Chapter 34: Incorporating Tianyin Pavilion
The man in black was eager to explain, "This was an accident. Things were going smoothly, but who knew there were two masters around the prince."
Pei Ye stood up from the couch and tied his belt lazily. "The manager you found is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything. He is also jealous and harsh to his subordinates. Such a person will only cause trouble."
"Yes, I will take care of her."
The man in black looked grim, "The indentures of those women are gone!"
"So, what kind of loser did you find!" Pei Ye supported his cheek with his fingers, his eyes cold.
The man in black added, "I have a list of those people!"
Pei Ye sneered, "You haven't seen them very often, it's easy to change their names."
"Don't tell me you won't find them anymore?"
"After Mo Li abused them like that, do you think they would still be loyal to him? Just take care of the people you have already sent out."
"Yes!" The man in black looked embarrassed, "I will definitely hide my identity well in the future."
"I don't believe this kind of guarantee." Pei Ye smiled wildly and threw a packet of medicine powder in his hand to the man in black.
"You are..."
Pei Ye stared at him with narrow eyes. The man in black felt uneasy. He swallowed and asked, "Do you want me to commit suicide by taking poison?"
Pei Ye restrained his smile and said, "If you drink it, your face will be disfigured, but at least your life will be saved!"
The man in black had trembling hands, but without hesitation, he raised his head and poured the entire packet of powder into his mouth.
"Ah!" After a moment, the man in black touched his face with trembling hands, then put them down tremblingly.
Pei Ye looked at his uneven face and nodded, "Well, even this commander can hardly recognize you!"
The man in black had a blank expression on his face, but he didn't dare to resist.
"Thank you, Commander Pei." The man in black hid his face in his hood and left.
Pei Ye looked at his back expressionlessly. Since he had to deal with the devil and didn't have the ability to do so, this was his fate.
......
Two days later, Huanyan found the sixteen sisters.
After disguising themselves, they took them into a house.
Huanyan looked at the women and said, "The owner of this house has bought it. Although it has been abandoned for a long time, it can be cleaned up. You can live here first. If there is any problem, send Yingge to report it."
"Yes." They are all homeless people. Now they can gather together with their sisters for warmth and have a place to live. They are already very grateful.
Huan Yan raised her eyes and looked at them, "There is one more thing. Mo Li died last night."
The women looked at each other and said, "He's dead!"
"It's absolutely true. Yesterday I sneaked into the secret passage of Tianyin Pavilion and found that she had been stabbed in the neck with a knife."
"Great, that woman is finally dead!"
"She died a good death. Evildoers will be punished by their own evildoers. She finally got her retribution!"
The little sisters were all very excited.
Several of them had seen Chu Li, but they didn't know that Chu Li was the prince.
One of them asked Huanyan, "Sister Huanyan, our master is the handsome young man who rescued you from Tianyin Pavilion that day, right?"
Huanyan saw her ears turn red, and said coldly: "The master's identity is very mysterious, you should not ask about it, just do your job well, and when the time comes, the master will naturally meet you!"
She took out a cloth bag of silver and said, "This is your monthly salary. The master will change your name in the next two days. You just need to change into maid's clothes and clean the mansion."
Someone stood up and said, "Sister Huanyan, we just came here and we are already paid monthly wages. This is too much."
"Yes, we are lucky to have a place to stay without being watched and scolded. We must not accept this money."
Huanyan smiled slightly, "Okay, the master said that today is September 15th, and the monthly salary will be paid at this time every month without fail."
"The master said: We will provide food and lodging, and pay you on time... Well, you can just take it and clean up the house quickly in the next few days."
The women looked at each other in bewilderment. How could a master give them a whole month's salary on the first day? They were already impatient to meet their master.
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East Palace.
Chu Li counted the five thousand taels of silver notes left after she bought the two houses and fell into deep thought.
Money will grow legs and move on its own, and it will never go back.
Chu Li and Bing Xia fell silent as they looked at the five thousand taels of silver.
Chu Li suddenly remembered that every prince of the Great Chu had a fiefdom, but the sizes varied.
Her eyes lit up, "Bingxia, how was the autumn harvest in my fiefdom this year?"
Bing Xia sighed, "Master, the fiefdom has not been able to pay tribute for several years."
Chu Li held up his chin, "Then why not go and take a look today!"
She is the crown prince, so she has to care about the people in her fiefdom.
She glanced at her and Bingxia's clothes and said thoughtfully, "Let's dress up first!"
The two of them went out and came to the farm.
There were sparsely growing rice fields along the way.
Chu Li lowered the car curtain and asked, "Is this place close to the hunting ground?"
Bingxia nodded, "Very close."
Chu Li got off the carriage, looked at the growth of the crops in the fields, and sighed. This place was not suitable for crop growth at all.
In addition, there have been frequent floods in the mountains in recent years, and in the worst cases, there will be no harvest at all.
So how have these people been living these years?
Chu Li got on the carriage and traveled in silence all the way to Xiaomei Manor.
The arrival of Chu Li's carriage immediately attracted the attention of the children in the village.
Their black and white eyes looked at the carriage, curious and afraid.
Chu Li asked Bingxia to get some cakes and candies. Their mouths were watering, but they didn't dare to take them.
Everyone just watched from a distance.
People in Zhuangzi are generally thin.
Chu Li asked Bing Xia, "Haven't you been here before?"
Bing Xia looked at Chu Li suspiciously, "You came here secretly a few times and gave them silver, but the silver will be spent quickly and it won't solve the problem."
"Why don't you come openly?" Chu Li was puzzled.
Bing Xia was confused. "You were often bullied by those people and you dared not go out on weekdays. Master, don't you remember?"
Chu Li frowned. Okay, she was a little angry with the original owner just now and almost forgot that she was Chu Li now.
As the two were talking, she heard the voices of the old people.
An old man with sunken eyes looked at the carriage from afar and said with emotion: "When will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come to see us like this!"
An old man with gray hair sighed, "What are you looking at? Our village is the poorest among the princes' fiefs. The prince is incompetent and unpopular, so we suffer as well."
"You can't blame the prince. If you want to blame someone, blame God for not keeping his eyes open these years. There have been natural disasters every year, and the harvest has been barren."
An old man with no teeth came over and said, "I heard from the hunter that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince won the autumn hunt this time!"
"That has nothing to do with us. Let's just wait and see how the weather changes!"
An old woman scolded her husband, "Old man, you've had enough food for the past three days, and you still have the energy to complain!"
"Yes, yes, I'll shut up, shut up!"
The old man saw several people approaching from a distance. His voice trembled, and he lowered his voice to remind the people around him, "Stop talking, look who's coming!"
At this moment, Chu Li's carriage suddenly stopped and a rude voice came from outside the carriage.
"Stop! Which village are you from?"