Bring a scumbag girl to bully me, and you are afraid of using modern weapons.

"Miss, what should we do with the housekeeper's body?" Lu Demin asked.

"You traitorous dog slave, throw him into the mass grave to feed the dogs." If this bastard hadn't committed suicide, he would definitely have known what it meant to live a life worse than death.

Today, she wants to put this Duke's Mansion in good order.

As soon as Lu Demin left, Nanny Feng came and said that the people from the human trafficking agency had arrived and handed her a large stack of indentures.

"Miss, the indentures of all the servants are here. There are two hundred and twenty-two of them in total."

Xie Jinglan took a look and didn't answer. "Madam Feng, you can handle these matters as you wish."

Nanny Feng has been with my grandmother since she was a child. She used to help my grandmother manage the household chores in the mansion. Just leave these things to her.

"Yes!" Nanny Feng took the indenture contract and retreated again.

After lunch, until the afternoon, Beitang Hong did not return her marriage certificate. Instead, the emperor's imperial edict granting her and Beitang Yuan marriage was sent to the Duke of Li's Mansion and announced to the world.

Xie Jinglan looked at the imperial decree granting marriage in her hand, let out a breath, and finally drew a clear line between herself and the scumbag Beitang Hong.

The prince's marriage is a major event in the court, and naturally it attracts the attention of people all over the world.

However, the dramatic news that the emperor cancelled Xie Jinglan's engagement with Prince Mu and instead arranged her marriage to Crown Prince Beitang Yuan caused a huge sensation in Shengjing.

From the civil and military officials in the court to the ordinary people and peddlers, everyone was talking about it.

Xie Jinglan was originally the fiancée of King Mu, and they were going to get married in half a month. Suddenly, the emperor gave her to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which was really shocking.

Xie Jinglan is a waste, but she is so lucky. She is the legitimate daughter of Duke Li and has a noble status. Even after the engagement was broken off by King Mu, she was betrothed to the prince again, which made the noble ladies in the capital envious and jealous.

But when these women thought of the rumors that the prince would die young, they felt more balanced.

So what if the Crown Princess was a noble woman? Once the Crown Prince died, she would be a widow, destined to live out her life in solitude. It would be better for her to marry a well-matched and powerful young man, who would at least have children and grandchildren.

Minglian came back from a trip and angrily told Xie Jinglan the rumors outside.

"Miss, don't be angry. Those people are just jealous of your good marriage."

"Yes, they just envy and hate me." Xie Jinglan smiled faintly.

Considering the prophecy that Beitang Yuan would not live past the age of sixteen, it might be related to the curse on him.

It seems that this crappy prophecy is closely related to that Taoist priest.

They cast a curse on him and believed that he was doomed to die, so they came up with this prophecy.

If Beitang Yuan really did not live past the age of sixteen, then this prophecy would just cover up the cause of his death.

But now he has lived past the age of sixteen and broken the prophecy. I think there must be a master helping him behind the scenes.

As for the person who wants Beitang Yuan's life, it is obvious and not difficult to guess who it is.

In her previous life, she didn't know how long Beitang Yuan lived, but looking at his current condition, if the curse couldn't be broken within a year, he wouldn't live past the age of twenty.

But no matter what happened in the previous life, the trajectory of their fate in this life has changed from now on.

After a while, Beitang Yuan sent over another group of servants, fifty people, both men and women, and a housekeeper.

Grandmother still needs to recuperate, so Nanny Feng will have to take care of the affairs of the mansion with the new housekeeper to familiarize herself with the affairs of the mansion.

On that day, Xie Jinglan promoted Lu Demin to be the chief guard of the Duke of Li's mansion, and put him in charge of the mansion's security. She also recruited some guards from outside.

After arranging matters in the mansion, she left Minglian in Ximei Garden to take care of her grandmother, and returned to Yuelan Courtyard first.

Just after finishing a glass of water, Tian came in with two women and said, "Miss, these two girls want to see you."

Xie Jinglan looked up and saw that the two women were about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing the same guard uniform as Hu Xiu.

They seem to be guards of the Eastern Palace. Judging from their aura, their martial arts skills are quite good.

"My subordinates greet the young lady." The two women bowed and saluted with their swords in their hands.

"No need to be polite." Xie Jinglan nodded slightly. "What are your names?"

The woman on her left replied, "My lady, I don't have a name. When I came here, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince instructed that you would be our master from now on. Please give me a name, my lady."

Hearing this, Xie Jinglan knew that this was the personal bodyguard hired by Beitang Yuan Gang.

"Since you are all orphans, you should take my last name from now on!" Xie Jinglan pointed at the woman on the left, "Your name is Xie Xue, Xie Yin."

They are all two words, easy to remember.

Xie Xue and Xie Yin looked at each other and both knelt down, "Thank you for the name, Miss."

It is a great honor for a subordinate to be given the master's surname.

"Well, get up!" Xie Jinglan nodded and instructed Tian: "I have nothing to do here for the time being. You can take them to familiarize themselves with the situation in the mansion first! Don't disturb me unless necessary."

"Yes!"

The three of them responded and retreated.

Xie Jinglan closed the door, entered the space, and soaked in the spiritual spring water to continue cleansing her meridians.

At night, she asked Xiao Jinzi to come out and secretly protect the Xie family to prevent Lin Yuansheng and Beitang Hong from sending people to assassinate them at night.

She has offended these two families thoroughly today, and they will definitely come to take revenge.

"If you find someone sneaking into the mansion, don't fight them. Wait until I get out." She was afraid that Xiao Jinzi would be captured.

She has just entered the first level of Qi Refining Stage. If she encounters a master like Lin Yuansheng who is in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, she will have to rely on Xiao Jinzi's spiritual power.

Therefore, nothing can happen to Xiao Jinzi.

"I understand." Xiao Jinzi flashed out of the space.

Xie Jinglan meditated and practiced, hoping to recover to the late stage of foundation building in her previous life as soon as possible.

The spiritual energy in the 21st century is thin, so she usually practices in this space.

Nothing happened that night. It seemed that Lin Yuansheng and Beitang Hong were still wary of the power of the Prince's Mansion.

This day was Emperor Kunming’s fortieth birthday.

Emperor Kunming held a grand banquet in the palace to entertain officials of the third rank and above and their families.

Xie Jinglan had breakfast, changed her clothes, and prepared to go to the palace for the banquet with her brother.

This was what her grandmother told her.

Although Xie Yunqing is only eight years old, he must be allowed to go out and see the world early so that he can support the Xie family as soon as possible.

There was no other way. Born in such a big family, his parents died early, and he was the only male in the family, so he had to work many times harder than ordinary people.

Thinking about the death of her parents, Xie Jinglan felt that things were not that simple and she had to investigate it thoroughly.

"Sister, I heard from Tianci that the food in the palace is delicious. Is that true?" After his parents passed away, Xie Yunqing never attended a palace banquet again and seemed very excited.

"It's okay! If you think it tastes good, eat more." Xie Jinglan hooked her finger and scratched his little nose.

In the past, every time Lin Tianci and Lin Rumei came back from a palace banquet, they would deliberately show off in front of their younger brother.

After packing up, he took his brother out, and Xie Xue and Xie Yin followed them into the palace.

When he walked out of the mansion, he saw Hu Xiu waiting there in a luxurious carriage. On the front of the carriage, there were three eye-catching words "Prince's Mansion" written on it.

This is the prince's special seat.

"Miss Xie, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has asked his subordinates to pick you up and bring you into the palace." Hu Xiu bowed to her.