"Sister, I know I probably shouldn't have asked! But I can't bear to part with you!" Qian Qianren said.
Li Baozhu held Xie Yuan's arm, her voice very soft.
Apart from Xie Yuan, even the maids serving outside couldn't hear it.
Xie Yuan raised one eyebrow. Sure enough, there's never a shortage of smart people in this world.
Even a seemingly unconventional young girl like Li Baozhu possesses extremely keen insight.
"Why do you say that?" Xie Yuan asked instead of answering.
However, her question was also a disguised answer.
"Sister, are you really leaving?"
Helian Jue is not here!
They said they were going to train troops in the field, but Li Baozhu didn't believe a word of it.
Training troops?
On the surface, everything at the Prince of Yue's residence appeared normal, but in reality, they were becoming increasingly vigilant.
The guards were on high alert, proceeding with extreme caution.
Xie Yuan was also very busy and didn't even have time to take care of the children.
In the past, when Li Baozhu visited Xie Yuan, Xie Yuan was always busy. But this time, Xie Yuan gave her the feeling that he was busy but also nervous and excited.
It seemed like something good was about to happen.
For those distinguished guests from the capital, their greatest wish in life was to leave Lingnan and return to the capital!
Through detailed observation and understanding of these exiles in Lingnan, Li Baozhu came to a guess.
Xie Yuan's counter-question indicated that Li Baozhu was not wrong.
"Something has happened in the capital. The Empress has issued an imperial edict summoning the Prince of Yue and the Prince of Yong back to the capital."
Xie Yuan calculated the time and estimated that the angel from the capital would arrive in Yuezhou in about a month.
In truth, the imperial edict no longer mattered.
Xie Yuan had already received Helian Jue's message by carrier pigeon. She knew that her husband had become emperor and had also made her empress.
All the imperial edicts are on their way.
Once Xie Yuan was certain that Helian Jue had won, he began to prepare with full force.
The matters in Yuezhou must be properly arranged.
They left, but Yuezhou couldn't be left alone.
There's still a lot to do here.
Sugarcane plantation!
Salt fields!
Treasure Shipyard!
And there are also the many properties that she has transferred to the Xie family!
These all need to be properly resettled.
Fortunately, in the past two years, Xie Yuan and Helian Jue have been recruiting and training people, so they are not short of manpower.
Xie Yuan handed over the sugarcane plantation and shipyard businesses to Xie Lin and Zheng Xin.
The major camps in Huangzhou, Luozhou, and Jiaozhou also had generals who came from secret guard backgrounds.
Although Helian Jue became emperor, Yuezhou and even Lingnan were their roots, and they couldn't abandon them!
Moreover, as a time traveler, Xie Yuantai was aware of the potential of Lingnan.
In the past, Lingnan was not developed, partly because it was too remote, and partly because it was plagued by miasma.
Xie Yuan has opened up the Yuling Mountains; in the future, he can open up other mountain ranges as well.
In this way, there were many more passages between Lingnan and the inland areas.
With improved transportation, distance is no longer a problem.
Physician Feng, a disciple of Xie Yuan, developed a medicine that could cure the poison of miasma, and miasma would no longer be a major threat.
However, the abundant resources of Lingnan were enough to make the imperial court willing to invest heavily in its development!
If possible, Xie Yuan would head south all the way, never giving up an inch of land.
We must leave behind trusted confidants to manage this stronghold in Lingnan well.
However, Xie Yuan couldn't possibly keep everyone alive.
Arriving in the capital, a completely new place, I needed help even more.
Xie Yuan began selecting people to accompany her to the capital.
Her female officials, of course, could not be left out.
The sisters Zheng Yurong, Luo Peiyu, Zhao Jinxiu, and Zhao Jinse, along with some of the orphans she adopted, are now all able to work.
In addition, her embroidered messenger must also be taken away.
They had quite a few people accompanying them, including their families, who were also going along.
We need to compile a list, write detailed rules, and also do ideological work with those who stay behind—we're not leaving you to suffer in Lingnan, but to look after the house.
Once she arrives in the capital, she will discuss with Helian Jue the possibility of granting official titles or even noble ranks to these remaining personnel!
Anyway, as long as they are loyal and have made contributions, Xie Yuan will never let them suffer any injustice.
Xie Yuan made all these arrangements in secret.
However, perceptive people can still detect it.
For example, Li Baozhu.
Another example is Zhou Wencheng, the governor of Yuezhou, and his most capable daughter, Zhou Jiao'e.
“Father, I feel like something’s off about the atmosphere in Yuezhou.”
As the eldest daughter of the housekeeper, Zhou Jiao'e was responsible for not only housework but also social interactions.
She was already intelligent, and given that the situation in Yuezhou had indeed changed, after some thought, Zhou Jiao'e ran to find her father.
Zhou Wencheng: ...
He was a prefect, and also the chief secretary of the Prince of Yue's mansion. He was also an informant planted by the imperial court in the Prince of Yue's mansion.
Zhou Wencheng had the special right to write secret memorials to the emperor, and also had corresponding channels for transmitting messages.
However, constantly being attacked and repeatedly used by the Princess of Yue, Zhou Wencheng was caught in a dilemma between the court and the royal family.
The saddest thing is that he is not trusted by either side.
Left with no other choice, Zhou Wencheng had to make the decision to "not help each other"!
The past few months have been peaceful.
He secured his position as the governor of Yuezhou and, thanks to the achievements bestowed upon him by the Prince of Yue, received commendation from the Ministry of Personnel.
But in Zhou Wencheng's heart, there was still an emptiness.
He knew that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this would be his life forever.
He stayed in Lingnan and became a prefect who was wholeheartedly devoted to serving the people.
There was no promotion, nor would he be transferred back to the capital.
unless--
"The sage has suffered a stroke!"
An unexpected "accident" happened that Zhou Wencheng never imagined!
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