The regent is determined to get the daughter of a minor official.

After entering the room, Xu Ke sat on the couch and looked at Jingyi with a smile.

"Anxiang, since you're here, I need to make some things clear to you first. I don't have that many rules.

But you still have to fulfill your duties. As long as you are loyal to me, I will naturally not treat you unfairly."

Anxiang nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry, Miss. Anxiang understands."

Xu Ke nodded with satisfaction.

"Were you working for the prince before?"

Jingyi replied, "My lady, I have never served the prince. It is just that the prince is kind and gave me this opportunity to be with you."

Xu Ke nodded thoughtfully.

"Miss, I heard you have a new maid?"

Dingdang's voice came in before the person arrived.

Xu Ke turned his head and looked at An Xiang.

The person who defends her position as the head maid has arrived.

Dingdang came in and looked Anxiang up and down.

"Dingdang, don't be rude. She is Anxiang, and from now on you and I will both be my personal maids."

Xu Keke took Dingdang's hand and introduced her to Anxiang with a smile.

"Her name is Dingdang."

Anxiang nodded and called out "Sister Dingdang".

When she was hiding in the dark, she heard the servants calling the little girl in front of her like this.

When Dingdang heard the call "Sister Dingdang", she knew that she acknowledged her position as the head maid.

He nodded with great satisfaction and walked over to Anxiang and said.

"Very good, Anxiang, you are very good. Sister Dingdang will protect you in the future. Of course, we must work together to protect the young lady.

When the young lady wants to fight, we have to fight together, remember?"

Anxiang nodded and said that this was possible.

Xu Ke laughed out loud at Dingdang's words.

"Look at you, what are you saying? Am I the kind of person who likes to fight?"

Dingdang pouted.

"Miss, you said with your own mouth that you would see Xu Yuanyuan once and beat her once."

Xu Ke patted Dingdang's arm gently.

"Oh, Xuyuanyuan is going to give her to Shen Qingfeng. I'm still waiting to see them fight each other. Let them play freely for now. I have other goals."

"Who does the young lady want to hit this time?"

Anxiang came over and asked.

Xu Keke was very satisfied with her positive attitude and made a silence gesture with her fingers in front of her mouth.

“I haven’t figured out what to do yet. Anxiang, you just arrived, so follow Dingdang and arrange your own accommodation.

Get familiar with the aromatherapy parlor first, and then just follow me around like Dingdang."

Dingdang and Anxiang responded at the same time.

"Ok."

"Okay, Miss, Anxiang, come with me."

The two walked out of the house, and Dingdang introduced the various affairs in the yard to Anxiang as they walked.

"This is the young lady's wing, the inner room is the bedroom, and that is our room. At night, we take turns to keep watch outside the young lady's bedroom..."

Anxiang followed with brisk steps, glancing at Dingdang's back from time to time.

I heard that on the night her sister died in battle, this weak little girl was hacked by the bad guys. It was really pitiful.

Suddenly, Dingdang stopped and said to Anxiang mysteriously:

"Anxiang, let me tell you, the young lady has a very kind heart. We won't be wronged if we follow her."

Anxiang responded with a smile.

"I know. I can tell the young lady is a good person."

Xu Ke was doing nothing in the side room. Before Dingdang and Anxiang came back, the shopping woman came first.

The shopping woman first peeked inside, then slipped in.

He said to Xu Ke mysteriously.

"Miss, the person you asked Madam Ding to keep an eye on, Xie Shisan, is too busy, so she handed the matter over to me. I've found out a few things."

"Oh?"

Xu Keke became interested and sat up straight.

"Mommy, come and listen."

The purchasing woman pulled a chair over, sat down next to Xu Ke, and told her the news she had heard.

"Then Xie Shisan did sell himself to the Xie family ten years ago because his family was poor and could no longer support him.

When he first arrived at the Xie family, he was just a slave doing odd jobs, but he was hardworking, smart, and good at reading people's expressions.

He was noticed by Xie's uncle, who took him on a merchant ship to trade.

All the money he earned over the years was given back to his parents and brothers."

Xu Ke said with a frown.

"There's nothing wrong with that, right? Even slaves get a monthly stipend. Whether he saves it for himself or gives it to his family, it's normal."

The shopping woman grinned happily.

"That's normal, mother-in-law, I took my monthly allowance back and gave it to my son!"

Xu Keke turned away, all his expectations were in vain.

Seeing this, the shopping woman immediately changed the subject.

"Miss, Xie Shisan's family is a tenant farmer on a farm outside the capital.

He went back to the farm a few days ago. Guess what I found out?"

Xu Ke looked at her and knew that even if she didn't say anything, the purchasing woman wouldn't be able to control her big mouth.

Sure enough, the shopping woman came closer.

"I heard from you that Xie Shisan's family all lives in the Shen family's farm outside the city."

Xu Keke narrowed his eyes.

"Mammy, the Shen family you are talking about is not the Shen family of Shen Qingfeng?"

"Yes, yes, Miss, you have become smarter. It is Shen Qingfeng's family's manor."

Xu Keke tapped the table lightly with his fingers, lost in thought.

In this case, could it be that Xie Shisan has known Shen Qingfeng for a long time?

After a moment, she raised her head and looked at the shopping woman.

"Can this be confirmed to be true?"

The shopping woman nodded quickly.

"It is absolutely true, ma'am; I had a great deal of trouble to get the news."

Xu Ke's brows furrowed even more.

"Then what exactly is the relationship between Xie Shisan and the Shen family? Is it just that his family is tenant farmers on the Shen family's farm?"

The shopping woman lowered her voice.

"Miss, I initially thought this was just a coincidence. Among the high-ranking officials in this city, who doesn't have a few manors or something?

It was normal for the children of the tenant farmers on the farm to go to the city to sell themselves as slaves and belong to whichever family they ended up in.

The strange thing about this matter is that Xie Shisan has made a lot of money working on the ship for the Xie family over the years.

He hasn't redeemed himself either. Perhaps Xie Shisan is a spy planted by the Shen family in the Xie family."

Xu Keke was shocked, but secretly praised the purchasing woman for having some brains. She quickly regained her composure.

"Mammy, don't jump to conclusions yet. Let's see if we can find out why he didn't redeem himself."

"Yes, ma'am."

The shopping woman responded.

As soon as the two of them finished their conversation, Dingdang and Anxiang walked in.

"Miss, we are back."

Dingdang spoke happily, and Anxiang, who was following behind her, also had a smile on her face, which showed that the two of them got along very well.

Xu Keke winked at the purchasing woman, signaling her not to make the matter public for the time being.

"Dingdang, give Madam ten taels of silver. Madam has been working very hard lately."

Xu Ke said this in front of the shopping woman.

The shopping woman immediately smiled like a flower.

"No, no, it's not hard at all, old lady, no need for a reward."