The gatekeeper led Ling Hua and the others toward the arranged courtyards, chatting merrily with Ling Hua on the way.
"This old man had the honor to meet the young master four years ago. To think upon seeing you again, the miss is already married. Time really flies," the gatekeeper lamented.
Hearing him say this, Ling Hua recalled when she took over the family business. All the stewards with their competent assistants had come to pay their respects to her. At that time, there were thousands of them, and if she hadn't been familiar with the ledgers from a young age and spent years learning, she wouldn't have remembered the names and traits of each one and would have struggled to manage them.
After all, there is a saying in the court that each Emperor has his own courtiers. Passed down from her maternal grandparents to her mother and then to her, over three generations, if she had been lacking, she wouldn't have been able to suppress those with real talent.
