"Princess, welcome back home."
Xiao Li got out of the car and walked towards the mansion, with guards standing neatly on both sides of the door.
She had already walked in when she suddenly turned around to look at the man in blue standing at the door. He had a delicate face, delicate features, and stylish eyebrows and eyes. His appearance could not be described as very handsome, but it was also very distinctive. However, she remembered that she seemed to have never seen this man before.
Never seen it before, but it seems familiar.
"Frost?"
Qingyi was Shuanghan. She was surprised that the princess suddenly called her. After a moment of hesitation, she smiled and said, "Princess, please give me your orders."
Xiao Li looked him up and down: "You look quite presentable in this outfit. Do you know how to manage it?"
Xiao Li suddenly remembered that her princess mansion was lacking a steward. She valued ability, but also appearance. Shuanghan's appearance and dress were very much in line with her imagination of a steward.
Shuanghan shook his head: "I don't know how."
"If you don't know, then learn. I don't keep useless people in this princess's house."
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and pointed, calling an old steward over: "From now on, you will be responsible for teaching Shuanghan how to manage the affairs of the mansion. Teach him everything you know and teach him as soon as possible."
The old steward quickly agreed: "I obey your order."
Xiao Li was very wealthy. Not to mention his fiefdom, all the big and small things in the mansion, as well as the farm and shops, needed manpower to take care of them.
The original dowry included hundreds of slaves. In her previous life, many people bullied her and she did not take care of things, but there were many who disobeyed her orders and embezzled money.
However, during the past six months, Xiao Li had nothing better to do, so he looked at the account book and killed the two most greedy people. He then let Yang Jun carry their heads around for a while.
There is no need to say anything, those corrupt officials are just trying their best to spit out the money.
After that, there were some personnel changes, and coupled with Xiao Li's crazy killing record, now none of the servants and managers in the princess's mansion dared to have any bad thoughts.
They don’t know how other families deal with their slaves, but the princess will really kill anyone who commits a crime.
Should you work diligently and earn double the salary to support your family, or be greedy for a moment and bury a hole for three generations? Anyone who is not stupid knows the choice.
The old steward was one of those people who was very aware of the current situation, and he was really capable, so he was promoted to the princess's mansion to be the steward.
Now that the princess asks you to teach, just teach. If you teach well, you will be rewarded, maybe even rewarded. If you have bad intentions, you don’t know what will happen to you.
The old housekeeper said to Shuanghan, "You have finally made it through. The princess seems to want to use you."
Shuanghan didn't answer, but just stared blankly in the direction where the princess's clothes disappeared.
He didn't stay in the princess's mansion just to be a steward.
It was obvious that the princess liked him, and her admiration and amazement when they first saw him were not fake.
But ever since I learned where he came from and kept him, I never looked at him seriously again.
People say that actors are of low status, but he was sold to a theater at the age of five and learned to perform on stage.
He went through so much hardship before finally becoming a star, how could he bear to take off that costume?
He wanted to sing for the princess. He stood on the stage and danced for her alone. She sat in the audience, with only him in her eyes.
Instead of learning how to manage...
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Xiao Li sent people to keep an eye on Prince Chen and Prince Yanping, and the news was delivered at this moment.
King Ping of Yan has been seeking medical treatment everywhere to detoxify himself, and it seems that he has not left the capital in the past two days.
Prince Chen was originally imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, but when the emperor was interrogating him, he was kidnapped on the way.
Before Prince Chen was kidnapped, the Wang family went to the Heavenly Prison.
Therefore, it was most likely Prince Chen who took Liu Xueyin away, and the Wang family knew that Wang Shiqi died at her hands.
But...so what?
It is a fact that Wang Shiqi wanted to help Jiang Yuer kill her, and Jiang Yuer and King Chen were in cahoots. To some extent, Wang Shiqi was also killed by them.
No matter how you look at it, she doesn't think it's wrong to kill someone who wants to harm her.
As for the Wang family's revenge, has she ever been afraid of it?
If you don't believe it, just come over.
"Princess, Young Master Song requests an audience."
Xiao Li: "Why is he here?"
It hasn't been long since Song Junzhan took Cen An to his residence.
However, Xiao Li could probably guess why he came, and calmly put down the medicine bowl: "Let him in."
This was Song Junzhan’s first visit to the princess’s mansion.
The strange mansion was tall, luxurious and heavily guarded. It would take a lot of courage for an ordinary person to step into such a place. However, because the person living there was the one he had chosen, he could remain calm.
"Song Junzhan pays his respects to the princess."
"I have been presumptuous in what happened today, and I have come to apologize to the princess. I hope the princess will listen to my explanation."
Xiao Li nodded and said, "Don't be a subordinate. Talk to me like you normally would."
Song Junzhan hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Okay."
Xiao Li asked Hongyue and the others to leave, pointed to a seat for Song Junzhan, and personally poured a cup of tea and pushed it over: "Speak."
Song Junzhan took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress his emotions, and then said in a calm tone, "There were three people who led the revival of the imperial examination system back then. Besides my grandfather and Grandpa Wan, the other one... was Taifu Feng."
"The Grand Tutor's grandfather was the runner-up in the last imperial examination of the previous dynasty. The Feng family is the one that understands the significance of the imperial examination best. The Grand Tutor, along with two close friends, persuaded the late emperor to initiate this reform. However, at the last moment, he defected and became a traitor."
"The Song and Wan families were confiscated and exiled, and my grandfather and others were beheaded in public. Only the Feng family has survived to this day, still prosperous and respected."
Song Junzhan stood up and bowed deeply. "This is a personal grudge of Junzhan's and has nothing to do with the princess. I lost my composure today and spoke rashly, overstepping my bounds. I have come to apologize to the princess."
His hatred for the Feng family is his own business, and he cannot interfere with the princess because of his hatred. He is loyal to the princess. If he asks the princess to take care of his emotions or even hate his enemies, that would be rebellion and go against the will of heaven.
Xiao Li could see that Song Junzhan rejected the Feng family, but he didn't expect it was because of something like this.
Betrayer will not be forgiven.
The Song family was destroyed and he was the only one left. It was normal for him to lose control of his emotions for a while.
"Just this once."
It was understandable that she didn't mind his crossing the line once, but there wouldn't be a next time.
She took in a subordinate to assist her, not to influence her decisions or even control her.
It's good that he has this awareness. If he can't figure it out, he doesn't deserve to stand in front of her.
"Thank you, Princess."
Song Junzhan said goodbye and left. Xiao Li thought of the discomfort she felt with the Grand Tutor and the Emperor. She had not cared about the Feng family at first, but now it seemed necessary to investigate.
Is this old tutor planning something bad?
Just as she was thinking about it, Yang Jun came in and said, "Princess, that actor... Shuanghan, he jumped into the pond in his costume."
Xiao Li: “?”
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