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Chapter 182 Trivia

What Jiang Changning told King Jin was about Zhuangzi, "How should we deal with the fifteen village heads?"

"Since you can't be a good official, what's the point of coming here? You can do whatever you want with it." King Jin looked a little unhappy.

These village heads have been in charge of Zhuangzi for many years, so they despise the mistress who has been in charge of the village for less than a year. Even if the mistress has discovered their corruption, they are not afraid.

The slave deceived the master, and the king of Jin could not think of any other reason.

"When Fangju took people to check the accounts, why didn't these village heads be escorted to the capital for questioning?" King Jin asked.

"You always have to give people a chance to correct their mistakes." Jiang Changning shrugged, "Now it seems that they don't need this opportunity."

"Some people don't deserve the chance you give them." Prince Jin touched her face. His little princess was so kind.

"Three days. Wait another three days. If no one comes yet, change them all. Two-legged toads are hard to find, and there are a lot of two-legged people."

"Don't wrong yourself."

"I won't wrong myself." Jiang Changning said with a smile.

After finishing speaking, Jiang Changning called the maid in and handed over dinner.

After the meal, the couple walked hand in hand on the corridor and saw a plum blossom quietly blooming by the wall.

Jiang Changning chanted casually: "There are several plum trees in the corner, and Ling Han is blooming alone."

King Jin suddenly jumped over the railing. Jiang Changning knew that he was going to break off the plum blossom branches, so he quickly said: "No need to break off, just let the plum blossoms stay on the branches."

"Isn't it good for the infinite spring breeze to enter the bladder?" King Jin looked back and asked with a smile.

"Plum plums are offered in a vase, but they will wither in four or five days. It is better to let them bloom on the branches. They will bloom longer." Jiang Changning smiled, "Infinite spring is on the branches."

"It's up to you." Prince Jin turned over to the railing again and continued to walk holding Jiang Changning's hand.

That night, the people lit lamps on their beds, and the state officials set fire to them.

Harmony, beauty, and joy.

The next day, there was good news in the morning. Zhuang Qingmei was pregnant again, one and a half months later, and she came specifically to tell Jiang Changning the good news.

"What does Grandma Zhuang Wu mean? Announcement of good news, announcement of her size, announcement of good news." Fu Cui whispered dissatisfied.

Jiang Changning is not pregnant yet. This is to announce the good news, but this is clearly to cause trouble.

"Counting the days, not long after she had a miscarriage, she became pregnant again. If she doesn't care about it, she will suffer in the future." Jiang Changning didn't care and said calmly.

"She deserves to suffer," Fu Cui said angrily.

"Xiulan, prepare the gifts as usual, Shu Fei, you go over to say congratulations." Jiang Changning ordered.

"Yes, Princess."

The afternoon was about scandal, Shu Fei brought back, "A wife of Prince Ding, no, a concubine of Uncle Ding Ping, took away a large amount of property from Uncle Ding Ping's house last night and eloped with a bookkeeper."

King Ding was demoted, the princess became a concubine, and the concubine became a concubine. The ladies and the like were treated as if they were married to each other, so it would be strange if they didn't run away.

"Uncle Dingping's house has lost all face now." Fu Cui gloated.

"It is a good thing for people who can sell disaster relief grains at high prices to have a little green on their heads," Jiang Changning said.

"Why is this a good thing?" Fu Cui asked.

"I've never heard of it. If you want to live a decent life, you have to have a little green on your head." Jiang Changning said playfully.

Xiulan and the other three all laughed, and Fu Cui said stupidly: "I've never heard of it."

"Now I heard about it." Jiang Changning smiled and pinched her cheek, "Silly girl."

Only then did Fu Cui realize that her princess was teasing her.

Time flies, and three days have passed. Those fifteen village heads are really confident, and none of them has come into the house to plead guilty.

"If that's the case, then don't blame me for not caring about their hard work even if they have no hard work." Jiang Changning said this in front of the four stewards.

"Since they don't obey the control of the palace, there is no need to continue to be the palace's servants."

The four stewards were not surprised at all. They had expected that Jiang Changning would not spare those village leaders lightly.

"If you have anyone who is suitable to be the head of the bank, just write me a list and I will choose the best one."

The four of them were pleasantly surprised. They didn't expect Jiang Changning to be so generous and allow them to support people.

They had no idea that Jiang Changning was being lazy and was too lazy to waste time and energy searching one by one.

He happily wrote the list and handed it to Jiang Changning. After getting the list, Jiang Changning asked Xiao Chun to check their details carefully, and then selected fifteen people.

"You are recommended by the four stewards. I think you are all capable people. I trust them and give you my trust. I hope you can manage Zhuangzi well."

Fifteen people leaned forward and said: "Young man must do his job well and he will not disappoint the princess."

"Everyone will be greedy when guarding gold and silver mountains, but the reason why people are human is that they can control their greed." Jiang Changning glanced at everyone.

"You hold the monthly regulations of the house but don't do your job properly. You betray your master's trust and deserve death."

"Don't think that you can deceive the superiors and the inferiors, settle the accounts, and cover up the past. You must know that there is no airtight wall in this world. You should know what happened to Mrs. Wei. It is a lesson learned from the past."

After the beating, Jiang Changning said again: "When spring comes, you lead a team of people to escort them to the village. From now on, they will be the leaders of the village. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed."

When the fifteen people heard this, their hearts trembled. The princess seemed weak, but she was no weaker than the prince in her decisive killing.

"Yes, Princess." Chun Lai took the order.

Jiang Changning looked at everyone's expressions and smiled lightly. The beating now can indeed make them honest, but people are lazy. It won't be long before they become bold and will become greedy.

They cannot be allowed to stay in the same village for too long. A rotation system is very necessary.

Of course, they are only going now, so there is no rush to rotate.

After arranging the people, Jiang Changning continued to live her leisurely life.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the month, and that afternoon, when she took a nap, Shu Fei came in and reported: "Princess, Qiu Huan said that my cousin will arrive in Beijing tomorrow."

"After so many days, it's finally here." Jiang Changning said with a smile.

"Is the princess looking forward to the arrival of this cousin?"

Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows, "Whether I look forward to it or not, she has to come."

The next morning, the concubine sat in the Zhengze courtyard early and kept looking at the door, "Why haven't you come yet? Brother Yu's daughter-in-law, please go outside to greet her. Don't be rude."

"Taifei, do you think it's not rude for me to go outside to greet you?" Jiang Changning asked with a slight smile, holding the hand warmer.

It was freezing cold and windy outside, so she didn't want to go out.

The concubine's expression froze, and she took a cup of tea to cover up her gaffe.

In private, Jiang Changning is the cousin-in-law, and in public, Jiang Changning is Princess Jin.

If the relationship between the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law is good and they don't pay attention to formal etiquette, Jiang Changning can go and greet her if she wants to. If the sister-in-law in question has not met yet, it is not rude for Jiang Changning not to go and greet her.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, the maid's voice came from outside, "My cousin has entered the house."

Jiang Changning put down the hand warmer in his hand and followed the concubine to the door.

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