, and turned to leave.

Only then did Jin Xiaotao pick up the clothes on the ground and quickly covered Madame Wu up.

Seeing that the Young Master Huang had walked far away, Meng Guangmei ordered the Mallow to look after Jin Xiaotao and the Madame Wu before hurriedly heading to the study room to meet justice.

He Zhixian had been checking on the assassins for the past few days, afraid that he would be unable to protect his black gauze hat and would be extremely busy. He did not want to talk too much with Meng Guangmei at first, but after hearing her promise from Young Master Huang, he was both surprised and happy.

He then asked out loud, ”Do you know who exactly that Young Master Huang is?”

Meng Guangmei laughed, ”Old master, you have kept it a secret, how would I know?”

”He is the current Crown Prince, Zhao Jie.”

If Meng Guangmei did not try to hold on to the wall, she would not be able to stand.

She did not expect that the noble young master would be the crown prince, and that her son's career as a official would be basked in Jin Xiaotao's glory.

Being chosen by the Crown Prince was a great thing.

For a son of a remote county, if he didn't want to live on his father's salary for the rest of his life, he would have to take the first rank in the Humanities examinations. Before he was sixty, it wasn't easy for him to get himself a small official.

However, to be directly brought to the side of the crown prince was the Emperor's right hand man. For the entire family, this was a matter of great fortune.

This Jin Xiaotao, originally, from the bottom of her heart, Meng Guangmei looked down upon him.