It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Life returned to normal after returning to the Governor's Mansion, with only a few minor changes.

In Cheng'en Pavilion, Miss Fu returned to her daily study schedule before the trip, but during her breaks she picked up a collection of classics, history, and literature that she had never read before.

Baoqin and Tingying have spent the longest time with Fu Girl, and they vaguely know that these books were left to her by her parents. In the past, the girl was very resistant and avoided these books, and kept them locked in a box. But for some reason, she found them again now.

Chunying didn't know much about what happened before. She just felt that Fu Nulang was at a disadvantage in the next few battles, which was hard to accept. Therefore, she wanted to learn more in her free time so that she could have a chance to win back in the future.

Jiang Yan was unaware of either of these things, but was happy to see that Fu Nulang's time was fully occupied, so that she would not play tricks on him like she did before going south to the palace.

And with Chunying as an additional laborer, Jiang Yan had more free time and could go to the kitchen to listen to Chef Sun and Aunt Huang chatting.

In the past, if Jiang Yan had extra time, he would definitely go back to the house and lie down wherever he could and sleep as much as possible.

But since it is already known that Governor Fang secretly kidnapped people to open private mines and engage in illegal activities, and he is also being targeted by the master behind Chunying, if he is exposed, he will probably be killed or seriously injured.

As a servant in the mansion, Jiang Yan would inevitably be implicated if his master made a mistake. He felt it was urgent to find a way out for himself.

The way to redeem oneself by paying money is temporarily blocked.

First, Miss Fu's temper only looks good. If you take the initiative to bring it up when she has no ideas, and she starts to take it to heart, you might end up like Huanyan before.

Secondly, she could not explain the source of the redemption money. According to Aunt Huang, not only did she have to return all the monthly wages, but she also had to pay back the money converted from the food rations she had eaten, and she also had to pay interest... She was basically paying to be a servant and was being exploited.

Jiang Yan couldn't find any other legitimate way to escape slavery for the time being, so he simply tried to get more information. If anything bad happened in the mansion, he would take advantage of the chaos to hide in a corner or climb over the wall, and then escape after the storm was over.

As for why he didn't get it from Chunying but went to the kitchen to inquire, Jiang Yan also considered it seriously.

Not to mention that Chunying would never reveal important information to him for the sake of the mission. Even if she did, it would be for the purpose of exploiting her. The more he came into contact with her and the deeper he became involved, the more difficult it would be for him to extricate himself in the later stage, and he would be forced into another cage.

But it's different in the kitchen. There are many people and they talk a lot, which means that information here comes from a wide range of sources and circulates quickly. In addition, the speaker is not intentional, so it is difficult for the listener to be on guard.

For example, Jiang Yan stayed in the governor's mansion for almost three months. Whether it was from the words of Baoqin, Tingying, Yile and others in Cheng'en Pavilion or the behavior of the governor's wife, the governor's wife loved the governor so much that she was submissive and obeyed his every word. She was absolutely at a disadvantage in the relationship between the two.

But Aunt Huang disagreed with this.

She had drunk a few ounces of rice wine at the time, and after a while of being intoxicated by the warm stove, she said that when Governor Fang was young, he was just a poor scholar. Because his parents had both passed away, and he was good-looking, good at serving people, and well-educated, he was fortunate enough to be chosen as her husband by the Governor's wife, who was still a girl at the time, and then supported her all the way to becoming the Governor.

Unexpectedly, Governor Fang became arrogant once he came to power and wanted to turn the tables and become the master of the Governor's wife. However, he was severely punished by the Chang family at that time and never dared to act rashly again.

But later on, the Chang family was severely damaged and needed to keep a low profile to accumulate strength. The wife of the governor had to control her temper and coax Governor Fang, and only then did she agree to the birth of young Master Yu. Otherwise, Governor Fang would not have had any children at all.

Well... Jiang Yan was selective in what she listened to.