After lunch, Yang Guan, hunched over, ran to Ji Wan in short steps, bowed his head and reported, "Qingshi Prefecture Governor Jiang Jian requests an audience."
The governor of Qingshi Prefecture, the highest-ranking prefecture and county leader other than her.
If he was nominally in charge of Qingshi Prefecture, then this Governor Jiang Jian was the actual administrator of Qingshi Prefecture.
Here, the governor can have his own armed forces.
According to her memory, she waved to Yang Guan to get up and told him to inform Jiang Jian to wait in the front hall.
Yang Guan took the order and walked out the door with his head lowered.
This eunuch Yang Guan was the one sent here by the mother. He was four years older than Ji Wan and had been by her side since she was a child. He could be said to be loyal to her.
Jiang Jian, who was waiting in the front hall, was already feeling very uneasy. As soon as he saw Ji Wan appear, he knelt down and saluted politely.
"Your humble servant greets Her Royal Highness the Princess."
According to memory, Ji Wan sat down before waving his hand to let people get up.
"Your Highness, why did you suddenly change your mind and not order the cultivators to be sent away? Do you have other plans?"
Jiang Jian spoke in a gentle tone, as if he was afraid of angering Ji Wan.
"I have to interrogate you tomorrow, we'll talk after that." Ji Wan picked up the hot tea served by the palace maid and saw that Jiang Jian was still standing. She raised her chin and gestured, "Sit down and talk slowly."
Jiang Jian is exactly what my mother said, a real veteran in the officialdom.
When asking about the master, he would never question him face to face like Captain Guard Feng Quan did this morning.
Instead, he met privately and asked questions with great tact. No matter what, he was still loyal, although he was only doing it for the sake of his mother's face.
"Your Highness, this immortal cultivator is a hot potato. Even an hour late could bring disaster upon you. If you leave him behind, the lineage of the Zhenguogong Mansion will definitely seize this opportunity and impeach you and the Imperial Concubine."
Similar content, different tone. When Jiang Jian spoke, his face was full of worry for Ji Wan.
He was completely different from the Captain Guard Feng Quan in the morning.
Duke Zhenguo, the Queen's brother and the Crown Prince's uncle.
Before Ji Wan refuted Feng Quan, he had considered this issue and was waiting to be impeached by the censors under the Duke of Zhenguo.
Then she could take advantage of the situation and use a trick to shift all the blame onto the guard chief Feng Quan, thus eliminating him smoothly...
But in front of Jiang Jian, such behavior was too inconsistent with his previous cowardly personality.
So she pondered for a moment before saying, "I have my own plan for this matter."
Jiang Jian couldn't help but steal a glance at Ji Wan's face, wanting to see if she was unhappy, and then he was about to open his mouth to remind her again.
Then Ji Wan, who was sitting at the head of the table, asked, "Governor Jiang, have you ever seen other immortal cultivators in the mortal world?"
Jiang Jian was stunned. He didn't know why Her Royal Highness the Princess suddenly changed the subject.
But he reacted very quickly, "Your Highness, I have certainly never seen such a thing. Immortal cultivators can move mountains and fill the sea, but they regard mortals as mayflies, born and dying in a day.
Just take this disabled immortal cultivator as an example. Although he is disabled now, there is no guarantee that he will be able to recover and become powerful again one day.
This has caused chaos in Qingshi Prefecture and the Princess's Mansion, so it would be best to send him to the Imperial City as soon as possible and hand him over to the Ministry of Justice for a decision."
After talking for a while, Jiang Jian brought the topic back to this "immortal cultivator".
Ji Wan sneered in his heart. This old fox was afraid that his Qingshi Province would be in trouble if it was involved, but he was not afraid that the imperial city would be turned upside down?
She was obviously afraid of being scolded and punished by the emperor, so she curled her lips and didn't care about it anymore.
Seeing that Ji Wan still didn't take the matter of sending the 'immortal cultivator' away to heart, Jiang Jian couldn't help but feel anxious: "Your Highness, since the immortal cultivator has fallen out of the world, he is naturally considered waste.
But if such an unimportant person causes you to be slandered in front of the Emperor, it will be very detrimental to both you and the Imperial Concubine."
Ji Wan nodded and tried to comfort the anxious Jiang Jian temporarily.
"I know. I will explain this matter to my father myself."
Ji Wan thought about it and decided to interrogate the man first. She was really curious about what a cultivator was and what the "realm" was like.
"In a moment, show me the memorial that Qingshi Prefecture wants to submit, as well as the tax records for the past five years. I will then write my own memorial and submit it to the Emperor."
Ji Wan didn't want to get entangled with him any more. This old fox just kept asking her to send the person to the royal capital, and it was impossible for him to suddenly reveal other details about the immortal cultivator. If she wanted to know, it would be better for her to interrogate him herself.
Jiang Jian was stunned when he heard Ji Wan's words. Is the princess going to take over the affairs of the fiefdom herself?
But as a veteran in the workplace, how could he dare to question the princess? He tactfully accepted the order and went home to prepare.
"Yes, I will go back and clean it up right away."
Women had a low status in feudal society. Although princesses were also the emperor's children, there were very few pampered princesses who actually got involved in the management of the territories.
Generally, only when a prince arrives at his fiefdom will he quickly take over government affairs.
The princesses who had fiefs either spent their time eating, drinking and having fun, or returned to the royal capital from time to time to travel and enjoy themselves.
Jiang Jian thought to himself that the princess was a woman, and if she couldn't figure it out, she would naturally hand over the government affairs to him. There was no need to be anxious, he could just wait for the princess to be frustrated.
Moreover, the military power of Qingshizhou is in his hands. If anything happens, he can still cover for the princess. It would be better to let Her Highness give it a try.
If she could really manage it well, the Imperial Concubine would feel more at ease in the capital.
When Ji Wan saw Jiang Jian lowering his head and leaving the house respectfully, he snorted in his heart. The old fox is good, but he is too slippery and doesn't leave any handle for others.
If he directly advised her that government affairs were difficult to manage, he would inevitably be accused of misleading the master and undermining her power.
But if she herself fails to manage Qingshizhou well and suffers repeated setbacks, and turns to him for help, naturally no one will gossip.
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