Chapter 203: They're all going to be killed by me.

The next day at noon, Furong brought back a group of people to the mansion, consisting of 20 strong young men, four maids, and two middle-aged women.

Furong handed the indenture to Liuye: "Princess, these are their indentures. They all know martial arts. I picked two brokerage firms to gather so many people."

Liu Ye took the indenture, glanced at it casually, put it into her sleeve and threw it into her spatial storage. She then began to look the person she had bought up and down. The person she had bought did not show any fear or timidity on his face when she looked at him like that, as if he was already used to it.

She walked up behind an old woman. Everyone there knew martial arts, even the old woman knew them. Furong was quite savvy. She nodded with satisfaction: "Hmm, not bad. What were your names before?"

The old woman in front of Liu Ye calmly replied, "Our names were given by our former master. Please bestow names upon us, sir."

Liu Ye touched her nose with a troubled expression. She was terrible at coming up with names: "What are your surnames?"

The old woman who spoke replied respectfully, "My surname is Zhang."

Another old woman quickly said, "My surname is Zhao."

After listening, Liu Ye waved her hand and said, "Then you will be called Aunt Zhang and Aunt Zhao. From now on, you will be in charge of cooking in the kitchen."

Aunt Zhang and Aunt Zhao replied respectfully, "It is the Princess."

Aunt Zhang and Aunt Zhao took a step back, and the four girls stepped forward respectfully, saying in unison, "Please bestow a name upon us, Princess."

The four girls were all quite tall and fair-skinned. You couldn't tell from their appearance that they knew martial arts. Liu Ye thought for a moment and said, "The four of you will be called Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju. Xiao Mei, Xiao Lan, Xiao Zhu, and Xiao Ju."

Furong quickly reminded her, "The people bestowed by the Empress Dowager are also named Mei, Lan, Zhu, and Ju, so the names are duplicated."

Liu Ye snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Make them change their names to Little One, Little Two, Little Three, and Little Four. Now that we have our own people, let's send them all to the Su family."

Furong nodded, suppressing a laugh, "Yes."

Twenty men stepped forward, and one of them said, “Greetings, Princess. My name is Zhang Wei, and I have always used this name in my previous family. Please bestow a name upon me, Princess.”

Liu Ye scanned the 20 men and already had a good idea of ​​what was going on. She could tell that Zhang Wei was the most skilled in martial arts among them: "Since Zhang Wei is your real name, then you can continue to use it. The same goes for the others. Use your real name as well. Zhang Wei, from today onwards, you are the captain of these 20 men. You are responsible for the safety of the General's Mansion and the Princess's Mansion."

“Furong is the housekeeper. You only need to listen to me and General Bai. You don’t need to listen to anyone else.”

The 20 people clasped their hands in unison and bowed, saying, "It is the Princess."

Liu Ye nodded with satisfaction: "Fu Rong, take them downstairs to change clothes and wash up, and give each of them one hundred taels of silver."

Furong was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Good heavens, the princess is so generous. She gave each person a hundred taels of silver right away. "Yes."

The next day, the Empress Dowager sent a carriage to invite Liu Ye into the palace. Fu Rong was stopped outside the hall and waited. Inside the hall, the Empress Dowager was still sitting in the main seat. To her right sat three ladies, namely her eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, and third sister-in-law. To her left sat several young girls, all of whom Liu Ye had seen at the palace banquet. The only man present was Zheng Shuang, the fourth young master of the Zheng family.

Upon seeing this scene, Liu Ye had a bad feeling; it seemed that what was bound to happen had finally arrived: "Daughter greets Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be well and blessed."

The Empress Dowager smiled and nodded. Immediately, all members of the Zheng family stood up and bowed to Liu Ye, saying, "Greetings, Princess Wushuang."

Liu Ye politely raised her hand slightly: "No need for formalities."

The Empress Dowager beckoned to Liu Ye, and Aunt Zheng quickly made room for her and sat down to the side, so Liu Ye sat down next to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager took her hand with a loving expression and introduced the three ladies of the Zheng family to her with a smile: "Ye'er, this is your eldest aunt, second aunt, and third aunt."

Liu Ye greeted the three women politely with a smile, saying, "Hello, Auntie, Second Auntie, and Third Auntie."

The three maternal aunts of the Zheng family nodded with smiles. The Empress Dowager then looked at the five Zheng family girls sitting to her left and said, "You may introduce yourselves."

The girl sitting in the first seat stood up with a haughty expression: "My name is Zheng Lian'er." After saying that, she sat down.

Liu Ye smiled but didn't speak, thinking to herself, "This is a pretentious person." The girl sitting next to Zheng Lian'er stood up and said with a smile, "My name is Zheng Ling'er. I just turned 18 this New Year, about the same age as the princess. Princess, I liked you the moment I saw you. I hope we can become friends."

Liu Ye smiled and nodded: "I also like making friends, and I hope we can become friends in the future." Zheng Ling'er's smile reminded her of a saying: "Hypocritical people have a thousand kinds of jokes." She judged that Zheng Ling'er was a scheming bitch.

After Zheng Ling'er sat down, the girl sitting next to her stood up timidly and spoke in a soft voice: "My name is Zheng Qing'er. Princess... Princess, you are so beautiful. I... I also want to be your friend."

Liu Ye nodded perfunctorily: "Okay." This person is no pushover either; she might just be a hypocrite.

The fourth girl from the Zheng family stood up and introduced herself before Zheng Qing'er could even sit down: "I am Zheng Yu'er. I hope the princess will take good care of me in the future."

Liu Ye smiled perfunctorily and said, "Miss Yu'er, you're too kind." Zheng Yu'er seemed quite easygoing, but her eyes were full of calculation.

The last girl from the Zheng family stood up and introduced herself shyly: "My name is Zheng Xiuer."

Liu Ye nodded, thinking that the introductions were finally over. Zheng Shuang stood up again. Liu Ye looked at him in confusion. Why did he stand up? Didn't they know each other?

Zheng Shuang looked at Liu Ye with a polite smile and said, "Princess Wushuang, it's been a long time. I am honored to see you again today."

Liu Ye smiled perfunctorily and said, "Young Master Zheng, you're too kind. Thank you for escorting me back to my residence that day." Good heavens, her face was frozen from smiling so much. Was this ever going to end?

The Empress Dowager looked at Zheng Shuang and Liu Ye with a maternal smile, and said jokingly, "We two don't need to be so polite. We're all family, hahaha. Oh my, no matter how I look at them, they seem like a perfect couple. They really are a good match."

The three maternal aunts of the Zheng family also looked at Liu Ye with satisfaction, echoing the Empress Dowager: "Indeed, I think they are a perfect couple. Shuang'er is handsome and the princess is beautiful. They are indeed a match made in heaven."

Liu Ye smiled, but inside she was absolutely disgusted. Who's a perfect match for that show-off guy? Are you blind? You're just spouting nonsense!

Seeing that the groundwork had been laid, the Empress Dowager smiled and looked at Liu Ye, asking, "Ye'er, you're not young anymore, and you've reached the age for marriage. Your mother will arrange a good marriage for you. I'm not your biological mother, so I'll ask for your opinion. What do you think?"

Liu Ye thought to herself, "I don't need you to worry about my marriage." She pretended to be troubled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Mother. However, my parents had my fortune told when they were still alive. The fortune teller said that I would bring misfortune to my family and that I must be adopted by another family. Otherwise, my whole family will suffer misfortune and will all die because of me."