The maid's curses pierced like arrows: "Why are you howling? You cry all day long, like you're at a funeral!"

When she saw that there was still someone standing in the room, the maid instinctively wanted to scream, but she was shocked to find that her throat seemed to be strangled tightly and she could not make any sound. She could only open her eyes wide and look at Yan Wanwan in horror.

Yan Wanwan had a kind smile on her lips and said softly, "Don't be afraid, I'm just here to visit an old friend."

Following her gaze, the maid also saw Lu Wanru who had turned into a human stick. In an instant, a hot current became uncontrollable, and in a flash, a pungent smell filled the room.

Yan Wanwan frowned, pinching her nose in disgust, and then placed a silver note on the table. "If you can take good care of her, I will give you one hundred taels of silver every month from now on."

The maid nodded hurriedly, looking terrified, "I will definitely take good care of Madam Lu and will not slack off in the slightest."

"Just remember, as long as she's still breathing, that's all that matters."

The maid breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, thinking to herself that this person must have a deep hatred for Lu Wanru. In this case, she didn't have to worry about anything.

But in the blink of an eye, Yan Wanwan disappeared without a trace.

The maid's legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground. She crawled over and grabbed the banknote. When she saw that the amount was one hundred taels, an ecstatic smile suddenly broke out on her face.

At this time, Lu Wanru shouted to the maid beside her: "You, go and invite the Second Prince over and ask him to find an imperial physician to treat me!"

The maid looked at Lu Wanru, whose face was completely destroyed, limbs missing, and who looked as miserable as a human stick. A sinister smile appeared on her face. She picked up a pot of cold tea and poured it over her head, saying harshly, "Who do you think you are? Are you worthy of the Second Prince's visit?"

Lu Wanru's eyes widened as she stared at the maid in disbelief. Tea mixed with sweat dripped down her forehead, icy cold. "You...you slut, how dare you do this to me! I'm the daughter of the Minister of State and the Second Prince's sweetheart. You'll definitely not end well by doing this!"

She roared, her voice hoarse and ugly with anger.

The maid only sneered, squatted down, and looked at Lu Wanru closely, her eyes full of mockery: "Your father is no longer a minister, so what if you are the second prince's sweetheart? You have been reduced from a prince's wife to a concubine. Humph, you are just a useless person now. The second prince has long since despised you. What are you still dreaming about?"

As she spoke, she reached out and forcefully pinched Lu Wanru's remaining chin, forcing her to look up. "Do you still think you're the high and mighty eldest daughter of the Lu family? Look at you now, you're neither human nor ghost. The Second Prince feels sick just looking at you."

After saying that, she wiped her hands in disgust, left without looking back, and left Lu Wanru to fend for herself in the house.

Yan Wanwan said goodbye to the Second Prince's Mansion and went straight to the outside of the manor.

At that time, two groups of people outside Zhuangzi were at loggerheads and deadlocked. It looked like a conflict had already broken out.

When one of the group saw her figure, one of them immediately had his eyes light up, and he was so excited that he shouted loudly: "It's the lady!"

She stepped forward and asked softly, "What are you doing?"

"Miss, we want to build a road, but they are stopping us." The construction workers complained helplessly.

Upon hearing this, the villagers on the other side immediately retorted with reason and evidence: "You want to touch our village road? Why should we agree? This road has been our village's main source of transportation for years. How can you just repair it without even giving us a heads up? This is unacceptable!"

Yan Wanwan immediately looked at them and asked, "Didn't you say hello?"

"Miss, we have told their village chief, and he agrees."

"Our village chief didn't agree, it's you who are making trouble."

The emotions on both sides became increasingly agitated and a conflict was imminent.

Seeing this, Yan Wanwan rubbed her brows and shouted, "Stop it! Stop making trouble."

Everyone was shocked by her majesty and stopped what they were doing, but they still used their eyes to protest to each other.

Yan Wanwan softened her expression, turned to face the villagers, and asked gently, "Everyone, I'd like to visit your village chief. Is that convenient?"

The men blushed under the gaze of the beautiful woman before them, and stammered, "Okay... okay, girl, come with me."

Yan Wanwan walked into the village chief's house and expressed her sincere apologies to the village chief without even exchanging greetings.

She raised her delicate hand and presented a silver note, saying humbly, "Village Chief, some of my men were reckless earlier and frightened several of the villagers. This was not my intention. This small note is a token of my apology. I hope you and the villagers will forgive me."

The village chief had never seen such a scene before. He was stunned for a moment. He took the banknote dazedly and asked, "Miss, are you here to repair the road?"

Yan Wanwan nodded slightly and asked softly, "That's right. I'm completely confused. Building a road is a huge benefit to the village. It will make it much more convenient for villagers to travel. It's truly a win-win situation. But why is the village opposing the road construction?"

The village chief looked embarrassed, but with a wry smile, he explained, "Girl, this is the situation. This road doesn't belong to the entire village. Instead, everyone in the village owns a section of it. If even one person disagrees, the road can't be repaired."

After hearing this, Yan Wanwan was speechless: "..."

This road can be broken down to individual levels, which opened her eyes.

"Then why do the villagers disagree?"

"This……"

The village chief hesitated and said, "They want to... Oh! It's hard for me to say."

"Village Chief, just say what you want to say!"

"Did they see your farm is hiring and want to see if there's any work they can do?"

Yan Wanwan was stunned. "That's it? Just tell the housekeeper!"

The village chief said with an embarrassed look on his face, "We have told you, but the village's manager said that the place is full and they won't recruit any more."

Yan Wanwan continued to look at him with her deep eyes. If the housekeeper had only said this, the villagers would not have been so excited to stop him. There must be something else happening.

Sure enough, the village chief's face turned a little ugly. "They also said that you will not accept people like us, the old hands in the village."

"Who said that? The butler?"

"No, not the housekeeper. We only know that he is someone from the manor."

Yan Wanwan's face darkened. "Don't worry, Village Chief. I will definitely give the villagers an explanation."

The village chief waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Ms. Yan, we don't want any explanation. We just want a job to make a living."

"Let's keep things simple. Let's proceed as we should."

The village chief was delighted and asked, "Are you agreeing?"

Yan Wanwan smiled and nodded. "Although I don't care about the affairs of the village, I can still find a stable job for the villagers. It's just that the work is a bit tiring. I don't know if everyone is willing to do it."

"Of course I am. I can't even eat, so why would I complain?"

Yan Wanwan smiled gently, it seemed that the tree planting plan on the barren mountain could be implemented.

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