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Chapter 648 Heartbroken
Chapter 648 Heartbroken
Wang Wenzhou assumed Gao Guiying felt the money was too little, which he understood. After all, rebellion was no easy feat; historically, very few rebellions had succeeded. Maintaining an army required a huge amount of money. Not to mention equipment, the daily food supply for tens of thousands of people was an astronomical sum.
Wang Wenzhou said with a wry smile, "Sister, five million taels of silver is already quite a lot! As for me, I'm short of money lately. All the little money I used to earn was snatched away by that bastard Zhu Youjian! I know that my brother-in-law has great talent and ambition and wants to conquer the world, so I will definitely support him."
Wang Wenzhou continued, "Here's what we'll do: you take this money first and let your brother-in-law help you out in this emergency. After some time, your brother will send you the rest of the money."
Wang Wenzhou was so generous for two reasons. First, he felt indebted to Gao Guilan, believing he owed her a great deal. Second, he wanted to diversify his investments. After all, in his timeline, Li Zicheng would eventually conquer Beijing. Although Li Zicheng ultimately failed, he believed that with Wang Wenzhou's help, Li Zicheng would certainly not fail.
Wang Wenzhou felt that he was now drifting further and further away from that bastard Zhu Youjian, and that supporting Li Zicheng might actually be better than supporting Zhu Youjian.
Gao Guiying didn't believe Wang Wenzhou at all. She said irritably, "Young Master Lei, you must be joking!"
"Sister! I know I'm sorry to Xiaolanlan, but I'm not kidding! Please get up, it's so embarrassing to kneel here!" After Wang Wenzhou finished speaking, he quickly stepped forward to help Gao Guiying up.
Gao Guiying didn't want to stand up, but Wang Wenzhou pulled and tugged at her, and her face immediately turned red to her neck. She thought for a moment and decided not to kneel. If this continued, who knew what despicable things that scoundrel Wang Wenzhou might do.
Looking at Gao Guilan's crystal coffin, Wang Wenzhou said, "Sister, Father's birthday is in a few days, and I need to go to Nanjing to celebrate with him. Why don't you come back to Nanjing with me for the next few days? After Father's birthday banquet, I will send someone to take you back to Shaanxi after I return to Hanshan."
Wang Wenzhou continued, "Besides, five million taels of silver is no small sum. There's no Hanshan Bank in Shaanxi, so we can't withdraw the silver using banknotes. Moreover, that bastard Zhu Youjian is constantly sending people to monitor me. I can't hide any large transfers of silver from him. So, it will take some time to raise this amount of silver."
"Are you really willing to give me five million taels?" Gao Guiying asked in surprise.
Wang Wenzhou said with a wry smile, "Sister! I swore to Lanlan that I would never lie to my own baby again. Um... although you're not my baby, you're Lanlan's sister, and I won't lie to you either!"
"Hmph!" Gao Guiying sneered softly. Wang Wenzhou, you heartless man, your wolf's tail is already showing!
“Sigh…” Wang Wenzhou looked at Gao Guilan’s crystal coffin, recalling all the little moments he had shared with Xiao Lanlan, and sighed softly, saying sadly, “Sister, since you brought Xiao Lanlan’s coffin here, then I will take it to Nanjing. Our newly built Marquis’s cemetery is in Nanjing, so Xiao Lanlan can be buried there. I’ll go see Xiao Lanlan first.”
After Wang Wenzhou finished speaking, he walked to the crystal coffin and looked at Gao Guilan inside. Tears streamed down his face. When Gao Guilan died, Wang Wenzhou couldn't bear to part with her, so he had her body embalmed and used a crystal coffin, the best preservative material available.
At this moment, Gao Guilan, despite the passage of time, still looks exactly as she did when she was alive, lifelike and unchanged.
"Little Lanlan! Uncle misses you!" Wang Wenzhou couldn't hold back any longer. He rushed to the crystal coffin, hugged it, and burst into tears.
At this moment, Liu Rushi and the other children also came over. After all, the group had stopped traveling, and they had heard that someone was blocking the road and crying out for justice. The children were afraid that Wang Wenzhou, that troublemaker, would cause trouble, so they came over to check the situation.
Seeing Wang Wenzhou crying so sadly while holding Gao Guilan's coffin, the babies' eyes also reddened with sadness.
Although the children often argued with Gao Guilan during her lifetime, Gao Guilan was the most obedient to Wang Wenzhou. She was also very smart and rarely started trouble. After Gao Guilan's passing, the surviving children remembered her kindness.
"Sigh..." Liu Rushi sighed softly and said to her sisters, "Let's go and comfort our nemesis. He's so heartbroken, he'll definitely drink again later, and if he gets too drunk, he'll start causing trouble again."
“Okay! Go and try to persuade him.” Sheng Lan nodded.
The children walked over together and began chattering and trying to persuade Wang Wenzhou.
“Husband, don’t be sad. Sister Gao Guilan has been gone for so long. If she knew in the afterlife that you miss her so much, she would be very comforted! Please don’t be sad!” Sheng Lan said.
Wang Wenzhou hugged Sheng Lan tightly, burying his head in her arms, and said heartbrokenly, "Lazy Lan, Lazy Lan, my heart is breaking!"
Liu Rushi shook her head with a wry smile. Although her husband was a womanizer, he was truly devoted to each of his wives and concubines.
Baby Chen Yuanyuan smiled and advised, "Wang Wenzhou, stop crying, or you won't be handsome anymore!"
"Pfft..." Wang Wenzhou burst into laughter through his tears, finding Yuan Yuan truly amusing.
Wang Wenzhou suddenly remembered that he had said these words to Xiao Lanlan back then, and his heart ached as if it had been stabbed by needles.
Liu Ru pointed at Gao Guiying and asked, "Husband, who is this young lady?"
In fact, the children already knew Gao Guiying's identity from the guards. Liu Rushi asked this question to change the subject and prevent Wang Wenzhou from being too heartbroken.
Wang Wenzhou quickly said, "Babies, babies, let me introduce you. This is Gao Guilan's older sister, Gao Guiying."
"Oh!" Liu Rushi nodded and said with a smile, "Husband, now that my sister has come, we can't be impolite. We should quickly prepare a banquet to entertain her!"
Wang Wenzhou nodded in agreement and said, "Right, right! I almost forgot about that, sis, I'm so sorry! Let's go eat right away!"
Gao Guiying scrutinized Wang Wenzhou's babies one by one, and she found that each one was more beautiful than the last. Suddenly, Gao Guiying felt a pang of guilt. What if that lecherous Wang Wenzhou didn't want to sleep with her? Then she wouldn't be able to assassinate him!
Gao Guiying thought for a moment and then said, "I'll go change my clothes first."
“Yes!” Wang Wenzhou nodded. Gao Guiying was still wearing mourning clothes. Wang Wenzhou quickly said, “Lazy Lan, take your sister to change her clothes.”
“Okay! Sister, come with me!” Sheng Lan led Gao Guiying to change her clothes.
Wang Wenzhou glanced longingly at the crystal coffin and instructed, "Jian Fengyu, prepare the sedan chair; we're taking Xiao Lanlan back to Nanjing."
"Yes!" Jiang Fengyu hurriedly replied.
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Soon the food and wine were prepared. Wang Wenzhou, with one arm around Liu Rushi and the other around Chen Yuanyuan, sat waiting for Gao Guiying to arrive for the banquet.
Wang Wenzhou took a sip of wine from Liu Rushi's mouth and suddenly heard footsteps. It must be Sheng Lan and Gao Guiying coming over.
Wang Wen looked up in a week and was completely stunned. Gao Guiying was wearing Gao Guilan's old clothes. The two sisters already looked quite alike, and now Gao Guiying was a mature version of Gao Guilan.