As a former official in the royal court, the Marquis Li was certainly not as clueless as his eldest son. He was well aware of Chu Suifeng's criticisms of him, his uncle, but he believed that as an uncle, he had contributed to Chu Suifeng's rise to power. with the old grandmother still alive in his family, he believed Chu Suifeng would not do anything to him as long as he did not rebel and threaten the existence of Wang Residence.
Amassing wealth, what official did not love wealth. He was indeed a little greedy, but not irredeemable, nor did he pose a threat to the essence of the Northern Land. With this in mind, owning more stores in the south of the city or more estates in his hands was not a big deal at all.
But now, after hearing his second son recount the words of Chu Suifeng, he could not help but break out in a cold sweat.