The mistress died of overwork, and after rebirth, she was bad at raising her cubs

The next morning, there was another piece of news in Prince Zhan's Mansion.

Xiaoshanzi, the servant beside Huo Junyan, died of his injuries!

Shen Qinglan was checking the account book. While checking the account book, he circled a few strange accounts. After a long while, he sighed and said to Ren Donglai:

"Although the expenses of Prince Zhan's Mansion are high, it is reasonable to say that there are also these shops and manors. It shouldn't be out of pocket, right?"

Ren Donglai was about to speak when he heard this, but stopped for a moment, then he sighed helplessly and said:

"Whether it's the old War King, the War King, or the old War Queen, none of them knows how to run a business. Many times they fail to understand the direction of the wind, so they will naturally suffer losses."

"As for those manors, the War King has instructed that we should not treat the tenants too harshly and only collect 30% of the rent, plus..."

"On weekdays, the War King would often show sympathy to the tenant farmers, distribute winter clothes, repair houses, etc...."

After hearing this, Shen Qinglan also fell silent.

This Huo Zhanting... is a pretty nice person.

For an ordinary farm, if the rent is 50%, the tenant farmers would be so grateful that they would shed tears.

And Huo Zhanting only collected three floors, which might have made him a living Bodhisattva to those tenant farmers.

Furthermore, he also understands people's sentiments and shows love from time to time...

Shen Qinglan pinched his forehead with a headache.

I thought the husband I married in this life would be a worry-free one, but I didn't expect that this guy would take an unconventional approach.

You can't say there's anything wrong with what he did...

After all, if you care about the people and work for their benefit, no one will be able to say anything about it.

But the problem is...

It’s okay to do good things, but you have to do them within your means, right?

They are wealthier than ordinary people, but not to the extent that they can feed the people.

Besides, Huo Zhanting was a good guy, and the one who put money in was the old Princess Zhan? In the future... maybe it will be her?

When Shen Qinglan thought of this, his head hurt even more.

At the moment, if the 30% rent that has already been agreed upon is to be raised, it would be difficult. How could the tenants easily agree to it?

Obviously, Ren Donglai also knew that this matter was difficult, so he comforted and advised:

"This matter cannot be rushed. Princess, please do not harm your health because of this. I think it is better to see if you can increase the profits of those shops first."

Shen Qinglan nodded. She wanted to raise the rent, but she had no reason to do so. Secondly, if she raised it, it might damage Huo Zhanting's reputation. So she had to put it on hold for the time being.

Furthermore, no matter how you increase the profitability of Zhuangzi, you still need to consider it in the long term, and the results will not be seen in the short term.

Therefore, what Ren Donglai proposed, if it could make those shops profitable, might be the best way at present.

Shen Qinglan agreed immediately. Ren Donglai saw this and asked again:

"Do I need to invite those shopkeepers over?"

"No, come with me early tomorrow to check it out, and don't alarm anyone."

Shen Qinglan shook his head and rejected Ren Donglai's proposal.

She had run many shops in her previous life and understood the minds of those shop owners very well.

It would be fine if these shop owners were truly running their shops and didn't make any money, but I'm afraid that some of them would take advantage of the palace's support and deliberately become lazy and slack at work.

Ren Donglai knew Shen Qinglan had made up his mind, so naturally he didn't say anything more.

At this moment, a figure rushed in and bumped directly towards Shen Qinglan.

Fortunately, Shuwen was quick-witted and kicked the man away.

"Bang" sound!

A scream was heard, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound, only to see that the person who had just been kicked away was Huo Junyan!

Seeing this, Shuwen awkwardly withdrew his feet and said:

"I didn't know it was the eldest master. When I saw someone coming towards the princess, I was afraid that it was an assassin with ill intentions, so I couldn't help but use too much force..."

"Wow! What great leg strength! Fast, accurate and steady! Awesome!" Shuwen's words were just finished when Huo Junyu, who followed him, caught them tightly.

Huo Junyu was unconscious that day and did not see Shuwen taking action, so he was surprised to see Shuwen's skillful moves.

Huo Junyan fell to the ground and was helped up by the servants. When he heard what Huo Junyu said, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

"Shut up, you!"

Huo Junyan couldn't help but curse at Huo Junyu.

This guy praised Shuwen for his strong legs, how fast, accurate and steady he was, how could he not know that? He is the victim, okay?

Shen Qinglan looked at Huo Junyan with cold eyes, and said solemnly:

"Brother Yan has already been enlightened, right? The teacher should have taught you what is benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, gentleness, courtesy, frugality, and modesty, loyalty, filial piety, integrity, shame, and courage. This is what you have learned by trespassing into your stepmother's courtyard without notifying her?"

At this moment, Shen Qinglan, even though she was wearing a light blue gown and her dark long hair was only tied up with a jade hairpin, had a kind of majesty and elegance intertwined, forming a strong aura that made people feel awe.

Huo Junyan originally wanted to question Shen Qinglan, but under the pressure of this aura, he seemed to have forgotten his purpose and subconsciously said:

"I, I, I was just in a hurry and forgot..."

"You are your father's eldest son. He must have high hopes for you. You are impulsive today and tomorrow. You are impulsive every time and forget every time. How can you face your father?"

Shen Qinglan can let Huo Junyan and the others act casually, but casualness does not mean being at will.

If you make unconditional concessions again and again, Huo Junyan will only become more aggressive.

Huo Junyan was scolded by Shen Qinglan so much that he couldn't even lift his head. He took a deep breath, stood up straight, raised his hand respectfully, saluted Shen Qinglan and said:

"Yan'er is wrong. Please punish me, mother."

Perhaps it was because Shen Qinglan's aura was fully revealed that even Huo Junyu, who followed him, did not dare to interrupt and quickly followed Huo Junyan in bowing and saying:

"I was wrong too."

Shen Qinglan glanced at Huo Junyu, suppressed his laughter, and asked, "What did you do wrong?"

"Me? I...I should have run slower!"

Huo Junyu touched the tip of his nose and thought somewhat depressedly that if he had not rushed after him, he would not have been implicated as well.

Shen Qinglan was somewhat amused by Huo Junyu, and glared at him and said:

"You are feeling better now. Don't stand. Sit down and rest."

"Oh! Thank you, mother!"

Huo Junyu suddenly came alive, smiling so much that his eyes and eyebrows were flying. He knew that Shen Qinglan treated him differently!

Perhaps feeling a little proud, Huo Junyu even made a face at Huo Junyan, then used his hands and feet to climb onto the chair and sit down to watch the show.

Huo Junyan was so angry that he cursed Huo Junyu in his heart as an ungrateful person, and once again he wanted to throw his brother out.

But at this time he regained his sanity, took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and then looked straight at Shen Qinglan and said: "Mother, Xiao Shanzi is dead!"

Shen Qinglan looked at the young boy's pretending to be mature, raised his eyebrows, changed his posture, and did not respond.

Shu Yu, who was standing by, saw that Shen Qinglan didn't say anything, so he subconsciously asked back:

"Xiao Shanzi was the eldest son's personal servant. When he died, the eldest son, thinking of the relationship between master and servant, had him buried properly. But he came to our princess and made a scene like this. Could it be that he wanted the princess to pay her respects?"

It’s no wonder that Shuyu is angry. Shuyu grew up with Shen Qinglan. In her eyes, Shen Qinglan is the most noble person in the world. How could she allow others to disrespect her?

Furthermore, looking at the momentum that Huo Junyan had just used when he rushed in, if Shuwen had not taken action, no, kicked, Shen Qinglan would have definitely been injured!

Huo Junyan naturally heard Shuyu's tone, and glared at the maid with some dissatisfaction, as if he was too lazy to talk to her. Then he looked at Shen Qinglan and asked:

"Mother, don't you know why Xiao Shanzi died?"