Li Shuangwan felt relieved. If someone like Ying promised her, he would keep his word. She stepped forward and gave him a fake hand: "Okay, I believe you."

She handed the crucial letter to Ying, looked up at the man in front of her, and said slowly: "Please use your connections to help me deliver the letter to my father."

Ying was slightly startled, but said nothing. She took the mailbox and whistled, and Liang Tianyou appeared outside.

Ying went out and gave a few instructions, then came back: "Don't worry, Miss Li, the letter will be delivered to General Li in two days at the latest. Miss Li will receive a reply in three to four days at the latest."

Li Shuangwan suddenly raised her head and looked directly into the man's eyes in the darkness.

My grandfather's flames would take five to six days at the fastest to travel three thousand miles to the northwest.

Falcons are difficult to train, and in the entire Shengjing City, only my grandfather has one.

But he said, three to four days?

The only one who can do this is the king of the sky, Saker Falcon!

Ying's identity seems to be becoming more and more of a mystery.

Li Shuangwan nodded, didn't ask anything, just said: "Thank you."

After a pause, Li Shuangwan continued, "I'm going to send Chen Ping out tomorrow, but I'm worried that Ling Heng will send someone to follow him."

Ying said: "Don't worry, I will make arrangements. Ling Heng won't find out anything. Miss Li, just let me know if you have any instructions."

Li Shuangwan murmured, "Thank you."

Yingzhan smiled and said, "Miss Li, there is no need to thank me. If you have any instructions, I will never fail to do so."

……

The next morning, Li Shuangwan asked Roman to find Chen Ping and asked her to guard the entrance of the yard, not allowing anyone to approach.

"Chen Ping, I have something important for you to do."

Chen Ping straightened his back: "Princess, order."

Li Shuangwan took out a five-hundred-liang silver note and handed it over along with a portrait: "I need you to go to Linshui Town in Huangzhou Prefecture and ask about a girl named Zhou Caiyao..."

Li Shuangwan told Chen Ping all the thoughts that he had thought about several times after seeing Zhou Caiyao yesterday.

After hearing this, Chen Ping's face changed slightly: "Princess, are you going to..."

"Don't ask, just do as I say. Pack up now and leave. When you get there, find a few beggars to spread the word first. Two days later, go find a few neighbors who are familiar with Zhou Caiyao and ask."

Chen Ping was confused, but since this was the princess's order, she must have her reasons.

Chen Ping said hurriedly: "Yes, I will definitely fulfill my mission."

"Go to the bank and exchange your banknotes for smaller amounts, and keep some small change with you. Remember to protect yourself when you are outside, and don't show off your wealth."

"Yes, little one, we'll set off right away."

"Ah."

Watching Chen Ping hurriedly leaving Beijing Film Academy, Li Shuangwan clenched his hands and his body trembled slightly.

She knew without her instructions that Chen Ping would ride as fast as he could along the way, and he had only learned to ride a horse for two days, so she would remember the hardships along the way.

……

Not long after Chen Ping left, Ying immediately ordered Ou Jianglin: "Send a few people to follow Chen Ping. If there are any followers of Ling Heng, don't touch them. Find someone with a similar body shape to Chen Ping and lead them away."

Ou Jianglin took the order and left.

Ying looked at Liang Tianyou who was standing there like a wooden stake: "Before Chen Ping comes back, you must go to Miss Li and obey her orders. You must not disobey her orders no matter what she asks you to do."

Liang Tianyou's neck stiffened: "Why? I don't want to, I want to stay with Brother Jiu."

Ying looked over with a chilly gaze.

Liang Tianyou was so scared that his neck shrank and he raised his hands in surrender: "Ah, okay, okay, I'll go, isn't it okay for me to go?"

Shu Wenbo glanced at him lightly, as if to ask, "Are you itching for trouble again?"

Ling Heng was assigned an assignment by the Ministry of Rites and had been busy these past few days. When he returned home, it was already the hour of Xu.

After several days of investigation, they found nothing about who had dug out Qinglian's body, which made Sipo so angry that he was punished with ten lashes.

Ling Heng had dinner alone in the flower hall again. When he entered the room, he saw Li Shuangwan reading a book.

Ling Heng was so angry that he wanted to burn all the books in Prince Heng's mansion.

He walked over, snatched the book from Li Shuangwan's hand, threw it away, and put his arms around her as if he wanted to hold her in his arms.

Li Shuangwan dodged and went to pick up the book: "Your Highness, why did you throw my book?"

"It's a boring book, it's better not to read it." He was a man with great self-control. Even so, although he was furious in his heart, he still managed to appear calm on his face.

"Just passing the time."

Ling Heng looked at her and said, "Butler Wu has given you all the affairs of Prince Heng's mansion. Do you still have time to spare?"

Isn't this what I want? Li Shuangwan raised her eyebrows and said, "Speaking of this, I want to go to a few shops and farms these days to see if I can think of other income."

She sighed softly, "Although the Heng Palace is not as good as other palaces, there are still about a hundred people who need to eat. The current industry of the palace is very tight to support daily expenses. I am now the mistress of the Heng Palace, and I can't let them go hungry."

"Of course, my dowry can help to make up for it, but I'm afraid that if others find out, it will damage your reputation. Your Highness, what do you think?"

Ling Heng looked at her tenderly with his peach blossom eyes: "Ah Wan, you are thoughtful. Don't worry. Although my business cannot be compared with those of my brothers, we are both profitable and the profits are not bad. I asked the housekeeper Wu, and he said there is no shortage of money. Ah Wan doesn't need to go through all this trouble. The weather is so cold, you just stay at home."

Ling Heng put his arm around her shoulders and said, "As for your dowry, it won't be used anymore."

Li Shuangwan snorted in her heart, thinking that he didn't want her to know the real accounts of those shops.

Coincidentally, she is now rebellious and loves to go against him.

She roughly estimated that there were only about a hundred people in Prince Heng's mansion on the surface, but based on her experience in her previous life, there were more than three hundred guards in the mansion alone, not including the secret guards.

As well as the secret guards scattered everywhere, plus the people in the shops and farms, there are at least nearly a thousand people in the entire Prince Heng's Mansion.

As for the training of secret guards, often hundreds of children would be bought in at a time, and after training, only five or six would survive to the end.

There are about a hundred such secret guards.

What's more, he has his own private army.

This cannot be supported by just twenty or so shops, a few farms, and more than a hundred hectares of land that cannot be considered good farmland.

If you want to dig out the hidden industry, you must first understand the surface thoroughly, peel back the layers, and then you can get to know the truth step by step.

"Since I have taken over the stewardship of the palace, I can't let the people below me say bad things about me. It would be a joke if they didn't even know whether I was tall or short, fat or thin."

"I'm just going through the motions so that they can get familiar with me. Your Highness, you know that I have been staying in the northwest with my parents, and I am not very good at running these businesses. With Butler Wu here, I won't be tired at all, so Your Highness doesn't have to worry." Li Shuangwan said calmly.

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