Yun Chenyu walked very fast, and Xiao Jingyan, who was following behind him, could hardly catch up with him.

Yun Chenyu didn't steady his steps and breathe a sigh of relief until he walked back to his study.

He himself didn't know why he was in such a hurry to leave, but his heart was beating so fast that he instinctively wanted to walk faster.

"Your Highness." Xiao Jingyan finally caught up with her and reached the study. "Are you really going to hand over the household affairs of the palace to the princess?"

After all, the princess is the daughter of Prime Minister Shen, and Prime Minister Shen is in cahoots with the prince.

Everyone knew their intention of sending Shen Li to Prince Chen's Mansion.

Xiao Jingyan didn't say it too bluntly, but Yun Chenyu heard the hidden meaning in his words: "She is the princess after all. It is her responsibility to manage the household. It's fine to give it to her. It won't affect anything. However, we still need to be wary of her. Don't withdraw the people who monitor her. Pay close attention to her every move and report to me."

After all, Xiao Jingyan was a subordinate of Yunchenyu. Since his master had already said so, he had no choice but to nod and agree.

At this time, the maids outside who had received the news early were all confused. They were whispering while working.

"Doesn't the prince hate the princess? Why did he give her the power of the family? Is it because the princess has become more beautiful that the prince has begun to like her?"

"Even a woman like me thinks the princess is beautiful. The more I look at her, the more I like her. What about men?"

"That's right, no matter how good the prince is at fighting, he is still a man!"

"Since ancient times, heroes have always been unable to resist the temptation of beautiful women!"

At this time, Xiao Jingyan had already come out of Yunchenyu's study and came to the side of these gossipers. He bent his index finger and flicked each person's head: "If you dare to talk about the master in private, be careful that you will be sold to a brothel."

"I know my mistake."

In an instant, all the servants fell silent.

In Danxue Pavilion.

After Yun Chenyu left, Qingluan excitedly ran to Shen Li, her face smiling like a flower: "Master, take charge of the family, take charge of the family! From now on, we don't have to be oppressed by Miss Cousin anymore!"

Shen Li patted his forehead and thought: "That's right! I shouldn't refuse the rights that are given to me for free!"

When the time comes, she should go out, and now she should use this right. There is no conflict at all. On the contrary, it will make her life smoother during this period. It’s a good idea to think so.

"Master, I've noticed that the prince has changed. He's become nicer to you! Even the way he looks at you is different from before!"

"Why is it different?" Shen Li asked.

"There's a light in his eyes, a gentle look, absolutely different from before," Qingluan said firmly. "Master, if, if I say if, if the prince really likes you, will you stay in the palace?"

"He likes me? Impossible, impossible. He has always hated me. This time he let me take charge of the family because Lin Wanrou made a mistake and there was a lot of family affairs that no one was taking care of. He only let me take charge temporarily. Who knows, he might want the power back one day."

"But Master..."

Shen Li knocked Qingluan on the head and said half-jokingly: "You little girl, why don't you go to work? Are you too nervous? Come, let me loosen it for you..."

"No, no, I was wrong, I was wrong. I still have to make tea. Master, please spare my life~" Qingluan begged for mercy while hiding from Shen Li.

After a while, Shen Li asked Qingluan to make tea, and she sat down alone.

……

After Qingluan finished brewing the tea, Shen Li picked up the teacup and smelled it first. The fragrance of the tea was refreshing.

This was the first time she had tea since she'd traveled through time! Being the head of a household really did have its perks.

"It smells so good, is this West Lake Longjing?" Shen Li asked.

"It's West Lake Longjing." Qingluan replied.

Shen Li took another sip, the fragrance of tea flowing between his lips and teeth, as if he was standing by the West Lake in spring, leisurely and contented.

After drinking tea, Shen Li looked at the bright sun outside the door. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked Qing Luan, "How's the renovation of the swimming pool in the yard that I told you about yesterday going?"

She wanted to quickly expand the swimming pool so that she could swim more often in this hot summer to cool down.

"Swimming pool?" Qingluan had never heard of this word and was stunned for a moment, but she was smart enough to react immediately and realized that the swimming pool Shen Li was talking about was the pond in the yard.

However, she also felt aggrieved.

"Master, how dare I delay your request? Yesterday afternoon, I went to ask the servants in charge of the renovations, but they said they were busy. I asked when they would be free, but they were vague and put it off until a month later.

I know that they are deliberately delaying because they see that their master is not favored and is not in charge of the household, and are trying to please their cousin. I thought I would go and urge them again in a day or two. If I urge them too many times, they will get annoyed and come to work.

It so happened that the prince just gave you the power to manage the household. I thought that the servants would not make any more excuses now, so I went to find them again while making tea, but they still said that they had no time to renovate the pond.

I know they did it on purpose. They still harbor illusions about Lin Wanrou. Princess, you must punish them severely before they dare to disrespect your superiors."

Shen Li frowned and ordered: "Go! Call them all over here, I want to question them personally!"

"Yes, Master, I will go and call them right away."

Qingluan ran out happily.

After a while, Qingluan brought the servants to Danxue Pavilion.

"Your humble servant greets the princess." Several servants bowed to Shen Li reluctantly.

Shen Li sat at the top, fanning himself leisurely with a fan in his hand.

She knew that these servants were clearly under Lin Wanrou's orders to make things difficult for her. Now that she was in charge of the household, she naturally couldn't allow them to act so arrogantly. She decided to take this opportunity to rectify the atmosphere in the mansion.

"Why are you so slow?"

The servants pretended not to hear and no one answered.

They knew that the prince had handed over the power to manage the family to Shen Li, but Lin Wanrou had been in charge for three years and they had always followed Lin Wanrou's lead. Moreover, Shen Li had always been disliked by the prince, so they were confident that Shen Li would not be in charge for more than a few days.

In the end, the power to manage the family will still fall into the hands of Lin Wanrou, so even if Lin Wanrou has lost power now, they still dare not offend her. Who knows, one day the power to manage the family may return to Lin Wanrou's hands. If they turn to Shen Li now, they will definitely be in trouble.

"Speak!" Shen Li asked sternly.

One of the leading servants walked out with his head held high and his chest puffed out, his tone revealing disapproval: "We are just lowly people who do menial work, but we can't compare with you, Princess. You usually have nothing to do, so you do whatever you ask us to do immediately."

The servant turned around and looked at the others, "Don't you agree?"

Another servant said, "Yes, we are all working. We can't just leave halfway through, right?"

"How dare you speak to your master like that! Do you still have any sense of hierarchy?"

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