The dock was crowded with people. Manager Chen put down his work and quietly got off the boat.

After asking around, he found the ship that Qi Lian and Lu Chen were on, took out a few copper coins and gave them to the workers who were carrying the goods, "What kind of goods are on this ship?"

"These are worthless shellfish on the ship," the laborer took the copper coins and did not hide the truth, "the valuable pearls were taken away by others."

"pearl?"

Manager Chen was a little puzzled. The young master of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and the young master of the Qi family brought pearls back from far away. Could it be that they were going to open a jewelry shop?

"Yes, I see a lot of little ones."

"Okay, I get it, go ahead and do your work."

Manager Chen patted his sleeves, put his hands behind his back and walked back to the boat with a careless step to continue directing others to unload the cargo.

Ever since the failure in the gambling house, he was sent by Yong'an Hou to the dock to receive goods.

Not only was this job unprofitable, but he also felt like he stank as he was working with these smelly laborers every day.

Manager Chen rubbed his fingers, his eyes rolled around, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"Be careful, don't break anything!"

He took advantage of the power of his superiors to scold the workers who were moving the goods, then returned to his room, tidied himself up, and immediately went to the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion to report the news to the Yong'an Marquis.

"It's just a jewelry store, what's the fuss?"

Marquis Yong'an was sitting on a large armchair. A woman in light clothes was sitting on his lap. She peeled the grapes with her slender fingers and fed them into his mouth.

Marquis Yong'an turned his head away and pushed the person out without any mercy.

Manager Chen stood aside with his back hunched, a flattering smile on his face, "I was afraid this was important news, so I thought of coming to report it to you as soon as possible."

Yong'an Hou looked at his flattering appearance and snorted coldly, "Last time you failed to handle the gambling house incident, causing me to suffer heavy losses. I have not yet convicted you, and you still dare to use such a small matter to seek credit in front of me. You are really brave!"

Manager Chen's face turned pale, and he slammed his knees to the ground in fear. "This is all my fault. If she hadn't stolen the deed that I had hidden, the people from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion wouldn't have been able to take it and ruin the Marquis's plan. I have strangled her to death. Please punish me, Marquis!"

Marquis Yong'an raised his eyelids, glanced at him, then leaned back in his chair and stretched out his long legs. Immediately, a maid came over to him, knelt down, and gently massaged his legs.

Manager Chen lowered his head. As Marquis Yong'an did not speak for a long time, he was so anxious that a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

He knew that the Marquis of Yong'an would take revenge on him later, but if he did not use this incident to show off his status in front of the Marquis of Yong'an, he was afraid that he would have to live with that group of lowly people by the river for the rest of his life.

Although his mother was the wet nurse of Marquis Yong'an, she had passed away many years ago and the relationship between them had faded with time. He did not dare to plead in his mother's name.

After a long while, Yong'an Hou said lazily: "For your mother's sake, I will forgive you this time."

"Thank you for your kindness, my Lord!"

Manager Chen won the bet. He excitedly banged his head on the ground and kowtowed twice.

Yong'an Marquis raised his chin slightly and said calmly: "The prince is still short of a servant. You should stay by his side from now on."

Manager Chen has been with him since he was seven years old. If it weren't for the fact that his biological mother was his wet nurse, he would have taken his life for the incident at the gambling house last time.

"Go down, and leave the dock affairs to the original people."

Marquis Yong'an waved at him, and Manager Chen happily got up from the ground, bowed and nodded as he retreated.

Jiang Hui, the son of the Marquis of Yong'an, was preparing to go out with his men. When Manager Chen saw him, he quickly trotted after him.

"Sir!"

Jiang Hui turned around and asked, "Chen Sanduo? My father asked you to come back?"

Jiang Hui was very familiar with Manager Chen. He walked over and patted him on the shoulder. "Why don't I talk to my father and ask you to serve me from now on?"

Manager Chen grinned and said, "You don't need to tell me this time. The Marquis will ask me to serve you."

"That's just right."

Jiang Hui walked out with his arm around his neck in a nonchalant manner, "This prince has an appointment with someone to go fishing at a farm on the outskirts of the city today. You should go with this prince."

The spring mountains are dark in the distance, and the sun is setting.

Li Lianhua took off his previous clothes and put on an ordinary spring blue cotton and linen jacket, picking peanut seeds for spring plowing.

Xiaoqing was also sitting on a small stool with a large round sieve on her legs, which was covered with a layer of red-skinned peanuts.

"This farm is really nice. I will live here for the rest of my life. I think it's great."

"Yes."

Li Lianhua looked up at the green mountains and clear waters in the distance, then looked towards the foot of the mountain, where a group of people were farming and sowing seeds. He felt cheerful.

She had been very nervous before, fearing that Bai Youyou would send her to some remote mountain valley and leave her to fend for herself.

Only when I came to Zaozhuang did I realize how good this place is. Even if I had money, it would be difficult to buy such a good house.

"Masters, you can't enter here."

The anxious voice of Zhuangzi's manager came from not far away.

"Who dares to make trouble here?"

Li Lianhua put down the sieve in her hand, stood up and walked quickly towards the small lake at the foot of the mountain. Xiaoqing also hurriedly put down what she was holding and followed her.

"Young masters, this small lake belongs to our village. We just put some fish fry in it. You can't fish in it."

"What do you mean by your manor? It's your master's honor that this prince has taken a fancy to you, little Chi!"

"That's right. If Lord Jiang likes your manor, your master should be sensible and offer it to you with both hands."

"I heard that this farm belongs to Bai Laoer of Yongning Marquis Mansion. If you ask, Master Jiang, the Bai Laoer will be happy to hand over the land deed to you."

"Young masters, you——"

Jiang Hui felt that he was an eyesore because he was blocking the way, so he raised his hand and pushed him out without waiting for him to finish his words.

"Ouch!"

The manager of Zaozhuang was already sixty-six years old. He was lifted up so hard by him that he staggered several times and then fell to the ground.

There was a crisp "crack" sound from his ankle, and he covered his ankle and wailed in pain.

Seeing this, Li Lianhua ran over and helped him up.

She stared at the elegantly dressed young men in front of her with hatred, "How dare you trespass into someone else's farm and push people!"

"Old man, if you dare to block our Lord Jiang's way, you should kill this old man!"

"Do you know who this is?"

One of the purple-clothed men pointed at Jiang Hui, his face full of pride, "This is the only cousin of the current Crown Prince, the prince of the Yong'an Marquisate. You lowly people, when you saw Prince Jiang, you didn't bow down and greet him with a smile, but also tried to stop him several times."

"That's right, your master is here, and when he sees our prince, he has to treat him well. Who the hell do you think you are?"

Jiang Hui raised his chin and said, "This manor is now under my command. Go back and tell your master that I will send the silver to your mansion."

"Get out of here!"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Everyone laughed proudly.

"You...you have no law at all!!!"

"Wang Fa?"

Xiaoqing's gritting teeth made a group of young men stop in their tracks at the same time. After looking at each other, they suddenly burst into laughter.

A young man in white brocade clothes pointed at Xiaoqing and laughed loudly, as if he had heard a huge joke. He held his stomach and laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back.

"She's talking to us about the law? Haha——"

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