The cousin is beautiful but ruthless.

Liang Ruoxue snorted. She would naturally succeed. The Dragon Boat Festival banquet was just around the corner. Li Jun had approached her several times during this period, and Liang Ruoyan had become much more obedient. It seemed that there would be no problem.

That's why Liang Ruoxue dared to turn against Shen Hanyu.

Before they even reached the village, Shen Hanyu saw a person appear by the roadside. Upon closer inspection, she recognized the smiling face as Yu Qi.

The carriage stopped, and Shen Hanyu sat in it, looking at Yu Qi.

Jin Chui had just returned when Yu Qi came to find her.

"What do you want to say?"

The matter of Yu Qi has not yet been fully investigated. This guy is quite mysterious. He has an innocent family background, but he knows a lot of things.

“Miss Shen, I told you before that you had to go to Suzhou in person.”

Shen Hanyu narrowed her eyes: "It's as if my every move is right under your nose."

Who else but the Crown Prince would be watching me like this?

Shen Hanyu couldn't think of anyone else, and Yu Qi was unwilling to say.

Yu Qi smiled and said, "No matter who goes, they can't understand the situation in Suzhou as well as you do."

Shen Hanyu lowered the carriage curtain, but since she couldn't get any information, she decided not to waste any more time and would deal with the situation in Chang'an first.

Yu Qi watched Shen Hanyu's carriage drive away, and then he turned back.

Upon arriving at the estate, Shen Hanyu saw Pei Du there; it seemed Pei Du had arrived the night before.

"You came."

Shen Hanyu nodded and got off the carriage.

"Why are you here?"

“I knew you were coming to visit the estate, so I arrived in the outskirts of the capital last night. The people in the estate are a bit difficult to deal with, so I'll be there to help you.”

Shen Hanyu was surprised by Pei Du's thoughtfulness. "Then tell me about this estate."

Pei Du hummed in agreement. This estate was given to him by his maternal grandfather, and he had only just learned about it. He then told Shen Hanyu everything he knew.

When I arrived last night, the people managing the estate were quite nice, and so far it seems there haven't been any major problems. But as for the real situation, we'll have to observe carefully.

The person in charge arrived, smiling broadly at Shen Hanyu: "Madam."

Shen Hanyu frowned slightly, and the person in charge quickly changed his address.

"Miss Shen, I spoke too quickly and offended you."

Before even entering the house, it was inappropriate to call her "Madam." Shen Hanyu looked at the people in the manor; they were all standing outside, each wanting to look up but not daring to.

Pei Du came over last night, clearly to support his future wife; how could they dare to act recklessly?

All the ledgers were laid out beside her. Shen Hanyu opened one and looked at it, observing the steward's expression. The steward smiled ingratiatingly.

"No rush to look, you can go down first. I'll call you if I need anything."

Shen Hanyu wasn't used to having them watch her so longingly.

The manager led those people away.

Someone inside glanced over, and after walking a distance, whispered to the person next to them, "This future wife is so young, and she's not from Chang'an. Do you understand?"

"Who knows? Let's just behave ourselves for the next couple of days."

The man next to him lifted his eyelids, his eyes also showing some contempt.

When Shen Hanyu arrived, she realized that the matter couldn't be resolved in just one day. Fortunately, she had two days off.

"I'll have to stay here for the night; I have a lot to do."

Shen Hanyu was worried that she wouldn't come to check on things sooner, since these items were already registered in her name.

"You can handle Zhuangzi's people as you see fit. Don't worry about anything else. I don't know much about these things, so I can only leave it to you. By the way, Grandpa wants to meet you."

Pei Du kept talking, much more so than before.

Shen Hanyu glanced sideways; Pei Du's maternal grandfather wanted to see her, but she wasn't quite ready yet.

"I'll wait until I have time. I'll finish what I'm doing first."

Pei Du nodded, offering no objection.

Shen Hanyu spent half a day figuring out everything about the estate.

Miao Cui helped her look at the account books.

“Miss, there’s nothing wrong with the ledger.”

"Then let's go out and take a look."

Hearing is believing, seeing is believing; we should go out and find out what's going on.

In that brief encounter, Shen Hanyu keenly sensed the contemptuous attitude of the people here towards her, so this time she didn't let Pei Du follow her.

When we arrived at the fields, it wasn't lunchtime yet, so there were quite a few people there.

A shed had been set up nearby, and the people inside stood up with smiles when they saw Shen Hanyu arrive.

"Miss Shen, the sun is so strong outside, why did you come out? If you need anything, just let us know and we'll be there immediately."

Shen Hanyu sat down on this side of the shed. "How have the harvests been in recent years?"

The man scratched his head with an honest expression: "It's just so-so, there's not much difference. If the weather is good, the harvest is good, and if it's bad, the harvest is bad too. It all depends on God's mood."

Shen Hanyu looked him over and remembered that this person was called Xia Yong.

"Xia Yong, I remember you and Manager Xia are related, right?"

Xia Yong's heart skipped a beat, and he nodded in agreement.

Miao Cui handed something to Shen Hanyu, who opened it.

"I just heard that Zhuangzi had some trouble recently."

Xia Yong lowered his head; something had indeed happened some time ago.

"It's related to you, but Manager Xia covered it up for you."

Before Shen Hanyu could finish speaking, Steward Xia had already arrived, having heard the news.

"Miss Shen."

Manager Xia looked at Xia Yong's expression and roughly guessed what was going on.

"Manager Xia arrived quickly, which means he knew what I was going to say."

Cold sweat dripped from Xia Yong's forehead.

"Did you think I wouldn't notice if you tampered with the ledgers?"

They treated her like she was blind, thinking that since she didn't grow up in Chang'an and hadn't received formal training, she wouldn't understand these things.

Shen Hanyu seized the time to learn a lot of things, because she didn't want to live this life in vain.

Manager Xia lowered his head and admitted that he had embezzled the estate's money. He knew that Xia Yong had used the money to gamble. Moreover, the atmosphere in the estate was not good; almost everyone had a gambling addiction.

Shen Hanyu knew this, so if she wanted to make changes, she would have to completely overhaul the team.

"Miss Shen, please forgive me."

Manager Xia softened his temper; he understood what losing his job would mean.

Xia Yong knelt down with a thud.

"Miss Shen, I will never dare to do it again."

Simply admitting fault is not enough; Shen Hanyu understood this well.

The gambling culture must be eradicated, and tonight is a good opportunity.

"You two, bring those people here tonight. I'm going to deal with them one by one. Manager Xia, you should know this is your last chance."

Shen Hanyu needed time to prepare, so she sent Steward Xia and Xia Yong instead.

Manager Xia's lips moved slightly. If he went, he would offend most of the people in the manor.

There are quite a few hot-tempered people among them, and they're not to be trifled with.

But Shen Hanyu was not someone to be trifled with.

Manager Xia gave a soft "hmm," which was taken as an agreement.

Shen Hanyu then got up and left.

Xia Yong looked at Steward Xia: "Should we do as Miss Shen says?"

"The young master is right here, what else can we do but do as he says?"