Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 232 Rural Girl

Zi Shuyan left the princess's mansion and went straight to the Fengtian Palace. An hour later, the entire palace was in motion, and bloody corpses were sent to the mass grave.

Concubine Yue was also placed under house arrest and could not leave her palace until her death.

These had nothing to do with Xu Jinyu. After having enough rest, Xu Jinyu was busy recruiting students for her school.

With Liuli and Shuangtang hanging around, it was no problem for girls from powerful families to enter the school, but Xu Jinyu recruited these girls in order to change his own living environment, with a focus on children from poor families.

She did all this to improve the status of girls.

It is not easy to get these children from poor families to willingly send their girls to school.

However, Xu Jinyu was well prepared. She didn't have any good ideas, but wasn't there a ready-made example?

As long as these girls come to school, they will be provided with food and accommodation, and a subsidy of 100 cents per month. I don’t know whether these girls’ families agree to let them come to school.

If it hasn't come yet, it means that your money has not yet arrived.

In addition, there are monthly exams, which are held every month, and those who perform well in each exam will be rewarded with one or two taels of silver.

I don't know if this tael of silver is enough.

"Princess, we've arrived."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jinyu jumped off the carriage.

Looking up, I saw low houses, dusty roads, and the road was littered with animal feces.

This is a village not far from the capital city. Even though it is not far from the capital city, it does not look very wealthy.

A naked kid with a snotty nose saw Xu Jinyu and her group and ran away.

"Hey! Kid."

"Princess, don't worry. This kid should have gone to inform the village chief."

Sure enough, after a while, an old man with a white beard came over in a hurry.

"Sir, I wonder what business you have in coming to our Taoyuan Village?"

"I am Princess Tai'an."

Xu Jinyu first stated his identity.

"Princess Taian!"

The old man's eyes lit up, and he was about to kneel down and kowtow to Xu Jinyu, but was stopped by the guards.

But the old man kept thanking him.

"My lady princess, you are such a kind person. In previous winters, several people would freeze to death in the village, but this year no one froze to death. Even the family in the village that only had one coat did not freeze to death."

"And the transformed eggs, we sold them all to the south, and some merchants even came to our village to buy them, and there are also..."

The village chief's praise was sincere, but Xu Jinyu felt very embarrassed listening to it. It wasn't like she was really smart, she just got these things from the system.

[Ah... my god, someone come and cover the village chief's mouth. If you keep praising me, I really want to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.]

The guards disagreed with Xu Jinyu's idea. Although this thing was bought by Her Royal Highness the Princess from her golden finger, Her Royal Highness the Princess selflessly gave it away publicly.

You said Her Royal Highness the Princess was sold.

It is even a question whether the money from the sales is enough for Her Royal Highness the Princess to cover her capital.

If it were someone else, he might keep these things in his hands and build a business empire.

What does the life and death of ordinary people have to do with them?

However, someone stood up and saved Xu Jinyu.

Gao Yao stood up directly and said, "Village Chief, there's no need to praise us. We are here for something."

The village chief's eyes lit up even more: "If the princess has any orders, I will do it even if I die."

Gao Yao laughed: "What? I'm willing to die for you. That's a good thing. Gather all the girls in your village who are eight years old and above, and call their parents as well."

"Hey! Your Highness, are you looking for a maid? Maids who are not princesses have no use for clumsy and clumsy kids like us."

The village chief glanced at the maid following behind Xu Jinyu and shook his head regretfully.

This maidservant looks even more precious than the daughter of the village scholar. No girl in the village can be a maidservant for Her Royal Highness the Princess.

The village chief turned around and started shouting in the village.

Xu Jinyu was also surprised when he saw these girls.

She knew that life was not easy for girls in ancient times, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult.

There are dozens of girls in a village, but not one of them looks like she has any flesh on her face. They can’t be said to be skinny, but if you take off their clothes, you can definitely see their ribs, and their hands exposed outside the sleeves are mostly red and swollen.

The expressions on their faces were all timid, except for one fair-skinned girl who looked at Xu Jinyu with curiosity.

Their parents stood behind, secretly glancing at Xu Jinyu and discussing in low voices.

"Is this Princess Taian?"

"Of course. Look at this scene, what else could she be but a princess? There are maids, nannies, and so many majestic guards. Even the one serving tea is prettier than any young lady I've ever seen."

"I just don't know what you're looking for our child for? I heard that the princess's shop is full of girls, who can earn one or two taels of silver a month, which is more than what my man earns. Are you looking for someone else again?"

"How would I know? But your daughter definitely can't do that. Don't you see how your daughter has become because of your starvation?"

The woman being talked about just rolled her eyes.

"If you're hungry, you're hungry. Everyone goes through this. Everything will be fine when you get married. Don't look at my daughter because she's skinny. But she can work."

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Seeing Xu Jinyu looking at those young girls, someone finally asked,

"Your Highness, are you looking for our children to recruit workers?"

"No."

"Ah~~"

A sigh of disappointment.

"But it's a good thing. I opened a school and enrolled girls."