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The cheap father used his military merit this time to ask for the title of county lord for Shi Li in front of the new emperor who had just ascended the throne.

This bright yellow imperial edict, which still had a bit of body temperature, was the one that conferred upon Shi Li the title of county lady.

In the future, the new emperor will have to rely on the military power in Jiang Yu's hands. It would be easy for him to confer a title of county lord without granting any fiefdom. It would also be a good deal for Jiang Yu, and both the monarch and his ministers would be very satisfied.

At first, the new emperor wanted to appoint his closest eunuch to come to Jiangnan in person to issue the decree, but Jiang Yu insisted on coming to Jiangnan in person. The extent to which he cherished his daughter surprised the new emperor.

The new emperor, like everyone else, originally thought that Jiang Yu must prefer his second wife Xu and her children, otherwise he would not have placed the Jiang family under house arrest.

Now it seems that everything went wrong.

The eldest daughter who lives far away in Jiangnan is the apple of Jiang Yu's eye.

Fortunately, now that he has firmly established his throne, he no longer needs to use his concubines to control powerful ministers, otherwise his efforts would be in vain.

When Shi Li received the imperial edict, his first reaction was disbelief.

From the original owner's memory, she only felt that this adopted father was very distant to her and they hardly met each other. But... the original owner seemed to have been misled.

It's not that Jiang Yu didn't love his eldest daughter, but he really didn't understand the secrets of the inner house and thought that Xu could take good care of her. The original owner was brainwashed step by step by Xu, thinking that her father didn't like her and didn't even dare to get close to her.

In short, the father and daughter had been fooled by Xu before.

"That's better." Even Old Lady Sun, who had always been unhappy with Jiang Yu, could no longer keep a cold face after seeing the imperial edict.

She knew how difficult it was for a court lady to be granted the title of county lord without any merit or virtue, and she felt Jiang Yu's sincerity from it.

"Set the table, don't just stand there." Madam Sun gave an order and everyone else started to move.

It turned out that without this imperial edict, the Sun family had no intention of even inviting Jiang Yu to have dinner at their house.

Jiang Yu didn't know whether he was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid. He didn't even notice it. He even stood up and bowed to Madam Sun, "Thank you, mother."

When she heard him respectfully call her "mother", Old Lady Sun curled her lips and said nothing.

This time, Jiang Yu defeated the foreign enemies at the border so well that they would not come to harass him again for several years, and he could live a comfortable life for a few days.

But after all, he held an official position and could not stay in Jiangnan for too long.

The Sun family thoughtfully gave him and Shi Li a chance to talk alone, allowing the father and daughter to have a good chat in the study.

Shi Li still felt unfamiliar with this father and didn't know what to say when facing him alone. Suddenly, an idea came to her and she thought of Eighteen.

"Father, I was in danger a few times, and it was Eighteen who protected me."

"I kept him by your side for this purpose, but I didn't expect that someone would dare to do something to you."

Jiang Yu didn't care much about a secret guard, but knowing the danger Shi Li was in, his expression was still very bad. Thinking of his daughter in front of him, he was afraid of scaring her, so he forced a smile.

Then, Jiang Yu took out another stack of silver bills from his arms.

"I have to rush back to the capital soon... It's not good there, so you can stay here for a while. When the capital is stable, I will take you back, okay?"

So many things happened this time, even if Jiang Yu trusted Xu before, he now had doubts. He still had things to do, and after thinking about it, he felt that it would be best for Shi Li to stay in Jiangnan for the time being.

But Jiang Yu was afraid that Shi Li would have a problem, so he left the banknote and explained, "I definitely don't mean to let you stay here forever. Wait until I have solved all the bad things in the capital, which will take at most half a year! I will definitely let you return to the capital in glory!"

In fact, Jiang Yu didn't need to tell her that Shi Li didn't want to go back to Beijing. It wasn't that she didn't trust Jiang Yu, but that she didn't trust anyone.

Now that I am still inexperienced, there is no guarantee that I will not be plotted against by the Xu family again if I return to the capital. It would be better for me to continue staying in the Sun family and train my own people before returning.

The father and daughter reached a tacit consensus on this matter.

Shi Li took the banknote and did not refuse. He put it away after thanking him.

After returning to her room and sending the servants out, she counted the banknotes one by one.

After counting, he took a deep breath.

Jiang Yu gave her eight thousand taels of silver!

"eighteen."

Shi Li now wanted to find someone to share this with, and habitually called out the person she trusted the most.

After Eighteen appeared, he saw the girl looking at the banknotes on the table with sparkling eyes, her eyes and brows filled with joy.

"Look, we've made a fortune!"

She now has the status of a county lady, as well as the dowry left by her biological mother and the money given by Jiang Yu. She is simply a winner in life!