In the carriage, the King of Jin embraced his wife, bit her earlobe and said, "If you want a child, it's useless to ask the Goddess of Childbirth. The person you should ask is your husband."
Jiang Changning didn't tell him yesterday about her visit to the Niangniang Temple today because she was afraid that he would tease her. But he still found out from the Dowager Concubine.
"I'm not here to ask for talismans. I'm here to have fun. I bought a lot of wild fruits, as well as chrysanthemums and hawthorns. I'll go back and make some tea for you to drink." Jiang Changning pushed him away and tried to explain.
The King of Jin pulled the man back into his arms and said, "I have good eyesight, so I don't need to drink chrysanthemum water to improve my eyesight. As for the fire in my body, there is only one medicine that can reduce it, and the others are useless."
Jiang Changning gently pinched his waist and said, "Can't you just talk properly?"
"Okay, let's talk seriously." Prince Jin grabbed her little hand and held it, "Your old servant named Wu has been released."
"He was released so soon? As expected, it's easy to get things done if you have someone in the court."
"Fast? My princess, this is too slow. The store is still under lock and key."
"Just keep it, as long as the person is fine." Jiang Changning didn't care much about money. "Who is trying to stop it?"
"How do you know someone is obstructing us?" King Jin asked with a smile.
Jiang Changning glanced at him, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that you are a prince? Even a prince with high power in the court cannot do his best in this matter. This is very telling."
"It's Prince Ding." Prince Jin told the truth.
Jiang Changning's eyebrows twitched slightly, "Just like Prince Qing, it's another vicious dog raised by that person."
Vicious dog!
This description is quite good. There was a faint smile in King Jin's eyes. "Emperor's Art."
“Bullshit.”
"Don't use bad language, little girl."
"Are you sure I'm still a little girl?" Jiang Changning glanced at him.
"Just now you said I couldn't talk seriously, who is teasing me now?"
"Haven't you heard that only the governor is allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps?" Jiang Changning patted his chest, "I am the governor."
He stretched out a finger and poked King Jin, "You are a commoner."
The King of Jin laughed and said, "The governor has set fire to the city, and now the people want to light their own lamps. Is that ok?"
"No." Jiang Changning said coldly.
It was cold outside and the snow was falling.
The house is filled with spring and harmony.
The first snow of this winter fell heavily, from morning till evening. It stopped for more than an hour, then continued to snow until the early morning.
The next day, Jiang Changning woke up early and asked, "Is the snow thick?"
"It's at least five inches thick." Xiulan said as she pulled up the curtain.
"Tell someone to clear the snow on the roof as soon as the snow stops," Jiang Changning ordered.
At the mansion, most of the houses had been renovated before Jiang Changning got married, so such a heavy snow did not cause any burden on the roofs.
But the sky was gloomy and not bright yet, and the wind was cold and it looked like there would be more snow. Although the house was sturdy, the roof would collapse if snow continued to fall.
"The order was given when the prince left," said Xiulan.
Even the snow on the stables had been cleared away, and everything was safe.
In the afternoon, someone from the village came to report: "The snow collapsed eight or nine houses, six people were injured, one with a head injury, and was sent to the city's medical clinic."
Jiang Changning asked angrily, "At the beginning of September, the government paid money to the manor to repair the house. What's going on?"
"To answer your question, Princess, the houses have been repaired. It was the heavy snow this year that caused the houses to collapse. A large number of houses collapsed on the farm next door, and more than a dozen people were injured."
Not only did Zhuangzi, the manager, shirk his responsibility, he also acted as if he had made some great contributions.
After driving the people away, he turned around and ordered, "Fang Ju, take someone to check the accounts for me. I want to know how they repaired the house."
"Yes, Princess." Fangju accepted the order.
After the King of Jin knew about this, he laughed and teased her, "I went to Jiangnan to investigate a corruption case, and you also investigated a corruption case in your mansion."
"If we really find out that the people in the manor are corrupt, how should we deal with them?" Jiang Changning asked.
"You can do whatever you want with it."
"According to the law." Jiang Changning didn't want to commit lynching, so as not to be caught by others, he would report to the police directly.
"I'll listen to you." King Jin did not object.
"We should check the accounts of other farms as well. We can't afford to keep a lot of parasites." Jiang Changning thought that the New Year was coming soon, so it was a good time to check the accounts.
The accounts of the Qiao family in the mansion were not clear, and it took Jiang Changning two months to sort them out.
She thought that if the water is too clear, there will be no fish; if the people are too clear, there will be no friends. So she did not check the accounts of the farm and the villa, but just gave them a few warnings. Of course, she also wanted to let them expose themselves.
After all, checking accounts is a time-consuming and laborious task.
Who wants complexity when it can be simple
But she didn't expect that although she wanted to save trouble, the people in the village made her worry.
"You want to borrow someone from me?" King Jin smiled. "It's not impossible, but I will only lend you someone if you have something good to offer."
This man is getting better and better at taking advantage of others. Jiang Changning's eyes turned and he said, "What do you mean by asking you to borrow someone? We are husband and wife, we are one body. Can't I use your person?"
"Yes, I can use it. If you don't borrow it from me, I will give it to you." King Jin smiled meaningfully.
"Your Highness, I dare not order you around." Jiang Changning pretended not to understand what he said.
"You have already ordered it, why are you afraid?"
"When did I order you around?"
"Last night, you asked me to be heavier, lighter, and complained that I was pressing your hair. You asked me to..."
"Shut up right now." Jiang Changning blushed and rushed over to cover his mouth.
Prince Jin hugged her tightly, smiling brightly, "Ningning, is this what you call throwing yourself into someone's arms?"
Jiang Changning struggled twice but failed to break free, so he leaned into his arms, looked up and asked with a smile: "Prince, do you know?"
"Know what?" Prince Jin lowered his head and pecked her lightly on the lips.
"I always thought the prince was an upright gentleman, but now I know" Jiang Changning clenched his fist and punched him lightly on the chest, "the prince is actually a playboy."
"Now that we know, what should my lady do?" asked Prince Jin.
"What else can I do? If I marry a chicken, I follow the chicken; if I marry a dog, I follow the dog; if I marry a carrying pole, I carry it with me wherever I go."
"Very good." Prince Jin smiled with satisfaction. He didn't mind at all being compared to a chicken, a dog and a carrying pole by his wife.
After pleasing the King of Jin, the matter of borrowing people went extremely smoothly.
Just as the Prince of Jin's Mansion was checking the accounts of the major farms, the second heavy snow fell from the sky. It started in the afternoon and continued until the evening, and it had not stopped yet.
Not only did it snow for a long time, but it was also heavy, and the snow on the ground became visibly thicker.
"It's snowing so heavily, I'm afraid it will turn into a snowstorm." Jiang Changning said worriedly as he stood in the corridor looking at the falling snowflakes.
Thank God, thank the earth, thank the doctor for the injection I received. I can finally speak now. Then I try to reason with people, but my throat becomes hoarse again. I am really going crazy.
(End of this chapter)