Boss Dao took out all the cakes in his arms and gave them to the waiter, "Eat them quickly, they're still hot."
The waiter's eyes widened, "Oh my God, brother, where did you get so many delicious foods?"
"A kind-hearted person gave it to me." Dao Lao Da said shamelessly, totally forgetting that he had hacked up someone's table to take it.
"You must thank this kind person." The waiter was so moved that his eyes filled with tears.
Zi'an looked at the brother and sister in front of her. She had been to many third-party countries and had seen some people crying loudly because they couldn't get food. However, this was the first time she had seen such a thing in the peaceful and prosperous era of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Boss Dao is in good health and should have been able to earn wages with his strength. So why do the brother and sister live in such poverty
By the way, how was Boss Dao discovered by Murong Jie
Thinking of this, Zi'an asked Dao Lao Da, "How did you get to know the prince?"
"Which prince?" Boss Dao asked as he kept stuffing steamed buns into the waiter's side.
"That's the one who brought you to Prince Liang's Mansion." Zi'an said.
Dao Lao Da's eyes widened immediately. "Oh, it's him. Today, the boss of a breakfast bun stall gave me two buns. Later, someone made trouble and wanted to collect some protection money. The boss refused to pay, so those people beat the boss. When I saw the boss being beaten, I beat those people and drove them away. It happened that this old man and good man passed by and asked me a lot of questions, so I followed him."
"What question do you have?" Zi'an asked curiously.
Boss Dao thought for a moment, "I don't remember anything else, I just remember he asked me if I wanted to eat white rice every day. Of course I did, who doesn't want to eat white rice? He said if I wanted to, I could go with him, so I went."
Zi'an understood that Murong Jie wanted to leave her with someone who knew martial arts and could protect the master.
She looked at Dao Lao Da and said, "Come back with me now. I will let Xiaosun settle your sister. You will stay with me from now on. I will give you one or two taels of silver as wages every month, and three meals of white rice every day, and I will make sure there is meat."
Dao Lao Da's face became pious, as if he didn't believe what he heard. He looked at Zi'an, "Three meals a day, with meat for every meal? And wages? Are you talking about one tael of silver or one qian of silver? One qian of silver is already a lot, give me one tael? Do you want me to kill people?"
Zi'an smiled and said, "Will you kill someone?"
Dao Lao Da hesitated for a moment, "I promised my mother that I would not kill people, but I would beat people."
"I don't want you to kill anyone. You just need to obey my orders and work hard for me in the mansion in the future." Zi'an said.
"real?"
"Yes."
Boss Dao looked back at his sister, rubbed his eyes with his hands, turned around and went into the ruined temple.
Zi'an and Xiaosun looked at each other, neither knowing what he was doing.
Suddenly, he rushed out like an arrow, hugged Dao Xiaoer, and kept spinning around, shouting excitedly, "Xiaoer, did you hear that? Brother has found a job, and you won't have to starve or eat dog food anymore. I have done what I promised A Niang."
After saying that, he let go of Dao Xiaoer, sat on the ground and cried like a child.
Xiao Sun burst into tears. She had always thought that Boss Dao was very rude and impolite, but when she saw his sincere side, she realized that she was too superficial in judging people by appearance.
Just like that, Zi'an asked Xiaosun to settle Dao Xiaoer, and then took Dao Lao Da back home.
Zi'an didn't know at the moment that this knife-wielding boss with a thick rural accent, who would kill people at any time, would accompany her for the rest of her life after accidentally breaking into her life.
When I returned to the mansion, the sun was already setting.
The old lady delivered Guiyuan's indenture contract as she had said, and Guiyuan could finally return to Xiazhi Garden after being abused by them for a day.
However, Zi'an knew that it would be unsafe for Guiyuan to stay in the mansion and with her, so she had to think of a way to find a good place for Guiyuan.
The next morning, an imperial decree came from the palace. It was the Empress Dowager's decree. The person who announced the decree was Prince Li. It was not a decree to grant Zi'an a marriage, but a decree to confer the title of county princess on Yuan.
The Empress Dowager had never liked Yuan, and the fact that she personally issued the decree proved that the Regent had given the order.
After Prince Li announced the decree, he asked Yuan to collect the reward, and then said in front of the old lady and Prime Minister Xia: "The Empress Dowager's decree said that the land that the Prime Minister's Mansion had embezzled should now be awarded to Princess Danqing, so I will ask the government to re-draft a house deed as soon as possible to separate it from the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Ximen Xiaoyue said: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister's Mansion has already paid for that piece of land, how should this be calculated?"
"Madam Xiaoyue, do you want to investigate this matter? Of course, we can file a record in the government office for investigation. If it is confirmed that the compensation has been paid, the court will return the money."
Ximen Xiaoyue argued, "How can it be returned? Didn't they say it was royal land? If it was royal land, the Prime Minister's Mansion shouldn't have compensated the people, but if it wasn't royal land, it shouldn't have been awarded to Yuan... Princess Danqing!"
Prince Li glanced at her calmly and said, "All land under heaven belongs to the king. Madam Xiaoyue, if you really want to discuss it, then you can. But do you think that the Prime Minister's mansion is less guilty of embezzling the people's land or the royal land?"
The old lady glanced at Ximen Xiaoyue and said, "Okay, just shut up."
Ximen Xiaoyue just wanted to fight for the Xiangfu, and was unwilling to hand over half of the Xiangfu to Yuan Shi, without thinking deeply about the many things behind it. After being scolded by the old lady, although she was angry, she dared not say anything.
The old lady scolded her angrily, then bowed to Prince Li and said, "Your Highness, thank you for your hard work. There is no question of whether this matter will be pursued or not. Let's just forget it. Princess Danqing is also from our Xiangfu. Giving this land to her is equivalent to giving it to the Xiangfu."
Prince Li raised his hand and said, "This is your family affair. I will not interfere."
After saying that, he turned around and led his men away.
After receiving the imperial edict, the old lady asked Prime Minister Xia to help her walk away, as she didn't want to stay here and face Zi'an and Yuan any longer.
Zi'an didn't even look at them. He just asked Boss Dao to put the rewards back to the warehouse of Xiazhiyuan.
Ximen Xiaoyue is now the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion. When she saw a servant who was not from the Mansion, she asked Zi'an, "Who is he? Is he registered on the list in the Mansion? If not, the Prime Minister's Mansion will not pay him."
Zi'an looked at her swollen face. The wound had already oozed out tiny drops of water, but she still applied rouge and powder to the wound. "No need to report. He is only from my Xiazhi Garden, not from the Xiangfu."
"Then he lives in the Prime Minister's residence, right? Xiazhi Garden is also the Prime Minister's residence. If you are not a member of the Prime Minister's residence, you cannot live in the Prime Minister's residence." Ximen Xiaoyue said firmly.
Zi'an picked up the pair of jade ruyi and turned back to glance at Ximen Xiaoyue calmly, "If I were you, I would worry about the trouble that Second Madam Ximen would cause you, instead of constantly finding faults, and finding things that people would disdain to pay attention to."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Ximen Xiaoyue felt a little nervous. Indeed, she had always been afraid that the Liang family would cause trouble. After all, anyone with a brain would know what happened in the side room.
Zi'an sneered, "Madam Xiaoyue knows very well whether it is nonsense or not. I heard that Liang has returned to the Duke's Mansion early this morning. I wonder what is happening in the Duke's Mansion now?"
(End of this chapter)