Love Lock

Chapter 75 There is an Inn
Looking at the once-wealthy royal mansion, the mother and daughter collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. "Damn it! How could Zhao Zun be so cruel? Waaah..."

At this time, the palace had been completely looted, from gold and silver jewelry to furniture and other items.

Apart from the servants he had bribed, who were now gathered in a group, sitting lazily on the ground, all the other servants had disappeared.

Zhao Zun took away all the property deeds and servants' indentures from the Prince's mansion, leaving only empty houses and some old, dilapidated things.

In other words, she can live in this mansion now, but she cannot sell it.

She was left to serve those disloyal servants, but she had no money to pay their monthly wages.

She wanted to sell her servants for money, but she didn't have a contract of indenture. If she needed money, she could only rely on Zhao Qiao'er's help.

This is absolutely heartless!

By allowing Qin Yanran to live in the Prince's residence, Zhao Zun had already shown Qin Yanran the greatest leniency out of consideration for her father.

Such a wicked person, let's see how long Zhao Qiao'er can support her. Let Qin Yanran go and torment her daughter!
If the mother and daughter dare to do evil again, Zhao Zun can send people back at any time to sell the palace.

At that time, Qin Yanran will not even have a place to live.

The wheels whirred and turned, and Zhao Zun's convoy had already traveled quite a distance.

The convoy, laden with suitcases, took away all the hopes of Qin Yanran and her daughter, leaving them alone in the empty palace, sobbing uncontrollably...

...I am a lazy dividing line...

At the corner of Qingquan Street, there is an inconspicuous alley called Tongzi Alley. Not far into the alley, there is a three-story shop with its doors closed.

At this moment, Liu Bo, the steward of the Prince's Mansion, was reprimanding a group of servants in the shop.

"Listen up, everyone. You have served the Prince's mansion for many years and have been loyal to it. Now that the Prince and Princess have gone to their fiefdom, the Prince has returned all of our indentures to us. From today onwards, we are no longer servants; we are free men." As he spoke, Uncle Liu held up a roll of indentures in his hand.

"What? Did I hear correctly?"

"Huh? Really?"

"Your Highness is too kind."

"Whether it's the old lady or not, we've served in the Prince's mansion and the old lady has never mistreated us."

"Yes."

"Hahaha, I'm free. I no longer have to be a servant and wait on people."

"Oh my god! I'm no longer a lowly, worthless person."

A cheer and murmurs immediately erupted from below. These were all servants whom Zhao Zun had purged, those who had always been loyal to the Prince's mansion.

Among them were many families whose entire households worked in the Prince's mansion, as well as servants who had only been there for a few years.

Knowing that Han Lei loved to play and was short of servants, Zhao Zun gave all these servants to Han Lei, letting her do as she pleased.

Uncle Liu looked around, tapped the scroll in his hand, and signaled everyone to be quiet.

Once the room quieted down, Uncle Liu continued, “Over the years, although we were servants in the Prince’s mansion, the old lady treated us well, and the mansion’s reputation protected us from being bullied. Now, the Prince and the future Princess trust us and are worried that we won’t have any other options after we leave. So, the Princess has taken over this shop and asked me to lead everyone to run an inn here, with double the wages.”

Wow! So many?

"I never imagined we'd not only be free, but also get double the pay! Am I dreaming?" "Helping run the inn is our only way out!"

"Great! We get paid and have a place to stay. Now we have a livelihood!"

Everyone was excitedly discussing it when Uncle Liu asked them to quiet down.

"Now, I will return all the indentures to everyone. Please line up and collect them." Uncle Liu began calling out names one by one, and then each person came up to collect their indenture.

After distributing the indentures, Uncle Liu continued, "The Princess said that it's all based on the principle of voluntariness. Those who don't want to stay and work at the inn can leave after receiving their indentures; there will be no coercion. For those who want to stay, I will continue to explain the rules of operation."

At this point, Uncle Liu stopped. He waited for a while, but no one seemed to be leaving.

"You..." Uncle Liu was taken aback. "So none of you want to leave?"

"No," all the servants answered in unison.

"Uncle Liu, I've gotten used to following you."

"I'm not capable. If I go out, I might starve to death."

"After we leave, where will we find work that pays twice as much?"

“I have no family, I have nowhere to go.”

"The old lady, the prince, and the princess are all nice people. I'm right here."

“If I go home, my dad will just sell me anyway, so I might as well stay here.”

……

The servants—no, they should be called the inn's future employees. They were uneducated and couldn't speak any lofty words, but they were all very perceptive.

They were all lowly people, sold from one household to another, servants of one family or slaves of another. Their former masters were all high and mighty, beating and scolding them, and sometimes even starving them for making mistakes.

Being sold into the Prince's mansion and having met such a gentle and kind mistress like the old lady over the years is already a blessing from her past life. Although the Prince and Princess have not been back for long, they are both kind and easy to get along with.

The old lady had paid money to bring them to the Prince's mansion. Today, no one expected that the Prince would actually return their indentures to them. What immense good fortune the Prince must have!

Furthermore, fearing they would have no future, the princess specially rented a shop for them to run and hired them to work at twice the rate they would have earned at the palace. It can be said that the prince and princess had thought of everything for them.

After they leave, where will they find such a host?
Seeing that no one was willing to leave, Uncle Liu then said, "Listen up, everyone. The Prince and Princess treat us like family. They have not only given us freedom but also a place to stay. The capital is a place with many eyes and ears, and it is a place of right and wrong. We must all protect the Prince and Princess. Since everyone is willing to stay, I will now announce the rules for running the inn and the things to pay attention to. Everyone must strictly abide by them. Anyone who violates them will be dismissed immediately."

"it is good!"

The employees answered in unison.

"First, from now on, this inn will be called Youjia Inn."

"Secondly, everyone must keep this a secret. We cannot say to outsiders that this inn is owned by the princess; we can only say that it belongs to me, Liu Jie."

"Third, from now on, Youjia Inn will be our home, and each of us will be a member of this family. In this big family, we must respect and love each other and move forward together."

"Fourth, everyone must work hard and be responsible. The princess said that those who do well will be given important positions in the future. Once the branch stores are open, they will be assigned to manage them."

"fifth……"

(End of this chapter)