The cruel little princess

When the imperial edict was read, the three members of the Shen family were completely bewildered. This… this imperial edict even had context? It mentioned promotion to a First-Rank General, but didn't mention any reward of a mansion. Hadn't he already been rewarded with a daughter, headgear, jewelry, or a farmhouse before? Why was he suddenly rewarded with a mansion again this time? And headgear and jewelry again? So… what they had received before was the upper part, and now the lower part? However, despite being shocked, they still had to thank the Lord for his grace.

Shen Duanfang stood up and secretly stuffed a purse into the hand of Xiao Xizi. Xiao Xizi pretended to refuse, but Shen Duanfang insisted on giving it to Xiao Xizi, so Xiao Xizi accepted it. At the end, he said, "General Shen, you, the Princess of Rui'an County, will have great fortune in the future!"

Shen Duanfang was stunned. "Why do you say that, eunuch? Please tell me in detail."

Eunuch Xiao Xizi pretended to be profound and said, "Buddha said: It cannot be said! It cannot be said!" Then he went to find His Royal Highness Prince Jin.

Shen Duanfang had no choice but to call his two children back to his tent.

After they all sat down in the tent, Shen Duanfang said directly, "Your father never thought that the emperor would bestow another mansion for the generals guarding the country. Now that the mansion has been given, we have to go back to the capital to express our gratitude and pack up our things and move to the new mansion. But now that the Qinglong Kingdom has withdrawn its troops, the situation is very tense, so your father and your brother have to guard here, so you can only let you go back to the capital by yourself." He thought for a while and said, "Your father is now a first-rank official, and you are also the second-rank Rui'an County Lord. In the capital, you don't have to be afraid of anyone except the princes and princesses! Youyou, are you willing?" He was a relatively open-minded father. If his daughter really didn't want to, then he would let his son return to the capital!

"Daddy, I listen to you. There's nothing the rescue team can do for me right now, so it doesn't matter where I am. I just hope you and brother take care of yourselves!" Shen Youyou was stunned for a moment, and replied quickly. She is not a little girl who makes unreasonable demands when it comes to major issues. Before, when the war was tense, she didn't want to go back to Beijing because she was worried about the safety of her father, brother, and the soldiers. There was always room for her to help. Now, the border is temporarily stable, and someone needs to go back to the capital, so she must help her father solve the problem. Her brother can help Dad a lot if he stays here. She has nothing to do now, so it's a good time to go back to the capital to build her career!

Thinking of this, she remembered another thing, "Dad, you and brother sit here for a while, I will be back soon." After saying that, she walked out of the tent quickly.

Shen Zijin was speechless the whole time, staring blankly at his sister. How long had the family been together? And they were about to separate again! He wanted his sister to stay at the border for a while longer! It was the end of September now, and there was a high probability that it would snow in more than half a month. How nice it would be for him to take his sister to build snowmen and have snowball fights! He had been busy leading troops on patrol and strengthening the defense line recently, and had no time to talk to his sister. And just now, when he saw his sister walk out of the tent, she had the aura of a martial artist. What was going on?

Just when he was puzzled, Shen Youyou came back with a box in her hand.

"Dad, big brother, here are some banknotes. I'll leave them all to you!" She placed the box on the table and pulled open the wooden lid. Inside was a thick stack of banknotes, all small denominations she had exchanged with Liu Jianye for easier spending. There were notes of 100 taels, 200 taels, 300 taels, and even 500 taels. Already divided twice, there were a total of 60,000 taels!

Looking at the box full of banknotes, Shen Duanfang and Shen Zijin were both stunned. They had never expected their daughter (sister) to have so much money. And she handed it all to them without hesitation.

"My dear girl, how...how do you have so much money?" Shen Duanfang came back to his senses and couldn't help asking.

"Dad, all this money is earned from my business." Shen Youyou explained, "Didn't I say before that I would make money for the family? These are my achievements."

"Great, Youyou, you're amazing!" Shen Duanfang said with satisfaction, "But we can't take all this money, you should keep some for yourself."

"No, Dad, I still have money." Shen Youyou smiled and shook her head, "And I'm not short of money now."

Shen Duanfang was so moved that he wanted to hug his daughter, but he stopped himself, tears welling in his eyes as he considered how much older she had become. He knew his daughter had always worked hard, not only helping the military camp solve many problems after arriving at the border, but also providing them with a better life. Shen Zijin, on the other hand, silently looked at her sister, her heart filled with pride.

Before coming, she had deliberately left a five-hundred-liang silver note for emergencies. After all, even if she didn't consider herself, Wu Di and the others who worked with her would need living expenses! After listening to her father's analysis, she quickly made a decision: this time when she returned to the capital, she would bring Wu Di and the others with her and settle them in the manor outside the capital that His Majesty had bestowed upon her. Before this, she had privately discussed with An Er that these manors were not far from the capital, and if she rode a horse, she could reach them in just an hour.

She had been pondering how to make the farm more effective, worthy of the emperor's grace. Now, that problem was solved: she could simply move her factory to the farm! This way, not only could she build her ideal workshop model on the farm, but she could also grow some of her commonly used precious medicinal herbs, whose value far exceeded that of ordinary crops! The idea excited her, as if she had seen a bright future.

"I'll leave all these 60,000 taels of silver notes to you. You can use them to buy things for the military camp, or purchase some food and fodder as soon as possible!" Shen Youyou said.

"What?" Her father and her eldest brother looked at each other, thinking that there was something wrong with their ears and they didn't hear clearly that their little sister was actually talking about six hundred taels of silver! Just now, they saw that there were a lot of silver notes, but the denominations were not large. They thought it was only twenty thousand taels at most. But they didn't expect that Shen Youyou had put five hundred taels of silver notes under her, and they were all pressed firmly. It must have far exceeded their expectations!

"Sixty thousand taels!" Shen Youyou looked at their extremely shocked expressions and nodded carefully again, "You heard it right, it is indeed sixty thousand taels of silver!"

"Little sister, where did you get so much money? Did you bring it back from Qinglong Country last time?" Shen Zijin couldn't figure out where his little sister got the money from.

"Didn't I tell you before that Liu Jianye and I are in business together? I make the products, he provides the sales channels, and we split the profits 20% to 80%. He gets 20% and I get 80%!" Shen Youyou said proudly.

"You have only been doing business for a few months, how come you have earned so much?" Shen Duanfang said seriously, "Youyou, don't be mistaken that he deliberately gave you extra banknotes and then asked you to do something for him later!" It must be said that Shen Duanfang is older and does consider more than them.

"Don't worry, Dad. It's mainly because the things my daughter makes are expensive and the sales are good, so I earn more!" Shen Youyou comforted him.

"That won't work. We'll take it all. What will you use? There are a lot of things to use in the capital. If you carry it all by yourself, you'll be poor at home but rich on the road! You earned it yourself. Even if you don't spend it, just keep it as a dowry!" Shen Duanfang insisted on not using his daughter's money.

"Oh, Dad! Why should you and your daughter differentiate between yours and mine! As long as I am here and my factory is still there, there will be a steady supply of goods, and there will be a considerable income every month! I just left the previous ones to Dad. And I also know that Dad is still paying salaries to the families of those soldiers who died in the battle on a regular basis. I am also proud and admire those soldiers who have never met but have sacrificed their lives for the country! That's why I want Dad to help me give them some help! Just think of it as accumulating blessings for your daughter!" Shen Youyou had said this, and Shen Duanfang could only accept the banknote.

"Besides, after arriving in the capital, I'll be able to use all the gifts His Majesty has bestowed upon me. I'll have no shortage of clothes and jewelry, and I'm sure Chuntao and I won't be broke in the General's Mansion!" she said, deliberately joking to make her father feel better. "So I really don't need all this banknotes, and when I get any dividends, I'll keep them for you!" She proudly declared that money was no problem, and that they had plenty of it!