Reborn as the spoiled male wife of the mortal enemy

Chapter 298: Bai Xun and Bai Song are frank with each other

Baisong arrived at Baijiazhai the next night.

After listening to what Butler Bai said about his grandmother and Xundi, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Grandma, what a fool! Isn't this just looking for trouble and making yourself sick?"

Housekeeper Bai said, "The old lady is also thinking about the Bai family. You and the second young master are not young anymore, and it's time for the old house to have a new member."

Bo Song said, "How could I not understand Grandma? If she had a girl, she would definitely pursue a boy. If she already had a boy, she would feel that one was too few."

As they were talking, they arrived at Mrs. Bai's room.

"Song'er, you are finally back. If you had come back a few days later, you might never see your grandmother again." Mrs. Bai said with red eyes.

Bai Song sat down beside the bed, took her hand, and said, "Grandma, please worry less! Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Xundi is already so old, he has his own ideas."

"His thoughts are all on that wild boy Nanchun! How can two men be together? Do you know that people are laughing at our Bai family? The dignified head of the Bai family only dotes on his male wife, and he doesn't even look at the beautiful concubines at home." Old Madam Bai burst into tears.

Bo Song sighed, "You know Xundi's temper. If you force him like this, he won't listen and will become alienated from you. He will come to his senses in the future. Just let him be!"

Mrs. Bai regretted deeply: "I shouldn't have agreed to this marriage in the first place!"

After dinner, Bai Song went to the villa.

Bai Xun poured him a glass of wine.

"What? Are you afraid that your brother won't tell the truth, so you tell the truth after drinking?" Bo Song teased.

"Brother, I believe everything you say." Bai Xun clinked glasses with him and drank it all in one gulp.

Seeing this, Bai Song also drank it all in one gulp.

Bai Xun said, "After my mother passed away, I couldn't sleep at night and cried endlessly. My grandfather said that no son of the Bai family would be so cowardly and incompetent. I was left alone in such a huge Jingyuan, and I was left to reflect on my mistakes. I don't understand, what was my fault? No sages, ancient or modern, have ever said that one should not grieve over the death of a mother.

My brother climbed over the wall at night, brought me delicious food, and comforted me by saying, "We are our mother's children, and she will always be with us. Xun'er, we still have a brother. We share the same blood, and we are brothers. So, brother, I believe everything you say."

Bai Song lowered his eyes, feeling bitter in his heart.

He filled his own glass and refilled Bai Xun's glass.

Bai Xun said, "You used a method to get me to come up with a plan to bring down Marshal Li. It wasn't just because he wanted to cooperate with the Sheng family, right? It was also because he had obtained the supply and wanted to use the Second Master of the Sheng family and the Qunfangyuan to sell high-quality opium to the dignitaries, celebrities and wealthy businessmen in Yangcheng, right?"

When he was investigating Ge Longjiang in Yangcheng, he found out that Ge Longjiang had originally supplied goods to Qunfangyuan and the Second Master of the Sheng Family. Coincidentally, both Qunfangyuan and the Second Master of the Sheng Family had previously had contact with Marshal Li.

After Li Dashuai was ruined, his credibility was completely destroyed and he lost his supply source. Ge Longjiang then emerged and took over Li Dashuai's business.

"That's right. Because my grandfather was concerned about the Bai family's reputation, I couldn't personally handle this business. I had to find a middleman to help me. I was afraid of arousing suspicion, so I never sold it in large quantities in Yangcheng before.

"But those high-quality, expensive, and profitable opium are consumed by the wealthy in Yangcheng, and they're willing to spend money on them. This is a big piece of fat meat, and I can't let Marshal Li take it all." Bo Song said.

"Where does the opium come from?" Bai Xun asked.

"Part of it was collected by people sent by my grandfather to Yuncheng, and part of it was exchanged with foreigners using those antiques. Peter said that compared to money, they wanted antiques more, and they could exchange antiques for more and better opium.

"But over the years, we've found fewer and fewer ancient tombs, and fewer and fewer funerary objects. The Sheng family is pressing me, so much so that I dare not ship any more antiques. I haven't even found the underground celestial palace I've been searching for. I have no choice but to go to Yuncheng and find another way," Bai Song replied.

"So...you asked for the mountain in Yuncheng owned by Sun Changfu, the boss of Fuyuanji, not only for the kiln factory, but also for the opium? I checked the accounts and found that you have recruited a lot of people in Yuncheng in the past two years, far more than the manpower needed by the kiln factory. Are you growing and producing opium yourself?" Bai Xun asked.

"Well, Sun Changfu's mountain is very suitable for planting. I helped him mainly for this. The price of foreign opium keeps rising, and I have fewer and fewer opium in my hands. So I can only grow it myself to make more money. Now the quality of Yuncheng's opium is not inferior to foreign tobacco, the price is cheaper than foreign tobacco, and the profit is higher." Bai Song said frankly.

Bai Xun looked at him sadly: "Is it worth it? Brother, you clearly have your own ideals and ambitions, but you waste your life on these shady things. Is it worth it?"

"Ideals can't defeat reality! You've met a lot of people and experienced a lot in the past two years. You should understand, right? This world is a place where the strong prey on the weak. You have to do whatever it takes to live a glorious life.

Even if our Bai family didn't dig those ancient tombs, they would have been robbed by those vicious people sooner or later. At least our Bai family has researched the production process of them.

"This opium... the ban is just for show. Did you know that some of those who issued the ban took advantage of their positions to sell opium? Why can they do it, but my Bai family can't?" Bai Song said with a frown.

Bai Xun sighed and said, "Do not commit any evil, no matter how small it is; and do not refrain from any good, no matter how small it is."[Note 1]

Bai Song smiled. "You're still so innocent. Grandfather always said, Song'er, you're older, you should be sensible and obedient, and you should help your brother. So, later he said that you two brothers should work for the Bai family, one in the open and the other in the dark. I agreed without hesitation."

Because if I don't do it, you have to. You're kinder and more upright than me, and I know you can't do it. When you were little, you must have thought your grandfather favored me, right? While you were spanked for making a typo, I was free to roam around the yard and play mischief.

I used to think I was the favored one, but later I realized I was the one who could be blamed and sacrificed at any time. So sometimes I envy you. Although your grandfather was strict with you and disciplined you from a young age, he still had hope for you.

Bai Xun took a sip of wine, looked up at Bai Song, and said, "What hope do you have? You just want me to be like him. I am being frank with you today because I want to tell you that I will not act according to my grandfather's wishes."

Bo Song was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "Just do what you want."

"how about you?"

Bai Song raised his glass and clinked it with Bai Xun's, grinning: "Didn't I say it? You're in the light, and I'm in the dark."

[Note 1] Source: Records of the Three Kingdoms: Biography of Shu