Wen Xiaoman had already discussed this with her grandfather and father before coming here. When she heard Yu Zizhen ask this, she immediately stood up, bowed deeply and said to Yu Zizhen, "I am willing."
Her grandfather, the head of the Wen family, also said, "It is Xiaoman's honor to serve the prince. If you don't mind, why not let her stay by your side and serve you in the future."
Yu Zizhen shook his head. "Xiao Man shouldn't be trapped in the inner house. I didn't invite her here just to serve me tea and water."
She looked at Wen Xiaoman and asked, "Are you willing to leave home, leave Tongzhou, spend several years or even more than ten years, hiding your identity and setting up a business for me?"
Wen Xiaoman was startled, then nodded vigorously, "Xiaoman is willing."
The head of the Wen family pursed his lips and said, "Sir, Xiaoman is still young, or I..."
Yu Zizhen shook his head. "Either Xiaoman goes, or you can just pretend I didn't say anything today. Don't worry, I won't ask for anything in return. After all, helping your Wen family is just a matter of convenience."
Not to mention that the system also took the opportunity to issue tasks, allowing her to earn a lot of points. Even if it hadn't, she wouldn't insist on the Wen family repaying her for such a thing that didn't take much effort on her part.
The head of the Wen family was in a difficult situation, but Wen Xiaoman did not have the same concerns as her grandfather. As a young person, she still yearned for the free sky outside.
She expressed her opinion again, "Grandpa, let me go. I want to go."
What she didn't say was that even if Yu Zizhen didn't need her to do anything, she didn't plan to stay at home any longer.
Her marriage turned out to be such a mess that her mother not only sighed and complained to her with a sad face every day, but also blamed her grandfather in words and deeds for letting her become ignorant of the world and dare to do anything and offend anyone.
Wen Xiaoman could understand that her mother was trapped in the inner house and had limited knowledge, and that she would make a big deal out of a small matter, but she could not accept that her mother always complained about her grandfather in private.
She was fed up with hearing her say these things every day, and because of her filial piety she couldn't refute them without restraint.
In addition, her marriage would indeed bring certain adverse effects to the unmarried daughters of the Wen family. Wen Xiaoman had actually made up her mind to live in the nunnery long ago.
As long as she, the person involved, is not in the Wen family, then other people will naturally talk less and less about the girls of the Wen family.
Now that Yu Zizhen is willing to use her and give her the opportunity to display her talents, for her, it is like someone giving her a pillow when she is sleepy. She couldn't ask for more and would definitely not refuse.
Seeing her determined look, the head of the Wen family knew he couldn't persuade her. The old man sighed secretly, "Sir, I wonder if I can bring some useful people to Xiaoman?"
Yu Zizhen nodded vigorously without hesitation, "Go ahead and take as many as you want."
Wen Xiaoman is her subordinate, so if we round up the number of Wen Xiaoman's subordinates, wouldn't that mean they are still her subordinates?
A free tool who doesn't need her to pay him, and a capable free tool carefully selected by the head of the Wen family, who can not like this?
"Thank you, Prince." Yu Zizhen responded so readily that the head of the Wen family couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In his opinion, Yu Zizhen's frankness proved that Yu Zizhen had no ill intentions towards his granddaughter or the Wen family.
He handed the small box containing the banknotes that he had prepared long ago to Yu Zizhen with both hands, "This is a small token of my gratitude. Thank you, Prince, for helping my Wen family."
He prepared the silver notes directly because he had inquired about it and knew that Yu Zizhen preferred real gold and silver to anything else.
Of course, in order to make the scene look good, he brought other things besides the banknotes.
It's just that those things are not very valuable, they are just within the scope of normal gift exchange, no one can say that the Zhenbei Palace accepted bribes from merchants.
And as early as when he first entered the house, he had already handed those things over to the servants of the palace.
This large silver note given to Yu Zizhen alone was his generous thank-you gift to Yu Zizhen on behalf of the Wen family.
Yu Zizhen waved his hand, "No need for a thank you gift. Xiaoman is already one of my subordinates. Protecting her family is a small benefit I give her as her boss."
She was short of money and coveted the Wen family's jewelry, gold and silver, but she wanted Wen Xiaoman, the female god of wealth, to return to her heart completely even more.
Shi En and the Wen family were her first step to conquer Wen Xiaoman, and she had many other methods to follow.
She insisted on not accepting it, so the Wen family's head naturally didn't dare force her. He bowed deeply again and said, "Thank you very much, Your Highness. Your kindness is so great, and everyone in the Wen family will remember it in their hearts."
Yu Zizhen smiled and gestured for him to sit back down. "Being involved with me has its pros and cons. Patriarch Wen needs to make preparations early."
As soon as she said this, the expression of the head of the Wen family suddenly became solemn. Even if Yu Zizhen didn't say it, he knew it very well in his heart, but Yu Zizhen could actually think of this. The most important thing was that Yu Zizhen actually gave him this advice frankly, which made the head of the Wen family look at him with admiration.
You have to know that Yu Zizhen is still a child. It is not easy for her to see through this, let alone remind him so frankly.
Isn't he worried that the Wen family will give up and try to cut ties with the Zhenbei Palace?
But on second thought, the head of the Wen family felt that he really took their Wen family too seriously.
Although their Wen family is the most prominent wealthy merchant in Tongzhou, to the Zhenbei Palace, a merchant of their size should be just one of the countless ordinary merchants who want to curry favor with them, right?
Thinking of this, the head of the Wen family suddenly felt more at ease about Wen Xiaoman's future situation.
This is the prince of Zhenbei. How many people can he use? He is willing to use Wen Xiaoman. This is the opportunity and honor of their Wen family.
Yu Zizhen didn't know that her advance warning would make the head of the Wen family imagine so many things. She simply didn't want her subordinates' families to be used as an example to scare others because of their involvement with her.
A few days later, the Wen family announced that Wen Xiaoman would start practicing with her hair uncut from that day on.
Under the gazes of countless eyes, both openly and covertly, Wen Xiaoman rode in the Wen family's carriage to the nunnery.
With her were her two trusted maids, a housekeeper, and two martial maids that the head of the Wen family had urgently bought for her by using his connections and paying a high price.
The Jianchang Marquis' Mansion was also one of the families that secretly followed the Wen family's movements. When she heard that Wen Xiaoman would rather live in a nunnery again than marry into the Jianchang Marquis' Mansion and become the Crown Prince's wife, the Jianchang Marquis's wife couldn't help but feel angry and resentful. She cursed the Wen family for being ungrateful in front of her trusted servants for a long time.
As for the Zhenbei Palace that ruined their plans, she certainly hated it, but she didn't dare to curse a family like the Zhenbei Palace even in private.
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