What made Gu Nian even more angry was that the people sent out by Xiao Yue also gathered all the news to Gu Nian, and when Gu Nian heard it, it was really, his hands trembled with anger.

For so many years, Mr. Lu and a steward, relying on the power of the palace, colluded with the government to do evil, oppressed the people, kidnapped women from good families, and bullied wantonly.

It's just a steward, who disregards the principles of heaven and exploits the people like this, no wonder the people in Phoenix City fled far away when they heard the name of the Jin Palace.

What made Gu Nian angry the most was that Manager Lu asked his relatives to buy the good land at a low price, and the people didn't sell it, so he let the government take action and forced those owners to leave their hometowns, and those good lands were bought and re-leased to those villagers, and the tenants planted, and the tenant rent was two or three percent higher than that of other families.

Do you want to pay a rental child? Sell your sons and daughters to pay them back.

Of course, those who were oppressed thought of resisting, but there was pressure from the government above, and there were ruffians and hooligans below, and those people were actually pressed to death! I didn't know who to go to to complain, and after resisting several times, I was squeezed even harder.

Gu Nian couldn't imagine how those oppressed people lived.

Her heart was burning with anger, she had lived nine lives and nine lifetimes, she had experienced wars, peace, and equality and freedom for all, but this was really the first time she had heard of such a thing.

This is different from what happened during the war, and now it is also considered to be a clear rule, although Xiao Yue is ruthless and moody, but he kills all the people who should be killed.

Manager Lu was so frustrated, Gu Nian couldn't wait to pull him over and cut off his head right now, but just now, he secretly replied that Manager Lu was implicated in some other things, and asked her not to kill him first.

Gu Nian suppressed the anger in his heart, but he didn't expect that before the sky was dark, a little girl outside came to report that Manager Lu asked to see him.

Gu Nian took a sip of fruit tea fiercely and went to the flower hall outside, she looked at Manager Lu expressionlessly, only to see that Manager Lu gave Gu Nian a salute and reported,

"Back to the princess, the ladies of the families outside knew that the princess had arrived in Phoenix, and they all handed in posts and asked to see the princess."

"The old slave has already divided the posts according to the size and rank of the officials, and the princess will see if she will summon them alone or hold a banquet together?"

"If it's a banquet, it's time to start assigning tasks."

"Thank you for your hard work." Gu Nian said lightly, "You put down the post, and I'll take a look at it again." ”

Mr. Lu stood below with his head down, he looked up at Gu Nian slightly, then hesitated, and then said,

"I heard that the princess went out at noon and tied up a few people into the house......"

"Exactly." I already knew that Manager Lu would come to this show, so Gu Nian replied without raising his eyebrows.

Manager Lu paused for a moment, and said in a desolate voice, "There is one of them who is the nephew of the old slave, he is the heir left by the old slave's sister, speaking of which, the old slave's sister was also an errand boy by the old lady's side back then, and later passed away because of puerperal fever......

He wiped his tears and continued, "I don't know how he bumped into the princess, and I ask the princess to forgive him ......this time for the sake of the old slave's face."

Gu Nian looked at Manager Lu lightly, and seeing that he didn't say any more, he said indifferently, "I know, is there anything else?" ”

Manager Lu's face turned blue and red, he stayed for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Since he has done something wrong and offended the princess, the princess might as well hand him over to the old slave, and the old slave will definitely teach him well and make a thirty big ......."

"The old slave doesn't believe it, and he can't get his temperament back."

Gu Nian looked at Manager Lu speechlessly, she picked up the tea cup at hand, Qingye went up to help her add water, and Astragalus took a step forward, "Manager Lu, have you left the country?" ”

Manager Lu might as well ask Huang Qi like this, and he said with difficulty, "The old slave is a son of the family, and the deed is still in the palace......

"Then let me ask you again, your mother-in-law, and whether her family is born in the house, or is she hired from outside?"

"Her family is a family child......"

Huang Qi nodded and said, "Okay, you said that your mother-in-law's family is all born in the family, so is your nephew also a slave of the palace?" ”

Mr. Lu took a breath, stared at the astragalus fiercely, and nodded, "Yes!" ”

Gu Nian put down the teacup in his hand and took over, "In the past, the concubine had a good temperament, but you were used to losing your temper, a slave, and he actually called himself a young master." ”

Mr. Lu's heart sank, "This is all for fear that the world will not be chaotic, stirring up trouble in front of the princess, this is absolutely nothing." ”

Gu Nian let out a breath, she said slowly, "In the end, it's just a group of minions, the minions did something wrong, I, the housewife, just exercised the power of the housekeeper to dispose of it, what do you mean by bringing out the old lady?" ”

"Don't say that it's just that his mother has served by the old lady's side, but now he is on an errand by the prince's side, is it possible, I can't beat or scold? Are you going to flatter yourself? ”

She was slightly depressed, exhaled depressedly, and said in a lazy voice, "Manager Lu, I read that you are the old man of the palace, so although you have been disrespectful to me since the first day I came here, I respect you when you are old."

The master is willing to give you some face, and that is what the master is willing to give you.

If I let you end up, it's not interesting, but you can talk about it, at this time, I just sent someone to sell you immediately, even if this is Phoenix, who would dare to stop it? ”

Don't tell me, there are only people to buy in this house, there are no rules for selling people, I will tell you, start with you, start with me, I say yes, then there is.

Since you said you don't know why your nephew offended me, bring someone up and ask what the hell is going on.

As soon as Gu Nian's words fell, several well-equipped guards escorted four or five people in, including the helper who went to the restaurant to make trouble, and the 'Young Master Ou' who went to arrest him later.

Although it is said that the matter of forcing people to be concubines is done by Young Master Ou, but in the end, Xingniang has to be carried to Manager Lu's house. This kind of thing, Mr. Lu said that he didn't know, it was simply impossible.

Young Master Ou didn't look like there was any scar on his face, but his mouth kept wailing, and as soon as he saw Manager Lu, he begged Manager Lu, "Uncle...... Save me. ”

Gu Nian pushed over a stack of papers on the table, there was the so-called document that spent a hundred taels of silver to buy Xingniang as a concubine, there was the land security that he had endured from it, the confession of Mr. Literate who pointed out that the deer was a horse to coax Chen Shijiu, and the confession of the official clerk of the Phoenix City government, without Chen Shijiu's knowledge, stamped the official seal on the document of illegally establishing a concubine.

The evidence is ironclad, and there is no quibble.

Young Master Ou didn't know what the situation was, he was holding the concubine at home and it was ridiculous, and he was caught from the sky, and after being caught, he was put in a sack, and he was beaten well, but on the contrary, there was no injury on the outside, but he felt that a few bones were broken.

Manager Lu's face turned blue and purple for a while, and his lips trembled, "What does the princess want to do, this kid is ignorant, and the old slave really doesn't know." ”

"The old slave's wife is a cousin who has lived with me since she was a child, and at this age, she just wants to go into the coffin with the old wife."

"Princess, is there something wrong here. He's just a kid. Besides, didn't the daughter of the Chen family come in? beg the princess to look at the old slave's face and spare him this time. ”

Manager Lu said that the daughter of the Chen family looked disapproving, probably in his eyes, the daughter of the Chen family, can be a concubine, it is all to promote her.

Aoba looked at Young Master Ou's wrinkled face, child? She couldn't help but laugh.

Gu Nian looked at Manager Lu who was arguing himself below, and sighed, "Probably what I said just now, you didn't listen to it, Steward Lu, you think too highly of yourself!"

You are a slave, I am the master, although I think there is no better master than me, I respect you, that is because you have been working in the palace for so many years.

Otherwise, where do I stand, and where do you stand? Between the clouds and mud, I don't need to fight with you......"

"If you want face, where will you put the face of the palace? When he relied on the power of the palace, he thought about the reputation of the palace's painstaking management, and such servants could be dirty, I just walked around the street, and the reputation of the palace was already stinky. ”

Gu Nian looked at Manager Lu like a knife, and said, "In the imperial court, there is no one who looks at the past merits of each family and protects generations. ”

"The ancestors of the Jin Palace, the horse leather shroud, earned the face for the palace, not for the minions to consume. The reputation of the prince is not a burden to these minions.

The gentlemen of the Xiao family, who shed blood on the battlefield, worked hard in the court, and exchanged their lives for face back, is not like this for the slaves to show off their might.

Thousands of miles of embankment collapsed in the anthill, and a hereditary royal family like ours wants to be unable to break the huge waves outside, so we must be loyal and filial to ourselves.

You must know that anyone's face is not as important as the face of the king's house, and without the king's house, where do you slaves and maids come from? ”

Gu Nian held his stomach and stood on the hall, like a sword out of the sheath, full of momentum, which made the people below dare not say anything, and also made Manager Lu's blue face turn dead, he didn't plead again, but looked at Gu Nian, "Then what do you want?" ”

Gu Nian looked at him condescendingly, and laughed, "What do you think?" ”

In the end, it was an old man who had been trained, although Gu Nian's words calmed him, but Manager Lu recovered immediately.

A smile suddenly appeared on his relaxed face and said, "The princess is so eloquent, it's just that I don't do these things for me, I do it for the palace!" ”

Gu Nian seemed to have heard some strange joke, laughed, and said, "Then I really want to thank you, does the palace think that the reputation is too good, so I want you to destroy it?" ”

Mr. Lu stood up leisurely, but the Maitreya Buddha-like body could not reflect the leisurely beauty, he took out a note from his arms and said, "The princess can take a look at this letter." ”

Gu Nian motioned to Astragalus to take the letter, Astragalus understood, stepped forward to unfold the letter, put the letter paper between his nose and smelled it, and didn't dare to let Gu Nian take it with his own hands, but put it in a place where Gu Nian could see it and let her see it.

After reading it, Gu Nian's face changed.