Not far in front of the side door is a hillside going down, which is their current pasture. There are more than [-] cows roaming freely on the hillside covering an area of ​​nearly ten acres.

Lots of land but few cattle.

As for Li Changhui and the others, they should be at the foot of the mountain now, but the distance is a bit far, and there are sparse trees on the hillside, so the father and son cannot be seen.

However, Lin He only glanced over for a few times, then quickly withdrew his gaze and returned to the side door.

When I came here just now, there was a patch of weeds covering the area near the side door. The housekeeper called a few people over and it has just been cleared out.

Not just the side entrance, it should be said that except near the gate, along the way, there are a lot of weeds and gravel outside the courtyard wall.

Seeing Lin He frowning slightly, the housekeeper quickly said, "I'm sorry, Madam, but I have been busy decorating the courtyard and forgot about the outside."

Cuiyan also explained: "Maybe it's because the plague spread in the past few months and everyone was panicked, so they ignored this place. I'll have people clean up the surrounding area later."

It is easy for snakes, rats, insects, ants, etc. to get into the grass in summer. If you hurt someone, you will be punished with death.

Lin He shook his head: "Just clean it up in time. I just saw a snake escaping out."

The housekeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes, I will be dealt with immediately."

He thought the lady didn't see it. After all, it was so far away. When the snake slipped away, the lady was still more than two feet away from them.

Lin He didn't say more about the matter, but looked at the side door. The side door had begun to rot, and the wooden door had become tattered. Through some gaps, you could see stones inside.

"What's behind the door?"

The housekeeper explained respectfully: "It is behind a rockery outside the second young master's yard. It was originally a back door that could be directly exited. When the princess lived here a few years ago, people had this place sealed up."

Rockery is a good camouflage, which can seal the door and keep it beautiful.

"Jinrong gave me the title? Why?"

Lin He looked at Cui Yan. Cui Yan should know about this.

"Mrs. Lin, the hillside over here is the royal hunting ground. During a hunting trip a few years ago, someone accidentally broke in from the side door and disturbed the princess's recovery. In a fit of anger, the place was sealed off."

Okay, no big problem.

But there is one more problem.

"Now that the door is open, will anyone break in by mistake?"

"Probably not. That time the princess was urged by the queen to choose a consort. The princess was so angry that she gave the intruder a lesson. No one should be so bold now."

Cui Yan said it simply, but Lin He felt that this matter was probably quite a big deal back then, otherwise it wouldn't have such a big deterrent effect.

But this is not what Lin He needs to worry about.

"In this case, let's restore this place and replace it with a new door to make it easier to enter and exit in the future."

Li Hao's courtyard is a little next to their main courtyard, which is much closer than going around the gate.

The housekeeper responded quickly.

"Mom, where is the Royal Hunting Ground? Is it a hunting place?"

Li An waited until his mother finished making arrangements before he became curious.

"Dad and second brother like hunting the most. Can we go and see it in the future?"

"Third Young Master, outsiders cannot..."

"Of course. The princess gave Mrs. Lin a token to enter and exit the hunting ground. She can go hunting at any time."

The former sentence was said by Butler Zhang, and the latter sentence was said by Cui Yan.

Butler Zhang obviously didn't know about this, and was very surprised after being interrupted by Cui Yan.

But he was an old butler after all, so he quickly adjusted his expression.I just feel a little more respectful towards my new master.

Even the royal hunting grounds can be entered at will, which is a treatment that other young masters from aristocratic families in the capital do not have.

To be precise, except for members of the royal family, others can only follow the emperor into the royal hunting grounds during the annual autumn hunting.

Lin He obviously didn't know this, she just took out a jade pendant from her sleeve pocket in surprise.

"You said this?"

Lin He was even more surprised than Butler Zhang: "With this, you can enter the royal hunting grounds for hunting?"

Butler Zhang was even more energetic and exclaimed: "This is the princess's personal jade pendant, and it is also a token representing the princess herself."

The princess can actually give away such a thing?
Logically speaking, shouldn't this be something given to the prince-in-law, or left to the little county owner?

When Lin He heard this, he quickly clenched the jade pendant in his hand: "No way, it's so precious, so Jinrong just gave it to me?"

After saying that, I felt something was wrong. Wherever it was for her, it was clearly for Li Changhui.

He quickly put it away: "It scared me to death. I have to put this thing away."

It seems that Li Changhui's younger brothers and sisters are quite good to him. They must know that he likes hunting, or they want to restore some of his privileges as the eldest prince.

But the eldest prince was dead in name, and he couldn't be given another identity for no reason, so Jinrong gave some things and privileges to Lin He on the pretext of being on good terms with Lin He. In fact, he was only doing it for her eldest brother. .

Lin He didn't think there was anything wrong with him. After all, he was just thinking about his eldest brother, and there was nothing wrong with him.

However, she also got a little benefit, otherwise with what she had in hand now, she might still be able to discuss business and cooperation with Jinrong, but the two parties would definitely not have the same level of trust as they do now, and they would definitely be wary of each other.

This is good, it saves her a lot of trouble. If anything goes wrong, Li Changhui can be asked to step in and solve it.

Thinking of this, Lin He felt more at ease.

"Xiaohe? It is indeed you."

Li Changhui suddenly came out from the hillside and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw several people: "I saw someone here at the bottom of the mountain just now. Why are you here?"

"I was planning to go to the bottom of the mountain to find you just now. I heard that there is a side entrance here, so I came to take a look."

"Side door?"

Li Changhui shifted his gaze and saw the crumbling wooden board.

"It's closer this way."

Then he looked at Butler Zhang: "Bring over the layout of the entire courtyard in a moment."

Although this villa used to be his, he had never been there once. After all, his stay in the capital was still too short.

Butler Zhang said hurriedly: "Yes."

Lin He raised his eyebrows slightly.

It can be seen that although this is the Lin residence, Butler Zhang's attitude towards Li Changhui is obviously more respectful and cautious.

She probably kind of understands.

Except for Li Changhui, even without the prince's vest, when he becomes serious, he still makes people's hearts palpitate. It is an aura that has been accumulated for a long time. Just one look can make people's hearts flutter.

After all, this was how he frightened the villagers in Xiang'an Village back then in order not to be exposed.

Another reason is that the general environment generally recognizes the male owner more. Although this is Lin's house, Lin He is the real owner.

But Li Changhui looked more majestic, and his words were naturally more convincing.

However, Lin He didn't pay too much attention to it. There was nothing to fight for about family power.


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