Ye Wanshu was confident in resuming the business of the Ye family based on her memories from her previous life, but it was not easy to train her own team of security guards.
The Ye family used to have hundreds of servants. They were all good at doing their work, but they could not compare with the martial artists in fighting. Otherwise, when their mother passed away, they would not have been robbed by a group of bandits.
Chu Yin and Yan Mama had been busy for several days, but the people they recruited were all big and strong, and Ye Wanshu had never seen many of them with real skills. If they were to be relied upon to protect herself and her female relatives in times of crisis, they would probably run away faster than rabbits.
On this day, Ye Wanshu, as usual, took Chunhong and Xingtao to the outer courtyard to check on the people that Mother Yan and Chu Yin had brought.
Seeing that the people queuing outside the courtyard were all strong old men, Ye Wanshu couldn't help but frown.
She called Tian Fu and immediately asked, "Uncle Tian, what's going on? Why are all the people here today so burly?"
Tian Fu said with a smile: "Miss, don't underestimate them. They are all very skilled. I heard that many of them are veterans who retired from the Yuezhou Army. They are strong and healthy. They learned that Taowu is recruiting thugs for the guards, so they wanted to come here to make a living."
Upon learning they were retired veterans, Ye Wanshu's concerns vanished. "Then let's assign them to various places to do their work."
According to the laws of the Daye Dynasty, border soldiers were required to retire at the age of 40 to 50. However, looking at these strong men, they were mostly in their early 40s. Now was the time when the court needed people, so they should not have retired so early. It seemed that Fu Mingchi's exemption of taxes for two years had increased the pressure, so he laid off many soldiers who had not reached the retirement age.
This was a great bargain for her.
The Yuezhou Army was famous for its bravery throughout the Daye Dynasty. She kept them as guards and arranged them to guard various manors. She was willing to pay them any amount of money.
Ye Wanshu was secretly delighted when Chu Yin suddenly tugged at her skirt, "Wanwan, Prince Yongning is here with the little princess."
Hearing the voice, Ye Wanshu looked up and saw Fu Mingchi walking towards them casually with Fu Yunni.
"Come again?"
She had already seen through his thoughts, but this man was still so shameless that he brought his sister with him. She was afraid that he wanted to repeat the same trick. Ye Wanshu pretended not to see it and turned around to go back to the backyard.
Fu Mingchi stepped forward and blocked her way.
"Miss Ye just came out and wants to go back again?" Fu Mingchi asked suspiciously.
Ye Wanshu forced out a few words with a cold expression: "Is it not possible? Your Highness, do you think there is any problem?"
"It's not a problem. I just think that Miss Ye has suddenly invited so many people into Taowu, so I have to personally check them out. If someone with ulterior motives sneaks in, it will definitely cause big trouble."
Fu Mingchi said this very naturally, with the original intention of not wanting her to realize that he had deliberately arranged so many people to come. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Ye Wanshu looked at him with an extremely strange look.
She really couldn't understand how this bastard had the nerve to say such things.
There are not enough sinister people sneaking into Taowu, but who is more sinister than this bastard?
"Your Highness, you are overthinking it. I still have the ability to judge people."
Ye Wanshu replied indifferently, a hint of impatience in her eyes: "Your Highness's sudden visit, could it be that you want to remind me to be wary of bad guys?"
"Not entirely."
Fu Mingchi glanced at her indifferently, and what he saw in her eyes was not only endless alienation, but also some resentment.
He calmly pulled Fu Yunni to him and said seriously, "I need to deal with the imperial inspection next. I really don't have time to take care of A Ni. I can only entrust her to Miss Ye for the time being."
Ye Wanshu was about to refuse, but Fu Yunni blinked her eyes and pleaded pitifully, "Sister Ye, it's not that Big Brother doesn't have time to take care of me, it's that he doesn't have the ability to do so. He almost died himself. I don't want to follow Big Brother, so please take me in."
Hearing this, Ye Wanshu was slightly stunned. She lowered her head to look at the little guy again. Her watery eyes twinkled, clear and bright, making it impossible to refuse.
She looked at Fu Mingchi hesitantly, then squatted down and asked the little guy, "Isn't your eldest brother alive and well? Why is he dying?"
Fu Yunni secretly leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Brother didn't intentionally abandon me and Sister Ye that night. He was seriously injured."
Hearing this, Ye Wanshu's heart moved slightly.
It was clear that she was very annoyed with him, but she still couldn't help asking, "Is the injury serious?"
Fu Mingchi shook his head: "It's nothing serious. Leading troops in battle is bound to encounter bumps and bruises. Don't listen to A Ni's alarmist words."
Thinking back to how he lay unconscious on the bed, Fu Yunni rolled her eyes silently.
"Since everything is fine, Your Highness should go back to your official duties early," Ye Wanshu urged.
After all, he was able to jump onto the top of the city wall that night, so he was probably not seriously injured. It was just that the little guy was exaggerating.
He had just arrived, but he didn't expect her to be so hasty in ordering him to leave. Fu Mingchi was stunned.
But considering that she was still willing to take A Ni in, it meant that this girl didn't hate him to the core, and there was still room for improvement.
Nodding tactfully, Fu Mingchi said with satisfaction, "Then Miss Ye will have to continue to take care of A Ni. The King will come to see her again another day."
Seeing her eldest brother leave, Fu Yunni's eyes turned red with anxiety. She tugged at the hem of Ye Wanshu's skirt and begged anxiously, "Sister Ye, please take care of my eldest brother. He was in a coma for three days and three nights after he went back that night. He rushed to see you as soon as he woke up."
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