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  There are two more shifts tonight, continue to ask for pink...

  The next day, Lin Lan woke up to find that Li Mingyun was no longer in the room. She rubbed her temples and thought for a moment, wondering how she had ended up sleeping on the bed when she had clearly fallen asleep leaning against the bedpost the night before. Had Li Mingyun carried her over? Lin Lan pulled at her hair in frustration... She was such an idiot, sleeping so soundly that she wouldn't even know if someone carried her away and threw her into a river to drown.

  After being depressed for a while, Lin Lan called Yin Liu and asked: "Where is the second young master?"

  Yin Liu said: "Second young master has gone into the palace!"

  Entering the palace? Lin Lan took a look at the sky and suddenly remembered that Ming Rong would be on duty in the Secretariat these few days. As soon as he entered the Hanlin Academy, it was his turn to go on duty, which had only happened once in the history of the Hanlin Academy. It could be seen that Li Ming Rong was a key cultivation object. Now both father and son are in the Secretariat.

  Zhou's mother came to discuss something: "Tomorrow is the day when Liu Niang will be offering tea, shouldn't we also send a gift?"

  Lin Lan said: "Send, of course send, why not send?"

  Yu Rong said: "Second Young Madam, why don't you go and ask first whether Eldest Young Madam's side will send it or not?"

  Lin Lan disagreed: "We give gifts to show respect to the old master, to congratulate him, who dares to say we're not? Whether or not the young mistress's side sends a gift has nothing to do with us, as long as we follow the rules and do things properly..." She guessed that the older sister's side wouldn't send a gift, afraid of offending the old witch, but what was she afraid of? The old witch would be unhappy if Lin Lan was happy! It wasn't like the old witch would be grateful just because Lin Lan followed her wishes.

  Zhou's mother smiled and said: "The second young lady is right, that... what to send, please let the second young lady decide."

  "It's settled then! Not too expensive, not too cheap, just about right... Lin Lan said. Ming Yun's property is partly kept by himself and partly managed by Zhou Ma, but she doesn't know what to settle on!"

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  Lin Lan took over the key and was perplexed: "Whose key is this?"

  Zhou's mother entered the dimly lit study on the west side and brought out a wooden chest over a foot high.

  "The second young master said, this thing will be handed over to the second young madam from now on, and I'll go get the account book from home." Zhou Ma said, giving Yu Rong a wink, and they both retreated together.

  Lin Lan suspiciously stared at the wooden box, what treasure could be inside! Lin Lan inserted the key into the lock hole and turned it lightly, "click", the lock opened with a sound.

  She opened the box, only to find that it was divided into three layers. This reminded Lin Lan of Du Shi Niang's treasure chest. She pulled open the top layer and suddenly felt dizzy. When she looked again, she saw a drawer full of night pearls as big as ping-pong balls - twelve in total. Lin Lan was stunned. Li Mingyu really wasn't just any ordinary rich person.

  Pulling open the second layer, it's even more stunning. "What's with the red treasures, blue treasures, and green treasures? Each one is huge and worth a fortune. And there are also translucent jade bangles." Ansuo, jade pendants, making people dizzy. Lin Lan was no longer calm, any one of these items taken out would be worth more than all she currently owns put together. This comparison made her feel extremely poor.

  Having suffered two powerful psychological blows, Lin Lan took a few deep breaths before slowly opening the third drawer. Unexpectedly, there were only a few pieces of paper inside.

  Lin Lan picked it up and looked at it. After seeing it clearly, she was shocked again. There were several silver tickets worth 100,000 taels from Tongbao Money House, and several house deeds for shops in the Suzhou and Hangzhou area.

  "Third Miss had brought this out when she first left the capital, most of it was left at the Li's house. Just the eighteen shops in Dongzhimen were worth 100,000 taels, and there were two estates. One estate had over 120 mu of good land, and another had more than 200 mu. At the time of purchase, the price wasn't expensive, but now it has increased several times, and there's no market for it..." Just then, Zhou Ma appeared behind Lin Lan, sighing.

  Lin Lan secretly thought that Li Ming's mother was too wealthy, and it was simply a big fat sheep. No wonder Li Zuo's father and the old witch would set their sights on Li Ming's mother, Lin Lan suspected that Li Zuo's so-called two imperial scholars had some fake credentials.

  It's almost there~

  Lin Lan was surprised: "Aunt Zhou, are you leaving?"

  "Mother Zhou smiled and said: 'It's not that I'm leaving, but rather the second young mistress is going to become the true mistress of Luoxia Villa.'"

  From the time she first saw Lin Lan on Feng'an Road to now, Zhou Ma had complete trust in her. It didn't matter that Lin Lan came from a poor background; she could still become Young Master Mingyu's virtuous wife and do it better than anyone else. More importantly, this was Young Master Mingyu's own decision, so even if Old Madam found out, she probably wouldn't object.

  Lin Lan still couldn't understand the situation: "But this...this is too sudden, isn't it? How can things be fine one moment..."

  "The second young master had this intention long ago, but one thing after another kept him busy and it was delayed..." said Zhou Ma.

  "By the way, this is a list of names of a few maids sent over by your uncle's side. They should be arranged to enter the mansion in the next two days..." Zhou Ma handed Lin Lan another list with three names on it.

  Lin Lan absent-mindedly took over, looking at the box and then at the account book. Did Li Ming allow this to entrust her with all the family property? Wasn't he afraid that she would take these things and run away?

  Lin Lan thought it was necessary to have a good talk with Li Ming, how could he be so easily deceived by others, this is a fatal flaw, fortunately, she encountered someone as kind-hearted as her, if she were like his mother, pouring her heart out, and finally met a scumbag like Li's father, then he would only have the fate of spitting blood.

  Since it's already in her hands, she might as well appreciate it properly and take a look at the account book while she's at it. Knowing more about it wouldn't hurt either.

  The whole morning passed like this, and at noon Lin Lan took a nap until Yin Liu came to wake her up, saying that the lady asked her to go to Ninghe Hall.

  Lin Lan sprang up with a start, what did the old witch want her for at this hour?

  Lin Lan quickly tidied herself up and took Ruyi to Ninghe Hall.

  Lin Lan had gotten used to taking Yin Liu out, and when going to Ning He Tang, she would bring Ruyi along. Ruyi was more familiar with the situation in the mansion than Yin Liu, mainly because Ruyi was bold and meticulous, and was much more capable than Bai Hui when it came to external matters. As for Bai Hui, she was better at handling trivial household chores. Jin Xiu was a chatterbox with good relationships, and was always well-informed about news and gossip, making her a small but effective intelligence agent. As for Yu Rong, she had other important tasks to attend to. In short, they were trying to make the most of each person's strengths.

  Arriving at Ninghe Hall, Lin Lan found that apart from Eldest Sister-in-law Ding Ruoyan and Cousin Miss Mingzhu, there was an additional unfamiliar face. However, looking at the person's round face, "her face resembled a lotus flower, her eyebrows like willows, a pair of peach blossom eyes, with every glance exuding charm, wearing a silver-red top, a jade-colored floral embroidered skirt, her figure plump and full, smiling brightly as she stood beside the old witch.

  Who is this person? Lin Lan wondered.

  Han Qiu Yue said, "Tomorrow evening, Yu will officially become a madam, and she needs to have some clever maids serving her. Lin Lan's room is also short of people, and if we don't send out the two older maids in Ruo Yan's room, they'll be too old for this work." So today, I specifically asked someone to bring over several candidates, and you can choose a few that you like.

  Lin Lan was astonished, it turned out that she was Liu Wangyu, the new favorite of Li Zha's father. Looking at the old witch and then at Liu Wangyu, Lin Lan couldn't help but laugh. One was a mediocre-looking middle-aged woman, while the other was a stunning beauty in her prime. It would be strange if Li Zha's father liked the old witch. I hope Liu Wangyu's fighting spirit can be stronger, and she can infuriate the old witch to death.

  Just as I was lost in thought, Mother Yao brought someone into the room.

  Seven or eight little maidservants entered in a line, each one lowering their head, with an appearance of being cautious and prudent.

  Lin Lan sized up these little maidservants, which ones were arranged by her uncle?

  "Let's have Xian choose first!" Han Qiuyue said calmly.

  "Auntie, I've set my eyes on one." Mingzhu said with a smile.

  If it were before, Ding Ruoyan would have definitely let Mingzhu go first. However, since Lin Lan directly pointed out Mingzhu's intentions last time, she had some resentment towards Mingzhu. So Ding Ruoyan pretended not to hear Mingzhu's words and carefully observed these little maids.

  Han Qiuyue glared over and Mingzhu pouted her mouth in grievance.

  Lin Lan looked at her with a cold smile, poor Third Miss! Can't even call her own mother, can only call her aunt, and the airs of a legitimate miss can't be put on while tucking her tail between her legs.

  "What's your name?" Ding Ruoyan looked at a delicate and pretty little maid who was about eleven or twelve years old.

  "Slave girl Jiaojuan." The maid's voice was crisp and pleasant to listen to.

  Lin Lan was startled, "Qiao Juan? Is this name on the list of Big Uncle's?"

  Ding Ruoyan asked a younger boy standing beside her: "What's your name?"

  "Slave Red Fragrance."

  Ding Ruoyan smiled and said: "There's already a Hongxiang in my house, so let's call you Chengxiang from now on!"

  The woman hastily reminded: "Don't you hurry up and thank Madam Zhao for giving a name?"

  Hong Xiang hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Old Lady Jia.

  Ding Ruoyan smiled slightly and nodded, turning to her mother-in-law and saying: "Mother, I'll choose these two!"

  Lin Lan gritted her teeth secretly and took my person away.

  Ding Ruoyan finished speaking, and Mingzhu muttered again: "It's Auntie's turn now, right?"

  Lin Lan smiled and said, "Miss Biao, don't worry, wait for my sister-in-law to choose first, then you can choose." As she spoke, she didn't even let the old witch speak, and went forward to choose people. Eldest Uncle was arranging for people to come in, but there were only three in total, and one had already been taken by Ding Ruo Xian. If Lin Lan didn't hurry up, she might not even get a chance.

  "What's going on? Why do we have to sell the house? What did you used to do..." Lin Lan asked one by one, confirming two people on the list and pointing them out. One was named Wen Li, the other was Yun Ying.

  "Mother and daughter-in-law, just choose these two, they look quite clever." Lin Lan said with a smile, looking very satisfied.

  Han Qiuyue's eyes were slightly dim, this time she had someone bring in eight people, four of whom she had arranged for. Yu Xuan took away one more, and Lin Lan surprisingly didn't get picked, was it a coincidence? Han Qiuyue was very disappointed, but it was also good this way, the remaining ones, no matter how Liu Niang picked, were all her people.

  She really underestimated this Liu Yiniang, earlier she sent someone to serve her, but was dismissed by the old master, saying that they were clumsy and then proposed to buy a few new maids from outside for Liu Yiniang to use. Humph! The people she sent, Liu Yiniang didn't trust, can those bought from outside be trusted? Is it difficult to arrange a few people now? Just let her be at ease.

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