Chapter 185: Qiao Niang deals with the evil slaves on the farm, and the Marquis accompanies her

Chen Jingyan handed the key to the Marquis' Mansion to Yun Qiao.

When Yun Qiao took the key, she felt a sense of increased responsibility.

If she had not married Chen Jingyan, she would not have cared about these things at all.

But now her identity has changed. She has become Chen Jingyan's wife. Accepting this identity means accepting the responsibilities that come with it, as well as the wealth that comes with it.

Chen Jingyan's vacation was very short. After returning home, he started to get busy about three days later.

Regarding the issue of the Meng Kingdom, after the New Year, the Meng Kingdom will come to the Zhou Kingdom to pay homage to Emperor Showa.

Chen Jingyan was responsible for the reception, after all, he had dealt with the new king of Mongolia before.

He was busy, and Yun Qiao was busy too.

Yun Qiao originally planned to go to the farm in the suburbs to deal with the matter of Mrs. Xu.

Unexpectedly, before she left, Mother Zhang, who had been invited earlier, came to find Yun Qiao and said that Mrs. Xu's forging of the account books had been discovered.

"Princess, look, the account books are all here."

"Where are Mrs. Xu and the others?"

"They are still at the farm. They don't know that you have already sent people to investigate the matter there, so they didn't alert them. This time, it was Mrs. Xu's husband and son who went to other places to collect the debts in autumn and winter. There is a discrepancy between the account books they collected and the ones they actually handed in."

Yunqiao flipped through this picture a few times. Her mother was very good at it and marked all the mistakes.

"Drive directly to the village."

Qiuye will come with me. Xiaotao and Qiuchan will stay at the Marquis' Mansion and take good care of the three little ones."

Grandma's health is getting worse.

Yun Qiao also vaguely guessed that it might be because Chen Jingyan was getting married. Now that the Marquis's Mansion had an heir, she didn't have to worry about Chen Jingyan anymore. The worry that had been hanging in her heart suddenly eased.

This man has lost his spirit and is like a deflated ball.

The old man needs to have a good rest for a while.

Yun Qiao was worried about her grandmother. She thought that after she had dealt with the affairs at the farm and sent Chen Yuan away, she would stay in the marquis' mansion and take good care of her ancestor.

"We must keep an eye on grandma."

"If you have any questions, go to Chunhui Garden to find the Second Master."

Gu Heng is a doctor and knows medical skills. If there is any emergency, it will be safe with him around.

A few days ago, Yun Qiao mentioned to Chen Jingyan that she wanted to go to the farm before the New Year. It was a good opportunity for her to go today, stay at the farm for a day, and come back the day after tomorrow.

As soon as Yun Qiao drove away, Chen Jingyan came back. When he learned that Yun Qiao had gone to a farm in the suburbs, he didn't even say much to his subordinates and followed her on horseback.

Wang Xiaodong called out from behind, "My Lord, you won't be attending court tomorrow?"

"I have some business to attend to these days, so you don't have to go. Just take care of the house and send someone to tell me if there's anything."

This suburban farm is best visited in spring and autumn, but winter also offers a unique experience.

Since Yunqiao went to the farm in the suburbs, Chen Jingyan thought about going with her and staying at the farm for a few days. She kept saying that she felt uncomfortable at home.

I heard Qiuye say that someone was following them.

The guard servant went to take a look, but before the servant could reply, Chen Jingyan's horse arrived in front of Yun Qiao.

He was quite skilled and jumped directly from the horse's back onto her carriage.

He lifted the carriage curtain and bent over to walk in.

"you……."

"I know you're going to the farm outside the city, so I'll go with you."

Yun Qiao laughed at him, "If others didn't know, they would think you were henpecked. You follow your wife wherever she goes."

"What's wrong with being henpecked? I'm happy with it."

[It just so happens that I have other things to deal with this time. I can work and spend time with my wife at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.]

Yun Qiao frowned again suddenly, but never asked any words of concern.

"My Lord, don't you have to go to court tomorrow?"

"Are you still concerned about this?" Chen Jingyan did not answer, but found other topics.

I asked Yun Qiao if something happened at the farm, otherwise why would she go there at this time? It would be a long trip to the farm.

"Mrs. Xu and her family have been cooking the books. These past few years, they've taken advantage of the fact that no one's paying attention. When the Xu family's father and son went out to collect rent, looking at the information in the account book, they've probably taken two-thirds of the rent."

"I thought that when I have some free time, I would send someone to Jiangcheng to investigate the Xu family. If the situation is true, then of course we will raid the Xu family."

How could a servant born in the Xu family have such a huge fortune?

Mrs. Xu's family is like a nest of despicable rats. They steal a little today, a little tomorrow, and then transport the stolen things back to their hometown and ask someone to keep them for them.

Chen Jingyan's parents have been dead for many years. They started out by stealing and now they are cooking the books.

Although Zhuangzi was obviously wealthy, he did not tell the people in the mansion that he was spending more than he earned.

Ever since Chen Jingyan gave her the farm, Yun Qiao wanted to reorganize it.

But at that time, she was still a small concubine. Others were jealous and envious of her enormous wealth. Even the old lady felt that it was inappropriate for the Marquis to give her such a large farm.

That was neither right nor proper, and she didn't want to cause any more trouble and look bad by being in charge of the manor.

Now that she has a noble status, what is there to be afraid of?

Just do it.

Chen Jingyan has been very busy these days. He gets up very early every morning and comes back very late at night. Not only does he not eat well, he also cannot sleep well.

Now sitting in Yun Qiao's carriage, he felt so comfortable that he fell asleep directly on Yun Qiao's legs.

When Chen Jingyan fell asleep, he had really put away all his coldness and seriousness and looked very gentle.

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern times, a man of his age would be considered an uncle to her.

"If I leave here in the future, will I still be able to let you and the children go?"

Yun Qiao thought to herself.

Chen Jingyan didn't wake up. He just moved his hand, looked around and touched Yun Qiao's hand, held it in his hand, and fell asleep again.

When they were almost at the farm, Chen Jingyan woke up. The maid was outside. There were only the two of them in the huge carriage. The carriage was spacious and comfortable. It was built by Chen Jingyan for Yun Qiao before they got married.

Now he has gotten a good deal.

"Madam, are you tired? It's your turn to lie on me and I'll give you a massage."

Yun Qiao believed what he said. He really had other thoughts in his mind, but she didn't hear anything.

My legs were a little numb from being resting on his head just now.

"I dare not trouble you, my Lord. It's just that my legs are a little numb. Never mind. I can just rub them myself."

Chen Jingyan chuckled, with a playful look on his handsome face. He began to rub her legs seriously, but before he knew it, his hand dishonestly reached into the hem of her skirt.

Yun Qiao reached out and held his arm.

"My Lord, we are just ahead of you at the farm. You must not do anything reckless."

Chen Jingyan ignored her and whispered, "If I remember correctly, the books Madam read before were even more expensive than what I played with."

"There were a group of maids and servants outside the door, but he just wanted to..."

Chen Jingyan was memorizing the contents of the storybook and deliberately telling it to Yun Qiao.

Yun Qiao's face suddenly turned red.

“You’re so annoying…”

Chen Jingyan's eyes darkened: "Even when Madam says she hates you, she's still so alluring."

As he spoke, he pushed Yun Qiao down onto the thick blanket in the carriage. The blanket was thick enough so she didn't feel any pain from the fall, but the man's hands were too strong.

"Chen Jingyan, how dare you do this?"

"It will be fine in a moment."

They had just arrived, so he knew where it was. Besides, there was no need to touch his wife's clothes, as he had plenty of ways to deal with it.

"Chen Jingyan, you bastard."

"You still have the energy to curse? Hmm." The man bit her lips and whispered in her ear that she quite liked doing things in the carriage.

Yun Qiao was so angry that she wanted to curse.

Fortunately, before arriving at the farm, both of them had their clothes restored to normal, except that Yun Qiao's hair bun was a lot crooked.

When getting off the carriage, Qiu Ye asked if the princess had fallen asleep in the carriage. Look, her hair bun was tilted.

Yun Qiao blushed and nodded twice.

Qiu Ye wanted to help her get off the carriage, but Yun Qiao was not feeling well and was in a dilemma about how to lift her legs and take a step.

Chen Jingyan got off the carriage first. "Princess, your legs are a little numb. I'll hold you. You lead the way."

He easily picked up Yun Qiao and walked forward with ease.

Yun Qiao came suddenly without saying hello to the people in the village. It was already dark when they arrived at the village.

Wuying went to knock on the door, and the gatekeeper was complaining about who came so late at night.

"My Lord, why are you here?"

"You old woman, do I need to ask you when the master will come? Get out of here."

Chen Jingyan strode inside. Yun Qiao was only concerned about the abnormality in her body and put her arms around Chen Jingyan's neck.

When she arrived at the main courtyard, she immediately called the maid to bring some hot water so that she could wash up.

The maids and old women were busy for a while, and Yun Qiao changed her clothes before she went to have dinner comfortably.

She and Chen Jingyan sat down to eat dinner, and asked Mother Zhang, who had come with them, to take someone to call Mrs. Xu and her family to get up.

Their master hasn't slept yet, but the maid has gone to bed early.

When Mrs. Xu learned that the Marquis and the Princess had arrived, she immediately stood up and changed out of her beautiful and gorgeous clothes.

"Quick, find me some worn-out clothes."

The people who work with Mrs. Xu are from her hometown, so she can be trusted to work with them, but this maid also says whatever she wants.

"Auntie, none of your clothes are worn out. If you don't like something, just give it away. There are no worn-out clothes here. You do have some brand new ones."

Mrs. Xu glared at the maid.

"Are you the only one who talks too much? Pack up and get out now."

Unable to find any worn-out clothes, Mrs. Xu tore off a dark blue piece of satin, thinking that it would be hard to see clearly at night. Their family were all the maids who came with the Second Madam's dowry, so the Marquis should give them some face.

Mrs. Xu's daughter is married and no longer lives on the farm.

Old Man Xu, his son, and Mrs. Xu hurried to the main courtyard.

"This old servant greets the Marquis and the Princess..."

Yun Qiao ignored it.

Chen Jingyan didn't say anything either.

Seeing that Chen Jingyan didn't respond, Yun Qiao looked up and asked, "Are all the Xu family members here?"

"To answer the princess, we are all here except for my son who is pregnant again."

Yun Qiao looked at Granny Xu and said, "Your Xu family is quite powerful. Even the master doesn't even call himself a servant. Does this mean you are the boss of the farm?"

"Look what these are?"

As Yun Qiao spoke, she picked up the account book that Qiu Ye handed over and threw it in front of the Xu family.

"Open it and let me have a good look."

Only then did Old Man Xu tremble as he opened it and took a look. When he saw it, his face changed.

"Princess, I don't understand this. What is this? I'm just a farmer, I don't understand this."

"I don't understand? Didn't you make these account books? You can make these fake account books, but now I can't tell what they are."

Yun Qiao asked coldly.

Yun Qiao knew what Old Man Xu was thinking.

He couldn't fool her.

"I gave you a chance, but you refused it. If that's the case, then lock you all up."

She was tired today and didn't want to continue the interrogation.

At the same time, she also wanted to ask Chen Jingyan, if she dealt with the Xu family, his uncle, the Du family, should not think too much about it.

Mrs. Xu knew that the princess would not be close to her, so she cried and begged Chen Jingyan to come over.

"My Lord, you must trust my family. I held you in my arms when you were born. I am the bride price for the young lady. I am from her family. You must trust me."

Chen Jingyan ignored him with a cold face.

"From now on, this farm will be handed over to the princess. Since you have made a mistake, you should admit it. The princess is kind and may give you a chance to live. If you insist on not obeying and want to go against the princess, this matter will not be of any concern to me."

"Today I declare that anyone on this farm, including the maids, servants, and others, who knows anything, should report it to the princess's attendants. If the information is true, there will be a generous reward."

Yun Qiao looked at Chen Jingyan in surprise.

He understood a lot and said everything she wanted to say.

This time, in addition to getting rid of the Xu family, Yun Qiao also wanted to reorganize the people there, keeping the good ones and dismissing or selling the bad ones.

When Maidong gets married in the future and wants this farm, Yunqiao will not force her to stay and will naturally give it to her.

After dealing with the dirty things on the farm, if we hand it over to Maidong, she will be able to manage it easily.

Mrs. Xu and her family were taken out, and Mrs. Xu screamed and howled all the way.

After dinner, they washed up and returned to the house.

With the help of her maid, Yun Qiao took off her jewelry and changed her clothes.

"My Lord, this Xu family, you see, maybe the whole family has moved?"

"It would be best if everything is done as the princess wishes. I didn't know they were so greedy on the farm. Look at the account book, they've embezzled five thousand taels in one year. They've embezzled a lot over the past few decades."

Yun Qiao smiled.

"You don't know yet, the Xu family has more land and houses in their hometown, but they are all registered under the names of Mrs. Xu's brothers from her natal family, and Old Man Xu's is under his brother's name. There is nothing under their names."

"This is to cleanse them clean. I am afraid of this day."

Yun Qiao had asked someone about it a long time ago and learned that Mrs. Xu's family did not have a big house and the place they lived in was given by the third brother of the Xu family.

Mrs. Xu and Old Man Xu obtained the indenture contract when Chen Jingyan's mother was still alive.

At most, they were honest people working on the farm, not bought servants.

But only Chen Jingyan's mother knew about this. The people who worked with Xu Pozi were either dead or could not be found, and no one was keeping an eye on her, so their family grew in power.

Looking at what Mrs. Xu did, she was quite scheming.

He must have learned it from Chen Jingyan's mother.

Yun Qiao even wondered if Chen Jingyan's mother was also a time traveler.