Besides, there’s an old saying that goes.

A noble person never comes to visit you unless he has something important to do.

Jiang Li's status was noble, and countless nobles in Huainan Rongcheng wanted to see her but were turned away.

But Jiang Li took the initiative to come to their merchant home.

Although he invited all the nobles in the city to the banquet, Jiang Li should not be among them.

Furthermore, the nobles are very arrogant, especially those in Huainan City.

At this time today, Jiang Li is the first noble to come to the banquet in person.

Most of the other Huainan nobles accepted his gifts and only sent a steward today.

However, according to usual etiquette.

In the eyes of the nobles, they were already giving face to the merchants.

It is certainly a good thing that Jiang Li can come.

But the person hiding behind him was Jiang Li who needed Yan's help with something.

The Yan family was a well-known wealthy family in Huainan. They had nothing else to offer but lots of money.

Jiang Li spent a fortune to build water conservancy projects last year, so he might have come for the same purpose this time.

In just a short moment, Yan Yu had thousands of thoughts in his mind.

"Master Yan, in addition to congratulating Miss Liuzhu today, I do need Yan's help with something."

Since Yan Yu spoke frankly, Jiang Li would not hide anything.

Compared with the roundabout way of speaking with those nobles in Kyoto, Jiang Li prefers Yan Yu's straightforward way.

"Madam, please tell me. Yan will do whatever we can to help you."

Yan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and even his face broke into a smile.

I am not afraid that Jiang Li wants something, I am afraid that Jiang Li has nothing to ask for.

If she had just come here simply to congratulate, then Yan Shi would really have no way of making friends with her anymore.

Now that Jiang Li has something to ask of them, this is an opportunity for the Yan family to make friends with them.

"Last July, the Blackwater River overflowed, submerging countless farms and villages."

Jiang Li took a sip of the fragrant tea, lowered his eyelashes and whispered, "I heard that there are tens of thousands of disaster victims displaced, and the Yan family is kind and kind, and donated money to help the victims, and everyone praises them."

Yan Yu's eyes suddenly widened and he quickly stood up.

"Madam Jiang! This, this... Yan Shi only provided some food and fodder, and she has absolutely no ulterior motives!"

These days, providing relief to disaster victims is a privilege reserved for the nobility.

You can't be an ordinary noble.

Because providing relief to disaster victims sounds good, as it means saving lives and accumulating blessings, and it gives rise to good hearts.

However, there is no guarantee that someone will report this to the emperor.

He was accused of treason in order to win over the people and covet the throne of the emperor.

It’s not that Yan Yu was overthinking, but this kind of thing happened during the time of the previous emperor many years ago.

Moreover, the unlucky nobleman was the former king of Huainan, Prince Yong.

Today, Prince Yong’s Palace is basically only the nominal ruler of Huainan. Even during the last flood, it was the government office that sent people to provide disaster relief.

The Yan family was just quietly feeding some common people to prevent them from dying.

There is absolutely no intention of treason to gain any good reputation.

"Master Yan misunderstood."

Jiang Li comforted them, "I am not blaming you for your relief efforts. On the contrary, you are extremely kind for helping the victims. How can you blame me?"

"I just heard that Miss Liuzhu has already gone to school and has some companions."

"Yes."

Yan Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling even more aggrieved.

Jiang Li has said so much, she must have investigated everything that Yan did during the flood.

"Madam, please understand. My daughter doesn't have many children of the same age. After the flood, several children lost their parents and relatives, so I took the initiative to send them to the school to study together."

Yan Yu had unconsciously put himself in the position of a lowly commoner, and his face turned pale.

He meant to leave the children with Yan Liuzhu as a companion, but in fact, in the eyes of the nobles, he should be accepting followers for Yan Liuzhu.

However, merchants in the Great Zhou were not qualified to have commoners as followers.

If Jiang Li wanted to report them, he would definitely succeed.

"Master Yan, don't be nervous. You are doing a good deed. It's great that you can treat the children well."

Jiang Li put down the teacup and looked at Yan Yu and Yan Liuzhu.

"How many children have you taken in in total? Is there a list? Where are they now?"

Rather than having someone conduct a secret investigation, the fastest way would naturally be to let Yan hand over the person on his own initiative.

"All, all are at home."

Yan Yu wiped his sweat off his forehead again and said with an apologetic smile, "There are five in total, and the list is also here."

"Madam Jiang, you are wise. They are all honest commoners, not slaves taken in by the Yan family."

This is a capital crime and must never be done.

"Please, Master Yan, please invite these five children over."

Jiang Li nodded with a smile on her face.

"It is fate that I can meet them here today."

How could Yan Yu dare to refuse? He immediately asked the housekeeper to find five tutors.

While waiting, Yan Liuzhu, who had been silent and just staring at Jiang Li, suddenly spoke.

"Is Madam Jiang looking for someone?"

She spoke suddenly and Yan Yu was startled.

He quickly pulled Yan Liuzhu and said, "Liuzhu, shut up! Children should not interrupt when the lady is doing something!"

No matter what Jiang Li wants the disaster victim's child to do, the Yan family just needs to cooperate.

At this time, Yan Yu already felt a little regretful.

Although there are many benefits to marrying into a noble family, nobles are not easy to get along with.

Jiang Li is no exception.

If this happened a few more times, he was afraid that he would be scared to death.

"It's okay, Master Yan, please don't scold Miss Liuzhu."

Jiang Li stopped Yan Yu and looked at Yan Liuzhu, curiously asking, "Miss Liuzhu, can you tell me why you ask this?"

"because……"

Yan Liuzhu was not afraid of the distinction between nobles and common people. She looked at Jiang Li's face.

"Mrs. Jiang looks a lot like one of my tutors."

These words sounded like thunder!

Jiang Li stood up quickly, and even Qingzhu's expression changed.

Yan Yu was so frightened that he was shaking, "Liu Zhu, don't talk nonsense!"

He was a disaster victim's child, how could he have anything to do with the noble aristocracy.

If Jiang Li thought that Yan Liuzhu was deliberately bullying her, then the Yan family would probably be in big trouble today.

"Ms. Liuzhu, you just said that there is a child who looks like me! This is true!"

Jiang Li took two or three steps to Yan Liuzhu, unable to hide the surprise and excitement on his face.

"Yes, Mrs. Jiang."

Yan Liuzhu nodded affirmatively, "My companion Lu Changci looks a lot like you!"

Like mother and son!

This is what she felt when she saw Jiang Li today. Jiang Li must have come here for Lu Changci!

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