Trust those you employ, and don't employ those you don't trust.
Great figures who achieve great things often utter these kinds of words. Of course, these big shots are often just saying things in hindsight, or they simply say nice things when they need you, but when they don't, they'll find an excuse to get rid of you.
Throughout history, the founding emperors of dynasties all trusted their subordinates implicitly when conquering the land. However, once they seized power, nine times out of ten they would eliminate those old comrades who had fought alongside them to establish their empires.
Rong Xi didn't aspire to be a great figure.
She's just a little woman, well, currently a little woman who longs to achieve success in her spiritual practice.
As for why one practices spirituality?
Does this question need an answer?
Damn it, the current situation is that if you don't cultivate, you'll die.
Why practice spirituality?
Naturally, it's all about survival.
To live is the most basic need.
Only after you are alive can you truly live well and enjoy life.
Judging from the current situation, Rong Xi should have no problem completing the system's tasks. In other words, her most basic need to stay alive can be guaranteed.
Under such circumstances, people should naturally pursue something of a higher level.
Ninety-nine percent of the people in this world are in this situation.
...
Sun Heming was once a rogue cultivator, and all he ever sought was to survive. Now that he works for Rong Xi, he has a powerful backer, and survival is no longer an issue.
Therefore, he will naturally pursue things at a higher level.
One hundred mid-grade spirit stones are only a temporary fortune.
Given Sun Heming's experience, how could he be tempted by such short-term gains?
Therefore, Rong Xi wasn't worried at all that Sun Heming would run away. Her only concern was how well Sun Heming could handle this first task!
Granny Rui and Granny Xiang had done things for Rong Xi before, so there was no need to doubt them.
However, Rong Xi's manpower is still far from sufficient.
"Magpie, go and call Granny Leng here!"
Having solved the long-term plan, there are still immediate problems to be solved.
The various troubles, big and small, associated with Ulanara's dowry also needed to be resolved.
The magpie quickly went out and returned a moment later, bringing with her the old nanny Leng who had once taught Ulanara etiquette and manners. In less than a day, the old nanny Leng looked much older.
Just by observing the change in Leng Mama's expression, Rong Xi understood that the things Dengzhi and Cuirui had reported about Leng Mama were all true.
"Please forgive me, Madam!"
As soon as Granny Leng saw Rong Xi, she knelt down on the ground.
“Granny Leng, if I forgive you, then shouldn’t I forgive everyone else as well?”
Traitors within the family are unforgivable!
This is Granny Xiang's opinion, and it is also Rong Xi's opinion.
Once unfaithful, always untrustworthy.
She had only stayed in the palace for a short time, yet these people had become lawless, embezzling from their posts and disregarding the rules. At this point, if they weren't severely punished, who would still take her, the Fourth Prince's wife, seriously?
"My lady, I have no choice. My son has incurred a huge debt, and if I don't repay it, they will kill him!"
"Yeah?"
Rong Xi sneered, "Today, they said they wanted to kill your son, so you were allowed to steal and sell my things. Tomorrow, if they asked you to harm me, would you refuse?"
"This servant would never dare!"
Granny Leng was stunned on the spot. To murder the prince's wife? Even if she had two more lives, she wouldn't dare.
Unfortunately, Rong Xi didn't believe what these people said.
One act of betrayal, and someone gains leverage over you, will allow them to plot against you step by step, ultimately turning you into a complete traitor.
If she forgave them, Rong Xi didn't think she would receive their gratitude. On the contrary, they might think she was foolish and that she was too kind to be taken advantage of.
Throughout history, the world has generally been a place where the kind are often bullied. Meanwhile, the wicked always seem to get away with it because no one dares to offend them.
In many people's minds, a good person is someone who can be bullied at will. This is because good people are magnanimous, and they must be broad-minded and tolerant; otherwise, they are not good people.
But on what grounds?
Rong Xi had seen many such things.
Some people, while praising others as good people, constantly hurt those good people. If you hold it against them, you're not being good, you're not magnanimous, and you don't have a broad mind.
Some women, in particular, act like innocent white lotuses while constantly belittling others.
Rong Xi has only one attitude towards this kind of person: beat her up!
That's the situation Leng Mama is in now.
In the end, Rong Xi sent Granny Xiang to personally sell off all of Granny Leng's property in order to redeem the stolen items.
As for the other offenders, apart from the guard commander Li Degao who conscientiously confessed to what he had done, the others were all making excuses, refusing to admit their mistakes, and even saying that Rong Xi was slandering them.
"Sell them all!"
These women who accompanied the bride were all subordinate to the General's Mansion. After leaving as part of Ulanara's dowry, their indentures naturally fell into Rong Xi's hands.
Rong Xi was too lazy to waste words with these people.
These people are just slaves; they don't even have freedom.
With Rong Xi's order, the guards of the Fourth Prince's mansion appeared, ransacked the house, and sold off the property.
For a time, the Fourth Prince's mansion was filled with mournful cries.
Coincidentally, just as the mansion was in an uproar, filled with wailing and crying, the Fourth Prince returned. And yes, he didn't return alone; he was carrying a swaddled infant in his arms.
"What happened?"
Upon returning to his residence, the Fourth Prince heard the wailing and immediately summoned the steward.
"Your Highness, it is the Princess Consort who is dealing with her dowry servants!"
"How should we handle this?"
"For Sale!"
"What happened?"
"Well, this servant isn't entirely sure either. Someone reported them for embezzling from the Fujin's dowry. But these people deny it, saying the Fujin is slandering them. In a fit of anger, the Fujin decided to sell them all out!"
"If you're going to sell, then sell. Why make such a fuss? What kind of behavior is this?"
The Fourth Prince's face darkened. "Go and tell those people that anyone who keeps crying and wailing should be beaten to death!"
"This servant will go immediately!"
The steward of the Prince's residence trembled for quite a while after hearing the Fourth Prince's words.
...
"Sir, what is this...?"
When the Fourth Prince appeared before Rong Xi with a swaddled baby in his arms, Rong Xi was completely taken aback!
Holy crap, did the Fourth Prince bring back an illegitimate child for her to raise?
"My lady, what do you think of this little girl?" the Fourth Prince said cheerfully. "I'm thinking of arranging a marriage for our son!"
"A childhood betrothal?"
"son?"
Rong Xi felt even worse. She had just gotten pregnant and didn't even know if it was a boy or a girl yet. What kind of arranged marriage was this? And whose child was this little girl?
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