After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

The next day, Yan Yu slept until the afternoon. When he woke up, he asked Ningxia what time it was, only then did he realize that he had overslept.

While Yan Yu had someone prepare hot water, he said to Ning Xia: "Today is the first day of the new year, why don't you let me get up early?"

Ning Xia said, "His Highness went to court early in the morning and did not allow us to wake you up. He said that you don't need to go to the palace today, and he will go to pay respects to the Queen and the Queen Mother."

This is actually not against the rules.

But Xiao Chengji is just like this. How can you expect him to do anything according to the rules?

It has come to this, so there is nothing we can do.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Yan Yu gave bonuses to everyone in the mansion to make everyone happy. As for whether she herself was happy or not, it didn't matter anymore.

In fact, Yan Yu felt that she should be happy every day. After all, she was born into a noble family. Although there were changes in her family, her parents and brothers in heaven protected her and allowed her to grow up in the Shao family with great respect. Now she was married to Xiao Chengji, and everything seemed perfect.

Maybe it will be better if I have a child in the future, as having a child will make my status more stable.

Ning Xia helped Yan Yu comb her hair and change her clothes: "A lot of gifts were sent by the family early this morning as New Year's greetings. Miss, would you like to take a look later?"

Yan Yu nodded. There were many more social interactions during the Chinese New Year than usual, so she really needed to check them one by one.

Yan Yu also didn't know what Xiao Chengji rewarded the staff at Cangfengtai every year. According to Xiao Chengji's style, it was nothing more than gold, silver, and jewelry.

Xiao Chengji was actually very generous to his subordinates. He would reward them generously for their merits and promote them if they could do things well. Because of this, even if Xiao Chengji punished those who made mistakes more severely, he still had a group of loyal followers.

But Yan Yu had obtained the list of staff there more than a month ago, and had found out everything about their family backgrounds.

Yan Yu also asked the maid to prepare some small gifts for each person, and when Xiao Chengji came back later, he would send them over in his name.

Xiao Chengji took a look first and found that they were not very expensive things. Some were clothes and jewelry, some were cakes and food, and some were medicinal supplements.

However, he naturally knew what Yan Yu meant.

Xiao Chengji said: "I wonder how many of these things we can exchange for the gold and silver rewards we give them every year."

"The two are different." Yan Yu said, "You are the master, and they are here for their future and status. If someone promises them better rewards, they will definitely run away."

Sometimes small favors that the whole family can see can actually win people over.

What Yan Yu prepared were basically for the families of his staff and guests. For those who were filial to their parents, they would get cakes and fruits that the elderly liked to eat; for those who had sick people at home, they would get medicinal supplements; for those who had wives and daughters, they would get silk clothes; and for those who had nothing but no relatives to rely on, they would get the four treasures of the study or fine wine.

"The Qin Palace is so big, are you afraid of one or two retainers running away? There are always new ones coming in." Xiao Chengji said, "If those who can't leave want to leave, just kill them."

Yan Yu said nonchalantly, "A wise bird chooses the right tree to inhabit. Your Highness is unfeeling and only cares about profit. They only care about profit, and killing them when the two of you part ways will leave a bad reputation for Your Highness. If you treat them well, they will betray you again, and even killing them will have a legitimate reason."

Xiao Chengji didn't say anything else, but raised his hand and rubbed Yan Yu's hair.

He was tough and ruthless in his style of doing things, which was nothing compared to the soft and delicate mind of a little girl. He actually didn't usually use such means to win people's hearts.

But Yan Yu took these things into consideration, and Xiao Chengji would not object.

The staff in the palace received special rewards this year. These rewards were not extremely valuable and were just enough for everyone. It was enough to show that the prince was thinking about them. Although these people did not say anything, they were actually very happy in their hearts.

Who said the prince was unkind? Isn't this quite human?

The people following Xiao Chengji also realized that in just one year, their master seemed to have really started thinking about seizing the throne.

In the past, so many people had hinted to him in every way, but he had not taken any action or even shown any willingness.

Now that Xiao Chengji has finally gained momentum, he has taken some actions against the Zheng family, the first of which is the freezing disaster in the south.

Xiao Chengji sent Bo Feng out. Bo Feng has always been a crucial chess piece of the Qin Wang Party. Once he takes office, he will definitely make some major moves.

The Zheng family panicked at this time.

On the first day of the New Year, Zheng Can went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother.

I don't know what they talked about, but I heard that Queen Mother Zheng was in a bad mood.

Empress Dowager Zheng called Xiao Jiashan into the palace.

She wanted to arrange a marriage for Xiao Jiashan and let him marry a girl from the Zheng family as his principal wife.

There were actually no girls of the right age in the Zheng family's direct lineage. Zheng Shu's daughters were all born to concubines, and not many of them were of the right age.

There is a girl in the second branch of the Zheng family. The second branch is not a legitimate daughter, but this girl is. She will be of marriageable age next year. She is generous, well-behaved and obedient. Zheng Can loves this granddaughter very much, even more than he loves Zheng Shu's children.

When Xiao Jiashan heard that it was Zheng's cousin, he felt a little annoyed.

Queen Mother Zheng sighed and said, "Shan'er, I don't know what you said to your grandfather before. I only know that your grandfather is a little disappointed in you. You have grown up and can't be as rude as you were when you were a child."

Xiao Jiashan said in an unpleasant tone: "I will do whatever the Imperial Grandmother arranges. Anyway, I am a puppet in your hands and I cannot decide my marriage."

These words made Queen Mother Zheng very angry: "Are you a puppet in my hands? I wish you were a puppet! I asked you to marry the daughter of the Wen family, but you refused. Now you have to worry about all this!"

Xiao Jiashan's eyes darkened and he said nothing.

But this matter still reached the ears of the queen.

Queen Zheng only respected her elder brother Zheng Shu and looked down on her illegitimate younger brother.

Now my father and aunt want to marry my second brother's daughter to Xiao Jiashan as his principal wife. How will Queen Zheng agree?

Once this girl enters Xiao Jiashan's house, she will definitely obey the Queen Mother's words and will not take her mother-in-law seriously.

Well... Yan Yu heard that Empress Zheng and Queen Mother Zheng had another fight, and there was unrest in the harem.

After Huo Wang got the news from the palace, he told it to Yan Yu in vivid detail, treating it as a joke to amuse the princess.

Recently, Yan Yu was always called to pay respects to Queen Mother Zheng early in the morning. Now that something bad had happened there, Huo Wang thought that Yan Yu would definitely be happy to hear it.

Yan Yu covered her lips with a handkerchief and smiled.

To be honest, the Prince Qin's Mansion is much quieter than the Fifth Prince's Mansion.

I went to the Fifth Prince's Mansion, where I was treated like two mothers-in-law.

These two mothers-in-law seem to have a harmonious relationship and are from the same family... In fact, no matter how good the relationship is, there will always be some cracks. You have to stand on the side between these two people, and there are pros and cons to standing with either one.