What Jiang Changning told King Jin was about the matter on the farm. "How should we deal with the fifteen village heads?"
"Since you can't do your job well, what's the point of coming here? You can deal with you however you want." Prince Jin looked unhappy.
These village heads have been in charge of the village for some years, so they look down on the mistress who has been the housekeeper for less than a year. Even if the mistress has discovered that they are corrupt, they are not afraid.
The slave was too powerful to bully his master, and the King of Jin could not think of any other reason.
"When Fangju took people to check the accounts, why didn't she escort these village heads to the capital to be punished?" asked Prince Jin.
"We always have to give people a chance to correct their mistakes." Jiang Changning shrugged. "It seems that they don't need this opportunity now."
"Some people are not worth giving them a chance." Prince Jin touched her face. His little princess was too kind.
"Three days, wait another three days. If no one comes, we will replace them all. It's hard to find two-legged frogs, but there are a lot of two-legged people."
"Don't put yourself in a difficult position."
"I won't let myself be wronged." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
After finishing his business, Jiang Changning called the maid in and ordered dinner.
After the meal, the couple walked hand in hand in the corridor and saw a branch of plum blossoms quietly blooming by the wall.
Jiang Changning chanted casually: "A few plum blossoms stand in the corner, blooming alone in the cold."
The King of Jin suddenly climbed over the railing. Jiang Changning knew that he wanted to pluck the plum branches, so he quickly said, "No need to pluck them. Let the plum blossoms remain on the branches."
"Isn't it good to have infinite spring breeze entering the courage bottle?" Prince Jin turned around and asked with a smile.
"If you put the plum blossoms in a vase, they will wither and die in just four or five days. It is better to let them stay on the branches so that they can bloom longer." Jiang Changning smiled, "The infinite spring is on the branches."
"As you wish." Prince Jin turned back over the railing and continued walking with Jiang Changning holding his hand.
That night, on the bed, the people lit lamps and the governor set fire.
Harmony and beauty, full of joy.
The next day, there was good news in the morning. Zhuang Qingmei was pregnant again, one and a half months already. She came specially to tell Jiang Changning the good news.
"What does Fifth Aunt Zhuang mean? Good news? Why tell her the good news?" Fu Cui said in a dissatisfied voice.
Jiang Changning has not been pregnant yet, so this is not to announce good news, but to cause trouble.
"If you calculate the dates, she got pregnant again not long after her miscarriage. If we ignore her like this, she will suffer in the future." Jiang Changning said calmly, not caring.
"She deserves to suffer." Fu Cui said angrily.
"Xiu Lan, prepare the gifts according to the old custom. Shu Fei, you go over to congratulate." Jiang Changning ordered.
"Yes, princess."
In the afternoon, there was a scandal. Su Fei brought back, "A wife of Prince Ding, no, a concubine of Earl Dingping, took away a large amount of property from Earl Dingping's mansion last night and eloped with an accountant."
Prince Ding was stripped of his title, the princess consort became the wife of an earl, the concubine became a concubine, and the ladies and the like were treated as maids. It would be strange if they didn't run away.
"The Dingping Marquis's Mansion has lost all its dignity and face." Fu Cui said gloatingly.
"It's a good thing for people who can sell relief grain at a high price to have a little green on their heads," said Jiang Changning.
"Why is it a good thing?" Fu Cui asked.
"I've never heard of it. If you want to live a good life, you have to have some green on your head." Jiang Changning said playfully.
Xiulan and the other two all chuckled, and Fucui said stupidly, "I've never heard of it."
"Now I've heard about it." Jiang Changning smiled and pinched her cheek lightly, "Silly girl."
Only then did Fu Cui realize that her princess was teasing her.
"In that case, don't blame me, the princess, for not considering that they have worked hard even if they haven't." Jiang Changning said this in front of the four stewards.
"Since they don't accept the palace's control, there's no need for them to continue being servants in the palace."
The four managers were not surprised at all, as they had long expected that Jiang Changning would not let those village heads off easily.
"If you have anyone who is suitable to be the village head, please write a list to me and I will select the best ones."
The four of them were extremely surprised. They didn't expect Jiang Changning to be so generous and allow them to mentor someone.
They never expected that Jiang Changning was being lazy and was too lazy to spend time and energy searching one by one.
He happily wrote the list and handed it to Jiang Changning. After receiving the list, Jiang Changning asked Xiaochun to check their background in detail and then selected fifteen people.
"You were nominated by the four stewards. I think you are all capable people. I believe in them and I trust you. I hope you can manage the manor well."
The fifteen people bowed and said, "We will do our duty well and will not let the princess down."
"Anyone would be greedy when surrounded by mountains of gold and silver, but what makes us human is that we can control our greed." Jiang Changning glanced at the crowd.
"You take the monthly salary from the mansion, but you don't do your job properly. You betray your master's trust. You deserve to die."
"Don't think you can deceive your superiors and subordinates and cover up the past by settling the accounts. You should know that there is no impenetrable wall in this world. You should know what happened to Mrs. Wei. That is a lesson for us."
After beating them, Jiang Changning said, "Chunlai, you take a team of people to escort them to the farm. From now on, they will be the head of the farm. If anyone dares to disobey or stop them, they will be killed."
The fifteen people were shocked when they heard this. Although the princess seemed weak, her decisiveness in killing was no less than that of the prince.
"Yes, Princess." Chunlai accepted the order.
Jiang Changning looked at the expressions of the crowd and smiled faintly. The current beating could indeed make them honest, but people are lazy, and before long, they would become bolder and greedy.
They cannot stay in one farm for too long, a rotation system is necessary.
Of course, they are just going now, so there is no rush for rotation.
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. That afternoon, she woke up from a nap and Su Fei came in to report: "Princess, Qiu Shou said that the 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 this cousin's coming?"
Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows, "Whether I hope for her or not, she will come."
The next morning, the concubine sat in the Zhengze Courtyard early in the morning, and kept looking at the door, "Why hasn't he come yet? Brother Yu's daughter-in-law, please go outside to greet him, don't be rude."
"Donnie Yen, do you think it would be rude for me to go outside to greet her?" Jiang Changning asked with a faint smile, holding a hand warmer.
It was freezing outside, so she didn't want to go out.
The Toffee's expression froze, and she picked up the cup of tea to cover up her previous gaffe.
In private, Jiang Changning is the cousin's sister-in-law, and in public, Jiang Changning is the Princess of Jin.
If the aunt and the sister-in-law have a good relationship and don't care about empty formalities, Jiang Changning can go and greet them if she is willing. The problem is that the aunt and the sister-in-law have not met yet, so it is not impolite for Jiang Changning not to go and greet them.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, a maid's voice came from outside, "My cousin has entered the mansion."
Jiang Changning put down the hand warmer in his hand and followed the concubine to the door.