The other two also followed suit, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

They were the old master's and madam's favored servants; everyone in the house gave them respect, and considering how the Third Old Master's family was always weak and easily bullied, they thought this task would be an easy one, maybe even with a chance to skim off some benefits. They hadn't expected Prince Chen to be here, and now, all they wished for was to save their own lives.

Yang Mengchen did not bother with them again. Don't blame her for being heartless; these three, along with the attendant, were no good bunch. They had bullied and tormented Uncle Xiao's family before. However, the four still had their uses, so she turned her gaze towards Long Xuanmo.

Long Xuanmo understood her meaning and waved his hand at Mo Yun, who, along with a Hidden Guard, promptly sealed the trio's mute acupoints and took them away.

"Thank you for stopping them in time and notifying me," Yang Mengchen said with a slight smile to the patrol members, "We have a happy event in our home today. This is a small token of our appreciation, please accept it."

Mu Jin took out red envelopes and distributed them.

The men did not decline, and Liu Yong stated firmly, "Ninth Sister, don't worry, Chengrong's wife is a Villager Yangliu, and we will not let outsiders bully her!"

Yang Mengchen smiled and expressed her gratitude.

After giving a respectful bow to Long Xuanmo, Liu Yong led the patrol members to continue scouting around the village.

As the group walked back, Yang Mengchen remained silent, and the rest followed suit.

Suddenly, Long Xuanmo said indifferently, "I will handle this matter." Both he and Ah Jiu knew the Xiao family was in no position to care for themselves; it was Prince Su's doing.

"Since Prince Su insists on taking a woman from the Xiao family as a concubine," Yang Mengchen's eyes flickered with an unfathomable gleam: "Prince, why not fulfill Prince Su's wish?"

"An excellent scheme!" Long Xuanmo and Yang Mengchen exchanged a glance, and both of their eyes contained a shallow, fox-like smile.

Sister Jin and the others sighed internally: The lady was becoming more and more in tune with the Prince, but they were all happy to see it.

The next day, Long Xuanmo led Mo Yun and others back to the capital.

As for Yang Mengchen, she did not follow up on this matter. For one, she trusted Long Xuanmo's capability, and for another, she was quite busy.

The accessory factory was completed. Luo Jingrui had found a few diligent, responsible individuals with superb craftsmanship to work there, and of course, they signed a stringent contract with Yang Mengchen. She also had some of the idle elders in the village make simple jewelry such as hairpins and pendants.

At the same time, she had to instruct the workers to propagate the grapevines on the mountain and in the greenhouses, and next month, they would be transplanted to the orchards of Wazi Village and several other villages (where fruit trees and mulberry trees had already been planted). She also had to inspect the wheat growth conditions in each village with Xiao Hongtao.

Xiao Hongtao was always diligent and compassionate towards the people, deeply loved by the people of Anping County. When they learned that he was going to distribute wheat seeds uniformly to increase wheat production (seeds cultivated by the Yang family), the people did not complain but responded eagerly, even improving the soil quality ahead of time as he had instructed.

A few days ago, Long Xuanmo had sent a bag of young watermelons and five cartloads of lotus roots. The lotus roots had been planted in the ponds of Huangsha Village, and Yang Mengchen and Yang Chengrong were trying to cultivate the young watermelons.

That day, nearing noon, the siblings walked out of the greenhouse and prepared to go home, hearing the villagers discussing animatedly along the way.

Yang Mengchen glanced at Hai Tang, asking with a puzzled expression, "What are the villagers discussing?" She had been busy with the young watermelon cultivation and had neglected other matters.

Hai Tang had a schadenfreude look in her eyes, "Butcher Zhang has kept a mistress in town, and Madam Zhang Liao made a scene when she found out about it."

The affair was public knowledge, and Yang Mengchen was well aware of it, yet later, Madam Zhang Liao agreed to let the woman enter the Zhang family and, reportedly, they got along well.

"Madam Zhang Liao outwardly accepted that woman but in reality detested her to the bone. Last night, she poisoned the food, killing both Butcher Zhang and his concubine, and then she took her own life out of fear of the consequences," Hai Tang implied with depth in her words.

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