Becoming a widow for the sake of good fortune? The short-lived prince lived a hundred years

The next day, Yan Xining woke up from a comfortable sleep, but there was no one on the couch next to her.

You wouldn't have guessed that His Royal Highness Prince An is a person who goes to bed early and gets up early.

After she washed up, Jingfeng came over to tell her that Chu Jinxun was waiting for her for breakfast.

When Yan Xining arrived at the place, she saw that the breakfast was still porridge, pickles and steamed buns.

Didn't they say the palace was actually wealthy? Could they be lying to her?

As soon as Chu Jinxun saw her, he smiled broadly, picked up a steamed bun with his slender and bony hands, broke it open and ate it slowly.

After Yan Xining sat down, Jing Feng walked out the door.

At this time, Chu Jinxun pressed his hand, and the table split to both sides, revealing another table top. The breakfast on it was much richer, with seven or eight kinds of food, which were exquisite and appetizing.

This is the correct way to prepare breakfast in a royal palace!

Yan Xining raised an eyebrow: "Why go to so much trouble? Wouldn't it be better to just clear them out directly?"

Chu Jinxun glanced at her unexpectedly. When his understanding gaze met hers, his clear eyes suddenly became moist, pitiful and innocent: "It's quite troublesome. I'm weak and don't have the energy to spend on this!"

Suddenly, his eyes moved and he asked tentatively, "How about you come?"

"Are you sure? Aren't you afraid that I'll cause unrest in your palace?"

Chu Jinxun didn't care: "Don't be afraid, it's better to have a little more fun!"

"I want to buy some maids and servants!"

Chu Jinxun looked up at her with a strange look in his eyes.

"Can't?"

Chu Jinxun was silent for a moment: "Yan Xining, do you have any misunderstandings?"

"What do you mean?" Yan Xining's eyes dimmed a little.

Chu Jinxun put down his chopsticks and looked at her without blinking: "I am Prince An, you are Princess An, this is Prince An's Mansion, you can make the decision on anything in the mansion, no need to ask me!"

Yan Xining's eyebrows twitched, and there was a hint of teasing in his tone: "Are you sure? Sometimes I do things very crazy. You are giving me such great power. What if I demolish your palace..."

"Just tear it down and rebuild it, it's not a big deal!"

After taking a look at the man who picked up the chopsticks nonchalantly, Yan Xining paused and then smiled.

"Brother, I like your temper!"

After breakfast, Yan Xining asked Wu Yuxing to ask the human trafficker to bring people over so that she could pick a few servants.

Wu Yuxing has a strong execution ability. When the human traffickers heard that Prince An's Mansion was recruiting people, they came here with their people.

Yan Xining originally just wanted to pick a few people to work in Qingwuyuan, but as she walked along, she changed her mind.

She ordered the chief secretary Bao Yishi to gather all the servants.

Bao Yishi was sent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was in charge of the miscellaneous affairs and servants in the palace, but Chu Jinxun was more accustomed to using Wu Yuxing.

In the five years since Prince An established his palace, there have been more than forty people, not counting the guards.

This number of people is already considered shabby for a royal palace.

At this time, the forty-odd people stood in four rows in front of the corridor, on the east side. The people brought by the human traffickers stood in two rows, on the opposite side.

The servants in the palace looked at each other in confusion, wondering what the new princess was up to.

The trafficker was grinning so hard that his teeth were visible and his eyes were not, and he was looking forward to it.

After waiting for a while, Yan Xining walked over slowly.

Behind her followed Caizhu and Bingyu, the dowry.

The other remaining male servant was originally named Gou Zi. Yan Xining named him Yuan Qing, and he followed behind with Jing Qing.

The trafficker's eyes darted around as he trotted over, bowing and saluting. "Princess, I'm honored to meet you! I'm a trafficker from the East City Trafficking Agency. I heard you're looking for a new servant. Here are the ones I brought with me, all with their indentures. Please choose from them!"

Yan Xining hummed lightly, "Can you take the people the palace wants to sell away with you?"

The trafficker glanced at the servants standing in a neat row, his eyes almost popping out of his head: "So, so many?"

The expressions of the servants in the palace changed. The new princess suddenly gathered them together, which made them nervous. They didn't know why. Could it be that the princess wanted to sell them all out?

There were no children born in the newly built palace, but they had been living there for four or five years at most, and one or two years at most.

Someone lost their patience and knelt down, "Princess, I have done nothing wrong. Please don't sell me out!"

Some people were confused and in a daze;

Some people's hands and feet are trembling, and they are at a loss;

Some people looked disdainful and stood still...

In just a few moments, everyone reacted differently.

Yan Xining glanced over and took it all in. She didn't say anything, just watched.

Bao Yishi cupped his hands and said, "Princess, do you want to replace all the servants in the palace?"

"That's not the case. The palace always needs people." Yan Xining said nonchalantly: "From today on, I have decided: the palace will conduct an evaluation every month, and the two people who rank last will be sold. Those who are sneaky, clever, and lazy, don't try your tricks in front of me!"

Bao Yishi hurriedly said, "Princess, this cannot be allowed. There's no precedent for this. Besides, if word gets out that our palace is selling out servants, it will be disgraceful and ruin our palace's reputation!"

"It's bad, so be it. Just do as I say!"

Bao Yishi stopped talking.

Yan Xining pointed directly at two people in the crowd: "You, and you, come out!"

The two men were startled and came out reluctantly.

Yan Xining said directly to the trafficker, "Sell them both, and take them back with you!"

The two men's faces changed drastically: "Why sell us out? Didn't you say that we would be evaluated every month? Hasn't the evaluation started yet? Princess, you can't sell us out for no reason!"

The remaining servants looked at each other in confusion. A slight noise arose among the crowd, and the uproar of shock made the situation somewhat out of control.

Yan Xining sneered and swept her eyes across the entire audience. Her clear eyes were like ice knives. Those people felt a chill and the noise stopped immediately.

"You, are the watchman, am I right? Last night, you were not on duty, so what were you trying to do by sneaking into the backyard?"

The servant who was called was stunned and said hurriedly: "My humble servant, I have gone to the wrong place... No, no, I didn't go there, I didn't go there..."

Bao Yishi shouted angrily: "There are women in the backyard, aren't you afraid of offending the princess? You really deserve to die!"

Yan Xining pointed at another one and said, "He's a thief! Chief Bao, send someone to search his residence!"

The servant collapsed to the ground before anyone could be sent to search.

Yan Xining ordered Jing Qing: "Find their indentures and sell them on the spot!"

Everyone then saw that Jingqing was holding a box with a large stack of indentures in it. The prince actually gave the servants' indentures to the princess?

Jing Qing asked Bao Yishi and the other man's names, then quickly flipped through two sheets of paper and handed them to the human trafficker.

The corners of the human trafficker's mouth twitched and his eyes rolled. He didn't expect that he would actually witness a scene of a royal palace cleaning out its doors. Moreover, the princess said that servants would be sold and repurchased every month, and this was a long-term business.

After these two scenes, the rest of the servants were silent as a mouse, standing with their hands hanging down. The previous indifference and disdain were gone, and now there was only silence.

Yan Xining didn't care at all and bought four servants, two men and two women. He gave these four to Caizhu to teach them the rules, and the rest of the servants also dispersed.

She then said to the trafficker, "In half a month, bring another batch of people here so I can pick a few!"

"Yes!" The trafficker grinned so hard that his teeth were visible, and he said happily, "Thank you, Princess. I didn't go to the Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion, so I made the right choice to come to you!"

"Weiyuan Marquis Mansion?"

The trafficker saw her interest and rolled his eyes before revealing everything he knew: "Princess, you may not know this, but early this morning, the steward from the Weiyuan Marquisate came over and asked for someone to come over, saying they wanted to sell off a group of people! In my humble opinion, something must have happened, and it must be quite serious!"

Yan Xining raised her eyebrows and raised the corners of her lips!

She knows!