My husband is pure and has few desires, but I gave birth to three children in a row

Fu Zhiyi seemed to understand something and said, "Go ahead!"

Neither agreed nor disagreed.

The steward misunderstood, thinking Fu Zhiyi agreed, and looked at Lu Zhenzhen awkwardly: "This news is of great importance. Are you sure you want me to tell you now?"

Fu Zhiyi was getting impatient: "If you don't tell me, drag me out—"

The steward didn't dare to cause any more trouble: "Fourth Master, Third Master once had a beloved concubine named Fang, who was extremely favored! Later, she died in an accident! Then the mansion carried out a major purge because of this. It was also during that time that my mother and her family were sent to live on the farm."

"I was the Third Master's wet nurse and had some respectability in his courtyard, but then I discovered, discovered, that the Third Master had a health problem. Perhaps, perhaps, he was destined to have no more children—"

Having said that, the manager deliberately looked at the expressions of Fu Zhiyi and Lu Zhenzhen, as if he wanted to see their surprised expressions.

Then he met two expressionless faces.

He was immediately startled and took a step back. "Really? Fourth Master, please don't disbelieve it! This is absolutely true! My mother said it herself! The Third Master was raised by her, and she thinks he is more important than her own son!"

"After learning about this, she wanted to tell the Third Master! But she was worried about being silenced. After weighing the pros and cons, her plan went awry, and the old Marquis exiled our family to the manor, where we've been ever since!"

"Over the years, we have been paying attention to the issue of the Third Master's offspring. Although I was a little unsure before, but over the years, no matter how the Third Master struggled, you, the Fourth Master, were the only one, so it is almost certain—"

After the steward finished speaking, he looked at Fu Zhiyi cautiously again and said, "Fourth Master, this news is good news for you, right?"

The implication is that using this information to buy the safety of their family should be a good deal, right?

Fu Zhiyi smiled: "Does your whole family know this news?"

The manager saw Fu Zhiyi smile and thought that the matter should be settled.

He quickly said, "So that Fourth Master can rest assured, this news, apart from me and my mother, no one else in our family knows about it! Even if my family is confused, they know that this news cannot be spread outside, so we have kept it a secret for so many years--"

Since no one knew about it except him and the third master's mother, Fu Zhiyi felt relieved.

He nodded and called the security guard outside to come in.

Just as the steward was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Fu Zhiyi order: "Shut his mouth and lock him up in the woodshed! Only give him water, no food, and no one is allowed to approach or talk to him!"

"Send someone to his house and lock up everyone in it! Especially the Third Master's wet nurse. Lock her up in solitary confinement and don't let anyone get close!"

The guard responded, waved to his men to hold the manager down, and ordered someone to lead the team straight to the manager's house.

The steward's face turned pale. He opened his mouth to speak, but the security guard quickly stuffed a pair of smelly socks into his mouth, blocking it tightly so that he couldn't make a sound.

Then he pulled out a hemp rope, neatly tied the manager's hands behind his back, and dragged him out.

The manager's eyes were wide open, his face full of unwillingness and despair. He stared at Fu Zhiyi with hatred in his eyes.

Fu Zhiyi was completely unaware and didn't take it seriously at all.

He only lowered his head to comfort Lu Zhenzhen: "Don't look at me, these cunning slaves thought they had something on the third house and wanted to use it to threaten us! They deserved this fate!"

Lu Zhenzhen is naturally not afraid!

She just thought that the fact that the Third Master was incapable was only known to the old Marquis and others in the Marquisate, but she didn't expect that there were many people in the world who cared about it.

It seems that she needs to be more cautious in the future. After all, there are too many people around her. Who knows if there are people with ulterior motives hiding in the dark?

Since this matter concerns the reputation of the Third Master and the Marquis' Mansion, Lu Zhenzhen naturally does not need to intervene.

Just leave everything to Fu Zhiyi.

In the evening, Lu Zhenzhen mentioned this matter to Lan.

Lan was stunned for a moment, then gave a bitter laugh: "It seems that I was too stupid before. Even his nanny could find out, and I was kept in the dark for almost twenty years."

Lu Zhenzhen hurriedly comforted Lan: "Madam, please don't think like that! As the saying goes, those involved are often confused, while those who are on the sidelines can see more clearly! Besides, at that time, your mind was focused on the Fourth Master, so how could you care about so many things?"

Afraid that Lan would overthink things, he simply found a job for her: "This manager is no longer needed! And his family members and his confidants must all be arrested and punished! So many positions have been vacated, and they all need to be re-staffed."

"This is my first time encountering this, and I need my wife to check it for me."

As expected, Lan's attention was diverted. She pulled Lu Zhenzhen to look at the population list first, and then called Zhang Xian's wife next to her and asked her to explain the list of families one by one to Lu Zhenzhen.

Those who can serve as the head of the farm or the manager are all the sons of the marquis's family.

Naturally, everyone in Zhang Xian's family has a record of their own affairs.

We picked out a few of them who seemed to have done a good job in the past, were honest and decent people, had no major involvement with the previous manager, and even had some conflicts with him, and let them take over for a while.

It’s not too late to change it when you get a better one in the future.

After selecting the person, you still have to call him over and give him some advice.

Everyone in Zhuangzi was caught off guard.

Who could have thought that this man, who had been the head of the village for more than ten years, would be arrested along with his entire family as soon as he met his new master.

The manager's family was surrounded and the whole family was tied up. Their crying could be heard by everyone around.

Almost everyone in Zhuangzi is in danger, fearing that the next fire will burn them.

Only those who were at odds with the manager were secretly delighted.

Everyone was observing, and within two days, the new master had selected a new head of the farm, and things in the farm were in order, without any chaos.

Apart from a few close associates and acquaintances of the former village head who were also searched and locked up, no one else was implicated.

Everyone gradually felt relieved.

Fu Zhiyi has been very busy these days, but he is very capable and the matter was resolved in just a few days.

The manager's family, including the wet nurse, were sold far away to work in the coal mine.

This trip is almost certain to end in death.

The steward's house was ransacked, and silver bills, gold, silver, and jewelry worth nearly ten thousand gold coins were seized, as well as various ornaments and treasures from the room of the third master of the marquis's mansion.

The eldest son of the steward was also supported by gold and silver at home and pampered by slaves and maids. He was raised to this age and is studying in school. It is said that he has some talent.

I had originally planned to ask the Marquis' Mansion for mercy this year to release his indenture and become a good citizen so that I could take the imperial examination in the future.

After all this incident, there is naturally no need to think about it.

The confidants in charge are also dishonest.

Their homes were also ransacked and they were sold off.

The old marquis said that the confiscated property would be given to the public, except for the steward's property, and the other properties of his confidants would be given to Fu Zhiyi and Lu Zhenzhen, as a reward for their hard work.

What belongs to Fu Zhiyi is naturally Lu Zhenzhen's.

After only a few days at the farm, Lu Zhenzhen made another fortune.

My private pockets suddenly became much fatter.