The beauty of the Hou family and the king's plan

The carriage drove for about a quarter of an hour, and the fifth young master lifted the curtain and looked behind him.

Mei Qianhe's servant was seen driving a carriage slowly following behind, and he tugged at Bao Zhao's sleeve, motioning him to look outside.

While saying to the second master: "Dad, that Mr. Mei has been following us all the way."

"Jie Ling, how do you know that they are following us and not just passing by?" the second master asked.

"We can't just look at the surface of things. This road leads to the imperial farm. There are countless large and small farms in the nearby villages, and the Mei family is also related to the royal family."

"Maybe Master Mei is here to help with some business, or maybe he's here for an outing?"

Seeing the second master teaching his son, Shen Baozhao didn't want to say much. But when he heard the Mei family mentioned, he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Hanlin is a noble family. Could they be related to the royal family?"

Seeing Shen Baozhao's curiosity, the Second Master explained: "This involves some past events. When the late emperor was still the crown prince, Mei Hanlin was the emperor's teacher."

"He studied with Mei Hanlin and also stayed at the Mei family for a while. Somehow, he became very close to the Mei family's much younger daughter."

"But the late emperor's position as crown prince was not stable at that time, so he married the daughter of the general who guarded the country as his crown princess. The crown princess only had one daughter, who is now Princess Shuhui."

"And the Mei family also has an ancestral precept that the daughters of the Mei family cannot be concubines. Although she is the prince's concubine, she is still a concubine. Mei Hanlin resolutely disagreed."

"After the late emperor ascended the throne, he suddenly named Miss Mei the Concubine. After Concubine Mei entered the palace, Mei Hanlin resigned from his position as Grand Tutor and has been in the Hanlin Academy ever since."

"And Concubine Mei had been in the palace for many years but had not gotten pregnant. Once she got pregnant, she died of complications during childbirth."

At this point, Mr. Shen thought of the fact that Princess Nanhua also died of complications during childbirth, and his tone became somewhat sad.

He continued, "The late emperor loved Prince Huai very much. The court officials once thought that the late emperor wanted to make Prince Huai the crown prince."

"But I didn't expect that the late emperor passed away in a hurry. It was not the turn of Prince Huai to be the eldest son, and the legitimate emperor was also the son of the successor Queen Mother Cui."

Bao Zhao also knew this. In his previous life, the emperor had constantly suppressed and persecuted King Huai, forcing him to rebel. As they were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the village of Qinghe Village.

For fear of being reminded of past events, Mr. Shen II had not come to the farm since the death of Lady Nanhua. This was the first time.

The head of the manor was the dowry of the Princess of Nanhua County. Master Shen II was very confident in letting Xia Song go and be stingy.

But no one answered for a long time. So Xia Song shouted loudly, "Is there anyone? Is there anyone?"

Then a young servant in blue yawned and opened the door: "Who are you? Are you calling for souls in broad daylight?"

Seeing that the boy was still talking dirty, Xia Song kicked him and said, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, it's your Grandpa Xia Song."

"Where is your village head? How does he manage the village? Does he let a bunch of bastards like you be in charge?" Xia Song was very angry.

The servant was stunned after being hit: "Who are you sleeping with? What village head? Our master hasn't appointed a village head yet."

"This entire manor belongs to our Princess's Mansion. Who are you?"

Shen Baozhao and Mr. Shen Er heard something wrong in the carriage and got off immediately.

The servant saw that the visitor was dressed in unusual clothes and was worried that he might have offended the nobleman.

But then he thought again, he was from the Princess's Mansion, and this was the newly bought manor. And the intruder was the first to attack, so he was right no matter what.

Then he shouted confidently: "You broke into the village and injured people. I will go to the authorities to sue you."

Shen Baozhao ignored his shouting. As the servant's voice grew louder, people who were working in the farm came from all directions.

Shen Baozhao walked up to the servant and asked, "You said you were from the Princess's Mansion? When did this manor become the Princess's Mansion's manor?"

The servant was not afraid, and just as he was about to speak, he saw a man who looked like a manager come out. Although he looked respectful, he asked in a questioning tone: "Excuse me, is the young lady from the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion?"

At this time, the second master also stepped forward and said, "I am the second master Shen from the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion. This manor was the dowry of my late wife, the Princess of Nanhua County."

"According to what this servant said, when did this manor become the Princess's residence?"

It seems that the steward is the husband of Nanhua County Lady, so the young man and young lady behind them must be the children of Nanhua County Lady.

The tone softened, "Let Mr. Shen know that I am the manager of the Princess's Mansion. This morning, the Ning'an Marquis's son signed a sales contract for this manor and sold it to our Princess's Mansion for a high price of 20,000 taels."

"The person who handled it was the chief steward of the Marquis's son." The steward took out the deed from his sleeve, and sure enough, it had the seal of the Ning'an Marquis's son on it.

The second master was shaking with anger, and the people who were working in the farm came out one after another.

He knelt before the Second Master and cried, "Please, Second Master, help us. Yesterday, a group of people came to the Marquis' Mansion and said that they wanted to sell the farm and drive all of us tenants away."

"Wang Zhuangtou didn't believe that the second master would sell the farm, so he started arguing with them. Unexpectedly, they relied on their numbers to tie up Wang Zhuangtou and beat him."

"At this moment, Wang Zhuangtou is still locked in the woodshed and unable to get up." Wang Zhuangtou is the servant son who came with the Nanhua County Lady as a dowry and is extremely loyal.

The second master calmed everyone down first, and then said to the steward of the Princess's Mansion: "Steward, you have also heard that we, the seller, were not aware of this transaction."

"Can you please cancel the agreement between you and Ning'an Marquis' Mansion? Ning'an Marquis' Mansion has no right to dispose of this manor."

The manager immediately retorted, "How can that be possible? It's clearly written in black and white.

And there is also the seal of your Ning'an Marquis's son, and he also took out the land deed of this manor. It is completely in line with the buying and selling system."

“And the filing requires the presence of the owners of both the buyer and the seller. You also know that this farm belongs to my mother.

Everything that our family of three can decide is here. How do I go about filing it? "

The steward had obviously forgotten about this. When he went to the royal family to register, everyone knew that he was from the Princess's residence, so they did not require the master to be present.

After all, who would have so much free time if they were the sons of the emperor or grandsons of the royal family? They all rely on their subordinates to do things for them.

But he knew that what Miss Shen said was true. This was indeed the process for the royal family to buy and sell the imperial estate.

If we really want to sue, the other party is right.

Although the steward knew that this might involve the dirty things in the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion, he was also doing things for his master.

It is his responsibility to get things done, and he doesn't care about anything else.

Let this second master go home and argue with the prince of the Marquis's Mansion.

"I'm afraid the deal hasn't been done yet?" Shen Baozhao stood up and everyone's eyes fell on her.

"May I ask the steward, can this deed be registered with the royal family?

As far as I know, all changes in the sale and purchase of the imperial farm must be registered with the royal family. This is to prevent the royal land from being bought by other clans."

He pondered for a while, then said, "I will report this matter to my master as soon as possible. Mr. Shen Er, please also deal with the Marquis's son as soon as possible. Let's see if this deal can be done."

Seeing that the other party had given in, Master Shen Er also said politely: "To be honest with you, I will not sell this farm no matter what.

This is something my late wife left to my children, how can I sell it?"

"I will ask the prince to return the silver as soon as possible in exchange for the deed."

After saying that, he asked someone to take the three people to the woodshed to see Wang Zhuangtou.