Liu An frowned and walked out of the inner courtyard, and saw a team of night patrol servants holding a little maid.
When the maid saw Liu An, she immediately asked for help, "Sister Liu, it's me, Cuicui, the maid on night patrol."
Liu An knew that Cuicui was a maid that Chao He had just bought from a human trafficker. She had been very conspicuous in front of Chao He recently, but they were all on duty in the outer courtyard and could not enter the inner courtyard.
"Second-class maids are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard. Are you deaf or blind?" Liu An always spoke without mercy. "Go to the nanny tomorrow and accept your punishment yourself. Don't let me watch you."
"Sister Liu, please forgive me this time. It was just too dark at night and I didn't know the way, so I ended up in the inner courtyard." Cuicui knelt down and begged for mercy while secretly stuffing silver and money into Liu An's pocket.
This skilled method was obviously not a simple one. Liu An's expression became even uglier. "Drag this slave out and sell her off immediately!"
Cuicui: “!?”
She was so panicked that she wanted to speak, but Liu An, who was quick-witted and quick-handed, stuffed a handkerchief into her mouth and ordered the night patrol servant to drag her out.
Liu An stood with his hands behind his back, watching Cuicui being dragged out calmly. Chao He was startled and ran over, trying to persuade her, but was silenced by her words, "Do you treat the master's orders as bullshit?"
It was a bit vulgar, but Liu An's intuition was usually very accurate, and she was more careful than himself. Chao He stopped talking and secretly made up his mind to deal with the people in the mansion tomorrow. He must not let Song Yushu think that he could not manage the household.
Meanwhile, Cuicui was dragged out of the mansion and handed over to the human traffickers overnight. She covered her hand, which had been nearly twisted off, and said, "Even the maids in this Song Mansion have become spirits!"
She had just stepped into the inner courtyard when Liu An decisively betrayed her. That girl was really too powerful.
Song Yushu's strategy can be seen in Prince Jing's Mansion. Because the Prince's Mansion and the Song Mansion are too big, both of them are thorns in the eyes of others, so he did not surround the two mansions like an iron barrel, but instead focused on controlling the key places. If you are not a confidant, you will be discovered immediately if you take a step forward.
The trafficker frowned at Cuicui, "I told you to be careful. Who can protect you if you ruin Prince Yu's plans?!"
"What do you think I want? I've only just taken one step inside!" Cuicui was still a little unconvinced. She had been lurking in the Song Mansion for some time and thought she was flawless. She also had a good relationship with Chao He. Who knew that the one who made the decision was not Chao He, but that dead-faced Liu An!
The human trafficker was furious, but he had no time to punish this ignorant girl. He had to report to His Royal Highness Prince Yu immediately.
Just as he expected, Lu Zhichen was furious after hearing this. Song Yushu had just moved, and it was a good time to investigate, but he was alerted like this, wasting a lot of time!
The counselor behind him quickly appeased him, "Your Highness, we should consider this matter carefully. Even if the spies fail, it won't matter. We've recently received good news from the south, so we should focus on that first. What big deal could Song Yushu have?"
"Oh?" Lu Zhichen's expression brightened slightly. He waved off the traffickers and said to his advisor, "This way, I won't have to be inferior to the Crown Prince anymore!"
"I'd like to congratulate His Majesty first," the counselor said flatteringly. "With the mineral vein, what's the worry about achieving great things?"
Lu Zhichen was initially delighted, but then his eyes darkened as he looked in one direction with a look of concern. "But we can't let Song Yushu go either. I don't know what tricks this eunuch has used, but he's incredibly well-known in the martial arts world. If we can subdue him, we'll be able to take over the power behind him, and we won't have to be constantly controlled by him."
The strategist followed his gaze. Wasn't that the direction of the Lin Mansion?
There was a huge wave of emotion in his heart, but he dared not show it on his face. Prince Yu was notoriously suspicious. He replied carefully, "Yes, Your Highness."
Because of what happened that night, the forces that Prince Yu's Mansion had just planted in the Song Mansion were almost wiped out. When this news reached the Prince's Mansion, Lu Yanzhou was in a very good mood.
"It's right that his spies were cleared out. This is too hasty." Xia Xinde also gloated.
It's a pity that Lu Yanzhou has recently reached the point of disgust with Xia Xingde because he has repeatedly made no achievements and has done bad things. It was only because of his mother's persuasion that he did not expel Xia Xingde from the Prince's Mansion.
Seeing his ugly face gloating over other people's misfortune, Lu Yanzhou felt a surge of contempt in his heart.
He put away the smile on his face and snorted coldly, "At least Prince Yu's spy was almost successful before he was expelled from the palace. Where are your people?"
None of them could get in, or they were arranged to the most marginal area. Not to mention entering the inner courtyard of the Song Mansion, they didn’t even know which door opened!
"Your Highness, there's nothing we can do about this due to the recent budget cuts and staff shortages in the palace." Xia Xingde was also helpless and spread his hands to indicate that it was not his fault.
If the Prince's Mansion wants to hire people, there are usually two ways to do it: one is to rely on money, and the other is to rely on the reputation of the Prince's Mansion.
Now they have been punished by the emperor for disaster relief matters, and people in the court have been replaced one by one because of their mistakes. It is very difficult for them to employ people now.
Lu Yanzhou didn't want to hear this. He frowned and asked Xia Xingde, "Then Prince Yu's Mansion is not much better off than the Crown Prince's Mansion. How come they have someone to hire?"
Although Prince Yu has the Lin Mansion behind him, the greatest constraints are also in the Lin Mansion. His situation is actually not much better than that of the Prince's Mansion.
"This..." Xia Xingde looked embarrassed. He naturally didn't know why Prince Yu's Mansion had been on the rise again recently.
"Useless." Lu Yanzhou's face was extremely ugly. "Everything strange must have a reason. Prince Yu must have done something behind the scenes. No matter what method you use, you must investigate thoroughly for me!"
Xia Xingde had no choice but to lower his head and agree.
Both the Prince's Mansion and Prince Yu's Mansion were in a bad situation. In fact, Song Yushu's side was no better off than them. After entering the Supervisory Office, Jiang Shouli didn't let her rest for a minute. He either analyzed old cases or asked her to offend people.
Just now, the son of Marquis Yongchang was caught and escorted to Kyoto for letting arms smugglers across the border.
Because Marquis Yongchang was Lin Zong's brother-in-law, the other two chiefs were unwilling to take the job and Jiang Shouli had to arrange someone to do it.
Originally, they thought Song Yushu would put forward some conditions, but Jiang Shouli and his son did not expect that Song Yushu would be like a chicken with its blood pumped up. He immediately accepted it as soon as he heard it, and was ready to go, as if he was afraid that he could not do it.
Song Yushu ignored the puzzled and inquiring looks of Jiang Shouli and his son. He was just kidding. Marquis Yongchang was just helping Prince Yu to manage a battalion of soldiers.
If not now, when?
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