Quick Wear: The Development of a Pure Cannon Fodder

"Yes! Mother has checked, and these fields are indeed under his name." Mother Liu drank water to moisten her throat, which was dry from excitement. "I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, mother has checked everything. The land and house, which originally cost five thousand taels, can now be sold for less than half the price. The reason is that this farmer's son has offended the powerful in Jiangnan, and he wants to sell the land to protect his son!"

"Ziyin, this is a great deal! We need to grab it quickly. I asked your brother to go find the farmer again today. He said that since we haven't made a decision yet, he's asked a few other families, but they haven't been able to raise the money that quickly. But we estimate it will be sold in a few days, so we need to act quickly!"

Yu Ziyin lowered her eyes and looked at the paper in front of her. She only needed to press her fingerprint on it, and then let Xi Que and Rong Mama take two thousand taels and follow Liu's mother to find the farmer, then this huge piece of land and house would be hers. Apart from the small annual maintenance costs of these places, the benefits that could be harvested from those fields every year would be more than the maintenance fees, or even much more. So this was indeed as Liu's mother said, a piece of cake.

But Yu Zinyin didn't dare to pick up the pie and eat it.

Yu Ziyin looked up at Liu's mother and asked, "Mother, why are you only giving me such a good thing? My sister is also looking for a marriage partner recently, so she must have some land and houses. Why don't I give her half?"

Mother Liu shook her head and said, "No, no! The child has become much more sensible recently. She knows that you are now in control of the Prince's Mansion and need money to manage relationships and win people over. So she didn't argue with you about it. She said that she still has the dowry prepared by your father and me, which is enough for her. She also urged me to come to you to discuss this matter quickly."

Something is wrong, so wrong.

Yu Ziyin had only this thought after hearing this. Although she couldn't guarantee that Liu Ziyu had pure ill will towards her, she was sure that Liu Ziyu definitely wouldn't be so kind. She had long since discovered that Liu Ziyu was dissatisfied with her. Given his nature, if such a good thing really existed, would she be able to give it to him without hesitation? This was definitely impossible. There must be something wrong.

Even if Liu Ziyu was not the only one who came into contact with the farmer, but Liu Xian came into contact with him, it was inevitable that Yu Zinyin would think that Liu Ziyu deliberately led the unsuspecting Liu Xian to set a trap for him. This is also possible.

But Mother Liu herself said she had checked the farmer's household and found nothing amiss. She couldn't keep saying there was something amiss, so she simply said, "Actually, not long ago, I spent quite a bit of money preparing a birthday gift for His Highness, and I really can't gather that much money right now. Mother, please give me another day. I'll have Madam Rong bring the money over as soon as I gather it."

Mother Liu frowned and said that she would take out the money and give it to Yu Zinyin first. After all, she really wanted to help her daughter, not to embezzle the profitable land, but Yu Zinyin refused.

"My younger brother is getting engaged soon. Mother, you will definitely need money to host the engagement banquet. Otherwise, outsiders will look down on our Liu family. I can raise the money quickly, so don't worry."

Yu Ziyin's words made Liu's mother give up this idea. Not long after the prince's birthday banquet, Liu Xian told his mother and Yu Ziyin that he had fallen in love with a young lady from a certain family. Yu Ziyin secretly asked someone to investigate the young lady and found that she was a good child and had not done any bad things behind the scenes. Even if she had some minor faults, it was understandable. After all, no one is perfect, and even Liu Xian himself has his shortcomings. How dare he ask to marry a perfect person?

Knowing that the girl had a good personality and her family background was comparable to her own, Liu's mother couldn't help but be satisfied. So she immediately sent someone to the family to sound out the situation. After waiting for the other party's reply and agreement, Yu Ziyin told Shao Lian to help ask the Queen Mother for an imperial decree to grant the marriage. After all, this was something Shao Lian had promised before, and Yu Ziyin would not refuse.

Wouldn't the wedding banquet, with the imperial decree granting the marriage, be grand? The expenses would certainly be high. Although some people would send gifts to cover the Liu family's expenses, it couldn't be too shabby, otherwise it would bring shame to the Liu family and the Empress.

Thinking of this, Mother Liu couldn't help but feel relieved. Before leaving, she patted the back of Yu Ziyin's hand and said, "Good boy, you have won such great honor for our family and your brother. Everyone in the Liu family is thinking of you. In the future, your family and your brother will definitely not treat you unfairly."

Yu Ziyin smiled and asked Xi Que to see Liu Mu off.

She knew that Liu's mother was sincerely doing this for her own good, so even if she discovered something wrong later, she would not blame Liu's mother, but would only find the real person behind it.

After Liu's mother left, Yu Ziyin handed Madam Ping the few papers with the transaction details written on them. "Madam, I'm still relatively inexperienced and can't see the problem here, but I just feel like something's wrong. Look, the price marked here is too low. Even if the family has suffered a disaster, I don't think it should be this low."

Yu Zinyin couldn't say openly that she felt something was wrong because of Liu Ziyu's attitude. After all, it was not certain whether Liu Ziyu had really done anything in it. She couldn't make subjective assumptions about the other party. Otherwise, if she was really overthinking it, wouldn't it be very embarrassing?

In the past, if Yu Zinyin didn't know or didn't understand something, she would ask Nanny Ping. Now that she had doubts in her heart and Nanny Ping was here, she asked immediately.

Madam Ping took the papers and examined them one by one. She said, "The prices are indeed much lower. The profits are so huge that I have never seen them before. But just looking at the contents, I dare not say there is anything wrong. If your Majesty trusts me, please send someone to investigate."

"Of course I'm relieved. Madam Ping, please help me check it out. If there's anything wrong, tell me."

"Okay, then I'll go check it out."

After all, Nanny Ping has been an old employee in the Prince's Mansion for many years. When she was young, she served the Queen in the palace. Naturally, her scheming and qualifications are not comparable to Yu Zinyin, let alone the Second Prince's wife.

Soon, Nanny Ping's people discovered something amiss. The land deeds to these fields and houses were handed over to the current farmers not long ago, just a few days after the prince's birthday banquet. The people who traded with the farmers were also ordinary people. Each of them owned land and houses. Although their lives were not too hard, they were not very rich either. They relied on the crops grown in the fields to make a living every year, but they all sold their land and houses to this farmer at a very low price.

This was clearly amiss. Didn't the common people have to live? They didn't benefit from this transaction at all. It wasn't just a matter of losing their livelihoods. Were they crazy to sell to that farmer?