As Yuan Dan was drifting off to sleep after leaving the inner city, she suddenly heard a noisy commotion.
She opened her eyes groggily and found that the carriage had stopped at some point, and Xiao Changqi was lifting the curtain to look outside.
"Chirp chirp?"
What are you looking at?
Yuandan fluttered its wings and perched on the man's shoulder, tilting its head to follow his gaze.
A group of people carrying plows and hoes surrounded several servants of a wealthy family, chattering and shouting.
"This year the rains were bad, the fields were dry for more than a month, and the autumn harvest was not much. The Prince Gan's mansion is asking us to pay double the taxes. They might as well kill us."
"Heavens above! The Prince Gan's mansion is trying to kill us!"
The common people were all complaining, but the leader of the servants was unmoved. With his pointed face and monkey-like appearance, he said impatiently, "I don't care how much grain you received. Since you have rented the land of the Prince Gan's Mansion, you must pay rent. Not only that, but you must pay double. Otherwise, don't blame the Prince Gan's Mansion for taking the land back."
Upon hearing this, the people became even more agitated. An old woman tried to plead for them, but the leader of the gang kicked her away without any mercy.
"Don't touch me! You'll get my new clothes dirty. Can you afford to pay for them? Tch, what bad luck!"
Yuan Dan was furious, but she didn't lose her temper. Instead, she looked at Xiao Changqi with a snickering voice.
The question is: Are these servants really from the Prince's mansion?
Xiao Changqi's face remained as handsome and indifferent as ever. He was unmoved by the scene of people bullying others and oppressing the common people.
In a fit of rage, Yuandan flapped its wings against the man's face, chirping, "Chirp chirp."
Say something.
Xiao Changqi took the bird down expressionlessly and said in a calm voice, "I don't know."
The head steward manages all the affairs of the Prince's mansion, so Xiao Changqi is practically a hands-off manager.
Because there was no steward in the backyard, the old steward had to worry a lot about Xiao Changqi's marriage.
He even considered bringing a few concubines into the family first, but the prince wouldn't budge, so he didn't dare to make any decisions on his own.
New Year's Day: "Chirp chirp."
So you're just going to watch and do nothing?
Xiao Changqi patted the little bird's head and stroked the feathers on its back: "Wait a little longer."
Yuandan glanced out of the carriage and exclaimed, "Chirp chirp chirp!!"
A fight is about to break out outside, what are we waiting for?
“I have already sent a message,” Xiao Changqi said in a deep voice.
Yuan Dan looked up at the man blankly and said, "Chirp?"
Who did you send the message to?
Before the man could answer, the clatter of horses' hooves came from outside.
As soon as he received the message from the guard, Manager Li from the estate rushed over on horseback. After dismounting, he knelt outside the carriage and bowed to Xiao Changqi, saying, "This old servant greets Your Highness."
Xiao Changqi didn't let him get up, but asked coldly, "Are those people servants of the Prince's mansion?"
On his way here, Steward Li had heard from the guards about what had happened. He was worried that the people being bullied were indeed servants of the Prince Gan's mansion, but when he turned around, he didn't recognize them. Then he looked at their waists and said, "Your Highness, this old servant did not see any Prince Gan's mansion badges on them."
Since they didn't have a waist tag, they weren't servants of the Prince Gan's mansion.
These people dared to impersonate servants of the Prince's mansion to prey on the villagers, and were even caught by the Prince himself. They really have a death wish.
So, before Xiao Changqi could give any instructions, Steward Li said, "This old servant will go and handle it immediately."
Xiao Changqi nodded indifferently: "Mm."
After listening to their conversation on New Year's Day, I fell into deep thought.
Who sent these people?
Why use the name of the Prince Gan's Mansion to prey on the people and tarnish its reputation?
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