Chapter 449 These guys are all talented!

"lady……"

Li Niang had just gone to arrange all matters in the mansion. She was now the general manager, in charge of all the servants in Prince Xiang's mansion. Today was her first day here, and there were a lot of things to do.

Jiang Lianzhu handed everything over to her and became a hands-off boss.

Logically speaking, she only knew how to fight when it came to things that were her responsibility. She was not very interested in things like managing servants that required her to do it herself. However, Li Niang helped her out.

"Li Niang, you've worked hard."

Li Niang was flattered. "Madam, you trust me. No matter how hard I work, I will never betray your trust. If you don't mind my stupidity, I want to serve you in the future."

Jiang Lianzhu said, "You used to be a maid serving Prince Xiaoxiang. Now you should go serve Dabao. I don't need you here."

Li Niang said sincerely, "Madam, you truly treat Prince Xiaoxiang and his family well. I've been looking for an opportunity to thank you personally. I've heard everything about Prince Xiaoxiang and his family in the countryside. Without your care, they wouldn't even have enough to eat. It's all thanks to you that they survived. Wang Laowu's family is so unreliable. I didn't take everything into consideration at the time. I had no choice. Madam, I kowtow to you."

I thought she was nothing, but it turns out she just came to express her gratitude.

Jiang Lianzhu hurriedly helped her up. "Let's not talk about the past anymore. This is also the fate between me and Dabao and the others. However, since you mentioned it, I still have something to ask you."

Li Niang wiped the tears from her eyes and cheered herself up, "Go ahead."

Jiang Lianzhu asked, "Are Erbao and Nanbao really also children of Prince Xiang's Mansion?"

No matter how she looked at it, it didn't seem like it.

Especially today, after she saw the portraits of Prince Xiang and his wife in the ancestral temple in the backyard of Prince Xiang's mansion...

Li Niang thought carefully for a moment, "Anyway, the children our prince brought back from abroad were all raised under the name of our princess. Our prince is a romantic and suave man. He spends half of the year traveling and enjoying the scenery. Sometimes he comes back with a child, so everyone guesses it must be his child!"

Jiang Lianzhu was puzzled.

Do we still have to guess about this matter?

"No, the King of Xiang brought a child out, but didn't tell him where it came from? Didn't you, the princess, even ask? Did you just assume it was his? What if it was a friend's? The King of Xiang didn't explain it either?"

Li Niang bit her lip. "Of course the prince said no, but the princess and I didn't believe it. The prince said he picked up a child while traveling outside, but the maids said that most men who had children with their concubines outside would use this excuse. Even the emperor didn't believe it. Every time he found a child, he would send a gift to congratulate him. Our princess was a generous person, so she raised them all."

Jiang Lianzhu rubbed her forehead, these guys are all talented!

She had a premonition that Erbao and Nanbao were really not the children of Prince Xiang's Mansion.

No one knows what King Xiang did outside of the palace; it's a mystery. He was away from home for half a year, traveling and sightseeing. It's rumored that he once had an army of immortal guards, so he must have had a wide circle of friends...

But he had a wide circle of friends, so why was it that in the past four years, when he was wrongly killed, no friends came to avenge him?

There were also three children who almost died outside and had no place to stay.

Maybe there are some unknown inside stories.

Okay, that's it for now.

At worst, I can go find the tadpole's mother for Erbao and Nanbao when the time comes.

First, let's develop steadily for a while.

"Li Niang, the children are still young. Dabao and Erbao will be left to you from now on. You can live in their yard and watch over them. Dabao also trusts you. As for Ninbao, I will usually take care of her and she will live with me. When I am not at home, please take care of her."

Li Niang agreed to all of them.

"Yes, ma'am."

Jiang Lianzhu was still a little unaccustomed to the title of Madam. "How about you just call me Doctor Jiang?"

Li Niang said sternly, "Madam, you were bestowed the title of Lady of Benevolence and Righteousness by the Emperor, and you hold the title of a fifth-rank official. You are also the adopted mother of our little Prince Xiang and his family. You are now the legitimate mistress of the Xiang Palace. Until our little Prince Xiang comes of age, you have guardianship over him. No one dares to disrespect you."

Jiang Lianzhu believed this.

For what reason did Emperor Xuan bestow upon her the title of Lady Renyi?

If she didn't have this title, the servants in Prince Xiang's Mansion might look down on her from the bottom of their hearts.

It’s different now that she has the title. She is the adoptive mother of Prince Xiaoxiang, recognized by the emperor.

"Okay then, Madam is Madam."

Li Niang bowed again, then stood up and said goodbye. "Madam, we are short of manpower right now. I have only arranged two maids and two servants to be on duty in Shangzhu Garden for the time being. There will be a maid on duty outside under the eaves at night. If you need anything, just call me directly."

"OK."

A wealthy family has many complicated rules.

But you also have to adapt.

It's the same when you're used to having someone serving you 24 hours a day.

***

Liao Jiu and the others left Prince Xiang's mansion.

After watching Lin Ziyi and his companions' carriage leave, Liao Jiu said, "You guys should drive back."

They looked at each other in bewilderment. "Master, you are not going back to the Six Gates?"

Liao Jiushiran put his hands behind his back and said, "I'm going back to Qingning Mansion. I've been free lately, and I don't need to live in Liushenmen every day. After all, my home is still in Qingning Marquis Mansion."

To the left they...

My Lord, why do you have to be so tactful in your words? It is obvious that the Marquis of Qingning's Mansion is close to the Prince of Xiang's Mansion!

Just one street away.

"Yes, Master."

Several people drove away.

Liao Jiu returned to Qinghou Mansion alone, which scared Mrs. Zhou. Even though they had already gone to bed, she hurriedly got up to check whether her son's cypress courtyard was clean.

"The young marquis is back, and you all serve him wholeheartedly."

Turning back, he turned to Liao Jiu with a smile on his face, "Wuyang, why did you come home so late at night? Are you done with your recent work? Did you drink?"

Liao Jiu's face flushed slightly. "I drank a little. I'm done with my work these past few days and am back to stay for a few days. I might go out again in a few days. Mother, don't worry about me. Go and have some rest."

Madam Zhou scolded, "You just finished your work and you're leaving the capital again. What are your plans for marriage? Which girl? Tell me so I can have an idea. I know I can't control you now that you've grown up, but you still have to talk to me. If she's worthy of you, I naturally have no objection to you marrying her as your principal wife. If she's not worthy of you, if you really want, mother won't object either. You can marry her as a concubine. Our Qingning Marquisate is not incapable of supporting a woman..."

Liao Jiu frowned subconsciously when he heard this, "Mother, if you want to say this, then your son should go back to the Six Gates."