Before the three Xia Linan brothers returned to Luyuan, everything they said and did in the academy had been reported to Shen Yuyao in detail by the people from the East Factory.

In recent days, Xu Yunxuan has become obsessed with something new. She said that she really doesn't have time to continue managing the East Factory. Either she has to disband the East Factory or hand it over to Shen Yuyao to help her manage it.

Shen Yuyao had always remembered the entrustment given by Sister Chang, and she was also worried that after Xia Yu was demoted, she would no longer be able to take care of Sister Chang's young son.

Now that Xu Yunxuan took the initiative to hand over the East Factory to her, she went along with it and agreed.

So, half a month ago, Xu Yunxuan handed over the East Factory's roster, indentures, etc. to Shen Yuyao.

After Shen Yuyao was familiar with the situation of all her subordinates, she also incorporated all the guards who remained loyal to the Ning Wang Mansion after Xia Yu was demoted into the East Factory.

Among them, Tang Wei and Danggui have now become the left and right envoys of the East Factory.

After the Black Dragon Guard was disbanded, Tang Wei was alone and unwilling to seek another job, so Shen Yuyao kept him in Lu Garden.

As for Danggui, upon hearing that Xia Yu was demoted, he rushed back to Kyoto as soon as possible. In order to repay the kindness of his benefactor, he also joined Shen Yuyao's East Factory.

"Princess..."

As soon as Danggui opened her mouth, she was stopped by Shen Yuyao, "I am also a commoner now, you can just call me Madam."

"Madam, the eldest son is attracting too much attention in the academy. For safety reasons, I think we should arrange a few secret guards for the other young masters."

Danggui changed his tone. After bowing, he said to Shen Yuyao, "Lushan Academy has been targeted by the Crown Princess Lu of the Eastern Palace. According to reports, Princess Hemin will also be sent to Lushan Academy to study in the near future!"

"oh?"

Shen Yuyao raised her eyebrows when she heard this.

If I remember correctly, Princess Hemin was the eldest daughter born to the Crown Prince by Crown Princess Lu.

Mrs. Lu actually wanted to send her own daughter to Lushan Academy. Shen Yuyao could guess what this meant with her toes.

A few days ago, the East Factory reported that Lu originally wanted to ask the emperor to marry her niece from her mother's side to the young master of Cao Guogong's family, Li Jiujiang!

Unexpectedly, the memorial requesting marriage was firmly rejected by the Crown Prince who was acting as Regent before it was even submitted to the Emperor.

The reason given by the prince was that although the niece of Lu's maternal family was of noble status, she was still not worthy of the young master's status.

Because of this incident, Lu had a quarrel with the crown prince.

Shen Yuyao originally thought that by doing so, the Lu family would definitely give up this idea and naturally would not be able to win over the Cao family anymore.

But what she never expected was that since her niece was not suitable, Mrs. Lu actually set her sights on her and the prince's biological daughter.

It seems that in order to gain the most honorable position in the hearts of women in the world, Mrs. Lu was willing to gamble even the happiness of her own daughter.

If Shen Yuyao was asked to trade Xia Xiaoxian's happiness for the position of the mother of the country, she would definitely refuse.

"Alright, Danggui, you can quietly assign two secret guards to each of the three brothers."

Shen Yuyao nodded, agreeing to Danggui's request. Then she suddenly seemed to think of something and looked up at Danggui and asked, "By the way, you just said that the eldest daughter of the Zhang Qi family has a crush on our Lin'an?"

Shen Yuyao was shocked.

These days really don’t fly. More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

It has been exactly fourteen years since the day of rebirth and nirvana.

"Whether he truly fell for Lin'an, I don't know, but the rumor has certainly spread throughout the academy. It's said that the Zhang family's daughter was impressed by Lin'an's talent because he had memorized the entire 'Art of War' word for word."

Danggui and Baizhi have been married for nearly ten years now, and they have a pair of children who are also very well-educated.

When he heard that Xia Yu had been demoted, he hurried from Yanjing to Kyoto. Bai Zhi also returned to Kyoto with her two children.

They both wanted to be by Shen Yuyao's side when she was in the most difficult situation.

Shen Yuyao was grateful for their loyalty, so she allowed their family to live together in Luyuan.

Fortunately, Xu Yunxuan was very far-sighted and expanded Luyuan big enough!

"What about our Lin'an? Is he interesting?" Shen Yuyao's restless heart that loved to gossip became active again.

"Lin'an?"

Danggui felt a little puzzled. Lin'an was only fourteen years old. Why did the princess want to find him a wife?

"Young Master Lin'an doesn't seem to have that idea. I heard that he directly rejected the Zhang family's daughter." Danggui also told the truth.

"Lin'an is indeed very ambitious," Shen Yuyao immediately imagined Lin'an raising his big round and fat head and rejecting the pretty little beauty, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Mother, what are you talking about Lin'an again?"

As soon as Shen Yuyao finished speaking, Xia Xiaoxian stepped into the room and said, "Hello, Uncle Tang!"

Xia Xiaoxian greeted Tang Wei and Danggui.

"Little..." The two were about to salute Xia Xiaoxian, but were stopped by Shen Yuyao with her eyes.

"We are both commoners now, so you two don't need to be so polite," Shen Yuyao said, and then turned to Xia Xiaoxian and said, "Xiaoxian, why didn't you go out with your Aunt Yun today?"

Xu Yunxuan has been taking Xia Xiaoxian with her when she goes out recently, and it is rare to see Xia Xiaoxian staying alone in Lu Garden.

"Xiaoyan went to Zuixianlou with Aunt Yun today. I was going to go too, but something unexpected happened on the way out, so I stayed in the garden."

Xia Xiaoxian winked at Shen Yuyao as she spoke.

Shen Yuyao understood immediately.

Xia Xiaoxian, your period is here.

Now, Shen Yuyao looked at Xia Xiaoxian with eyes full of the love of an old mother.

The little fairy treasure has now grown into an adult.

"Xiaoxian... has grown up, and mother has grown old." Shen Yuyao imitated Madam Shen and muttered to Xia Xiaoxian.

"Mother won't get old," Xia Xiaoxian coquettishly comforted Shen Yuyao, then turned around and asked about the previous topic, "Mother, what did you say to the two uncles about Lin'an just now?"

"My two uncles came to tell mother that the Zhang family's daughter has fallen in love with our Lin'an." Shen Yuyao said with a smile, "Someone is already thinking about Lin'an. Don't you think mother is getting old or something?"

"Really? Which Zhang family?" Xia Xiaoxian asked in surprise.

"She's the eldest daughter of Commander Zhang Qi. However, my two uncles said that it was Lin'an who rejected the Zhang family's daughter."

Shen Yuyao knew that Xia Xiaoxian asked about the other party's family background and name because she wanted to look through the "Three Lives Book".

As the eldest sister, Xia Xiaoxian has always liked this chubby little brother. She must be looking for a marriage partner for Xia Linan!