A man in his fifties squeezed in from behind the crowd, sweating profusely and shouted "Wait a minute."
Yan Yuhuan smiled secretly, knowing it wouldn't be that simple.
But he looked at the steward with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "What is this?"
The steward quickly bowed and replied, "This is the head of the salt village. He and his wife used to deal with it."
"Oh, it's Mr. Zhuangtou! I heard that you have been ill for a long time. The last time I came here to see you, I said you couldn't get up. I didn't see you, and I couldn't take away the account books. Now this Is...alright?"
Yan Yuhuan glanced at him up and down, reached out to take the tea handed over by Chuntao, and took a slight sip.
Lao Zhuangtou stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and lied without changing his expression.
"Thanks to the princess and my wife, the past few days have been really bad. But as soon as I heard that the princess was coming, I felt refreshed all over and my illness was mostly cured. I quickly got up to see the princess."
When he opened his mouth, Yan Yuhuan knew that this was a slippery guy. He had been in the workplace for many years. He had not seen many high-minded gentlemen, but he had seen a lot of third-rate people like this.
The boss of the old village still thought that Yan Yuhuan was the uneducated idiot from the beginning. He just thought he could fool him, but he didn't expect that no one would buy his fault.
"It wasn't good last time, but it will be better this time. Does Mr. Zhuangtou think I haven't come enough?"
Yan Yuhuan stared so hard that Lao Zhuang's head was dripping with cold sweat. It was right or wrong to say this, and he didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
"There is no need to be so anxious. My mother and I are not incapable of sympathies. As we get older, it is inevitable that we will suffer from some diseases. It is possible that we will get better today and suffer the same disease again tomorrow. I don't think the old Zhuangtou is all that well, so let's start with Zhuangzi. Keep it up! The village's affairs are being taken care of solemnly, you can rest now."
"Princess, the old slave is fine. How many more years can the old slave manage Zhuangzi for the wife and the princess? Let the old slave continue to be loyal!"
The old man was kneeling on the ground, kowtowing.
Yo, are you playing moral kidnapping with me? I'll show you what it means to have no morals and no one can kidnap me.
Yan Yuhuan winked at Chuntao, and Chuntao quickly went to help her.
"The old owner has been working in our Yan family for so many years. Why are you doing this? Those who don't know think you are the slave master? I believe you are loyal to the Yan family. Since you are so loyal, I will Take out the account books! Let me take a look at the accounts that Zhongxin managed."
The old village leader stood up and wished he could slap himself in the face. How could he be loyal? I can't help but take out the ledger now.
Yan Yuhuan looked at the account book and found that it was exactly what she thought. She had been making salt, but the income in the account book was far lower than what she deserved.
"The salt village has never stopped. So much salt has been shipped out, but there is only so little money in the account? Old owner, is this your loyalty?"
Not afraid of being bitten by lice, the old owner completely lost his pretense at this time, and instead smacked his teeth and said casually, "We are selling illicit salt, and what we are doing is losing our heads. Why can't we make more money? The imperial court I know, which one can run away?"
Yan Yuhuan frowned, this was a naked threat.
Just when he was about to extinguish his majesty, he saw Hui Niang running over in a hurry.
Hui Niang couldn't even catch her breath, so she bent down and said, "Princess, quickly...come back with me quickly. Someone from the palace has announced an imperial edict, asking you and your wife to enter the palace."
Everything else was easy, but this was the only thing that couldn't be taken carelessly. Madam Yan was filled with hatred when she thought of the emperor. If she wasn't around, she might really cause trouble.
For a moment, he didn't care about the threat from the old village leader, so he told Zhuang Yan a few words and hurriedly took Huiniang and Chuntao back home.
Sure enough, as soon as she arrived at the door of the mansion, she saw Mrs. Yan waving the jade Ruyi to drive out the envoy announcing the decree, still shouting.
"Entering the palace? Even if my daughter and I die outside, we can't enter the palace. Who do you think you dare to come and invite me? The Dog Emperor really wants us to go back, let him come and invite me in person, and eight people carrying the sedan chair will invite me back. "
Hui Niang stood there and did not dare to move. The messenger who announced the decree sighed repeatedly, but did not dare to get angry and just retreated quickly.
Mrs. Yan is usually a noble person. Although she does have some outrageous behaviors, she has never been so rude and unrestrained. This is the first time Yan Yuhuan has seen her.
It seems that this cheap girl was seriously harmed by that emperor's scumbag father, otherwise she wouldn't be so excited.
Yan Yuhuan hurriedly went up to comfort Mrs. Yan with a few words of comfort. Then she thought that in order for Mrs. Yan not to embarrass Jiang Qinian, she had not seen him for several days.
Just as I was thinking about it, I walked to the greenhouse.
The spring light was just right, and Jiang Qinian was lying on his side on a couch by the window, holding his head in one hand and holding a Book of Songs in the other. His collar was wide open, looking quite bohemian.
Unexpectedly, this person still looked like this. Yan Yuhuan coughed lightly and said, "It seems that you have recovered well in the past few days since I was away."
Jiang Qinian turned around and saw Yan Yuhuan, and quickly stood up.
"I didn't know it was the princess who came, please forgive me."
He put away his relaxed and comfortable look for a second, which made Yan Yuhuan feel a little uncomfortable.
Reaching out to pull him up, the two of them sat side by side. Yan Yuhuan told Jiang Qinian what happened at Salt Village, "It's certain that the accounts are not correct. The loss of some money is nothing, but I didn't know that they would use so much private money." Where did the salt go? If you are not careful, it will be a capital crime of beheading!"
Jiang Qinian's fingers slowly rubbed the palm of Yan Yuhuan's hand. Yan Yuhuan only felt itchy, but was reluctant to pull his hand away. This vixen always has new tricks up his sleeve.
"Or you can start with the tenants."
He said slowly, "People like the owner of the salt village are greedy. They can't only harm the interests of the owner. They will only be more harsh on the tenants. The tenants must be separated from these people, or they know something and will tell us .”
Jiang Qinian himself didn't realize that he said the word "we" easily, and couldn't help but blush a little. But Yan Yuhuan was so happy that he had a solution, and he was so happy that he grabbed his shoulders and gave him a peck on the face. He said carelessly, "I knew you were the smartest, and you are indeed good. I will go and tell my mother now that I will take you to the salt village with me, and we will definitely get to the bottom of the matter."
Jiang Qinian gently touched his face with his hand and watched Yan Yu's joyful wind blow away.
But as soon as she arrived at Mrs. Yan's place, Yan Yuhuan became an eggplant beaten by frost.
"You still want to take Jiang Qinian to Yanzhuang? Huan'er, how many times has mother told you? You can't put your heart on a man, why don't you listen? Do you have to follow mother's old path?"
Mrs. Yan had tears in her eyes, perhaps thinking of something that happened when she was young.
Yan Yuhuan quickly hugged Mrs. Yan, put her little face in Mrs. Yan's arms, and defended in a low voice.
"Mom, just trust me for once! My daughter really didn't take Jiang Qinian because she liked him. This is a major matter for the Yan family. How could my daughter only care about the love between her children? Besides, my daughter always remembers her mother's words. , you won’t only love one man, mother, can you trust Huan’er? Jiang Qinian is very smart, he can be useful, that’s all!”
