Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

Xiao Fu immediately shook her head and said with great certainty: "Aunt! Anan and I don't know Hongze! Anan has been in Yongning Guard for such a long time, and he has never come back once! Let alone knowing him, we have never even seen him!"

"Yes, Hongze has never returned to the Governor's Mansion." Yuan Ruolan looked at her daughter and repeated in a low voice.

Anan grinned, but didn't answer his mother directly. He asked with a guilty conscience, "Why did mother suddenly ask about him?"

"Now that the two girls have grown up, they have become cunning and don't tell the truth even in front of Madam." Nanny Li sounded like she was joking, but was actually giving a reminder.

Anan was stunned for a moment, frowning and thinking.

Xiao Fu choked for a moment before saying, "We went out for some fun and stayed at a place called Xinyun Manor for some time. But, aunt, it's just an ordinary manor, and the owner is a wild man with a face full of stubble..."

Having said that, she couldn't help but glance back at Anan and didn't dare to continue.

Anan's throat felt a little dry, so she quickly looked up at Nanny Li. Nanny Li smiled at her, then nodded gently, motioning for her to continue.

She licked her lips, knelt two steps forward, held Yuan Ruolan's legs, and smiled flatteringly: "Mother, the wild manor owner is Hong Ze."

"What!" Xiao Fu exclaimed, looking at Anan with her mouth wide open, "Doesn't everyone call him Yunyu? How did he become Hongze!"

Anan looked back at her and raised his eyebrows. His meaning was very clear. If she continued to make a fuss, who knows how many more things would be involved. Xiaofu understood and shut up instantly.

"Fu'er just found out today. What about you, Nan'er?" Yuan Ruolan put down the tea bowl and held her daughter's arm. The little girl in her eyes in the past has now grown into a graceful young lady with good looks and extraordinary demeanor, which made her sigh for a moment.

Anan looked at his mother, puffed up his cheeks and was silent for a while, then whispered, "I knew it from the first day I looked at the account books for them."

Before Yuan Ruolan could react, Xiao Fu exclaimed again: "Ah?"

Yuan Ruolan found it interesting, so she asked her again: "How did you know?"

"It's a small manor with complicated accounts, huge expenditures, and very few profits. It's similar to the Governor's Office." Anan said here, and then looked at his mother and said, "There are three more places that clearly show that Xinyun Manor is Hongze's property."

"Oh?" Yuan Ruolan smiled.

Anan counted on his fingers and told Yuan Ruolan, "First, the guards on the manor are strict, with a proper balance of power and management, comparable to that of the army. In addition, they have a large team that does not engage in production or business all day long. They train every day, eat and wear simple and unpretentious food, but they are self-disciplined and respectful in everything. Xinyun Manor is not far from Yongning Guard. Anyone who dares to station troops and train like this is either planning a rebellion or one of their own."

"Secondly, Xinyun Manor has been refining medicines for stopping bleeding and healing wounds, but the accounts only show expenditures and no income. If it weren't for the battlefield with swords flashing and blood flying everywhere, where would such a large amount of hemostatic medicine be needed?"

"Third, Brother Chengzi wanted to buy Xinyun Manor before, but was beaten out by the people inside. He used to be in Yongning Guard and fought under the banner of the Governor's Office. Looking at the entire Yongning Guard, the one who dared to attack him directly must be the Governor Hongze's men."

Xiao Fu gasped and could not help but take a step forward and punched her arm hard, angrily saying, "You little girl! It turns out you knew this a long time ago, but you kept it from me, making me worry for nothing!"