Shocking! Five men are in love with the same woman!

She was actually quite curious, so she asked the servants in the mansion, but surprisingly, none of them had ever seen her as an adult.

Of course, Lingyan has never been to the front yard since she moved to that courtyard.

The only people who had ever seen her were the two old women guarding the back gate.

However, she always wore a veil when she went in and out, so they never saw her true face.

Driven by curiosity, Liu stepped into Lingyan's courtyard for the first time.

The first thing you see is a beautiful woman sitting in the courtyard, comfortably reading a book.

Hearing the noise, she looked up and was stunned into silence along with the maids and servants behind her.

No wonder Prince Rui insisted on having her; he must have already met her to do so.

With a face like that, which man wouldn't be captivated by her, wouldn't be bewitched by her?

Which man could withstand that!

Looking at the way Prince Rui was looking at her, she was not surprised at all.

She only regretted not seeing her face sooner, so that her features wouldn't have been ruined so early.

Lingyan was a little tired at this point, and had also released all the pent-up frustration in her heart.

So he directly ordered everyone in the Prince's mansion: "Move away everything of value in the mansion, including the Prince's betrothal gifts, all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry, silk, and satin, as well as all kinds of house deeds and land deeds, and everything they wear and carry. Don't leave them anything of value."

The people in the Prince's residence immediately agreed and went to do the work quickly.

The people in the hall then panicked and cried out in despair.

They screamed desperately, pushed and shoved, and cried, but to no avail.

The female guards in the Prince's mansion forcibly took away all the female members of the household, threw them servants' clothes, and then coldly watched from the side.

Make sure they have nothing to hide and don't take a single penny with them.

The men were also taken to a place and watched as they were made to change out of their silk clothes.

Fifteen minutes later, everyone returned to the lobby.

At this moment, the people who were usually arrogant and looked very noble were dressed in the lowest quality coarse cloth clothes and had no decorations on them, making them look extremely ordinary.

The saying "clothes make the man" is indeed true.

The servants were terrified by the commotion and could only kneel on the ground in despair and fear, begging the princess for her judgment.

Half an hour later.

Everything has been looted.

Lingyan took out 200,000 taels and gave it to Mufeng, saying, "Thank you all for your hard work, brothers and sisters. Consider this as their hard-earned money. Tell them to move all their things to the Prince's Mansion properly."

Mu Feng happily agreed and went to give the instructions.

Lingyan also stood up, and Xiao Muyao immediately and carefully helped her up.

Then Lingyan said calmly, "This house doesn't belong to you either, so from now on, you'll have to go out and fend for yourselves and compensate me for the 20 million taels."

Everyone was struck dumb!

At this point, they had nothing left and were like beggars, yet they still had to compensate her with so much silver.

Madam Liu quickly smiled and tried to negotiate, "Your Highness! Isn't twenty million taels too much? Besides, you've already ransacked the manor, so could you perhaps reduce the amount a little?"

Lingyan looked up and said in a relaxed and lazy manner, "I am the princess, and I make the decisions. Don't you know how much silver you have spent in the past fifteen years? Also, you haven't given me a single penny of the profits from those thirty shops. That should be included in that as well. And my dowry when I got married, you only gave me fifty thousand taels. So, does Second Aunt still want to bargain with me?"

Liu's face immediately fell into utter despair, and she almost lost her balance.

Ling Yan smiled and looked at everyone, saying, "I also want to remind you all, don't try to renege on your debts, or you won't know the consequences. Also, don't even think about committing suicide, because I will have people watching you at all times. It's not that easy to end it all!"

Everyone immediately looked at her with deep fear and apprehension.

Isn't this the devil?

Such a beautiful face, yet such a cruel heart!

They are now penniless and don't even know where they live.

For them, who had never suffered any hardship since childhood, it was like falling from heaven to hell.

They don't know anything about making money, and they're not willing to endure hardship.

They just want others to support them so they can enjoy themselves.

But now we not only have to rely on ourselves, but also find a way to pay back those 20 million taels.

They felt they had no will to live and wanted to end their lives.

But now he can't even die, so he can only spend the rest of his life trying to make money to pay off his debts.

Everyone was utterly despondent, and several had already fainted.

Ling Yan showed no mercy and drove everyone out, even those who had fainted were carried out.

Only a group of servants remained, kneeling in fear and trembling, too afraid to move.

Lingyan stepped out of the main hall and looked at them, saying, "I know in my heart who has bullied me and who hasn't. Therefore, those who haven't bullied me can take their indentures and leave the manor. As for the rest, give them twenty lashes and then kick them out of the manor, and that will be the end of it."

Everyone was pardoned.

Half of the people immediately took their indentures from Yunmeng, thanked her profusely, kowtowed, and left.

The remaining half of the people were also very conscientious and did not resist.

It was only twenty strokes of the cane; they could withstand it. It was already a mercy from the princess that they were spared.

After the beating was completed very smoothly, they, still injured, took their respective indentures, kowtowed, and left happily.

How could we not be overjoyed?

I thought I was going to die for sure, so I should be happy to still be alive.

With everything resolved, Lingyan and Xiao Muyao returned to the Prince's Mansion.

Once the people in the Prince's Mansion had finished tidying up the entire Duke Jing's Mansion, the mansion was sealed off from then on.

Although no one lives there, no one would dare to offend them.

She also took back all the house deeds, land deeds, and estate deeds.

Needless to say, the property deeds all belong to her.

As for the land deeds, although we haven't figured out how to arrange them yet, we can simply replace the previous person with someone from the Prince's Palace to guard them, and we can make arrangements later.

The manor and several villas also had all their staff replaced by people from the royal palace.

You can also make a good plan.

In the end, all the remaining shops had their owners and staff replaced.

People from the Prince's Palace were selected to manage these shops.

Whether it was the profits from the shop or everything that was moved from the mansion, it all belonged to Lingyan alone.

All she had to do was pay these people their salaries, and then she could just sit back and collect the money.

Xiao Muyao would not seize her properties, so Lingyan was at ease.

After the two returned to the mansion, Lingyan sat on the soft couch and read a book.

Xiao Muyao sat down next to her, hesitated for a long time, and then asked with difficulty, "Have you never resented me in the slightest all these years? After all, I was partly to blame."

Ling Yan didn't even look up, and casually replied, "No, I said I understand."

Xiao Muyao breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that you didn't complain.

But at the same time, he could only manage a wry smile.

I don't resent it because I don't care, because I feel like they're strangers.

She doesn't care now because she still doesn't care about him.

He already knew all this.

I still feel sorry for what she has gone through all these years.

He looked at her and said softly, "I'm sorry, even though you don't blame me, I still want to say sorry to you!"

Ling Yan finally raised her head and smiled, saying, "It's alright."

She genuinely felt it didn't matter, because he was a typical ancient prince.

When choosing a wife, one should naturally choose a family with a good family background. Although her parents sacrificed their lives for the country, they are no longer alive.

Therefore, it is understandable that he felt that marrying her would not benefit him and did not want to fulfill the marriage agreement.

Xiao Muyao then said with heartache, "You must have had a very hard time these past years. You lacked food and clothing, suffered humiliation at their hands, and were all alone. I really don't know how you managed to get through it all."

His voice was trembling, and his eyes were red.

Seeing him like this, Lingyan thought that a beauty with red eyes was truly beautiful!

I didn't care about what happened to her over the years, because she really didn't suffer at all!