The Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital.

The spacious courtyard is planted with various precious flowers and trees, such as peonies, peonies, and crabapples.

There is also a large pond in the center with clear water and fish swimming around.

The rockery, pavilions, towers and other landscapes around the pond complement each other, creating a natural and comfortable environment.

In the southeast corner of the pond is Ruiran Courtyard, the residence of the Prime Minister's daughter.

In order to make up for their daughter's life of wandering around for so long, the prime minister and his wife sent all the precious things in the mansion to Ruiran Courtyard like water.

Ever since Yun Ran became the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Prime Minister's wife would always take her with her to any banquet.

Yun Ran did not disappoint the Prime Minister and his wife. She had never been to school in the countryside, but after studying with the teacher for three months, she was able to write amazing poems.

Especially during the Mid-Autumn Festival, she attended a flower-viewing banquet hosted by the eldest princess and wrote a poem with two lines: "People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions; the moon waxes and wanes; it is difficult to have everything in life. I wish you a long life, and that we can share the beauty of the moon together even though we are thousands of miles apart."

Not only were all the young men and women present at the banquet surprised, but even the imperial tutor, Mr. Wang, praised it repeatedly after hearing it.

You should know that Mr. Wang not only taught the current emperor, but also served three dynasties. He was a famous scholar in the world and served in the court for forty years. Most of the civil officials in the court came from his school.

Countless people from all over the country wanted to be worshipped under the name of Mr. Wang, to marry the daughter of the Prime Minister, and to be praised by Mr. Wang. For a time, she became the envy of all the women in Beijing.

When a man of marriageable age wanted to marry the daughter of a wealthy family, the threshold of the Prime Minister's house was "broken down" by the suitors.

But no matter how many people proposed to her, Yun Ran remained unmoved.

No one else knew, including the Prime Minister and his wife, only Yun Ran herself knew that she had someone in her heart.

Two months ago, she had just arrived in Beijing under the escort of the Escort Agency and had seen the triumphant return of the Third Prince, the God of War of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The third prince, riding on a warhorse, stood tall and straight, dressed in a black robe. He was handsome as if carved with a sword. He gave off the aura of a king who could shock the world. His sharp and deep eyes gave people a sense of oppression.

When she saw the heroic appearance of the Third Prince, her heart began to pound and she wanted to marry him.

Yun Ran sat under the pavilion in Rui Ran's courtyard to enjoy the cool air, eating the cakes and pastries prepared by the maid.

After a while, Yun Ran took the handkerchief handed to him by the maid, wiped his mouth gently, and then took another handkerchief to wipe his hands clean.

Then he waved his hand, asked someone to take the things away, and brewed a pot of fragrant tea.

Yun Ran: [Hei Za, did you tell me whether Li Mengyue is dead or not?]

Black Scum System: [Host, I haven't seen the body yet, so I can't speak rashly.]

Yun Ran: [You arranged so many people, but you can't even handle a little girl? You're such a loser.]

[You asked me to send people to Xinghua Village to spread the news that Li Mengyue and the beggar had run away. Will it be of any use?]

Black Scum System: [Of course, don't you care about a woman's reputation? If she runs away with someone, her innocence is gone. Even if she survives by chance, your adoptive mother will definitely not recognize her and will only regard her as a disgrace.]

[Host, there will be a locust plague in the Qingshan Prefecture area. You must prepare early and store more food. When the fields are completely empty and the people are starving, and widespread suffering is spreading, that will be the time when the host will become famous.]

[At that time, the imperial court was unable to allocate grain for disaster relief, but the host was able to provide large quantities of grain and distribute porridge for free. This not only earned him a good reputation among the people, but he might even be able to win the favor of the Third Prince.]

After listening to what the system said, Yun Ran prepared to use 20,000 taels to buy food. This money was given to her by her parents when she restored her identity, and it was also all her savings.

However, it is not certain about Li An and Mrs. Li's attitude towards their daughter. After all, she has hardly done any work in the Li family.

Besides her sweet talk and her ability to coax Old Lady Li, she was also indulged by Li An and Mrs. Li. No matter what happened, as long as she acted coquettishly, there would be no problem.

There was just one thing that made her unhappy, that was that Li had never treated her as a relative since she was a child. It was probably because Li knew that she was not her biological daughter.

In this case, she originally thought that since she was living a life of luxury, she could give some money to Li An and his wife. But now it seems that there is no need at all.

However, she was unwilling to take any risks, so she decided to send someone to Xinghua Village again to block all of Li Mengyue's escape routes. She must not let her come back and ruin her own business.

Thinking of this, Yun Ran turned around to look at her personal maid Qiao'er and asked someone to call Liu Quan over.

As the head maidservant of Yun Ran, Qiao'er naturally didn't need to go in person to handle such trivial matters.

A maid from the courtyard came in and told her the young lady's instructions, and Qiao'er quickly went to serve Yunran.

After a cup of tea, a man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks came to Yun Ran, led by a maid.

The man was Liu Quan. Yun Ran became the daughter of the Prime Minister's family. The Prime Minister's wife asked her to select the staff for the courtyard, and she selected them personally.

Liu Quan not only mastered the art of flattery to perfection, but another thing Yun Ran admired about him was his extreme ruthlessness.

As long as she gave him a task, Liu Quan would always find a way to complete it beautifully and never let her down.

This time she wanted to send someone to Xinghua Village, and the first person she thought of was Liu Quan.

When Liu Quan saw Yun Ran, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to him.

When Liu Quan finished bowing, Yun Ran said gently, "Alright, we're all family. There's no need to perform formal formalities every time."

"How can that be? The Second Miss is a daughter of gold. It is my blessing to be able to kowtow to you. Please do not deprive me of this blessing." Liu Quan stood up and spoke with a bowed back.

Seeing Liu Quan's respectful look, Yun Ran felt a little vain in her heart satisfied, and then she got to the point.

"I asked you to come here because I have something important to entrust to you.

After you finish, you will be the manager of Ruiran Garden."

Upon hearing this, Liu Quan slumped to his knees again and said happily, "Thank you, Miss, for the promotion. I will do my best to complete the task."

Yun Ran stated his requirements and gave Liu Quan 20,000 silver notes. Liu Quan accepted the task and vowed to use the lowest price to buy the most food, and to completely cut off the former lady's path, and then left.

After Liu Quan left, Qiao'er shuddered all over when she heard Miss Er's explanation of Liu Quan's affairs. She had just been assigned to serve Miss Er and thought she was lucky.

Now it seems that it was not good luck at all, but almost a death warrant.

Just as Qiao'er was lost in thought, Yun Ran asked in a gentle voice, "How's it going? Have you heard anything about the Third Prince?"

Without waiting for her answer, Yun Ran saw that Qiao'er was distracted, picked up the teacup on the small stone table, and threw it at Qiao'er's face.

Qiao'er was not paying attention for a moment and her forehead was broken. In an instant, blood flowed down her forehead and onto her face.

Qiao'er didn't care about the wound on her forehead. She immediately knelt at Yunran's feet and slapped herself with both hands, saying, "Please forgive me, Second Miss. Please forgive me, Second Miss."

After a while, Qiao'er's cheeks began to swell up. Yun Ran saw that it was almost healed, so he said in a condescending tone, "That's enough, stand up."

"Qiao'er, I don't mean to punish you. You should know my current status. The servants around me are not only attentive and capable, but at least they can't be distracted when I'm kissing you. This is at home. If you were outside, wouldn't you be embarrassing me?"

"Yes, Miss, you are right to teach me a lesson. Qiao'er is wrong."

"It's enough that you know you were wrong. Don't do it again. Have you heard anything about the Third Prince?"

Qiao Er stood up, ignoring the blood on her face. She looked at Yun Ran's expression and answered the question carefully: "Miss, the people in the Third Prince's Mansion are very strict. It is really difficult to inquire."

"What a waste."

Yun Ran originally wanted to throw something at Qiao'er, but seeing the blood on her face, he felt a little disgusted and said impatiently, "Get off. You know what to say with the wound on your face."