After a moment of pause, Yao Zhi continued, "If the next General is someone who only cares about his own achievements and disregards the soldiers' and people's lives, I might lose you and become a widow."
"What's more, the news about the General cooperating with a mysterious Lei family must have reached the capital. We are already too involved to back out now."
"We are now grasshoppers tied to the same rope as the General. If he dies, we won't be able to survive either. So, we have to amass as much money as we can before the Imperial Court frames him and confiscates all of his wealth."
Fu Chen'an found his wife's words made sense and asked again, "Then what about the Xue family?"
"Although they are the General's in-laws, they are merchants. At most, they would be exiled, but their lives wouldn't be harmed. As for their wealth, they are merchants. They won't put all of their eggs in one basket. We don't have to worry about them."
